r in all, although she was sure she had gone up six feet at
least. Her mighty leap caused the "conductors" much merriment.
Gladys did still better. She fell off without jumping.

When bedtime came there was no thinking of going to the tents, so
the beds were made up on the floor in a circle about the
fireplace. "Does this count toward our honor for sleeping five
nights on the ground?" asked Sahwah. "It ought to," said
Hinpoha, "it's harder than the ground."

Morning found the rain still unabated. "This is getting
monotonous," said Migwan, looking out at the grey skies and the
lake shrouded in mist.

"Can't we take our dip even if it is raining?" asked Sahwah
anxiously.

"I don't see why not," said Nyoda. But when they were in their
bathing suits and ready to start they found they could not open
the porch door of the shack. "What's the matter?" said Nyoda,
lowering one of the windows and looking out. "Oh, look at the
porch floor!" she cried. The flooring had warped up into a great
hump before the door, preventing its being opened.

"It looks like a roller coaster," said Migwan. The girls were
obliged to make their exit and re-entrance through the window.

"Hurray! No tent inspection to-day!" cried Hinpoha, picking up
her blankets from the floor to make room for Craft work.

"It'll take more than inspection to fix your tent up again," said
Nyoda, looking out of the side window of the shack.

"Why?" said Hinpoha.

"Come here and look," said Nyoda.

"Why, it's fallen down!" cried Hinpoha, looking over Nyoda's
shoulder. The girls pressed to the window to see the heap of
canvas that had been the Omega tent.

"Is Alpha still standing?" asked the inhabitants of that tent,
craning their necks.

"Yes," answered Nyoda, "which proves its superiority once for
all." The Alphas swelled out their chests and made triumphant
grimaces at the Omegas.

"I don't care," declared Sahwah, "I'd rather be an Omega any day
than an Alpha. We have a better view of the lake."

"But we keep our tent neater," said Chapa, "and so it looks
better."

"Like fun you keep yours neater," returned Sahwah.

"We get higher marks than you right along," said Chapa, "and that
goes to show."

"Well," flashed Sahwah, "we'd get higher marks if it wasn't
for--." Just in time she remembered her promise and broke off
abruptly.

"If it wasn't for what?" asked Chapa.

"For the wind blowing our things around so," she finished lamely