Веснянки

           Themenweredrivingtherope-pins,whentheAngelaroseonthewagonand,leaningforward,spoketoDuncan,whowasdirectingthework.

           “Ibelieveifyouwillswingthataroundafewfeetfarther,youwillfinditbetter,Mr.Duncan,”shesaid.“Thatwaywillletthehotsuninatnoon,whilethesideswillcutoffthebestbreeze.”

           “That’safact,”saidDuncan,studyingtheconditions.

           So,byshiftingthepinsalittle,theyobtainedcomfortforwhichtheyblessedtheAngeleveryday.Whentheycametothesleeping-tent,theyconsultedheraboutthat.Sheexplainedthegeneraldirectionofthenightbreezeandindicatedthebestpositionforthetent.Beforeanyoneknewhowithappened,theAngelwasstandingonthewagon,directingthelocationandconstructionofthecooking-shack,theerectionofthecraneforthebigboiling-pots,andthebuildingofthestore-room.Shesuperintendedthelayingofthefloorofthesleeping-tentlengthwise,Sothatitwouldbeeasiertosweep,andsuggestedanewarrangementofthecotsthatwouldaffordallthemenanequalshareofnightbreeze.Sheleftthewagon,andclimbingonthenewlyerecteddining-table,advisedwiththecookinplacinghisstove,table,andkitchenutensils.

           WhenFrecklesreturnedfromthetreetojoinintheworkaroundthecamp,hecaughtglimpsesofherenthronedonasoapbox,cleaningbeans.Shecalledtohimthattheywereinvitedfordinner,andthattheyhadacceptedtheinvitation.