INDIANS IN THE GOLDENROD 283 



Francis was having lessons, he told them that 

 nothing in the world could scare him. 



The little girl asked, " Not even Indians? " 



Then Philip laughed, and said the j oiliest people 

 he knew were Indians, and that if there were any 

 around there he would like to fight them. 



"Indians go in the Goldenrod," Jean said; 

 " but they don't fight, they only scare people." 



Of course Philip paid no attention to that be- 

 cause he thought Jean was too young to know 

 the real way Indians behaved themselves. He 

 said that he was going out in the afternoon to see 

 if there were any old birds' nests among the high 

 bushes, and that he would go alone, because then 

 he could see things better. 



After that Dickey and Jean were very quiet, and 

 once they went over to a corner of the room and 

 whispered together. Philip was whittling a stick. 



Dickey was a very good boy, only he was as 

 mischievous about playing jokes as Philip, and his 

 little sister always helped him. Now, Philip liked 

 them both, and they liked Philip, because he was 

 brave and knew so many funny things. He had 

 told them all about Tommy and Lucy Leonard, 

 and how Tommy had seen her first when he went 

 to Secret Valley to look for white crows. 



Dickey told Philip that he and Jean had had 

 the best fun at their May party, when Jean had 

 been dressed like a flower, and his suit had made 

 him look like a beautiful butterfly. But when- 



