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EXPLANATION NIGHT 



The Brotherhood of Beasts 



X afternoon spent in what they called 

 Hinting — shooting at the targets 

 in the long pasture — had given 

 them wonderful appetites for 

 supper, or probably Dodo would 

 ave noticed that she had scorched 

 the cream toast a little, and that 

 there were lumps in the cocoa; 

 but Olive's omelet, with its 

 seasoning of herbs, was as 

 delicious as an omelet can only be when eaten directly 

 from the fire. 



Camp Saturday was fairly opened, the first supper 

 eaten, the dishes all washed and put away, and the 

 spider and kettles hung on their nails behind the chim- 

 ney. The boys did the dish-washing and fed the fire, 

 as division of labor is one of the first rules of camp 

 living. 



" I wonder how long it will be before I can hit the 

 Deer when it is moving?" said Nat, who was looking 

 into the fire and thinking of the afternoon's sport. 

 " Not before spring," said Dodo, positively ; " for you 



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