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e studious High School girl who had not been at the camp. Rising on one knee, Frances repeated slowly, "'I light the light of Work, for Wohelo means work,'" and lighting the candle, she added, "'Wohelo means work. We glorify work, because through work we are free. We work to win, to conquer, to be masters. We work for the joy of the working and because we are free. Wohelo means work.'" As Frances stepped back into the circle, Laura beckoned to Mary Hastings, the strongest, healthiest girl of them all, who, coming forward, chanted slowly in her deep rich voice, "'I light the light of Health, for Wohelo means health!'" Lighting the candle, she went on, "'Wohelo means health. We hold on to health, because through health we serve and are happy. In caring for the health and beauty of our persons we are caring for the very shrine of the Great Spirit. Wohelo means health.'" As Mary went back to her place Laura laid her hand on the shoulder of Bessie Carroll, who was next her. With a glance of pleased surprise Bessie took the third taper and in her low gentle voice repeated, "'I light the light of Love, for Wohelo means love.'" The room was very still as she lighted the third candle, saying, "'Wohelo means love. We love love, for love is life, and light and joy and sweetness. And love is comradeship and motherhood, and fatherhood and all dear kinship. Love is the joy of service so deep that self is forgotten. Wohelo means love.'" As she spoke the last words a strain of music, so low that it was barely audible, breathed through the room, then deepened into one clear note, and instantly the wohelo cheer rose in a joyful chorus. After the roll-call and reports of the last meeting there was no more ceremony. Miss Laura had set the three candles back on the mantelpiece, where they burned steadily, sending out a faint spicy odor that mingled with the pleasant fragrance of the firs. The fire snapped and sang and blazed merrily, and Laura dropped down on the floor in front of it, gathering the girls closer about her. "To-night," she began, "I want to hear about your good times--the 'fun' that every girl wants and needs. Tell me, what do you enjoy most?" "Moving pictures," shouted Eva Bicknell, a little bundle-wrapper of fifteen. "Dances," cried another girl
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