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iness to work in and will be all ready to live on my money by the time I'm a man, why should I bother?" "That's so, Tuck; better have a good time on that money," laughed Jinks. "Better 'not count your chickens before they're hatched' or they may never come out of the shell," teased Ned. The Blue Birds had been equally busy talking, while folding pages, but the work soon engrossed too much of their attention to keep up any conversation. After several hours' work the Blue Birds began to feel tired and decided to carry the finished magazines to the house. As each little girl came up the steps carrying a heap of neatly finished magazines, the two ladies stopped talking and turned to watch the girls deposit the magazines on the table in the hallway. "What were you saying about Happy Hills, mother?" asked Ruth. "Aunt Selina was telling me all about the three beautiful hills at the back of the estate. She said what pretty kodak pictures they would make if we wanted to use them for the magazine, and I said it might be a good plan to write up a short story about our plan for next month's issue." "Oh, yes, that would be a fine start for the farm," cried Ruth. "And we think that we would need all of the time we can get to make sure of next summer's success," added Aunt Selina. "Aunt Selina, how many poor children do you think we can keep at Happy Hills?" asked Ruth. "We could not tell without having expert help to show how many camps can be built there," said Aunt Selina. "Oh, are you going to build camps, Aunt Selina?" asked Norma. "I thought the children were going to live in the woods," said Dot. "But you didn't expect them to sleep on the ground and dress behind the bushes, did you?" said May. "I never thought what they would do," returned Dot. "Will you have nests to live in like ours in the cherry-tree?" asked Betty. "No, dearie, I am planning to build little houses that will hold about six or eight bunks, and a locker for each child. These houses will have a floor and a roof with posts to hold it up, but the walls will be made of canvas curtains that we can roll up when we want the house wide open. The long building where the children will gather to eat or have games, will be centrally located if we build it in the valley between the three hills," explained Aunt Selina. "Are we going to give the camp a name?" asked Edith. "Why, we hadn't thought of that--we can use the name 'Happy H
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