plied, "I was going to suggest that very
thing. What would you propose, Hazel?"

"Well, something like this," the latter replied: "that each of us be
assigned to some specific duty to perform in the work before it, and
that we be awarded honors for performing those duties intelligently and
successfully."

"Very well. I suppose this work you and Katherine have selected may
count toward the winning of a bead for each of you. But what will you do
after you have finished this task, which can hardly consume more than a
few hours?"

"Why not make them a permanent squad of scouts to go out and gather
advance information needed at any time before we can determine what to
do?" Marion Stanlock suggested.

"That's a good idea," Miss Ladd replied. "But it will have to come up at
a business meeting of the Camp Fire in order that honors may be awarded
regularly. Meanwhile I will appoint you two girls as scouts of the Fire,
and this can be confirmed at the next business meeting. We will also
stipulate the condition on which honors will be awarded. But how will
you go about to get the information we now need?"

"First, I would look in the general residence directory to find out
where the Grahams live," Katherine replied.

"Yes, that is perhaps the best move to make first. But the chances are
you will get nothing there. Can you tell me why?"

"Because there are probably few summer cottages within the city limits,"
Hazel volunteered.

"Exactly," the Guardian agreed. "Well, if the city directory fails to
give you any information, what would you do next?"

"Consult a telephone directory," Katherine said quickly.

"Fine!" Miss Ladd exclaimed. "What then?"

"They probably have a telephone; wouldn't be much society folks if they
didn't," Katherine continued; "and there would, no doubt, be some sort
of address for them in the 'phone book."

"Yes."

"And that would give us some sort of guide for beginning our search. We
wouldn't have to use the names of the people we are looking for."

"That is excellent!" Miss Ladd exclaimed enthusiastically. "If you two
scouts use your heads as cleverly as that all the time, you ought to get
along fine in your work. But go on. What next would you do?"

"Go and find out where the people live. That needn't be hard. Then we'd
look over the lay of the land to see if there were a good place nearby
for us to pitch our tents."

"Yes," put in Hazel; "and if we found a good place nearby, we'd begin