up with another they were to sit down and
give them a ten minutes' start. So Nyoda and Medmangi sat down
and waited until Gladys and Chapa were well under way.

The next blaze they struck was truly startling. It was a little
silver birch tree with the stem painted entirely red. Nailed to
it with a big rusty nail was a piece of cardboard. At the top
was written:

"Sahwah and the Starlore Maiden
Keep ahead though heavy laden."

Then followed a many-pointed symbol and the words, "See our
combination symbol? It's a starfish!" Underneath was a couplet in
a different writing.

"Here come Migwan and Hinpoha
Two and two like the beasts of Noah."

Underneath that was a verse signed by "The Chipmunk."

"Gladys's heel is full of plaster,
Or else we would travel faster."

Nyoda and Medmangi shouted and took the card along for a
souvenir, adding the lines,

"Here Nyoda and Medmangi
Read the blaze and held a tangi."

A little farther on they discovered the legend:

"Here we sit down in the road,
For Sahwah's stocking must be sewed."

"What's the matter, Grumpy?" said Migwan to Hinpoha, who had been
stewing around to herself for the last ten minutes.

"It's this old orange I brought along for lunch," burst out
Hinpoha. "I don't know what to do with it. If I put it in my
bloomers it bangs against my leg, and if I carry it in my bag it
bangs against my stomach, and if I carry it in my hand I drop it
every other minute. It's driving me crazy."

"Why don't you eat it?" asked Migwan simply.

"Why, I never thought of that!" exclaimed Hinpoha, and soon had
the offending orange safely disposed of.

Lunch time found Sahwah and Nakwisi close to a farm house and
they went in to ask for a drink of water. The farmer's wife
looked curiously at the two girls in bloomers carrying a can of
red paint. Sahwah introduced Nakwisi and herself and explained
what they were doing. "Land sakes alive!" exclaimed the farmer's
wife, "what girls don't do nowadays! Livin' like Indians and
walkin' their legs off just for the fun of it! Come right in and
I'll see if I can't find something better than water to give
you." She bustled out into the summer kitchen and returned with
a pitcher of milk and two glasses. "Here, drink this along with
your sandwiches, and try a dish of berries." Sahwah and Nakwisi
needed no second invitation. Their sandwiches had been pretty
well baked in the sun for