ly Daisy tickled me and it's gone--I know--let's call it
the Benevolent Bar!"

It was exactly right, and told the whole truth in two words.
"Benevolent" showed it was free, and "Bar" showed what was
free--_e.g._, things to drink. The "Benevolent Bar" it was.

We went home at once to prepare for the morrow, for of course we meant
to do it the very next day. Procrastination is, you know, what--and
delays are dangerous. If we had waited long we might have happened to
spend our money on something else.

The utmost secrecy had to be observed, because Mrs. Pettigrew hates
tramps. Most people do who keep fowls. Albert's uncle was in London till
the next evening, so we could not consult him, but we know he is always
chock full of intelligent sympathy with the poor and needy.

Acting with the deepest disguise, we made an awning to cover the
Benevolent Bar keepers from the searching rays of the monarch of the
skies. We found some old striped sun-blinds in the attic, and the girls
sewed them together. They were not very big when they were done, so we
added the girls' striped petticoats. I am sorry their petticoats turn up
so constantly in my narrative, but they really are very useful,
especially when the band is cut off. The girls borrowed Mrs. Pettigrew's
sewing-machine; they could not ask her leave without explanations, which
we did not wish to give just then, and she had lent it to them before.
They took it into the cellar to work it, so that she should not hear the
noise and ask bothering questions. They had to balance it on one end of
the beer-stand. It was not easy. While they were doing the sewing we
boys went out and got willow poles and chopped the twigs off, and got
ready as well as we could to put up the awning.

When we returned a detachment of us went down to the shop in the village
for Eiffel Tower lemonade. We bought seven-and-sixpence worth; then we
made a great label to say what the bar was for. Then there was nothing
else to do except to make rosettes out of a blue sash of Daisy's to show
we belonged to the Benevolent Bar.

The next day was as hot as ever. We rose early from our innocent
slumbers, and went out to the Dover Road to the spot we had marked down
the day before. It was at a cross-roads, so as to be able to give drinks
to as many people as possible.

We hid the awning and poles behind the hedge and went home to brekker.

After brek we got the big zinc bath they wash clothes in, and after
filli