"
"I'll get it." Tommy bounded away. Hazel assisted the guardian in
getting the cooking utensils ready, Margery walked about, getting in
the way, but not accomplishing much of anything else. There were cold
roast beef, butter and plenty of canned goods. The bread that they had
brought with them had been dissolved in the water of the ice pond, as
had the sugar and considerable other food stuff.
Jane came in with an armful of wood and quickly started a fire. Tommy
arrived some moments later with the coffee pot and other utensils.
While all this was going on Harriet was spreading out their belongings
so these might dry out in the sunlight. But the water for the coffee,
secured some distance back, was brackish and poor. They made it do,
however, and as quickly as possible had boiled their coffee and
warmed over the beef and canned beans as well. As for drinking water,
there was none at hand fit for this purpose. Dishes were somewhat
limited, many of theirs having been lost when the automobile went into
the pond. But they were glad enough to do with what they had, and when
Jane sounded the meal call, "Come and get it!" there was not an
instant's hesitation on the part of any member of that little party of
adventurous spirits.
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