They now no longer dreaded wet days, for they had a
place to meet where they could carry on their work to their hearts'
content. The captain had two good flags, which he placed upon the
wall, and the boys brought magazine pictures, and tacked them around
the room. In this way the place was made very cosy.
Whyn was delighted with the progress which the scouts made upon their
club-room, which she called "Headquarters." She could see it from her
window, and often she would sit and watch as the boys worked around the
building, cutting down some of the underbrush, and cleaning up the
ground. When their work was done they always came to her room, and
talked over everything with her.
At first some of the boys had been quite shy and diffident in Whyn's
presence. But this soon wore away, and they all became the firmest of
friends. There was nothing the scouts would not do for the invalid
girl, and when they were in doubt about anything it was always to her
they turned to help them out of their difficulty. She knew more about
the scout work than they did, and many were the helpful suggestions she
made.
"You must have scout suits," she told them one day, "and each of you
must earn the money to buy his own.
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