Wilder (Sara Judson's cousin), a brother of Grace McAllister, Tommy
Westcott, and my cousin, Jack Atwater, besides two other boys from the
East Side Y.M.C.A. Miss Westcott, the Guardian of the Camp Fire Girls,
asked that they might be allowed to join, making eight in all.'

"I caught him by the hand and I said:

"'Harvey Bigelow, I take off my hat to you. I never liked you so well in
my life."

"He blushed awfully and seemed embarrassed, but he simply said:

"'Don't you think it about time that I became in earnest over something
in life? The opportunity presented itself and I grasped it--that's all.'

"Well, to make a long story short, several of these boys are desirous
of going West next summer and spending their vacations instead of East,
and he called to ask me about the Muskingum Camp. He is going there,
Kate, and he'll be near us. I made him write to Mr. Adams--your father's
man--who did everything for us, and ask him to reserve a place for the
Scouts. I'm just wild for summer to come. I'm going to bring Mother and
Grandmother. Grandmother will visit Aunt Susan, and Mother can spend her
time between Aunt Susan's, your house, and the Camp. She doesn't say
much but I really think the change is a relief to her--poor dear little
mother. I was the selfish juggernaut who made her sacrifice everyone for
me. I realize it now, and thank God it's not too late to mend.

"I am doing finely at college. I should like to form from some of my
class another Company of Camp Fire Girls, but the trouble is they are too
busy with study. They say that they're worn out when summer comes and