"Now, you know that's not on the list. You're making it up," exclaimed Nancy, blushing. "'The tail feather of a pheasant is not recommended as trimming for a camp hat,'" he went on blandly. "'No woman member is permitted to wear a lavender silk polonaise with lace ruffles.'" "Polonaise?" cried Miss Campbell. "What on earth are you talking about, Duncan? Do you mean negligee?" "Oh, excuse my ignorance. I thought it was called polonaise," he answered humbly. "Polonaise," exclaimed the little lady, amid a wild whoop of laughter. "It's a good thing you brought your daughter to a woman member to have her education finished. Goodness me!" "Dearest Papa," said Billie, kissing him, "don't you wear negligee shirts most all the time? It's the same thing." "I thought all ladies wore polonaises," insisted Mr. Campbell. "It certainly was the fashion in my youth, at any rate." "Fashions change with the times and manners, my boy," said Miss Campbell. "But do give us the rules for the men of this household before you forget it." "'SUB-RULES FOR MEN MEMBERS. "'Men are required to look after the wants of the ladies and see that they obey their set of rules to the letter.'" "And is that all?" demanded the women members with a great show of indignation. "Why, we have no rights at all and they have everything!" "No indeed, children," answered Mr. Campbell. "When a man is required to look after the wants of five ladies, he at once gives up all rights of his own and becomes a slave. There is no need of making any more rules for the men, but there is one more rule for general obedience. "'All questions and disputes arising shall be settled by Helen Eustace Campbell, Captain of Sunrise Camp.'" "Three cheers for Captain Campbell," cried Percy. Miss Campbell rose and lifted her little crinkled hand for silence. "I accept the responsibility of Sunrise Camp," she said, "under the conditions I am about to state: that I am not asked to go canoeing in one of those tippy little boats without seats; that I am not persuaded against my better judgment to climb to the top of a mountain, for I simply won't, I tell you beforehand; and that nothing shall interfere with my afternoon nap." "I am sure that these mild requests will be agreeable to all concerned," said Mr. Campbell. "Will the company state objections, if any?" There was a dead silence. "Captain Campbell, consider yourself installed as absolute ruler in this camp." "Papa, why be so businesslike?" asked Billie. "Because there must always be a certain amount of system in a camp or it won't run. I've lived in camp so much more than in houses that I know, and since I can't be with you until later, I think it wise to get things started in this way before I go----" "The car is ready, sir," said the village chauffeur at the door.