The girls were at the home of Grace, discussing, as they had been doing ever since it was practically decided that they were to go to camp, what they should take, and what to wear. It was far from being settled yet. "Well, I'm sure of one thing," remarked Grace, "and that is that, as Amy says, we ought to have at least two warm cloth dresses." "An extra skirt, too, would be no harm," added Betty. "If we go out in deep snow the skirt is sure to get wet, and then we could change on coming in." "Yes, I think that would be wise," admitted Mollie. "I am almost tempted to wear--bloomers!" "Mollie Billette!" "I don't care," and she spoke defiantly. "More and more girls are coming to wear them. Why, if we wear them in the school gym. I don't see any harm in using them when we go camping." "But up there--where we may meet a lot of rough lumbermen, who wouldn't understand--I'd like it, really I would," confessed Betty. "But I guess we'd better not. It's different here, and at school." "Yes, I guess it is," admitted Mollie with a sigh. "But we can wear skirts of a sensible length, and leggings. I'm glad we thought of those. They'll be much more comfortable than boots, and not so heavy. But what about a light dress? Do you think we'd have any use for one? There's no use taking along a lot of clothes we won't wear." "That's right," said Grace. "I spoke to papa about it, and he said that while there were often little affairs among the lumbermen and the residents up there, they never thought of wearing light clothes in winter. They'd think it queer if we did, and went to any of the parties. So let's don't bother with our fancy duds." "Good!" cried Betty. "We'll be real outdoor girls, and dress as such. Well, so much is settled. I'll make a note of that," and she proceeded to set down the facts agreed to. "Let me see," she mused, "what's this?" and she frowned over some cabalistic marks on her paper. "Can't you read your own writing?" asked Amy with a smile. "Well, it looks like 'hats,' but I'm sure I didn't mean that. We settled that we'd wear Tam-o'-Shanter affairs, or caps, so it can't be hats. Oh, I have it. It's 'eats'--what are we going to do about food?" "Papa says," spoke Grace, "that we can get lots of canned stuff up there. The store that used to supply the lumbermen is open. And we can send some cases of things from here. We can get fresh meat three times a week, and eggs from the farmers when they have any. So make a note of that, Little Captain." "I will. But, as I understand it, the lumbermen have all left your father's camp now--it's in the hands of a receiver. Maybe the store will close." "No, father said the country people depend on that store for their things. It wasn't just a camp grocery. It will be all right."