Angel Island

"And then," Honey went on decidedly, "it's not natural for women to fly.

God never intended them to."

"It is wonderful," Lulu said admiringly, "how men know exactly what God

intended."

Honey roared. "If you'd ever heard the term sarcasm, my dear, I should

think you were slipping something over on me. In point of fact, we don't

know what God intended. Nobody does. But we know better than you; the

man's life broadens us."

"Then I should think - " Lulu began. But again she did not finish.

"We're going to make a tower of rocks on the central island of the

lake," Honey went on. "We'll drag the stones from the beach - those big,

beauty round ones. When it's finished, we're going to cover it with that

vine which has the scarlet, butterfly flowers. Pete says the reflections

in the water will be pretty neat."

"Really. It sounds charming. And, Honey, Chiquita is so lazy. Little

Junior runs wild. He's nearly two and she hasn't made a strip of

clothing for him yet. It's Frank's fault, though. He never notices

anything. I really think you men ought to do something about that."

"And then," Honey went on. But he stopped. "What's the use? " he

muttered under his breath. He subsided, enveloped himself in a cloud of

smoke and listened, half-amused, half-irritated, to Lulu's pauseless,

squirrel-like chatter.

"My dear," Frank Merrill said to Chiquita after dinner, "the New Camp is

growing famously. Six months more and you will be living in your new

home. The others - Pete especially - are very much interested in

Recreation Hall. They have just worked out a new scheme for parks and

gardens. It is very interesting, though purely decorative. It offers

many absorbing problems. But, for my own part, I must confess I am more

interested in the library. It will be most gratifying to see all our

books ranged on shelves, classified and catalogued at last. It is a good

little library as amateur libraries go. The others speak again and again

of my foresight during those early months in taking care of the books.

We have many fine books - what people call solid reading - and a really

extraordinary collection of dictionaries. You see, many scholars travel

in the Orient, and they feel they must get up on all kinds of things. I

suggested to-day that we draw up a constitution for Angel Island. For by

the end of twenty years, there will be a third generation growing up

here. And then, the population will increase amazingly. Besides, it

offers many subjects for discussion in our evenings at the Clubhouse,

etc., etc., etc."