Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III IN THE GARDEN OF THE GODS It was early in July that Henrietta awoke one morning with a feeling of pleasant anticipation. She wondered for a minute what it was all about, and then remembering, flew out of bed and began drawing on her stockings with eager haste. How could she have forgotten for a single instant! She was going with the girls over to the Garden of the Gods for a picnic. Her mother was busy preparing breakfast when she entered the kitchen. The odor of coffee floated to her pleasantly. She made haste to set the table, humming a merry tune as she got out the knives and forks, the spoons and plates. " I do hope my cake is good," she said to her mother, peeping with concern into the tin box on the pantry shelf. " It ought to be. I took two whole eggs just as Minnie told me, and the icing came out real nice and soft. I'd so much rather make a cake than cut up bread for sandwiches, and I don't think it costs a bit more in the end. You have to have so many kinds offillings for sandwiches, and Lucy Gates always turns up her nose if the dressing isn't just right for the lettuce. She says sometimes they take as many as six eggs to make the dressing. Fancy! I'm going to cut the cake so as to leave a piece for your lunch." "No; don't cut it, dear. It dries up so quickly. Just bring me a piece if there's any left. 1 shan't have time for lunch to-day." " Oh, yes; let me, please. There might not be any left. I was to take cake for everybody." " I know. That's why you mustn't cut it. You must always keep up your end; do your share. By the way, you may look in my purse and get a quarter. You may need something besides carfare." " Oh, Mother, can you spare it? Of course I wouldn't think of spending it unless I just had to. I'll only need carfare one w...