As Natalie sat down, the girls of Solomon's Seal Patrol showed their delight at the progress made in the enlisting, and Miss Mason commended the two who had visited the girls of Four Corners and had interested them in the proposed plan.
"Mrs. James, have you thought of a Leader and Corporal for Natalie's new Patrol?" asked Miss Mason.
"I fear I am not well enough versed in scouting to take such a responsibility upon myself. I would prefer having you do it," responded Mrs. James.
"I'd rather not be any officer, Miss Mason," exclaimed Natalie, "because they always have to work while the others have a good time. I'll just be an every-day Scout."
The girls laughed, as there was more reason than rhyme in the statement. But Miss Mason said: "There's always one girl in a group who has the knack of directing her companions. Such a girl ought to be an officer."
"Then, for goodness' sake, choose Janet for our manager," exclaimed Natalie. "She always runs us and everything concerned with us."
The Scouts laughed, and Miss Mason nodded her head. "I always thought as much, but you will confess, Natalie, that she makes a pretty good general, eh?"
Janet blushed with pleasure at the teacher's praise, and Natalie smiled: "Oh, _pretty_ good!" Then she grinned at her friend.
"Janet, will you act as Patrol Leader for your new Scouts?" asked Miss Mason, turning again to Janet.
"I will, if Natalie will be my Corporal," returned Janet.
"Seeing that there are only two members in our Patrol as yet, I can't see how I can get out of being either one or the other," laughed Natalie.
"Oh, but we will have more members shortly, and this office of Corporal must be considered as binding until a new election," explained Janet.
"Well then, Jan, if you can bear up under the arduous duties of a Patrol Leader, I reckon I can survive the work of acting as your Corporal," retorted Natalie.
"All right. Then we'll enroll our Tenderfoot Scouts in a Patrol before the next official meeting here, and begin training them in the path that they should follow," agreed irrepressible Janet.
After this, many subjects that interest Girl Scouts were taken up and discussed, and the girls from Green Hill Farmhouse were more deeply impressed with the wonders of scouting than they had dreamed possible. Each girl determined to do everything possible to learn as much that summer as those Girl Scouts of Solomon's Seal knew.