Maynard
particularly requested her to delete such items. Anne was bright at
reading minds and smiled as she surmised the reason for the
restriction. She knew Eleanor would glory in old clothes and a good
time, but would _Barbara_ be so willing to visit Pebbly Pit farm if she
knew the truth about the environment?
Anne's single steamer trunk was filled with sensible clothes and the
toilet articles she knew she would need for the summer. Then she wired
the Maynards to say all was waiting to hear from them. And Barbara
wired back that they would meet her at the Denver Terminal Station at
the day and time agreed upon.
Meantime, great preparations were under way at Pebbly Pit. John's room
had to be cleaned and rearranged for the young ladies. While Polly and
her mother planned the work, Mr. Brewster made a thorough search of the
countryside in hopes of finding a suitable maid-servant for his wife
and Polly.
Most ranchers need their daughters at home, and as there are no really
poor or poverty-stricken families in those farming sections, the task
of finding a servant was not an easy one. And Mr. Brewster realized
what it meant, when he read in the papers how difficult a problem it
was becoming--this servant-girl question!
At last, as he was about to despair of ever finding any one, he stopped
in at the Oak Creek Post Office to see if there was any mail. Here he
met a rancher-friend from the Yellow Jacket Pass region.
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