When she left the Bird Woman she went to the president of the Onabasha schools and asked him to do all in his power to secure her a room in one of the ward buildings.
The next morning the last moth was mounted, and the housework finished.
Elnora said to her mother, "If you don't mind, I believe I will go into the woods pasture beside Sleepy Snake Creek and see if I can catch some dragonflies or moths." "Wait until I get a knife and a pail and I will go along," answered Mrs.
Comstock.

"The dandelions are plenty tender for greens among the deep grasses, and I might just happen to see something myself.

My eyes are pretty sharp." "I wish you could realize how young you are," said Elnora.

"I know women in Onabasha who are ten years older than you, yet they look twenty years younger.

So could you, if you would dress your hair becomingly, and wear appropriate clothes." "I think my hair puts me in the old woman class permanently," said Mrs.
Comstock.
"Well, it doesn't!" cried Elnora.