When these were arranged exactly to her satisfaction, she pulled some sprays of deer weed bloom from her bundle and, going down to the creek, made a lather and carefully washed her hands, tucking the towel she used in drying them through her belt.

Then she came back to the fire and, sitting down beside it, opened the package and began her operations.

On the long, slender sticks she strung a piece of tenderloin beef, about three inches in circumference and one fourth of an inch in thickness, then half a slice of bacon, and then a slice of onion.

This she repeated until her skewer would bear no more weight.

Then she laid it across the rocks walling her fire, occasionally turning it while she filled the second skewer.