Now Dick and Dave, under their foreman's orders, began to drive the shorter stakes that held the bottoms of the tent walls in place.
"Hurrah!" went up from several throats, as the boys stood back to take in the full dimensions of their big, new tent.
"My but she's a whopper!" exclaimed Danny Grin, pushing back the door flaps and peering inside.
"We won't find the tent any too large for a crowd of our size," Dick declared.

"You all remember how crowded we were in the tent that we used last summer.

You'll find we can fill this tent up when we get it furnished." "Dick," called Tom, "take all of my gang except Harry.

He and I will lay the floor." Reade and Hazelton thereupon began to carry in two-by-four timbers and lay them where they wanted them on the ground inside the tent.
Next they nailed boards across.

They had bought all of this timber in Gridley secondhand at a bargain.
"Dave, you and Dan can start the furnace, while Greg and I unpack supplies," suggested Prescott.
Thereupon Darrin and Danny Grin started in to move a small pile of bricks.