in the large, sunshiny room which the girls had chose

tless grass mats, the flowers that bloomed on the wide-silled, latticed window

dered about the room. Then slowly full wakefulness banished t

g! Oh, now we shall see the island as it really is. Wake up, Amy, do! Oh, goodness,

e from the other end of the room. "You could

s a loud knock sounded on the door. "I w

sted, "come to tell us it is nine o'clo

stuttered, but just then Mo

onse to a second and h

o ask when in the name of common sense

. "If you tell us that, we'll tell

"We fellows have been up since six o'clo

said Mollie darkly. "Six o'clock, i

ve to do is to come down and see for yourself. We've got everything fixed up

ping out of bed and into her slippers a

ok a still greater amount of merciless driving to get them downstairs and in

ur girls tumbled into the room. "I thought you would be

e Little Captain brightly. "I for on

nything like Betty, Mrs. Irving," she complained. "Why, I do believe s

aten," she said. "And anyway, I should think you would

t again," said Mollie, her eyes sparkling at the memory. "But

t up with the other things yesterday and some fruit and hon

ance about the room. "Honey and biscuits-I could make a meal of them alone. Mrs. Irving

Betty do anything that she didn't want to do or stop her doing anything she had set her heart on. Won't

, believe me, they are good. All I ask is that you hustle, Betty-shoo--"

ce, and they were just in time to hear Mollie's l

dn't wait to get the tents up. Allen left word that they would stop around in a couple of hours to say good-afternoon to you girls-if yo

ans and getting out the flour, which Mollie's aunt had very thoughtfully left in the larder. "If they talk like that

them well," sighed Amy, with a funny air of

, that you had really had some experience. Say, Betty," she added, regarding the doughy mixture-the result of B

king powder can. "Only take my advice," she went on, standing with the cover poised in the air and speaking earnestly. "Do

also been regarding the operation, "judging

h satisfaction, "he said the best thing I could do with them would be to pack them and send them to the old co

r," said Grace wickedly,

she was putting into the oven. "Why do you girls stand around staring at me anyway?" she added, a sudden note of impatience in her voice. "Why don't you do something to

Little Captain bid-somehow it wa

used paper napkins and doilies last night." Then she added, as Mollie ca

e and Amy spread the cloth. "I wonder," she added as a sudde

ly golden honey the girls had ever seen-or so at least it seemed to them. "Do you imagine they

re sense than some people I know. I mention no names, but see where I am looking," and sh

just revel in the grass and the trees and the sunshine." And she glanced longingly out of the open door that led to the porch. "Oh, I wish," she said, "I wish the biscuits co

there was a sound of voices outside the door,

y surprised. "I didn't expect

ld say biscuit," he corrected himself. "Say, Betty

belongs to Amy," said Betty decidedly. "Sh

when she added compromisingly:

uired Will practical

answered. "We couldn't p

now he broke into the conversation with: "Betty say

t little protest from Grace. "Don't you think w

aid Frank, inelegantly.

promised, then added, with a sly little glance in All