"I've got another box up stairs," she said. "I'll get it," which she
proceeded to do.

"Grace, you'll ruin your digestion with so much sweet stuff," declared
Betty, seriously. "Really you will."

"I suppose so, my dear; but really I can't seem to help it."

"As captain of the Gem I'm going to put you on short rations, as soon
as our cruise begins," said Betty. "It will do you good."

"Perhaps it will," Grace admitted, with a sigh. "I'll be glad to have
you do it. Now, is everything arranged for?"

"Well," answered Betty, "This is how it stands: We are to start on
Tuesday, and motor down the river, taking our time. Aunt Kate will go
with us for the first few days, and, as you know, we have arranged for
other chaperones on the rest of the cruise. We will eat aboard, when
we wish to, or go ashore for meals if it's more convenient. Of course
we will sleep aboard, tying up wherever we can find the best place.

"I plan to get to Rainbow Lake about the second day, and we will spend
a week or so on that, visiting the different points of interest-- I'm
talking like a guide book, I'm afraid," she apologized with a smile.

"That's all right-- go on, Little Captain," said Amy.

"Well, then, I thought we might do a little camping on Triangle, or
one of the other islands, say, for three or four days."