sweet-tempered,--"

"And you're too amiable," supplemented Nan, who was fond of Mona
in some ways, though not in others. But she, too, thought that
Patty would have a good influence over the motherless girl, and
she was honestly glad that Patty could stay at her beloved
seashore for the rest of the summer.

So it was settled, and Mona went flying home to carry the glad
news to her father, and to begin at once to arrange Patty's rooms.




CHAPTER III

SUSAN TO THE RESCUE


The day that Mr. and Mrs. Fairfield were to start on their trip to
the mountains came during what is known as "a hot spell." It was
one of those days when life seems almost unbearable,--when the
slightest exertion seems impossible.

There was no breeze from the ocean, and the faint, languid land
breeze that now and then gave an uncertain puff, was about as
refreshing as a heat-wave from an opened furnace door.

At the breakfast table, Patty tried to persuade them not to go
that day. "You'll faint in the train, Nan, on a day like this,"