city?" queried Dora.

"Humph! we are going further than that."

"And to where?"

"Wait and see."

"Are you afraid to tell me?"

"I don't think it would be a wise thing to do...'

"We are just going to take a short ocean trip," began Mumps, when
Baxter stopped him.

"Don't talk so much -- you'll spoil everything," remarked the
bully.

"An ocean trip!" burst out Dora. "No! No! I do not wish to go
on the ocean."

"As I said before, I think you'll go where the yacht goes."

"Does my mother know anything of this?"

"She knows you are away," grinned Mumps.

"You need not tell me that!" exclaimed Dora. "You are a mean,
mean boy, so there!" And she turned on her heel and walked off.