make up for a grand outing such as you're to have."

"I either!" agreed Dotty. "But the Fayres are worried to death for
fear Doll will miss a lesson somewhere."

"Dolly learns more slowly than you," remarked her mother. "You have a
gift for grasping facts quickly, and a good memory to retain them."

"You ought to be grateful for that," said Mr. Rose.

"I am," returned Dotty. "When I see Dolly grubbing over her history, I
can't understand how she can be so long over it."

"But she's better in mathematics than you are."

"Yes, she is. She helps me a lot with the old puzzlers. She thinks
we'll study in New York. But somehow, I don't believe we will."

"Of course, you won't," laughed Mr. Rose. "Why, you'd be foolish to do
that. A fine opportunity has come to you girls, and I advise you to
make the most of it. See all the sights you can; go to all the
pleasant places you can; and have all the fun you can cram into your
days. Then go to sleep and rest up for the next day."

"Good, sound advice, Dads," said Dotty; "you're a gentleman and a
scholar to look at it like that! But I don't know as we can go about
much; I believe Mr. Forbes is quite an old man, and who will take us
about?"

"I thought the housekeeper would," said Mrs. Rose.