"She will, of course," said Bernice. "But if she shouldn't, if the car
broke down or anything like that, we'd take a taxicab right to the
house."

This sounded very grown-up and grand to the two D's, who had had
little experience with taxicabs, and Dotty exclaimed with glee, "I'd
rather do that than go in Mr. Forbes' car! What a lark it would be!
Oh, Bernice, can we go somewhere in a taxicab while we're there?"

"I don't know, Dotty,--I s'pose so. But why should we? Uncle Jeff has
two cars, and the chauffeur will take us wherever we want to go."

"But I've never been in a taxicab,--without older people, I mean, and
I'd love to try it."

"Well, I expect you can," returned Bernice, carelessly. "I dare say
you can do pretty much anything you want to."

"But do behave yourself, Dot," cautioned Dolly; "you're so daring and
venturesome, I don't know what mischief you'll get into!"

"Oh, we won't get into mischief," laughed Bernice. "There'll be enough
fun, without doing anything we oughtn't to."

"Of course, I won't do anything wrong," declared Dotty, indignantly.
"But there are so many things to do, it sets me crazy to think of it!"

"I'm going to buy things," announced Bernice. "There aren't any decent
shops in Berwick, and I'm going to get lots of things in the city