How "A Dear Little Couple" Went Abroad

BY MARY D. BRINE AUTHOR OF THE DOINGS OF A DEAR LITTLE COUPLE ————————— WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS ————————— PHILADELPHIA HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY

To my little friends who have known and loved our Dear Little Couple (Polly and Teddy) I herewith dedicate this story, which tells of more of the Doings of the Little Couple, and am lovingly the friend of all my little readers,
MARY D. BRINE.
COPYRIGHT, 1903. By Henry Altemus.

POLLY THINKS OVER HER SURPRISE.
LLY opened her blue eyes one lovely morning in May, and found the sun fairies —as she called them—dancing all about her wee bed-chamber, and telling her in their own bright way that it was high time little girls were up and dressing for breakfast.
At first she was sure she had been having a beautiful dream, for what else could make her feel so happy and sort of all-overish, as if something very nice and unusual had come upon her? She was sure she had dreamed that a splendid surprise had happened, and it was something about going away, too!
Polly lay still in her little white nest of a bed, and thought over her dream, and lo! on a sudden, as she grew more and more awake, the real cause of her new and glad sensations came into her curly head, and she bounced, like a little rubber ball, right out of bed, and danced a wee lively jig on the floor.