"He mentioned in the letter his intention to go for a cruise, and that I was to meet him at Port Arthur. I was preparing to get ready when Reg and Hal—I mean Mr. Morris and Mr. Winter—came on the scene, and here I am."
"They are fine fellows, and they don't belie their looks," said Hil, seriously.
"Why, how do you know?"
"I watched them closely as the boat was coming alongside the wharf. I picked them out at once."
"If they had waited we might have given them some information."
"Let them find out, my dear. We'll shew them we are as good as they."
"But what if they should find out and go by the same boat."
"Then we will go by train. But come now and I will shew you our clothes, besides we must have our hair cut short, so that we will be able to use a wig when we resume our discarded sex."
An hour was spent in arranging their trunks and getting all necessaries together, and then they drove to the steam-boat offices and took a double-berthed cabin in the names of Miss Walker and Miss Williams, having previously found out that neither Hal nor Reg had booked berths.
"I noticed, May," said Hil, nudging her and smiling maliciously, "that you let slip their Christian names. Hal and Reg. They are very nice names. Which do you like the better of the two?"