"Papa is always so unselfish," thought Nellie, as she glanced at his peaceful face.
"When are we to go?" asked Ada, as soon as she could squeeze in the question.
"On Saturday, if we can arrange it all," said her father.
"And to-day is Wednesday! Oh, Nellie, how delightful!" said Ada. "It will be all bustle and packing from morning till night!"
"Delightful!" said her father, imitating her smilingly. "And poor mamma thinks so too, I suppose? 'All bustle and packing!'"
"Don't you, mother?" asked Arthur wistfully.
"Not the bustle, dear; but the fact of going I do like very much."
"And where are we to go?" said Ada.
"Oh, to South Bay!" said their father. "And mamma and I are going down to-day to look for lodgings."
"Are you? Why that is jolly; it is something like going!" exclaimed Arthur.