"In Washington! in Washington! and I'm too sleepy to write a thing about it."
CHAPTER XII
A TELEGRAM
JOY'S JOURNAL.
"Saturday, June 21st.
"Well, we are here at last, and it is really very nice. I didn't suppose I should like it so much; but there is a great deal to be seen. We stopped over one train at Baltimore. It rained like everything, but uncle wanted us to see the city. So we took a hack and drove about, and saw Washington's monument. I suppose I ought to describe it, but it was so rainy I didn't notice it very much. I think monuments look like big ghosts, and then I'm always afraid they'll tumble over on me.