There was no doubt about it. The time had arrived when they must avail themselves of Uncle Andrew's kindness, and seek in his hospitable house at least a temporary home.
Chapter II.
"THE YOUNGSTER'S" PLAN.
"You see," said Aleck, "though I've about seventy-five dollars ahead, yet when we have bought what we shall need, there will not be more than forty dollars left. Now, if we go to Cleveland in the cars and take our things with us, it'll cost us twenty-five dollars or more, and leave us almost nothing to get started with there."
"S'posin'," said Jimkin the Wise, "s'posin' we don't go in the cars. Cleveland's on the lake, and the lake's all ice; let's skate down to uncle's!"
"Humph!" grunted Aleck.
"Pshaw!" said Kate.
"Didn't we skate eighteen miles yesterday, and couldn't we have gone farther?" persisted Jim, unabashed.