"No," said John; "let's surprise them."
And they got upon the train and for five days they rode and during all that time they played with Kernel Cob and Sweetclover, just as children would. And a happy smile lit up Margaret's face, for when she was dressed in woman's clothes and had on a hat with pretty flowers on it, she looked very beautiful, and as she was very happy and always smiling, it made her look more beautiful, for everybody looks more beautiful when they smile.
"I wonder where we are going?" said Kernel Cob.
"You will see," said Sweetclover.
"I know I will see," said Kernel Cob. "Only I am going to escape from here the first thing I can."
"Don't you dare," said Sweetclover.
"Why not," said Kernel Cob, "don't you want to find Jackie and Peggs' motheranfather?"
"Not any more," said Sweetclover with a smile.
"Girl dolls, especially flowers, are the silliest things in the world," said Kernel Cob. "And if you don't want to come I will have to go alone, for I have sworn to find them and no power on earth will stop me."
At this Sweetclover was very much alarmed.