Maurice assented, though the Tysons had not gone to Florida for a long time. Maurice, however, had enjoyed a recent trip with Ronald on such a vacation.
“Do you dare come back before spring after you once go down?” asked Ann.
“Yes; we do,” replied Ronald. “My father goes back and forth, two or three times during the season. He is careful, you know. But don’t you remember how suddenly the temperature changes, even up here, warm one minute, and cold as Greenland the next!”
“True,” said Ann, “like the Chinooks that we have, warm winds that melt the snow off in a jiffy. Then comes a blizzard!”
“I’ve never been in your country, Miss Ann. Why didn’t I go with you fellows this summer, Maury?” asked Ronald, with some regret.
“Beano said that he coaxed you to go along,” said Maurice.
“You forget that Ron doesn’t like Beano,” Suzanne reminded her brother.
“It wasn’t that so much,” protested Ronald, “but the boys had fixed the car for sleeping and I thought that three would be one too many.”
“It wasn’t when I was along,” said Maurice. “I refused to go, too, at first, for the same reason, but they had a tent and all the appurtenances thereto; so I concluded to join them.”
“But you were with them such a short time. It didn’t appeal to me for all summer, not with Beano, I will confess.”