"There was another liner in early this morning, and all the latest papers are gone. They have only the European editions of New York papers, and the two I could get are a week old."
"No matter, son, you did the best you could."
"These are two or three days later than the last we saw in New York, and as they have no bad news, or I might say no news at all, we may be thankful. But we must move on. In this bustling town there's no time to stand still."
"What interesting shops!" began Irma.
"Oh, they're ugly and dingy," said Marion.
"In Europe we're almost bound to admire the dingy, if not the ugly," returned Uncle Jim.
"Where are we going?" asked Aunt Caroline.
"Out to the jumping-off place," said Marion. "That won't take long. After that we can go shopping, or at least you can."
"There's a great deal I can enjoy," said Irma pleasantly.