“No, I suppose not,” Mr. Martin said. “Well, we shall see you at Sunset Beach,” he added, as he and his wife made ready to leave. “And I hope there are no ‘nellifunts’ there,” he concluded, with a laugh.
“If there are, Trouble will be sure to find them!” said Mrs. Martin. “And I shall be glad to have Mr. Keller there to rescue him.”
“It’s Trouble’s turn to rescue me,” laughed the old gentleman, and neither he nor any of the others dreamed how nearly true this was going to be.
The next day Mr. and Mrs. Keller left Cresco for Sunset Beach, and the Martins promised to look them up later, when they arrived.
“Oh, I can hardly wait for the time to come!” exclaimed Janet, counting off the days on her fingers.
“We’ll have dandy times down at Sunset Beach!” said Teddy.
At last the day came when they were to go down to the sea. They went by train, for it was rather long for an auto trip, though one of Mr. Martin’s men was to drive the car down so it could be used during the summer.
The train journey, though rather tiresome, was over at last. Mrs. Martin said she never knew Trouble could drink as much water as he did. He seemed to want some one to go to the cooler and bring him a paper cup of the liquid about every five minutes.
“Well, it is a very hot day, and water is good for him,” said Mr. Martin. “I’m glad we could come to the shore this summer. I think we are in for a long, hot spell of weather.”
It was about four o’clock in the afternoon when the train, after stopping at Oceanside City, swung around a curve and at last the station of Sunset Beach was in view. The resort was called Sunset Beach because it was on the eastern side of a big bay, and when the sun went down in the west, its rays flooded the beach with golden light.