“You mean get to Mount Major before dark?” she asked.
“Yes. I don’t want to take you into the woods with the children after dark—especially to a strange place.”
“Oh, I don’t mind much,” she said. “Of course it will be quite a trouble, but we may get some fun out of it.”
“It will be lots of fun!” exclaimed Janet, who overheard what her father and mother were saying.
“Like camping out,” added Ted.
“Camping out is all right when you have your camp set up,” returned Mr. Martin, with a laugh. “But it isn’t much fun to make camp after dark in a strange place with three children. So I think we had better stay over for the night.”
“Where?” asked Ted. “Do you mean camp here in the woods?” and he motioned to the forest that was then on either side of the road.
“Oh, no, we won’t stay here,” his father answered. “We’ll go on to the next town and stay at the hotel.”
“We’re not really dressed to stop at a fashionable hotel,” objected Mrs. Martin.
“I guess the hotels around here aren’t very fashionable,” laughed her husband.