"So must I," said Sue.
"Why, you can't draw, can you?" replied Julia, who did not know how to use a pencil with any skill herself.
"Oh, yes!" said Sue. "At least, I can draw pictures from nature that are good enough for my sketch-book. I didn't bring my sketch-book, but I can paste the pictures in afterwards. Did you bring any paper and drawing-pencils, Johnny?"
"No; but mother has plenty she will lend us; she told me I need not pack any."
"Did you remember the acid, uncle Frank?" asked Felix.
"Yes," replied Mr. Le Bras, taking a little vial, wrapped in white paper, from his pocket, and handing it to Johnny. "The druggist labelled it 'Poison,' I noticed; so be careful of it."
"I know it is poison well enough without the label," replied Johnny. "I have learned what it is made of, how it is made, and all about it, from my chemistry."
When they reached home, Sue was telling her mother about Mr. and Mrs. Frothingham taking Ruth home for a visit, and how they all had ice-cream together at the hotel.
"Just think!" said Felix: "there was Ruth in that old calico dress."
"No Felix: it is a new calico," interrupted Sue.