“To go where?” questioned Elfreda.
“That is for us girls to decide upon,” interjected Grace. “The first question to be settled is, who will go?”
“All in favor of taking a horseback trip say ‘aye’; contrary ‘no,’” cried Hippy.
The answer was a chorus of ayes.
“The ayes have it! We go,” announced the lieutenant, smiling his pleasure at the decision.
“Have you a suggestion to offer as to where we might go?” asked Anne.
“It was my thought that we might tour New England,” answered the lieutenant.
“New England!” cried Emma Dean. “There isn’t any fun in doing that. When I go out for adventure I wish the real thing. Adventure in New England! Huh! It hasn’t existed in New England since the Indians put down an arrow barrage on the Pilgrim Fathers. You will have to think of something more exciting than New England if you expect me to go with you.”
“Where do we get the saddle horses?” was Elfreda’s query.
“Hippy will arrange for that,” Grace informed her. “I agree with Emma that, so long as we are going out for adventure, we should get as far from the beaten paths as possible. Roughing it in the real meaning of the term is what we girls need.”