Then, with Betty and Mary and Gladys and the heiress all chattering in a breath as they surrounded him, Jim returned to the bathing establishment, where they separated. The heiress was a pretty girl, and the boy smiled as he bade her good-bye.
As he dressed himself he could not help congratulating himself upon his good luck in meeting this "bunch of nice girls" on the very day of his arrival. It augured a pleasant vacation.
As for the "bunch," Gladys said on the way home:
"Isn't Susie a deep one, though?"
"She thinks she is," answered the heiress, with a toss of her shapely head. "Do you remember, dear, how the cat's paw once pulled the chest-nuts out of the fire for some one else?"
"Oh, yes;" answered Gladys, sniffing. "It was for a monkey, wasn't it?"
Those sweet, sweet girls!
[CHAPTER V.]
GETTING ACQUAINTED.
Mrs. Still, who lived but a few doors from the Jarrods, called upon Mrs. Jarrod the next afternoon, and after welcoming her cordially to Tamawaca and congratulating her upon acquiring pretty Lake View, invited her and Mr. Jarrod to attend a card party at the yacht club that evening.