"That's down among the Everglades; isn't it?" she asked.
"Close to them. I've always wanted to go there, and see what they are like. Now I may get the chance."
"I think I should like to see them, too," she agreed.
"Ruth, you are getting very brave," observed Alice a little later, when the two sisters were packing up in their room.
"Why, dear?"
"To offer to go with Russ to the Everglades."
"I didn't offer!"
"It was the same thing, sister mine. It makes a big difference; doesn't it?"
"Silly!"
Alice laughed.