“Candy!” cried the eccentric store keeper. “Ha, I have a couplet about that.
“If you would feel both fine and dandy,
Just buy a pound of Lagg’s best candy!”
“That is irresistible!” exclaimed Will. “Trot out a pound of the most select.”
“With pleasure,” said Mr. Lagg.
Merrily the young people wandered about the store, the girls buying some notions and trinkets they thought they would need on the trip, for Mr. Lagg did a general business.
“What are all you folks doing around here?” asked the storekeeper, when he had waited on some other customers.
“Getting in practice for a cruise,” answered Mollie. “Betty, here, is the proud possessor of a lovely motor boat, and we are going to Rainbow Lake soon.”
“And camp on an island, too,” added Amy. “I know I shall love that.”
“Any particular island?” asked Mr. Lagg.
“Elm is a nice one,” remarked Will “Why don’t you girls try that? It isn’t as far as Triangle, and it’s nearly as large. It’s wilder and prettier, too.”