“Well—daisies then. I saw daisies as we came out, and I’d just as soon have daisies.”
Ed and Jack held their candles high above their heads as they tiptoed into the dining room.
A bit of paper fluttered from the hanging lamp!
“More directions on ‘How to Use This Cottage!’” roared Jack. “There, didn’t I tell you! This is the second note left this way. Must have come by a homing-pigeon. Well, I’d just as soon have a dove as a bouquet of violets.”
[CHAPTER XXI—BOYS AND GIRLS]
A half hour later the entire party at Clover Cottage sat in the cozy dining room, engaged in earnest consultation.
The frightened Mrs. Robinson, and the timid Miss Steel, had finally consented to come indoors, after the situation had been described, punctuated and emphasized to them, although they really did want to put up at the hotel in the Circle.
The subject under discussion was the note that was found dangling from the hanging lamp. It was from Nellie Catron, and was not addressed to any one in particular.
Cora had read it, and was now re-reading it.
“If you don’t stop hounding us,” she read, “we will surely drown ourselves. We could get along if you would leave us alone, but we think that balky-horse-trick played on us the other night is about the limit.”