"Oh, I'm going to take him down," announced Joel, easily.
"You!" exclaimed Grandpapa, and he laughed harder than ever.
"Yes, sir!" answered Joel, promptly, "and Candace is going too."
"Well, I guess Candace wouldn't want Jocko by the time they got to the shop," said Jasper, sotto voce.
"I guess not too," said Ben, with a laugh.
"And I'm going too," declared Percy, pushing to the centre of the circle.
"And so am I," said Van, "if Joel's going. Can't I, Grandpapa?" he begged.
"Goodness, what a procession!" exclaimed Grandpapa; "and of course David wants to go—eh, Davie, my lad?"
"Yes, I do," said David, "very much indeed, Grandpapa," and his blue eyes shone.
"I thought so; and I see no reason why you shouldn't be in the party, if all the other boys go. But, dear me, I couldn't allow it. Why, it would be, for all the world, like a circus. And, besides, the monkey would get away from you; he'd be sure to."