"It is a bagpipe, playing a Scotch air," said Percy, who was standing near their little group.
"What queer music!" said one of the little girls when it had ceased; "but I like it. Please, Uncle Ronald, make some more."
Several tunes followed, and then the children were told they had monopolized their Uncle Ronald long enough and must leave him to the older people for a while.
"But you'll do some more for us some other time, won't you, Uncle Ronald?" asked one of the little girls as they reluctantly withdrew from his immediate neighborhood.
"Yes, little dear, I will," he answered kindly.
And he did entertain them in the same way a number of times during his short stay in their town.
CHAPTER XIII.
"Well, papa, where shall we go, or what shall we do, to-day?" asked Grace one bright September morning as they sat about the breakfast table on board the Dolphin.
"Let me hear the wishes of all three of you in regard to that matter," he said in his accustomed pleasant tones. "Evelyn, what have you to say? Have you any plans you would like carried out?"
"No, sir, thank you," she replied. "I shall be perfectly contented to stay on the Dolphin or go anywhere you and the girls wish."