"What time shall we reach there, Papa?" asked Max.
"Not long before your bed-time, I understand," replied the Captain.
"Then we cannot see anything before Monday?"
"You will see something of the town in walking to church day after to-morrow."
"And we can start out bright and early on Monday to visit places of interest," added Lulu; "can't we, Papa?"
"Yes, if you will be careful to be ready in good season. We want to see all we can in the two days of our stay."
"And I don't believe we'll find Lu a hindrance, as some girls would be," said Max. "She's always prompt when anything is to be done."
"I think that is quite true, Max," their father remarked, looking from one to the other with a smile that was full of paternal love and pride; "and of you as well as of your sister."
"If we are, Papa, it is because you have trained us to punctuality and promptness," returned the lad, regarding his father with eyes full of admiring filial affection.