Enna reluctantly admitted that such was the fact.
"I'll send them into town to-day, with orders that full half the heel shall be taken off," he said with angry decision.
CHAPTER THIRD.
"'Tis a goodly scene—
Yon river, like a silvery snake, lays out
His coil i' the sunshine lovingly."
—HUNT.
The family at Ion presently fell into the old routine of study, work and play, Elsie resuming the duties of governess; but as the heated term drew on, she and the little ones, especially the babe, began to droop.
"You must go north for the summer," said Dr. Barton, "start as soon as possible and don't return till October."
"Would you recommend the seashore?" asked Mr. Travilla.
"H'm! that might answer very well, but mountain air would, I think, be better."
"Oh then, mamma!" cried Vi, who was present and had been an eager but hitherto silent listener, "won't you accept Aunt Lucy's invitation?"