Patty was devoted to her
friends, and Roger was one of her schoolday chums. Mona came
forward and greeted the new guest, and introduced him to the
strangers.
"Isn't this just too downright jolly!" Roger exclaimed, as he
looked at the sea and shore, and then brought his gaze back to the
merry group on the veranda. "Haven't you any chaperon person? Or
are we all kids together?"
"We have two chaperons," announced Patty, proudly. "One, you may
see, just down that rose path. The lady in trailing lavender is
our house chaperon, Mrs. Parsons. The impressive looking personage
beside her is an artist of high degree. But our other chaperon,--
ah, here she comes! Mrs. Kenerley."
Adele Kenerley appeared then, looking very sweet and dainty in her
fresh summer frock, and laughingly expressed her willingness to
keep the house party in order and decorum.
"It won't be so very easy, Mrs. Kenerley," said Roger. "My word
for it, these are wilful and prankish girls. I've known Miss
Fairfield for years, and she's capable of any mischief. Miss
Galbraith, now, is more sedate."
"Nonsense!" cried Patty. "I'm the sedate one."
"You don't look it," observed Mona. "Your hair is a sight!"
"It is," said Laurence Cromer, coming up and catching the last
remark; "a sight for gods and men! Miss Fairfield, I beseech you,
don't do it up in fillets and things; leave it just as it is, DO!"
"Indeed I won't," said Patty, and she ran away to her own room to
put her curly locks in order.
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