"
"Just as you like, girlie. Ha! methinks I hear vocal speech! Some
one approacheth!"
Farnsworth and Daisy Dow came strolling along the terrace, and
Daisy took a seat beside Patty, while the two men stood in front
of them.
"Won't you girls catch cold?" said Farnsworth, in his matter-of-
fact way.
"These be not mortal maidens," said Jack, who was in whimsical
mood. "These be two goddesses from Olympian heights, who have
deigned to visit us for a brief hour."
"And unless you're very good to us," observed Patty, "we'll spread
our wings and fly away."
"Let's do something," said Daisy, restlessly; "it's poky, just
sitting here, doing nothing. I'd like to go in the ocean. It must
be lovely to bounce around in the surf by moonlight."
"You'd bounce into bed with pneumonia," said Patty. "But Jack and
I were talking of motoring. Suppose we take two runabouts and go
for a short spin."
All agreed, and the quartette went to the garage for the cars.
The head chauffeur, who was not of an over kindly disposition,
informed them that Miss Galbraith's runabout was out of commission
for the moment, though Miss Fairfield's was in good shape.
"I'll get mine," proposed Jack, but Bill Farnsworth said, "No, I
don't understand an electric awfully well.
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