Who'd you want to say good-by to most of all ?" Each name given by the child was surreptitiously penciled by Bailey on a scrap of paper.

The list was a long one and, when the great afternoon came, the Whittaker house was crowded.
The supper was a brilliant success.

So was the cake, brought in with candles ablaze, by the grinning Georgianna.

Beside the children there were some older people present, Bailey and Asaph, of course, and the "regulars" from the perfect boarding house, who had been invited because it was fairly certain that Mr.Bangs wouldn't be allowed to attend if his wife did not.

Miss Dawes had also been asked, at Bos'n's well-understood partiality, but she had declined.
Toward the end of the meal, when the hilarity at the long table was at its height, an unexpected guest made his appearance.