A SAILING PARTY After Aunt Isabel had gone home, Patty devoted herself to the entertainment of her young cousins.

And they seemed to require a great deal of entertainment--both Ethelyn and Reginald wanted something done for their pleasure all the time.

They did not hesitate to express very freely their opinions of the pleasures planned for them, and as they were sophisticated young persons, they frequently scorned the simple gaieties in which Patty and her Vernondale companions found pleasure.

However, they condescended to be pleased at the idea of a sailing party, for, as there was no water near their own home, a yacht was a novelty to them.

At first Ethelyn thought to appear interesting by expressing timid doubts as to the safety of the picnic party, but she soon found that the Vernondale young people had no foolish fears of that sort.
Fourth of July was a bright, clear day, warm, but very pleasant, with a good stiff breeze blowing.