Let's go and look for this hotel that our friend, Mr.Dee, has recommended." Getting into the automobile Jane started her car, and they drove through the town in search of the hotel, which they found after a few inquiries.
The prosperous village of Wantagh was located on the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee.

It was there that Miss Elting's brother had begun to practice law, but after one year's practice in the little village had listened to the call of the West.

He had left in Wantagh the old scow, dignified by the name of "houseboat" to which was attached the further title of "Red Rover." It was in this lumbering craft that Miss Elting and her young friends, the Meadow-Brook Girls, had planned to spend part of their summer vacation.

Their meeting with Dickinson, in whose care the boat had been left, was quite discouraging.

Dee was not a prepossessing fellow; what impressed them most unfavorably about him was his shifty eyes.