"Yon will find the date of my birth there in papa's handwriting, from which your knowledge of arithmetic will enable you to compute my present age." "Thank you," he said, laughing, but with a look of slight embarrassment, "I am entirely satisfied with the amount of knowledge I already possess on that subject." "Ah, what subject is that upon which you are so well informed, Chester ?" queried Captain Raymond pleasantly, overhearing the last remark, and turning toward the young couple.
"Your daughter's age, sir.

I invited her to take a ride with me upon the lagoon, in one of those electrical launches; but find she is but a young thing and cannot leave her father." "Ah ?" laughed the captain, "then suppose we all go together." "Willingly, sir, if that will suit her better," answered Chester, turning enquiringly to Lucilla.
"I think nothing could be pleasanter," she said, and the others being of like opinion, they were presently gliding over the waters of the lagoon intensely enjoying the swift easy movement and the fairylike scenes through which they were passing..