"Say, Bert! We can take Big Bear along in our boat.

Isn't that so ?" Merefleet looked up from his paper as he heard the words.

They were seated at the next table at lunch, his American friend and her excessively English cousin.

Merefleet noticed that she was dressed for boating.

She wore a costume of white linen, and a Panama hat was crammed jauntily on the soft, dark hair.