And now all this happiness was to be buttoned up in a cunning little casaque, with new gaiters at the feet, and a hat and rosette at the top.

Forty pounds or so of perfect delight going down to the depot in a carriage.
"Don't you wish you could go, Zip Parlin?
I'd like to hear you bark in the cars; and I'd like to hear _you_ talk, Prudy, too!" As Dotty spoke, the faintest possible shadow flickered across her radiant face; but it was only for a moment.

She could not have quite everything she wanted, because she could not have Prudy; but then they were to take a basket of cold boiled eggs, sandwiches, and pies; and over these viands, with a napkin between, were two picture-books and a small spy-glass.

There was a trunk with a sunshade in it, and some pretty dresses; among them the favorite white delaine, no longer stained with marmalade.

There were presents in the trunk for Grace, Horace, and Katie, which were to take them by surprise.