Tell me what steamer you want to catch, Maud, and I'll reserve rooms for our entire party." "No," said Jones, "don't do it, sir." "Why not ?" "There's the _Arabella_.

Let's use her." "To cross the ocean ?" "She has done that before.

It will assist our enterprise, I'm sure, to have our own boat.

These are troublous times on the high seas." Patsy clapped her hands gleefully.
"That's it; a hospital ship!" she exclaimed.
They regarded her with various expressions: startled, doubtful, admiring, approving.

Presently, with added thought on the matter, the approval became unanimous.
"It's an amazing suggestion," said Maud, her eyes sparkling.
"Think how greatly it will extend our usefulness," said Beth.
Uncle John was again trotting up and down the room, this time in a state of barely repressed excitement.
"The very thing!" he cried.