CHAPTER III.
Emily said--well, the first thing she said was, "Oh, Aunt Thankful!" Then she added that she couldn't believe it.
"It's so," declared Mrs.Barnes, "whether we believe it or not.

When you come to think it over there's nothin' so wonderful about it, after all.
I had a sneakin' suspicion when I was sittin' here by you, after you'd gone to sleep.

What I saw afterwards made me almost sure.

I--Hum! I guess likely that'll keep till we get to the hotel, if we ever do get there.

Perhaps Mr .-- Mr.--" "Bangs is my name, ma'am," said the big man with the lantern.