d, too," and she blushed as she
glanced at him.

"That's better!" he laughed.

The next day Mollie telephoned for all of her chums to gather at her
house for a sort of farewell tea some of the friends of the girls wished
to tender to them. It was a cold, snowy, blustery day, and as Grace,
wrapped in her furs, walked shiveringly along with Amy and Betty she
remarked:

"I can almost envy Will now--down where it is nice and warm."

"Oh, we'll soon be there," answered Betty.

They found Mollie in the midst of showing some of her new gowns to her
friends, and the three chums joined in the admiration. For Mollie, with
the characteristics of a French girl, loved pretty clothes, and rather
inclined to a pronounced style not indulged in by her chums. But she
always dressed becomingly.

"It is lovely!" exclaimed Hattie Reynolds. "But isn't it awfully light,
Mollie?"

"Not for where we are going," was the answer. "You forget that we are
going to a summer land. Oh, Dodo--stop that!" she cried, for from the
room where stood Mollie's half-packed trunk came the twin, trailing a
garment. "That's my best petticoat!" wailed Mollie. "You'll ruin it. And
Paul! What are you doing with that shirtwaist--it's my very finest
lawn!"

"Us 'ookin' for tandy!" calmly announced Dodo. "Has oo dot any in oo
pockets?"

"Pockets! We never have pockets!" cried Betty. "Oh, aren't they too
funny for anything!"

"You wouldn't say so, if they did this--or something like it--to you
three or four times a day," exclaimed Mollie, half-crossly, as she
advanced to rescue her garments. But the twins backed away, stepping on
the skirt.

"Paul--Dodo--give those to sister at once!" commanded Mollie.

"Us will--for tandy!" stipulated Paul, craftily.

"Oh, if I only had some!" exclaimed Mollie.

"Allow me," volunteered Grace, producing a bag. "Here, children."

"Not while they have my things!" cried Mollie. "Chocolate on my white
waist--never! Put the things down. Paul--Dodo, and Grace will give you
candy."

"Oo dot tandy?" asked Dodo, looking doubtfully at Grace.

"Yes," and she opened the bag to show them. This was evidence enough,
and the garments were placed where they belonged, Mollie hastening in to
lay them straight again.

The little tea was a success, in spite of the invasion of the twins. The
girls were bidden farewell by their friends--rather envious friends, to
be frank--for who would not envy one a trip to sunny Florida with its
fl