d with a day or two, as there is so much that will
interest you here which you have not yet seen."

"Cousin Annis," said Violet, "would you not be willing to make one of our
party? I am sure that with a little crowding we could accommodate you very
easily."

"Thank you very much, cousin," replied Annis, "but I fear my company would
not repay you for the necessary crowding."

At that several voices exclaimed that it certainly would; the young girls
adding that they could crowd a little closer together without feeling it
any inconvenience, and the captain saying laughingly that impromptu beds
would have to be provided in the saloon for Chester and Frank, and he
would join them there, so leaving a vacant place for her with his wife;
and with a little more persuasion Annis accepted the invitation, knowing
that she could be well spared for a time from the large circle of brothers
and sisters, nephews and nieces: the dear old father and mother having
been taken, some years before, to their heavenly home.

"I wish we could take Cousin Arthur, Marian, and Hugh with us," said
Violet; "though they are not here to-night, they must still be in the
city, I think."

"Yes," said her husband, "and I think we might manage to accommodate them
also, should they care to go; but probably they will prefer having that
much more time to spend at the Fair."

It was a beautiful moonlight evening, and after a little more chat in
regard to the arrangements to be made for the morrow's journey, all
except the children, who were already in bed, went together to the Court
of Honor: from there to the Midway Plaisance, then to the Ferris Wheel, in
which everyone was desirous to take a ride by moonlight; nor were they by
any means disappointed in it.

On leaving the Wheel they bade each other good-night and scattered to
their several resting places--the cousins to their boarding-house, the
others to the yacht.

A little before eight o'clock the next morning there was a cheerful bustle
on board the _Dolphin_. The extra passengers arrived safely and in good
season, with their luggage, and found everything on the boat in good trim,
and an excellent breakfast awaiting them and the others.

The weather was all that could be desired; they were congenial spirits,
and the day passed most delightfully. But though the young people were
very sociable, no one seeming to be under any restraint, neither Chester
nor Percy found an opportunity for any private