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taking as soon as possible. We find ourselves here surrounded by so much
that is wondrously enticing to look at, that I fear we will be tempted to
neglect needed rest, and so make ourselves ill."

"Ah, mamma, you and my husband are of one mind, as usual," laughed Violet,
and then with a tenderly affectionate good-night they parted.

Both the captain and Lulu retained their old habit of early rising, and
she joined him upon the deck the next morning just as the sun came peeping
above the horizon.

"Good-morning, papa," she cried, running to him to put her arms about his
neck and give and receive the usual morning caress. "Isn't this a lovely
day? How we shall enjoy it at the Fair--that beautiful Court of Honor is
just like the loveliest of fairylands."

"With which my eldest daughter is quite familiar, of course," he returned
with amused look and tone, and smoothing her hair caressingly as he spoke.

"Well, I think I can begin to imagine now what fairyland may be like," was
her smiling rejoinder. "Papa, mayn't I keep close at your side, going
wherever you go?"

"That is exactly what I want you to do," he said. "I should be troubled
indeed by losing sight of any one of my children, unless after putting him
or her in the care of someone whom I could implicitly trust."

"I don't want to be in the care of anyone else, papa," she hastened to
say.

"But it will be quite impossible to see everything here that is well worth
looking at," he said, "and our tastes may differ greatly in regard to the
things we care to examine."

"Still I care most of all to be with you, papa. I'm not afraid of getting
lost, because I could easily find my way back to the Peristyle and wait
and watch there for you and the rest, but I want to share in your
enjoyment, and have you share in mine," laying her rosy cheek against his
shoulder and lifting to his, eyes full of ardent affection.

"That is right," he said, smiling, and patting her cheek.

"Ah, here come your mamma, Gracie, and the little ones. You are early, my
dear," to Violet as he handed her to a seat, took one at her side, drawing
Grace to his knee for a moment's petting and fondling, then letting her
give place to the younger two, both eagerly waiting for their turn.

"Yes," Violet replied, "we are all ready for an early start for the Fair."

"As I expected," he said pleasantly. "I have ordered breakfast to be on
the table an hour earlier than usual, and if our guests appea