"
"Is that so?" her father said in surprise, while Carl and Bess both
exclaimed. "Did you know anything of it, Zelie?"
"It is rather a sudden decision, I fancy. Some friends have been
urging him to go. He was here this afternoon and said good-by," she
replied.
"I met him just as he was leaving," said Louise, "and he asked me to
say good-by to everybody for him."
"If everybody goes, what are we to do?" asked Bess disconsolately.
"Suppose we go, too! What do you say, Zelie, to sending Carie and
Helen to comfort Aunt Annie in her loneliness while the rest of us go
off for a holiday? We can see Ikey on his way and drop Carl at school
later on."
"You are an angel to think of such a thing!" cried Louise, and Mr.
Hazeltine was so nearly suffocated by his ecstatic daughters that he
almost regretted his proposal.
Aunt Zelie wouldn't have dared to object if she had wished to, so she
and her brother made their plans while the girls and Carl ran over to
tell Ikey the good news.
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE BIG FRONT DOOR IS LEFT ALONE.
"If Dora could only go!" Bess said, as she and Louise flew around in a
delightful bustle of preparation.
As this was quite out of the question, Dora was content to stay at
home.
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