"
They started off for the path that led to the public pavilion on the
lake shore. Cora was with Ed, Walter had Belle on one side and Bess
on the other, because he declared that the twins should always go
together to "balance" him. Jack and Hazel led the way.
At the pavilion the seats were almost all occupied, for campers from
all sides of the lake flocked there on the entertainment evenings.
A band was dreaming over some tune, each musician evidently being
his own leader.
The elder Miss Blake, Jeannette, who sat on an end seat, arose as
they entered and made room for the Chelton folks to sit beside her,
meanwhile gushing over the prospect of the evening's good time, and
the good luck of "meeting girls from home."
Walter allowed Bess and Belle to pass to the chairs beyond Miss
Blake and thus placed himself beside the not any too desirable
spinster.
He made a wry face aside to Jack. He liked girls but the elder Miss
Blake!
"Mabel is going to sing 'Dreams,'" she said sweetly. "I do love
Mabel's voice in 'Dreams.'"
"Yes, I think I should too," said Walter, but the joke was lost on
Jeannette. "Who is that dark man over there?" he asked.
"Oh that's a foreigner. They call him Jones, but that's because his
name is so unpronounceable. Isn't he handsome?" asked the lady.
"Rather odd looking I should say," returned Walter, "but it seems to
me he is attracted in this direction.
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