. A little queen of hearts; an international story . whole weeks others would find out bydegrees what a delightful thingit was to have had everythingso carefully arranged and wellthought out beforehand. Thestart was to be for the EnglishLake Country, and the beingready meant that everythingthat could by any possibility beneeded on a months drivingtour had been carefully stowedaway somewhere. It was a se-lect little party of six—UncleFritz and Aunt Lou, Marie-Celeste, Miss Allyn, Haroldyoung American artist whom Uncle FritzMr. Farwell was invited, if the truth be told,more to fill
. A little queen of hearts; an international story . whole weeks others would find out bydegrees what a delightful thingit was to have had everythingso carefully arranged and wellthought out beforehand. Thestart was to be for the EnglishLake Country, and the beingready meant that everythingthat could by any possibility beneeded on a months drivingtour had been carefully stowedaway somewhere. It was a se-lect little party of six—UncleFritz and Aunt Lou, Marie-Celeste, Miss Allyn, Haroldyoung American artist whom Uncle FritzMr. Farwell was invited, if the truth be told,more to fill up than for any other reason ; for three in a row is theinvariable rule for an English break, unless you are willing to beshaken about rather more than is by any means agreeable. The backseat was reserved for the two grooms, and a bundle of wraps and rugsstrapped to the cushion between them showed that they at any raterecognized the desirability of not having too much room at theirdisposal. The break that was brought into requisition belonged to. DOROTHY. and Mr. Farwell, ahad come to know. 168 A LITTLE QUEEN OF HEARTS. Theodore, and was simply appropriated by Harold, for there wasno saying by your leave to a fellow who went driving throughthe country himself without even taking the pains to enlightenyou as to his whereabouts. Who knows but we shall meet him somewhere ? thought Harold,knowing that Teds trip was also to be through the English Lakes;and if we do, Ill give him another piece of my mind, for hes beenmore than rude to Aunt Lou and Uncle Fritz, never putting himselfout the least bit for them. Oh, if Ted were only a different sort offellow ! He ought to be the sixth one in this party instead of But, heigho ! it would be a shame to let Ted spoil this tripfor me, and Im not going to think of him again—that is, if I can helpit—unless we happen to meet. Harold was indulging in this meditation as he stood waiting bythe break for the rest of the party, for
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