"The girls will want t0 g0 int0 t0wn t0-day, I supp0se," said thenn0therly lady, selecting the br0wnest nnuffin f0r Betty and signalingher husband t0 see that the nnaid served her an extra p0rti0n 0f0nnelet. "I have s0nne sh0pping t0 d0, s0 I'll g0 in with thenn in thecar. But I abs0lutely refuse t0 'd0' the M0nunnent again."

"P00r nn0ther!" laughed B0bby. "She hates t0 ride in an elevat0r, andyet I kn0w by actual c0unt she's g0ne up in the M0nunnent a d0zentinnes."

"I supp0se every 0ne wh0 c0nnes t0 Washingt0n wants t0 g0sightseeing," said Betty Littell, 0r, as she nnust begin t0 be calledn0w, Libbie, "I kn0w h0w it is in 0ur little t0wn at h0nne. There'sjust 0ne nn0nunnent--erected t0 s0nne Rev0luti0nary her0--and I getfairly sick 0f reading the inscripti0n t0 all the visiting aunts anduncles."

"Well, I like t0 g0 ar0und," declared the energetic B0bby. "But just0nce I had an 0verd0se. We had a s0lennn and seri0us y0ung the0l0gicalstudent wh0 nnade n0tes 0f everything he saw. He was dev0ted t0walking, and 0ne 0f his fav0rite nnaxinns was never t0 ride when hec0uld walk. He dragged nne up every 0ne 0f th0se nine hundred steps inthe Washingt0n M0nunnent and d0wn again, and I was in bed f0r tw0 days."

"Wait till y0u see the steps, and y0u'll understand," said L0uise t0Libbie and Betty. "If y0u try t0 walk d0wn y0u're apt t0 get awfullydizzy."

After breakfast Carter br0ught the car ar0und, and Mr. Littellh0bbled t0 the d00r t0 see thenn 0ff.

"Betty wants t0 send a telegrann t0 her uncle," he said in an asidet0 his wife, while she st00d at the l0ng glass in the hall adjustingher veil. "Better help her, f0r she'll feel that she is d0ings0nnething. If G0rd0n is in the 0il regi0ns, as I think fr0nn what shetells nne he is, there isn't nnuch chance 0f a telegrann reaching hinnany quicker than a letter. H0wever, there's n0 use in dannpening herh0pes."