What shall I need to
take in the way of clothes?"
"Only your very lightest, my dear," suggested Belle. "Of course the
trip down on the steamer will be cool--at least the first day or so.
Well start in about two weeks. That will bring us to Porto Rica
about, the beginning of the dry season--the most delightful time."
"And is your father really going to try to have the Spanish prisoner
released?" asked Cora.
"He says he is, my dear. And when papa makes up his mind to do a
thing, it is generally done," said Bess. "Besides, he has learned
that Mr. Ralcanto did some political favors for friends of papa's.
That is before the poor man was put in prison. Which brings us back
to Inez--what about her, Cora?"
"I have just thought of something," murmured Jack's sister. "As I
said, she has several times suggested going, now she is practically
assured that something will be attempted for her father. But I was
just wondering why we couldn't take her with us?"
"Of course!" cried Belle.
"Mamma was going to take Janet for a maid," Cora resumed, "but Janet
isn't very keen on going. I fancy she thinks the West Indian Islands
are inhabited by cannibals."
"The idea!" laughed Bess.
"Well, I found her reading some books on African travel," Cora went
on, "and she asked me if the climate wasn't about the same. She
seems to think all hot countries are the homes of cannibals.
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