samples my tailor sends me. And really I shall not be sorry to get back
to deah old N'York and renew my wardrobe."

"If he has any more suits he'll have to get a man to look after them,"
remarked Alice.

"Oh, hush!" chided Ruth.

Then silence once more settled down over the company on the upper deck of
the _Magnolia_. An awning protected them from the hot sun, and really it
was very pleasant traveling that way. Of course it was lonesome and the
solitude was depressing. For days they would see nothing save perhaps the
boat of some solitary fisherman, or alligator hunter.

Occasionally they saw some of the big saurians themselves, as they
slipped into the water from some log, or sand bar, on the approach of the
steamer. Now and then some wild water fowl would dart across the bows of
the boat, uttering its harsh cries.

Russ got a number of fine nature films, but the real work of making
dramas would not take place for another day or two. Meals were served
aboard, though once or twice, when a long stop had to be made for the
cutting of fuel, a shore party was made up.

Then they would take their luncheon with them, seek out some little
palm-shaded glade, and there feast and make merry. Ruth and Alice, with
Paul and Russ, always enjoyed these trips.

"I think this will about suit us," said Mr. Pertell, one evening, as the
_Magnolia_ made a turn in the stream, and came to a place where another