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84 there to welcome you. Won't we have fun though! I've never been in New York."

The others had not either, and they spent some time discussing the pleasant prospects ahead of them.

Monday morning they all went down to the depot to see Ned off.

"Good-bye until Wednesday," he called to his chums as they stood on the platform waving their hands to him. "I'll meet you in New York sure."

But it was a long time before Ned kept his promise.