l," said Rollo, "go on."

VII.

Josie is hereby appointed treasurer, to collect and keep the fines.

"And what is to be done with the money?" asked Rollo.

"You will see," said Mr. George.

VIII.

Any one of the party who shall at any time make complaint of any
thing in respect to the carriage, or the riding during the day, or
in respect to the food provided at the hotels, or the rooms, or the
beds, when we stop for the night, except when such complaint
relates to an evil which may be remedied, and is made with a view
to having it remedied, shall be fined one cent, or the value
thereof in the currency of the country. Rosie is to be the sole
judge of the infractions of this rule, and is to impose the fine,
while Josie, as before, is to collect and keep the money.

"I wish you would make me the treasurer," said Rollo.

"No," said Mr. George; "you have the care of the _buono mano_ fund.
Josie shall be treasurer for the fines."

"Very well," said Rollo.

IX.

On the arrival of the party at Naples, the amount of the fine money
shall be expended in the famous Neapolitan confectionery, and shall
be divided equally among the three children.

"Good!" said Rollo. "But, uncle George, I don't think you ought to call
us _children_ exactly. We are almost all of us twelve or thirteen."

"True," said Mr. George, "you are not children; but what can I call you
to distinguish you from the grown persons of the party. The regular and
proper designation for persons under age, in a legal document, is
_infants_."

"Hoh!" said Rollo, "that is worse than _children_."

"I might call you the young persons, or the junior members of the
party."

"Yes," said Rollo, "that will be better; the junior members of the
party."

So it was agreed to strike out the word _children_ wherever it occurred
in the document, and insert in lieu of it the phrase _junior members of
the party_.

With this correction the document was read to Mrs. Gray in the hearing
of Rosie and Josie. They all approved it in every respect. The draught
was then given to Rosie in order that she might make a fair copy of it.
When the copy was made, the nine rules were read again in the hearing of
the whole party, and all agreed to abide by them.

Thus the arrangements for the journey were complete; and Mrs. Gray,
after learning from Vittorio that the first day's journey would not be
lon