e he did it?" Dolly asked of Dotty, as they sat in the
swing, talking over the party.

"Oh, it's easy enough," returned Dotty. "They don't really break up the
watch, you know."

"Of course I know that! But how _do_ they do it? What becomes of the
broken eggs and all?"

"I don't know, but I've seen magic tricks before and they always bring
everything out right somehow!"

CHAPTER VI

ROLLER SKATING

The day after the party the two girls sat as usual in the big swing
talking things over.

"I like that boy with the funny name," said Dotty; "the one they call
Lollie. Such a silly name for a boy!"

"Yes; such a dignified name as Lorillard ought not to have such a silly
nickname. But he's always called Lollie. He is a nice boy, but I like
Joe Collins better."

"Yes, he's funny and makes you laugh all the time. But those twin boys
are the nicest of all. What funny names they all have. Tod and Tad!"

"How do you like the girls?"

"The Rawlins girls are nice and Celia Ferris. But I like you best,
Dolly, and except for parties I don't care so much about a crowd. Let's
go roller skating."

"Oh, no; let's sit here and swing; it's too hot to skate."

"Pshaw! come on. You're too lazy for anything. You just sit around and
do nothing and that's what makes you so fat. Get your skates and I'll
race you around the block. Really, Doll, you ought to take more exercise
or you'll get terribly fat."

"Well, you'd better not take so much then, for you're as thin as a
ping-wing now!"

"What's a ping-wing?"

"I don't know, but it's the thinnest thing there is. All right, I'll
skate around the block once or twice, and then we'll go and see if there
are any little cakes left over from yesterday."

In a short time the two girls had their skates on and started to roll
along the smooth, wide pavements of Summit Avenue.

"Let's do this," proposed Dotty. "Start right here in front of our
house; you go one way and I the other round the whole block and see if
we can come back and meet right straight here."

"All right, but I know I can't go as fast as you do. You skate like a
streak of lightning."

"Well, I'll go sort of slow for me, and you go as swift as you can, and
let's try to come together right here."

The two girls started in opposite directions, and turned their
respective corners on their way around the block. In due time they
passed each other in the street back of their own, and Dotty nodded
approval as she