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pictures to her heart's content.

"We've got a good cook," whispered Joy across the table to her hostess.
"I don't know what he calls this mixture, but it's wonderful!" Joy's
face was expressive and Sam noticed her approval of his lunch so during
the remainder of the trip it was to Joy he turned if he wanted to make
sure that any dish was appreciated.

And while the girls did not find the time dragging, they were ready and
waiting when the train pulled into the station at Washington. They
were shunted about for a few minutes and finally stopped on a side
track where the car would remain while they were in the Capital.

As Bet emerged from the station she gave a little scream of delight.
"There it is, girls!" she cried. "The dome of the Capitol! At last my
eyes have really seen it!"

"Wait a minute till I get a picture of it," said Shirley. "I might not
get such a good view again."

"That view isn't worth taking," interrupted Mrs. Breckenridge. "You'd
better wait. That dome is visible from all parts of the city. It's
wasting a film to take it here."

"Oh, girls, I can hardly wait until I see everything. The
Congressional Library, the....."

"The place where the money is made! That's what I want to see. I hope
they'll be making thousand dollar bills. I think that would be fun,"
sang out Joy as the Judge helped her into the taxi.

When they reached the hotel steps, Shirley was thankful that she had
not wasted her film on the other view of the Capitol. In the haze of
the late afternoon, the dome looked like a huge bubble.

"There's your picture, Shirley," gasped Bet. "And see, the street in
front of us leads right up to the Capitol."

The girls followed the Judge rather unwillingly into the hotel. They
were anxious not to miss any of the sights of the city and it seemed a
waste of time to go indoors.

"Come on Bet, don't be so slow," called Kit from the doorway.

"This is so nice I'd like to look at it forever," she said with a sigh.
The girls laughed for Bet was always wishing things to last forever.

Mrs. Breckenridge had not stood the trip as well as they had expected.
She seemed completely tired out and Enid refused to leave her.

"You go along and have a good time," Enid proposed to the girls, but
without their friend they felt they could not enjoy anything, so a
short walk was all they saw of Washington that evening.

They retired early, for even youth gets weary with excitement and