"And the ocean has salt water in it, too,
and Lake Michigan is fresh!"
"That makes it better!" declared Nan, who decided then and there to
"stick up" for Chicago. "If you're thirsty you can't drink the salty
ocean water, but you could drink the lake water."
"Well, maybe that's better," admitted Bert. "I didn't think of that."
And when he and the other children had been taken by their father out
to the city lake front, and had seen the bathing beach, Bert had to
admit that, after all, Chicago was just as good as New York. But he
would not say it was better.
As for Flossie and Freddie, any place was nice to them if they had
Bert and Nan and daddy and mother along. The smaller twins seemed to
have fun over everything; even riding up and down in the hotel
elevator amused them.
After a day of sight-seeing about Chicago, Mrs. Bobbsey was rather
tired, and she thought the children were, too, for she told them they
had better go to bed early, as they would still have another day to-
morrow to see things.
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