CHAPTER XV
IN WHICH TWO NEW FRIENDS DISPORT THEMSELVES
"The nex' mornin' was fine an' nice," continued Pomona, "an' after our breakfast had been brought to us, we went out in the grounds to take a walk. There was lots of trees back of the house, with walks among 'em, an' altogether it was so oletimey an' castleish that I was as happy as a lark.
"'Come along. Earl Miguel,' I says; 'let us tread a measure 'neath these mantlin' trees.'
"'All right,' says he. 'Your Jiguel attends you. And what might our noble second name be? What is we earl an' earl-ess of?'
"'Oh, anything,' says I. 'Let's take any name at random.'
"'All right,' says he. 'Let it be random. Earl an' Earl-ess Random. Come along.'
"So we walks about, I feelin' mighty noble an' springy, an' afore long we sees another couple a-walkin' about under the trees.
"'Who's them?' says I.
"'Don't know,' says he, 'but I expect they're some o' the other boarders. The man said he had other boarders when I spoke to him about takin' us.'
"'Let's make-believe they're a count an' countess,' says I. 'Count an' Countess of—'
"'Milwaukee,' says he.
"I didn't think much of this for a noble name, but still it would do well enough, an' so we called
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