human
Major,
gpt
Jim, the Whitneys are going over into Jersey on an exploring expedition, to view some curious old places, Cockloft Hall among them. Don't you want to go?
human
Oh, that's the place where the Salmagundi Club used to meet, cried Hanny, with eager interest.
gpt
It is in Newark.
human
Yes; and there's another queer nest on the Passaic where a great sportsman lives, Henry William Herbert, the Frank Forrester of some stirring adventures. Mr. Whitney is to see him. And there are some other old haunts; Delia was looking them up,--the Kearny house, and an old place that was once used as a sort of fort.
gpt
Dele Whitney goes round just like a boy!
human
Well, why shouldn't she go with her brother?
gpt
Oh, Ben, can't I go with you?
human
Jersey's a queer sort of State, said Jim, teasingly.
gpt
The Blue Laws are still in operation. You are not allowed to stay out after dark.
human
Are they printed in blue? And you don't mean to stay out after dark, do you, Ben?
gpt
It is because you feel pretty blue when you have to obey them; and Jersey is out of the United States.
human
It just isn't, Mr. Jim! cried Hanny, indignantly.
gpt
It's one of the Middle States.