By ten o’clock, the travelers having settled the business that brought them to Cedarwood, left for Washington to meet the mid-day train for New York, where they arrived at eleven o’clock at night. They went to one of the up-town hotels, where they succeeded in procuring good rooms on the second floor. After a late but light supper, they retired to rest, and, fatigued by their long ride, slept soundly. The next morning, Drusilla looked for the first time upon the great American seaport, as seen from the windows of her room at the hotel. From her point of view, she expected to see a thronged thoroughfare. She was agreeably disappointed, for she looked down upon a broad, clean, shady street, with a park on the opposite side, for the house was a quiet up-town one. While she stood at the window, General Lyon came to the door to take her down to breakfast, in the public room, where at one of the little tables she found Anna and Dick already seated, and waiting for her. After the usual greetings: “This is the tenth,” said Anna; “we have six days to see all that we wish to see in New York, and so we must be busy, Drusa.” “Yes,” answered Drusilla. “But first of all, we must go and take a look at our steamer. I see by this morning’s paper that she got into port late last night,” said the General. “You and I can go and do that, sir. The ladies need not accompany us unless they wish,” said Dick. “Oh, but we _do_ wish,” put in Anna. “I was never inside of an ocean-steamer in my life. Were you, Drusilla?” “Of course not.” “And wouldn’t you like to go and take a look at the floating home in which we are to live for about two weeks?” “Certainly I should, unless——” “Unless what?” “Our company should inconvenience uncle or Dick.” “It will not inconvenience _me_ in the slightest degree. On the contrary it will give _me_ pleasure. And—it don’t matter about Dick,” said the General. “Then we’ll go,” concluded Anna, rising from the table. “And you had better get ready at once, young ladies, as we have a great deal-do-to-day after seeing the ship,” advised the General. “And Drusilla, if I were in your place, I would let Pina take little Lenny across the street into the park. Jacob can go along to look after them both. So they will be quite safe,” counseled Anna. Drusilla nodded and smiled assent. And they went up stairs to put on their bonnets, and soon came down prepared for the drive. The General and Dick were waiting in the hall, and the hired carriage was at the door. “Only let me see little Lenny and his attendants safe in the park first, and then I will join you,” said Drusilla, who was leading in her hand her little boy; who now, being seventeen months old, could walk and talk quite prettily. “It is only across the street. It will not take us two minutes,” added Anna. “And I am so much afraid of his being run over by carriages,” pleaded the young mother. “Oh, go, go!” laughed the General.