The ride home was long and boring and Trixie was having to put up with Bobby who kept pulling her hair. She was going to miss Brian. Heck she already did. She could not wait to get out of the car. It was hot and her two brothers had stuck her in the middle of the back seat.

Because their older brother was going to be gone all summer, she and her brother Mart were going to have to share some of his chores. Trixie was being selfish and she knew it, but she didn't care, she wanted to spend the summer having fun with her friends and the bob-whites of the glen.

The next morning Trixie got up and helped her brother Bobby get dressed. She then helped her mother with the laundry and the vacuuming. She was not done until after ten. But then she ran right up to see her best friend Honey.

Honey was out in the yard with her brother. They were headed to the tennis courts, and Trixie decided to go with them. The rule was that usually the winner would play the next person who was waiting. Honey was very good at the game and usually won. But, today her game was off and Jim won.

Trixie had not learned to play tennis until last year, and she was no match for her friend Jim. He beat her easily, but she took it with a smile. They were the best of friends.

There was the meeting that afternoon and as the three friends went to the clubhouse, they found Mart already there and their friend Di Lynch coming up the driveway.

At the meeting there were lots of questions about the island the lighthouse that Trixie and Mart had been to the day before. They told all their friends about the many sites to see and the fun that they had going there. "I hope that we get to go there this summer and spend some time with Brian."

Everyone there agreed and they all hoped that they could go at some time before the summer was over. The island was near Newport RI and Honey had an uncle Tom who lived there. Maybe she could talk to her dad.

That night Honey's mother and father came home that night after a long business trip and Honey smiled. She saw her brother Jim in the hallway and asked him "I am going to try to talk to mom and dad about us going to Prince Island. Maybe we can all go."

"All we can do is ask." Jim told her with a smile and they hurried down to the breakfast table. The cook was just finishing the breakfast as Honey and Jim came in and saw their mother and father. They took their seats and smiled at their parents.

Honey's father knew that something was up as Honey and Jim were smiling and moving around so much that neither one of them could sit still. He smiled and ask them "Is there something on your mind today children?"

Jim smiled and said "Well, Brian got a job. He is working at a lighthouse on Prince Island in Newport."

Their father looked at their mother and smiled "That is good. When does he start the job?" he asked.

"He went out yesterday. He is going to be there until the end of August. His father smiled and thought of the little lighthouse that he had seen many times from his brother's home. "We must go there this summer, my brother has always wanted us to go there. Perhaps you and Honey could go out to the island and pay Brian a visit sometime this summer.

Jim and Honey smiled at each other. But Honey had other thoughts on her mind. "We were hoping that we could got and stay on the island for a week. There is a place to stay. We can actually sleep in the lighthouse. That is all of us Bob Whites of the Glen?" she told him sweetly.

Money was never a worry at the Wheeler home, as it was at the Belden home. But he was not sure that he could get the lighthouse at such a late time. The island was known to be booked months in advance. "Honey, I am sure that staying on the island would be a lot of fun, but the place books months ahead. I will make a few calls and let you know." her father told her with a wink.

The rest of breakfast went great and Jim and Honey spent most of the morning with their parents. Their parents were apt to be gone for weeks at a time and it was a treat for them to have their parents at home. But there was to be another meeting of the Bob Whites of the Glen at one and Honey and Jim headed to the club house.

Honey could not wait to tell her best friend Trixie what her father had said. But, she thought twice about it. Sometimes Trixie would jump ahead too far. She would wait until she talked to her father.

The meeting was a little boring and Bobby had come up with Trixie. Sometimes when he came it was hard for them to have much of a meeting as he was only six years old. Bobby always wanted to play. So after a couple of minutes they all went outside to enjoy the weather.

Bobby was getting pretty good at learning to ride a horse, as Jim was a good rider. He had dedicated the past few months to teaching Bobby how to ride. Bobby could even saddle his own horse with a little help now.

It was just after five that the friends all headed toward home. As Jim and Honey went downstairs for dinner, their mother and father were still there and were there for dinner also. As the four of them sat down to dinner Mr. Wheeler gave his children a smile. "I have good news for you. I was able to arrange for you and your friends to stay at the island with Brian for the week of July 11 to the 18th. I think it is a good week, the weather should be good and you and your friends will have the island to yourself."

Honey and Jim hugged both of their parents. They were always doing something for them and their friends "I will let everyone know so that they can make plans. Can the whole Belden family go and what about you and dad?"

"Yes we can all go that is the biggest surprise. We have nothing going on that week and up to twenty people can spend the night. If we go over the twenty person limit your mom and I can always stay at my brothers." their father told them with a smile.

The dinner was wonderful that night and when dinner was done Honey ran up to her room to tell Trixie the news. Trixie was yelling hooray so loud that her mom came to her room "Mom, Honey's parents have rented Prince Island for a week and we are all invited to stay there."

Mrs. Belden was so grateful, the Wheelers were always doing things for her and her children. "I will talk to your dad and let you know what he says in the morning. I am sure that you and Mart can go but I don't know if he can get the time off at work." she told her and then she went to the kitchen.

Trixie knew that her dad worked hard and sometimes he could not get away for vacations. She crossed her fingers and tried to cross her toes. She would know in the morning.

The following night when Trixie's dad came home they all sat down to dinner. He smiled at his daughter. Trixie was becoming a young lady. Fortunately, some of Honey appeared to be rubbing off on her. "I have an announcement to make "I was able to get the week off and will be joining you on the island."

Trixie jumped up and hugged and kissed both of her parents. The Bob Whites of the Glen were headed to Prince island in just two weeks and she couldn't wait.