"
"Yes, dinner is ready," said Mrs. Rogers; "you can sit down as soon as
you like."
As soon as they had eaten as much as they wanted, and had been excused,
they rushed to the beach. The men were just preparing to launch the big
boat through the surf. When the children came in sight, the captain of
the crew saw them and said,
"Hold up a minute; here are our little friends; they always enjoy a
dance on the waves; let's wait, and take them in."
So they beckoned to the children, and in a few minutes they were seated
in the boat. The word of command was given, and off they went--now up on
the top of the wave, now down, down, down.
They had an unusually good haul of fish, which the men insisted was all
owing to the presence of the two little girls. They stayed on the beach
or in the boat all the afternoon, and finally went home to supper so
hungry that Mrs. Rogers laughingly declared that she could not possibly
cook enough in one day to satisfy them.
Mrs. Coit kept her promise and wrote to Lucy every day, and between her
letters and her good times with Ollie, the days passed so quickly that
Lucy was surprised to find at last that the hour for her departure had
arrived.
"How little we thought that day when I walked home with you that I was
to be here a week!"
"I wish we were going to have it all over again," said Ollie.
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