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.

"So do I," said Lucy.

the end.

Transcriber's Note

The following typos have been corrected.