"I can do it all quite well myself, and it must be fun for you to sit here and watch the bathers." "Well, dear, rub till you are in a glow," Violet said, as the little girl sped on her way.
"Oh mamma, see, see!" cried Grace, more than half frightened at the sight; "papa has gone away, way out, and Maxie with him.

Oh, aren't you afraid they will drown ?" "No, Gracie dear; I think we may safely trust your father's prudence and skill as a swimmer," Violet answered.

"Ah, there come Grandma Rose and my mother; but Zoe and Betty seem to be enjoying it too much to leave yet." "Mamma, let's stay here till our people all come out; papa and Maxie, any way" Grace said, persuasively.
"Yes; we will if you wish," said Violet.

"I was just thinking I must go in to see how baby is doing; but here comes Dinah, bringing her to me." There was no accident that day, and everybody was enthusiastic in praise of the bathing.

Zoe and Betty would have liked to stay in the water much longer than their escorts deemed prudent, but yielded to their better judgment.
The next morning there was a division of their forces: the Dinsmores, Mrs.Elsie Travilla, Rosie, and Walter, and the Raymonds taking an early start for Nantucket Town, the others remaining behind to enjoy a repetition of the surf bath at 'Sconset.
The Nantucket party drove directly to the bathing house of the town, and the little girls took their first lesson in swimming.