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124 over, and they were tumbled in the water. Then there were tub races,—the men, you know, kneel in the tubs, and paddle with their hands; and there was water baseball—but there, you ’ve missed the sports, and the only thing  is to make up your minds to be in Marblehead Harbor next  Fourth of July, and take in everything.”

“There, that’s the ‘Crusoe’ at her moorings,” exclaimed Fritz, who had been watching a yacht some distance away.

“Then we must bid you good-bye, Philip,” said Mrs. Barlow, rising. “Cousin Edward may feel that we have been away too long.”

“I wish that you could stay longer; but I know that you would call us altogether too selfish if we kept you longer. But we won’t send you home in the launch. You shall go, two by two, in the row-boat, and that will keep some of  you here at least a half-hour longer.”

Thus it happened that while Tom rowed Brenda and Nora out to the “Crusoe,” Mrs. Barlow and Julia lingered  a little longer on the “ Balloon.” Amy and Fritz took  their departure before Tom returned, with many thanks to  Philip for the pleasant afternoon.

To Amy’s surprise when they went to pay for the boat, the bill was much less than she had feared.

“But even if it had been more,” said Fritz, “I could have stood it. We ’ve had more than our money’s worth of fun, have n’t we?”

Promptly at half-past five the two young people were ready to meet Mrs. Redmond at the appointed place.

They ate the luncheon which she had brought with a