two."

"No, mother," spoke up Edward, quickly; "you and Zoe will be my charge,
of course."

"Ridiculous, Ned! of course, Harold and I will take care of mamma,"
exclaimed Herbert. "You will have enough to do to look out for your
wife's safety."

(The yacht had touched at Cape May and taken the two college students
aboard there.)

"I shall be well taken care of," their mother said, laughingly, with an
affectionate glance from one to another of her three tall sons; "but I
should like one of you to take charge of Rosie, another of Walter; and,
in fact, I don't think I need anything for myself but a strong hold of
the rope to insure my safety."

"You shall have more!" exclaimed father and sons in a breath; "the surf
is heavy here, and we cannot risk your precious life."

Mr. Dinsmore added, "None of you ladies ought to stay in very long, and
we will take you in turn."

"Papa, may I go in?" asked Lulu, eagerly.

"Yes; I'll take you in," the captain answered; "but the waves are so
boisterous that I doubt if you will care to repeat the experiment. Max,
I see, is waiting his chance to ask the same question," he added, with a
fatherly smile directed to the boy; "you may go in too, of course, my