say that I should desire to pass my life here, but a sojourn of some
weeks is a very pleasant and restful variety."

"I find it so," said his wife, "and feel a strong inclination to be down
here, close by the waves, almost all the time. If agreeable to the rest
of our party, let us pass the evening here in singing hymns."

"A very good suggestion," he responded, and Elsie and the others being
of the same opinion, it was duly carried out.




CHAPTER V.

"Sudden they see from midst of all the main
The surging waters like a mountain rise,
And the great sea, puff'd up with proud disdain
To swell above the measure of his guise,
As threatening to devour all that his power despise."

--_Spenser_.


What with bathing, driving, and wandering about on foot over the lovely
moors, time flew fast to our 'Sconseters.

It was their purpose to visit every point of interest on the island,
and to try all its typical amusements. They made frequent visits to
Nantucket Town, particularly that the children might take their swimming