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The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore by Laura Lee Hope
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"Then I'm going to be Pocahontas," insisted Dorothy, as the boys'
costumes brought her mind back to Colonial days.

"Oh, no," objected Hal, "you girls better take another period of
history. We can't all be Indians."

"Well, I'll never be a Puritan, not even for fun," declared Dorothy,
whose spirit of frolic was certainly quite opposite that of a
Priscilla.

"Who was some famous girl or woman in American history?" asked Harry,
glad to get a chance to "stick" Dorothy.

"Oh, there are lots of them," answered the girl, promptly. "Don't
think that men were the only people in America who did anything worth
while."

"Then be one that you particularly admire," teased Harry, knowing very
well Dorothy could not, at that minute, name a single character she
would care to impersonate.

"Oh, let us be real," suggested Nellie. "Everybody will be all
make-believe. I saw lots of people getting ready, and I'm sure they
will all look like Christmas-tree things, tinsel and paper and colored
stuffs."

"What would be real?', questioned Dorothy.

"Well, the Fisherman's Daughters," Nellie said, very slowly. "We have
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