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The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore by Laura Lee Hope
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There were to be prizes, of course, for the best costumes and
prettiest boats, and the judges' stand was a very showy affair, built
at the bridge end of the lake.

There was plenty of excitement getting ready, but finally all hands
were dressed, and the music from the lake told our friends the
procession was already lining up.

Mrs. Minturn's launch was given second place, just back of the
Mayor's, and Mrs. Bingham's launch, fixed up to represent an
automobile, came next. Then, there were all kinds of boats, some made
to represent impossible things, like big swans, eagles, and one even
had a lot of colored ropes flying about it, while an automobile lamp,
fixed up in a great paper head, was intended to look like a monster
sea-serpent, the ropes being its fangs. By cutting out a queer face
in the paper over the lighted lamp the eyes blazed, of course, while
the mouth was red, and wide open, and there were horns, too, made of
twisted pieces of tin, so that altogether the sea-serpent looked very
fierce, indeed.

The larger boats were expected to be very fine, so that as the
procession passed along the little lake the steam launches did not
bring out much cheering from the crowd. But now the single boats were
coming.

"Father Marquette!" cried the people, instantly recognizing the
historic figure Harry represented.

So slowly his boat came along, and so solemn he looked!

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