season, with plenty of hooks to hang things on, besides a mirror, to
see how one's hair looked, after the waves had done it up mermaid
fashion.

It did not take the girls long to get ready, and presently all
appeared on the beach in pretty blue and white suits, with the large
white sailor collars, that always make bathing suits look just right,
because real sailors wear that shape of collar.

Flossie wore a white flannel suit, and with her pretty yellow curls,
she "looked like a doll," so Nellie said. Freddie's suit was white
too, as he always had things as near like his twin sister's as a boy's
clothes could be. Altogether the party made a pretty summer picture,
as they ran down to the waves, and promptly dipped in.

"Put your head under or you'll take cold," called Dorothy, as she
emerged from a big wave that had completely covered her up.

Nellie and Nan "ducked" under, but Flossie was a little timid, and
held her mother's right hand even tighter than Freddie clung to her
left.

"We must get hold of the ropes," declared Mrs. Bobbsey, seeing a big
wave coming.

They just reached the ropes when the wave caught them. Nellie and Nan
were out farther, and the billow struck Nellie with such force it
actually washed her up on shore.

"Ha! ha!" laughed Dorothy, "Nellie got the first tumble." And then