Look ! coming to bathe . How splendid ! Oh , if she only would drown a little and let me save her ! or even get her toe nipped by a crab ; anything so I could go and speak ! ' ` Do n't seem to look ; she comes to be quiet and enjoy herself . Pretend we do n't see her , that 's only civil , ' answered Bess , affecting to be absorbed in a white-winged yacht going by . ` Let 's carelessly float that way as if going for seaweed on the rocks . She ca n't mind if we are flat on our backs , with only our noses out . Then when we ca n't help seeing her , we 'll swim back as if anxious to retire . That will impress her , and she may call to thank the very polite young ladies who respect her wishes , ' proposed Josie , whose lively fancy was always planning dramatic situations . Just as they were going to slip from their rock , as if Fate relented at last , Miss Cameron was seen to beckon wildly as she stood waist-deep in the water , looking down . She called to her maid , who seemed searching along the beach for something , and not finding what she sought , waved a towel towards the girls as if summoning them to help her . ` Run , fly ! she wants us , she wants us ! ' cried Josie , tumbling into the water like a very energetic turtle , and swimming away in her best style towards this long desired haven of joy . Bess followed more slowly , and both came panting and smiling up to Miss Cameron , who never lifted her eyes , but said in that wonderful voice of hers : ` I 've dropped a bracelet . I see it , but ca n't get it . Will the little boy find me a long stick ? I 'll keep my eye on it , so the water shall not wash it away . '
` I 'll dive for it with pleasure ; but I 'm not a boy , ' answered XXXXX , laughing as she shook the curly head which at a distance had deceived the lady . '
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