`` I do ! I do ! I 'll come in fifteen minutes , uncle . I must just scrabble my room to rights , for Phebe has got a great deal to do . '' Rose caught up the rugs and vanished as she spoke , while Dr. Alec went in , saying to himself , with an indulgent smile , `` It may upset things a trifle , but half a child 's pleasure consists in having their fun when they want it . '' Never did duster flap more briskly than the one Rose used that day , and never was a room `` scrabbled '' to rights in such haste as hers . Tables and chairs flew into their places as if alive ; curtains shook as if a gale was blowing ; china rattled and small articles tumbled about as if a young earthquake was playing with them . The boating suit went on in a twinkling , and Rose was off with a hop and a skip , little dreaming how many hours it would be before she saw her pretty room again . Uncle Alec was putting a large basket into the boat when she arrived , and before they were off Phebe came running down with a queer , knobby bundle done up in a water-proof . `` We ca n't eat half that luncheon , and I know we shall not need so many wraps . I would n't lumber the boat up so , '' said Rose , who still had secret scares when on the water . `` Could n't you make a smaller parcel , Phebe ? '' asked Dr. Alec , eyeing the bundle suspiciously . `` No , sir , not in such a hurry , '' and Phebe laughed as she gave a particularly large knob a good poke . `` Well , it will do for ballast . Do n't forget the note to Mrs. Jessie , I beg of you . '' `` No , sir . I 'll send it right off , '' and Phebe ran up the bank as if she had wings to her feet . `` We 'll take a look at the lighthouse first , for you have not been there yet , and it is worth seeing . By the time we have done that it will be pretty warm , and we will have lunch under the trees on the Island . ''
XXXXX was ready for anything , and enjoyed her visit to the lighthouse on the Point very much , especially climbing up the narrow stairs and going inside the great lantern .
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