To gratify her , the blue flannel suit with its white trimming was put on , and Mamma was just buttoning the stout boots when Jack thundered at the door , and burst in with all sorts of glorious news . `` Do come out , mother , it 's perfectly splendid on the beach ! I 've found a nice place for Jill to sit , and it 's only a step . Lots of capital fellows here ; one has a bicycle , and is going to teach us to ride . No end of fun up at the hotel , and every one seems glad to see us . Two ladies asked about Jill , and one of the girls has got some shells all ready for her , Gerty Somebody , and her mother is so pretty and jolly , I like her ever so much . They sit at our table , and Wally is the boy , younger than I am , but very pleasant . Bacon is the fellow in knickerbockers ; just wish you could see what stout legs he 's got ! Cox is the chap for me , though : we are going fishing to-morrow . He 's got a sweet-looking mother , and a sister for you , Jill . Now , then , do come on , I 'll take the traps . '' Off they went , and Jill thought that very short walk to the shore the most delightful she ever took ; for people smiled at the little invalid as she went slowly by leaning on Mrs. Minot 's arm , while Jack pranced in front , doing the honors , as if he owned the whole Atlantic . A new world opened to her eyes as they came out upon the pebbly beach full of people enjoying their afternoon promenade . Jill save one rapturous `` Oh ! '' and then sat on her stool , forgetting everything but the beautiful blue ocean rolling away to meet the sky , with nothing to break the wide expanse but a sail here and there , a point of rocks on one hand , the little pier on the other , and white gulls skimming by on their wide wings . While she sat enjoying herself , Jack showed his mother the place he had found , and a very nice one it was . Just under the green bank lay an old boat propped up with some big stones . A willow drooped over it , the tide rippled up within a few yards of it , and a fine view of the waves could be seen as they dashed over the rocks at the point . `` Is n't it a good cubby-house ? Ben Cox and I fixed it for Jill , and she can have it for hers .
Put her cushions and things there on the sand the children have thrown in -- that will make it soft ; then these seats will do for tables ; and up in the bow I 'm going to have that old rusty tin boiler full of salt-water , so she can put seaweed and crabs and all sorts of chaps in it for an aquarium , you know , '' explained XXXXX , greatly interested in establishing his family comfortably before he left them .
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