Elsie's Young Folks in Peace and War

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Copyright, 1900.
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY.

CHAPTER I.
It was a lovely summer day, bright and clear, but the heat so tempered—there on the coast of Maine—by the delicious sea breeze that it was delightful and exhilarating. The owner and passengers of the Dolphin had forsaken her more than a fortnight ago, and since spent their days and nights at a lovely villa on shore there in Bar Harbor; but now no longer able to resist the attractions of the beautiful sea, the most of them had come aboard, and were sitting, standing, or roaming about the deck.
Oh, I'm so glad to be in our own dear sea home again! cried Elsie Raymond. Aren't you, Ned?
Yes; though we have been having a splendid time on shore in Bar Harbor.

Yes, so we have; but as we expect to be back again in a few days, we needn't fret at all about leaving it.
No, nor we needn't if we were just going back to Woodburn, our own beautiful home—certainly a better place than this in fall and winter, anyhow.
But I'm glad to have a sail again, said Elsie.