Using the piece of heavy driftwood he had picked up as a hammer, Cousin Tom soon broke the top of the box that had drifted ashore. He pulled back the splintered pieces and eagerly they all looked inside. The box was about two feet long and the same in height and width, and all Laddie and Russ could see at first was what seemed to be some heavy paper.
COUSIN TOM BROKE OPEN THE BOX WITH A PIECE OF DRIFTWOOD
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"Is that all that's in it?" cried Russ.
"Wait and see," advised his father. "There may be something under the paper."
Cousin Tom put his hand in and raised the covering. Some bright colors were seen and then what appeared to be a lot of pieces of cloth.
"A lot of dresses!" exclaimed Russ in disappointed tones. "That's all!"
"But here is something inside the dresses," said his father with a smile.
"Something in the dresses?"
"Yes. Unless I am very much mistaken there are Japanese dolls in this box—maybe half a dozen of them—and it is their gaily colored dresses which you see. Isn't that it, Cousin Tom?"