"Don't forget!" laughed Cousin Tom.
It was about a week after Rose had lost her locket and it had not been found, that one day Russ called to Rose:
"Come on down to the beach. I know how we can have some fun."
"What can we do?" asked his sister.
"We'll build a house and have a play party," answered Russ.
"Where?"
"On the beach. We can build a house in the sand."
So the children started off, with their shovels and sand pails. Their mother watched them, thinking how nice it was that they could be at the shore in hot weather.
It was about an hour after Rose and Russ had started down the beach together to make a sand house that Mrs. Bunker, who was just thinking of taking a walk and having another look for the lost locket, heard cries.
"Mother! Mother! Come quick!" she heard Russ calling.