o conquer your will when it
would take you in the wrong direction.

"We will turn and go back now, as it is not far from tea-time."

Lulu shrank from meeting the rest of their party, particularly Grandma
Elsie and Edward; but they all treated her so kindly that she was soon
at her ease among them again.

CHAPTER X.

"I am rapt, and cannot
Cover the monstrous bulk of this ingratitude
With any size of words."

--_Shakespeare_.

The next day they all set out soon after breakfast for a long drive,
taking the direction of the camping-ground of the lads, where they
called and greatly astonished Max with a sight of his father, whom he
supposed to be far out on the ocean.

The boy's delight fully equalled his surprise, and he was inclined to
return immediately to 'Sconset; but the captain advised him to stay a
little longer where he was; and he accordingly decided to do so; though
regretting the loss of even an hour of the society of the father who was
to him the best man in the world and the most gallant and capable
officer of the navy; in short, the impersonation of all that was good,
wise, and brave.

The 'Sconset cottages had been engaged only until the first of
September, but by that time our friends were so in love with life upon
the island that learning of some cottages on the cliffs, a little
north-west of Nantucket Town, which were just vacated and for rent, they
engaged two of them and at once moved in.

From their new abodes they had a fine view of the ocean on that side of
the island, and from their porches could watch the swift-sailing yachts
and other vessels passing to and fro.

The bathing-ground was reached by a succession of stairways built in the
face of the cliff. The surf was fine, and bathing less dangerous there
than at 'Sconset. Those of them who were fond of the sport found it most
enjoyable; but the captain took the children into the town almost every
day for a lesson in swimming, where the still bathing made it easy for
them.

And now they took almost daily sails on the harbor, occasionally
venturing out into the ocean itself; pleasant drives also; visiting the
old windmill, the old graveyards, the soldiers' monument, and every
place of interest in the vicinity.

Besides these, there was a little trip to Martha's Vineyard, and several
were taken to various points on the adjacent shores of the mainland.

Much as they had enjoyed 'Sconset life, it now seemed very pleasant to
b