e-like lady, with an easy
manner, that made one feel comfortable at once. She simply "oozed"
good things to eat, as Jack said, and Jack ought to know. Some of the
young people she knew, having met them at Cora's house. The others
were presented to her.

"Well, the bungalows are all ready for you," she went on, after
explanations had been made. "I expect you're tired and hungry and----"

"Wet," interrupted Jack, with a look at Cora. "But then you can't make
rescues from the briny deep without getting at least damp."

"I should like to change," spoke Cora, glancing at her soaked shoes.

"Then come on," said Aunt Susan. "I guess you boys know where your
quarters are," she added. "There is plenty to eat----"

"Hurray!" cried Jack, swinging his hat, and clapping Walter on the
shoulder.

"Perhaps you'll all have supper together," suggested Mrs. Chester.

"If the girls let us," added Ed.

"Oh, I guess we will," assented Cora. "That is, if you get my car up. I
didn't think, when I ran it down, that the sand was so deep."

"We'll look after it--don't worry, Sis," said Jack.

While the girls and the two ladies went on to the larger bungalow, the
boys managed, not without some work, to get Cora's auto up to the road
again. Then it was run along, with the others, to the big bungalow, where
there was a shed that would serve as shelter for the machines.

The boys carried in the girls' trunks and suit cases, and transported
their own to their quarters. Then began a general "primping" time, as
the supper hour approached.

"Oh, girls, isn't this just delightful?" exclaimed Cora, as she and the
others entered what was to be their home for the summer.

"That window seat is a dear!" declared Belle, as she proceeded to "drape"
herself in it.

"And see the porch hammocks," called Bess, "slumping" into one.

"What a fine view of the bay we can get from here," added Eline, as she
stood in the bow window, a most graceful figure. Cora, in spite of her
damp shoes, had made a hurried trip through the bungalow to arrange,
tentatively at least, as hostess, the different sleeping apartments.

"Oh, it's just the dearest place!" exclaimed Eline. "I know we will simply
love it here."

"Now just put off your things, get comfortable, wash and comb if you like,
and then the boys will be over to supper," said Mrs. Chester, when the
girls had made a tour of the place.

"Gracious! Here they come now!" cried Belle, as she saw Jack and his