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1896
us with gum and started us off. We went home by "the Lane" or Chase's pond road - the same I had explored yester- day - and again such lovely vistas and such delightful spots and views & breezes & scents and visitors. Oh! it was delightful altogether. We got home before the buckboard, but not before the bicyclers - and all did ample justice to a good dinner (about two o'clock.) I was overcome with sleep, afterward, but didn't sleep any. We went over and "laved" about 3:30. Mrs. M., Mrs. P., Miss B. & I - & the children. The ocean was very cold - some bathed in the river - which was shallow & warm. A stiff breeze blew spray back from the crests of the breakers and they came rolling in. It was all we could do to come down the hill against the breeze, coming back from our bath. The hour to supper time was quickly spent on the piazza & inside and after "steamed clams" &c. We, that is, Wiltsie, Ruth
& I went fishing for flounders on the bridge, while the rest gathered drift- wood on long beach for a bonfire. It was a gorgeous night. The sea as blue as sapphire & the sky as clear a few little clouds pink & golden tinted

1896
us with gum and started us off. We went home by "the Lane" or Chase's pond road - the same I had explored yester- day - and again such lovely vistas and such delightful spots and views & breezes & scents and visitors. Oh! it was delightful altogether. We got home before the buckboard, but not before the bicyclers - and all did ample justice to a good dinner (about two o'clock.) I was overcome with sleep, afterward, but didn't sleep any. We went over and "laved" about 3:30. Mrs. M., Mrs. P., Miss B. & I - & the children. The ocean was very cold - some bathed in the river - which was shallow & warm. A stiff breeze blew spray back from the crests of the breakers and they came rolling in. It was all we could do to come down the hill against the breeze, coming back from our bath. The hour to supper time was quickly spent on the piazza & inside and after "steamed clams" &c. We, that is, Wiltsie, Ruth
& I went fishing for flounders on the bridge, while the rest gathered drift- wood on long beach for a bonfire. It was a gorgeous night. The sea as blue as sapphire & the sky as clear a few little clouds pink & golden tinted

1896
us with gum and started us off. We went home by "the Lane" or Chase's pond road - the same I had explored yester- day - and again such lovely vistas and such delightful spots and views & breezes & scents and visitors. Oh! it was delightful altogether. We got home before the buckboard, but not before the bicyclers - and all did ample justice to a good dinner (about two o'clock.) I was overcome with sleep, afterward, but didn't sleep any. We went over and "laved" about 3:30. Mrs. M., Mrs. P., Miss B. & I - & the children. The ocean was very cold - some bathed in the river - which was shallow & warm. A stiff breeze blew spray back from the crests of the breakers and they came rolling in. It was all we could do to come down the hill against the breeze, coming back from our bath. The hour to supper time was quickly spent on the piazza & inside and after "steamed clams" &c. We, that is, Wiltsie, Ruth
& I went fishing for flounders on the bridge, while the rest gathered drift- wood on long beach for a bonfire. It was a gorgeous night. The sea as blue as sapphire & the sky as clear a few little clouds pink & golden tinted
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