I did not do much
work, being exhausted by my efforts to fix up the studio, and
besides, feeling that nothing much was worth while when one's
Familey did not and never would understand. At eleven o'clock
Sis and Carter and Jane and some others went in bathing from our
dock. Jane called up to me, but I pretended not to hear. They
had a good time judging by the noise, although I should think
Jane would cover her arms and neck in the water, being very
thin. Legs one can do nothing with, although I should think
stripes going around would help. But arms can have sleaves.
However--the people next door went in to, and I thrilled to
the core when Mr. Beecher left the bath-house and went down to
the beech. What a physic! What shoulders, all brown and
muscular! And to think that, strong as they were, they wrote the
tender Love seens of his plays. Strong and tender--what
descriptive words they are! It was then that I saw he had been
vacinated twice.
To resume. All the Pattens went in, and a new girl with
them, in a One-peace Suit. I do not deny that she was pretty. I
only say that she was not modest, and that the way she stood on
the Patten's dock and pozed for Mr.
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