“I’ll pick out the chocolates when I go down to the store to see about the diamond,” cried Clem. “And this time I’m going to make sure of Big Boy by taking him with me. You young men are altogether too careless with my property. Come on, Big Boy, we will leave them to count up their pennies to see if they can pay for our candy!”
With a laugh, Clem plowed her way across the oozy tide flats toward the cottage, with the dog at her heels. Once there, she tied Big Boy to the porch while she hurriedly changed into dry clothing.
“If I’m going to get ducked every day,” thought Clem, “I might as well live in my bathing suit and save filling the clothesline with wet duds. Perhaps it is just as well though that I haven’t anything left but that blue pleated skirt and my white middy since I’m going t
