BATHING IN THE SEA.

ATHING in the sea is very nice. It is so pleasant to
jump about in the cool water. Aunt Anna has carried
little Mary in, and given her a dip; but Mary is frightened,
and clings to her aunt. The water took away her breath
and wet her pretty curls. <A little of it got into her mouth,
and it was very salt and nasty. Her eldest sister Ada wishes
Aunt Anna to let her take the child, and put her in again ;
but Mary will not go to her, and aunt says she will take her

into the machine, and dress her.

 

THE ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS.

One afternoon, papa and mamma, and the aunts, and all
the children sat together under the shadow of a large fish-
ing smack, watching the big ships, sail past, and the merry
little waves chase each other over the sands. Then some
men came by, with black faces, very strangely dressed, and
began to play and sing to amuse them.

They sang negro songs to tunes the children had often
heard played on street organs. I don’t think they could
sing very well, but they did their best to please, and so I

think they deserved the money which papa gave them.