And then the fun began. There was plenty to do at Nantasket Beach,
smooth slides to coast down on, funny tricks that could be played, and
phonographs that one could listen to by putting the ends of rubber tubes
in the ears after having dropped a penny in the machine. There were
moving pictures and other things to enjoy.
[Illustration: BEST OF ALL THE CHILDREN LIKED THE MERRY-GO-ROUND.
_Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's._--_Page 223_]
Best of all the children liked the merry-go-rounds, and they had so many
rides on the prancing horses, the lions, the tigers, the ostriches and
the other animals and birds that Daddy Bunker said:
"My! I'm afraid we'll all go to the poorhouse if I spend all my
pennies."
"You can take some of the sixty-five dollars I found in the pocketbook,"
said Rose.
"No," and her father shook his head. "We mustn't touch that money yet. I
haven't given up the hope of finding who owns it, though it certainly
takes them a long while to find out about it. But there must be
something wrong. Either they have not seen our advertisements, or they
have gone far away."
"Can't we ever spend any of the money?" asked Russ.
"Well, maybe, some day, if we don't find the owner," said his father.
The children went in bathing, and then had lunch at an open-air
restaurant.
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