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and u i very quick promotion
"Ah. but then. you have gone through
The uncomfortable harls lps, etc
And Bradford may bu q very dun
place. he added.
"Oh. the lloa 81 thinking ~ that
Why dVh you congratulate him, Ma
BELIZE Don't you see that b. Is waiting
iof you 10 do itP'
is hep am sure | do congratulate
you very much nm very glad
III you are pleased, | ain 50 glad,
though i seems u require q great Mort
on YUur part t. make the necessary
speech for the occasion. said Philip.
unkindly. ''liut. considering tho Jour.
ney tomorrow, will say 20 moro about
Mahellc could not answer the teasing
remarks Of Philip with her wontcd
clever little thrusts In return. She felt
IN uncomfortable sensation Of cropping
IN the dark. She wished that Grace
would not keep looking NJ her 50 ear.
nestly; that Philip would not persist In
taking about the Journey tomorrow.
Above all. she wished. and vet did not
Wish that that dreadful journey was
safely over
Very soon after breakfast the pony
carriage came round, and DR. johnson.
coming from the hall, where he had
been waiting. summoned them forth :
and il did not do TO keep DIR johnson
waiting. They all went cut, Mabclle
aud Grace In their shady hats. aud Phil
Up In what Grace called "the Australian
novelty" in white straw, They took
sun shades, lttie shawls. and n goodly
basket Of provisions, a. 10 which Philip
ha1ardcd the inquiry:
"Who is going to cat them7'
Never mind that, but put them in"
said Grace, ''anh when W. como back,
! hope your bushes may not betray
you when mother asks II we had enough
10 eat. Now. | think, va are ready
a parting wave OF the hand. a
pheasant day. childrenl Supper at
nine, and don't be late for it, from
Mrs. Massey, and they drove slowly
away.
They passed a long and glorious day
amongst the woods and on the sands;
sands miles away from ans house or
hahitation whatsoever. under dark.
frowning cliffs. around and beneath
which the sea Numbered forever in sol.
itary splcndor. Such yellow, hard,
ribbed sands; such rocks fun Of strange
fossils and pebbles; such crystal pools
unruiiled rs n mirror. rejecting The
sky, and studded with exquisite
ancmones, fringed with fairy seaweed
Of every hue and every kind; in and out
Of which dartcd tiny gray crabs. and
other minute marine treasures. moro
difficult TO recognize and moro alb.
struscly named.
at is like Heaven" said Mabclle.
who had wandered with Philip 10 the
waters edge. while Grace sat on tho
shingle behind, and fed DIR. johnson.
Philip and Mabclle stood Mt the very
brink Of the crisp white surges. look
ing out To sea, with miles and miles of
sand around them. To the south, dim
and distant, might be seen the two
stone piers and lighthouses u Foil.
haven, and the Abbey Of St EthelIleda
towering more grimly than ever; to the
north o sands. shut IN By a wall Of
frowning black cli1s. The air was fresh
and pure and life-glying; intoxicating
in it, mingled s%uftness and vigor. Not
a sign Of humanity beyond themselves
vas visible.
do these waves make all this thun.
dering when there is no one here 10
listen TO themp' asked Mabelle. dream
ily.
That Is = curious scientific question
which | can't answer; and one might
make poetry about IL. too. You should
read about the great explosions which
a-e always going on about the old
planet Saturn explosions such as We
can not conceive 81. aud no ear 10 hear
them remember being struck with
the weiriness Of the idea when | first
read Of H."
Yes. indeedr' said Mabelle, turn.
Ing her head and seeing Grace beckou.
Ing TO them
They went TO her. and she said Il was
time 10 return.
CHAPTER XIV.
An coors eIfs.n.
After supper they went wandering
again In the garden by moonlight, and
I've moths and bats were lifting and
cirrling round the light dresses Of the
girls Not much was said. Grace had
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