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zr-s1ivsly in that direction. He had
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= triumph, Tor a single glance would
ave kepI Aunt Jane loyal and prodi-
al Of excuses for him in the face of
ny t-sach=ry. No; even Violet could
nave clzppzd the lid on the up-welling
t0-- o sentiment in Aunt James heart.
Only lie cold cOntemnIng eye of H. h.
EiZs=it had congealed that tepid flow.
Ibe morning wore on with ever-in-
-rszsLlg heat, and as nothing hap
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waiting dull. Crusoe, worn out per-
Ezqs By some private nocturnal pig
hunt. slep- heavily where the drip of
tle spring over the brim of old
H=lltz's kettle cooled the air. l be-
Ezl 70 consider whether it would not
. vel 10 take a walk with Cuthbert
Fa1e and discover the tombstone all
over again. I knew nothing, of course,
q NJ. Tubb's drastic measures with
the celebrated landmark. AS to Cuth-
1sr-'s interrupted courtship. depend
= o. the vast excitement of discov-
=riag The cave 10 distract his mind
from il For that was the idea, of
enurse-Cuthbert Vane and l would
explore the cave, and then whenever
! liked could prick the bubble Of Mr..
Iubbs' ambitions, without relating the
Thole strange story Of the diary and
The Island Queen.
But meanwhile the cave drew me
Ike magnet l jealously desired TO
be tie first to see 1t, to snatch from
M IuDbs the honor of discovery. And
I wanted to know about poor Peter
and the doubloons that he had gone
back 10 fetch.
But already Captain Magnus had
forsaken the post of duty and depart.
ed on an unknown errand. Could | ask
Cuthbert Vane to do it, too? And
then smiled smile that was half
proud. l might ask him-but he would
refuse me. In Cuthbert's simple code.
certain things were done" certain
others not. Among the uots was TO
fail in standing by friend. And lust
now Cuthbert was standing by DugaId
Shaw. Therefore mods and becks and
Wreathed smiles were vain. In Cuth.
Derts quiet. easy-mannered. thick.
headed way he could turn his hack
calmly on the face of love and follow
the harsh call of duty even TO death
would not occur to him not to
and he never would suspect himself
Of being hero-that would he orito
the incest part of it.
And yet knew poor Cuthbert was
an exploded superstition. an anacbro.
nlsIn' part Of vanishing order of
things, and that the ideal which wos
replacing him was boiler-plated mon.
ster with clockwork heart and brain
named Efficiency. And that Cutbhert
must go, along with his Jacobean mn.
nor and his family ghost, and tbe
OAKS In the park, and everything else
that couldn't prove Its right to live
except by being fine and lovely and
fuil OF garnered sweetness Of tho
past 'e
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