CHAPTER VI

ON CRIFFELL HILL

The sun burned down on the heather. Below, in the curving glen where the heath gave place to white bent-grass, a burn flashed like a silver riband among the stones; above, the long ridge of Criffell ran up against the clear blue sky. Grouse were calling as they skimmed the steep downward slope, and a curlew's wild cry fell sharply from the summit of the hill. These were sounds that delighted Andrew, for he loved the fellside almost as he loved the sea; but his lips were set and his brows knitted as he stood waist-deep in the heather.

Whitney was toiling up the hill beside Elsie a short distance farther on, and Dick was behind them; but, seeing Andrew stop, they waited until he came up.

"It's rather steep," said Elsie, giving Andrew a sympathetic glance. "Here's a nice flat stone; we'll rest for a few minutes."

She sat down on a slab of lichened granite, and Dick found a place beside her.

"I wonder why Andrew loaded himself up with that heavy ruck-sack on a day like this?" he said. "I suppose there's a pair of marine glasses and a chart, and a parallel rule and compass, inside of it. Andrew thinks he'd get lost if he didn't carry the lot about when he risks himself ashore."

"They're all there," Andrew replied somewhat grimly. "Still, it wasn't the bag that stopped me."

"I'm sorry we forced the pace," Elsie said. "You were going well at the bottom."

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. Who was delighted by the sounds
2. Where did the sun burn down on?
3. What was calling as they skimmed the steep downward?
4. Did Andrew love the sea?
5. Who was moving up the hill beside Elsie?
6. And behind them?
7. Did Andrew keep moving?
8. What did he do then?
9. Did the others wait for him when he stopped?
10. Who told him it was steep?
11. Where did she sit down?
12. Beside who?
13. Who questioned Andrew?
14. Who said they were sorry?
1. Andrew
2. the heather
3. Grouse
4. yes
5. Whitney
6. Dick
7. no
8. he came up
9. yes
10. Elsie
11. on a slab of lichened granite
12. Dick
13. Dick
14. Elsie