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"You are an affectionate family, Mr. Wilders; I have long been convinced of that," said Mrs. Wilders, who could not leave the subject alone. But now the gig, impelled by six stout oarsmen, was nearing the Waterport Guard, and was already under the shadow of the frowning batteries of the Devil's Tongue.
"Oh, yes!" she replied; "that is why I am so interested so amused by all I see." Was this absolutely true? She seemed, as she led the way across the casemate square and up Waterport Street, to know the road without guidance, and once or twice a passer-by paused to look at her. Were they only paying tribute to her radiant beauty, or was her's not altogether an unfamiliar face?
General Wilders shall know how well you executed his commands. But there! I have had enough of this; I wish to return to the yacht. Show me the shortest way back to the water side. Lead on; I will follow you." Sergeant McKay took a short cut down the steep steps, and soon regained the Waterport. There Mrs.
The serjeant, returning to his quarters from Waterport, had seen Mariquita within, and made her a signal she could not mistake. "I knew you would come out," he said, pleasantly, when she appeared, shy and shrinking, yet with a glad light in her eyes. "Vaya! what conceit!
The Wilders' party, after leaving the Waterport, passed through the Casemate Barrack Square and entered Waterport Street, the chief thoroughfare of the town. It was a narrow, unpretending street, very foreign in aspect; the houses tall and overhanging with balconies filled with flowers; the lattice-shutters gaily painted, having outside blinds of brilliantly striped stuffs.
What brings you to Waterport this morning? Only to gossip with me?" "That, and something more. I am on duty, detailed as orderly sergeant to one of the Expeditionary Generals; he is just going to land from a yacht in the bay." "Do you know his name?" "Yes, Wilders another of my fine cousins. You can understand now why I am so bitter against my relations to-day: there are too many of them about."
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