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Montrose, "but they are the most amazing lot of pearls I have ever beheld." "And did all these come from Sangoa?" Maud asked the captain. "They represent two months' fishing on the coast of our island," he replied; "but not the best two months of the year. The weather was bad; there were many storms." "Why, the pearls that Ajo gave us were insignificant when compared with these!" cried Beth.
Such a tumble as he had would have killed an ordinary man; but the fellow seems made of iron." "To be a waiter a good waiter develops the muscles," said Maurie. Ajo gave him a cigarette, which he accepted eagerly. After a few puffs he said: "I heard the German bombs. That means the enemy grows insolent. First they try to frighten us with bombs, then they attack."
Only Gys seemed composed and unworried. "Is it too late to go in chase of the launch?" asked Ajo, breaking a long pause. "They're headed for Ostend, without a doubt, and there's a chance that they may run into a sand-bank in the dark, or break down, or meet with some other accident to delay them." "I believe it's worth our while, sir," answered Carg.
"Well, Uncle," said Patsy, cheerfully, "is Ajo still in limbo?" "I suppose so," he rejoined, sinking into an easy chair beside her. "Is Arthur back yet?" "No," said Louise, answering for her husband, "he is probably staying to do all he can for the poor boy." "Did you get a lawyer?" inquired Beth. "I got a fellow who claims to be a lawyer; but I'm not sure he will be of any use."
As they set the stretcher down, Uncle John came over. "Shall we put him inside?" asked Mr. Merrick. "No use, I think," panted the Belgian. "Where's the doctor?" asked Ajo. Kelsey, who had been busy elsewhere, now approached and looked at the soldier on the stretcher. "The man is dead," he said. "He doesn't need us now."
Let's open our boxes, girls, and see what foolishness Ajo has been up to." Slipping off the cover of her box, Beth uttered a low cry of amazement and admiration. Then she held up a dainty lavalliere, with a pendant containing a superb pearl. Louise had the mate to this, but the one Patsy found had a pearl of immense size, its color being an exquisite shade of pink, such as is rarely seen.
"But we have need of his services," said Ajo sternly, "and the man is in our employ and under contract to obey us." "I also need his services," retorted Clarette, "and I made a contract with him before you did, as my marriage papers will prove." The little boy and girl had now crowded into the doorway on either side of their mother, clinging to her skirts while they "made faces" at the Americans.
It destroys my usefulness, and Kelsey can administer first aid as well as I." "In that case, I think I shall take the small ambulance to-day," decided Ajo. "With Dr. Kelsey and one of the sailors we shall manage very well." A launch took them ashore, where the ambulances stood upon the dock. Maurie had admitted his inability to drive, but asked to be allowed to go into the town.
Veni qui, ajo!" and, gazing after him, I saw her at the entrance of a cave some fifty feet above us, erect, with either hand parting and holding back the creepers that curtained her bower. She let the curtains fall-to behind her, and, stepping down the hillside, welcomed my father with the gravest of curtsies. "Salutation, O stranger!"
"It will give us the sort of employment we like," Patsy assured them. "Our first duty will be to plan these theatres for children, and make them as cosy and comfortable as possible, regardless of expense. Ajo will pay the bills, and when all the buildings are ready we will set to work in earnest." So, when A. Jones appeared he was told that the girls would gladly accept his proposition.
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