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It was to find Curlew lying back on the desk, held there by Peter with one hand, while his other, clasping the heavy glass inkstand, was swung aloft. There was a look on Peter's face that did not become it. An insurance company would not have considered Curlew's life at that moment a fair risk.
"Do excuse me for interrupting!" exclaimed Phyllis; "but was the bungalow he rented Curlew's Nest?" "Why, yes," hesitated Eileen, with a startled glance at her "it it was." "Then, do you mind telling me how it was that the name was so different?" persisted Phyllis. "Mrs. Danforth understood that she rented it to a Mr. Horatio Gaines."
They strolled down to the water's edge with the dog, who was speedily absorbed in the one occupation he found of never-failing interest. Then they slipped back to the bungalow without his even noticing that they had gone. It was only when they stood by the side door of Curlew's Nest that Leslie noticed something bulky concealed under Phyllis's sweater.
Curlew had not yet got his pulpit note again and faced the preacher. Curlew's pious and edifying chant was greatly restricted in country kirks from that day.
"Two days later, Ted saw my car going along one of the back roads near the village, signaled to me, and told me that, the day before, he had caught you girls coming out of Curlew's Nest and that you acted rather guilty and refused to explain what you had been in there for.
He must tow the blazing vessel clear of the fleet before the tanks exploded. Dodging among the retreating fishermen he grazed the Curlew's hull and plunged into the open space. Warning cries sounded above the roar of the flames but he did not hear them. His plan, formed on the instant, must be put into execution at once.
Dot had never been in the town, but she was certain she had never heard anything like the Curlew's wailing in her home; and she wondered what Willy Wagtail meant, but she was too sleepy to ask; so she nestled a little closer to the Kangaroo, and with the shrieking of the Curlews, and the mournful note of the distant mo-poke in her ears, she fell asleep again.
It was only by following the direction of his gaze that she presently realized there was something moving on the beach somewhere in front of Curlew's Nest. Then her heart actually did seem to stop beating for an instant, for in the growing light she at last could distinguish a dark form moving stealthily about by the old log where Rags had dug up the "Dragon's Secret!" "Oh! who can it be?
"Now I see exactly what she took us all out for this afternoon, even Miss Marcia to get rid of us all for a good long time while some accomplice of hers did what they pleased in Curlew's Nest, quite undisturbed by any one around!" "That's exactly what it must have been," agreed Leslie. "But who could that other person have been?" "The man with the limp?" suggested Phyllis.
But here is something else that may soothe your sorrow a five-dollar bill, to be devoted exclusively to the purchase of luscious steaks, tender chops, and juicy bones for your solitary delectation!" Amid the general laughter that followed, he added: "And now, may I ask that you escort me over to the veranda of Curlew's Nest?
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