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She could not stoop down to cry on Smut's back now; it would have risked considerable more dirtying of her poor frock. But she stayed some way behind her mother and sister, so that she might talk without being overheard by any one save her four-legged companion. 'Smuttie, she said, 'I'm very unhappy. This is only the second day at Seacove and I've vexed mamma already.
'Please, papa, don't ask her just now, she said; 'do go on telling us about what sort of a place Seacove is, and she added in a whisper, as she gave a little private tug to his sleeve, 'Biddy's been rather tiresome, and if she begins to cry 'O, children take long to grow. JEAN INGELOW. Mr. Vane nodded in token of comprehending Alie's hint.
Three men promised to go down to the enlistment bureau on Saturday afternoon, when they had a half holiday. The Seacove party then wanted to go to a dining-room for dinner; but Whistler excused himself. He was hungry enough; but he "had other fish to fry," he whispered to Torrance. "Come around by the Upper Road same way we got here," directed Whistler. "I'll meet you at the bridge.
'And do you think they'll go to Miss Peters's to school, mother? Her father turned on her rather sharply. 'Dear me, no, child. Of course not, he said. 'Miss Peters's is well enough for plain Seacove folk, but don't you be getting any nonsense in your head of setting up to be the same as ladies' children. Mrs.
The boys watched the swiftly approaching boat. It came in through the narrows at top speed, circled around toward the docks, and passed the catboat at a distance. "'S. P. 888'!" yelled Torry. "Look there!" "I thought it was that same chaser we saw before," Frenchy said. "Wonder what she wants in here at Seacove?" Ikey asked.
Bridget still looked melancholy, but she did not venture to complain any more. She was a good deal in awe of Rough, who was twelve and a big boy for his age. He had been at school for two years, and now he was going as a day-scholar to a large and very excellent public school, which was only about two miles from Seacove, quite in the country. Mr.
Vane and he had made friends at once, and to-day they had arranged to visit some of these outlying neighbours together, for even though Mr. Vane was not at all strong and had come to Seacove for a rest, he was far too good and energetic not to do all he possibly could. Biddy felt very cross when she remembered that her father was out.
Vane safe back at Seacove; 'papa' so bright and well, so bronzed and ruddy too, that it was difficult to believe he was the same feeble-looking invalid who had started on his long journey nine weeks before. It is not often very seldom, indeed that I am able to tell my readers 'what became of' the children they have come to know, and sometimes, I hope, to care for in these simple stories.
I shall not be able to put in at Seacove again to-night. And Rivermouth is off yonder within a few miles." Even in the fog the navigator found the harbor in question without difficulty. Just as they would have apprehended the presence of a submarine had one been near.
The channel of the river, therefore, could take the greater bulk of the flood, and the valley widening so quickly, the depth of the outflow of the dam was much decreased directly below the wrecked hamlet. The rushing automobile was two-thirds of the way to Seacove in five minutes. Then the advance wave of the flood caught them.
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