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Nevertheless he was there, and he was obliged to seat himself in the centre of the group; and then garlands and garlands of flowers suddenly made their appearance, and Pauline was conducted to her throne, and a crown of tiny roses was placed on her dark head, and wreaths of flowers were laid at her feet. "Now you are queen, Pauline," said Miss Tredgold.
"But, please, Aunt Sophia," said Verena, "who is going to teach us?" "I intend to have that honor," said Miss Tredgold. If there were no outward groans among her assembled nieces at these words, there were certainly spirit groans, for the girls did not look forward to lessons with Aunt Sophia. "You are all displeased," she said; "and I am scarcely surprised.
Tredgold, who had been regarding this performance with astonished disapproval. "You shall have the twenty pounds, but there is no necessity for us to sign any paper." "No, there's no necessity," said Miss Vickers, opening her small, sharp eyes again, "only, if you don't do it, I'll find somebody that will." Mr. Tredgold argued with her, but in vain; Mr.
"My client has not volunteered any statement as to how it came into her possession " "And she's not going to," put in Miss Vickers, dispassionately. "It is enough for me that we have got it," resumed Mr. Tredgold. "Now, we want you to join us in fitting out a ship and recovering the treasure. Equal expenses; equal shares." "What about Captain Bowers?" inquired Mr. Chalk.
"I give you permission to go and dig over all the islands in the Pacific; there's a goodish number of them, and it's a fairly common shape." "It seems to me it's nobody's property," said Tredgold, slowly. "That is to say, it's anybody's that finds it. It isn't your property, Captain Bowers? You lay no claim to it?" "No, no," said the captain. "It's nothing to do with me.
"When I think o' that little craft lying all those fathoms down," continued the captain, staring full at Mr. Tredgold, "it hurts me. The nicest little craft of her kind I ever handled. Well so long, gentlemen." "We shall see you to-morrow," said Tredgold, hastily, as the captain rose. Brisket shook his head. "Me and Peter are very busy," he said, softly.
Chalk when he showed signs of omitting vital points, related the story. Edward Tredgold heard it, and, judging by the frequency of his visits, was almost as interested as Mr. Chalk. "I can't see that there could be any harm in just looking at the map," said Mr. Chalk, one evening. "You could keep your thumb on any part you wanted to." "Then we should know where to dig," urged Mr. Tredgold.
Miss Drewitt and Edward Tredgold advanced to the table and eyed it curiously. The map, which was drawn in lead-pencil, was on a piece of ruled paper, yellow with age and cracked in the folds. The island was in shape a rough oval, the coast-line being broken by small bays and headlands. Mr.
As they walked on he regaled them with selected instances. "Don't forget your leg, uncle," said Miss Drewitt, softly. Captain Bowers gazed at her suspiciously. "Don't forget that it's stiff and put too much strain on it," explained his niece. The captain eyed her uneasily, but she was talking and laughing with Edward Tredgold in a most reassuring fashion.
She walked on slowly with head erect, pausing occasionally to look round for the captain. Edward Tredgold looked too, and a feeling of annoyance at the childish stratagems of his well-meaning friend began to possess him. "We had better hurry a little, I think," he said, glancing at the sky. "The sooner we get to Dutton Priors the better." "Why?" inquired his companion.
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