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Wolston, I am too well up in physics to be easily driven off my perch, and therefore may safely take my turn in philosophising." "Well, we are listening." "The air, by means of the vapor it contains, absorbs electricity from terrestrial bodies, and so becomes a sort of reservoir of this invisible fluid.
"Aye, Jack, those were laughing times," said Fritz, sadly. "Not only that, but our mother was always so even tempered; she was never ruffled in the slightest degree by my nonsense; though she often had the right to be very angry, yet she never once took offence. On another occasion, Mary and Sophia Wolston were working here at those mysterious embroideries which they always hid when we came near."
"And what if we refuse?" said Mrs. Wolston. "If you refuse, Mrs. Wolston, there is only one other course to adopt." "And what is that, Master Frank?" "Why, simply this," and rising, he cried out lustily, "John, call Mrs. Wolston's carriage." "Ah, to such an argument as that, there can be no reply; so I see you must be permitted to do what you like with us."
The close of the day had, as usual, collected all the members of the family round the domestic hearth; and it may be stated here that Mrs. Wolston, Mary, and Mrs. Becker alternately undertook the preparations of the viands for the diurnal consumption of the community. By this means, uniformity, that palls the appetite, was entirely banished from their dishes.
"You ought to oblige them now to take an oath of fealty," said Mrs. Wolston. "Chimpanzee," said Jack, speaking for Knips, "I promise always to treat you in future with smiles, delicacies, and respect."
They felt that not a moment was to be lost; the resources of the boat were hastily put in requisition; mattresses, sheets, blankets, and dry clothes were strewn upon the deck. Mrs. Wolston had altogether lost her presence of mind, and could do nothing but press the dripping form of her daughter to her bosom.
Fritz, Jack, Captain Littlestone, the missionary, and Willis, were all standing on deck, eagerly scanning the shore. "There is father!" cried Jack, "armed with a telescope; and now I see Frank and Mrs. Wolston." "There comes Mr. Wolston and Master Ernest," cried Willis, "as usual, a little behind." "But I see nothing of my mother and the young ladies!" said Fritz.
"None now; for some time Mr. Wolston and yourself almost persuaded me that she had escaped; but had she reached the Cape, we should have heard of her ere now." "The probabilities of another vessel touching here are small, are they not?" "We are not in the direct track to anywhere; therefore, unless a ship has been driven out of her course by a gale, there is not a chance."
"Slavery does exist, to the great disgrace of modern civilization, in the countries you mention; but, so far as I am aware, its horrors are not recognized by the laws." "There, Mr. Frank," said Wolston, "I am very sorry to be under the necessity of contradicting you.
Wolston, "that when a stroke of adversity, or any other misfortune, overturns the edifice of happiness we had erected for the future, we may build a new structure with fresh material, which may prove more durable than the first." "Talking of having angels for friends," said Becker, "puts me in mind of the association of Saint Louis Gonzaga, at Rome.
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