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NTH;
OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
CHAPTER XXXIII.—(Cont'd)
M. Boniface was much of the
same opinion when he noticed Fri-
thjof later on in the day.
"Frithjof," said Mr. Boniface,
•"you have got one of your bad
headaches."
"Yee," replied the Norwegian,
ca,ndidl; but it is not a disabling
one. I shall get through all right.
"What plans have you made for
your Whitsuntide holiday?"
"I don't think we had made any
plan at
"Then I want you all to come
away with us for a few days," said
the shop -owner. "You look to me
as if you wanted rest. Come to us
for a week; I will arrange for your the right sort, and no mistake."
towns. The trees were in all the ex-
quisite beauty of early June, and
the Norwegians, accustomed to less
varied foliage, were enthusiastic in
their admiration.
"If we can beat you in mountable,
you can certainly beat us in trees!"
cried Sigrid, her blue eyes bright
with happiness.
At Last, after a great deal of tea
and bread and butter had been con-
sumed, they mounted the ooach
again,
leaving a sort of reflection of
their happiness in the hearts of the
people of the inn.
"There's merry -makers and
merry -makers," remarked the land-
lord, glancing after them; "yon's
absence."
"You are very good," said Fri-
thjof, warmly. "But indeed I
would rather only tate the general
holiday of Saturday to Tuesday. I
am not in the least ill, and would
rather not take extra days when
there is no need,"
"Independent as ever 1" said Mr.
Bonnets, with a smile. "Well, it
must be as you like. We will see
what the three days will do for
you."
Where and how this holiday was
to be spent only Mr. and Mrs. Boni-
face knew, and Cecil and Roy were
as much astonished as any one
when, at two o'clock on Saturday
afternoon, a coach -and -four stop-
ped at the gate of Rowan Tree
House.
"What! are we to drive there?"
asked Cecil. "Oh, father, how de-
lightful! Will it be very far?"
'Yes, a long drive; so keep out
plenty of wraps; in case the even-
ing is chilly. We can tuck away
the children inside if they get tired.
Now, are we all ready? Then we
will drive to the model lodgings."
Se off they started, a very merry
party, but still merrier when the
three Norwegians had joined them,
the girls, as usual, dressed in
black, for economy's sake, but
wearing very dainty little white sai-
lor's hats, which Sigrid had sat up
on the previous night to trim.
"I feel like the 'linen -draper
bold,' in the ballad," said Mr.
Bonifate, with his hearty laugh.
"But I have taken precautions,
you see, against a similar catas-
trophe. We have bad more than
the `twice ten tedious years' to-
gether, have we not, Loveday?"
"Yes," she said, with her sweet,
expressive smile, "we are just be-
ginning the twenty-seventh, Rob-
in, and have had many holidays un-
like Mr. and Mrs. Gilpin."
They were still like lovers, this
husband and wife of twenty-six
years' standing; and it was with a
sort of consciousness that they
would be happier if left to them-
selves that Frithiof, who sat be-
tween Mrs. Boniface and Cecil,
turned toward the latter, and be-
gan to talk to her.
"This is a thousand times better
than a cackle or a stolkjaerre,"
said Frithiof. "What a splendid
pace we are going at, and how well
you see the country I It is the per-
fection of traveling."
"So I think," said Cecil. "At
any rate, on such a day as this. In
ram, or snow, or burning heat, it
might be rather trying. And then,
of course, in the old days we should
not have had it all snugly to our-
selves like this; which makes such
a difference."
On they drove, free of houses at
last, or posing only isolated farms,
little villages, and sleepy country
And now Mr. Boniface began to
enjoy to the full his surprise. How
he laughed when they implored him
to say where they were going! How
triumphant he was when the driv-
er, who was as deaf as a post, ut-
terly declined to answer leading
questions put to him by Roy!
"I believe we are going to Ifelm-
stone, or some great watering -
place, where we shill have to be
proper and wear gloves," said Ce-
cil.
This was received with groans.
"But to get a sight of the sea one
would put up with glove -wearing,"
said Sigrid. "And we could, at any
rate, walk out into the country, I
suppose, for flowers." -
At length Frithjof started to his
feet with an eager exclamation.
"The sea!" he cried.
And sure enough, there in the dis-
tance, was the first glimpse of a
long blue line, which made the
hearts of the Norwegians throb with
eager delight.
"It seems like being at home
again," said Swanhild, while Fri-
thiof seemed to drink in new life
as the fresh salt wind blew once
more upon him, bringing back to
his mind the memory of many a
perilous adventure in his free, care-
less boyhood.
"A big watering -place," groan-
ed Roy. "I told you so. Houses,
churches, a parade, and a pier; I
can see them all."
'Where'l where?" cried every
one, while Mr. Boniface laughed
quietly and rubbed his hands.
"Over there, to the left," said
.Roy.
"You prophet of evil !" cried Ce-
cil, merrily ; "we are turning quite
away to the right. "How did you
hear of this delightful plaee, fa-
ther?" cried Cecil; "it is just per -
"Well, I saw it when you and
Roy were in Norway two summers
ago," said Mr. Boniface. "Mother
and I drove out here from South -
bourne, and took such a fancy to
this farm that, like Captain Out -
tie, we made a note of it, and kept
it for a surprise party."
Mr. Horner, in his suburban vil-
la, was at that very moment la-
menting his cousin's absurd extra-
vagance.
"He was always wanting in com-
mon sense, poor fellow," observed
Mrs. Horner. "But to hire a coach
and four just to take into the coun-
try his own family and that crim-
inal's children, and those precious
Norwegians, who apparently think
themselves on a level with the high-
est in the land—that beats every-
thing 1 I suppose he'll be wanting
to hire a palace for them next
bank holiday !"
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limited, but no one cared about
that. Though the rooms were small
they had a most delicious smell of
the country about them, and every
one, moreover, was in a humor to
be as much out-of-doors as possible.
To Roy those days were idyllic;
and Sigrid, too, began to under-
stand for the first time that he was
something more to her than Fri -
thief's friend. The two were much
together.
They sat down to rest in a little
sheltered nook under the high chalk
cliffs, and it was there that he pour-
ed out to her the confession of his
love, being so completely carried
away that for once words came
readily to his lips so that Sigrid
was almost frightened by his eag-
erness. How different was this from
Trovald Lundgren's prop:eel!
What was it that had made every-
thing so bright to her since then'?
Was it not the goodness .af the man
beside her—the man who had saved
her brother's life—who had brought
them together once more—who now
loved her,and asked for her love?
When at last he paused, waiting
for her reply, she was for a minute
or two quite silent; still her face
reassured Roy, and he was not
without hope, so that the waiting -
time was not intolerable to him.
"If it were only myself to be
thought about," she said at length,
"I might perhaps give you an an-
swer more readily. But, you see,
there are other people to be con-
sidered."
The admission she had made sent
a throb of delight to Roy's heart.
Once sure of her love he dreaded
no obstacles.
"You are thinking of Frithjof,"
he said. "And of course I would
never ask you to leave him; but
there would be no need. If you
could love me—if you will be my
wife—you would be much freer
than you now are to help him."
But of this she was not quite
sure. All had come upon her so
suddenly that she felt as if she must
have time to think it Out quietly
before making a definite promise.
"Give me a fortnight," she said,
"and then I will let you have my
answer. It would not be fair to
either of us if I spoke hastily when
so much is at stake."
Roy Gould not complain of this
suggestion; it was much that he
was able at least to plead his own
case with Sigrid, and in her frank,
blue eyes there lurked something
which told him that he need fear
no more.
Meanwhile time sped on, and,
unheeded by these two, the tie was
coming in. They were so absorbed
in their own affairs that it was not
until a wave swept right into the
little bay, leaving a foam wreath
almost at their feet, that they rea-
lized their danger. With a quick
exclamation, Roy started up.
"What have 1 been thinking of?"
he cried, in dismay. "Why, we are
cut off!"
Sigrid sprung forward and glanc-
ed at Britling Gap, It was too
true. Return was absolutely im-
possible.
"We could never swim sech a dis-
tance," she said. And turning, she
glanced toward the steep white cliff
above.
"And that, too, is utterly irepor
Bible," said Roy. "Our only hope
is in some pleasure -boat passing.
Stay, I have an idea."
Hastily opening his knife, he be-
gan to scoop out footholds in the
chalk. He saw that their sole
chance lay in making a standing -
place ont of reach of the water, and
he worked with all his might, first
securing a place for the feet, then,
higher up, scooping holes for the
hands to cling to; he spoke little;
his mind was too lull of a torter-
ing sense of blame, a bitter indig-
nation with himself for allowing his
very love to blind him to such a
datger.
In their terrible position all sense
of time left them; they could not
tell whether it was for minutes or
for boars that they had clung to
their frail refuge, when at length
a shout Mem above reached their
ears.
"Courage 1" cried a voice, "A
boat is coming to your help. Hold
on 1"
It was Frithiof who had first (lie -
covered them; the rest of the party,
after seeing over the light -house,
had wandered along the cliffs Mlle
ing lo an old sailor, and, Lance
being seized with a desire to see
over the edge, Frithiof had set Oe-
cil's mind at rest by lying down
with the little fellow, aDd holding
him socueely while he glanced down
the sheer descent to the sea. A
little further on, to the left, he
suddenly perceived to his horror
the two alleging figures, and at
onee recognized them. Dragging
the child back, be sprung up and
seized the old sailor's area, inter-
rupting a long-winded story to
which Mr, Boniface was listening.
"There are two people down
there, cut off by the tide," he said.
"What is the quickest way to reach
them?''
"Good Lord 1" cried the old man;
"why, there'll be naught quicker
than a boat at Britling Gap, or
ropes brought from there and let
down."
"Tell them help is coming," said
Frithiof. "I will row round."
At Britling Gap not a soul was
in sight, and he dared not waste
time in seeking help. The boat
was in its usual place on the beach.
He shoved it out to sea, sprung in-
to it, paused only to fling off hie
coat, then with desperate energy
pulled toward the place where Roy
and Signed awaited their rescuer
-with. fast -failing strength.
How his pulses throbbed when
at length he oaught sight of Sigrie's
figure! and with what skill -he
guided his boat toward the cliff,
shouting out encouragement and
warning! The two were both so
etiff and exhausted that it was no
easy task to get them clown into
the boat, but he managed it some-
how, and a glad cheer from above
showed that the watchers were fol-
lowing their every movement with
eager sympathy.
"Let us walk back quickly," said
Mr, Boniface, "that we may be
ready to meet them," and with an
;intensity of relief they hurried
back to Britling Gap, arriving just
in time to greet the three as they
walked up the beech. Sigrid,
though rather pale and exhausted,
seemed little the worse for the ad-
venture and a glad oolor flooded
her cheeks when Mr. Boniface
turned to Frithjof and, grasping his
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hand, thanked him warmly for what
he had done, Ceeil said scarcely
anything ; she could hardly trust
herself to speak, but her heart beat
fast as, glancing at Frithjof, she
saw on his fate the bright look
which made him once more like the
Frithiof she had met long ago at
Bergen.
(To be continued;)
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