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? \ ARMM Pilaf Tey ; av * | Ws at 4 ay ‘ 4 i oye, _ ¥ ‘ 9? vent Vis oe ad our "Role ooh you; but, Snnealy: pant ought. not wae to. have tried the artillery without knowing how to an § use i it. You did fire at our foes, but whatever was in _ the gun, it failed to hit them.” } aa it th iG There was a pound of French nails,” murmured Di ‘We “ ‘Then they have had a merciful escape,” said Jim. i Close the gates, and to the hall every man-jack of 1b you. Hey, then, Charley ! ! how are you! p”? Na iN4 a shoulder, and then turning io Eveline, bib had been looking quietly on, Jim aes with a smile : ; _ “hope you will not think I am totally unworthy Oe Nak g a kind word from you, but I feel a Cory, sma all. ” ih ret a ¥ a litre vi dens oe: ia t\p ae reds ‘Why § ?” Hveline asked. are st “T saw you on the ramparts with Morse,” said Jim, lowering his voice, “and made a } mistake.” . as The ramparts ?” : ve “ Ramparts and the battlements are the same - things.” | ( - “Tndeed! I did not know it. Well, you saw us _ tage and what then ?” | ‘, A 3 4 A ‘ ie ie a Can’t say I ao % 3 | “ “ You won’t understand, Evy, and that is all about ae ie But never mind. I know where I fell into an STror, and that suffices.” a ‘The boys had - now departed. The alteas were closed at made fast, Jim and Eveline were slowly strolling across the yard. "f ass “ ‘Jim,” she said, after a short silence, “ I eno what 4 ey mean. You Lae that Morse was ere love | : He st “ar That's all right,” said Jim, comfortably. “But Icare for him a lot.” just ek 7 ae THE stint | Others. : | v8 aN | | aah a ey wl ante Seavey, Liisa wits oR ay, Rui i wy, x me * iby ae 7 ir’) ah ND senook, o | CHAPTER KV ae be 5: THE RUSULT OF TERRY'S SHOT.—A SHORT REST THR | ' ‘* i % ‘ oS a Oe QUESTION OF PROVISIONS. dies" Nagel a i ae Aa i eon) - ate Se fim aa too much to cid ate on his ate to Sea ‘ on the peculiar way Eveline had. treated MP him. Having told the a i ee of the night's: fi s boys, he ieee ‘hos es main body of them to. ena bed, for the hour was late. ° diy 8 But he remained up himself with the momeers oe cop the Council of Ten, save Terry, who “ took the hump” ie over the chaff of his friends on his prowess as an a artilleryman, and went off to his couch with the | - There was one serious question to be creouceenh sapart : from the presence of the foe—it was that of pros > aa visions. Jim was quite right when he said that it ; would never do to leave it until the last moment, for oy: that might lead to a very serious state of things. i i The ship expected with the flour and other things — ae was the “Orsini,” a Spanish vessel trading to England - me and. back. She carried wine to the port of London, ah Abi and brought back any cargo available. Hitherto she © ba had always had commissions from Nap Farrell, and, ~ M4 as before stated, she was expected within a fortnight. ae But Jim, having gained -access to some correspond- _ A ha ence brought away by Mrs. Farrell from her — husband's room, discovered that the ship was really msi due before that time, and if she did not appear by ye the date mentioned in the papers—August 1—she _ % need not be looked for at all. | “ans This was quite on a line with the Spanish away of ies bh doing business, and it conveyed the intimation that ney ~ a= eet patter | ae one Bhick by this harking round ona eile Faole the interests of the school were nothing to the cap- | ees Bt Eveline perversely went on. tain of the vessel, and that if he could get acargo os ‘ “He is the cleverest and handsomest boy in the | for elsewhere that paid him a little better to carry, he a, _whole school, and I admire him wonderfully. It is | should take it. ‘ Uy net tmy faultif Ido. Ican’t help it any more than Long and earnest was the diccuieon on this topic, a ot | thinking that you have made yourself very ridicu- | and it resulted in the council coming to the conclusion ey B q Jous.” { that somebody ought to risk a run to sea im one of cathe | | i a ‘Such are the ways of women and girls. Not half | the boats, which were still moored off the shore, and, : a ep 4 can hour before, Eveline was weeping over the pros- intercepting: some passing vessel, send a message as to spt hays BS "pect of not seeing Jim again; but now that he was | their position to the governor at Gibraltar. —__ mate i rh returned safe one sound, she raked up a compara- “ Ata pinch,” said Jim, “ we could struggle - on a i a tively old grievance, and hurled it at his head. The | month, if we were at liberty. But i in less, sian:e tee eee _ bolt being ou she raised her nose in the air and left | night, if pent up here, we shall starve.” ne aie fh ee dim, Y ee came the question, w ea) ee Be, upon ae hgh diana ‘iy ron won de c ‘CO 00 o| 7 0 ee A ‘ ; ays ‘ - fr 5¥ - roe n YA . Sa eee ts ae i 45 4 ‘ “(ESE ra ee Ly se Ks4 di Cat sh ARS ae ORE OC eter | RIES, SERS gO Vat Tate SiR NMA Red oceeiae Ga eS RE, LORI e sere tin at Wille ea