Witch Hazel; or, The Secret of the Locket — page 132: what you’re looking at

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Three pretty rooms—two bedrooms and a common sitting roou—were allotted to her and Belle. They were on the east side of the honse where, every morning, they could catch the firatrays of the rising sun and look outupon the botndlexs ocean. For the first few days after their arrival, Mrs. Stewart kindly allowed the two girls their liberty, and they just reveled in the beauty around thein: in the delicious sunshine and the soft cool breezes that were like new wine to them after the confinement the heat and the dust of the close city. Hazel give herself up to it all, with almost the pleasure and abandon of achild, She loved the sea; it was like home to her, and she seemed to live over ayain the deligits of her youth, as she went akiimn- ming over the water inthe light, pretty boat which had been pirchiased for Belle’s use, ste skillfully using the ours while her young companion satin the stern and tried to learn how to steer, But being unfaimiliar with the locality they got in- to trouble one day which resulted in quitea romantic adveiture, They“hud noticed, at some distance from land, a beautiful little island, and both Bice had expressed a desire to row over to it and make an exploring ex- pedition, Oné morning, supplied bbe au pga foe oe basket and two intercating books, they sturted o for this purpose. —* . sEomicbook team