
Harry hesitated a moment, then quietly went upstairs. Mr. Fox was relieved, for he was a little apprehensive that his ward would prove rebellious and decline to obey. Mr. Godfrey marked their entrance with surprise, and looked inquiringly at Herbert. It was quite a solemn procession! First went a Government steam-tug, flaunting flags from deck to trucks as thick as they could hang. Then came the b...
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er precious cargo. Then two boats full of cable-hands, and an official gig pulled by a Chinaman, while the steam-launch Electric kept buzzing about as if superintending all. The elder gave the laird a look which, if it had been translated into words, would probably have conveyed the idea "Is he orthodox?" It must not be supposed, from what has been said, that the Gull Lightship was the only vessel of the kind that existed at that time. But she was a good type of the class of vessels (numbering at present about sixty) to which she belonged, and, both as regarded her situation and duties, was, and still is, one of the most interesting among the floating lights of the kingdom. The train came up in time, and Rodney was one of half a dozen passengers who entered the cars. Redbeard, as Lancey called him, mentally, reclined on a couch and smoked a chibouk. "Gentlemen, this must cease!" cried the major, coming between them. "In my house, too! Disgraceful!" "Has anything happened to my father?" he inquired, with pale face. "Have any of you heard anything?"