I feel, however, that I ought to catch to-morrow's train, as it is rather necessary for me to reach St.
Johns without further delay." "It seems queer," remarked Cola, "that this stupid place can strike even a stranger as being delightful, since there is no one to see but fisherfolk, who can talk of nothing but fish, and there isn't a thing to do but watch the boats go and come.

For my part, I am so tired of it all that I wish something would happen to send us away from here forever." "My dear!" said Mrs.Baldwin to Cola, reprovingly.
"Some one seems to have found an occupation here in collecting a cabinet of specimens," suggested Cabot, indicating, as he spoke, some shelves covered with bits of rock, that had attracted his attention.
"Yes," admitted Cola, "I have found some amusement in gathering those things; but I don't know what half of them are, and there is no one here to tell me." "Possibly I might help you to name some of them," said Cabot, "as I have a bowing acquaintance with geology." "Oh! can you ?" cried the girl.

"Then I wish you would, right away, for I am almost certain that several of them contain minerals, and I want awfully to know if they are gold." The next moment the two young people were standing before the cabinet, deep in the mysteries of periods, ages, formations, series, and other profound geologic terms.

All at once Cabot paused, and, holding a bit of serpentine in his hand, asked: "Did this come from about here ?" [Illustration: "Did this come from about here ?"] "Yes; ail of them did." "Could you show me the place, or somewhere near where you found it ?" "I think I could, if we had time; but not if you are going away in the morning, for it would take at least half a day." "Well," said Cabot, "I believe I might wait over long enough for that, and guess I won't start for St.Johns to-morrow, after all.".