A Silver Brand — page 94: what you’re looking at

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Bs ~ A SILVER BRAND. hither as fast as my feet would carry me. I thought I saw Serena’s boat. Iam sure I saw it, and Serena rowing. Oh, how sorry I shall be if she has not come, for who. knows where they will put me next, and I wouldn’t miss seeing her to-day for anything.” | : “If she has come to the island she will be here presently. Sit down, fold your wings a moment, restless little humming-bird. Do you mean to tell me that your only method of egress was through . the window?” She laughed merrily, with a ring of defiance in her musical tones. | “Yes. If they lock the doors upon me what else . can they expect? A humming-bird must have the free air and sunshine, or——” She took off her hat, and looked down wistfully at its valuable little orna- ment—and her voice deepened—“or else it will pine — and:die,? so, | <9 They will be angry with you. Iam sorry,” said Nat. * | | “T can’t help it. If it were not for Auntie Pen, I don’t think I should care in the least. I begin to find out that it adds a new zest to steal such enjoy- ment. Am I growing wicked very fast?” _ And she tossed her head and looked into his face saucily with those brilliant, dancing eyes. He smiled upon her fondly, and yet with ill- concealed sadness as he replied: ; “Be a prudent humming-bird. It is true, many perils lurk in ambush for such wild and lovely creatures.” “J would rather get back safely without their dis- covering it,” she murmured, “because it is pleasant to think such an escape may be always open to me, if they proceed to harsher measures. Oh, Nat, who was your visitor the other day. I have thought so much about him. Was it a brother, or a cousin, or what? It seems so, and yet——” “Well, and yet——” “J don’t know exactly. You are just as grand at noble-looking as he, only he seemed of another sor £ é = - comicbooks.com....