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ROSY AND CHARLEY.

LITTLE ROSY'S

VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY

UNDERTAKEN IN COMPANY WTTH HER

COUSIN CHARLEY.

With Forty-eight Illustrations by Lorenz Frolich,

NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

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INTRODUCTION.

ITTLE people have much larger libraries
of their own now-a-days than little
people used to possess a good many years ago.

I dare say you have lesson-books, and story-
books, and picture-books, almost without end,
given to you by your kind papas and mammas,
who want you to grow clever and wise as fast
as you can.

But I don't think that any of you have ever
had, or ever read, a book of travels. So I hope
this book will be something quite new to you ;
and what is new most little people consider
very delightful.

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I.

ROSY AND HER COUSIN CHARLEY.

ITTLE Rosy Girard was in her fifth year,
when she had an invitation to spend the
summer at her uncle's house in the country.

Now this uncle of hers was a very kind one ;
and Rosy loved him very much, and her aunt
too; and she had often played with her cousin
Charley, before she went that long journey into
France of which some of her little friends have
heard. She liked running about in the fields,
and on nice grassy hills, much better than in the
streets of London. And so, though once upon
a time Rosy had been a shy little girl, yet she was
not at all afraid to pay this visit, even though her
dear mamma could not go with her.

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I.

Every day Charley used to read to Rosy out of a delightful book

of travels. Rosy said she thought even Fanny liked it,

though she did not generally care for stories.

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As for Master Charley he had no sister of his
own to play with ; so he was very glad to have
his little cousin.

The young friends played at all sorts of games,
sometimes in the garden, and sometimes in the
nursery ; and every day Charley used to read to
Rosy out of a delightful book of travels.

He was older than Rosy, and could read quite
well; and they both thought these stories the
most interesting that they had ever heard in all
their lives. Rosy said that she thought even
Fanny liked them, though she did not generally
care for stories.

Now Miss Fanny was a new doll which Rosy's
papa had given her to comfort her for the loss of
Julia, who had tumbled overboard as they were
coming back from France ; but I do not fancy
that Fanny thought very much about these stories,
however quietly she might sit and hear them ; for
her head was made of wax, and there were no
brains inside it. But if Fanny did not think
about them, we shall soon see that into Charley's
head they put a wonderful idea.

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II.

CHARLEY'S IDEA,

UT this wonderful idea he contrived to keep
in his head, and not tqr let it get out until
the stories were all finished. Only once or twice
he said,—

£ Ah, Rosy ! I '11 tell you of a plan of mine
when the book is done.'

Then of course she was very curious, as
people say young ladies always are, and begged
him to tell her now.

But Charley was rather cruel about that, and
only answered,-

c Oh ! some day : don't stop the story.'

At last it was all done ; and then Rosy went
to put Fanny into her little bed, for fear she
should hear the secret. It was a secret, Charley
said.

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Charley tells Rosy his great secret : he has quite made up his mind

to go and discover some new countries, like Captain Cook,

and Robinson Crusoe, and Gulliver.

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And, after all, I think she would have heard
it all, if she had not happened to be rather deaf ;
for the young gentleman was so full of his plan
that he told it in rather a loud voice.

Now, what do you think it was ?

He had quite made up his mind to go and
discover some new countries, like Captain Cook,
and Robinson Crusoe, and Gulliver !

Just think of that ! It made even Rosy open
her eyes; and she asked timidly ,-

c Are you big enough, Charley ? '

£ Of course ! ' Charley said, making himself
look as tall as he could. c I can take care of
myself, I should think ; and you too, Rosy.
Don't I take care of you every day ? '

Then he talked about monkeys and parrots,
and how they would catch some and bring them
home for pets ; and about splendid flowers and
delicious fruits, larger and more juicy than they
had ever seen : till the little girl thought it the
most delightful plan in the world, and Charley
the most delightful of boys to make such a
plan.

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III.

WHERE TO GO.

HE first thing is to get a map,' said Charley,
after , a bit. ' We must find out what
countries are left for us to discover.'

Rosy hardly knew what a map was ; but she
thought it very pretty, and pointed out to Charley
that there were red countries painted on it, and
blue countries, and yellow countries.

c Which will be the nicest, and have most
fruit in them, Charley?' she asked.

c I don't know;' he answered ; ' but we are not
going to any of these, for they are all discovered.
The prettiest will be sure to be those that are not
marked at all. We must see where there is most
room for them. Look here, Rosy ; here 's lots of
room down in this great sea; and if we go that
way we shall be sure to find them.'

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' The first thing is to get a map/ said Charley ; ' we must find
out what countries are left for us to discover.'

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c What shall we bring home for uncle ? ' asked
Rosy.

c Oh, a new kind of dog if we can ! Papa
likes dogs/

Rosy thought she didn't, and that she hoped
she should not find any ; but she did not say so
for fear Charley should laugh at her.

Talking of dogs, however, put Caesar into
her head. He always barked at her when she
went out of the front door; so when Charley
asked, —

'Come, will you go, Rosy?' she hung down
her head, and answered :

' 1 don't know if I could walk so far.'

c Of course we should often sit down,' said
Charley, in an encouraging tone. c Come, don't
be silly and spoil all my fun. I don't want to
have to go alone.'

B

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IV.

THE DECISION.

OME into the garden and let's have a game/
said Rosy at last.

( Yes, come,' exclaimed Charley ; c we can
have a nice talk there, all by ourselves.'

So the little cousins went down hand in hand,
as they always did; and Charley gave Rosy her
garden shoes, and helped her to put them on.

c Now you can go on the grass, and not get
your feet wet,' he said when they were on ; and
Rosy said,-

' Thank you,' and gave him a kiss for helping
her. She began to feel that it would be unkind
to let him go all alone, and that she could not do
that when ( he was always so kind to her ! '

That was quite true. Charley did always
take such care of his little cousin, that she felt

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IV.

Rosy, after some hesitation, consents to accompany him ; and
they seal the compact by shaking hands.

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quite safe with him; and his mamma was never
afraid of trusting her with him.

He soon began to talk again about his great
plan, and to try and persuade Rosy to go with
him ; but she thought of Caesar, and told her
cousin of a long walk which her papa once took
her when she c was so tired.' c Wouldn't this be
longer ? '

c Oh, it wouldn't be the same thing at all,'
said Charley. c They would often sit down, and
then when they got to the forest it would be
shady. They would start from the gate at the
end of the back garden, and —

Here Rosy broke in with, —

c Yes, I will go, Charley. You shall not go
alone.'

c Shake hands, then, to show you agree to it,'
cried Charley, stopping short and facing her.
c That is the right way to make a bargain ; and
then you must never want to turn back until I
do.3

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V.

PREPARATIONS.

HEN shall we set off?' asked Rosy, for
now she had quite made up her mind ;
and when she had once made it up to anything
she very seldom changed it again.

c Oh, to-morrow!' answered Charley. 'It's
fine now, and my papa says it's going to be fine;
so there is no use in waiting.'

c Then we must get ready,' said Rosy. ' Shall
I pack up ? I can/

c We mustn't take much,' answered Charley.
< People never do when they make a walking
journey, — but we must have something to eat.'

So it was settled that, as they had had a very
good breakfast, and expected to have even a
better dinner, the lunch might well be saved.

They got each a large slice of bread-and-

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Charley whispered to Rosy, 'These will clo beautifully to eat

in the desert countries.'

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butter and a pear from nurse as soon as they went
in ; and Charley whispered to Rosy, ' These
will do beautifully to eat in the desert countries.'

But he told her that these were not all ; for
that for the last fortnight he had been saving
little pieces of bread, which had all turned to
biscuits.

Rosy was very glad to hear that, and thought
they looked so delicious in the little box in
which he kept them, that she wanted to taste
one.

But Charley told her that good travellers
never think much of eating and drinking, and
that she must try to get used to doing without
things.

Rosy thought that this was very wise advice,
and wished she were as wise as Charley.

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VI.

ROSY'S FAMILY.

HEN Rosy began to bustle about the
nursery and consider what she would like
to take with her.

She had lots of playthings which she had
brought from her own home, but she loved her
dolls better than anything else, and she said that
she should like to take them with her. There
were only seven of them, little and big ; and
some were small enough for Charley to carry in
his pocket. And then Charley was not unkind
to dolls as some boys are. He never poked out
their eyes, or made holes in their arms to see the
colour of their blood. Indeed, Charley rather
liked dolls himself if he had confessed the truth ;
and one which Rosy had dressed as a soldier he
admired very much.

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VI.

Rosy said she should like to take her dolls with her ; there were
only seven of them, little and big.

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But Charley was wiser than Rosy about
journeys, though he had never been so far as
she had ; and he said that though it might be
very nice to make up such a large party, yet
that these ladies and gentlemen would be tiring
companions, as they would all want carrying.

f And your arms would soon ache, Rosy ;
and you would not be able to march so well, or
to climb hills and rough places, if you take too
much to carry ; besides we must carry all we can
to eat and drink, you know.5

Rosy was obliged to confess that her cousin
was right in this ; so she very good-temperedly
gave up taking her dear dollies, though a tear
would come into her eye when she said good-bye
to them all.

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VII.

THE FAREWELL.

EXT morning as usual Charley and Rosy
were sent to play in the garden ; and
then they took the opportunity of beginning
their journey.

It was to be a secret, as I told you, and they
thought themselves very brave young people to
be ready to face so many dangers.

Yet when they got half-way down the garden,
and were about to lose sight of the house, they
both felt rather affected as they turned to say,
c Good-bye, old house ; I wonder when we shall
see you again.'

All day they were to march, Charley said,
with only a rest now and then; and they must
not care for either heat or cold, or for what they
got to eat. So long as they did not starve, they

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VII.

They each turned to say, ' Good-bye, old house ; I wonder
when we shall see you again.'

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must be quite content; and c the fresh air was as
good as food any day.'

Charley looked quite like a traveller with his
bag slung over his shoulders ; and this bag con-
tained the slices of bread-and-butter, the pears and
biscuits. The bottle of water hung to it, being
attached by a piece of string tied round the neck ;
and it was corked very tightly ; for he had ham-
mered the cork in with the end of his hoop-stick.

Charley told his little cousin that it held
water enough for a long time, and that when
it was empty they would have to fill it at any
lake or river which they might be passing.

As for Rosy she carried nothing but her dear
lamb, Robin, which she could not make up her
mind to leave behind.

Charley knew better than to let a young lady
carry a parcel; so everything else he took himself.

Perhaps you may wonder that he never asked
his papa's opinion about this journey ; and it is
certainly strange that he did not think of this.
I don't know how it was; but as for Rosy she
believed that all that Charley did must be right

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VIII.

THE START,

AVING got to the end of the garden, the
next thing was to get to the other side
of the hedge which enclosed it; and at first
Charley thought he would climb up the bank and
get over at one of the lowest parts.

But whether Rosy could get over too, even if
he succeeded, seemed very doubtful. He was
afraid she would never be able to climb by her-
self; and he knew that when he was over he
could not help her.

So at last they made up their minds to scram-
ble through a little hole in this hedge ; Charley
going first to make it bigger, and then Rosy
following close with her lamb.

It was Caesar, the dog, who had made this

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VIII.

Rosy did not mind a fe\v scratches for herself ; she was only

afraid for Robin, lest the brambles should tear

off some of his nice warm wool.

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hole, though Rosy did not know that he ever
came round that way. He had only made it
large enough for himself; and he was not at
all a large dog. Nor had he picked off the
thorns, or dragged up the thistles ; but Rosy
was not much afraid of these things, for she
had been used to scrambling about; and she
did not mind a few scratches for herself. She
was only afraid for Robin, and thought the
brambles would hurt him a great deal, and
perhaps tear off some of his nice, warm, white
wool. So she carried him straight in front of
her, right over Charley's boots, and put his head
under her chin so as to save his poor eyes.

As for her own eyes, which really were
better than Robin's because they could see better,
she expected her hat to protect them ; and,
besides, they had each a nice lid fixed over
them which shut of itself, if anything tried to
get inside, without her having the trouble of
ever thinking of shutting them.

Robin's eyes had no such lids ; so Rosy was
obliged to take care of them for him.

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IX.

THE FIRST DIFFICULTY,

ND I can tell you that it was no easy
matter to keep Robin from getting hurt;
the brambles flew back so often in Rosy's face,
and then she had to call out, —

c Oh, Charley ! my lamb 's caught again ! ' and
he had to turn round and set it free.

Once Charley said that he was sure Robin
got caught on purpose, just because he did not
like going with them; but when he saw that
it vexed Rosy to hear her lamb blamed, he did
not say it again.

At last Charley got quite through ; and then
he was able to turn round and take Robin out
of Rosy's arms. He had only lost two or three
little pieces of wool, though he was rather rough
all over.

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IX.

Some birds over-head began chirping very loudly, and the

little ones seemed to say to the big ones :

' \Yhat are they going to do ?'

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c Take care of my dear lamb,' said Rosy,
as she kissed him, and gave him up to Charley :
and, as she did so, some birds over head began
chirping very loudly indeed.

I dare say they had never seen a lamb with
such stiff legs before, nor any little children
getting through a hedge.

What they were talking about to each other,
I don't know; but certainly they looked at them
with great curiosity, and the little ones seemed
to say to the big ones,-

c What are they going to do ? Are they
going to build a nest as you did for us ? Or
are they only going to send that lamb into the
fields to play with the other sheep, and get his
legs to move more easily ? '

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X.

THE WIDE WORLD,

HEY all three got through the hedge at
last after a regular good scramble for

Rosy had only torn her frock a little, and
Charley got off with one bad scratch ; for which,
of course, he did not care the least in the world.
What brave boy ever did?

Then both of them stood up on the other
side, and Charley said, —

c Now the whole world is before us ; which
way shall we go ? '

Rosy thought the world looked very large,
though all she saw of it was a great stubble-
field.

When the corn was standing, she had several
times crossed it by a little path, when she was
out walking with her aunt; but she did not

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' Now the whole world is before us ! Which way shall we go ?'

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know it again from the side where she and
Charley stood.

c This is the desert,' said Charley, enthusi-
astically. ( Suppose we go straight to the other
side of it.5

c Yes, let 's go,' answered Rosy, warmly.
4 How long do you think we shall be crossing?'

£ We shall see,' replied Charley ; c only we
had better start at once. We shall not find any
provisions here ; so it will not do to dawdle
until we have eaten all we brought.'

' No,' said Rosy, ' or else we should be
starved.'

She had set her lamb down, and was leaning
on his back while they took their first look at
the great world ; but now she caught him up
in her arms, and gave him a great many kisses
as they set off on their journey across the desert.

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XI.

THE DESERT.

HE sun was shining brightly, and Master
Robin was rather heavy; for he was a
very large lamb. So Rosy's arms began to ache
a little, and she soon told Charley that she
thought the desert was a very hot place.

Charley laughed, and said,-

' Well ! I think it would have been a funny
thing if we had found it cold, Rosy.'

* It makes me thirsty,' answered Rosy. c Are
people always thirsty in the deserts ? '

c Pretty often,' replied Charley ; c you had
better drink a little water, Rosy.'

Rosy was not sorry to do that; but when
she offered the bottle to him, he only wiped
his face with his handkerchief, and said,-

c Oh, no ! not yet ! I can wait a bit.'

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Rosy soon told Charley that she thought the desert a very

hot place.

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For Charley thought to himself, —

( I must take care of Rosy because she is a
little girl; but as for myself, why, of course,
I must learn to do without lots of things. I
shouldn't make much of a traveller unless I can
go without food and water sometimes ; so the
sooner I begin to use myself to hardships the
better.'

Charley had read a great deal about hard-
ships in his book ; and he thought there would
be no glory in his journey unless he had some-
times been almost starved to death or parched
up with thirst.

As for Master Robin, he seemed to get on
very comfortably. At any rate he made no
complaints. And Rosy's arms felt all the better
for having been without him for a few minutes.

D

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XII.

THE FOREST.

HE two little travellers found the desert
rather long ; and yet they reached the
other side more quickly than they had expected.

c Is this a palm ? ' asked Rosy, as they sat
down under a tree.

' No ; I think not,' answered Charley. c The
leaves are not large enough. Perhaps it is a teak-
tree, or some other that we do not see in Europe.'

They had a little game with the lamb here,
and eat two or three of Charley's biscuits before
they set off again. And, when they were well
rested, Charley said, —

c Now we are quite fresh for another start.
It seems to me that we had better enter this
forest. Perhaps we may get through it before
nightfall. It is a virgin forest, you see.'

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xir.

' It seems to me that we had better enter the forest, and

perhaps we may get through it before night-fall.

It is a virgin forest, you see !

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Rosy looked rather puzzled at this remark;
so her cousin added :

c A wild kind of forest in which the trees
have stood for nobody knows how long, ever
since the flood, perhaps. Don't you recollect my
reading about one of that kind, and how there
was no path through it, and people had to cut
their way through the trees as they went?'

c And shall we ?' asked Rosy. c How funny it
would be !'

c I shouldn't wonder,' answered Charley ; * I
brought my knife with me, in case we should.'

So saying, he took his little cousin by the
hand, that he might be better able to protect her,
and with his stick in the other, and his eyes
wide open he set off again boldly.

As for Rosy, she had full confidence in
Charley's strength and wisdom, and had no doubt
that he was leading her quite right.

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XIII.

THE FIRST DISCOVERY.

T was some time before the young tra-
vellers took another rest.

4 Soon we shall get deeper into the forest,'
said Charley at last, < and then we shall not meet
any one. I shall be glad to be where no one
ever went before. Won't it be nice, Rosy?5

Rosy was not quite sure ; but she took off
her hat, and sat down on a little green mound
under another large tree, with bunches of small,
round fruit.

* I wonder what tree this can be,' said Rosy.

4 Very likely a banana,' replied Charley, with
a learned air.

' Oh, no, not a banana, I know!' cried
Rosy ; c for I have seen one of those in a large
garden in Paris ; and it had very, very large

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XIII.

' Then we are the first discoverers of the tree/ said Charley,
' and we must give it a name. We'll call it
after you, "The Rosy tree !"

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leaves, made just like paper fans, — not a bit like
this one.'

c Oh, then, it is some new kind of tree that
nobody knows. I never saw one like it before ;
did you. Rosy ? '

c No, never,' said the little girl.

' Then we are the first discoverers of the tree ;
so we must give it a name.'

c Yes, let us give it a name,' said Rosy,
eagerly. c What shall it be ? '

c We'll call it after you- -"The Rosy tree,"
answered Charley. c It's a very pretty one ; so
you won't mind, will you?'

c No ; I don't mind,' said Rosy, blushing a
little; £ but is it a pretty name, — for a tree, I
mean ? '

' Of course it is,' answered Charley ; * at least
I know if I were a tree I shouldn't mind having
it.'

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XIV.

THE SECOND DISCOVERY,

FTER naming this wonderful tree, and
trying to notice exactly what it was like
so that they might describe it to the first people
who knew about trees when they got home,
Charley and Rosy went on with their walk, and
soon came to a tiny stream, in which grew some
very beautiful flowers.

c Why, what are these ? ' said Rosy. c I never
saw any like them before.'

( Nor I, either,' added Charley. c We must
name them after your mamma, and take some
home to show to the learned men.'

c Oh, yes,' cried Rosy, clapping her hands,
< that will be nice.'

c Let us bring them up on to the path,' said
Charley, and then we can put them into our

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XIV.

The next discovery was a new species of flower, which was

instantly named after Rosy's mamma ; and some specimens

were preserved to show to the learned men on

their return home.

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hats. They will look very pretty there. Besides,
our hands are hot, and the heat soon kills
flowers.'

c How funny that is !' said Rosy, c when they
so often grow in the sun, and get baked by it all
day long.'

c I suppose flowers will bear baking when they
are on their own stalks, but not in our hot hands,'
answered Charley. c Don't you remember about
that stuff inside the stalk which papa showed us
one day, and called sap ; and how he said that
was what the plant ate and drank ? I suppose
the flower starves, and gets too thirsty to live
when it is broken off the stem, and that it can't
bear heat so well when it has nothing to drink.'

Rosy thought that Charley must have been
very clever to find this out. She liked his idea too
about the hats. In short she liked all Charley's
ideas.

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XV.

THE THIRD DISCOVERY.

HEY had not gone much farther before a
bush appeared, covered with small black
fruit which looked like raspberries, and nearly as
good, so Rosy declared.

c Oh ! but, Rosy, you must not eat them ! '
cried Charley, seizing her hand as she was going
to pick one.

'Why not?' asked Rosy.

c Because they may be poison ; you cannot
tell,' answered Charley.

c Oh ! I don't think so ! They smell very
good,' returned Rosy.

' Do they ?' said Charley. c Let me smell.'

He smelt several times at the fruit, and then
thought that he would taste one, and wait a bit to
see whether he felt any pain after it.

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xv.

'Oh, Rosy ! you must not eat them,' cried Charley, seizing her
hand as she was going to pick one.

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He did so ; and, after a minute or two, as no
pain came, he said, —

< Yes, I think we may eat, Rosy. They are a
juicy kind of fruit, and will make us not so
thirsty. It is a good thing you found them.'

Ah, Master Charley, what a good thing it was
that these fruits were really not poisonous ! One
can't tell always by pain coming; for sometimes
things that are poisonous make people feel very
comfortable, and send them so fast asleep that
they never wake again I

Whilst the two travellers were eating, Master
Robin fell down ; and his little mistress said that
he had gone fast asleep \ but he had not eaten any
fruit, and his eyes were wide open as they always
were ; for Rosy never could persuade him to shut
his eyes.

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XVI.

JOURNEY THROUGH THE FOREST,

'HEN they had made a good meal of this
black fruit, which was very good, and
very sweet to taste, they set off on their march
through the forest once more ; and Charley, who
walked first, and drew his stick along the ground
as he went, exclaimed,-

' Oh, isn't it splendid to walk like this through
a place where no one has ever been before ? '

But Rosy, who had just torn a large rent in
her frock on a branch which she had not seen,
and which stuck out from an old trunk, did not
think it quite so delightful.

She almost wished that nurse had been there
to mend it for her ; or that she had a needle and
thread, that she might try herself, even though
generally she was not fond of needlework; but

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-yo

XVI.

Oli ! \^\\\ it splendid to walk like this through a place where
no one has ever been before?'

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it was of no use wishing for what she could not
have ; and so the little girl comforted herself
by thinking that, as no one would ever pass them
now, it did not matter much.

And as there was nothing to be done for it
but to take it patiently all the rest of the way,
she only called to Charley to get her free from
the bush; and then followed her leader, Master
Charley, as quickly as her little legs would carry
her.

So on they went, dashing through the grass,
and making frogs and all sorts of other creatures
jump out of their way as they passed along.

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XVII.

THE MONSTER.

LITTLE further on they were startled by a
queer noise, as if something were sliding
or jumping through the grass among the rocks.

'What can it be?' said Rosy, turning pale.

Charley did not answer ; but he looked rather
frightened.

However he did not forget that he was a boy,
and that he had his little cousin to protect. And
he made up his mind that no harm should happen
to her if he could prevent it.

So calling to Rosy and Robin to stand still
both of them, he took his stick in his hand, and
went forward to meet the monster.

Out it came on the grass before them, and,
Charley cried, —

f Oh, it's a crocodile ! '

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„

' Oh, it's a crocodile !' Rosy was almost afraid to breathe, as the

creature lifted up its head.

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Rosy was almost afraid to breathe as the
creature lifted up its head, just as if it were
preparing to spring on him.

But Charley put on a brave face, and went
stoutly forward with his stick in his hand say-
ing*—

< Never mind, Rosy ! I '11 soon do for the

monster with this club of mine!' and at sight of
the stick, the animal thought it best to turn
round and make its escape.

And, when it was gone, Charley said in rather
a quiet way,-

c It was a very small crocodile, if it was one
at all. Perhaps it was only a lizard, Rosy.'

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XVIII.

PRESSING ON.

OW fast it ran away; didn't it?' said Rosy.
4 Oh, I 'm so glad it has gone, I thought it
was going to bite you ! '

' It was a good thing for it that it did not
try,' answered Charley. < It would have felt some-
thing of my club if it had come near enough.
But now you have seen me conquer this enemy,
you won't be so much afraid if any other should
come.'

Then Charley, who had drunk nothing since
they started, took such a long draught, that when
it came to Rosy's turn, the bottle was found to
be nearly empty.

c We shall have to go on short commons, I
see,' he said. c Rosy, can you do with a little
until we come to water ? '

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XVIII.

Charley took a long draught out of the bottle : so long that when
it came to Rosv's turn it was found nearly empty.

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' If the river is not very far off, Charley/
she said ; c but I am getting very thirsty.'

c Well ! we must press on through this forest ;
there is nothing else to be done. I think I see
an opening in the trees out there ; don't you ? '

'Let's run, then,' answered Rosy; 'let's run
a race ; and we shall soon be there. I wonder if
there will be any water close by when we get
out.'

' At any rate, Robin can't have a drop till we
get a fresh supply, ' answered Charley. c He can
go longer than we can without drinking; can't
he, Rosy ? '

Charley looked rather quizzical when he said
this, and Rosy got a little red, and did not seem
quite to like it; so he gave Robin a very kind
pat, and said no more about it.

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XIX.

A BAD TRAVELLER.

OSY, however, very soon began to find that
Master Robin was no small weight for
her little arms.

c Oh, you are heavy, Robin!' she said. CI
wish you could walk.'

So she put him down to rest her arms, and
declared that c he was not half so heavy at home,
and that he was a bad lamb to make himself
heavy just when he ought to be light. It was
very bad of him ; very bad indeed, and very
unkind ! '

Then Charley said, —

c I would carry him for you, Rosy ; but you
see I must have my arms free in case of any
danger. Perhaps we shall meet another monster

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XIX.

Rosy soon begins to find Master Robin no small weight for

her little arms. She is sure that he makes

himself heavy on purpose !

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before long ; and if I am not ready with my club,
it may attack you.'

' If he only had a board to stand on, and
wheels like my horse, I could draw him along
with a string,' returned Rosy.

' Couldn't we tie some of this long grass to-
gether, and make a string for him?' said Charley.
c You might be able to draw him without any
wheels.'

So the little folks went to work to carry out
this plan ; and, as it took some time, Rosy's arms
got rested a bit.

However, the grass string did not answer.
It broke very often ; and then every time they
tried to pull Master Robin with it, down he
went; so at last they were forced to give it up,
and go on as before.

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XX.

THE ANT-HILL,

T was not long before our young travellers
found themselves in front of a little hill-
ock, which Charley immediately pronounced to
be an ant-hill of a very remarkable kind ; not at
all like an English ant-hill, but such a one as
can only be found either in Africa or America.

c So you see, Rosy,' said he, c we must be in
one of those two continents; and England must
be a long way off.'

c What is a continent ? ' asked Rosy.

c Oh ! don't you know ?' said Charley ; c but
I forgot you hadn't learnt geography. Well,
never mind, you'll know some day. Only, you
see, we're not in England; that's all.'

£ Will it be long before we get back again ? '
asked Rosy, rather anxiously.

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H*

Against such numbers resistance is impossible.

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4 Oh ! not long,' answered Charley, carelessly ;
c but come, I want to see what is going on here ! '

c So do I,' cried Rosy, running towards the
hill ; but Charley said, —

c Take care, the great creatures will come out
and bite you. I 'd better go forward with my
club.'

Charley's way, however, was not one to pacify
the enemy; for he had no sooner said this than
he plunged his stick right down into their house.
And instantly a whole army of atits,- -great fat
ants, as big, Rosy said, as the tips of her fingers,
made an expedition against their assailants.

Against such numbers resistance was impossi-
ble. Charley set off running as fast as he could,
saying that they were too many for him; and
Rosy followed him with her lamb in her arms.

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XXI.

THE PRAIRIE,

FTER running hard until they thought
themselves quite out of reach of their
foes, the little travellers came to a place where
there were not so many trees. It was, indeed, a
large meadow that lay before them; and there
was thick grass all over the ground, and lots of
flowers mixed with it.

4 Why, this is another desert ! ' cried Rosy.

' No,' said Charley ; ( don't you remember
what the last was like, a great bare place, without
any grass, or trees, or water? A desert is not a
nice place at all. You know how hot you found
ours ; but this is nice and cool ; and just look at
the quantities of flowers ! I should say that it
is a prairie, so now we must be in America.'

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"iKH, COMP

' I should say that this is a prairie : so now we must be

in America.'

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< Oh, is this a pairie?' said Rosy. 'It's a
very nice place.'

' Not a pairie, but a prairie,' replied Charley,
looking very wise. c It 's a hard word, isn't it ?
but you must try and recollect it. Say it over two
or three times.'

Rosy did so. She repeated it more than two
or three times,- -I should say a dozen times at
least, and then declared that she knew it quite
well now, and would tell her mamma all about
it when she went home. Then she began to
pick dear mamma a nosegay ; but, as Charley said
that the flowers would be dead long before she
saw her mamma again, she told him that they
should be for his mamma instead.'

And Charley looked pleased and said, —

c Do, and I '11 help you.'

So the little cousins went to work, and soon
made up a splendid bunch of what Charley called,
' rare, foreign flowers.'

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XXII.

THE SOUP.CE OF THE NILE.

T did not take so long as one might have
expected to cross what Charley called c the
prairie ;' but when they got to the other side, they
came to something much more dangerous, and of
which they heard the sound at some little distance.
I mean a running stream of water rushing over
some rocks.

Oh ! if Rosy's mamma had known where
the little girl stood when she came to its banks,
I don't think she would have thought Master
Charley's protection quite enough.

But Charley was not afraid himself. He had
never tumbled into a river, or into a pond, and
been in danger of drowning yet : so he did not
know how it felt, or how much more easy it

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XXII.

As soon as Charley saw the cascade, lie cried out. ' The source

of the Nile, I do declare. This is something to

talk about when we get back.'

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was to go to the bottom and be drowned than
to get out again.

As soon as he saw the little cascade, which
looked very pretty amongst the trees, he cried
out,-

c The source of the Nile, I do declare ! No
one ever saw it before; and we have found it
out ! Only think ! This is something to talk
about when we get back ! '

c Do you think the Nile water is good to
drink ? ' asked Rosy, who was very thirsty.

c I should just think so ! ' answered Charley ;
c why it is the best in the world ! '

c I wish we could get some, then ; but I
am afraid of falling in if I dip the bottle in
here.'

And as she spoke, a little bird, which was
chirping on a bough near, looked at her, as much
as to say,-

c You had better not try, little maiden : the
water is deep just here, and runs very fast. You
might get carried down the stream.'

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XXIII.

THE WATER OF THE NILE.

HARLEY seemed to think so too; for he
did not try to do anything just there,
though he was as thirsty as his cousin. I must
say, that on the whole he was a careful little
man.

So he looked a little further up the stream,
and at last found a place where the banks were
almost flat, and the water very shallow.

In an instant Rosy laid Robin on the grass,
took ofF her hat, and threw herself flat on her
face on the bank. Charley followed her example,
only that he put his mouth into the water, keep-
ing himself from slipping with his hands.

But Rosy thought it best not to go quite so
close ; she only made a cup of her hand, and
drank out of it.

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XXIII.

The little hand would not hold much at once ; but then she could

fill it as often as she liked.

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The little hand would not hold much at
once ; but then she could fill it as often as she
liked, and so very soon she had quenched her
thirst, and did not want to drink any more.

But while she had been drinking, the pet
lamb had slipped further and further down to-
wards the water, until its feet went in. Then
it stuck against something ; and, as it was not
likely to get carried away, Charley said it would
do it good to stay there a little while, for it would
cool its feet. His were very hot, he knew ; and
he should like well enough to put them in, if
only he had a towel to dry them afterwards.

The water tasted most delicious ; and, when
Rosy had satisfied herself, she could not help
laughing at Charley for drinking just as a cat
drinks.

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XXIV.

THE FORD.

HARLEY and Rosy were at last quite
rested and quite refreshed; for they had
played about a good deal after they had drunk
in this funny way. There was plenty of nice
grass to pick on the banks of the stream, and to
add to the splendid nosegay ; and there were
plenty of little fishes to watch swimming and
playing about in the water. And then it was a
great comfort to Rosy to be able to leave Robin
on the grass, to graze like other sheep ; for his
weight had made her arms ache so much, that
she had got quite out of patience with him. The
thing was, where to go next.

Charley thought the other side of the stream
looked very inviting; and, after searching about

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XXIV.

This is an ancient ford, I see, Rosy. We'll try and ford the river
only I'll L,ro first, and sound the depth of it.'

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for some time, he found a place where the water
was quite shallow, — so shallow that even in the
the middle he was sure it would not come up to
his knees.

There were large stones and pieces of rock
lying in the water, even in the middle of the
stream; so it seemed to him not very difficult
to get across, if only Rosy would not slip and
tumble in.

So he said,-

cThis is an ancient ford, I see, Rosy; we'll
try and ford the river. Only, I'll go first and
sound the depth of it. You had better take off
your shoes and stockings while I try it; and we
must dry your feet on the grass if they should
get wet, and I can carry your stockings in my
pocket.'

It is very nice to see a boy taking so much
care of a little girl; and if Charley had not
brought his little companion all this way without
leave, I should have called him a pattern boy.
Rosy, as I have said, thought everything he
proposed quite right.

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XXV.

ROBIN'S ESCAPE,

HEN Rosy had got her shoes and stockings
off, she thought that, as the water was so
shallow in that part that she would not really be
hurt even if she should slip in, she might as well
fill the bottle while Charley was sounding the
water towards the middle.

Charley stepped from stone to stone very care-
fully, but had not gone far when he heard a
piteous cry from Rosy :

c Save my lamb ! Oh, save my dear Robin ! '
shrieked the little girl. c Oh, he '11 be drowned-
I know he will! And I shall lose him — my
dear Robin !'

In a second Charley turned to see what could
be the matter, and beheld the poor creature

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XXV.

Charley had not gone far when he heard a piteous cry from Rosy,
' Save my lamb ! Oh, save my dear lamb !

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floating away down the stream as quietly as
possible.

Yes, quite quietly ; for poor Robin did not
struggle or cry, or seem at all frightened !

It was Rosy who made all the noise. But
she, you see, was often either pleased, or vexed,
or frightened ; while Robin was such a quiet,
calm sort of creature, that he never seemed to
care about anything.

Well, Charley, as soon as he saw what was
the matter, courageously jumped off the stone
right into the water- -which was not, I must
tell you by the way, many inches deep just
there, — and by a violent effort rescued the dar-
ling of Rosy's heart from a watery grave.

It was all dripping wet, as you may be sure ;
but what was that in comparison of the danger
in which it had been placed ?

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XXVI.

CROSSING THE NILE.

Y dear lamb is safe ! ' cried Rosy, quite
overcome by her feelings. c Oh, Charley,
how brave it was of you to go in and get him
out ! Thank you, very, very much.'

c Dear me,' said Charley, quite bashfully ;
c what a fuss you make about a little thing !
Why, it was easy enough to save the creature !
I only got my feet a little wet, and what does
that matter ? We must both get them wet if we
mean to cross the torrent.'

< The torrent ! ' said Rosy to herself; c I won-
der what that means ! I wish I were as wise as
Charley/

Charley was just then thinking how his little
cousin could get to him.

With the dripping lamb in his arms, he could

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XXVI.

She rushed in without thinking that the pebbles might hurt her
little feet, and hurried to embrace her dear pet.

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not well help her; so it was of no use going
back. He, therefore, called out that she must
take up her shoes and stockings, and venture in.

c And never mind picking out the rocks,' he
said ; c they are very slippery. You must just
walk right in, and come to me.'

Rosv did not wait for another invitation. She

j

rushed in, without thinking how the pebbles might
hurt her little feet, and hurried to embrace her
dear pet.

Charley stood, with Robin in his hands, di-
recting her how best to come ; and when she
got near, he walked backwards that he might
not lose sight of her.

As for Rosy, she saw a little fish swimming
about at her feet, and, if it had not been that
her hands were full, how she would have enjoyed
fishing with her fingers !

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XXVII.

STRANGE BEHAVIOUR OF ROBIN.

T length Charley and Rosy were both safe
on the other side ; feet were dried with
grass and pocket-handkerchiefs, shoes and stock-
ings were on again, and Charley's hat too.

As for Rosy's, I don't know quite what she had
done with it ; but her hair was very rough, I know,
and her frock considerably tumbled and torn.
Robin's woolly coat looked better, perhaps, than
might have been expected after its wetting; for
the sun was warm, and soon dried it.

He had been kissed a great deal since his
accident ; and now that Rosy thought of it, the
idea came into her head that perhaps he was
thirsty, and that it was in trying to drink that he
had fallen in.

She needn't have thought that; for, dear me,

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XXVII.

The idea came into her head that perhaps Robin was thirsty, and
that it was in trying to drink that he had fallen in.

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Robin never troubled himself about anything.
He never would confess to being thirsty, at any
rate; and, if he had felt so, he must have had
water enough while he was floating about.

Charley suggested this ; but Rosy said that
perhaps Robin might not have thought of it; and
so she took him down to the edge, and poked
his nose into the water.

But, no ; it was of no use. Robin was not
thirsty ; and he would not drink,

Rosy coaxed, and patted, and scolded; but
nothing would induce him to open his mouth*

Charley remarked that he had always taken
it to be Robin's nature to keep his mouth shut,
and do without drinking; but Rosy said, that
must be because he was not used to lambs, or he
would certainly have known better.

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XXVIII.

REFRESHMENT.

T last, tired of trying to make anything of
him, his little mistress took Robin, and
put him on a mossy bank behind a tree, that he
might go to sleep if he would. She thought now
that perhaps he had really been very much fright-
ened in the water, though he had kept so quiet,
and that that had made him seem stupid and
obstinate.

Then, while Robin slept, there was a capital
opportunity of getting some rest themselves, and
of having some lunch.

Charley declared that he had never been so
hungry in his life, and said that it was wonderful
how journeys give people an appetite.

Rosy quite agreed with him, and they munched
away at their bread-and-butter with great pleasure.

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xxvur.
Travelling <jives people a wonderful appetite.

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c I wish I had another piece,' said Rosy, when
she had finished, ' I am hungry still.'

' So am I,' answered Charley. < I feel as if
I could eat up all the trees and flowers!'

At this Rosy laughed; but Charley kept a
grave face, and said,-

c It's of no use pretending to be travellers, you
know, Rosy. We must get used to feeling
hungry sometimes, or we shall never do anything.
Those pears must wait until it 's time for our next
meal.'

Rosy was very sorry in her heart to hear her
cousin say this ; for she really had been thinking
a good deal of those pears, and wondering when
Charley would say they should be eaten ; but
she would not for anything appear greedy, and
therefore contrived to hold her tongue.

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XXIX.

AMERICAN STRAWBERRIES.

HARLEY and Rosy agreed now to take
a good rest ; for, as Charley said, they
had done a good day's work, and well earned it.
To have crossed a desert, traversed a forest,
passed through a prairie, and forded the Nile,
after discovering its source — all this was certainly
something accomplished; and perhaps it was
hardly to be wondered at that Rosy thought
they might have allowed themselves to eat their
pears.

However, when ladies travel in company with
very enthusiastic gentlemen, they must expect to
have to put up with some few hardships.

But it was not long before the patient and
good-humoured little Rosy found something which
made up for her disappointment.

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XXIX.

American strawberries are found to be very good, though they
are rather smaller than English ones.

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Some of the flowers which they had stuck in
their hats having become rather faded, they were
hunting among the long grass and leaves for
others to put in their places, when they dis-
covered,- -what do you think ? Why some straw-
berry plants among the leaves, with tiny red
strawberries on them ! Only think !

' They are smaller than those which growr in
our garden, you see, Rosy,'* remarked Charley ;
' but I think they are redder. They taste very
good too ; don't they ? '

'Delicious!' answered Rosy, picking and eat-
ing as fast as she could. 'And how nice they
smell!'

c There are such a lot of them, too,' added
Charley ; c we know now what American straw-
berries are like. Isn't it nice to be learning so
many things without books ? '

c Yes ; we 're learning lessons out of doors, as
I did in France.3

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XXX.

MONT BLANC.

HE two little friends did not leave their
resting-place whilst there were any straw-
berries to be found. They were thrifty young
folks, you see, and knew how to make the most
of every good thing that came in their way.

Then they proceeded on their way, and soon
came to a great hill, of which they could not
see the top.

£ Oh ! what can that great mountain be ? '
cried Rosy.

'That! why, it must be Mont Blanc!'
answered Charley ; c and we must make the
ascent of it.'

£ Make what ? said Rosy, looking quite
puzzled.

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'•

XXX.

' Oh, what can that great mountain be ?' cried Rosy. ' It must

be Mont Blanc,' said Charley ; ' and \ve must

make the ascent of it.'

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c I mean that we must go up to the top of it,'
said Charley, laughing.

( Up to the top ! But it 's so high and so
straight, I don't think I could get up, Charley.'

' Oh, yes, you can, if I help you ! ' he replied,
coaxingly ; c you know I have often helped you
up hills.'

£ But, Charley, I think we could get round it,'
Rosy said, going first to one side and then to the
other, to see on which side it would be easiest to
pass.

c Oh, that would be cowardly,' returned
Charley. c Travellers always go up all the moun-
tains that they come near.'

So Rosy crave way at once, for she always
believed everything that Charley said. But this
time it was with a trembling heart ; for, though she
liked running down hill very well, she was never
very fond of tugging up steep places. Indeed,
when her papa was with her he generally carried
her up the hills and let her run down the other
side; but Charley was too short to do that; so
there was nothing left for her but to do her best.

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XXXI.

A SEPARATION.

HE other side of Mont Blanc was a little
more sloping than that which they had
first seen ; so Charley went on a few paces before
to try the ground with his c Alpenstock ' — so his
c club ' was now called.

But he declared that Rosy would now find
it quite impossible to carry Robin with her, as
she would want her hands as well as her feet for
climbing.

Now, in spite of Robin's obstinacy in making
himself as heavy as he could. Rosy dearly loved
her little lamb, and could not bear to be separated
from him.

However, as Charley had said it would be
easy enough to come back and fetch him when
they had triumphed over this obstacle, she con-

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XXXI.

Rosy was very sorry to leave Robin behind, but she tried to make
him see that the separation was necessary.

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sented. She was very sorry to leave Robin behind,
but she tried to make him see that the separation
was necessary, and busied herself with giving him
directions how to behave while she was away.

: Now, you must be a very good lamb, Robin,'
she said, ( and not try to run away from here,
or else I shan't be able to find you again when I
come back, you know ; and here *s plenty of
grass to eat if you are hungry.'

Master Robin made no answer ; and Rosy
told Charley that she knew by that how sorry
he was that he was not going, but that she
thought he knew, too, that she couldn't carry
him so far.

It was, if the truth were known, quite a relief
to Charley's gallant little heart to see Robin
safely out of Rosy's arms, and her free from the
burden.

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XXXII.

THE ASCENT.

T was not long before Charley had found
a place where he thought Rosy could
manage to scramble up, if he went first to prepare
the way, by pushing aside some of the worst
brambles, and finding out one which would afford
her a firm hold.

But the ascent was very steep; and the higher
they got the worse it became.

Poor little Rosy's hands got scratched, and
her arms, as well as her legs, were soon very
tired; because she had to use them as much as
her legs to pull herself up.

She got sadly out of breath, too, and could
not help panting and puffing, and sometimes
even giving rather a loud groan of despair; but
then Charley always called out to her, in a

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XXXII.

The ascent is very steep, and the higher the>- got the \vorse

it

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cheerful tone from above, and told her it was
quite easy up there. It was quite easy to him
no doubt, because he was a boy, and stronger
as well as older than she was; but Rosy did not
often find much difference when she got £ up
there.' Only, as Charley wanted so much to get
to the top, and as he was very kind and helped
her all he could, she would not give up.

The little birds came out from under the
bushes, and seemed to wonder what they could
be doing there, just as the little feathered folks
had done when they were getting through the
hedge.

Some of them were very pretty birds too,
quite different, so Charley said, from what they
saw in England ; and he would have tried to
catch one to be a pet for Rosy, if he had only
had his hands free.

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XXXIII.

VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT.

T last, after the most unheard-of efforts,
the enterprising young people reached the
top of < Mont Blanc.'

* Only think,' he exclaimed to Rosy, in
triumph, £ most people have guides and ropes,
and all sorts of things; but we have done it
without anything except my alpenstock. Look,
what a view there is ! '

< Yes,' said Rosy ; c I can see further than I
ever saw in all my life, I think.'

£ Are n't you glad now, Rosy, that you did not
give in ?'

' Yes,' answered Rosy ; c but I am very tired.
My arms do ache so, Charley.'

< Never mind,' returned her sturdy cousin ;
c sit down now, and rest.'

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XXXIII.

I can sec further than ever I saw in all my life,' said Rosy.

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But Rosy did not seem much disposed. She
saw something down below which surprised her
very much. It was a house, and so like her
uncle's house, that she asked Charley if they
could possibly see it now that they had got such
a long way off.

* Why not ? ' replied Charley ; c we can see
all over the world here, you know : so, of course,
we ought to see our house.'

Rosy remembered that, once when she was
going in a coach, her papa's house got smaller
and smaller, until she could not see it at all ;
but then she thought of course Charley must
know about his own home.

So she only said, —

c Oh, what 's that great red thing over the
hill?'

c Why, the sun, of course,' answered Charley,
laughing. c It 's because we are in Africa that
it looks so large.'

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XXXIV.

APPROACHING FAMINE,

OUNG eyes do not require much time to
see all that they want to see. And so
Charley and Rosy had soon finished the £ good
look round' for which they were determined to
wait. Then they thought that it was about time
to continue their journey.

But first Rosy asked Charley when they were
going to have dinner.

' Are you so hungry, then ?.' he asked.

£ Oh, not very!' said Rosy; 'only I thought
it must be time.'

Charley seemed to get rather uncomfortable
at this. He proposed that they should eat the
pears which had been kept for the next dessert.
It was not pleasant to finish their last mouthful
without a prospect of getting more ; and at present

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XXXIV.
But first Rosy asked Charley when they were going to have dinner.

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they had not replenished their stock, either with
fish or wild fruit, as he had hoped to do. But
Rosy's face struck him as looking so pale, that he
began to see that there was nothing else to be
done.

He looked in his box to see if there were any
more of his £ biscuits ' left ; but unhappily he
could find none. They had most of them been
eaten as they walked along ; and he feared that
the rest had fallen out of the box during the
scramble up the hill.

So they stood a few minutes munching the
pears, which tasted decidedly delicious, more so
than any pears that they had ever eaten.

Rosy looked brighter afterwards ; and Charley
secretly resolved, that no sooner were they safely
down the mountain than he would begin in good
earnest to look about for food.

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XXXV.

THE PRECIPICE.

UT when they had finished the pears, and
turned once more to look at the sun,
there was no sun to be seen !

It had gone down ! and Charley said to him-
self, that certainly the light was not so bright as
it had been. He began to feel uneasy, and to
think, c What would they do if it got dark while
they were up there ? '

Then he went to the edge of the rock, first
on one side, and then on the other, to see how
they could best get down. But the descent
looked worse than the ascent. He did not see
how he could manage it himself, even without
thinking of Rosy.

She did not venture close to the side ; for,
even from a little distance, it looked terrible.

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XXXV.

When Charley went close to the edge, he said that it made him so

giddy that his head seemed to swim round and round.

Rosy thought he would fall, and held his coat.

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And when Charley went quite close, he said
that it made him so giddy that his head seemed to
turn round and round.

Rosy thought he would fall, and that she
would be left there alone ; so she stood behind
him and held his coat to keep him from slipping.

And now the sky had changed from red and
gold to red and purple, and then to grey, and a
sort of greenish shade, and instead of being bright
and light it was beginning to get dusky and twi-
light : so both the children began to get into low
spirits.

Rosy wished she had not come up that hill,
but she did not say so ; and Charley wished he
had never persuaded her to come ; but he also
said nothing.

This was very wise of both the little children ;
for, if they had begun to grumble and scold one
another, it would have done no good, and only
made both of them uncomfortable ; but they
loved each other too well to quarrel ; and I really
think that each one was most afraid for the other.

K

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XXXVI.

GREAT ALARM.

OWEVER, when they had looked for a
good while for an easy way of getting
down, Rosy began to be frightened ; and she said
to Charley :

£ What can we do ? Must we always stop up
here ? Oh ! Charley, we shall be so hungry.'

c Don't be afraid, Rosy,' said Charley kindly ;
' we won't give up yet ; we shall find some way.'

c Shall we call your papa and mine to come
and help us ? said Rosy again — ' Do you think
they would hear us ?

' Oh, they are too far off,' replied Charley,
mournfully : but at the same time he put both his
hands before his mouth and set to work shouting
with all his might —

c Papa ! papa ! :

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XXXVI.

He put both his hands before his mouth, and began shouting
Avith all his might, ' Papa ! papa !'

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Rosy also, relieved to be able to do anything,
joined her little voice to his, and cried —

£ Uncle ! uncle ! ' with all her little strength.

But no one answered ; only the sound of their
own voices echoed in the distance among the hills
and rocks, and then came back to them with a
melancholy sound.

For a few minutes they stood and looked at
each other in a sort of despair, and then Rosy
said-

c Perhaps aunt might have heard, Charley,
though uncle didn't; and then we couldn't hear
her answer, because she never speaks very loud;
but she would send some one for us, I know/

This suggestion was rather cheering; and
Charley thought there might be something in it.

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XXXVII.

THE DESCENT.

UT after waiting for some minutes, which to
them seemed hours, and finding that no
one came, it was plain that something must be
done.

Charley felt that he had Rosy to take care of;
and that thought made him bold.

He tried once more, and this time got down
a litde way.

If only Rosy, with his help, could get down
to him, they might manage, for the ground below
was more sloping.

So he cheered her on until she took courage
too to try.

But she was dreadfully afraid- -it looked so
steep from the top. And now she began to think

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XXXVII.

Rosy began to think that it is not always so pleasant to travel

without one's parents.

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that it is not always so pleasant to travel without
one's parents.

c Don't look behind,' cried Charley. ' It will
only make you giddy. I Ve got you, now for it,-
slide a little.'

Rosy tried hard ; but it was some time before
her feet would reach the first stone on which she
was to rest; and, besides, there were lots of thistles
and other prickly things in the grass, which
scratched her poor arms.

She could not help crying a little, though even
now she tried to be brave.

Charley, however, now that he was over the
first bit, felt firm on his feet. He got a good hold
of Rosy, and, disengaging her frock from the
thistles, he gave one good pull and the little feet
rested on the first stone. It was easy then to reach
the second, and so they got on to the slope of
the hill.

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XXXVIII.

DIFFICULTIES OF THE DESCENT,

UT it was not long that they could keep
on their legs. The descent became steeper
again; and they were obliged to sit down and slide.

Charley still went first to prepare the way,
and Rosy sometimes could not help coming so
fast after him that he found it hard to keep firm
and steady.

At other times, when the ground was better,
she was able to slide down more pleasantly.

c I don't think we '11 go up Mont Blanc any
more, Charley,' she said after a bit. £ It isn't a
nice place at all.'

cOh!' said Charley, 'you're soon afraid,
Rosy ; travellers always have some troubles, you
know. We shall soon be at the bottom and
forget it all.'

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XXXVIII.

They seem to have been more than an hour, and yet they are
only half-way down. It is a terrible descent !

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But as he said this he looked down and saw
that they were only half-way towards the bottom
even now, though it seemed an hour since they
started, It was a terrible descent, but he said no-
thing; and Rosy was just trying to cheer up a
little, when a sudden gust of wind blew her hat
over her eyes. If her hands had been free she
might have saved it even then ; but she was afraid
to leave go her hold on Charley even to push it
back.

She came sliding down for a minute or two
blindfold; and then another and stronger puff took
it right off, and she saw it go down, down from
point to point until it was quite out of sight.

c Never mind,' said Charley once more. c We
shall find it at the bottom, I dare say.'

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XXXIX.

A NEW ALARM.

FTER a bit they arrived, as they hoped,
at the end of the steepest part. They
had, at any rate, got on to a little plain piece,
where they could keep easily on their feet and
rest themselves.

This was delightful indeed; for truly, poor
little Rosy's strength would not have held out
much longer.

Charley soon began to recover his spirits and
to look about him with all his usual interest.

He was evidently made for a traveller. But
Rosy felt by no means so comfortable, for in
looking round her she saw a hole in the rock, and
something moving about inside it.

c Take care, Charley,' she said; c there is some-
thing shining in there. Perhaps it is a savage.'

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XXXIX.

' Take care,' said Rosy to Charley ; •' there is something in there.

Perhaps it is a savage.'

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c Oh ! ' cried Charley, turning pale, c and I
am unarmed ! I left my stick upon the rock.
I must go back and fetch it.'

£ Oh, no, no ! ' cried Rosy, clinging to him,
c don't go away ; stay with me ! '

c Well, then, we had better both go away,'
answered Charley, seizing Rosy's hand, and turn-
ing from the spot.

r.

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XL.

A DREADFUL CREATURE.

EVERTHELESS they kept their eyes on
the hole as they passed it; for they were
obliged to go along quite in front of it; there
was no other way. And still something kept
moving about inside.

The children both trembled violently ; but
Charley tried with all his might not to seem
frightened.

He whispered to Rosy,-

' I don't think it can be a savage. It doesn't
look like a man at all; but I can't think what
it is. I wonder if there is only one ; or whether
there are lots like it inside.'

Rosy made no answer ; she was too frightened
to speak.

All at once a dreadful creature flew out of

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\

XL.

All at once a dreadful creature iie\v nut of tin- hole over their

heads, and Rosy cried out, ' Oh ! I don't like America '.

I want to go home !'

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the hole and over their heads; and Rosy cried
out,-

c Oh ! I don't like America. I want to go
home ! '

She put her hands over her head, and seemed
as if she were going to fall. And as for Charley,
his courage was quite gone now. He put both
his arms up, and doubled himself up as if he
thought the creature would alight on his head
and crush him by its weight. And he said not
one word to comfort Rosy.

After all, what do you think this dreadful
creature was ?

It was black, and had wings, sharp-pointed
wings; and it flew very fast, faster than any
bird, arid whizzed close past the children's faces ;
but it did not touch them.

If they had only had it in their hands, and
been able to have a good look at it, perhaps
they might not have thought it quite so dreadful,
for it was really- — only a bat!

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XLI.

CHARLEY'S FALL.

OMEHOW or other, however, the hole was
passed, and the fright about the bat got
over.

When they saw the creature fly right away,
and found that he had not hurt them at all,
perhaps they thought that they need not have
been quite so much terrified. Charley was a little
bit vexed with himself, and grew suddenly very
active in scrambling about, and in helping Rosy,
to make her forget that he had ever been
frightened. But the little girl did not so easily
get over it. She trembled and sobbed for a
long time, and said a great many times —

' Oh ! Charley, wasn't it dreadful ? I thought
it was something coming to kill us.'

c But you see it wasn't,' Charley answered,

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•

The branch breaks, and down comes Charley.

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c so don't cry. We've got to think what we
are about here ; it 's a steep bit again.' So saying,
he seized hold of a bough, thinking with its
help to swing himself down a good way.

But now came a new trouble. For the
branch broke, and down came Charley.

His hat tumbled off of course, and blew
away ; and poor Rosy, who had lost hers some
time ago, we know, being just in front of
Charley, was not in a very pleasant position.

So here was a pretty piece of business.

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XLII.

A RAPID DESCENT.

HARLEY had no time to say,
c Get out- of the way. Rosy.'

And she had no time to do it if he had.
He fell against Rosy, and they both arrived at
the bottom quicker than they had expected.

Now there are some things which we could
never wish to happen, which, when they are over,
we are often very glad of.

It was dreadful rolling over and over, all
amongst the thistles and brambles, and stumps
and stones, as they came down ; bumping against
each other too, Charley's boots sometimes in
Rosy's face, and her boots in his !

And it was a very long roll, too, and seemed
as if it never would be over.

No bush or tree stood in their way to stop

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He falls against Rosy, and they both arrive at the bottom quicker

than they had expected.

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them ; so down, down they came until they
found themselves quite at the bottom of c Mont
Blanc.'

Then Charley thought to himself all in a
minute, before he had time to get up,-

c Well, that 's over at any rate. I 'm not
hurt a bit ; and if Rosy isn't, why, perhaps, it 's
as well I fell. It wouldn't have been easy to get
her down that last piece of the hill.'

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XLIII.

UNEXPECTED HELP.

UT poor Rosy thought differently.

She was not much hurt, it is true, only
a little bruised and scratched ; but she fell with
her head lower than her feet, and felt too giddy
to rise.

However, before she had time even to think
about it, she heard some creature come snuffing
up to her, and felt its tongue against her face.

She had shut her eyes while she was falling,
that she might not see the deep place into which
she supposed she was going ; and now she hardly
dared to open them to see what this creature that
was licking her could be.

Her cousin heard a faint scream,-

c Oh, Charley ! it 's a lion ! He 's going to
eat me !'

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' Oh, Charley ! it's a lion ! tie is going to eat me !

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But Charley saw what it was.

c No, no, not a lion, Rosy !' he cried ; c it is
our good Caesar. He has come to help us ; and
here is papa behind him.'

Charley did not know that Caesar was almost
as terrible to little Rosy as the most formidable
lion would have been.

She thought at first, -

c Oh ! then it is Caesar who is going to eat

me.'

But when Charley spoke, the good dog knew
his young master's voice, and began licking him
instead ; and Charley did not mind that at all.

M

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XLIV.

ROBIN'S RETURN.

S soon as Cassar had left her to go to
Charley, Rosy jumped up very quickly;
and the colour began to come back into her
pale cheeks.

Charley's papa set him on his legs again, and
was glad to see that no bones were broken.

And both Charley and Rosy were glad to
find themselves so quickly home again from
America.

It seemed, too, as if Caesar were anxious to
give them a hearty welcome, and to get into
Rosy's good graces ; for he no sooner saw that
both the young travellers were sound and well,
than he disappeared for a minute and came back
with something in his mouth.

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' ( >!i, you good C.xsar ! I am so much obliged to you !'

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c Robin ! Robin ! ' cried Rosy, in surprise.
c Oh, my dear lamb, how glad I am to have you
again ! '

Her feelings of affection overcame her terrors
this time, and she even went to take it from
Csesar's mouth.

Then the good dog capered about with joy,
and licked her feet; and she even ventured to
give him a pat, and to say-

< Oh, you good Caesar, I am so much obliged
to you.'

Which Caesar evidently understood quite well ;
for he lay down perfectly satisfied, and looked
up in her face as if to say-

c Now you won't be afraid of me any more,
I hope, or mistake my kisses for bites again.'

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XLV.

CHARLEY IN DISGRACE,

UT Rosy had no time to play with her
dear lamb then ; for it was getting quite
dusk, and her uncle said they must make haste
home.

So Caesar, who was always anxious to make
himself useful, came forward and took charge of
Robin once more, and also of uncle's walking-
stick.

Rosy made no objection ; for she knew now
how heavy the dear lamb could make himself,
and did not feel inclined to carry him far again.

Her uncle smoothed down her rough hair,
patted her cheek, and asked her how she came
to get lost, and then he lifted her in his arms;
and poor little Rosy, quite tired out with all that

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XLV.

Charley's Papa says nothing to him ; but Charley can see very

well that he is not pleased.

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had happened, laid her head on his shoulder,
and went fast asleep.

As for Charley, he had not spoken since his
papa came up. He only hung down his head,
and looked very sheepish ; for Charley's papa
had said nothing to him ; and he could see
very well that he was not pleased.

And now a little voice inside Charley, which
had been very quiet all day, began to speak to
him, and to make him very uncomfortable.

It said,-

c What did you go at all for ? You ought
to have asked your papa and mamma's leave.
You knew all the while that you ought not to
have gone without; and how came you never
to think of that ? You are a bad boy ; and it
would have served you right if you had broken
your neck when you tumbled down that hill.'

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XLVL

THE TRAVELLERS' RETURN.

HARLEY'S mamma had been in a great
fright all day about her little boy and
her little niece.

She thought that they must either be lost or
stolen, and that perhaps she would never see
them again.

So when she saw them all come home safely
she was very glad indeed, and took little Rosy
in her arms, and kissed her while she was asleep.

She would have kissed Charley too ; and
Charley wanted very badly to kiss his mamma ;
but his papa held him back, and gave him a
good scolding before he would let him do so.
He told him that he was old enough to know
better, and that he did know better, and that
it was very bad and cruel of him to take his

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XLVI.

Rosy wakes in her Aunt's arms ; and Charley gets a good scolding
from his Papa, before he is allowed to kiss his Mamma.

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poor little cousin, who always trusted him, so
far away ; and that if she had Been starved, or
lost, or frozen to death, it would have been all
his fault.

Charley was very unhappy when his papa
said that, because he really loved little Rosy, and
had not thought of such dreadful things hap-
pening to her.

Then Rosy waked up, and kissed her dear
aunt, and said she was so glad to get back from
America ; and her aunt smiled, and said she was
glad, too, to have her home.

And Charley promised never to do so again ;
and then he was allowed to kiss his mamma and
Rosy ; and they were all happy once more.

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XLVII.

THE TRAVELLERS' REPOSE.

EFORE they were put to bed, the children
had each of them a good basin of broth
with plenty of bread in it ; and they thought
it nicer than any broth that they had ever tasted,
because they had never been so hungry before.

They went to sleep directly they lay down ;
for never in their lives had they felt so tired ;
but in their sleep they tossed and started ; and
Rosy's aunt heard her say something about a
lion.

Then she thought -

c Charley will be cured of wishing to go and
seek for unknown lands. That is one good thing.
But, oh, if good Cassar had not found my darlings,
they would have had to sleep out on the cold
grass ; and perhaps they would both have died ! '

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XLVII.

The children's sleep is rather disturbed. It will be a long time
before Charley goes again in search of unknown lands.

.StrasImr^H, printed G. Silbennumi.

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