Part 30 (2/2)

Marjorie had not been prepared for the movement, which jerked some of the fish into the fire In an instant she turned round and pinned Harry against the wall, while her eyes blazed

'Harry! you struck a lady!--Apologise!'

'No, I won't,'to free hi to apologise for having hit a lady?' reiterated Marjorie

'No,' replied Harry, trying desperately to free hi the door of the hut

The struggle was prolonged for a minute or two, and then, just as the boys, to Harry's unspeakable confusion, were on the point of coo

Harry left the cottage, followed by Gerald, and seated hi on his hands For a long tiazed blankly in front of hian, 'I say, Gerald, do you think they saw?'

'Yes,' answered Gerald; 'I'm afraid they did'

Harry dropped his chin on his hands again and reflected

'Do you think it was because of that that they didn't come in at first?' he queried after awhile

'I think so,' said Gerald; 'they didn't want to have to interfere'

A long pause followed Harry gazed seawards, absorbed in glooo on teasing her,' said Gerald; 'any one could have seen that she was going to lose her te, and doing things like a boy'

'Don't tell the boys at school,' said Harry, after a long tiain

Suddenly he pulled hiether, and ju out of the hut

'Look here,' he began, planting hi to his face; 'I apologise! but it's because I shouldn't have hit you and not because you held ht,' said Marjorie, as sorry that she had lost her temper; 'don't let's think of it any more but coering e very fast, and the meal becaie suddenly, 'what's that?'

They all beca noise was filling the cottage, and rapidly increasing in voluotten to keep a look-out'

All trooped out of the cottage and looked at the angry current which eeping past both shores of the island

'Here's a jolly go,' said Allan; 'we shan't get hohtened and Harry amazed, but Marjorie's face cleared and she julee

'Oh, hooray, hooray,' she said; 'just what I alanted We'll have to spend the night in the cottage Oh, what fun!'