Part 67 (1/2)

”He couldn't have been, my dear Look at your poor face even now”

”No Bother! I don't want to look atyet,”

replied Toone”

Then the winter cahts, when the cold was forgotten, and To upon the wonders of the heavens with the sreat Nebula in Orion, then one with the wondrous Ring Nebula Another night would be devoted to the double, triple, and quadruple stars, those which, though single to the naked eye, when viewed by the help of the glass showed that they were two, three, or four, perfectly separate

Then the various colours were studied, and diamond-like Sirius was viewed, as well as his ruby, topaz, sapphire, and ereat sphere The moon was journeyed over at every opportunity, with her silvery, pu-plains, surrounded by their ht Tycho and Copernicus, with their long silvery rays; brilliant Aristarchus; dark, deep Plato; the straight valley, the so-called seas, the ses, and the wildly-rugged battlements upon the terminator--all were scanned in turn, with To every ti new to see, as well as plenty of surprises, when some meteor suddenly shot across the field of the telescope But Uncle Richard said--

”Wait till we get the big one done!”

Saturn beca at the bright ring of light spread around the planet, which he could allided across the field of the glass

Jupiter and his four s, the latter brilliant specks, had their turn; and soon books, which he had before looked upon as tedious and dry, became of intense interest; but Uncle Richard said that they ht wintry day, when To a brisk run, and to his surprise he came upon Pete Warboys, whobehind

”Then he has co, which stood looking at hiical operation upon the dog's nose, caain, old chap,” said To rushed forward, barking loudly, danced round hi into the wood, where it turned to stand wagging its long thin tail, whisked round again, after giving another bark, and then bounded after its master

”Coh disappointed by Pete's return after a long stay with sorand displayed soratitude for what had been done

”Pete Warboys has coarden as soon as he had ended his walk

”Yes, bad luck to hi to tell you I heared of it 'bout an hour ago Been a-gipsying, I expect, with sooes about with a screwy old horse We shall be having soain”

”Not after the fruit, David”

”Well, no, sir, 'cause there arn't none It'll be eggs and chickens, and the keepers round about 'll know entleht you was going to make a noo chap of him?”

”How could I when he wasn't here?”

”No, course not; but your tiot to do is to sarve hirind him down--there's plenty on hiardener leaned upon his spade and chuckled

”Ah, you ht have been a decent lad if he had had a chance”

”Not he, sir Mr Maxted tried, but it was the wrong stuff Look here, sir, when you makes a noo specklum, what do you do it of?”

”Glass, of course”

”Yes, sir, clear glass without any bubbles in it You don't take a bit of rough burnt clay; you couldn't polish that He's the wrong stuff, sir nobody couldn'to' him but a drill-serjeant, and he won't try, because Pete's too ugly and okkard even to be food for powder and shot”