"Our wedding day," she repeated in a whisper.
"And there never was just such a morning as this," said I.
"But, Dick, all days cannot be as this - there must come clouds and
storm sometimes, and - and - O Dick! are you sure that you will
never, never regret - "
"I love you, Lisbeth, in the shadow as well as the sunshine - love
you ever and always." And so, the little foot hesitating no longer,
Lisbeth came down to me.
Oh, never again could there be such another morning as this!
"Ahoy!"
I looked round with a start, and there, his cap cocked rakishly over
one eye, his "murderous cutlass" at his hip and his arms folded
across his chest, stood "Scarlet Sam, the Terror of the South Seas."
"Imp!" cried Lisbeth.
"Avast!" cried he in lusty tones; "whereaway ?"
I glanced helplessly at Lisbeth and she at me.
"Whereaway, shipmate?" he bel1owed in nautical fashion, but before
I could find a suitable answer Dorothy made her appearance with the
fluffy kitten "Louise" cuddled under her arm as usual.
"How do you do?" she said demurely; "it's awfully nice to get up so
early, isn't it? We heard auntie creeping about on tippity-toes,
you know, so we came, too.
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