A Rock in the Baltic

fax, did not even pause at Bar Harbor, but sent a wireless telegram to the "Consternation," whic

umming this time a very slow march on the window sill. Dorothy sat in a rocking-chair, reading a letter for the second time. There had been silence in the room for som

d our Navy

headland sin

ur pomp o

h Nineveh

to herself. She had forgotten there was anyone else i

I always judge your mood by your quotations. Has life su

he gave us K; thus we get an algebraic formula, G.K., which are the initials of Chesterton, a still later arrival, and as the mind increases in despondency it sinks lower and lower down the alphabet until it comes to S, and thus we have Barn-yard Shaw, an improvement on the Kail-yard sch

ain for the lot," commen

also. You've forgotten that comparisons are odious. Our met

the litt

each shi

r honey a

ry openi

thy, how can you sit there so placidly when the 'Const

e tears for

nce for m

d, was making the rafters ring with her merriment, something that had never before happened during her long tenancy of that room. Kate turned her head slowly roun

see, I'm a-rescuing you from the bottom of the alphabet, and bringing you up to the Gilbert plane, where I am more accustomed to you, and understan

terminated in

eal she, then wearing the willow, or singing it, however futile, might be u

have, it is untouched, and therefore you cannot understand. If that note in your hand wer

paper crumpled it up sli

live in," said Dorothy, a glow of brighter color suffusing her che

ay since the night of the ball

t's only t

in mathematics. Why, three is a magic figure. You can do plenty of am

number," chimed Dorothy

decimal. It goes on and on and on forever, and if you write it for a thousand years you are still as far from the end as when you be

ou just fooling again?" asked Dorothy, more s

oh, so intently, and with such deep understanding. He has ne

d he appreciat

, as I have unearthed from decimal fractions? With that example in mind how can you doubt that other volumes of college learning reveal to me their inner meaning? John presented to me

, unrelieved by any gleam of humor, Dorothy nevertheless l

him a volume of Br

On the fly-leaf I wrote: 'To J. L., in remembrance of many interesting conversations with his friend, K. K.' It only needed another K to be emblematic and political, a reminiscence of the olden times, when you people of the South, Dorothy, were making it hot for us deserving folks in the North. I hadn't time to go through the book very thoroughly, but I found many references to limestone, which I marked, and one pa

e, that your conversation w

it-while the dusk gently enfolded us, and I gazed into those bright, speaking, intelligent eyes of his as he bent nearer and nearer; while his low, sonorous voice in well-chosen words pictured to me the promise wh

cked gently back and forth, a

u gang aw

ss the se

ang to Ru

e send to m

iscovered recipe for the compounding of cement which w

to man, but she should not aspire to become a mystery to her sister woman. Are you j

t it makes-oh, such a difference to the slab. Heigho, Dorothy, let us forsake these hard-headed subjects, and

shook

s they have to consult me about, and get

my mathematical mind can

d the letter, and di

speak to you. Let us follow the example of the cement and the steel, and form a compact.

n her chair, and h

ter with Bar Ha

empt family are not visitors, but live here all the year

in all seasons it is situated a considerable distanc

riend Kate advises me to go, because I

rl-which have I to be? Shall I get one afternoon a week off, and may my young man come

n will arrange that the chosen sum is settled upon you

n adopted daughter

ed sister

dvantage of my friendship with an

d I beg you to take compassion, rather than advantage, u

eally mea

Should I propos

e it is customary to say on those occasions that it is so sud

you make up yo

your offer, but I think it more ladylike to pretend a

and tile church, very quaint and old-fashioned, if I get the right kind of arc

s Haver

on River, on the plain that st

lived with your fa

to be called the Dr. Am

opose to live

hinking

be just a l

table place where two young women may meditate

other side of the river, and enter Vassar College. Then we should at least have

o school me in the mysteries of lime-burning and the mixing of cement. Now, you have scorned my side of the river, and I have objecte

it the differen

house-boat on the river like Fr

New York, which is practica

ike to live

y one, having the chanc

uppose-the Holld

h up in a nice apartment house, with a view like that from the to

that I am going to build a church, and the church is to be situat

st Shore Railway. Very well. We can take a trip up there once a week or oftener, if you like, and see how the

ary villagers instead of the distinguished persons we are. Or, while our flat is being made ready we could live at one of the big hotels in

tskills print t

iry tops the fai

nding that th

is earth, or wh

Kate. What sort of habitation shall we choose? A

'for terms apply to the manager.' It must have ample grounds, support an excellent band, and advertise a renowned cuisine. Your room, at least, should have a private balcony on which yo

ne women may set up housekeeping in a New York flat,

est of references g

terruption, "that we invite your father and mother to accompan

wned a little

be fearfully conve

ention to the convent

rn to be a bachelor gir

et us in, our Yale lock will keep other people out. A noted summer resort calls for different treatment, because there we lead a se

they say about it. You don

e will cons

come to think about it, it's only fair I should allow my

ed the room, and went dow

read it for the third time, although one not interested m

had been of great assistance. They set out together for the early morning train, and said "au revoir" at the station. Drummond had intended to sail from New York, but a friendly person whom he met on the train informed him that the Liverpool liner "Ent

ng woman burst int

bandons me, and says that if he can borrow a shilling he is going to cut me off with it in his will. He regrets the departure of the British Fleet, because he thinks he might have been able to raise a real English shilling aboard. Dad only insists on on

ons when we reach the Catsk