Under the Great Bear

aldwin, in a troubled tone, as he watc

pat fiercely into the water. "I hain't never knowed a

health officer,"

than that,"

ms offic

s from t

tation for us to go and di

on of some kind, and probably o

ngside, and, without leaving his place, the

sieur Baldwin of Pretty Ha

ed the young s

re of health, and ze papaire

ers except a certi

nt of ze frigate 'Isla' will be please to se

enant. I'll sail over there, and hunt up a good place to anchor, just beyond your sh

n out. Then, at a sharp order, David hoisted and trimmed the jib, leaving Cabot to cat the anchor. The fore and main sails had not b

icer, who, while narrowly watching them, did not utter a word of remonstrance

ate's bow, and the moment he was hidden beyond her, bore broad away, passing close along the oppo

ing. What was his amazement, therefore, as he drew within the shadow of his ship, to see the schooner shoot clear of its further side, and go flying down the wind, lee rail under. Fo

or answer, displayed a British Union Jack at her main peak. Three minutes later the saucy craft had rounded a projecting headland

the enraged officer w

"Sea Bee" had gained the safety of open water, Cabot g

on't see how you dared do it. Weren'

ut of range. I don't believe they would dare fire on the British flag, anyway; especially as we hadn't done a thing to them. I almost wish they had, thou

and what would have happened if

y had a chance to run up there and seize it. Like as not they would have kept us on one excuse or another-lack of papers or somethi

d Cabot, to whom the idea of foreign interference in

dare do anything they choose on

as the French possess such a power for mischief, I congratulate you more than ever on having escaped them. At the same ti

nd," exclaimed White, "and now there isn't a place from which you can get to St. John

ach St. Johns

asques is the terminus. A steamer from Sidney, on Cape

d I shan't be sorry after all for a chance to cross th

as well as to the study of navigation. In this latter line of research he even succeeded in producing a favorable impression upon David Gidge, who f

young skipper of the schooner. He was surprised to find one in his position so gentlemanly

tty Harbour?" he asked, with a

it is only fairly g

ou go

t that time promised to pay better than anything else on the island. He left us all in St. Johns, and it was only after his death that we came over here to live and try to save something from the wreck of his property. Now I don't know what is to become of us; for, unless one

your sist

ol

one I never heard befor

name belonging to her, for she is a dear girl. One reason I

is

ea Bee,' and these

ngle wharf. She had just completed her six-hour run across Cabot Strait, from North Sidney, eighty-five miles away, and close at hand stood the narrow-gauge train that was to carry her p

cap. No attention was paid to his signals, and a minute later the train had disappeared. There would not be another for two days, and the young engineer gazed about him with dismay.

h luck!" exclaimed White

am to do with myself in this dreary pla

un up the coast with us to St. George's Bay, where there

d allow me to pay for my passage; but I don't w

aboard here, and even if you weren't of any help, I should be only too happy to

s St. George's, and be glad of the chance. But, while we are h

re, and made his way to the railway telegraph office, where he asked

?" asked th

er 'La

ose to an iceberg, that capsized, and struck her with long, under-water projection. Lifted steamer from water, broke her back, boiler ex

nt a short despatch to Mr. Hepburn, announcing his own

e she has gone to look for; and I'm mighty glad she has got something to do that