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A STORY OF QUEEN ANNE'S BAYS. 263
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liop disappointed e for the for best hardl . That had day she , at taken least , she her was position not to five "be
while minutes the before knitter , down with went y welcome the stocking in her , face up pins was , yarn hurry and ing all to ,
the door . The next , minute her husband entered accompanied by andllreland two strangers when . They foul weath had crossed er setting half- in way their between vessel Hol became yhead
unmanageable , , drove up the mouth of the , channel , full into the currentsat whose vortex Rathlin liesand hadafter hours
of imminent , danger , only been brought , into the , bay during that merciful pause in the tempest .
Such was in brief the description of their mishap given by ing the his elder adventures of the travellers with the , as ease he stood of a before man of the the fire world , recount who
finds himself at home everywhere ; and at once his enterthey tainers had secretl ever y thoug sheltered ht their . A present man in guest the prime the finest of life gentleman with a
stately presence , dark ; handsome eyes , and a face that might have are heen a h h eroic ysiognomist , had not the must mouth have and observe chin belied d mouth _^—as and , if
you chin often p will belie its general , you character . , And here they were decidedl A great y those boon of to an its easy own - er tempere under d present pleasure circumstances -loving man . , that
easy temper was to prove . While his companion fretted half nosticated the day throug that h for , and a week fairly or groaned more it aloud woul when d be Josep impossible h prog to * -
cross to h . the Just main the lan kind d , the of other nature took was the his contretemps on which lig fresh htly
scenes enoug and persons make a lively impression ; and now the patriarchal had been so manners unexpectedl of the y dropped primitive touched household the stranger into which ' s fancy he
with a new charm . Determining to beguile the time by making a closer acquaintance with these good folkshe watched
when the family gathered for the evening in the , kitchen and asked leave to join the party . It was cheerfully granted ;
Jacob Platen's capacious arm-chair was rolled out from the went chimney on -corner busilagain to honour Rebecca the visitor and , her and irls presentl inning y the whil work e
the boys knit y stockings ; , except the eldest g who reeled sp the yarn with his fatherand the youngesttoo much of a baby yet for
any use of his , small fat hands beyond , clapping them over the burr and motionof his mother's wheel . The showed
, group sing doubl le y candle picturesque than , li the ghted blazing up as it ine was -logs less which by the flung housewife broad ' s
lights into distant corners , and broug p ht out , the careful cleanliness of the kitclien to the best advantage . And through all a
sense of peace and order was felt like a pervading atmosphere ,
A Story Of Queen Anne's Bays. 263
A STORY OF QUEEN ANNE ' S BAYS . 263
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1863, page 263, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121863/page/47/
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