THE GIRL'S OWNPAPER
| Vol. XX.—No. 989.] | DECEMBER 10, 1899. | [Price One Penny. |
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“OUR HERO.”
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
ABOUT PEGGY SAVILLE
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
THE GIRL’S OWN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPETITION.
THE FAIRY GOVERNESS.
IN DREAMLAND.
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“OUR HERO.”
A TALE OF THE FRANCO-ENGLISH WAR NINETY YEARS AGO.
By AGNES GIBERNE, Author of “Sun, Moon and Stars,” “The Girl at the Dower House,” etc.
CHAPTER XI.
THE FRENCH FLEET SIGNALLED.
Mrs. Brycecould seldombe happy forlong togetherin one place.Before theend of Septembershehad decidedto quit FolkestoneforSandgate.Polly, nothingloath,chimed inwith the planeagerly; andMr. Bryce,whatever hethought orwished,made noobjection.
“If Buonaparteshouldcome, my dear, what then?” was all thathe ventured to suggest; and Mrs. Brycesnapped her fingers, not at him, but atthe First Consul.
“Let him come, if he will. Pray, mydear, do you consider that we are boundto shape our course with a view to pleasingold Nap?” demanded the vivacious lady.
Mr. Bryce disclaimed any such meaning.He wondered privately what hiswife’s feelings would be, if one day around shot from a French ship shouldrush through the room in which shemight be seated. But in that respectSandgate was no worse than Folkestone;and since he never expected logic fromhis wife, he made no effort to convinceher that she might be in the wrong.
To Sandgate therefore they went, on arainy autumn day, when the sea waileddismally, and the wind howled moredismally still, and the lodgings whichMr. Bryce had managed to secure worean aspect most dismal of all. EvenMrs. Bryce’s spirits were affected by thestate of the atmosphere.
Books in their possession were few,and had all been read. Jack failed toappear so soon as they had expected.Mr. Bryce sallied forth, despite the rain,but the ladies could not think of followinghis example. Mrs.