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A LONG AGO STORY. 95:

He kept out of the way, and did not com-
plain; but “mamma” and nurse and Floss did
not need complaints to make them see that
their little man was not quite himself, and
they were extra kind to him.

There came just then some very dull, rainy
days, regular rainy days, — not stormy, but to:
the children much more disagreeable than had
they been so; for in stormy weather at the
seaside there is too much excitement for any
one to think whether it is disagreeable or not.
There is the splendid sight of the angry,
troubled sea; there are the wonderful “storm
songs” of the wind to listen to. Of course,
as Carrots used to say, at such times it is.
“dedful” to think of the poor sailors; but

 

xy even in thinking of them there is something
that takes one’s thoughts quite away from
wit one's self, and one’s own worries and troubles,

: —all the marvellous stories of shipwreck and.
2 adventure, from Grace Darling to old Sindbad,
Me come rushing into one’s mind, and one feels.
Sn as if the sea was the only part of the world.
worth living on.