A4 Tula Oolah.

neatly into the box, another, exactly like the first,
Taking it out, they found that that too was locked.
Placing it on the rock between herself and Soft-
Eyes, Celia looked through the key-hole, but could
see nothing.

Suddenly both she and the seal started back,
and looked in terror at the box, for from it came
an awful sound, as of some one in distress! The
voice was soft and muffled, and sounded like a
child moaning. The seal was so much alarmed,
that he scuttled off, and was about to jump into
the water, when poor little Celia called piteously
to him.

‘Come back, Soft-Eyes,” she said, “don’t
leave me all alone with this thing, whatever it
is,’ and the seal, who, at heart, was ashamed of
his cowardice, came back, though with evident re-
luctance.

‘“Now,” said Celia, ‘whatever is in this, is
small, and I am sure can’t hurt us much, and I
am going to find out what it is.”’

So with some difficulty, she broke the lock and,
saw still another box! At this, both she and Soft-