urious way of catching sharks by
setting a log of wood afloat with a rope attached, a noose at the end of
it; the sharks gather round the log, apparently out of curiosity, and
one or another is apt soon to get his head into the noose, and is
finally wearied out by the log."

"I think that's a good plan," said Grace, "because it doesn't put
anybody in danger of being bitten."

No one spoke again for a moment, then the silence was broken by the
sweet voice of Mrs. Elsie Travilla: "To-morrow is Sunday; does any one
know whether any service will be held here?"

"Yes," replied Mr. Dinsmore; "there will be preaching in the parlors of
one of the hotels, and I move that we attend in a body."

The motion was seconded and carried, and when the time came nearly every
one went. The service occupied an hour; after that almost everybody
sought the beach; but though some went into the surf--doubtless looking
upon it as a hygienic measure, therefore lawful even on the Lord's
day--there was not the usual boisterous fun and frolic.

Harold, by some manoeuvring, got his mother to himself for a time,
making a comfortable seat for her in the sand, and shading her from the
sun with an umbrella.

"Mamma," he said, "I want a good talk with you; there are some
questions, quite suitable for Sunday, that I want to ask. And see,"
holding them up to view, "I have brought my Bible and a small
concordance with me, for I know you always refer to the Law and to the
Testimony in deciding matters of faith and practice."

"Yes," she said, "God's Word is the only infallible rule of faith and
practice. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness!"

"Yes, mamma, I have the reference here; Second Timothy, third chapter,
and sixteenth verse. And should not the next verse, 'That the man of God
may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works,' stir us up to
much careful study of the Bible?"

"Certainly, my dear boy; and, oh what cause for gratitude that we have
an infallible instructor and guide! But what did you want to ask me?"

"A question that was put to me by one of our fellows at college, and
which I was not prepared to answer. The substance of it was this: 'If
one who has lived for years in the service of God should be suddenly cut
off while committing some sin, would he not be saved, because of his
former good works?'"

"Is any son or da