uided by a string secured in Walter's hand,
her graceful form cut the waves or danced lightly over them, her bright
red pennons floating gracefully from stern and mast. It was quite a long
time before the excitement of this first voyage wore away. Each of the
children had in turn to get a "hold" of the guiding-string; and great
amusement was caused by one of the wooden-doll sailors which Mrs. Leslie
had dressed for Harry's ship tumbling overboard and bobbing about for a
long time among the creeks and crannies of Shelf Rock.

At last "Jack-a-tar" was rescued by means of a hand-net which Walter had
for his natural history researches; and the little man was found to be
not a whit the worse, except for a drenching of his blue serge suit--for
even his well-glued-on hat had survived the fury of the waves.

You can imagine what a grand story all this made to tell poor Harry,
lying in his little bed under the skylight, with his back to the sea and
all the wonders thereof. And no one was more delighted with the whole
affair than Harry himself, feeling quite a weight off his mind, now that
he had got quit for ever of that nasty "dog-in-the-manger" sort of
feeling. How he laughed about poor Jack-a-tar, and took him into his own
hands to be thoroughly restored, while his mother took off the blue suit
to dry at the kitchen fire!

Altogether this was one of the happiest days Harry had spent at
Kingshaven. Every day now the children took out the _Rover_, and many
happy hours they all spent with it.

Next week a visitor was announced. It was Uncle Jack himself! And along
with him came the biggest, bulkiest parcel you could imagine. When it
was opened it proved to be a first-rate sort of invalid carriage, capable
of being folded up or out in any and every direction--quite an invention
of Uncle Jack's own brilliant genius. Dr. Bell said it was the very
thing for his little patient, who would be able for it in a very few days
now. Dr. Hammond also was greatly pleased with this new conveyance when
he came down.

Various little trial trips were made in this couch, at first only into
the front garden, and then into the long strip of bowling-green at the
back. And how the little invalid _did_ enjoy the fresh, sweet summer
air, fragrant with honeysuckle and sweet-brier, and all the more
delightful to him from the whiff of strong salt and even _tar_ corning up
from the shore. Harry felt as if he should soon be well and strong ag