make or find.

These lines were added by Dr. Johnson to Goldsmith's poem, the
_Traveller_, with Goldsmith's consent, and the lesson in them is well
worth remembering.

DREAM-TIME.

The wind against the window blows;
The dustman comes along the street;
The lamps are lit, the darkness grows;
The dreams come in with noiseless feet.

Oh, haste to bed: the dreams await
The children, with their sweetest song.
Don't loiter; you may be too late,
The best of dreams are never long.

THE GIANT OF THE TREASURE CAVES.

(_Continued from page 299._)

CHAPTER XVII.

Jack grew uneasy about leaving his home unless he had Estelle with him.
Yet he found he could not combine his duties as a fisherman with his
care of her. What was to be done? Fargis was quite willing to lend his
boat, knowing full well that he would be no loser by the bargain; and
both the doctor and M. le Prefet came forward with generous offers of
assistance. There seemed nothing to wait for, therefore, but the
weather.

April, always an uncertain month, could not be counted on for many fine
days, even so far south as Tout-Petit. The sky did not look promising,
and the fishermen shook their heads as they glanced at the clouds, and
spoke of 'squalls.' Jack and Fargis agreed, though unwillingly that it
would be wiser to delay the journey across the Channel till the
threatened storm had blown itself out. It would be foolish to run
unnecessary risks with their precious charge.

Meantime, Jack's anxiety communicated itself to those about him. They
all appeared to realise there was cause for alarm while Thomas was at
large, and his place of concealment unknown. Jack made Estelle accompany
him wherever he might go in the village, and Mrs. Wright amused all her
friends by keeping the pistols always within reach if by any chance
Estelle was with her, and Jack absent. Very proud and happy was Julien,
too, on being constituted her companion whenever the sailor was forced
to go from home. Strict orders were left that he was not to risk any
walks out of reach of friends, and Julien showed a praiseworthy
obedience to his instructions. He and Estelle were quite happy together
on the beach, or running in and out of the Treasure Caves.

One day, in Jack's absence, the two children, weary of games on the
sands, had run down to the shore as far as the tide would let them, to
watch for the return of the boats. Estelle began telling Julien of h