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Chapter 1--Basic Concepts of Chemistry copy

1. A hypothesis is a
A. mathematical formula that models a pattern of behavior.
B. concise statement of a behavior that is always the same under the same conditions.
C. set of experiments designed to test a theory.
D. well-tested, unifying principle that explains a body of facts.
E. tentative explanation or prediction based upon experimental observations.

2. A theory is a
A. concise statement of a behavior that is always the same under the same conditions.
B. tentative explanation or prediction based upon experimental observations.
C. mathematical formula that models a pattern of behavior.
D. well-tested, unifying principle that explains a body of facts.
E. set of quantitative numerical data.

3. All of the following statements concerning green chemistry are correct EXCEPT
A. it is better to prevent waste than to treat or clean up waste after it is formed.
B. synthetic methods should be designed to use and generate substances that possess little or no toxicity to
human health or the environment.
C. substances used in a chemical process should be chosen to minimize the potential for chemical accidents.
D. raw materials should be renewable whenever technically and economically practical.
E. chemical syntheses should be done at high enough temperatures to ensure harmful bacteria are destroyed.

4. Which of the following statements concerning the kinetic-molecular theory of matter is/are CORRECT?

1. Particles in a liquid vibrate back and forth about an average position.

2. Particles in a solid are packed closely together, but are not confined to specific positions.
3. Particles in a gas fly about randomly, colliding with themselves and the walls of their container.
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 1, 2, and 3

5. Which of the following statements concerning the kinetic-molecular theory of matter is/are CORRECT?

1. Particles in a gas move faster as the temperature increases.

2. Particles in a liquid are packed closely together, but are not confined to specific positions.
3. Particles in a gas vibrate back and forth about an average position.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 1, 2, and 3

6. Which one of the following statements is correct?

A. A pure substance may be separated by filtration or distillation into two or more components.
B. A heterogeneous mixture is also known as a solution.
C. A heterogeneous mixture is composed of two or more substances in the same phase.
D. The composition is uniform throughout a homogeneous mixture.
E. The combination of a liquid and a solid always results in a heterogeneous mixture.

7. Which of the following are likely to form a homogeneous mixture?

1. milk and ice cream blended together with chocolate syrup

2. an egg combined with milk and mixed with a whisk
3. 1 gram table salt combined with 250 mL of water

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 1, 2, and 3

8. Which one of the following is most likely to be a homogeneous mixture?

A. blood
B. soil
C. gasoline
D. plain yogurt
E. mortar (a mixture of calcium carbonate and sand)
9. Which one of the following is most likely to be a heterogeneous mixture?
A. vinegar (a mixture of acetic acid and water)
B. blood
C. antifreeze (a mixture of water and ethylene glycol)
D. sodium chloride (table salt) dissolved in water
E. the air trapped inside a car tire

10. Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT?

1. Atoms are the smallest particles of an element that retain the element's chemical properties.
2. Substances composed of only one type of atom are classified as elements.
3. Of the 118 known elements, only 48 occur naturally.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 1, 2, and 3

11. The most recently named element, number 112, was recently named after which famous scientist?
A. Sir Walter Rayleigh
B. Nicholaus Copernicus
C. Richard Oppenheimer
D. Isaac Asimov
E. Sir Isaac Newton

12. What is the correct symbol for potassium?

A. P
B. Pm
C. K
D. Pt
E. Po

13. What is the correct symbol for silver?

A. S
B. Si
C. Ag
D. Sr
E. Au
14. What is the name of the element with the symbol B?
A. barium
B. beryllium
C. bismuth
D. boron
E. bromine

15. What is the name of the element with the symbol Cr?
A. cerium
B. carbon
C. chromium
D. cadmium
E. chlorine

16. Which one of the following substances is classified as an element?

A. I2
B. NO
C. KCl
D. C6H12O6
E. CO

17. An electrically charged atom or group of atoms is a(n) ________.

A. element
B. ion
C. molecule
D. heterogeneous mixture
E. solution

18. A pure substance composed of two or more different elements is a(n) ________.
A. ion
B. heterogeneous mixture
C. chemical compound
D. solid
E. solution
19. A(n) ________ is a pure substance that is composed of only one type of atom.
A. ion
B. solution
C. element
D. molecule
E. gas

20. Which one of the following substances is classified as a chemical compound?

A. He
B. Nb
C. Na
D. NO
E. Co

21. Which term best describes methane, CH4?

A. homogeneous mixture
B. ion
C. element
D. chemical compound
E. atom

22. Which of the following statements concerning water, H2O, is/are CORRECT?

1. H2O is a chemical compound.

2. H2O is a homogeneous mixture of hydrogen and oxygen.
3. The percentage of hydrogen in H2O is dependent upon where the water is obtained.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 2 and 3

23. Which one of the following statements is not a comparison of physical properties?
A. Potassium reacts with water more quickly than calcium reacts with water.
B. The electrical conductivity of aluminum is greater than copper.
C. The density of copper is less than the density of lead.
D. The solubility of NaCl in hot water is greater than the solubility in cold water.
E. The boiling point of water is greater than the boiling point of ethanol.
24. Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT?

1. The conduction of electricity through copper wire is a chemical change.

2. The rusting of iron is a chemical change.
3. The evaporation of ammonia at -33.3 C is a chemical change.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 2 and 3
E. 1, 2, and 3

25. Which one of the following statements is not a comparison of physical properties?
A. Mercury and gallium are both liquids at 50 C.
B. Oxygen is more soluble in water than helium.
C. Silver and gold are malleable metals.
D. Oxygen and nitrogen are both liquids at -200 C.
E. Calcium dissolves more quickly than iron in acids.

26. An intensive property of a substance is

A. independent of the amount present.
B. dependent on its volume, but not its mass.
C. not affected by its temperature.
D. dependent only on its temperature.
E. dependent only on its mass and volume.

27. Which of the following are extensive properties: mass, volume, and/or density?
A. mass only
B. volume only
C. density only
D. mass and volume
E. volume and density

28. All of the following are examples of intensive properties EXCEPT

A. melting point.
B. color.
C. volume.
D. density.
E. boiling point.
29. All of the following are examples of chemical change EXCEPT
A. the dissolving of sugar in water.
B. the rusting of iron.
C. the combustion of gasoline.
D. the tarnishing of silver.
E. the decomposition of cinnabar (HgS) to mercury metal upon heating.

30. Which of the following observations is/are examples of chemical change?

1. Iron (Fe) rusts, forming Fe2O3.

2. The density of water increases when it changes from a solid to a liquid.
3. Sodium chloride melts at 801 C.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 2 and 3

31. Which of the following observations is/are examples of physical change?

1. The density of water decreases when it solidifies.

2. Aluminum melts when heated above 660 C.
3. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) decomposes to water and oxygen.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 1, 2, and 3

32. A battery-operated power tool, such as a cordless drill, converts

A. electrostatic energy to chemical potential energy.
B. mechanical energy to electrostatic energy.
C. thermal energy to mechanical energy.
D. thermal energy to gravitational energy.
E. chemical potential energy to mechanical energy.
33. Which of the following lists contains only forms of kinetic energy?
A. electrostatic, gravitational, and mechanical energy
B. gravitational, mechanical, and electrical energy
C. thermal, acoustic, and mechanical energy
D. chemical, thermal, and acoustic energy
E. gravitational, chemical, and electrostatic energy

34. Of the following types of energy, which is/are classified as potential energy?

1. chemical energy
2. electrostatic energy
3. gravitational energy

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 2 and 3
E. 1, 2, and 3

35. Substances like hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) that are composed of only one type of atom are classified as
________.

36. Properties, such as color and density, which can be observed or measured without changing the composition
of a substance are called ________ properties.
37. A mass of 10 g of table salt dissolves in water to form a(n) ________ mixture (i.e., a mixture that is uniform
throughout).

38. A(n) ________ is the smallest particle of an element that retains the characteristic chemical properties of
that element.

39. The ________ of a substance is defined as its mass per unit volume.

40. Density is an example of a(n) ________ property, which is one that does not depend on the amount of a
substance.
41. ________ energy is the energy associated with the separation of two electrical charges.

42. Potential energy possessed by water at the top of a waterfall is known as ________ energy.

43. The law of ________ states that the total energy of the universe is constant.
Chapter 1--Basic Concepts of Chemistry copy Key

1. A hypothesis is a
A. mathematical formula that models a pattern of behavior.
B. concise statement of a behavior that is always the same under the same conditions.
C. set of experiments designed to test a theory.
D. well-tested, unifying principle that explains a body of facts.
E. tentative explanation or prediction based upon experimental observations.

2. A theory is a
A. concise statement of a behavior that is always the same under the same conditions.
B. tentative explanation or prediction based upon experimental observations.
C. mathematical formula that models a pattern of behavior.
D. well-tested, unifying principle that explains a body of facts.
E. set of quantitative numerical data.

3. All of the following statements concerning green chemistry are correct EXCEPT
A. it is better to prevent waste than to treat or clean up waste after it is formed.
B. synthetic methods should be designed to use and generate substances that possess little or no toxicity to
human health or the environment.
C. substances used in a chemical process should be chosen to minimize the potential for chemical accidents.
D. raw materials should be renewable whenever technically and economically practical.
E. chemical syntheses should be done at high enough temperatures to ensure harmful bacteria are destroyed.

4. Which of the following statements concerning the kinetic-molecular theory of matter is/are CORRECT?

1. Particles in a liquid vibrate back and forth about an average position.

2. Particles in a solid are packed closely together, but are not confined to specific positions.
3. Particles in a gas fly about randomly, colliding with themselves and the walls of their container.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 1, 2, and 3
5. Which of the following statements concerning the kinetic-molecular theory of matter is/are CORRECT?

1. Particles in a gas move faster as the temperature increases.

2. Particles in a liquid are packed closely together, but are not confined to specific positions.
3. Particles in a gas vibrate back and forth about an average position.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 1, 2, and 3

6. Which one of the following statements is correct?

A. A pure substance may be separated by filtration or distillation into two or more components.
B. A heterogeneous mixture is also known as a solution.
C. A heterogeneous mixture is composed of two or more substances in the same phase.
D. The composition is uniform throughout a homogeneous mixture.
E. The combination of a liquid and a solid always results in a heterogeneous mixture.

7. Which of the following are likely to form a homogeneous mixture?

1. milk and ice cream blended together with chocolate syrup

2. an egg combined with milk and mixed with a whisk
3. 1 gram table salt combined with 250 mL of water

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 1, 2, and 3

8. Which one of the following is most likely to be a homogeneous mixture?

A. blood
B. soil
C. gasoline
D. plain yogurt
E. mortar (a mixture of calcium carbonate and sand)
9. Which one of the following is most likely to be a heterogeneous mixture?
A. vinegar (a mixture of acetic acid and water)
B. blood
C. antifreeze (a mixture of water and ethylene glycol)
D. sodium chloride (table salt) dissolved in water
E. the air trapped inside a car tire

10. Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT?

1. Atoms are the smallest particles of an element that retain the element's chemical properties.
2. Substances composed of only one type of atom are classified as elements.
3. Of the 118 known elements, only 48 occur naturally.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 1, 2, and 3

11. The most recently named element, number 112, was recently named after which famous scientist?
A. Sir Walter Rayleigh
B. Nicholaus Copernicus
C. Richard Oppenheimer
D. Isaac Asimov
E. Sir Isaac Newton

12. What is the correct symbol for potassium?

A. P
B. Pm
C. K
D. Pt
E. Po

13. What is the correct symbol for silver?

A. S
B. Si
C. Ag
D. Sr
E. Au
14. What is the name of the element with the symbol B?
A. barium
B. beryllium
C. bismuth
D. boron
E. bromine

15. What is the name of the element with the symbol Cr?
A. cerium
B. carbon
C. chromium
D. cadmium
E. chlorine

16. Which one of the following substances is classified as an element?

A. I2
B. NO
C. KCl
D. C6H12O6
E. CO

17. An electrically charged atom or group of atoms is a(n) ________.

A. element
B. ion
C. molecule
D. heterogeneous mixture
E. solution

18. A pure substance composed of two or more different elements is a(n) ________.
A. ion
B. heterogeneous mixture
C. chemical compound
D. solid
E. solution
19. A(n) ________ is a pure substance that is composed of only one type of atom.
A. ion
B. solution
C. element
D. molecule
E. gas

20. Which one of the following substances is classified as a chemical compound?

A. He
B. Nb
C. Na
D. NO
E. Co

21. Which term best describes methane, CH4?

A. homogeneous mixture
B. ion
C. element
D. chemical compound
E. atom

22. Which of the following statements concerning water, H2O, is/are CORRECT?

1. H2O is a chemical compound.

2. H2O is a homogeneous mixture of hydrogen and oxygen.
3. The percentage of hydrogen in H2O is dependent upon where the water is obtained.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 2 and 3

23. Which one of the following statements is not a comparison of physical properties?
A. Potassium reacts with water more quickly than calcium reacts with water.
B. The electrical conductivity of aluminum is greater than copper.
C. The density of copper is less than the density of lead.
D. The solubility of NaCl in hot water is greater than the solubility in cold water.
E. The boiling point of water is greater than the boiling point of ethanol.
24. Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT?

1. The conduction of electricity through copper wire is a chemical change.

2. The rusting of iron is a chemical change.
3. The evaporation of ammonia at -33.3 C is a chemical change.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 2 and 3
E. 1, 2, and 3

25. Which one of the following statements is not a comparison of physical properties?
A. Mercury and gallium are both liquids at 50 C.
B. Oxygen is more soluble in water than helium.
C. Silver and gold are malleable metals.
D. Oxygen and nitrogen are both liquids at -200 C.
E. Calcium dissolves more quickly than iron in acids.

26. An intensive property of a substance is

A. independent of the amount present.
B. dependent on its volume, but not its mass.
C. not affected by its temperature.
D. dependent only on its temperature.
E. dependent only on its mass and volume.

27. Which of the following are extensive properties: mass, volume, and/or density?
A. mass only
B. volume only
C. density only
D. mass and volume
E. volume and density

28. All of the following are examples of intensive properties EXCEPT

A. melting point.
B. color.
C. volume.
D. density.
E. boiling point.
29. All of the following are examples of chemical change EXCEPT
A. the dissolving of sugar in water.
B. the rusting of iron.
C. the combustion of gasoline.
D. the tarnishing of silver.
E. the decomposition of cinnabar (HgS) to mercury metal upon heating.

30. Which of the following observations is/are examples of chemical change?

1. Iron (Fe) rusts, forming Fe2O3.

2. The density of water increases when it changes from a solid to a liquid.
3. Sodium chloride melts at 801 C.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 2 and 3

31. Which of the following observations is/are examples of physical change?

1. The density of water decreases when it solidifies.

2. Aluminum melts when heated above 660 C.
3. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) decomposes to water and oxygen.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 2
E. 1, 2, and 3

32. A battery-operated power tool, such as a cordless drill, converts

A. electrostatic energy to chemical potential energy.
B. mechanical energy to electrostatic energy.
C. thermal energy to mechanical energy.
D. thermal energy to gravitational energy.
E. chemical potential energy to mechanical energy.
33. Which of the following lists contains only forms of kinetic energy?
A. electrostatic, gravitational, and mechanical energy
B. gravitational, mechanical, and electrical energy
C. thermal, acoustic, and mechanical energy
D. chemical, thermal, and acoustic energy
E. gravitational, chemical, and electrostatic energy

34. Of the following types of energy, which is/are classified as potential energy?

1. chemical energy
2. electrostatic energy
3. gravitational energy

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 3 only
D. 2 and 3
E. 1, 2, and 3

35. Substances like hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) that are composed of only one type of atom are classified as
________.

elements

36. Properties, such as color and density, which can be observed or measured without changing the composition
of a substance are called ________ properties.

physical

37. A mass of 10 g of table salt dissolves in water to form a(n) ________ mixture (i.e., a mixture that is uniform
throughout).

homogeneous

38. A(n) ________ is the smallest particle of an element that retains the characteristic chemical properties of
that element.

atom
39. The ________ of a substance is defined as its mass per unit volume.

density

40. Density is an example of a(n) ________ property, which is one that does not depend on the amount of a
substance.

intensive

41. ________ energy is the energy associated with the separation of two electrical charges.

Electrostatic

42. Potential energy possessed by water at the top of a waterfall is known as ________ energy.

gravitational

43. The law of ________ states that the total energy of the universe is constant.

conservation of energy
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 “About three bells and a quarter. The sun will be up in a short time.”
“Good! I’ll be on deck in a brace of shakes.”
Sandie and Willie had been aroused by the shouting and trampling of
feet, and dreading something unusual had happened, they had quickly
dressed and gone on deck.
On learning what had happened, both heartily volunteered to lend a hand
at the pumps, and so the work went merrily on.
Soon the sky assumed the most glorious colours, with flushes of gold
and cloud stripes of purest amber and crimson.
Next, there hung low down on the horizon a short bright blood-red line,
which got bigger and more definite in shape every moment, till at last up
leapt the sun, and a triangular bar of bright ensanguined water stretched
right away to the very hull of the sinking ship herself.
Higher and higher mounts the sun, paler and clearer become its beams.
And now, to the joy of all, there is visible, not many miles away, a green
island.
It is like a veritable fairyland, for it does not appear to be in the sea at all,
but afloat in the ambient sky.
“Can we make it, sir,” asks Sandie, “before the vessel sinks?”
The captain’s glass was turned towards the island. He could see its
golden sands, see the long white line the breakers made as they broke lazily
on its beach, and see behind tall cocoa-nut trees and banks of waving palms.
“We can make it, my young friend, if——”
“If what, sir?” said Sandie, feeling somewhat uneasy at the captain’s
manner.
“If, Sandie, it be an island, and not a mocking mirage.”

CHAPTER VIII

CRUSOES—PREPARED FOR ANYTHING

But that island was no mirage. Of this all hands were speedily convinced,
and redoubled their efforts to pump the vessel and keep her afloat until they
could reach it. Breakfast of biscuits steeped in coffee was partaken of on
deck, then the steward spliced the main-brace.
Hardly half a mile now intervened between the Peaceful and the island,
but her rate of sailing was very slow, and she yawed about more than was
agreeable.
It must be confessed that the danger was now extreme. The ship might
sink at any moment, and in a moment, with all on board. Yet the captain and
crew determined to stick to her.
And they did. Ah! there is no sailor in all the wide world like the British
Jack-a’-tar, whether he treads the decks of a man-o’-war or hoists sail on a
merchant vessel.
Death was staring those men in the face. In another minute they might
all be in eternity, yet hear them sing as they work the busy pumps. Oh, only
sailors’ doggerel, with no sense in it, bar that it chimes in with the motion
and sound of the levers, and the gush of water that flows over the side—

“In San Domingo I was born,

Hurrah! lads, hurrah!
And reared among the yellow corn,
Heave, boys, and away she goes.
Hurrah!

My parients both were black as ink,

Hurrah! lads, hurrah!
They killed theirselves wi’ cussed drink,
Heave, boys, till pumps go dry.
Hurrah!”

The ship is reeling like a sick man. She reels, she staggers. When she
yaws, it seems as though she would never recover.
But hurrah! the shore is near. And here is a little cove that runs inland a
little way between banks of waving bananas and trees gorgeous with
creeping flowers.
At last she strikes, she rasps, she is fast upon the sand, and on an even
keel.
“The Lord’s Name be praised,” says the captain. And more than one
manly voice responds, “Amen!”
 The strain upon both Sandie’s mind and Willie’s, particularly during the
last hour, had been very great; and now that the reaction had come,
strangely enough, Sandie, at all events, felt that he would have given a five-
pound note for a five minutes’ cry.
. . . . . .
Our heroes were Crusoes now with a vengeance, but Crusoes after a
somewhat strange fashion.
In looking back to all their adventures since they left Sandy Point, they
could not but marvel at the wondrous way they had been preserved.
And here they were on board the wrecked derelict, safe and sound for a
time, at all events, and with good hopes of soon being picked up.
The first thing the crew had to do was to cut down trees in the woods, to
prop the ship up when the tide went farther back.
Meanwhile, taking Tyro with them, and not only a rifle each but a good
revolver, Sandie and Willie set out to explore the island. They soon found
that it was of no great extent, not more, indeed, than about ten miles long by
five or six wide.
This they ascertained by climbing a rather high hill, which had a bold
bluff rock right on its peak.
The island altogether was hilly and beautifully wooded, though there
were many green and verdant glades in it, and some open glens as well,
adown which they found, much to their joy, streamlets of clear water
bounding or rippling along, going singing to the sea, in fact.
There was no smoke to be seen anywhere, consequently they came to the
conclusion that the island was uninhabited.
This was strange, because there were fish in the streams, there were
rock-rabbits on the hills, and cocoa-nut and other trees were laden with
fruit. And it is the rule that, wherever on an island or on a coast you find
cocoa-nut trees, you find natives.
“What is the mystery, I wonder?” said Willie.
“I cannot tell at all,” replied Sandie. “It appears so strange that so fertile
and lovely an island as this should be lonesome and uninhabited.”
“Well, anyhow, Sandie, let us get farther into the interior.”
They wandered on and on, now through the greenery of the lovely
woods, pausing often to admire the strange and beautiful flowers, that hung
pendant or in garlands from the branches of the loftier trees, or to listen to
the sweet low singing of some little bright-winged bird.
On and on they wander.
And now, all at once, a wide grassy glade opens out to their view.
Both Sandie and Willie shrink back appalled at the sight that meets their
view.
Here are the ruins of a very large native village, with grass and creepers
growing rank over the fallen walls.
Regaining courage, they venture forward, but do not proceed far before
Willie trips, and almost falls over something in the grass. With the barrel of
his gun he moves aside the weeds, A white ant-cleaned skeleton lies there.
Lizards skurry away from it, grey lizards, red lizards, and green.
They shudder as they perceive that the skull has been cloven as if with
an axe.
But they do not go much farther ere they come upon many, very many
skeletons, and all bear the marks of violence.
And some among them are the skeletons of mere children.
Even in the blackened ruins of the huts lie half-charred bones, which tell
their own dismal tale.
But the saddest sight of all is that which they come to at last.
It is that of a large skeleton, with no marks of violence, hanging in
chains to a tree. The skull has tumbled to the ground and one of the limbs,
but enough remains to show the gruesomeness of the tragedy which at no
very recent date must have been enacted in this lovely glade. The poor
wretch must have been chained up alive, and left to die in the sunshine, or
to be eaten alive by the awful insects, the centipedes, and poisonous beetles
that infest a forest such as this by night.
Sandie and Willie both felt sick, and were not sorry when they found
themselves far away from that haunted glade.
They managed to shoot over a dozen rock-rabbits, and now with their
spoil they betook themselves back to the ship, to report on all they had seen.
“As I thought,” said the old captain. “The Blackbirders have been at
work. They have wiped out a portion of the natives who dared to resist, and
have made prisoners of the rest; and the poor wretch, hung in chains to die a
lingering death, was no doubt the chief.
 . . . . . .
The men of the lost Boo-boo-boo soon began to settle down to their new
mode of life, lonely and all though it was.
Captain D’Acre thought it would be best to live on board the Peaceful.
They would not only be free from malaria, and the troubles of creeping
insect life, but in a better position to defend themselves if attacked by some
wandering hostile tribe.
There was no saying how soon an attack of this kind might not be made,
so they determined to be prepared. They found a kind of willow-withe
growing plentifully on the island, and from this they manufactured in a few
days enough boarding-netting to go all the way round above the bulwarks.
They got all arms up, and loaded them, also plenty of ammunition. They
also trimmed all the lamps lest an attack should take place under cover of
the night. Moreover, lest a fight might end in a siege, they laid in a goodly
store of fresh water.
After this they felt comparatively safe, and inclined to take life very easy
indeed.
Many little shooting excursions and rambles were made into the interior.
Fishing parties too were got up, both inland and at sea.
All day long a look-out was stationed on the rocky peak of the highest
hill. His duty was to report by an arranged code of signals either the
approach of suspicious canoes, or the appearance in the offing of a ship.
In the latter case, it would be the duty of two boats, always kept ready
manned for the purpose, to row out to sea and endeavour to communicate
with the vessel.
The rock-rabbits, the fresh-water fish, but above all the many delicious
varieties of fish caught at sea, formed a most wholesome addition to the
larder, so that it is no wonder that Willie remarked more than once, that,
instead of existing in the guise of starving Crusoes, they really were living
like the British fighting-cock.
The fruit of the island was luscious, rich, and rare, and to crown all,
there were rare crabs, and curious but succulent lobsters, and oysters of
rarest flavour found clinging to the rocks at low water.
Sandie had come through a good many hardships, and much anxiety of
mind, within the last month or so; yet, singular to say, he had waxed hardy,
stout, and strong. There was no trace of consumption about him now,
unless, as Willie told him, it was the consumption of bananas and oysters.
All cough had gone, his voice was once more manly and strong, and his
spirits were never higher.
Oh, he often thought of home—that was but natural. He often wondered
what his parents and Elsie might be doing, and dear little Maggie May. But
when he did think of home, it was always hopefully, always with a happy
feeling of certainty that he should return in health and safety to resume his
studies at the University.
A whole month passed away, but no ship ever came; another dragged
somewhat more wearily by.
Things were beginning to look a trifle serious, for this reason: there was
a limit to the length of time the flour and biscuit would last. When these
were done, they would be compelled to live on salt meat, with the fish,
fruit, and rabbits they might succeed in getting.
So the men were now—in the third month of their Crusoe-ship—put on
an allowance of biscuit. It was deemed advisable also to be as sparing in the
expenditure of gunpowder as possible, so the rock-rabbits were snared
instead of being shot.
But if no ship appeared, it was satisfactory, on the other hand, that no
boats laden with savages hove in sight, so the Crusoes tried to live as
contentedly as circumstances would permit.
No fishing, or even snaring of rabbits, took place on the Sabbath. This
was kept as a day of rest, and in the forenoons the old captain always called
all hands aft. Then a prayer would be offered up, several hymns sung, a
chapter of the Bible read and explained or commented on to the best of the
good old man’s ability, then, after more singing and another prayer, the men
would be dismissed.
But D’Acre was a true sailor, and so every Saturday he caused the main-
brace to be spliced. Well spliced, too, not in any half-hearted way, so that
the men might enjoy themselves, and drink to those so far away—their
mothers, wives, and sweethearts.
And almost every Saturday night the mate would go forward with his
fiddle, and Sandie, too, would be there to sing a song. But before eight bells
every man had turned in who was not on duty.
. . . . . .
 Three long months had passed away, and things began to look serious.
The biscuits were done now, and even the beef was running short.
But, oh, joy! one forenoon the signalman on the hill-top was seen to
indicate the presence of a ship, and pointed with his large fan in her
direction.
In five minutes’ time two boats were under way, pulling merrily over the
sparkling waters in the direction indicated. Never even at a boat-race surely
did men pull more earnestly. It was indeed a race for life.
But now they can see the vessel. A great ocean steamer she is.
They alter course a little, their object being to intercept her. No need to
hurry now! Oh, glorious hour! She sees the approaching boats and stops
ship.
They are saved! What need to say more? The vessel is an outward-bound
steamer for Sydney. She carries a few passengers, but has ample
accommodation for the Crusoes.
They are made heartily welcome, and that evening, down in the splendid
saloon, our chief heroes have, over and over again, to tell all the outs and
ins of their wondrous adventures.

CHAPTER IX

“O MY POOR, DEAR FATHER!” CRIED SANDIE

What a pleasant voyage that was to Sydney! Our heroes had nothing to do
but talk and read, and laze dreamily in the sparkling sunshine, or under the
quarter-deck awning.
The ladies on board, and there were several young and not-quite-so-
young, appeared determined to make heroes of Sandie and Willie.
Moreover, they treated the former as somewhat of an invalid, Willie having
told them all his story, so they gave up a deck-chair to him. They wrapped
him in rugs at eventide. During the day they brought to him cunningly
concocted drinks, and when the shades of night fell they made him drink
fragrant coffee, fortified with condensed milk, plus a modicum of preserved
cream. Preserved fruits, too, were his. The only drawback to all this
enjoyment rested in the fact that these kind-intentioned ladies made him
swallow half-an-ounce of cod-liver oil three times every day; and Sandie
didn’t like it.
Sydney has the most beautiful and extensive harbour in the world. I feel
in duty bound to make that remark, because everybody else says the same
thing, and because I know it will please the Sydneyites, and the Australians
in general. You see, I mean to visit Sydney one of these days, and I wish to
have a Highland welcome.
“Have you anywhere in particular to stay?” asked the most matronly
lady of our young heroes.
“No,” was the candid reply.
“Oh, then I shall carry you off.”
And she did.
A very pleasing time she gave them, too, for over two months. Then
somebody else carried them away for another month, and as this was
repeated, it may be presumed that during their stay in Sydney their keep did
not cost them much.
But the matronly lady got hold of them again, and being a widow with
plenty of means, she could do as she pleased. So she made up her mind to
show Sandie and Willie something of Australia and Australian life.
Some men inform us that this world is all bad and vile. For my own part,
I have not found it so. I still am a believer in human nature. Well, for
example, persons like this matronly lady, who had taken so great an interest
in our heroes, are not such raræ aves as certain pessimists would have us
believe; and they obtain their own happiness by bringing about and
enjoying the happiness of others.
Mrs. Maxwell was this dear lady’s name, and her eyes positively
sparkled with delight when she witnessed the admiration and wonderment
exhibited by Sandie and Willie on first beholding the weird and awful
beauty of, for instance, the gum-tree forests.
City views, though very grand and rich, failed to impress them. Had they
not seen Edinburgh and Glasgow? But the wild sylvan loveliness of the
green silent country, ah! that indeed sent a thrill of pleasure to their hearts.
“As long as I live, Mrs. Maxwell,” Sandie told the lady when at long last
he had to bid her adieu, “I shall never forget this visit to Australia, nor all
the disinterested kindness you have shown us. Yes, we will write.”
 “Good-bye, boys, and God bless you!”
“God bless you, Mrs. Maxwell.”
There was tears in Sandie’s eyes, and I think in Willie’s too.
Yes, their time was up, they had to go. In two days’ time one of Mr.
Tomlison’s ships—a bonnie clipper barque and sister vessel to the lost Boo-
boo-boo—would leave Sydney harbour, going home round the Cape of
Good Hope instead of the Straits of Magellan, or the still more stormy
Horn, and not only were Sandie and Willie going by her, but Captain
D’Acre and the first mate as well.
It was the month of March, or autumn, when the good barque—Fairy
Queen was her name—reached Cape Town and cast anchor in the bay.
“What a lovely spot!” were Willie’s first words to Sandie, when both
went on deck next morning.
“It is indeed beautiful!”
It was not, however, the town they were admiring, but the grand
romantic mountainous scenery in its rear.
After breakfast they went on shore for a ramble. They soon found a
Malay guide, who for a trifle agreed to show them everything.
That word “everything” included all the public buildings, but best of all
the Botanical Gardens, which both our heroes agreed were a veritable
fairyland. Surely no such palms or flowers as these flourished or bloomed
anywhere else in the world!
When they had lingered long here, they came reluctantly away, and their
guide then took them to the hills.
And what hills! They were everywhere ablaze with flowers and the
rarest of heaths, that at home in Britain can only be kept alive in the
hothouse. Gorgeous geraniums were everywhere, and wherever there was a
patch of ground uncovered by these or by heaths, it would be closely
overgrown by a compact little flower of inexpressible sweetness, and in
shape not unlike a cineraria. These were principally crimson and white.
The only drawback to perfect enjoyment during this long hillside ramble
was the constant presence of snakes. The little sand-snake wriggled about
where least expected—on damp ground a great black snake lay coiled.
Sometimes when stooping down to cull flowers where the grass grew
greenest, the long thin dark whip-snake would glide out and away from
among their very fingers, very much to their horror. But worse than all was
the hooded cobra, the most deadly of all Cape snakes, and of these they saw
far more than they desired to.
Nevertheless, on the whole, they enjoyed their visit to the capital of the
Cape, and got on board at last, laden with botanical specimens, and quite as
hungry as there was any need to be.
. . . . . .
The Fairy Queen was once more at sea, and the weather was all that
could be desired.
With the exception, therefore, of a visit to the romantic and beautiful
island of St. Helena, the so-called sea-girt rock on which Napoleon was
imprisoned and died, the voyage was altogether uneventful.
The last letter received from home reached Sandie and Willie just before
they left Sydney. At that time all their friends and relations were well.
Alas! though, in this world of sorrow much may happen in two or three
months.
The news of the arrival of the Fairy Queen in Aberdeen docks spread
like wildfire, and on the very next morning Sandie’s mother and Elsie came
off to welcome him home.
They were both dressed in the deepest mourning.
“O my poor, dear father!” cried Sandie in an agony of grief.
And what could his mother do but weep with him.
Yes, M‘Crae, the honest farmer of Kilbuie, had been called away.
What a change!
The farm itself was not kept on by Sandie’s mother. Everything had been
sold, and she and Elsie had come to live at a pretty little granite cottage on
the outskirts of Aberdeen.
So this, then, would be Sandie’s new home.
But as soon as the first great wave of grief had passed over his soul,
leaving it sad and chastened, Sandie determined to live but for his mother
and sister alone.
He was now well and strong, and could resume his studies without fear.
But he would not have to tax his brain so much in future. For the study
of Divinity presents no such difficulties as do Greek, Latin, and
Mathematics.
The cottage in which Mrs. M‘Crae had settled down, though by no
means an expensive one, was very pretty. It stood at the Rubislaw end of
Union Street, quite on the outskirts, and had a pretty little bit of garden in
front, and a long one behind.
Of course both Elsie and her brother missed the fields with their wild-
flowers, missed the golden furze and the yellow tasselled broom, missed too
the whisper of the wind in the dark waving pine-trees, the croodle of the
cushat, the mellow notes of the mavis, and plaintive song of the blackbird;
but Sandie told Elsie all these things would come again when he got his
church, which was bound to be in the country, and in one of the most
romantic parts of the country too. Meanwhile they must live in hope.
You may be sure that Sandie had not been long at home ere he paid a
visit to the manse of Belhaven, and his friend Willie went with him. Sandie
would not—could not—go near Kilbuie; his grief was far too recent.
He found Mackenzie not one whit altered. Maggie May came forward
with a smile and a bonnie blush to welcome Sandie back; but she gave him
no kiss. She was altered. She was a child no more.
But she paid him a compliment.
“How you have improved!” she said. “And how red and burned you
are!”
That night, while discussing a delightful dinner, Sandie and Willie held
Mackenzie and Maggie May spellbound as they related all the adventures of
their perilous voyage.
Next day, by way of bringing back sweet memories of Auld Lang Syne,
the young folks went fishing and picnicking; and a very happy, pleasant day
they spent, bringing home, too, an excellent bag.
They stayed nearly a week at the manse, then, promising faithfully soon
to come again, they said “Adieu!” and shortly were back once more in the
Granite City.
I must not forget to mention that Sandie brought back with him from sea,
not only his dear friend Tyro, but that beautiful young red tabby cat, and
that they speedily made themselves perfectly at home at Kilbuie Cottage.
During the summer that ensued, Sandie devoted much of his time to
coaching young students for the University. This was a kind of work that
was congenial to his tastes, and that really paid fairly well.
But when the winter session commenced, and he entered Divinity Hall,
as it is phrased, he threw up teaching. He was determined to do nothing
now to endanger his health.
Willie had entered a stockbroker’s office, so the two sincere friends did
not see quite so much of each other all the week. But there were always the
Saturday afternoons, and the Sundays to boot. Indeed, at such times, if
Willie was not at Kilbuie Cottage, it was because Sandie and he both were
at the Provost’s beautiful home in King Street.
And so the time passed by quickly and happily enough; this winter flew
away, and summer came again.
Then Sandie renewed his coaching.
“Monday is Bank holiday,” said Willie, one Saturday afternoon, as he
with Elsie and Sandie sat in the back summer-house, listening to the sweet
sad song of a merle perched upon a crimson-flowered May-tree. “Yes,
Sandie, Monday is Bank holiday, and do you know what I should dearly
like to do?”
“No.”
“Guess.”
“Go to Mackenzie’s?”
“Ah! Sandie, Mackenzie’s is a good deal in your head.”
What made Sandie blush, I wonder, and slightly alter his position?
“No, my friend, I like Mackenzie’s very well indeed, but it is too far
away. Now what say you to a dogcart drive up to the Loch of Skene, and
dinner at the old-fashioned cosy inn of Straik?”
“Delightful!” said Sandie.
“Will you go?” said Willie, turning suddenly round to Elsie. “Mind,” he
added, “we don’t mean to go without you.”
“In which case,” replied Elsie, laughing, “I shall be your humble
servant.”
“No, Elsie, our sweet companion, the partner of our joys and sorrows,
our bites and nibbles. So it is arranged.”
Monday was a delightful summer’s day, with just enough breeze to cool
the air, and cause a ripple on the water.
 How delicious it was to stop in the dark woods of Hazelhead, and hear
that same breeze sigh and whisper through the lofty pine-trees, and to listen
to the wild glad melody of the birds.
“Oh,” cried Sandie, who was ever romantic, “this is heavenly; does it not
put you in mind of that grand old Scotch song, ‘The bonnie woods o’
Craigielee’?”
“Everything puts you in mind of a song,” said Willie, “but sing it,
Sandie, sing it.”
“Help me, then.”
And sweetly in the morning air, in that dark wood, rose those tuneful
voices three.
I dare only give one verse.
 “Far down thy dark green plantin’ shade
The cushat croodles am’rouslie,
The mavis in the buchtin’ glade
Mak’s echo ring frae tree to tree.

Thou bonnie wood o’ Craigielee,

Thou bonnie wood o’ Craigielee,
In thee I spent life’s early day,
An’ won my Mary’s heart in thee.”

The landlady of the little inn knew the young men, and was delighted to
see them. She promised, if they would leave the matter to her, to provide a
dinner, she felt sure, would not only please them, but the winsome young
lady too. And would they have the boy, their old guide? Of course they
would. Without him they could not be sure of anything like a bag.
Well, the boy came, and he carried the luncheon that was to be eaten by
the burnside, and the bottle of delicious heather-ale.
It was, on the whole, a heavy burden, but this lad’s back seemed just
made for heavy burdens, tiny and all though he was.
The trout to-day were very kind, and even before luncheon-time they
had succeeded in making a fairly good bag.
After luncheon they completed their “take,” then spent the rest of their
time in wandering through the woods and fields, and by the Loch side,
collecting wild-flowers. Then back to the inn in good time for dinner.
The tablecloth was spotlessly white, the knives and forks shone like
silver, though they weren’t, and through the open window, as they dined,
blew the soft west wind, laden with the odour of roses. Roast duck and
tender green peas, what could be better, but the whole associations made
that dinner, simple though it was, far more delightful than if it had been
eaten in the banqueting hall of a palace.
Low over the greenery of the woods the sun was declining when,
bidding good-bye to the kindly landlady, they mounted once more and
drove off.
But the gloaming star was shining sweet and clear long before they
reached once more the bonnie woods of Hazelhead.
 CHAPTER X

HOW IT ALL ENDED

Ah! now my story draws to a close. I am very sorry because I have quite
enjoyed writing it.
The reader may never know how much of my own young life is depicted
in these pages. Many a time and often have I laughed as recollections of
schoolboy or student pranks have risen up before my mind’s eye, but more
than once as I wrote a mist bedimmed my sight, and something fell—it
might have been a tear.
Life, dear reader, is all like a dream; but we never realise this until grey
hairs appear around our temples, and there are silver threads in the dark
brown of our beards.
But come, I must pull myself up with a round turn, as we sailors say.
Moping never did any good in this world, that I am aware of; grief is more
ageing than time itself. There is nothing so healthful as cheerfulness and
good temper. “A merry heart goes all the day.” Let us laugh, then. There
isn’t the slightest fear of getting too fat. I don’t believe in the silly old
saying, “Laugh and grow fat.” I’ve been laughing all my life, when I
haven’t been whistling or humming a tune, but I’m not fat yet, and what is
more, I don’t want to be. But a merry heart strengthens every muscle and
organ in the body, and prevents chilblains. A ridiculous thing to say, is it?
Oh, perhaps, but it is true. That disagreeable winter complaint belongs to
the sad and the phlegmatic morose sort of people. But a merry heart means
a well-balanced circulation, and so, if you want to be healthy, you’ve got to
cultivate cheerfulness.
All this is digression? Well, I don’t care, I shall do what I like in my last
chapter.
. . . . . .
In course of years, Mrs. M‘Crae and Elsie both got to like the little
cottage. It was cosy and homely and snug. They had their regular visitors,
too, and never cared to add many to them.
When in harbour, both Captain D’Acre and his mate used to be constant
visitors, and the mate never failed to bring his fiddle. Then a regular
musical evening was sure to follow, much to Mrs. M‘Crae’s delight, for she
was passionately fond of melody.
Summer after summer, Sandie continued coaching his pupils,
remunerating to both teacher and students, and winter after winter he
plodded back and fore to the Divinity Hall. He was a pet student with all the
professors, because he was a very promising one. Whatever study he took
in hand, he went into thoroughly, and was not content until he had mastered
it. That is the sort of man Sandie was.
But the winters and the summers too wore away at last,—Sandie’s
divinity studies were over. He had passed every examination with honour,
and was now the Rev. Alexander M‘Crae, M.A.
What joy!
All his toils were over—so he thought; he would soon get a church—so
he believed; and he would take his mother away to his beautiful home in the
cool green country, far away from the madding crowd, from the bustle and
din, from the grime and the gride of city life. As hope told him this
flattering tale, he could not help repeating to himself those charming lines
of Horace, beginning

“Beatus ille qui preul negotiis,

. . . . . .
Paterna rura bubus exercit suis
Solutus omni fenore,”

which may be paraphrased: “Happy is the man who, far from the busy
haunts of life, far from care and worry, ploughs with his own oxen the
paternal acres.”
But Sandie’s life while at the Divinity Hall had not been all bliss
unalloyed. There was one drawback to his happiness. Let me explain it, if I
can. Sandie, then, was constitutionally shy.
Now shyness is about the worst fault a public orator or preacher can
have, though I must not omit to mention that the cleverest men are usually
the shyest.
In the privacy of his own study, which was right away up at the top of
Kilbuie Cottage, an attic, in fact, Sandie, when all alone, could declaim
triumphantly, and many a rousing extempore sermon he here preached.
Again, he could preach a sermon anywhere, and with confidence, if he had
written it out beforehand, and might have the manuscript on the pulpit desk
in front of him. But well he knew that many old people in country parishes
had a decided objection to written sermons. They liked their ministers to
walk into the pulpit, to take a text, and trust to the Spirit of God to give
them language and words.
Now, after all, extempore preaching is merely a matter of habit and
experience.
Strangely enough, assistance came to Sandie from quite an unexpected
quarter.
It was while he was in his third year, that one Thursday evening he was
told by Elsie, who could hardly keep from smiling, that a lady and
gentleman wanted to see him on a matter of business.
“Where are they, Elsie?”
“In the drawing-room, Sandie.”
“Say, I’ll be down in a moment.”
He dashed his fingers through his hair, smoothed down his dark brown
beard, pulled up his collar, cleared his throat, and descended.
When he opened the drawing-room door, he was certainly somewhat
surprised and taken aback at the youth and diminutive stature of the lady
and gentleman. The boy was about eight, the girl barely ten.
But she opened negotiations with a promptitude that did her credit.
“Oh, if you please, Mr. M‘Crae, long, long ago when father first comed
to this country from the Norf, he builded a school, and every Sunday night
now there is preachin’ in the school, ’cause the people likes it, an’ every
Fursday night little wee Williamie Gordon here, my bludder, and myse’f
comes in to get a minister. But, oh, if you please, sir, we can’t get one to-
night, and oh, would you come?”
“And where is the school, my dear?”
“Oh, if you please, it is four miles from here at Bellfield. And you has
through the dark Hazelhead woods to go, where sometimes the robbers kills
folks. Williamie Gordon and I isn’t afraid, ’cause we is too small to bother
killing, and we have nothing to rob. But you wouldn’t be afraid, ’cause
you’s a big fine man, and could kill them back again.”
Sandie laughed at the droll conceit. But he promised he would come in
spite of the robbers. Then he rung the bell, and five minutes after that the
two children were doing justice to a hearty supper.
Then the wee toddlers started back on their long and dreary journey,
arriving home safe and sound.
After they had gone, Sandie went straight up-stairs, chose a text, and
never lifted his head from over his desk until he had written a good long
sermon.
With this in his pocket—as he thought—he started on the Sunday
afternoon for Bellfield school. His child friends were there to give him a
hearty welcome, and an invitation to supper after the sermon.
Every one was struck with the young man’s appearance and manner. He
gave out a psalm and conducted the singing. He prayed long and fervently.
Then he opened the Book, and after giving out his text, placed his hand in
his pocket to produce his manuscript.
It was gone!
His heart seemed to leap clean out of him; his head swam, and he almost
fell. Then he bent his brow reverently over the Bible and prayed for
strength.
Slowly and in short constrained sentences he began to speak, but he
gathered strength as he went on, he waxed eloquent, impassioned; he could
scarcely believe it was he himself who was talking.
And never, I ween, was sermon listened to with more marked and
solemn attention.
“Thank God,” said Sandie to himself when at last he closed the Book.
Sandie preached at this school every fortnight after this, but neither here
nor anywhere else did he ever again use a manuscript.
A letter came from Sandie’s friend Mackenzie a few weeks after he had
been ordained minister.
The clergyman of Drumlade, the very parish in which Sandie was born,
and in which stood the farm of Kilbuie, was very old and wanted a helper.
He (Mackenzie) had proposed Sandie. Would he come?
This was glorious news!
Sandie became such a favourite with the parishioners, that, six months
afterwards, when the poor old minister died, he received a universal and
unanimous call to take the office.
 And so it came to pass that ere long our hero became minister of the fine
old parish of Drumlade.
The church itself was a large one, and stood on an eminence overlooking
a curve of the winding Don, and surrounded by its God’s acre of green,
green graves.
At a distance of about an eighth of a mile, and nestling near the river-
side, in a bosky dell, stood the fine old manse, with its rich old walled
gardens, its grass lawns and rose terraces, on one of which stood an ancient
dial-stone.
There was a wilderness of trees all about, bird-haunted trees. Surely not
a feathered songster that ever trilled a note in the far North that did not sing
in those copses and groves, while high aloft, in the swaying pine-trees, lived
hawk and crow and magpie.
All the place, in the sweet summer-time, was a poem, a romance, a
dream.
Of course Kilbuie Cottage was now given up, and Sandie’s mother and
Elsie came to reside at the manse, and sit Sunday after Sunday in the manse
pew, near to the pulpit.
Sandie’s living was a good one, and there was, in addition to the stipend,
a large and rich farm of glebeland, which soon became the young minister’s
chief delight.
. . . . . .
I must tell you something else, as long as I think of it. Jamie Duncan had
a rich uncle, who was good enough to shuffle off this mortal coil for the
benefit of Jamie. He left him quite a haul of money.
Then Jamie took Kilbuie farm and stocked it, and elevated Geordie
Black—the quondam orra man—to the proud position of first horseman,
and lived happy ever afterwards, so far as I know.
I did hear lately that Geordie Black had married Tibbie, but it may be
mere rumour.
. . . . . .
One beautiful summer’s day Willie called at the manse. He had come to
stay for a whole fortnight.
And he meant to enjoy himself, so he said. Yes, Willie meant to enjoy
himself, and he did. But, going into her room one day, Sandie found his
mother sitting on the sofa weeping bitterly.
Somewhat alarmed, he seated himself beside her, and put an arm around
her waist in the old tender fashion.
“Mother, mother, what is the matter? You frighten me!”
“Oh,” she sobbed, “he—your friend Willie—is going to deprive me of—
of my child.”
More tears and sobbing.
“I am—going to lose my daughter.”
“Mother, mother,” pleaded Sandie, caressing her, “you must not give
way like this. It is nature—nay, more, marriage is Heaven’s ordination.”
She got quieter after a time, and even smiled through her tears.
“But,” she said, after a thoughtful pause, “I shall almost break my heart
to be deprived of my daughter.”
“Oh! no, you won’t, mother dear. Because, listen! I am going to bring
you home another daughter.”
Sandie got straight up now from his mother’s side and walked out.
Presently he returned, leading by the hand—why, whom do you think?
Bonnie blushing Maggie May.
“Mother, your daughter that is to be!”
Sandie’s mother opened her arms, and next moment Maggie May was
nestling on her breast.
And this is how it all ended, reader mine.
And surely we could hardly have wished it otherwise. Could we?

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