happy together forever afterwards. Mothers uncle Thomas lived to
be a very old man. He died very suddent. He felt quite well when
he went to sleep and when he woke up he was dead.

PETER CRAIG.


MY MOST EXCITING ADVENTURE

The editor says we must all write up our most exciting adventure
for Our Magazine. My most exciting adventure happened a year ago
last November. I was nearly frightened to death. Dan says he
wouldn't of been scared and Felicity says she would of known what
it was but it's easy to talk.

It happened the night I went down to see Kitty Marr. I thought
when I went that Aunt Olivia was visiting there and I could come
home with her. But she wasn't there and I had to come home alone.
Kitty came a piece of the way but she wouldn't come any further
than Uncle James Frewen's gate. She said it was because it was so
windy she was afraid she would get the tooth-ache and not because
she was frightened of the ghost of the dog that haunted the bridge
in Uncle James' hollow. I did wish she hadn't said anything about
the dog because I mightn't of thought about it if she hadn't. I
had to go on alone thinking of it. I'd heard the story often but
I'd never believed in it. They said the dog used to appear at one
end of the bridge and walk across it with people and vanish when
he got to the other end. He never tried to bite anyone but one
wouldn't want to meet the ghost of a dog even if one didn't
believe in him. I knew there was no such thing as ghosts and I