CHAPTER XXXIX. A SURPRISE FOR MRS. GINNISS
CHAPTER XL. THE WEDDING-DAY
CHAPTER XLI. KARL TO DORA





OUTPOST.

CHAPTER I.

SUNSHINE.





"The last day of October!" said the Sun to himself,--"the last day of
my favorite month, and the birthday of my little namesake! See if I
don't make the most of it!"

So the Sun called to all the winds and all the breezes, who, poor
things! had but just gone to bed after a terrible night's work,
ordering them to get up directly, and sweep the sky as clear as a
bell; and bid all the clouds, whether big white mountains, little
pinky islands, sweeping mares'-tails, or freckled mackerel-back, to
put themselves out of the way, and keep out of it until November;
when, as the Sun remarked with a sigh, they would have it all their
own way.