XXXII. THE TEST OF DAY-DREAMS

XXXIII. A MISSIONARY WEDDING

XXXIV. RIGHTED





THE LONG VACATION




CHAPTER I. A CHAPTER OF RETROSPECT



Sorrow He gives and pain, good store;
Toil to bear, for the neck which bore;
For duties rendered, a duty more;
And lessons spelled in the painful lore
Of a war which is waged eternally.-—ANON.


"Ah! my Gerald boy! There you are! Quite well?"

Gerald Underwood, of slight delicate mould, with refined,
transparent-looking features, and with hair and budding moustache too