. St. Nicholas [serial]. THE LAUNCHING OF THE WATER KELPIE. WHAT ANOTHER SUMMER BROUGHT TO DEN1SEAND NED TOODLES. By Gabrielle E. Jackson. Chapter IV. THE SUNSET HOUR. The library windows stood open, and the softlittle June winds played peep with the lacecurtains, swaying them in and out, and lettingthe rose-laden air slip into the room. Outsidethe setting sun cast long slanting rays upon thelawn and foliage before it slipped away behindthe hills to carry the promise of a new day toother lands. Within the library all was wonder-fully peaceful and quiet. It was a very attrac-tive room, pervaded
. St. Nicholas [serial]. THE LAUNCHING OF THE WATER KELPIE. WHAT ANOTHER SUMMER BROUGHT TO DEN1SEAND NED TOODLES. By Gabrielle E. Jackson. Chapter IV. THE SUNSET HOUR. The library windows stood open, and the softlittle June winds played peep with the lacecurtains, swaying them in and out, and lettingthe rose-laden air slip into the room. Outsidethe setting sun cast long slanting rays upon thelawn and foliage before it slipped away behindthe hills to carry the promise of a new day toother lands. Within the library all was wonder-fully peaceful and quiet. It was a very attrac-tive room, pervaded with the home atmosphere that only a much-used, well-loved room canpossess. As the clock announced the hour of five, astately pad, pad came stalking across the piazza,and a second later Sailors great head pushedaside the curtains and he looked into the no one was visible did not seem to con-cern him in the least, for, walking over to thefur rug which lay upon the floor beside thecouch, he stretched himself at
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