By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories
CONTENTS BY ROCK AND POOL SOLEPA THE FISHER FOLK OF NUKUFETAU MRS. MACLAGGAN'S BILLY AN ISLAND MEMORY A HUNDRED FATHOMS DEEP ON A TIDAL RIVER DENISON GETS ANOTHER SHIP JACK SHARK'S PILOT THE "PALU" OF THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC
"You are going somewhere with Laurie, I know you are. You
were whispering and laughing together on the sofa last night, and
you stopped when I came in. Aren't you going with him?"
"Yes, we are. Now do be still, and stop bothering."
Amy held her tongue, but used her eyes, and saw Meg slip a
fan into her pocket.
"I know! I know! You're going to the theater to see the
_Seven Castles!_" she cried, adding resolutely, "and I shall go,
for Mother said I might see it, and I've got my rag money, and
it was mean not to tell me in time."
"Just listen to me a minute, and be a good child," said Meg
soothingly. "Mother doesn't wish you to go this week, because
your eyes are not well enough yet to bear the light of this
fairy piece. Next week you can go with Beth and Hannah, and
have a nice time."
"I don't like that half as well as going with you and Laurie.
Please let me. I've been sick with this cold so long, and shut
up, I'm dying for some fun. Do, Meg! I'll be ever so good,"
pleaded Amy, looking as pathetic as she could.
"Suppose we take her. I don't believe Mother would mind,
CONTENTS BY ROCK AND POOL SOLEPA THE FISHER FOLK OF NUKUFETAU MRS. MACLAGGAN'S BILLY AN ISLAND MEMORY A HUNDRED FATHOMS DEEP ON A TIDAL RIVER DENISON GETS ANOTHER SHIP JACK SHARK'S PILOT THE "PALU" OF THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC