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Been setting the night lines, eh? Capital! And your mother's still fast asleep, Joan." His cheery laugh floated across the water; he had not been in the least disturbed by our absence, for old campers are not easily alarmed. "Now, remember," he went on, after we had told our little tale of travel by the fire, and Mrs. Maloney had asked for the fourth time exactly where her tent was and whether the door faced east or south, "every one takes their turn at cooking breakfast, and one of the men is always out at sunrise to catch it first. BEEN SETTING THE NIGHT LINES EH CAPITAL AND YOUR MOTHER'S STILL FAST ASLEEP JOAN HIS CHEERY LAUGH FLOATED ACROSS THE WATER HE HAD NOT BEEN IN THE LEAST DISTURBED BY OUR ABSENCE FOR OLD CAMPERS ARE NOT EASILY ALARMED NOW REMEMBER HE WENT ON AFTER WE HAD TOLD OUR LITTLE TALE OF TRAVEL BY THE FIRE AND MISSUS MALONEY HAD ASKED FOR THE FOURTH TIME EXACTLY WHERE HER TENT WAS AND WHETHER THE DOOR FACED EAST OR SOUTH EVERYONE TAKES THEIR TURN AT COOKING BREAKFAST AND ONE OF THE MEN IS ALWAYS OUT AT SUNRISE TO CATCH IT FIRST
 in the needled network of their hair. Against the sky in the west, where still lingered the sunset gold, we saw the wild toss of the horizon, shaggy with forest and cliff, gripping the heart like the motive in a symphony, and sending the sense of beauty all a-shiver through the mind—all these surrounding islands standing above the water like low clouds, and like them seeming to post along silently into the engulfing night. We heard the musical drip-drip of the paddle, and the little wash of our waves on the shore, and then suddenly we found ourselves at the opening of the lagoon again, having made the complete circuit of our home. The Reverend Timothy had awakened from sleep and was singing to himself; and the sound of his voice as we glided down the fifty yards of enclosed water was pleasant to hear and undeniably wholesome. We saw the glow of the fire up among the trees on the ridge, and his shadow moving about as he threw on more wood. "There you are!" he called aloud. "Good again!  THE STARS WERE CAUGHT IN THE NEEDLED NETWORK OF THEIR HAIR AGAINST THE SKY IN THE WEST WHERE STILL LINGERED THE SUNSET GOLD WE SAW THE WILD TOSS OF THE HORIZON SHAGGY WITH FOREST AND CLIFF GRIPPING THE HEART LIKE THE MOTIVE IN A SYMPHONY AND SENDING THE SENSE OF BEAUTY ALL A SHIVER THROUGH THE MIND ALL THESE SURROUNDING ISLANDS STANDING ABOVE THE WATER LIKE LOW CLOUDS AND LIKE THEM SEEMING TO POST ALONG SILENTLY INTO THE ENGULFING NIGHT WE HEARD THE MUSICAL DRIP DRIP OF THE PADDLE AND THE LITTLE WASH OF OUR WAVES ON THE SHORE AND THEN SUDDENLY WE FOUND OURSELVES AT THE OPENING OF THE LAGOON AGAIN HAVING MADE THE COMPLETE CIRCUIT OF OUR HOME THE REVEREND TIMOTHY HAD AWAKENED FROM SLEEP AND WAS SINGING TO HIMSELF AND THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE AS WE GLIDED DOWN THE FIFTY YARDS OF ENCLOSED WATER WAS PLEASANT TO HEAR AND UNDENIABLY WHOLESOME WE SAW THE GLOW OF THE FIRE UP AMONG THE TREES ON THE RIDGE AND HIS SHADOW MOVING ABOUT AS HE THREW ON MORE WOOD THERE YOU ARE HE CALLED ALOUD GOOD AGAIN
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