“Scamps,” he was heard to remark, as he gazed for the second time out through the window at the group upon the lawn. Then, quickly rising, he headed for the office. Hatless he sprang out upon the veranda. Grabbing up a sabre which was thrown aside by a masquerader of the night before, he bore down upon the three conspirators who had made him the victim of their practical joke. As he leaped in one mad stride from the piazza to the ground his long, thin front locks stood straight up in the wind like the scalp feathers of an Indian.

“Sneak!” yelled Du Ponté. In a flash the conspirators were out of the crowd which surrounded the fish. Over the side hill they scampered, Harry in pursuit, swinging the flashing sabre in the air. Down through the Hollow they sped, and in their flight, as did the ghost spirits of the bay, they mysteriously disappeared into the mazes of the dark cottages, amidst the white birch grove in “Spirit Lane.”

Transcriber’s Notes:

Quotation marks have been standardized.

[Page 7.]Chap. VIII changed to
Chap. VIII.
[Page 8.]Chap. XVIX. LeClare to changed to
Chap. XIX. LeClare to
[Page 14.]the group, picnicing with their friends changed to
the group, picnicking with their friends
[Page 54.]the wheelright’s place changed to
the wheelwright’s
[Page 60.]just to show, as he said that there changed to
just to show, as he said, that there
[Page 108.]Barbara Sickness she herself had ever known changed to
Barbara. Sickness she herself had ever known
[Page 139.]the fulfill the legal requirements changed to
to fulfill the legal requirements
[Page 201.]dark cottages of the lane the homeing changed to
dark cottages of the lane the homing
[Page 206.]and the laught didn’t seem to be changed to
and the laugh didn’t seem to be
[Page 213.]“Better do something for him.” changed to
“Better do something for him,”
[Page 214.]at the cut in my leg,” “Say, old chap,” changed to
at the cut in my leg.” “Say, old chap,”
[Page 215.]it’s pretty bad.” said Ribbon. changed to
it’s pretty bad,” said Ribbon.