"Did Eleazer ever try to get the throne, grandpa?" asked Max.
"No, he never urged his claim; and I dare say was happier as an obscure Indian missionary than he would have been as King of France. He died at the age of seventy."
"Poor Marie Antoinette!" sighed Elsie; "I never could read her story without tears, and the very thought of her sorrows and sufferings makes my heart ache."
"I don't think I ever read it," said Zoe, "though I have a general idea what it was."
"We have Abbott's life of her at Ion," said Elsie. "I'll get it for you when we go home."
Harold stepped to the window. "It is raining very little now, if at all," he said, "and the sea must be in a fine rage; let us go and have a look at it"
"Oh, yes, let's go!" cried Betty, springing to her feet; "but I'm afraid we've missed the finest of it, for the wind isn't blowing half so hard as it was an hour ago."
"Don't be discouraged," said Captain Raymond, sportively; "the waves are often higher than ever after the wind has subsided."
"Oh, papa, may I go too?" Grace said, in a pleading tone.
"Yes; if you put on your waterproof cloak and overshoes it will not hurt you to be out for a short time," answered the indulgent father. "Lulu, don't go without yours."