(To be continued.)


[SHEILA’S COUSIN EFFIE.]

A STORY FOR GIRLS.

By EVELYN EVERETT-GREEN, Author of “Greyfriars,” “Half-a-dozen Sisters,” etc.

CHAPTER XI.

THE “PLYMOUTH CASTLE.”

Sheila stood with sparkling eyes and ruffled hair on the deck of a great steamer that was slipping slowly down Southampton Water on a bright October afternoon.

She felt a hand upon her shoulder, and, turning quickly round, exclaimed delightedly—

“Oh, Miss Adene, you are really here! The stewardess said she knew you were on board; but I was half afraid you were not. I did not catch a glimpse of you anywhere.”