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 to stay on board. I suppose they bring you lots of things and tell you all about it though, don't they?"

"I ask Sally to tell me what they see," said Fen, "but she can't very well. She just said they went down where it was awfully dark, an' a man shouted all the time, an' Father gave him some money when they came out. But isn't there more than that? She can't tell me afterward."

"Is Sally your sister?" asked the young man, ignoring Fen's question.

"No, she's my cousin—Larry is, too. Aunt Margaret has been very, very sick, and Mother took the children with us, so they wouldn't be in the way. Sally's almost nine, an' Larry's just my age, but he's very tall an' strong. Now I've told you all about us, so, please, who are you?"

"I," said the young man, suddenly and 7