Bruno

quaintance of Julius's was living with his family. We had to take a river steamer to Tocoi,-c

to enjoy it greatly, for the boat had but few passengers beside ourselves, and we went

der the seat, doubling himself up like a shut knife, and, totally effaced by the time the conductor came around, rode first-class for once. It seemed such a tr

us from his family, we stopped that first day with them, so that they might have their fill

a dog made a formidable party to entertain as visitors; so we hunted u

running, and the water looked so inviting that he had taken a number of swallows before he tasted it. Then his antics were most comical. He snorted and shook his head till his ears flapped again, and rubbed at his nose, first with one paw and then with the othe

each. The green-curling, foam-tipped waves were to him a perfect delight. Even his dashing out in our midst and shaking himself so that we were all drenched in an imprompt

s, so we spent as much time as pos

tending to between times, we used to go, towards evening, to promenade on the seawall. Then B

oth in the people and their customs and in the arrangement and the construction of the city. We heard of the celebration of midnight Mass in the old Cathedral, and resolved to "assist;" but, as the evening came on crisp and chilly, our enthusiasm cooled with it. The tonic qualities of the unaccustomed salt air had inspired us with a keen interest in food

ounding drums. The daily drills at the barracks in the old city made all the small boys of the town even more ambitious than small boys usua

which he ate with much relish; then we three sat on the upper piazza on

he air was pleasantly warm, and green things, with ro

h. We had inspected various tracts of land around St. Augustine, but had not found anything to which we felt particularly drawn. It seemed rather odd,

away again towards "Decoy," to catch the boat for a little station away down South, up the river, which was then the only route to a smal

from Jacksonville by rail. Then we travelled all night by boat, and took train at breakfast-time across to a big lake, where a tiny steamer awaite

blustering day, and on entering it we were greeted by an immense open fire of light-wood, which glorified the polished floor, strewn with the skins of wild creatures killed in the near-by thickets, called hammocks or hummocks. The firelight gave fitful glimpses of old-fashioned

therefore it pleased us. There was a small lake behind the house, and the next day Julius proposed a row. The boat was qui

ted outward, Bruno lost heart. It was too much like b

" said Julius, "and a

on, letting

nge cry, and Julius loo

e's cra

of the lake-probably about fifteen feet-Julius dragged him into the boat. We then hurried back to the landing, whe

nths before he lost a great fear of the water,-in fact, he