for his son; he could not think what made him so late. When he saw Bill with the boy's fair head on his arm he gave a cry of fear.

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'All right, old man,' said Bill. your boy safe and sound; he just gave a good sneeze, so, though he looks a bit pale, there's not much wrong with him.'

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,' said the old man, as he took the boy in his own. arms, and laid him on his bed.

It was not for a long time that Kit came quite to life and could speak, and then he said,

'Are you there, dad?-where are my bird's eggs?'

They found two of the eggs whole, but one was spoilt.

When Kit came quite to him self he could not move for pain, and then they found that one leg and all down one side was much. hurt.

He had to lie in his bed for a long, long

time, and when he did get up at last he could not walk with-out a crutch. From that time he was poor lame Kit, and could go no more to hunt for birds' eggs. But he grew up to be a good son to his old dad.

Old Job kept the two sea bird's eggs in a case by them selves. He said they were dear eggs, for they had cost Kit his left leg.

When John had done his tale, aunt said it was quite time to go home; so John took Pet on his back, and aunt led Rose by the hand, and the three big ones ran on in front.

They were soon home, where they were glad to have a good tea and go to bed.

When they first came down to the seaside, Aunt Bell had said that she would give each child that was quite good sixpence a week.

"If you each earn six-pence each week, you can buy some nice thing to take home with you," she said. "So I am quite sure you will all try to be as good as gold, as

I am glad to tell you that they were all so good that they each won a six-pence each week. You can count up how much they had at the end of the month; quite a large sum. They put it all by in a small box, and the last week they were at the sea side they were to spend it.

There was a great deal of talk as to what they should buy. Each one thought of some thing, but they could not all make up their minds to choose the same thing.

“Let us take a walk through the town, and look in at all the shops, and then you may see some-thing that you all like," said the aunt.

So nurse put on their hats and boots, and they all went out to look at the shops.

They had made up their minds to one thing, that they would all buy one nice gift to take home to their pa and ma.

As Pet and Rose were too young to care what was bought, nurse took them down to sit on the beach while the rest went to the shops.

It took Tom and Loo and Fred a long time to choose what to buy, they saw such lots of things they thought nice.

"I should like some-thing to show that it came from the sea," said Tom; "do you think a small ship would do, aunt?

"Of course not, Tom," said Loo, "what would mum do with a ship? Let us buy a work box."

"And what would pa do with a work box?" said Tom; "it must be some-thing they will both like."

"I should like a goat,” said Fred.

"And what should we do with a goat at