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Show TO~ Ltll~:ll'tY Uf.J,L. 188 once she droppccl from )lore t,han rft her distant islunds. ' . litt.cd her husband to I • fat.t guc. If they p.e t ul ittle t.u nc to comfort her . - they allowed hun f the fire ; and they up, t bring the wood or u. weary aml he wn.s o . be idle. It was \d not let hun as worse. Early wou . but tho morrow w, on dreary du y ' N was at last asleep hcnl' AN h . the morning, w cry from llcr us-lll was aroused by a e was the samls, she h's voice, before sh 'twas 1 lJn.nd. She know t zen of the dark men were wcU u.wa~c. Jlalf aa. nddo ·i nto a boat. 'rlt ore were form.n g hun away, 1 back w\ ten she would have )\cnty tnorc to hold tor b t was rowed nwny i I . 'fhc on . mg o.fter hun. . spn B LL aganl.. d 1 never sn.w 1 t to be ct·uel. an s \e 'dcntly meant no 'fbc people CVI h hould have plenty 'nsthat scs They showed by slg ave her gay fcatherll to ami drink : they g w·ltll the children: to eat . . they played l)ut in her h:ur . to have n bus-ber that she was d they showed She resisted, " an B L was gone. "th band, though tL t keep llcr children WI long as sb c cou1d.; but, o 1\A~'S LOT IN Lll<'t:. 189 her, she was compelled to yield. As soon as she got to understand their language at all, she found that they considered her to be in n. position of peculiar fa\'Or. She was in the service of the Queen herself; and the Queen's Slave was secure fl·om being treated with any unusual violence. When her ne.w husband could make himself understood, he asked hor what abc would have. Re would not allow anybody to knock out her brains: sho had food enough to cat; she might sing if abo chose; and ho liked to sec Iter with o. string of shells around her neck. What would sho have more?-She would like a little time, to sit on the rooks, and look for a sail at sea. -No ; that would not be good for her. If sbo saw a sail, it would be of no uso to her : and, even if she could go away, it would be tho worst possible thing for her; for thia island was tho best country in tho world ; and it was foolish for any one who could live there to wish to be anywhere else ; -very silly and ungrateful. She must go and bl'ing some wood, |