rooves in the turf, as the bodies were
hauled up one by one and laid upon the grass, after which they were
conveyed to the town, and decently interred.

The spot where this melancholy wreck occurred is now pointed out to the
visitor as "The Seamen's Grave", and the young folk of the town have,
from the time of the wreck, annually recut the grooves in the turf,
above referred to, in commemoration of the event, so that these grooves
may be seen there at the present day.

It may easily be imagined that poor Captain Ogilvy returned to Arbroath
that night with dark forebodings in his breast.

He could not, however, imagine how Ruby came to be among the men on
board of the French prize; and tried to comfort himself with the thought
that the dying sailor had perhaps been a comrade of Ruby's at some time
or other, and was, in his wandering state of mind, mixing him up with
the recent wreck.

As, however, he could come to no certain conclusion on this point, he
resolved not to tell what he had heard either to his sister or Minnie,
but to confine his anxieties, at least for the present, to his own
breast.

CHAPTER THIRTY.

OLD FRIENDS IN NEW CIRCUMSTANCES.

Let us now return to Ruby Brand; and in order that the reader may
perfectly understand the proceedings of that bold youth, let us take a
glance at the Bell Rock Lighthouse in its completed condition.

We have already said that the lower part, from the foundation to the
height of thirty feet, was built of solid masonry, and that at the top
of this solid part stood the entrance-door of the building--facing
towards the south.

The position of the door was fixed after the solid part had been exposed
to a winter's storms. The effect on the building was such that the most
sheltered or lee-side was clearly indicated; the weather-side being
thickly covered with limpets, barnacles, and short green seaweed, while
the lee-side was comparatively free from such incrustations.

The walls at the entrance-door are nearly seven feet thick, and the
short passage that pierces them leads to the foot of a spiral staircase,
which conducts to the lowest apartment in the tower, where the walls
decrease in thickness to three feet. This room is the provision store.
Here are kept water-tanks and provisions of all kinds, including fresh
vegetables which, with fresh water, are supplied once a fortnight to the
rock all the year round. The provision store is the smallest apartment,
for,