the great waters of the Atlantic
itself, which lay under a gloom of violet clouds.

11. On the way home it was again Lavender's good fortune to walk with
Sheila across the moorland path they had traversed some little time
before. And now the moon was still higher in the heavens, and the yellow
lane of light that crossed the violet waters of Loch Roag quivered in a
deeper gold. The night air was scented with the Dutch clover growing down
by the shore. They could hear the curlew whistling and the plover calling
amid that monotonous plash of the waves that murmured all around the
coast.

12. When they returned to the house, the darker waters of the Atlantic and
the purple clouds of the west were shut out from sight; and before them
there was only the liquid plain of Loch Roag, with its pathway of yellow
fire, and far away on the other side the shoulders and peaks of the
southern mountains, that had grown gray and clear and sharp in the
beautiful twilight. And this was Sheila's home.

DEFINITIONS.--2. Gla'mour (pro. gla'moor), witchery, or a charm on the
eyes, making them see things differently from what they really are. 3.
Loch (pro. lok), a lake, a bay or arm of the sea. 7. Peat, a kind of turf
used for fuel. 11. Cur'lew (pro. kur'lu), an aquatic bird which takes its
name from its cry. Plov'er (pro. pluv'er), a game bird frequenting river
banks and the sea-shore.

NOTES.--Of the characters mentioned in this selection, Sheila is a young
Scotch girl living on the small island of Borva, which her father owns; it
lies just west of Lewis, one of the Hebrides. Ingram is an old friend and
frequent visitor, while Lavender, a friend of Ingram's, is on his first
visit to the island.

2. Thule (pro. Thu'le) is the name given by an ancient Greek navigator,
Pytheas, to the northernmost region of Europe. The exact locality of Thule
is a disputed point.

3. Loch Roag (pro. Rog') is all inlet of the sea, west of Lewis, in which
Borva is situated.

4. Borvabost, a little town at Borva. Bost means an inhabited place.

9. Mealasabhal and Suainabhal are mountains on the island of Lewis. Bhal
is Gaelic for mountain.

CXII. THE GREAT VOICES.

Charles T. Brooks (b. 1813, d. 1833)[1] was born at Salem, Mass., and was
the valedictorian of his class at Harvard College, where he graduated in
1832. He shortly afterwards entered the ministry, and had charge of a
congregation at Newport, R.I. He was a great student of German litera