ide which made Juliet so sullen and dull; and
Emily wondered if a girl who did not wish to learn, and would not
condescend to be taught, could ever possibly improve.

"And if she is drowned," cried Emily with a burst of tears, "she can
never learn anything more on earth! Oh, I do pray to God to let Juliet
be saved, and learn, and grow better!"

The sky became dark, distant thunder growled over the hill; would
Juliet Mitchell escape the consequences of her disobedience and
self-conceit?

CHAPTER VII.

FOUND!

FAST as Mr. Webster rowed, it was not fast enough for Philip's
anxiety. They both knew that if the _Fairy_ had drifted down to
Banksome Weir they would probably be too late to save Juliet from a
terrible death. On a single minute might depend the fate of the girl.

Mr. Webster set his teeth and pulled with all his strength; Mrs.
Webster was steering, and she kept the boat in mid-stream that it
might get the full force of the current. Phil knelt in the bows,
keeping the sharpest look-out for any sign of his missing cousin. The
damp wind blew down the river and drove them on.

They passed many other boats and two or three barges, but not a sign
of the _Fairy_. They flew along between green banks, between hedges,
trees, houses. Sometimes they could see nothing more distant than a
hedge, at other times the flat fields stretched back and back, and
were lost at the feet of misty gray hills. But not on the river, nor
on the banks, nor in the fields, could Philip see Juliet's figure.

"How little even some grown men know about rowing!" was Mr. Webster's
remark when he saw a heavy-looking boat with a smaller one tied to its
stern coming up the middle of the stream. "It is that old gentleman
who, they say, is staying at the hotel with his son, and their
man-servant is sculling them up the very stiffest bit of the current."

"Hoorah!" shouted Philip. "All right, Juliet!"

For on the seat beside Mr. Burnet, sheltered by his umbrella, sat the
truant girl, while young Leonard was giving Roberts instructions in
the art of rowing.

The two boats met and came alongside. Philip was so greatly relieved
in mind that he almost felt inclined to cry, while Juliet was silent
and ashamed if not sulky.

"This child has given her friends at Littlebourne Lock a terrible
fright," said Mr. Webster to Mr. Burnet. "When they discovered that
the boat was missing as well as the girl, they quite thought that both
must have gon