Under another Northbourne roof another penitent was confessing his folly that same evening.

'No, granny, never, never will I stir out o' Northbourne, now I've had the luck to get back to it!' ended Ned, after relating his adventures in his absence.

'Not even if so be as they can't find the North Pole without 'ee to help 'em, eh, my lad?' asked granny slyly, across the supper-table. The old woman had much ado to hide her joy over Ned's return.

Ned coloured, and hung his head abashed. 'Oh, well, I expec' they can manage without me and Muster Alick!' he stammered at last.

'That's true enough! Depend upon it, Ned, if the Lord needs you, He will shape the way for you, plain as plain. Meantime, it looks as if He meant you to bide here, seein' as how in His goodness He has bringed you back to us. And you just try to remember all your life through, my lad, what the Book tells us—that "Godliness with contentment is great gain."'

It is a year ago exactly since 'The Theodora' sank to the bottom of the blue waters in the bay where she still lies. Time has wrought and brought many changes in Northbourne, as time will. Over at the Vicarage is the greatest change, for the good old parson has gone home to—

That sweet and blessed country That eager hearts expect';

and his frail, ailing widow has been taken away to dwell with distant relatives. But Binks, under a new master, is still the handy-man; while Splutters and Shutters have become sedate members of society, for their new proprietor is Philip Price, than whom few know better the true secret of ruling.

Yes, the young tutor is now restored to health and strength. The fine Northbourne air, the restfulness of country life, and God's goodness, have combined to set up Philip Price as a robust man. He had been ailing so long in the old days, that he had got well-nigh accustomed to being a semi-invalid. But, nowadays, he has become so strong that he has forgotten what ailing means—in his own person that is, for he is a man of keen sympathies with all concerning his fellow-men.

With renewed health he had thrown himself more vigorously than ever into his work of teaching; but other things were in store for him.

On Mr. Vesey's unexpected death, the living of Northbourne was vacant, of course. Philip Price did not dream of more than a fleeting wish than it might have fallen to himself.

Other people, however, went a step further than wishing. The captain, it so happened, was a cousin of the patron of the parish. With all his energy he set about procuring the living for one to whom he would ever feel bound by ties of gratitude.

'If he be a thorough gentleman, a Christian through and through, and an honourable man, why—let him have it!' said the patron testily. This unexpected compliance was so astounding that the old sailor felt thrown back on himself, as it were, and returned slightly bewildered by his own success.

In due time the new vicar and his mother, two proud and happy people, settled down in the Vicarage house which stares across the bay at the Bunk.

In the Carnegys' home the only changes are most happy ones. Since the captain gave up allowing his hobby to be his master, and has taken a keener interest in his boys' and girls' daily life, all things are brighter at the Bunk. The old naval officer is never happier than when on the water with his family-crew, and has presented each of his boys with a canoe, to the pride and glory of not only themselves, but the entire fishing community.

Theo still pulls Queenie and Queenie's ever-increasing doll-family about the bay, but in a new 'Theodora.' But the tall, sweet-faced sister, of whom the Carnegy boys are so proud, seldom rows across to the Vicarage nowadays. Some folk wonder why. Others, who are wiser, smile and say that perhaps 'Miss Theedory' will go across some day and land for life at the Vicarage. And less likely things have happened. Indeed, Jerry Blunt is engaged in training a young bullfinch as a wedding-present, though nobody can induce him to say for whom. But people cannot help shrewdly guessing, when they remember that Theo gave away the first bird-singer Jerry presented to her to Mrs. Vesey, as a Northbourne keepsake, when she left the Vicarage.

And the Carnegy boys?

Well, they are making the most of their freedom this summer, as next term they set out on a public-school career. They have not been idle this past year, and Philip Price knows they will not disgrace him when confronted with more strict examiners than himself. Alick, in particular, has been diligent, and being endowed with plenty of brains, his father and Theo are full of hope regarding his future.

Better still, Alick's heart is a changed one. By God's grace his footsteps are set in the right path. No more rebellious outbursts will there be against those whom the will of God has set over him. A sharp lesson taught him the world's cruel hardness to the defenceless, and showed the true value of a good father and a pure home.

Geoff, ready as ever to take his colour from his surroundings, has been treading steadily on his altered brother's heels in the 'narrow way.'

And now our sojourn in breezy little Northbourne is over, and we must say farewell to its fisher-folk. Some of us may, perchance, meet the Carnegy boys on life's journey; who can say? But the stay-at-homes—the stalwart, active Ned Dempster, now one of Fletcher's boat-crew; the bird-trainer, Jerry Blunt; the families of the Bunk and the Vicarage,—to one and all we must say good-bye, which is 'God be with them!'



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EVERY BOY'S BOOKSHELF.

Frank Lester's Fortunes. By Frederick Arnold.

A Boy's Adventures Round the World, By John Andrew Higginson.

In Mortal Peril: A Story of the Great Armada. By E. E. Crake.

Bush Luck. By W. H. Timperley.

Schooldays at Highfield House. By A. N. Malan.

Under Fire. By H. Frederick Charles.

The Young Nor'-Wester. By J. Macdonald Oxley.



THE BOY'S LIBRARY OF ADVENTURE & HEROISM.

ALLAN ADAIR; or Here and There in Many Lands. By Dr. GORDON STABLES, R.N., author of "In the Land of the Lion and the Ostrich." With Ten Illustrations by ALFRED PEARSE.

A HERO IN WOLF-SKIN. A Story of Pagan and Christian. By TOM BEVAN. With Seven Illustrations by J. FINNEMORE, R.I.

THE ADVENTURES OF VAL DAINTRY IN THE GRAECO-TURKISH WAR. By V. L. GOING. With Seven Illustrations by FRANK FELLER.

THE HEROES OF MOSS HALL SCHOOL. By E. C. KENYON, author of "Little Robin Grey," etc. With Seven Illustrations by ALFRED PEARSE.

THE LOST EARLDOM: A Tale of Scotland's Reign of Terror. By CYRIL GREY, author of "For Crown and Covenant." With Three Illustrations by RAYMOND POTTER.

A TROOPER OF THE FINNS: A Tale of the Thirty Years' War. By TOM BEVAN, author of "A Hero in Wolf-skin," etc., etc. With Three Illustrations by J. FINNEMORE, R.I.

WILD LIFE IN SUNNY LANDS. A Romance of Butterfly Hunting. By GORDON STABLES, M.D., R.N., author of "The Shell Hunters." With Seven Illustrations by ALFRED PEARSE.

THE VOYAGE OF THE BLUE VEGA. By GORDON STABLES, M.D., R.N. With Six Illustrations by ALFRED PEARSE.

COMRADES UNDER CANVAS. A Story of Boys' Brigade Life. By FREDERICK P. GIBBON. With Seven Illustrations by ALFRED PEARSE.

BOB MARCHANT'S SCHOLARSHIP. By ERNEST PROTHEROE. With Seven Illustrations by ALFRED PEARSE.

THE BOY SETTLER; or, The Adventures of Sydney Bartlett. By H. C. STORER. With Three Illustrations by J. FINNEMORE, R.I.

FROM SCAPEGRACE TO HERO; or, The Adventures and Triumphs of Jem Blake. By ERNEST PROTHEROE, author of "Bob Marchant's Scholarship." With Seven Illustrations by J. MACFARLANE.



STORIES FOR BOYS.

By TALBOT BAINES REED.

THE ADVENTURES OF A THREE-GUINEA WATCH. With Seven Full-page and Sixteen other Illustrations in the Text.

THE COCK HOUSE AT FELLSGARTH. A Public School Story. With Seven Full-page Illustrations by ALFRED PEARSE.

THE FIFTH FORMAT ST. DOMINIC'S. A Public School Story. With Seven Full-page and Eight other Illustrations in the Text.

A DOG WITH A BAD NAME. With Seven Full-page Illustrations by ALFRED PEARSE.

ROGER INGLETON, MINOR. With Seven Full-page Illustrations by J. FINNEMORE, R.I.

SIR LUDAR: A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess. With Eleven Full-page Illustrations.

PARKHURST BOYS, and other Stories of School Life. With Seven Full-page and many other Illustrations.

THE MASTER OF THE SHELL. With Seven Full-page and Five other Illustrations in the Text.

MY FRIEND SMITH. A Story of School and City Life. With Eleven Full-page and Eight other Illustrations in the Text.

REGINALD CRUDEN. A Tale of City Life. With Seven Illustrations by ALFRED PEARSE.

TOM, DICK, AND HARRY. With Fifteen Full-page Illustrations.



THE BOY'S OWN SERIES.

A GREAT MISTAKE. A Story of Adventure. By T. S. MILLINGTON, author of "The Latch Key," "The Shadow on the Hearth," etc. Illustrated.

ALL FOR NUMBER ONE; or, Charlie Russell's Ups and Downs. By HENRY JOHNSON, author of "Turf and Table," "A Book of Heroes," etc.

MAX VICTOR'S SCHOOLDAYS: The Friends he made and the Foes he conquered. By S. S. PUSH, author of "Rights and Wrongs," "My School-fellow, Val Bownser," etc. Illustrated.

THE MARTYR'S VICTORY. A Tale of Danish England. By EMMA LESLIE, author of "That Scholarship Boy," "Glaucia, the Greek Slave," etc. Illustrated.

THE DOCTOR'S EXPERIMENT; or, The Adventures of One of Dr. Reade's Pupils, as narrated by Himself. By H. FREDERICK CHARLES, author of "The Boys of Highfield," "Gentleman Jackson," etc. Illustrated.

GENTLEMAN JACKSON. By H. FREDERICK CHARLES, author of "The Doctor's Experiment," "The Boys of Highfield," etc. Illustrated.

TOM WALLIS. A Tale of the South Seas. By LOUIS BECKE, author of "By Reef and Palm," "Admiral Philip," etc. Illustrated.

THE STORY OF A CITY ARAB. By G. E. SARGENT, author of "Frank Layton," "Boys will be Boys," etc. Illustrated.

THE SHELL-HUNTERS: Their Wild Adventures by Land and Sea. By GORDON STABLES, author of "Allan Adair," etc. Illustrated.

HAROLD, THE BOY EARL. A Story of Old England. By J. F. HODGETTS, author of "Kormak the Viking," etc. Illustrated.

ILDERIM, THE AFGHAN. A Tale of the Indian Border. By DAVID KEE. Illustrated.

ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. By ONE WHO WAS BORN THERE, author of "Annie Carr," etc. Illustrated.

THE STORY OF A POCKET BIBLE. By G. E. SARGENT, author of "The Story of a City Arab," "Frank Layton," etc. Illustrated.

NORTH OVERLAND WITH FRANKLIN. By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, author of "Archie Mackenzie," etc. Illustrated.

THE CAPTAIN'S STORY; or, Jamaica Sixty Years Since. By Captain BROOKE-KNIGHT. Illustrated.

CAPTAIN COOK; His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries. By W. H. G. KINGSTON, author of "Little Peter the Ship Boy," "Ben Hadden," etc. Illustrated.

THE HEIR OF BRAGWELL HALL. By ALFRED BEER. With Seven Illustrations by J. FINNEMORE, R.I.

THE WALLABY MAN. By Dr. A. N. MALAN, F.G.S., author of "School Days at Highfield House," etc. With Seven Illustrations.

GEOFF BLAKE: His Chums and His Foes. By S. S. PUGH. With Three Illustrations by LANCELOT SPEED.

CAVE PERILOUS. By L. T. MEADE. With Seven Illustrations by S. T. DADD.

FOR CROWN AND COVENANT. By CYRIL GREY, author of "The Lost Earldom." With Three Illustrations by ALFRED PEARSE.

UNTRUE TO HIS TRUST; or, Plotters and Patriots. By HENRY JOHNSON, author of "Turf and Table," "A Book of Heroes," etc. With Five Illustrations.

THE VOYAGE OF THE STORMY PETREL. By W. C. METCALF. With Three Illustrations by LANCELOT SPEED.

DUCK-LAKE. Stories of the Canadian Backwoods. By E. RYERSON YOUNG. With Seven Illustrations by J. MACFARLANE.

KORMAK, THE VIKING. By J. FREDERICK HODGETTS. With Fifteen Illustrations by J. FINNEMORE, R.I.

CYRIL'S QUEST; or, O'er Vale and Hill in the Land of the Inca. By ANNIE GRAY. With Three Illustrations by ALFRED PEARSE.

THE BRIGANDS' PREY; A Strange Story of Adventure. By A. M. JACKSON. With Five Illustrations by G. E. ROBERTSON.

THE SETTLERS OF KAROSSA CREEK. and Other Stories of Australian Bush Life.

By Louis BECKE, author of "Tom Wallis," "Wild Life in the Southern Seas," etc., etc. With Three Illustrations by J. FINNEMORE, R.I.

THE SPECIMEN HUNTERS. By J. MACDONALD OXLEY, P. A., author of "North Overland with Franklin," "Archie Mackenzie." Illustrated.

THE ADVENTURES OF TIMOTHY. By E. C. KENYON. With Four Illustrations.



STORIES FOR BOYS.

THROUGH FIRE and THROUGH WATER. A Story of Adventure and Peril. By T. S. MILLINGTON, author of "Straight to the Mark," etc. With Sixteen Illustrations.

TAMATE: The Life and Adventures of a Christian Hero. By RICHARD LOVETT, M.A., author of "James Chalmers: his Autobiography and Letters," etc. With Two Maps and Fifteen Illustrations by J. FINNEMORE, R.I.

CONDEMNED TO THE GALLEYS. The Adventures of a French Protestant. By JEAN MARTEILHE. With Seven Illustrations by E. BARNARD LINTOTT.

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