and raked it, while Tarzan stood where he had been told

'I'll try,' she said, in a low, melancholy voice; 'but I never feel as good people do.'

'You have had more than usual against you,' said John; cares for which you were not prepared, and weakness to exaggerate them; but you will have had a long rest, and I hope may be more equal to the tasks of daily life.'

They were interrupted by tea being brought; and the conversation continued in a less serious style.

'Our last tea-drinking,' said John. 'Certainly, it has been very pleasant here.'

'This island, that I thought so far away, and almost in foreign parts,' said Violet, smiling; 'I hope it has cured me of foolish terrors.'

'You will bravely make up your mind to Martindale.'

'I shall like to show Johnnie the peacock,' said Violet, in a tone as if seeking for some pleasant anticipation.

John laughed, and said, 'Poor Johnnie! I shall like to see him there in his inheritance.'