, or the common cotton thread, which, though so useful,
was too prosaic to suit Gussie.
Do not let this convey the idea that the time was all spent indoors, at
some employment or other, for never were outings so frequently enjoyed.
There were excursions down the coast to Cow Bay, and picnics to various
points of interest, which, in the vicinity of Halifax, are innumerable and
within easy-reaching distance to dwellers in the city.
Mr. Gurney owned a small boat which carried a sail, but there were plenty
of willing hands to row it when the wind failed, and before the summer was
over, Dexie could handle an oar with the dexterity that only practice can
give.
It was very pleasant of a warm summer evening to glide along the waters of
Bedford Basin, through which the boat cut her way as if through molten
silver, and there was many a time when the little craft held but two
persons, one being Lancy Gurney, and the curly head of his companion was
very like to that of Dexie Sherwood's!
The early days of October were marked by the departure of Louie and the
kind old nurse Dinah.
Poor Louie! her heart was rent with conflicting feelings.
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