DAY AND NIGH7. 



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as the mists cleared away a few minutes later I saw him 



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clearly enough sailing high up in the sky. I glanced 

 down at the yacht that lay like a speck on the water far 

 below, and up at the noble bird that went soaring higher 

 and higher every moment, and I felt a species of awe 



TJ'E EAGLE. 



creep over me when I thought of the tremendous gulf 

 of space that lay between that eagle and the world 

 below. 



He was evidently bent on making closer acquaintance 

 with some of the gulls, so I sat down behind a rock to 



