VI. 
SEA SECRETS. 
Weeks passed quickly into months. Every 
hour was charmed. 
Undine no longer spent the long golden 
days among her pillows, but with rounded 
cheeks and lips growing red as cherrres she 
grew each week more and more like the rich 
roses and sun-kissed fruits of that happy valley. 
As for Tom, his interest in the sea and in min- 
isters steadily deepened. He spent many hours 
upon the beach with ever-increasing delight, 
often in company with the new minister. 
“Dr. McLean don’t feed a fellow on the 
bare bones of wisdom,” he assured Undine. 
“He tells just what one wants to know, and 
makes it so plain a poor chap like me under- 
stands what he’s talking about. I’m s’prised 
that ministers know so much about such inter- 
esting things.” 
“ Cousin makes things very plain, and tells 
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