ON THE CLIFFS 21 



" However," said Mr French in one passage, 

 " Garry owen will put that all right." 



As Miss French read this aloud Moriarty 

 emphasised his opinion on the matter by striking 

 a drum note on the donkey's ribs with the butt 

 of his stick. 



" I've got a governess for you at last," said Mr 

 French; " she's forty and wears spectacles. I 

 haven't seen her, but I gather so from her letter; 

 she's coming from England this day week. I'll 

 be back to-morrow by the 5.30 train." 



" That's to-day," said Miss French. 



" I know," replied Moriarty. " Mrs Driscoll 

 had a post-card. I'm to meet the train wid the 

 car. Now, Miss Effie, here's your cloak and on 

 you put it." 



" Bother," said Miss French, as Moriarty picked 

 up the discarded cloak from the ground. 



She put it on and they resumed their way till 

 they reached the boa. 



This, too, was grumblingly put on, and they 

 resumed their way till they came to the great hat 

 lying on the ground. 



Moriarty placed the elastic of this under the 

 child's chin and gave the crown a sUght twitch to 

 put it straight. 



With the putting on of the hat Miss French's 

 light-hearted look and gaiety, which had dwindled 

 on the assumption of the cloak and boa, com- 

 pletely vanished, like a candle flame under an 

 extinguisher, and they began the dead march to 



