CHAPTER XVI 



" THEREFORE to this dog will I, 

 Tenderly not scornfully, 



Render praise and favor: 

 With my hand upon thy head ; 

 Is my benediction said 

 Therefore and forever ! " 

 ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. 



I DEARLY loved all the guests who 

 came to Island Haven, and especially 

 one sweet young girl, who always loved 

 and petted me. She was tall and fair, and 

 had beautiful dar.k blue eyes, with long, 

 curling dark brown lashes; some thought 

 her eyes were black, but that was only in 

 the shadow. I knew they were a deep 

 pansy blue, like mamma's garden violets; 

 blue heart's-ease was the old-fashioned 

 name for the flower, but it was whispered 

 around as a secret that Beulah's beautiful 

 eyes brought unrest to some brave hearts. 



Her thick, wavy hair had golden glints in 

 it when the sun struck across it, and all the 

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