60 DAYS STOLEN FOR SPORT 



its gladsome hiss and kiss to all obstructions. The 

 lady, who sat by me, had much to say as she 

 watched the churned foam, bedecked with bubbles, 

 break away in lengthy lines that reached the leafy 

 boughs which hid the pool's outlet, and, when the 

 sun's rays were freed from the shadows cast by 

 clouds which wind from out the west had brought, 

 her lips almost touched a listening ear to say : " Oh, 

 how lovely those streams of diamonds are, and see 

 how the big bubbles wink as they go along." 

 " Lock, lock!" seemed a discordant cry in such a 

 place, at such a time, although it came from Oxford 

 College boys I beg their pardon, " men "and 

 unnecessary, too, since no lock-man heard ; it is a 

 help-yourself lock and weir of which I write. 



