Mont Orgueil I would the rather take this one. to the right, me. It is about half an hour by it to the grand route, then you will go all straight to Mont Orgueil."

At length, after various charming deviations from the great road, which added greatly to the pleasure of the walk, and at the same time increased the length of it a mile or two, the three pedestrians came out in sight of the castle, which rose before them, majestically crowning a rocky promontory that here projected into the

sea.

"There's the castle," said Grimkie when they came in view of it, "and there is the town built along the pier at the foot of it. We will first go down into the town and find out at what hours the omnibus goes, and then we can plan our time exactly."

Florence and John assented to this plan.

So Grimkie led the way down to the town. There was a small harbor there, made by means of a pier extending out from the extremity of the promontory in a curve, so as to shelter the water enclosed by it. There was a small lighthouse at the end of this pier. Within the pier, and sheltered by it, a number of vessels of various kinds were lying. Many of these vessels had their sails spread as if they were all ready to sail

away, and were only waiting for the tide to rise a little higher.

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The pier, at the landward end of it, was tinued along the shore, under the promontory, in the form of a quay, open on the side toward the water, but bordered on the opposite side by a range of buildings consisting of inns, shops, and lodging-houses, which presented a very bright and cheerful appearance, the more so as were on the southern side of the hill; and the time when they first came into view whole village seemed to lie basking in the beams of the sun.

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There were one or two carriages belonging parties that had come out from St. Helier for å drive, standing on the quay, before the doors of the different inns, and an omnibus which seemed to be just ready to start. Indeed before Grimkie and his party arrived upon the quay the omnibus had gone.

Grimkie inquired of a boy where the omnibus

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"That will be just right," said Grimkie. when he came out of the office and reported the result

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now about one, and we shall have three hours to ramble about here, and still be in season for the omnibus."

They went first up to see the castle. They ascended by a winding path until they reached the entrance. There was a soldier there on

guard, but he said they could go in.

So they went in and rambled about for half an hour within the walls. There were a great many buildings inside, with courts and little gardens between them-and battlements and towers and bastions and tiers of guns rising one above another, all pointing out over the waterand terraces, and a parade-ground, and many points where there was a grand look-out in various directions over the sea, and toward the coast of France, which lay like a long low cloud in the eastern horizon.

After leaving the castle Grimkie led his party up to some of the heights on the mainland near, and down into a deep valley which opened toward a picturesque and beautiful bay north of the castle. There were a great many devious and zigzag paths winding about among the declivities of the coast in this direction, and the party spent about two hours in rambling about among them and in resting in sunny places among the rocks. They then made their way

back to the quay, where they arrived about three o'clock.

"And now," said Grimkie, "we have got an hour more before the omnibus goes, and what shall we do ?"

"Let us walk along the quay," said John, "and look at the boats and the shipping."

But Florence said that she was tired, and would rather sit down and rest. There were some very nice looking seats, painted green, before the doors of the little inns. Florence said that she would go and sit upon one of those while Grimkie and John walked up and down the quay, if they pleased, to see the shipping, but she did not believe that there was any shipping at all to be seen-there was nothing but fishing boats.

John said that he would like to see the vessels at any rate, whatever they were; and so he walked along the quay with Grimkie, while Florence went and sat down upon one of the settees. In a short time, however, John found that he was too tired to walk about any longer. So he and Grimkie went and joined Florence on her seat.

"I am tired," said John.

"So am I,' said Florence, "and hungry too."

"Then," said Grimkie, "let us go into this inn and get something to eat."

"Can we ?" asked Florence.

Certainly," said Grimkie. "That is exactly what inns are made for-to give tired wayfarers like us something to eat."

So they all went into the inn. At the back end of the entry a young girl came out of a room and met them. Grimkie asked her if she could give them some bread and cheese and some good milk. The girl said she could, and told them that there was a parlor up-stairs, if they would go up. So they went up and found a very pretty little room, with a fire blazing in the grate, and a sofa, and comfortable arm-chairs. There was a table, too, in the middle of the room, and pretty pictures upon the walls. The girl soon brought them a plateful of very nice slices of bread and butter, and a large pitcher full of very rich milk, with a tumbler apiece for them to drink from.

The whole party were extremely pleased with this good cheer. Florence established herself upon the sofa, and the two boys in arm-chairs near the fire, each with a large slice of bread and butter in one hand and a piece of cheese in the other, and their tumblers of milk on corners of the table within reach. Thus situated, they ate