above tier to the heights on the declivity of which the town is built. They remained on the deck gazing upon the scene, notwithstanding the wind and the driving rain, until the steamer had reached the piers and had passed in through the opening to the smooth water within the basin. Then they went below to the door of the ladies' cabin,

The stewardess said that Mrs. Morelle and Florence were almost ready. In a moment more they came out, and Grimkie and John conducted them up toward the deck. There were a great many people crowded together in the gangway at the head of the stairs, so that they could not get out. The people all held back there on account of the rain.

In a few minutes the steamer was brought up alongside the quay and made fast, and the plank was laid for the passengers who were to land at Guernsey to go on shore. There were a great many porters on the quay, all pressing against a rope which had been drawn there to keep them back. Grimkie nodded to one of them in token that he wished to engage him.

The porter beckoned to Grimkie, and made signs to him to show him which way to go to pass the ropes, and then, at Grimkie's request, he engaged a carriage and led the way to it

When Mrs. Morelle and Florence were safely seated in the carriage Grimkie went back with the porter to look for the baggage. The baggage was soon brought, and all safely stowed in and upon the carriage, and then, after Grimkie had paid the porter his sixpence, the coachman drove off rapidly to the hotel.

The hotel was situated on the quay, and the party, on going in and calling for rooms, were shown first, by a nice-looking chambermaid, into a pretty parlor on the second floor, the windows. of which looked off over the water. Here a bright fire was soon blazing in the grate, and a cloth was spread over a large round table, which stood in the room, for breakfast. Mrs. Morelle and the others went to the window and looked out. The steamer in which they had come was just going out of the harbor again in order to continue her voyage to England. They watched her a long time as she forced her way through the wind and rain, rolling and plunging among the billows, until at length she disappeared behind a point of land. Soon afterward, however, other steamers were seen entering and leaving the harbor, going to or coming from the neighboring islands or ports on the coast of France.

'Well,” said Mrs. Morelle presently, after a

pause, "we are safe here in Guernsey. And I am rejoiced that we came. It is a great deal better for us to be here than to be back in Jersey, unpacking our trunks, and depending on our chance for a smoother passage to-morrow."

The name of the town at which the party had landed was St. Peter's Port. St. Peter's Port is, in fact, the only town in Guernsey, though the whole island is quite densely populated, and is the residence of a great number of refined and wealthy people. The town is very different in many respects from St. Helier, the chief town of Jersey. St. Helier is on the south side of its island, while St. Peter's Port is on the eastern side. St. Helier lies in a wide valley, where it spreads over a considerable expanse of comparatively level ground in streets straight and wide, and crossing each other at right angles. St. Peter's Port, on the other hand, is built upon a steep declivity facing the sea, with tiers of houses rising one above another, and streets winding up through narrow ravines from the lower to the higher parts of the town. Between these ravines the ascent is so steep that instead of streets there are long passage ways, some straight and others winding, formed of stone steps. Grimkie and John came down one street-staircase of this kind, which was so long that they counted the

steps and found the number a hundred and sixty. They could stop at the turnings of these stairs, and look over a wall down almost into the chimneys of the houses belonging to the tier below them.

Grimkie and John went out to take a walk in order "to see the town a little," on the very day of their arrival, notwithstanding the storm. They found a very long quay, extending for one or two miles along the shore, with piers jutting out into the sea, toward the centre of it, so as to form two or three enclosed basins, where steamers, fishing boats, and vessels of all kinds could lie in shelter. Looking up from this quay they could see tiers of houses on the streets along the hill side, high above their heads, with windows on the back side looking out toward the water. Here and there were towers and spires at different elevations, belonging to churches and public edifices of various kinds.

The boys, as they walked along, passed several narrow passages leading up by steps, or by very steep ascents, toward the upper part of the town, and at length they came to a street which turned off from the quay in a diagonal direction, and seemed to ascend through a deep glen, which here opened out toward the sea. The sides of the glen were covered with the houses of the town, built apparently in terraces, one above

another. The street below was narrow and steep, and it was bordered on each side with pretty shops, and now and then a hotel.

After ascending for some time, the boys came out upon what seemed the upper part of the town. There was a very pretty green lawn, enclosed with a high iron fence, and at the back side of it was a large and very handsome edifice, with wings, and towers, and battlements, and many architectural ornaments, which gave it a very imposing appearance. There was a great gateway leading into the enclosure, and several boys, some of about Grimkie's age, and others not older than John, were going in with books under their arms.

Grimkie asked one of the boys what that great building was.

The boy said it was the college.

The boys that were going in were, of course, the students. John said he thought they were very young boys to be students in a college.

The grounds about the college formed a sort of terrace, being supported on the side toward the town with high walls. Below these walls were streets and roads which turned off in different directions, opening views of other terraces and garden walls, and gateways leading to elegant mansions.