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V,,'ASspending my summer at the sea shore, as is my I custom, when one morning I with several others went sailing and tried our luck at fishing. It was a ver-y warm day, and after three hours' work we had nothing to show for our labor, for the fish fled from such a boisterous crowd to more secluded parts. After we had turned towards the land 1 saw something floating near the boat. We stopped long enough to pick up the object, which turned out to be a bottle nearly covered with sea weed. Everyone was curious to see what it contained, for it was tightly sealed so as to preserveits contents Fromthe water. But I said that no one should see its contents until that evening, when we would investigate them on the beach in the moon- light. All were disappointed at my decision, and as we resumed our sail we continued talking about the mystery of the sealed bottle. At seven o'clock that evening we gathered on the beach, and J opened the bottle. I removed a long piece of parch- -I- 6'6 .!-