"
"Then how tould other people see us?" persisted the child.
Jarman could see that the older girl was evidently embarrassed, and
changed the subject. "I sometimes go out," he said, "when I can see
there are no vessels in sight, and I take ray glass with me. I can
always get back in time to make signals. I thought, in fact," he said,
glancing at Cara's brightening face, "that I might get as far as
your house on the shore some day." To his surprise, her embarrassment
suddenly seemed to increase, although she had looked relieved before,
and she did not reply. After a moment she said abruptly:--
"Did you ever see the sea-lions?"
"No," said Jarman.
"Not the big ones on Seal Rock, beyond the cliffs?" continued the girl,
in real astonishment.
"No," repeated Jarman. "I never walked in that direction." He vaguely
remembered that they were a curiosity which sometimes attracted parties
thither, and for that reason he had avoided the spot.
"Why, I have sailed all around the rock in father's boat," continued
Cara, with importance.
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