FORE:The next day tempest scattered the approaching transports. Sir John thought the storm sufficient excuse for not pursuing; but the winds followed the invaders, and blowing directly from London towards Dunkirk, dispersed the French transports, sank some of the largest of them with all their men, wrecked others on the coast, and made the rest glad to recover their port. Charles waited impatiently for the cessation of the tempest to put to sea again, but the French ministers were discouraged by the disaster, and by the discovery of so powerful a British fleet in the Channel. The army was withdrawn from Dunkirk, Marshal Saxe was appointed to the command in Flanders, and the expedition for the present was relinquished.
FORE:But he was not to be changed. "I'll take lemon soda," he said to the tender, with an amiability that the cow-boy made the mistake of taking for indecision.
FORE:"And do you care for him, too?" he asked, looking her straight in the eyes. It was a very calm question, puthe realized it with exasperationas a father might have put it.
THREE:Good gracious golly! gasped Dick.Pretending to be unaware of the arrival, the Sky Patrol issued from the house.
THREE:"Well?" said the officer.
