As he turned the corner of the building his eye was startled by the unexpected gleam of a white dress.

A girl stood there; she was viewing the landscape through a field-glass, and thus remained unaware of his approach on the grass.

He stayed his step and observed her with eyes of recognition.

Her attitude, both hands raised to hold the glass, displayed to perfection the virginal outline of her white-robed form.

She wore a straw hat of the plain masculine fashion; her brown hair was plaited in a great circle behind her head, not one tendril loosed from the mass; a white collar closely circled her neck; her waist was bound with a red girdle.