THE EARTHLY PARADISE "I don't care who it is or what it is," said Dora Dane Daring; "I'm not afraid of the biggest bandit that ever lived.

I'm going to find out what those men are doing lurking about here." Without another word she strode forward, parted the rhododendron bushes, and confronted the marauders.
"Well, I--_never_--in--_all_ my _life_," she cried.

"It's little Walter Harris! What on _earth_ are you doing here ?" "I discovered this island," said Pee-wee; "we're exploring it.

One of these fellers is a native because he was on it before it was an island." "Look out you don't get your feet wet on the stern and rock-bound coast," said Townsend.

"Hold the lantern, Brownie." "Did you ever _see_ such a thing!" said Minerva Skybrow, emerging through the bushes, accompanied by her official staff.