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All this, and much more indeed, will a toy balloon do, if treated in
the manner I have described.
Begin with a piece of paper rather heavier than the balloon, and tear
off bit by bit until the two exactly balance.
DRIFTED INTO PORT.
BY EDWIN HODDER.
CHAPTER IX.
AMONG THE FISHER FOLKS.
We cannot follow the holiday party through all their pleasant
wanderings, nor tell of the impressions made upon them by the scenes,
celebrated in history and romance, through which they traveled.
Their drives in the midday heat, their strolls in the cool evening,
their resting hours as they talked over the events of the day, all were
harmonious and gladsome.
If there was one part of the trip which gave them greater pleasure than
the rest, it was their visit to the Shetland Isles.
There was an indescribable pleasure to our young folks in wandering
under cliffs gaunt and bare, and hearing the stories of Vikings, who
fought and fell,--or fought and conquered in these isles.
Sometimes in their wanderings they would come upon a "fairy-ring," and
as they listened to the strange stories told by the islanders, they
seemed to be really in some bewitched and spell-bound place. Or,
perhaps a "kern," standing solitary upon some hill-top, would call
forth a whole series of Danish and Norwegian legends, which would give
them food for reflection for days.
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