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CHRISTIE, THE KING'S SERVANT

A Sequel to 'Christie's Old Organ'

By MRS. O.F. WALTON

AUTHOR OF 'CHRISTIE'S OLD ORGAN'
'A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES'
'THE KING'S CUPBEARER'
'SHADOWS' ETC ETC







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Contents


CHAPTER


     I RUNSWICK BAY
    II LITTLE JOHN
   III STRANGE MUSIC
    IV WHAT ARE YOU?
     V THE RUNSWICK SPORTS
    VI THE TUG OF WAR
   VII OVER THE LINE
  VIII A NIGHT OF STORM
    IX ASK WHAT YE WILL
     X WE KNOW
    XI LITTLE JACK AND BIG JACK
   XII WHERE ARE YOU GOING?






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Chapter I

RUNSWICK BAY


It was the yellow ragwort that did it! I have discovered the clue at
last. All night long I have been dreaming of Runswick Bay. I have been
climbing the rocks, talking to the fishermen, picking my way over the
masses of slippery seaweed, and breathing the fresh briny air. And all
the morning I have been saying to myself, 'What can have made me dream
of Runswick Bay? What can have brought the events of my short stay in
that quaint little place so vividly before me?' Yes, I am convinced of
it; it was that bunch of yellow ragwort on the mantelpiece in my
bedroom. My little Ella gathered it in the lane behind the house
yesterday morning, and brought it in triumphantly, and seized the best
china vase in the drawing-room, and filled it with water at the tap, and
thrust the great yellow bunch into it