The Ill Wind

"IT'S an ill wind that blaws naebody good, Master Harry-we maun say that," observed old Ailsie, Mrs. Delmar's Scotch nurse, as she went to close the window, through which rushed in the furious blast; "but I hae a dear laddie at sea, and when I hear the wind howl like that, I think-"

"Oh, shut the window, nurse! Quick, quick! Or we'll have the casement blown in! " cried Nina. "Did you ever hear such a gust!"