He did sail out of the harbour ; and the storm did catch him , and the Seth Hall went down with all hands , the dead and the living finding a watery grave together . So the poor old mother up in Maine never had her boys brought back to her after all . Mr. Coles says it seems as if it were foreordained that they should not rest in a grave , but should lie beneath the waves until the day when the sea gives up its dead . '' '' ` They sleep as well beneath that purple tide As others under turf , ' '' quoted Miss Reade softly . `` I am very thankful , '' she added , `` that I am not one of those whose dear ones ` go down to the sea in ships . ' It seems to me that they have treble their share of this world 's heartache . '' `` Uncle Stephen was a sailor and he was drowned , '' said Felicity , `` and they say it broke Grandmother King 's heart . I do n't see why people ca n't be contented on dry land . '' Cecily 's tears had been dropping on the autograph quilt square she was faithfully embroidering . She had been diligently collecting names for it ever since the preceding autumn and had a goodly number ; but Kitty Marr had one more and this was certainly a fly in Cecily 's ointment . `` Besides , one I 've got is n't paid for -- Peg Bowen 's , '' she lamented , `` and I do n't suppose it ever will be , for I 'll never dare to ask her for it . '' `` I would n't put it on at all , '' said Felicity . `` Oh , I do n't dare not to . She 'd be sure to find out I did n't and then she 'd be very angry . I wish I could get just one more name and then I 'd be contented . But I do n't know of a single person who has n't been asked already . '' `` Except Mr. Campbell , '' said Dan . `` Oh , of course nobody would ask Mr. Campbell . We all know it would be of no use . He does n't believe in missions at all -- in fact , he says he detests the very mention of missions -- and he never gives one cent to them . ''
`` All the same , I think he ought to be asked , so that he would n't have the excuse that nobody DID ask him , '' declared XXXXX .
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