Kilmeny of the Orchard

“ Perhaps I am. When a man has had a mother like mine his standard of wom- anly sweetness is apt to be pitched pretty high. Let’s drop the subject, father. Here, I want you to read this letter—it ’s from Larry.”

“ Humph! ” grunted Mr. Marshall, when he had finished with it. “ So Lar- ry’s knocked out at last—always thought he would bewalways expected it. Sorry, too. He was a decent fellow. Well, are you going? ”

“ Yes, I think so, if you don’t ob- ject.”

“ You’ll have a pretty monotonous time of it, judging from his account of Lind— say.”

“ Probably. But I am not going over in search of excitement. I’m going to oblige Larry and have a look at the Island.” ‘

“ Well, it’s worth looking at, some parts of the year,” conceded Mr. Mar- shall. “ When I’m on Prince Edward

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