The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-07
CHAPTER III.
Continued.

1T has all been delightful" she
said. TO have you back through all
your schoolboy time and at college
d SO nice that / know have been
persuading you to make the most Of
It for my sake. But, Edward, you
must not humor me any more. feel
that it is wasting your time"
4No,' he said, "when one has to-
pick up ones thread it is best to do
at thoroughly. This will all be Of
\ service, every word of it,"
see you mean to begin with al
Fetrospect," she cried, Frightening
again.
Not so much as retrospect" hei
said with a twinge of conscience, "buti
ones early ideas, though they are
often absurd, are very suggestive"
@Oh, not absurd she cried. 1t.
wounded her to hear such word APP.
piled to anything Of his.
But little Tom had come home for
his holidays, which showed that it
was four or five months in the
settling down. They had taken pos
session of Easton in the end of Au-
gust. Tom came home very manly
and grow up after his first ahalf":
ct school, He was close upon eleven.
and he had a very high opinion of
his own position and prospects. His
school was large preparatory one,I
where things were done as much as
possible on the model of Elton, which.
was the goal of all the little boys
ambition. It was little disappoint-.
E4g after the first genuine moment of
lNbleasure in coming home, and the
hcstatic sense Of being a very great
man to little Janet, to find that after
all Janet was only a little girl and
did not understand the half of what
he told her. He felt the want of
male society very much on the Sec
pnd day, and to think that there
would not be fellow to speak to for
b whole month damped the delightful
prospect of being his own master for
That times which had smiled so much
Upon him. Janet, it is scarcely neces-
F4ry to say, gave a boundless faith to
hbr brother, and listened to the tale
Of his achievements, and of what the
Fellows did, with an interest unal-
loked BY criticism. Her mouth and
VI eyes were full of . round O! of
nder and admiration. She never
ed of hearing of the feats and the
apes and the heroic incidents of
TOOL. To dazzle her so completely
something; but a mind accus-
ped to the company of the nobler
soon made it apparent that he was
ID
There's a lot of houses about, he
Aren't there any fellows down
e, or there"-he pointed to dis
roofs and groups of chimneys
airing at intervals from among
leafess trees that one could
to? It's awfully dull here after
ring so many at school,
hCre are some children at the
Re house with the blue roof" said
et, shut they're not good enough,
BE says; and don't know nobody
play WHY'S" the little girl added
Ter wistfully the made all her.
'sI into @y's' still-"I only take
Ike.
Children!" said Tom contemptu-
ply. II wasn't asking about chill
pa. I mean fellows at school. IL,
y're at good school they're good.
sl6ugh. I'll soon find out. When a
fellow has been out in the world. and
goes to school, you don't suppose he
minds what nurse says.
oh, but nurse says great, great
many yings, said Janet. "She says.
Easton's a little poking house, and
that we should be in our own family
place. What's family place? Do
you know? 1t is something fayer is
buried in, +" the little girl added after
moment, with little thrill of SOL
amnity. Tom burst into laugh in
the pleasure Of his superior knowl-
edge
You are little ass, Jan! OF
course know. The family place is a
grand one. with big tower and a flag
on 1t when I'm at home-like the
Queen at Windsor! The worst is I'm
never at home; but / shall be when
I'm big, and then shan't we have
times I've told a lot of fellows. I'll
A@tC NAAShA W " AAAJ QA0CC III 0COIib0Q
for the shooting, don't you know"
Janet only gave him a look out OF
her large light eyes. aGirl's don't
shoot" she said. Il don't want to be
at your shooting. Tom, do you re-
member fayer? He's buried there. {"
-Oh. humbug! he's buried in the
churchyard. where all the dead peo-
ole are buried. OF course remember
him. What's that got to do with it.?
remember having ride ON his big
black mare. such big tall beast. and
nobody will ride him except me and
him, you know. He was behind when
! rode him. and she carried us both
as easy as lamb. Old Duncan told
me so-as easy as lamb--because
she knew who was her masteri" the