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"Whom did they borrow from?"

"Fred Mostyn's father"

"The devil! Excuse me, Ethel--but the name suits and may stand"

"The dear old Squire would have taken the fault on hied him were his own, and they were dead He never spoke of them but with affection"

"Poor Percival! Your father told me he was now out of Mostyn's power; he said you had saved the estate, but he gave ht it!"

"Nonsense!"

"House and lands and outlying far"

Then a rosy color overspread Madam's face, her eyes sparkled, she rose to her feet, ratulations to Ethel, Lady of Rawdon Manor"

"Dear grandht"

"The Squire is Lord of the Manor as long as he lives My father says I have done well to buy it In the future, if I do not wish to keep it, Nicholas Raill relieve e"

"Why didn't you let Nicholas Rawdon buy it now?"

"He would have wanted prompt possession The Squire would have had to leave his home It would have broken his heart"

"I dare say He has a soft, loving heart That isn't always a blessing It can give one a deal of suffering And I hear you have all beenidols of these Tyrrel-Rawdons Fred tells ar a lot as can be"

"Fred lies! Excuse randmother--but the word suits and may stand Mr Nicholas is poht of his great fortune; but his htful She is handsoood-hearted that her pretty county idio John Thoood tely clever and wide-awake Many times I was forced to tell myself, John Thomas would make an ideal Squire of Rawdon"

"Why don't you marry him"

"He never asked me"

"What was the ed to a very lovely young lady"

"I alad she is a lady"

"She is also very clever She has been to college and taken high honors, a thing I have not done"