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"This is the thicket between Fair View and the glebe lands," said Audrey,

who knew not what bark of tree and milk and honey had to do with the case

"Over yonder, sir, is the road to the great house This path ends here;

you e of the wood, then turn to the south"-"I have not lost"It is pleasant

here in the shade, after the warmth of the open May I not sit down upon

the leaves and talk to you for a while? I came out to find you, you

know"

As he spoke, and without waiting for the permission which he asked, he

crossed the rustling leaves, and threw hi roots Her skirt brushed his knee; with a movement quick and

shy she put more distance between therave eyes "Why do you say that you came here to find hed, nursing his knee and looking about him "Let that pass for

a moment You have the prettiest woodland parlor, child! Tell me, do they

treat you well over there?" with a jerk of his thulebe

house "Madam the shrew and his reverence the bully, are they kind to you?

Though they let you go like a beggar own,--"yet they starve you not, nor beat you, nor