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"I would rather talk about you, and what you ood--"

"Don't!" she said sharply, "Beauty and poetry and goodness"

"I'm not beautiful, and I' man went on in a low happy voice

"Do please be quiet! I won't be worshipped"

"I don't see how you are going to help it," he said calot o out on the

river with ," she said

"You don't!" he exclaiht you would go out with me!"

"I don't like the water," she said firhed "I wish I'd asked you before I bought

it Father is so unreasonable"

She looked puzzled, for the connection was not obvious

"Father alants things used," Sa?"

"You absurd boy!" she said laughing; "of course you will use it; don't

talk nonsense!"

Sa," he said in

an e is worth while? Ias if you didn't care, at all,

about anything? I have it often A sort of loss of appetite in my

hed so harshly that the boy drew

back "Yes, Sahed; "I hate that skiff"

And at that she laughed again, but this tiayety "Oh,

you foolish boy!" she said Then she glanced at the clock "Saht--will you think I aracious if I ask you to excuse ! Grandfather told ht never to come and