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Lisbeth was in the habit of seeing them start off. She took great pride in the doctor's appearance on the "Sawbath," and surveyed him critically from the crown of his shining silk hat to the sole of his well-polished boots. She never failed to set Marjory's hat straight, to give sundry little pats to her frock, and to what she called "sort" her hair.
Marjory's fourteenth birthday came and went, Christmas Day passed, and another year began. This time the Twelfth Night party was a great success, and both Marjory and her uncle went to it. In spite of her happy life, Marjory never lost her longing for her father.
Think of those keepers!" laughing again at Marjory's poacher theory. "All we want is to see you up and about again, miss; and the sooner we can welcome you at the Low Farm the better pleased we'll be eh, Alison?" Left to herself, Marjory lay thinking. How happy these two seemed now that they were together! How thankful she was that things had come right for them in the end!
" No-she's too fine and too good-for him or anybody like him-she's too fine and too good-" " Aw, rats," interrupted Nora, furiously. "You make me tired." Coke had a wooden-headed conviction that he must make Nora understand Marjory's infinite superiority to all others of her sex, and so he passed into a pariegyric, each word of which was a hot coal to the girl addressed.
From below they could hear the thunder of weapons and fits upon the door of the inn amid a great clamour of. tongues. Sometimes there arose the argumtntative howl of the innkeeper. Above this roar, Coleman's quick words sounded in Marjory's ear. " I've got to go. I've got to go back to the boys, but -I love you." " Yes go, go," she whispered hastily. " You should be there, but-come back."
'Everything will be different after this, she said; 'I shan't be able to see nearly so much of you, because I'm not allowed to be much with the boys. But I shall be looking after you all the time, Cameron, and seeing how you get on. And oh! I do hope you will try to be a popular kind of boy! I'm afraid I must own that this desire of Marjory's was not realised.
One thing showed itself very clearly to Marjory's mind she must tell her uncle at once that she was sorry for what she had said, though how she was to bring herself to do so she did not know. She had never had to do such a thing before, and now that she was calm again it seemed impossible that she could have spoken those wild words.
Shaw's sake, to prevent a suspicious-looking person from going to the farm when its mistress was alone; but she had not been able to silence her conscience, and had at last determined to ask Miss Waspe what she thought. Her words had only confirmed Marjory's uneasy feelings, and she could not give the circumstances as an excuse without breaking her promise to the man.
"Well," said the professor, bristling, " what do you mean by that ? " "Oh, Harris," she replied. " Oh, Harris." The professor straightened in his chair. " I do not see any illumination in those remarks, Mary. I understand from Marjory's manner that she is bent upon marrying Rufus Coleman. She said you knew of it." " Why, of course I knew. It was as plain " " Plain !" scoffed the professor.
He had been a little afraid that Lisbeth's philanthropy might not be quite to Marjory's liking. Dr. Hunter was strangely restless that evening sad and merry by turns. Marjory herself felt very excited as she thought of the morrow. When she went to bid her uncle good-night, he drew her to him very tenderly. "So you are really glad to be at home again, my child," he said, stroking her hair.
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