brother, and fortunately he was too intent on the tidings he brought to notice her confusion.
"Great news, Al!" he cried. "They've offered me Ireland. We shall start home in a month."
"Home in a month?" she echoed.
"Yes. Splendid, isn't it?"
"You're pleased, Willie?"
The Governor was very pleased. He liked the promotion, he liked going home; and finally, pleasant as his stay in New Lindsey had been on the whole, there were features in the present position which made him not sorry to depart.
"I shall just see the elections through, and Perry well started—at least, I suppose it'll be Perry—and then we'll be off. Shan't you be glad to see the old home again, Al?"
"It's so sudden," she said. "I shall be sorry to leave here."
"Oh, so shall I—very sorry to leave some of the people too. Still, it's a good thing. Where's Eleanor? I must tell her. I say, Dick gets here to-morrow."
"Oh, I'm so glad."