“Yes, yes, I shall be comforted, child,” replied the widow, and she held her daughter on her lap, against her bosom, with Rosemary’s arms clasped around her neck, until they heard the sound of the approaching train.
The train never stopped longer than three minutes at this station.
All arose to bid their last good-bys.
Among the rest, Joshua came out from behind Wynnette’s skirts, and shook himself, and very nearly shook the building. All alert was he to see that his eccentric family did not escape him again.
“Gracious goodness, Mr. Force! Here is that dog followed you all the way from Mondreer! What’s to be done with him? Shall I take him home? Will he follow me?” inquired Sam Grandiere, eager to be useful.
“He is to go abroad with us,” groaned the squire, who was hastily shaking hands right and left with the friends who had come to see him and his family off.
“But will they allow——”
There was no time to finish his question, for—
“Good-by, Sam,” said Wynnette, holding out her hand. “Remember the advice I gave you about taking a course at Charlotte Hall College.”
“I will, Wynnette, I will!” earnestly answered the young fellow, with tears brimming in his honest blue eyes.