“I think you will. I have invited Harry to visit us in England next summer, and I think he will accept the invitation.”
“Will you, Harry?” asked Maud, eagerly.
“I will if I can, Maud,” said Harry; “and I think I can.”
“I am afraid you will forget me, Harry.”
“I certainly shall not, Maud. You have been too kind for that. As soon as I get back to America I shall write to you, and let you know how I arrived.”
Maud was forced to be satisfied with this promise. Harry made all needed preparations for his return, and a week from the time when his affairs were settled, he took cabin passage on a steamer bound from Melbourne to New York. We must precede him, and inquire how matters have been going on in Vernon during his absence.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
SQUIRE TURNER SPINS HIS WEB.
Harry’s disappearance inflicted a blow upon Mrs. Raymond from which she did not easily recover. Coming so soon after her husband’s sudden death, she felt that her life had indeed become desolate, and but that she knew her life was necessary to little Katy, she would not have cared to live. But for Katy’s sake she tried to bear up as well as she could against her double loss.