"Did he say so?"
"Yes," replied Mrs. Dayton.
"Are you sure he wasn't fooling?—Uncle George is awfully full of fun."
"Do you think he was fooling, dear?" inquired Mrs. Dayton.
"Will you have a wedding, Miss Maud?" Gay asked, anxiously.
"Yes," Miss Berkeley admitted, with a charming blush.
"I hope it won't be till I'm grown up, and perhaps Uncle George will ask me to be an usher."
"You queer little chicken!" cried Mrs. Dayton. "You mean bridesmaid; girls are never ushers."
"Oh!" said Gay.
After this the ladies talked together until the train reached Hazelnook. When Gay was preparing to leave the car Miss Berkeley said,—