Was I right?

by Mrs. O. F. Walton

"I don't know," I said, laughing; "I never thought about it."

"Well, I couldn't, it would drive me mad. And then there is Alicia Hay—papa's old maid cousin—and if you ask me what I think of her, I think she is trying very hard to get married and never will. And then there is Lilla—but I won't tell you about them all now, you will see them for yourself by and by."

[CHAPTER VI.]

ALLISTON HALL.

"SHALL I ring the bell, Miss Trafford?" I inquired, when dinner was over.

"Don't call me Miss Trafford," she said, quickly; "call me Evelyn, it sounds much nicer, and is six letters shorter."

"But perhaps Sir William would not like it," I objected.