therefore to begin again. 'Papa will look forward so to the winter now.'

'And so shall I.'

'But you must come for longer then you won't go away at the end of a
week? Say that you won't.'

'I'll see about it. I can't tell quite yet. You'll write me a line to
say when the shed is finished, won't you?'

'That I will, and I'll tell you how Bessy goes on.' Bessy was the cow.
'I will be so very fond of her. She'll come to me for apples already.'

Belton thought that he would go to her, wherever she might be, even if
he were to get no apples. 'It's all cupboard love with them,' he said.
'I'll tell you what I'll do when I come, I'll bring you a dog that will
follow you without thinking of apples.' Then the gig was heard on the
gravel before the door, and Belton was forced to go. For a moment he
reflected whether, as her cousin, it was not his duty to kiss her. It
was a matter as to which he had doubt as is the case with many male
cousins; but ultimately he resolved that if he kissed her at all he
would not kiss her in that light, and so he again refrained. 'Goodbye,'
he said, putting out his great hand to her.

'Good-bye, Will, and God bless you.' I almost think he might have
kissed her, asking himself no questions as to the light in which it was
done.

As he turned from her he saw the tears in her eyes; and as he sat in
the gig, thinking of them, other tears came into his own. By heaven, he