remark. She was too quick to be caught easily, and the conviction
grew upon him that while the others from his calling and difference
in views and tastes had a natural aversion, she was inclined to be
friendly. And yet she puzzled him not a little at times, as now for
instance, when she turned and said, "I suppose there are a great
many nice young men at your seminary."

"I never heard them called' nice young men,'" he replied, looking
at her keenly.

"O, I beg your pardon,--good, pious, devotional young men, I mean."

"All ought to be that; do you not think so?"

"Well, yes, I think so, since they are to become ministers."

"But not otherwise?"

"I didn't say that. There's a hint for you, Julian."

De Forrest's reply was a contemptuous shrug and laugh. It would
be anything but agreeable to him to be thought "good, pious, and
devotional,"--qualities not in demand at his club, nor insisted on
by Lottie, and entirely repugnant to his tastes.

"Do they all intend to be missionaries as well as yourself?" she
continued.

"O, no; some no doubt will take city churches, and marry wealthy
wives."