72 BR UNO 



One day Julius returned from the nearest 

 large town, where he had been for supplies, 

 with an unusually thoughtful countenance. 

 As soon as his purchases were unloaded and 

 the horse had been attended to, he came in and, 

 drawing a chair beside my work-table, opened 

 the conversation with these memorable words: 



" Judith, how would you like to go up to 

 Lemonville to live ? " 



"What makes you ask ? " questioned I. " It 

 depends altogether on the circumstances how 

 I'd like to live there." 



" Well, Hawkes bantered me to-day to come up 

 and keep his books for him, and I have been con- 

 sidering it all the way home. It looks like a way 

 out, and I '11 declare I don't see any other ! ' 



" Go back to office work ! " I exclaimed ; " I 

 thought you were done with that sort of thing ! ' 



" I thought so, too ; but after a year of this 

 sort of thing, it begins to look quite different." 



We sat up late, discussing this plan in all 

 its bearings. Bruno seemed to know that it 

 was a crisis in our affairs, and sat on end facing 

 us, wrinkling his brows and looking from one 

 to the other as each spoke. We finally decided 

 that Julius was to go back to town in a day or 

 two, and investigate further. 



