82 BRUNO 



CHAPTER XIII 



IN spite of our snug little home in Lemon- 

 ville, we never felt quite settled there. 

 We were not built for village life. Country 

 life is good, and city life is good ; but in a vil- 

 lage one has all the drawbacks of both, with 

 the rewards of neither. So it was not long 

 before we resolved on another change. 



We sold our little home furnished, packed up 

 our books, with a few other personal belong- 

 ings, and turned our faces towards St. Augus- 

 tine, to investigate several openings there, of 

 which we had chanced to hear. We were so 

 fortunate as to be able to rent a small cottage, 

 and at once took possession, furnishing it from 

 our trunks, only buying a few necessary articles 

 of the plainest kind. 



Just as we had settled ourselves in these 

 temporary quarters, a matter of business came 

 up, making necessary a return to Lemonville 

 for a day or two. The trip was both tedious 

 and expensive, so after some discussion we 



