86 MISS BADSWORTH, M.F.H. 



case " She hesitated, and her niece put in '' things go 



wrong ". 



^' Just look at them, my dear." 



Lavvy looked at them, turning the pages slowly. 



" They are beautifully kept, aunt ; I don't see anything 

 dreadful in them ; you have only got to go on with them in 

 the same way." 



" Yes, my dear, I know, so Mr. Morgan says, but I — 

 well, I'm not accustomed to them." 



Miss Badsworth did not notice the faint tinge of pink on 

 her niece's cheek which was conjured up by Jack Morgan's 

 name, but then, of course, the younger lady was closely 

 examining the ledgers. 



" It will take some time to sift all that correspondence," 

 Miss Badsworth said when aunt and niece had resumed 

 their respective chairs. 



" I suppose it will." 



" I have eliminated the impossibilities and yet that heap 

 remains, and to-morrow will probably bring more," Miss 

 Badsworth said with a sigh. 



" I suppose it will, aunt. It must be difficult to come to 

 a decision even with the photographs to assist." 



''Well, you must be tired, child. I shall be glad of your 

 help to-morrow when we will go into the thing thoroughly." 



Miss Lavvy leaned back in her chair and rubbed Johnnie's 

 back with a tan boot, much to his satisfaction, and her aunt 

 noticed the length of the eyelashes which almost rested on 

 her cheek as the girl looked down at the dog. Suddenly the 

 eyes were raised : — 



*' To-morrow ? I don't like trusting to-morrow when one 

 can help it. Dad put off writing to poor Uncle Hugo, and 

 the to-morrow was too late." 



" Well, my dear ? " 



" Couldn't we work this business together, aunt ? " 



" I thought we were going to try." 



" I mean without this secretary. I fear I have no ac- 

 complishments. I have hardly ever played tennis or 



