1 88 MISS BADSWORTH, M.F.H. 



Was it his Christian name, or did she notify her departure 

 to " the Reformer " sitting close by ? 



Jack Morgan didn't trouble to decide, for though there had 

 been a shade of gravity on the girl's face, there was a light 

 in her eyes which she couldn't conceal. 



He threatened the donkey's head, now thrust through a 

 gap, with his stick, but he forbore to strike. 



** I think I know what she means," he said to himself. 

 *' Well, I'll keep an eye on the Captain and his mate and put 

 a spoke in their wheel if I can. What a dear little girl it 

 is ! Talk of woman's superiority, if it exists anywhere, it 

 exists there." 



He stopped and listened to the Banker's retreating foot- 

 falls on the turf, and then resumed his walk, whistling softly 

 as he went. 



