io ARDENMOHR. 



down the glen, and is quite near the house, it is a 

 favourite place for councils and schemes. 



"You do not smoke, Fred?" the Major inquired. 

 " So much the better." 



"Not much yet," answered Fred, laughing; "a 

 cheroot or a small cigar; but it may happen, as I 

 see I am single, and cousin Hope is like a factory 

 chimney." 



" Eight, Fred, but it is for my lungs." 



"After which story," said Fred, "I may ask you 

 for a cheroot." 



"No, thank you; I promised your mother and 

 sister to look after you, and they will be in this 

 neighbourhood soon, and need not find you an expert, 

 and I may relax at the hill-top if you have breath 

 left to puff." 



" Yery well, I am complaisant on all things, even 

 to lending you my hook-book." 



"What of that, sirrah?" 



"Just that when you do overhaul my tackle, I 

 have afterwards great bother to find my most killing 

 flies." 



" Quite likely, you so tangle your tackle ; but I 

 must own you have some nice flies." 



"Alas! I had." 



