i8 HARK FORRARD ! 



Crimean War and tlie Mutiny, sold out, emi- 

 grated to Virginia, bought a very nice property, 

 and settled there. He married the belle of 

 Washington, whose father owned a fine pro- 

 perty adjoining him, and as she was an only 

 daughter, she inherited it all. He is dead, but 

 her mother is still living at Osage Lodge, in 

 Fauquier county. This young lady came to 

 England on a visit about three months ago, and 

 was then put under my special charge. She is 

 now returning, and has, I expect, left many an 

 aching heart behind her in the old country, as 

 it is always called in America.' 



Soon after luncheon the mails came on 

 board, accompanied by two or three passengers, 

 who had preferred to come with them, and so 

 had a few more hours in London. 



' We are off again,' said Acton ; ^ the next 

 time those engines stop, bar accident, we shall 

 be alongside the wharf at New York.' 



' I wish to goodness I had a horse that could 

 stay as long as the engines can then,' said 

 Reggie. ' I tell you what, I don't at all fancy 



