208 rate's day with the old horse 



as are put in authority under her ; he had drunk 

 her health loyally every night since he first learnt 

 to drink strong drink, and would have " knocked 

 sparks out of " anyone who had spoken disrespect- 

 fully of her before him ; and now the property 

 which his fathers had honestly earned was left at 

 the mercy of a league of avowed rebels, and he him- 

 self was branded as an enemy of the people. Had 

 he and such as he been left to defend themselves, 

 they would long ago have put an end to these 

 enemies of honest men and of the State, but their 

 hands were tied. They were bidden to wait for 

 help, but no help came. Lowry was still too loyal 

 to murmur openly against the Government which 

 had ruined him, but he had just realized that their 

 name and their loyalty were almost the only things 

 left to him and Kate, his daughter, who sat playing 

 nervously with an empty envelope and gazing out 

 blankly and sadly upon the old park she loved until 

 her deep blue eyes filled unconsciously with tears. 



But Kate was not the girl to indulge in tears 

 when a difficulty had to be met, and in ten minutes 

 she had mastered her emotion and was walking with 

 her father to the stables, gravely discussing affairs 

 with the stalwart old man, more like one man with 

 another than like a young girl with her father. 



" So the horses are to go up next week, Dad, are 



