h as my 50 pounds in Edinburgh; but will you marry me on that?"
said Francis.

"I would marry you on less," said Jane, "for my own part of it; but you
care more for comfort and luxury than I do. If you will consent to be
cheerfully without what we cannot afford, I will do my best."

"I have been roughing it a little on board ship; you may ask Peggy and
Mary Forrester if I have not. But I hope to get on, for your sake, if
not for my own. I feel just like a boy again beginning the world, and
feeling it is all his for the winning."

"But your plans--your ambitions--are they all given up? You know the
property was really yours--as much yours without a name as with my
uncle's. I am sorry you were so rash."

"No, Jane, don't be sorry; don't be anything but very glad. I never was
so happy in my life. I left all my regrets on the other side of the
world. Now, when I have your hand in mine, your heart in my keeping,
when you have promised to give yourself to me, I will not feel that I
have cause for anything but devout gratitude to our Heavenly Father,
and humble but confident hope that He will bless our union. My dearest
love, do look in my face and say you are happy."

"Yes, I am happy," said Jane, "very happy. Thank God for all his
goodness."

"But what are we to do for a name? I ought not to be Hogarth, or
Ormistown, or Francis either. Can you give me a new name to begin our
new life with?"

"I think we will still call you Francis Hogarth; it is the name I
learned to love you by, and I think if my poor dear uncle saw us now,
and saw how we love each other, he would be pleased that my husband
should have his name. Then you have really given up everything?" said
Jane, who could not at once believe in the fact.

"To the benevolent societies. But they behaved very handsomely, and
gave to me--or rather, to you--a sum of money sufficient to better our
position. I have not only the 300 pounds a-year--I have 2,500 pounds
besides, and a lot of things from Cross Hall to furnish a cottage with.
I had to leave the horses, but I thought you and Elsie would like the
dogs. Susan helped to pack the furniture; and I have brought her out to
go into your service in any capacity. I suppose we can afford to keep
one domestic on our small means, even in Melbourne."

"I suppose the rest of the establishment were sorry to lose a good
master," said Jane; "and the labourers, too--what about your
arrangements there?"

"The cottages were b