of, and to give position, Rose thinks," said Arthur.

"His father never owned it, and his grandfather did not hold it long.
It was lost to the name many years ago, and bought back again by Allan's
uncle within ten years."

"Yes, with the good money of a good merchant," said Harry.

"And did he make it a condition that he should live on it?" said Arthur.

"No, I think not. Allan never has said any such thing as that to me, or
to my mother."

"Still he may think it his duty to live there."

"I don't know. It is not as though it were a large estate, with many
tenants, to whom he owed duty and care and all that. I think the life
suits him. My mother always thought it was a great disappointment to
him to be obliged to leave home when he did to enter upon a life of
business. He did not object decidedly. There seemed at the time
nothing else for him to do. So he came to Canada."

"I daresay his present life is just the very life he could enjoy most.
I wonder that you are so vexed about his staying at home, Charlie."

"I daresay it is selfishness in me. And yet I don't think it is so
altogether. I know, at least I am almost sure, that it would be better
for him to come here, at least for a time. He might always have the
going home to look forward to."

"I cannot imagine how he can content himself there, after the active
life he lived on this side of the water; he will degenerate into an old
fogey, vegetating there," said Harry.

"But I think you are hard on yourself, Mr Millar, calling it
selfishness in you to wish your brother to be near you," said Graeme,
smiling. "I could find a much nicer name for it than that."

"I would like him to come for his own sake," said Charlie. "As for me,
I was just beginning to know him--to know how superior he is to most
men, and then I lost him." He paused a moment--

"I mean, of course, we can see little of each other now, and we shall
find it much easier to forget one another than if we had lived together
and loved and quarrelled with each other as boys. I shall see him if I
go home next summer, and I don't despair of seeing him here for a visit,
at least."

"Will says he means to come some time. Perhaps he will come back with
you, or with Will himself, when he comes," said Rose.

"Oh! the voyage is nothing; a matter of ten days or less," said Arthur.
"It is like living next door neighbours, in comparison to what it was
when we came over. Of course he may com