he is fearfully German, military style and all
that."

"Seems to own that girl, eh?" said Jack, glancing back over his shoulder
at the pair.

"Oh, the two families are quite intimate. Ernest and his sister were in
Larry's musical organisations and they are quite good friends."

"By Jove, Sybil, she is wonderful! Why didn't you give me a hint?"

"I did. But really, she has come on amazingly. That college in
Winnipeg--"

"Oh, college! It is not a question of college!" said her brother
impatiently. "It's herself. Why, Sybil, think of that girl in London in
a Worth frock. But no! That would spoil her. She is better just as she
is. Jove, she completely knocked me out! I made a fool of myself."

"She has changed indeed," said his sister. "She is a lovely girl and so
simple and unaffected. I have come really to love her. We must see a lot
of her."

"But where did she get that perfectly charming manner? Do you realise
what a perfectly stunning girl she is? Where did she get that style of
hers?"

"You must see her mother, Jack. She is a charming woman, simple, quiet,
a Quaker, I believe, but quite beautiful manners. Her father, too, is a
gentleman, a Trinity man, I understand."

"Well," said her brother with a laugh, "I foresee myself falling in love
with that girl in the most approved style."

"You might do worse," replied his sister, "though I doubt if you are not
too late."

"Why? That German Johnnie?"

"Well, it is never wise to despise the enemy. He really is a fine chap,
his prospects are very good; he has known her for a long while, and he
is quite mad about her."

"But, good Lord, Sybil, he's a German!"

"A German," said his sister, "yes. But what difference does that make?
He is a German, but he is also a Canadian. We are all Canadians here
whatever else we may be or have ever been. We are all sorts and classes,
high and low, rich and poor, and of all nationalities--Germans, French,
Swedes, Galicians, Russians--but we all shake down into good Canadian
citizens. We are just Canadians, and that is good enough for me. We are
loyal to Canada first."

"You may be right as far as other nationalities are concerned, but,
Sybil, believe me, you do not know the German. I know him and there is
no such thing as a German loyal to Canada first."

"But, Jack, you are so terribly insular. You must really get rid of all
that. I used to think like you, but here we have got to the place where
we can laugh at all that