hink you would show better judgment in keeping these sheep back
a little. Don't rely upon Satton's advice. He is generally wrong, and is
always most wrong when he is most sure he is right.

My daughter has arrived from England, and will at once go up to the
station. I have written to your mother on the subject. My daughter
will represent me in everything, so I wish her to learn a little about
stations. Send to meet her at the train on Wednesday next.

Yours truly,
W. G. GRANT.

"Wednesday next!" said Hugh, "that letter is three days delayed. Patsy
couldn't cross the river. She'll be there before we can possibly get
down. If no one meets her I wonder if she'll have pluck enough to get
into the coach and come on to Donohoe's."

"I don't envy her the trip, if she does," said Miss Harriott. "The
coach-drive over those roads will seem awful to an English girl."

"I'll have to go down at once, anyhow," said Hugh, "and meet her on the
road somewhere. If she is at the railway, I can get there in two days.
Have you a letter, Mother?"

"Yes," said the old lady, "but I won't show it to you now. You shall see
it some other time."

"Well, I'll set about making a start," said Hugh. "What trap had I
better take?"

"You'd better take the big waggonette," said the old lady, in her soft
voice. "A young girl just out from England is sure to have a great deal
of luggage, you know. I wonder if she is anything like Mr. Grant. I hope
her temper is a little bit better."

"You'd better come down with me, Miss Harriott, to meet her," said Hugh.
"I don't suppose your luggage would be a load there and back, anyhow."

"What about crossing the river?" said the old lady.

"Oh, we'll get across somehow," said Hugh, "will you come?"

"I think I'll wait," said the young lady meditatively, "She'll be tired
from travelling and looking after her luggage, and she had better meet
the family one at a time. You go and meet her, and your mother and I
will get her room ready. Does the letter say any more about her?"

"No, that's all," said Hugh. "Well, I'll send the boy to run in the
horses. I'll take four horses in the big waggonette; I expect she'll be
waiting at Donohoe's--that is, if she left the railway-station in the
coach--if she is at Donohoe's I'll be back before dark."

With this he went back to the office, and his mother and Miss Harriott
went their separate ways to prepar