n the old Manse, my
dear young lady; ay, and you are kindly welcome. And folks do say that
there is no air so fine as ours, and no milk so pure as our brindled
cow gives, and may be it will give you a little color into your
cheeks."

"Don't you remember me, Mr. Duncan?" asked Fay, somewhat disappointed
to find herself treated like an ordinary visitor. "Don't you remember
Fay Mordaunt, the little girl who used to play with you in the
orchard? but I am afraid I was older than I looked."

"Elsie used to play with me in the orchard," replied the old man,
wistfully; "but Jeanie says she has gone to Heaven with wee Robbie.
Nay, I never remember names, except Jeanie--and may be Jean comes
handy. And there is one I never forget--the name of my Lord Jesus;"
and he bowed his old head reverently.

"Come away, my bairn; Donald will have plenty to say to you another
time," said Mrs. Duncan, kindly. "He is a bit drowsy now, and he is
apt to wander at such times." But the minister heard her, and a sort
of holy smile lit up his rugged face.

"Ay, but He'll not let me wander far; I have always got a grip of His
hand, and if my old feet stumble a bit I'm just lifted up. No, I could
not forget His name, which is just Love, and nothing else. But perhaps
you are right, Jennie, lass, and I am a bit sleepy. Take both the
bairns away, and watch over them as though they were lambs of the
fold--and so they are lambs of His fold," finished the old man. "And
may be the Shepherd found them straying, poor bit creatures, and sent
them here for you and me to mind, my woman."

CHAPTER XXXIV.

TRACKED AT LAST.

Thus it was granted me
To know that he loved me to the depth and height
Of such large natures; ever competent,
With grand horizons by the sea or land,
To love's grand sunrise.

ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.

It was at the close of a lovely September day that Raby Ferrers sat
alone in the piazza of a large fashionable boarding-house in W----.
This favorite American watering-place was, as usual, thronged by
visitors, who came either to seek relief for various ailments from the
far-famed hot springs, or to enjoy the salubrious air and splendid
scenery that made W---- so notorious.

The piazza was always the favorite lounge at all hours of the day, but
especially toward evening. A handsome striped awning, and the natural
shade of the splendid tropical plants that twined round the s