ed
himself as far as the bridge on Mr. and Mrs. Douglas. Ben Toner, tired
of being haughtily glared at by Mrs. Rigby, offered to drive the trunks
in a separate vehicle, but, to the great delight of the junior Pilgrims,
the Captain ordered Saul to perform that duty. Nevertheless, Ben
accompanied Saul part of the way, and got off with Mr. Bigglethorpe. The
patient was tired when Collingwood was reached, but recovered in the
parlour car and arrived in Toronto in good condition, and able to
introduce his bride to Mrs. Marsh. Mr. Douglas and he got together their
portable effects, and Mrs. Douglas increased her travelling impedimenta.
The party then left in time to see the glorious fall scenery of the
Hudson in the morning, and reached New York in abundance of leisure.
Coristine's imperious wife insisted that he should begin at once to
spend her fortune, saying that was the only reason for her marrying him;
but the invalid, otherwise so biddable, was very firm on this point, and
represented that his bank account was far from exhausted. They were
hardly on the steamer, when Mrs. Carruthers ran forward and fell into an
old man's arms. It was Mr. Terry, who had bidden them an affectionate
farewell at Bridesdale, and had then taken the stage in their wake to
give them all a grand surprise. The weather was fine, the equinoctials
all past, and the sea gently flowing. Rugs and pillows were laid on the
deck, between camp chairs and stools, and, while the bearded lawyer lay
propped on the former, with the most beautiful woman on board kneeling
beside him, the rest of the company occupied the higher seats. The
ladies worked away at airy nothings, and the gentlemen, Squire included,
smoked cigars and pipes, all talking of the stirring events of the past,
and forecasting the pleasures of the near future. Somehow they all
seemed to miss little Marjorie, and wondered what sort of time she and
the rest of them were having at Bridesdale.

Three months soon passed away. Mrs. Coristine's fortune was secured, and
transformed into Canadian securities by her legal husband, half being
made over to Mrs. Errol. The minister took his bride to Perth, and
introduced her to his friends, who received her as graciously as the
Edinburgh people did Mr. Douglas' queenly wife from Canada. On Princess
Street many a pedestrian stopped to look at the well-matched pair. Mr.
Carruthers looked up his Scotch relations, and then crossed the Irish
Sea to inspect the