. St. Nicholas [serial] . over; but the household sky, from whichthey had passed, was only gray, not clear blue. No, dear, there is no danger, now, of afailure; but father thinks that he will be obligedto go to England for two years, to take chargeof the interests there, was the answer given byMrs. Ballard to an inquiry of her daughtersconcerning that important subject, fathersbusiness. Go to England! was Francess amazedexclamation. Then the questions followed thick l89S-] A DAUGHTER OF THE REVOLUTION. 711 and fast, till at length came the one the mother year, but thought we would not be willi
. St. Nicholas [serial] . over; but the household sky, from whichthey had passed, was only gray, not clear blue. No, dear, there is no danger, now, of afailure; but father thinks that he will be obligedto go to England for two years, to take chargeof the interests there, was the answer given byMrs. Ballard to an inquiry of her daughtersconcerning that important subject, fathersbusiness. Go to England! was Francess amazedexclamation. Then the questions followed thick l89S-] A DAUGHTER OF THE REVOLUTION. 711 and fast, till at length came the one the mother year, but thought we would not be willing to had been dreading. send you so far away; but now, as we are to be If we go abroad, what am I to do about in England, you could spend your vacations going to school ? with us, and that could not be if we should Mrs. Ballard paused before answering, and leave you at school in this country. Frances remarked : But, mother, gasped Frances, you and If I had known this, I should nt have felt so father have nt decided yet ?. THE FAMILY COUNCIL. badly when father told me he could nt afford tolet me go away to boarding-school next year. How would you like to try that arrange-ment in Paris ? Mother! was all Frances said, with a quickglance to ascertain whether Mrs. Ballard wasin earnest. I really mean it, dear. We had a letterfrom Aunt Addie yesterday; she is very anxiousthat we should let her send you to the school,in Paris, that she attended when she was yourage. It seems she wished to propose it last No, indeed. Father thinks you are oldenough to have a voice in the matter believe he intends showing you Aunt Addiesletter this evening. And now, I am afraidthat the rest of the questions must be put off;for I promised Mrs. Lake that I would callthis afternoon. Frances waited, in silence, till her mother wasabout leaving the room, then said suddenly : When the Bradleys sent Nora to France, didnt father say he thought American schools oughtto be good enough for American chi
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