. A little queen of hearts; an international story . lettersthat Mr. Harris foundawaiting him was onefrom Chris, tellinghim that he and Don-ald were booked forthe Majestic, sailingfrom Liverpool thefirst of October. Allright, said Mr. Harristo himself; we go,too, then, if we can ;which was somewhatof a question, con-sidering the crowdedstate of autumn oceantravel. But good for-tune still favored ourlittle party, and telegramreached Liverpool just in time to secure state-rooms which, within the same hour, hadbeen relinquished. So there was only one month more before themnow, and one
. A little queen of hearts; an international story . lettersthat Mr. Harris foundawaiting him was onefrom Chris, tellinghim that he and Don-ald were booked forthe Majestic, sailingfrom Liverpool thefirst of October. Allright, said Mr. Harristo himself; we go,too, then, if we can ;which was somewhatof a question, con-sidering the crowdedstate of autumn oceantravel. But good for-tune still favored ourlittle party, and telegramreached Liverpool just in time to secure state-rooms which, within the same hour, hadbeen relinquished. So there was only one month more before themnow, and one week of that Mr. and Mrs. Harris and Marie-Celestewere to spend in London. But the household in the Little Castle triedto make it a happy month—as happy as they could, that is, with thecloud of coming separation hanging over them. There was anothercloud, too, that broadened and deepened as the month drew near itsclose; Uncle Everett was far from well. Just at first he had enteredinto the excursions and driving- to which much of the time had been. FOR LOVE OF MARIE-CELESTE. 227 given over, but latterly he had preferred to stay at home, and nowfor a week he had been confined to his room. All the while, how-ever, he was utterly uncomplaining, seeming to be bent upon makingup for all the fretful moodiness of the selfish old bachelor days up inLondon. And so the first of October came round, finding him stillin his room, and there was no help for it but for the Harrises to takeleave of him there. Everybody tried to make the farewells as cheery as possible, andMr. Selden promised to visit the States later in the fall if he grewstronger. If not, he said, Ill see you all when you come overnext spring to Teds wedding -for that was another beautiful out-come of the summer. Ted was to be married at the close of hissenior year, and the Little Castle was again to have a dear little mis-tress—a mistress as like to Dorothy as you can possibly imagine. When, at last, the moment had come for
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