"Here you are, sir. Hope you'll like the selection; there's any amount

of poetry and goody-goody of Nell's; but I fancy you'll catch onto some

of mine. Try 'Hawkshead, the Sioux Chief,' to begin with. It's a

stunner, especially if you skip all the descriptions of scenery. As if

anybody wanted scenery in a story!"

"Thanks," said Mr. Vernon gravely. "I've no doubt I shall enjoy it." But

he took up one of Nell's books and absently looked at her name written

on the flyleaf--"Eleanor Lorton." The first name struck him as stiff and

ill-suited to the slim and graceful girl whose face he only dimly

remembered; "Nell" was better.

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