namesake looked into the kitchen, and called u

urned and went off up the garden behind, whil

s and conifers and pale eucalyptus trees, clumps of purple iris and clove pinks, roses just coming to the bud, and beyond, a very charming bungalow, built solidly of

proceeded quietly to explain ma

nglish also, Mrs. C

uick smile. "We are

, for he had met just that same

o business, and then the dogs escorted them back to the cottage, to see the stranger fairly inducted t

dow looked into a field, and a rough granite wall clothed with tiny rock-weeds hid all view of the road and its infrequent traffic. While the bedroom was a room of size, and its two wind

ndeed invited, easy access to-say, a grave-faced gentlemanly brown dog and a spasmodic rough-coated terrier without

tances, but adopted him into fullest brotherhood at sight-pro

aturally equable spirit. Two only exceptions might have been conceivably possible-some humble, large-souled friend, anxious only to

agonised longing for her; and the glories of the sweet spring days, in a land where spring is joyous and radiant beyond most, tu

birth and breeding. Powerful and beautifully made, the sight of his long lithe bounds, as he quartered the cliff-sides in silent chase of fowl and fur, was a thing to rejoice in; so exquisite in its tireless g

full of infinite appeal to one who suffered also from an unforgettable loss. He answered to his name with a di