CHAPTER II.
HEY'VE all gone out in Mr. Brown's cat-boat—so I came alone," observed Miss Trehearne, when the expressman had been
interviewed.
"Who are 'all'?" asked Lawrence. "Just the three Miss Miners?"
"Yes. Just the three Miss Miners."
"I thought you might have somebody stopping with you."
"No. Nobody but you. Why do you say 'stopping' instead of 'staying'? I don't like it."
"Then I won't say it again," answered Lawrence, meekly. "Why do you object to it, though?"
"You're not an Englishman, so there's no
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