Mostly Mary

t my answer is not wh

t a winter in Italy wo

speak of going by steamer, and I need not remind you of

ose and began pacing to and fro. "How soo

g from the past two weeks, will be very, very slow. Why do you take

g for this chance to open a branch of the business in

go. Bryce has no one b

iness well enough. Ryan says that he is too old to begin to learn Italian; and as I have a fair knowledge of that language, he thinks I should go. I made

am almost sure you wou

ra

would bring on a relapse; and a

r consent to my living in Italy for a year

out that. Her pl

cannot le

any other way of solving the problem; but since there is not, why cannot Mary be left w

were your own child, you could not show great

ation for her. She is the one who will suffer most, for she is not old enough to see the matter in the proper light. To us, a year is only twelve short mon

ible thing to be separated from her now for so long a time, when we came so

to remain at home. Here sh

tlemen? You look as sober as

ear in Italy is a subject for ra

very pleasant subject. Who among our fr

is case, the pleasure i

s there not a thread of sorrow r

y happy she was over the twins; but in less than fifteen minutes, she found ca

nswered my question about our friend

remains for you to decide whether he will go alone, o

joking,

er more in

king, Elizabeth," and Mr. Selwyn rep

brother of ours; but after all," and Mrs. Selwyn seated herself on the arm of the Doctor's chair and ran her fingers through his hair, "a year passes quickly, and the thought that Mary is growing well and strong in the wonderful Itali

h," the Doctor gently replied. "I have just explained to Rob that an ocean voya

e and live hotel life for a whole year! And Mary-oh, after the agony of that a

y well. I shall sail alone next Monday, and you and the childr

I shall never consent to your living hotel life for half a year. What if you should become ill? Think of the time it would take me to reach you. No, no, I must be wit

her. The Sisters and many of the pupils are old friends of hers, and I shall go out to see her two or three times a week. She will have country air and country food; and when you return in the fall, you will not know your tanned, rosy-cheeked little lass. Yes, Mary will be far better off there than alone here during the day with the servants. You, Eli