10/12 The rain fell heavier, and at this moment an omnibus came up. He hailed it, saying to himself that he would think the matter over and come back on the morrow. The first part of his purpose he fulfilled; but to Milton Street he never returned. "What do you mean by refusing a offer like that!--Why, the gentleman's your own father." "My father!" repeated Ida, in scornful astonishment. "My father died when I was a baby. |