He could not, to be sure, conceive how Philip could be interested in a young lady who was studying medicine, but he had no objection to going, for he did not doubt that there were other girls in Fallkill who were worth a week's attention.
The young men were received at the house of the Montagues with the hospitality which never failed there.
"We are glad to see you again," exclaimed the Squire heartily, "you are welcome Mr.Brierly, any friend of Phil's is welcome at our house" "It's more like home to me, than any place except my own home," cried Philip, as he looked about the cheerful house and went through a general hand-shaking.
"It's a long time, though, since you have been here to say so," Alice said, with her father's frankness of manner; "and I suspect we owe the visit now to your sudden interest in the Fallkill Seminary." Philip's color came, as it had an awkward way of doing in his tell-tale face, but before he could stammer a reply, Harry came in with, "That accounts for Phil's wish to build a Seminary at Stone's Landing, our place in Missouri, when Col.

Sellers insisted it should be a University.

Phil appears to have a weakness for Seminaries." "It would have been better for your friend Sellers," retorted Philip, "if he had had a weakness for district schools.

Col.

Sellers, Miss Alice, is a great friend of Harry's, who is always trying to build a house by beginning at the top." "I suppose it's as easy to build a University on paper as a Seminary, and it looks better," was Harry's reflection; at which the Squire laughed, and said he quite agreed with him.