You will tell me some day that this has happened to you.

It is only a question of time." Just as Parson Dorrance pronounced the last words, they were echoed by a laughing party who had come in search of him.

"Yes, yes, only a question of time," they said; "and it is our time now, Parson.

You must come with us.

No monopoly of the Parson allowed, Mrs.Hunter," and they carried him off, joining hands around him and singing the old college song, "Gaudeamus igitur." Stephen, who had joined eagerly in the proposal to go in search of the Parson, remained behind, and made a sign to Mercy to stay with him.
Sitting down by her side, he said gloomily,-- "What were you talking about when we came up?
Your face looked as if you were listening to music." "About Wordsworth," said Mercy.