Our orchard has done very well, Mr.Townshead." "I wonder if I forgot the Excelsior pears," said Seaforth.

"They're as big as your two fists, and Harry's quite proud of them." Townshead, who was not an observant man, appeared astonished, and also a trifle touched.

"I'm afraid I have not always appreciated my bush friends as I should have done, and your kindness will I think lessen my daughter's difficulty respecting the commissariat," he said.

"There are, of course, many of the little things we were used to which she feels the loss of." Seaforth, who read a good deal more than his words expressed in the speaker's face, signed to his comrade, who went out and returned later with a hamper.

"Somebody must have forgotten to put the venison in, but the other things are all there," he said.
Townshead assisted them to unpack the hamper, and while they were busy over it his daughter came in.