Chapter 12 THE LAKE SHORE ROAD.

But all that I care for,

And all that I know,

Is that, without wherefore,

I worship thee so.

Lord Lytton.

"I suppose, Bluebell, you keep all your fine spirits for company?" said Miss Opie, tauntingly; and, indeed, she had some reason to be aggrieved. Few things are more trying than living with a person in the persistent enjoyment of