BY BUSTON LIDRA, TY 120.1 THE AUTHOR OF "ST. OLAVE'S," "JANITA'S CROSS," "ANNETTE,” "A MAN'S MISTAKE," &c., &c. Mus Eliza Tabor] Fathonsa 'Our times are in His hand Who saith, "A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God; see all, nor be afraid."' IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1883. All rights reserved. THE SENIOR SONGMAN. THE CHAPTER I. HERE was gloom in the Crawl Farm, though the sun shone bravely down upon it, and its lilies were at their whitest, and its roses at their sweetest. A gloom almost like the gloom of death, but which must be borne by the quiet women there as they had borne it many times before, making no sign to anyone that all things were not bright and happy with them. Mrs. Weird came down the garden walk to where Hertha was tending the flowers under the orchard wall. It was curious VOL. III. B |