"  I  hope  I  shall  see  her  again,"  said  Beppy.  "  I  should
like  so  much  to  converse  with  her."

"  Well,  I  make  no  doubt  your  wish  can  be  gratified,"  said
her  father.  "  1*11  speak  to  Syddall,  and  he  will  bid  her  call
upon  you.     But  why  do  you  take  so  much  interest  in  her  ?  "

"  I  can't  exactly  tell,"  replied  Beppy.  "  She  seems  to
me  to  possess  a  great  many  good  qualities,  and,  at  all  events,
I  admire  her  romantic  attachment  to  her  lover.  Still,  I  don't
think  1  should  have  been  so  very  much  charmed  with  her  if
she  hadn't  been  so  exceedingly  pretty.  And  now  you  have
the  truth,  papa."

"  Grood  looks  evidently  go  a  long  way  with  you,  Beppy,"
said  her  father,  laughing.
"  Indeed  they  do,  papa.  But  now  that  the  street  has
become  clear,  let  us  go  and  speak  to  Tom  Syddall."

The  room  from  which  they  had  viewed  the  proceedings
at  the  Cross  formed  the  upper  part  of  a  draper's  shop.
Thanking  the  owner,  they  now  took  their  departure,  and
sought  out  Tom  Syddall,  whom  they  found  at  his  door.  He
readily  undertook  to  send  Helen  Carnegie  to  Miss  Byrom  as
soon  as  the  recraiting  was  over.
But  the  sergeant  had  a  great  deal  to  do,  and  did  not  care
to  part  with  either  of  his  companions.
He  continued  to  parade  the  town  for  some  hours,  enlisting
all  who  oifered  themselves ;  and  the  number  of  the  recruits
soon  exceeded  a  hundred.
The  authorities  did  not  interfere  with  him — probably
deeming  it  useless  to  do  so.  Had  they  really  surrendered
the  town  they  could  not  have  proved  more  submissive.
OF  TEE   FATAL   '45.  103

CHAPTER     III.
FATHER  JEROME.
