"
"Maybe that's what there is about them," said Mr Murchison,
innocently.
"Father's made up his mind," announced Dr Harry, and they
waited, breathless. There could be only one point upon
which Dr Henry could be dubitating at that moment.
"He's going to vote for Lorne."
"He's a lovely old darling!" cried Stella. "Good for Dr
Henry Johnson! I knew he would."
The rest were silent with independence and gratification.
Dr Henry's Conservatism had been supposed to be invincible.
Dr Harry they thought a fair prey to Murchison influence.
and he had capitulated early, but he had never promised
to answer for his father.
"Yes, he's taken his time about it, and he's consulted
about all the known authorities," said his son, humorously.
"Went right back to the Manchester school to begin
with--sat out on the verandah reading Cobden and Bright
the whole summer; if anybody came for advice sent 'em in
to me. I did a trade, I tell you! He thought they talked
an awful lot of sense, those fellows--from the English
point of view. 'D'ye mean to tell me,' he'd say, 'that
a generation born and bred in political doctrine of that
sort is going to hold on to the colonies at a sacrifice?
They'd rather let 'em go at a sacrifice!' Well, then he
got to reading the other side of the question, and old
Ormiston lent him Parkin, and he lent old Ormiston Goldwin
Smith, and then he subscribed to the Times for six
months--the bill must have nearly bust him; and then the
squire went over without waiting for him and without any
assistance from the Times either; and finally--well, he
says that if it's good enough business for the people of
England it's good enough business for him.
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