White Heather Author:William Black Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. HESITATIONS. The waggonette stood at the door; Miss Carry's luggage was put in; and her father was waiting to see her off. But the young lady ... more »herself seemed unwilling to take the final step; twice she went back into the inn, on some pretence or another; and each time she came out she looked impatiently around, as if wondering at the absence of some one. 6 Well, ain't you ready yet ?' her father asked. ' I want to say good-bye to Ronald/ she said half angrily. 6 Oh, nonsense—you are not going to America. Why, you will be back in ten days or a fortnight. See here, Carry,' he added, 6 are you sure you don't want me to go part of the way with you ?' ' Not at all,' she said promptly. ' It is impossible for Mary to mistake the directions I wrote to her; and I shall find her in the Station Hotel at Inverness all right. Don't you worry about me, pappa.' She glanced along the road again, in the direction of the keeper's cottage; but there was no one in sight. ' Pappa dear,' she said, in an undertone—for there were one or two onlookers standing by—'if Ronald should decide on giving up his place here, and trying what you suggested, you'll have to stand by him.' 4 Oh yes, I'll see him through/ was the complacent answer. ' I should take him to be the sort of man who can look after himself; but if he wants any kind of help— well, here I am ; I won't go back on a man who is acting on my advice. Why, if he were to come out to Chicago ' ' Oh no, not Chicago, pappa/ she said, somewhat earnestly, 6 not to Chicago. I am sure he will be more at home—he will be happier—in his own country/ She looked around once more; and then she stepped into the waggonette. (He might have come to see me off/ she said, a little proudly. 6 Good-bye, pappa dear—I will send...« less