104 CAROLINE.

 

Wallace and Livingston at home. Their conversation about Caroline.

and Caroline brought in their bonnets and cloaks, and
they all prepared to go home.

That evening, about nine o’clock, Wallace and Living-
ston, after they had got home, not feeling sleepy, went
out together to a seat under a tree in Mrs. Henry’s yard,
and as the evening was very pleasant, and the moon
shone in a very bright and cheerful manner, they re-
mained there for some time, talking together about the
party, and about the various persons who were there.
In the course of.-the conversation, Wallace spoke of
Caroline.

“Don’t you think that Caroline is a very beautiful
girl P” said he.

“ Yes,” said Livingston, “very beautiful, indeed; and
she is a very agreeable girl too.”

“She will make an excellent wife for you some of
these days,” said Wallace.

“ Not for me,” said Livingston.

“Why not for you?” asked Wallace.

“ She is a very fine girl,’ said Livingston; “but it will
take a great deal of riches to make her happy.”

“What if it does?” said Wallace ; “you will be just
the one for her, your father is so rich.”

“« How rich do you suppose he is?” asked Livingston.

“ T suppose he is worth one hundred thousand dollars,”
said Wallace.

“ And how much of that do you suppose he ought to
give his sons,” said Livingston, “when they come of
age?”

“ Why—say—half of it,” said Wallace, doubtfully.

“That is fifty thousand. I have three brothers, and