Slowly, tenderly, the Governor of Alleghenia led her back to the table, and taking up a pen, with a firm hand wrote five words, heavily underscored, at the head of the Cavendish pet.i.tion. And these were:--
"_Disapproved._ _John Hamilton Barclay_, _Governor._"
Then, turning to the girl who loved him, he took her in his arms.