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The deacon had not returned from his work, and so Wilford did not see him until he ca his feet after the labor of the day Ephraim Barloas a nized the true worth embodied in that unpolished exterior He did not, however, see etically: "The cows is to milk and the chores all to do, for I never keep no boy," and when at last the chores were done the clock pointed to half-past eight, the hour for fas, he felt the influence of the deacon's voice as he read fro when Katy knelt, noticing the deacon's gra patiently to the rather lengthy prayer which included him as well as the rest ofKaty alone, and so full two hours before his usual custom Wilford retired to the little roo as he put down the lauess, for such a close, ht as this, but if you can't stand it youquarters, Wilford thought; but there was no alternative, and a few moments found him in the center of two feather beds, neither Helen nor Katy having discovered the additionthe death of the New York guest, holly unaccusto nearly ht was hot and sultry, and never for a et to accuse hihborhood after a hen at ho for hi a match, he read in his Railway Guide when the first train passed Silverton, feeling comforted to think that only a few hours intervened between him and freedom

But alas! for Wilford He was but ahe ht muslin as pure and fair as the white blossoan to waver Perhaps there was a decent hotel in Silverton; he would inquire of Dr Grant; at all events he would not take the first train as he had intended doing; and so he stayed, eating fried apples and beefsteak, but forgetting to criticise, in his appreciation of the rich thick creaolden butter, which ain Uncle Ephraione to the mill before Wilford left his roo o hoe which Morris sent around, excusing hi he would join them at tea, if possible Wilford's mind was not yet fully made up, so he concluded to rely, after dinner, he bent his energies to read them all, from Helen down to Aunt Betsy, the latter of whoain in the pongee, but this ti her calico patchwork, which she informed him was pieced in the "herrin' bone pattern" and intended for Katy; telling him, further, that the feather bed on which he slept was also a part of "Catherine's setting out," and washioose, which had proved a little refractory when she tried to draw a stocking over its head