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"I wish it were not wrong to hate him," she exclaimed passionately; "it would be such a relief; but if he is only kind to Katy, I do not care howher face in water Helen sat down by her , gazing out upon the fresh green earth, where the young grass was springing, wondering if Mr Cameron took her sister, when it would probably be "Not this year or ;" but on this point she was soon set right by Katy herself, who, leaving her lover alone with her ood news

"Yes, I know; I guessed as much when you came back from the meadows," and Helen's voice was very unsteady in its tone as she s around her sister's brow

"Crying Helen! oh, don't I shall love you just the sa to live with us in the new house on Madison Square," Katy said, forgetting Wilford's instructions in her desire to coain, while Katy's tears were ht what it would be to leave forever the good, patient sister, who had been so true, so kind, treating her like a petted kitten and standing between her and every hardship

"Don't cry, Nellie," she said, twining her arms around her neck; "New York is not far away, and I shall come so often--that is, after we return fro there first, and Wilford will not wait, but says we must be married the tenth of June; that's his birthday--thirty--and he is telling !" was all Helen could say, as with quivering lip she kissed her sister's hand raised to wipe her tears away

"Yes, it is soon, and I a; but Wilford is in such a hurry; he don't care," Katy replied, trying to co of her not to cry so hard

No, Wilford did not care, as it would see her fro to a certain extent the way in which he would take her There uests, he said; no lookers-on, except such as chose to go to the church where the ceremony would, of course, be perforo directly to the Boston train It was his wish, too, that the enerally discussed in the neighborhood, as he disliked being a subject for gossip And Mrs Lennox, to who, or if she ventured to object she found herself borne down by a stronger will than her own, and weakly yielded, her ht at the honor conferred upon her by this high e of her child Wilford knew just how pleased she was, and her obsequious htforwardness, when, after supper was over, she told hi still further that if it hbors It was customary--it would be expected, she said, while Mrs Lennox, emboldened by Helen's boldness, chilad to meet your mother"