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For nearly four hts from the cup of folly and fashion held so constantly to her lips; but she cloyed of it at last, and what at first had been so eagerly grasped, began, frorow insipid and dull To be the belle of every place, to know that her dress, her style, and even the fashion of her hair, was copied and ad to her, because she kne much it pleased her husband, as never happier or prouder than when, with Katy on his arm, he entered some crowded parlor and heard the buzz of admiration as it circled around, while Katy, siuileless still, s at the attentions lavished upon her, and attributing thehly understood,more and more that he should have chosen her to be his wife That he had so honored herlove, which as yet would acknowledge no fault in hi, no error; and if ever a shadow did cloud her heart, she was the one to blaht--he the idol she worshiped--he the one for whose sake she tried so hard to drop her country ways and confor with the utood-nature to what Bell in her journal had called the drill, but itJuno Katy could hardly be other than her own easy, graceful self, and though the drills had their effect, and taught her s, they could not divest her of that natural, playful, airy ning belle As Marian Hazleton had predicted, others than her husband had spoken words of praise in Katy's ear; but such was her nature that the shafts of flattery glanced aside, leaving her unharh sometimes startled and disquieted, had no cause for jealousy, enjoying Katy's success farher out when she would rather have stayed at ho so ave it up at last and floated on with the tide

Mrs Careatly shocked at Katy's want of propriety, looking on aghast when she wound her arms around Wilford's neck, or sat upon his knee; but to the elder Ca back sunny , and a fair bride had for a few brief weeks made this earth a paradise to hione, and only the dim leaves of autuirlish bride was a statelyall her acts confor majestically upon the frolicsome, impulsive Katy, who had crept so far into the heart of the eccentric , listening intently for the sound of her bounding footsteps, and feeling that her co to his household had infused into his veins a better, healthier life than he had known for years Katy was very dear to him, and he felt a thrill of pain, while a shadoered on his brohen first the toning down process commenced He had heard theoblet upon theit in atoms, while he called theer one because he suffered it So long as his convalescence lasted, he was soh to resu in the way, and Katy's education progressed accordingly For Wilford's sake, Katy would do anything, and as frouessed that her manner was not quite what suited him, she submitted toBut she was growing tired now, and it told upon her face, which hiter than when she cahter and more airy; but this only enhanced her loveliness, Wilford thought, and so he paid no heed to her complaints of weariness, but kept her in the circle which welcomed her so warmly, and would have missed her so much