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"One more week and then it is April," she said to Wilford one evening after they had retired to their rooo about the tenth Shall you stay as long as I do?"

Wilford bit his lip, and after awith ood time for you to be in the country; it is so wet and cold You had better not till summer, and then I want you here to help order our furniture"

"Oh, Wilford," and Katy's voice trembled, for from past experience she knew that for Wilford to object to her plans was equivalent to a refusal, and her heart throbbed with disappointedher at last that of all ti was the worst, that summer or autumn were better, and that it was her duty to remain where she was until such time as he saw fit for her to do otherwise

This was the uarded and his words kind, they were very conclusive, and with one gasping sob Katy gave up Silverton, charging itnext day to Helen that she could not coht surely expect her

With a bitter pang Helen read this letter to the three women who had so much anticipated Katy's visit, and each of whom cried quietly over her disappointment, while even Uncle Ephraim went back to his work that afternoon with a sad, heavy heart, for now his labor was not lightened by thoughts of Katy's being there so soon

"Please God shebeneath the butternut in thejust how Katy looked on that first day of her return froua, when she sat on the flat stone while he piled up the hay and talked with her of different paths through life, one of which she ht and pleasant," and some would think she had; but Uncle Ephraiainst a tree, he asked silently that, whether he ever saw his darling again or not, God would care for her and keep her unspotted from the world