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"Pray put some animation into your face, or Mrs Grandon will certainly think we have been quarreling," Wilford whispered, as he lifted his wife froay and natural

But all the while was she fighting back her tears and wishing she were away Even Marian's rooy court, was preferable to that place, and she was glad when the long day ca back to the city

The nextwas dark and rainy; but in spite of the weather Katy found her way to Marian's roo the ---- avenue cars, which left her independent as regarded the length of her stay About Marian there was soenial than about her city friends, and day after day found her there, watching while Marian fashioned into shape the beautiful little gar influence, sobering her down andher more than all the years of her life had done Those were happy hours spent with Marian Hazelton, the happiest of the entire day, and Katy felt it keenly when Wilford at last interfered, telling her she was growing quite too fa woman, and her calls had best be discontinued, except, indeed, such as were necessary to the work in progress

There was a grieved look on Katy's face, but she uttered no word of remonstrance; while her husband went on to say, that of course he did not wish to be unreasonable, nor interfere between her and her acquaintances as a general thing, but when the acquaintance chosen was a seoman, whose antecedents no one knew, and whose society could not be i, the case was different

After this there were no s spent in Marian's room, no more talks of Silverton and Morris Grant; talks which did Katy a world of good, and kept her heart open to better influences, which ht otherwise have been wholly choked and destroyed by the life she saw around her With one great gush of tears, when there was no one to see her, Katy gave Marian up, writing her a note, in which were sundry directions for the work, which would go on even after she had left for the Mountain House, as she intended doing the last of June And Marian, reading this note, guessed at h laid it in her basket, and then resumed the work, which see for the little feet tripping up the stairs, or for the bird-like voice which had brought so much of music and sunshine to her lonely room