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"You are right," she said "It was thoughtless in me not to think of this myself Helen shall have the furs, and whatever else is necessary I alad you reminded me of it You are kind as my own ood-by, charging her a dozen times not to let Helen know the surprise in store for her

There was little need of this caution, for Mrs Banker understood huht wound one as sensitive as Helen Between the latter and herself there was a strong bond of friendship, and to the kind patronage of this lady Helen owed most of the attentions she had as yet received fro her to the place she held in spite of the coly criticised, and which, in fact, kept Wilford fro her out, as his wife so often asked him to do And Helen, too, keenly felt the difference between herself and those ho over itof the surprise in store for her, when on Christ her alone, her face all agloith exciteoods, which she bade Helen exaard with his iven unsparingly, even though he knew the purpose to which it was to be applied

"Oh, Katy, Katy, why did you do it?" Helen cried, her tears falling like rain through the fingers she clasped over her eyes

"You are not angry?" Katy said, in so at the handsome furs, the stylish hat, the pretty cloak, and rich patterns of blue and black silk, which Mrs Banker had selected

"No, oh, no!" Helen replied "I knoas all ainst taking this from Wilford He had better have sent to Silverton for that trunk Its contents have never been disturbed, and surely there h for me"

It was the first time Helen had alluded to that trunk; but Katy did not think that anything ill-natured was meant by the re so much from Wilford, as it was natural she should, and she hastened to reassure her, using all her powers to coh to exaifts upon which no expense had been spared Much as we nore dress, and sinful as is an inordinate love for it, there is yet about it an influence for good, when the heart of the wearer is right, holding it subservient to all higher, holier affections At least Helen Lennox found it so, when, clad in her new garood looks, she drove with Mrs Banker, or returned Sybil Grandon's call, feeling that there was about her nothing for which Katy need to blush, or even Wilford, who blandly invited her one pleasant day to drive with hi so disappointed when told that he had been forestalled by Mr Ray, whose fine turnout attracted less attention that afternoon than did the handsome lady at his side, Helen Lennox, who bade fair to rival even her Sister Katy tarrying at hos which Wilford reported as having been said of Helen by those for whose opinion he cared the most He was not afraid to be seen with her now, and Helen, while knowing the reason of the change, did not feel like quarreling with hirace of what made her life in New York very happy With Bell Cameron she was on the best of ter with the tide, professed for her an admiration, which, whether fancied or real, didher popular; and when, as the mistress of her brother's house, she issued cards of invitation for a large party, she took especial pains to insist upon Helen's attending, even if Katy were not able But froers alone, she said, and so the matter was dropped, until Mrs Banker offered to chaperone her, when Helen began to waver, changing her o