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As soon as it was understood that Mrs Wilford Ca invitations froay world which had missed her so much, but Katy declined them all on the plea that baby needed her care She was happier at home, and as a mother it was her place to stay there At first Wilford listened quietly, but when he found it was her fixed determination to abjure society entirely, he interfered in his cool, decisive hich always carried its point

"It was foolish to take that stand," he said "Other mothers went and why should not she? She had already stayed in tooherself, and"--as infinitely worse to Wilford--"she was losing her good looks"

As proof of this he led her to the glass, showing her the pale, thin face and unnaturally large eyes, so distasteful to him Wilford Cameron was very proud of his handso with his position and wealth, but when Katy was iht picture was obscured, for it needed her presence to row dissatisfied with his surroundings, while abroad hethe opera, the party or the reception insipid where she was not, and feeling fully conscious that Wilford Cameron, without a wife, and that wife Katy, was not a ht himself to be Even Sybil Grandon did not think it worth her while to court his attention, especially if Katy were not present, for unless some one saw and felt her triumph it ceased directly to be one On the whole Wilford was not well pleased with society, as he found it this winter, and knohere the trouble lay he resolved that Katy should no longer reood looks Wilford would not have confessed it, and perhaps was not himself aware of the fact, that Katy's beauty was quite as dear to him as Katy herself If she lost it her value was decreased accordingly, and so as a prudent husband it behooved him to see that as so very precious was not unnecessarily throay It did not take long for Katy to understand that her days of quiet were at an end, that neither crib nor cradle could avail her longer Mrs Kirby, selected from a host of applicants, holly competent for Baby Cameron, and Katy must throw aside the ain the belle It was a sad trial, but Katy knew that submission was the only alternative, and so when Mrs Banker's invitation came, she accepted it at once, but there was a sad look upon her face as she kissed her baby for the twentieth ti-maid