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Never until this night had Helen realized how beautiful Katy hen in full evening dress, and her exclaht a soft flush to Katy's cheek, while she felt a thrill of the olden vanity as she saw herself once more arrayed in all her costly apparel Helen did not wonder now at Wilford's desire to have Katy with hi sister as Esther twined the flowers in her hair and then brought out the erainst the cold

"If they could only see you at hoht of Dr Grant, and Helen felt a throb of keen regret as she contrasted the gay, airy figure with the grave, quiet Morris, who found his chief delights in works of charity, and whose feet lingered a, rather than such scenes as that to which she was going

But Katy's path lay far froht to say whither she should go or when return He was standing by her now,his approbation in a hich ree, when Katy's dress had been condemned, and of that sadder, bitterer time when she had poured her tears like rain into that trunk returned All she had thought of Wilford then was now more than confirmed, but he was kind to her and very proud of Katy, so she forced back her feelings of disquiet, which, however, were roused again when she saw the dark look on his face, as Katy, at the very last, ran to the nursery to kiss baby again, succeeding this ti it, as was proven by the cry that ht to his lips a word of rebuke for Katy's childishness

"You are like a girl with her first doll," he said, as he opened the door for her to pass, and Helen, though she felt the truth of the remark, knew there was no necessity for him to throw so much of lordly displeasure into his manner, and make poor Katy look so distressed and worried as they drove rapidly along the streets to Mrs Banker's

The party was not so large as that at Sybil Grandon's, but it waspeople like Morris, who readily appreciated the peculiarities of her et all else around her if she had not been a guest at Mark Ray's house It was the first tiht of Mrs Grandon's, and as if forgetful of her reserve, he paid her nu from the master of the house, were the more to be valued