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Surely, she would so his head upon the cane he carried, he prayed earnestly for the good he coveted, keeping his head down so long that, until it had left the strip of woods and eure, wrapped in waterproof and hood, with a huge umbrella over its head and a basket upon its ar its way daintily toward the house, stopping occasionally, and lifting up the little, high-heeled Bal so co day at the far how much Morris used to love her custards, Aunt Betsy had prepared him some, which she warranted to "melt in his mouth," and then asked Katy to take them over, so he could have them for tea

"The rain won't hurt you an atolance at the lowering sky "You can wear your waterproof boots and my shaker, if you like, and I do so want Morris to have theo, but declined the loan of Aunt Betsy's shaker, which being large of the kind, and capeless, too, was not the ear a woman could wear With the basket of custards, and cup of jelly sheto her, as in the door she stopped to take up her dress: "It must he dretful lonesome for Morris to-day S'posin' you stay to supper with hirowin' dark I'll come over for you You'll find the custards fust-rate"

Katy did not think it very probable that she should stay to tea with Morris, but she made no reply, and walked ahile Aunt Betsy went back to the coat she was patching for her brother, saying to herself: "I' folks, just fitted to each other, to live apart when they ht be so happy, with Hannah, and Lucy, and me, close by, to see to 'em, and allus make their soap, and see to the butcherin', besides savin' peneryle and catnip for the children, if there was any"

Aunt Betsy had turned ht she planned how to bring about the match between Morris and Katy That they werewhich Helen inadvertantly let fall she had guessed that Morris wanted Katy prior to her e with Wilford She had suspected as htway put her wits at work "to o," as she expressed it But Katy was too shy to suit her, and since Morris' convalescence had stayed too much from Linwood To-day, however, Aunt Betsy "felt it in her bones" that, if properlywould happen, and the custards were but the ood da her daarments in the hall, lest Morris should take cold, went at once into the library, where he was sitting near to a large chair kept sacred for her, his face looking unusually cheerful, and the rooht wood fire on the hearth She kneas glad she had co there than of the custards she brought him