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Many ti her eyes with her hand, had looked wistfully up the hill in quest of Mark and Helen, wondering why they stayed out so long, when theynext if Morris would never go hoive Katy a chance to dress

Poor, worried, unfortunate Aunt Betsy! her foot was very laed it up in ca at the terrible s to Morris, who asked if it did not hurt cruelly: "Yes, it hurts some, but nothin' to what the poor soldiers is hurt; and I wouldn't mind it an atom if I hadn't broke the dish with the heathenish nah heavily on Aunt Betsy'sthe straw too many, and only Bell Cameron, ith Lieutenant Bob, had come on the same train with Mark and Mrs Banker, had power to reassure her by telling her that charlotte russe was not essential at all; that, for her part, she was glad to have it out of sight, as it was her especial detestation This comforted Aunt Betsy, who hadwith a direct reference to the "city folks" so confidently expected The substantials were for the neighbors--those ould have no supper at ho viands; while the delicacies, the knickknacks, were designed exclusively for "them stuck-up critters, the Camerons," not one of whom, it now seemed, would be present except Bell Father Caladly have done so if he could, and he sent his blessing to Katy, with the wish that she e Bell gave to Katy, and then tried to form some reasonable excuse for her htily both had declined the invitation, Juno finding fault because Katy had not waited longer than two years, and Mrs Caar as to be ht to be On this point Katy herself had been a little disquieted, feeling how much more appropriate it was that she be ain a bride at the same altar where she had once before been made a wife She could not do it, she finally decided; there would be tooupon her mind, and as Morris did not particularly care where the cereot Katy at the last, it was settled that it should be at the house, even though Mrs Deacon Bannister did say that she had supposed Dr Grant too High Church to do anything as Presbyterianny as that