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She found Ruth Bayard dressed for dinner, but her father was not present That was satisfactory, for he was always a little is; and just then this topic was uppered," and then in a few sentences she told the little romance Dora had lived for the past year, and its happy cul money aside, I think he will make a very suitable husband What do you think, Ruth?"

"From what I know of Mr Stanhope, I should doubt it I a, and I am sure Dora will object to that Then I wonder if Dora is h to be the moneyed partner in matrimony I should think Mr Stanhope was a proud lish noble family of Stanhopes"

"We shall certainly have all the connections of the English nobility in America very soon now--but why does he marry Dora? Is it her money?"

"I think not I have heard fros of Basil Stanhope There are irls than Dora in St Jude's I dare say some one of them would have ery Starey, Jane Lewes, or any of the girls of their order would marry a man with a few thousands a year? And to marry for love is beyond the frontiers of such woence In their creed a husband is a banker, not a man to be loved and cared for You knois very angry at what he evidently considers his sister's mesalliance"

"If Mr Stanhope is connected with the English Stanhopes, the s have soe, and Bryce spoke of his sister 'disgracing his fae'"

"His farandfather was a ot as far away as the Denning's grandfather, suppose we drop the subject"

"Content; I ainal nao now and dress for dinner"

Then Ruth rose and looked inquisitively around the rooant co the scent of roses: a place of deep, large chairs with no odds and ends to worry about, a rooe and chat in, and where the last touch of perfect ho heard the door-bell ring, strolled in to see who had called