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He sat down upon the bench beside Truelove, and taking the heers "But to-day," he said,--"but

to-day the sky seeht Why is that, Truelove?"

Truelove, with her eyes cast down and a deeper wild rose in her cheeks,

opined that it was because Friend Marmaduke Haell of his fever,

and had that day returned to Fair View "Friend Lewis Contesse did tell h, that thee made a tenderer nurse than

any woman, and that he did think that Marmaduke Haward owed his life to

thee I alad that thee has made friends with him whom men foolishly

call thy master"

"Credit to that the blue sky," said the storekeeper whimsically; "there is

yet the sunshine to be accounted for This rooht

half an hour syne"

But Truelove shook her head, and would not reckon further; instead heard

Ephraihlander's clasp

"There will be aof Friends at our house next fourth day," she

said, in her most dovelike tones, as she rose and held out her hand for

her new shoes "Will thee cous? Thee will be edified, for Friend