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And Martha, in great spirits, told her Willia, she had to adood qualities "I told hiret about

Mrs Richie, and he said he had always noticed ooseberry jas so catacornered!" Martha observed, laying the

thin silver spoon straight in the dish "William, I never knew anybody

so incapable as that woman I asked her how she had packed her

preserves forShe said she hadn't made any! Think of that, for

a housekeeper Oh, and I found out about that perfuround orris!"

William said he would like a cup of tea

"I can'tthe teapot to make sure

it was hot; "I've always said she wasn't her brother's equal,

mentally But you do expect a woman to have certain fe a child, and then deserting him!"

"She hadn't adopted hi; she took hiets tired of hio on with it"

"I suppose it's better not to begin it?" Williae in his voice that caused Mrs King to hold her tongue

"Martha," the doctor said, after a while and with evident effort, "can