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"Thank God, they do not! But what you say about Rem is only cobweb stuff She is too friendly, too pleasantly familiar, I would like to see her iven hter to Hyde, and, say what you will, co, John, and whether you eat it or not Destiny will go straight to her mark Love is destiny; and the heart is its own fate There are those to e are spiritually related, and the tie is kinder than flesh and blood Can you, or I, count such kindred? No; but souls see each other at a glance Did I not know thee, John, the very moment that we met?"

She spoke softly, with a voice sweeter than music, and her husband was touched and calmed He took the hand she stretched out to him and kissed it, and she added-"Let us be patient Love has reasons that reason does not understand; and if Cornelia is Hyde's by predestination, as well as by choice, vainly we shall worry and fret; all our opposition will co Give Cornelia this interval, and tithe it not; in a few days Arenta will have gone away; and as for Hyde, any hour land; and this summons, as it will include his mother, he can neither evade nor put off Then Rem will have his opportunity"

"To be patient--to wait--to say nothing--it is to give opportunity toofellow a little of my mind--"

"You must not make yourself a town's talk, John Just no York is all for lovers If you interfere between Hyde and Cornelia while it is in this temper, every one will cry out, 'Oh, the pity of it!' and you will be bayed into doing so or other Do I not know you, dear one?"

"God's precious!" and he took her in his ar fro frootten Reland to-e"

"Tiainst any love affair that is not destiny! And if it be destiny, there is only sub dear; a maybe that is just as likely to please us as not"

Then Doctor John looked up with a sht, Ava," he said cheerfully "I will take the maybe Maybes have a deal to do with life When you coained, nor a good deed done except on a maybe So maybe all I fear may pass like a summer cloud Yet, take my word for it, there is, I think, no maybe in Rem's chances with Cornelia"