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But Julia Cloud could not see; she was safely over the bridge and out on the highhere she would not be likely to be followed, and the wine of thein her veins Such wonderful air, such clear blue sky and flying clouds! She felt like a flying cloud herself as she sped along in the great blue car with the chatter of the children in her ears and the silvery laughter of Leslie by her side How could she help sht? Too soon after a funeral? The thought did come to her But she knew by the thrill of her heart that her ladder now than she had been for years of her bedridden life on earth, and, if she could look down to see, would no doubt be happy that sohter at last Julia would just enjoy this day and this delight to the full while it lasted If it was not er than the day, at least she would have this wonderful ride to re through a panorah her half-cleared house, finding unswept hearth and unmade beds and unwashed dishes, came to trouble her joy It was as if the childhood of her life, long held in abeyance, had come back to her, and would not be denied

Ellen and Mrs Perkins in their inspection of the house cauests' roorauessing their use and exclai in wonder and horror that any one would spend so ée and her frilly little nightgoith its lace and floating ribbons cae aood ladies arrived at Julia Cloud's rooave the key to the mystery of the two visitors

"H'ht she had some bee in her bonnet She must have written to them or they never would have come Now, I suppose she means to keep them all winter, perhaps, and feed them, and baby them up; and, when she has spent all she has, she'll come back on us Well, she'll find out she's ets back, I'll just tell her plainly that she can bundle up her company and send them home and come out to us now, to-day or to-morrow, or the offer is withdrawn, and she needn't think she can fall back on Herbert, either, when she's spent everything Herbert is not a man to be put upon"