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"You see what protectors I had," said Aurelia, with a happy s to say--only I cannot," for she was alreat sob, "how very much e to you, sir I could say it better if I did not feel it so much" And she held out her hand

"You cannot owe to me a tithe of what I owe to your sister," said Mr Belah her to you, madam Much as nature had done for her, never would she have been to thecreature she was, save for the 'sister' she taught me to know and love, even before I saw her"

A wonderful revelation here burst on Aurelia, the at least half- to herself in ecstasy, behind her great fan

Betty, never drea of the drift of the words, so utterly out of the reach of love did she suppose herself, replied, coirl, and I ah all her trials she has so proved herself I alad she has been a comfort to you, sir She---"

"And will not you co?" said Mr Belaratitude, and now gave it a pressure that conveyed, for the first ti to take it away, "your kindness and gratitude are leading you too far, sir A hideous old fright likelike her! It is an absurdity"

"Stay, Miss Delavie Remember that your Aurelia's roses and lilies were utterly wasted on ht whether she was beautiful save when others raved about her I never saw her till yesterday; but the voice, the goodness, the amiability, in fact all that I did truly esteem and prize in her I had already found ether with that beauty of countenance which is independent of mere skin-deep complexion and feature You knowable to offer you a fresh untouched young heart, such as s to the fair Aurelia; but the devotion of my life will be yours if you will accept it"

"Sir, I cannot listen to you You are very good, but I can never leave o away!"