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KELLY, Agent- PROPRIETURS. DEERING AGENT. The Humanist”. MA and H001 DU R HA ".X ()N'I‘. SABER. The. grand funeral which Mrs. Cameron once had planned for Katy was a reality at last, but the breathless form lying so cold and still in the darkened room at No. â€", Fifth Avenue, was that of a soldier embalmedâ€"an only son brought back to his father’s house amid sadness and tears. They had taken him there rather than to his own house, be- cause it was the wish of his mother, who, however hard and selfish she might. be to others, had idolized her son, and mourned for him truly, for- getting in her grief to care how grand the funeral was, and feeling only a. passing twinge when told that Mrs. Lennox had come from Silverton to pay the. last tribute of respect to her late son-in-law. Some. little comfort it was to have, her boy lauded as a faithful soldier, and to hear the connnendations laVished upon him during the. time he lay in state, with his uniform around him; but when the whole was over, and in the gray wintry afternoon her hushand returned from Greenwood, there rame over her a, finding of surh desnlzliinll as she had never knownâ€"- a fooling which drove her at. last to the little room upstairs, where sat a lonely man, his head hoch upon his hands, and his tours. drop- ping silently upon the hearthstono us he, too, thought. of the vacant pur- lor lwlow and the new grave at Ireon wood. . “0h. husband, comfort me!" fall from her lips as she lotterod to her husband, who opvnrd his arms to re- (‘oin- ln-r, forgo-Hing all thi- yours whirh had llliltli' l‘wr the cold, proud woman, who nwdmi no sympathy, and ri-nwmberim.r only that, bright, green slnnnwr win-n s‘w was first his .bridv, and runw to him for comfort. in (Wc'l’y littlo- gl'lt'VlllH'i', just us shi- ("all") to him now in this grout. crushingr sorrow. or stipulation. All Vus hers to (In with as shn [)It'ilSN‘, and K UV wept passimmtuly whvn she- hwwd hnw gone-runs: Wilfnl'd haul hum. 'lhvn. as she Hmught m‘ Marian. and the lift' nf pnvwrty lwl‘nn- hvr, shu ('I‘l'pt, to futhm' (_‘.nnormn's side, and said to him plvudingly : With Mr. Cami-rim tho blow struck rim-pm; and his \Vufl Sti'm-t friends tall-mil ingi-t/hcr of thc- old mam ho. had gruwn Sim-(- Wilford died, while Katy oftvn found him lwnding over his linigâ€"no'gli-i'ti-(l Bible. as he sat. alone in his rumn at. night. And Whmi at last. Shi' \‘miiin'ml tn Slivuk' to him NIH)“ ”w 3!” important Huh- jm'i. hi- put his hand in 1101‘s. and Imih- hi'l' Ivau'h him thi- iiail'i'nw way whii'h siw haul inland. and “'ht'l‘i‘ill \Vilfm'c! 1.1m haul Willki'd at the Very last, thvy hopml. “I‘M ('h'iwvru share it With mo. She hI'NiS it. quite! as much." FuUu-r (‘amu-rnn would imt. permit Katy tn dix'ide equally with Marian. It was not. just. in. said: but he did not nhiN-t to a few thousands going to hvr. mu] iwfnro Katy left New York for Sih'ortnn. sho wrote a long kind inttor to Marian. prosontinq hm‘ with tvn thousand dollars. which she imggud hvr tn arm-pt, not. so much as a gift. but as her riahtful duo. Thorn was n. mm‘m-nt's hc-sitancy on the part of Mariam \vhvn she» read the it'iiOr, :1 {ruling that she could not taka so much from Katy: but whom she Innlwd at lhv [m]? sum-rm's Hin'llui i't‘l'. uHL Hit-rm. (in! how luau} nix-("Fwd ih'uxt‘é 1m: umncy \umld hulp ‘m (hm-r, Sht' said: “i will ku'p it." For umny Wen-ks Katy Hum-red in New ank, and thv Juno rows \Va-n- hlnmning whvn sho- wmvt hawk to Sil- vm'tml. u Widmx' and righ'ful uwnvr of all “'ilfurd's umplv fm'tmw. 'l'hvy haul found among his [nun-rs u will. drawn up and «j-mw-utml not 14mg: 1.... fm‘o his illm-ss. and in which Katy was mzulq- his hvir. Without condition The heat, the smoke, the thunder 01' the lntlile “ere ”\1'1'. and the llelth Ul- (lo_'ll‘\ slmrg \'.o-i'e (u't‘lltllcd with human blood and co\ered with the (lo-ail and dying. The contest had ‘ln-cn fearful, and its results car- ried Sorrow and anguibh to many at. heart looking so anxiously for the names of the [med ones who. on the annixersar} n the day which saw our nation's independence, lay upon the hills and plains of Gettysburg, their white faces upturned to the summer sky, and-wet with the rain dropS, which like tears tor the noble dead the pitying clouds had shed up- on them. And nowhere, perhaps, was‘ there a whiter face or a more anx- ious heart that at the {armâ€"house, Where both Ilelen and her mother-in- law were spending the hot July days. Since the Christmas eve when Helen had watched her husband go- lng from her across the wintry snow he had not been back, though several times he had made arrangements to do 80. Something, however, had al- ways happened to prevent. Once it was sickness which kept him in bed for a week or mor;e again his regi- ment was ordered to advance. and the third time it was sent with oth- ers to repel the invaders from Penn- sylvania soil. Bravely through each disappointment Helen bore herself, but, her cheek always grew paler and her eye darker in its hue when the evening papers came, and she read what progress our soldiery had made. “cling that a battle was inevitable, and praying so earnestly that Mark Raymlght be spared. Then. when the battle was over and up the nor- thern hills came the dreadful story 0! than“ and thousands slain, fiéfiééfifibkbfiééfibfiwkbfiwfiééfiébfiwfiwkéfiébfiéfi Purified * * av MARY J. by Suffering ms C HA 1"1‘ER XLV. (_‘H.\l"i'l€l{ KIA/1 fearful look in her eve. pulp suflvH-l's (Hi! how 1“; i Hunky so faithful to him, and so he took their fare, and by his genial humor and unwavering eheerfulness kept many a heart. from fainting, and made the prison life more bearable. than it. could have been without him. To young 'l‘om 'l‘ubhs, who had enlisted six months before, he was a ministering angel, and many times the poor homesick boy crept to the. side of his captain, and lay- inn: his burning head in his lap. wept himself to sleep and dreamed he was at home again. The horrors of that, prison life have never been told, but Mark‘ bore up manfully. suffering,r less in mind, perhaps, than did the. friends at, home, who lived, as it Were, a thousand years in that, one hrief sunnner while he remained in lirhmond. and her features were rigid as mal- le, while the quivering lips 'could scarcely pray for the great fear tug- ging at her heart. Mark Ray was not with his men when they cmne from that terrlfllc onslaught. A dozen had seen him fall, struck down by a rebel hall, and that was all she heard for more than a week, when there came another relay 0! news. Captain Mark Ray was a. prisoner of war, with several of his own company. An inmate of Libby pris- on and a Sharer from choice of the apurtuwut whvrv his men were con- fined. As an oilicm' he was entitled to hvttc-r qum'tm's: but, Mark Ray had :1 largo. warm heart, and he would not (Ii-svrt ihnsv who had been At last, as the frosty days of Oc- tohor came on, they began to hope he might be exchanged, and Ilclcn's face grow bright. again, until one day thcrc came a soiled, half-Worn letter, in Mark’s own handwriting. It was the lirst word rccvivcd from him since his capture in July, and with a cry of joy llclvn snatchml it from Uncle Ephraim, for she was still at the farmâ€"house, and sitting down upon the doorstep just whom she had hovn standing, road tln- words which Mark' had sent to her. 110 was very well, he said, and had been all tlw tinw. hut. ho pincd for honw, longingr for tho (lo-au‘ girlâ€"wilt- newer so dear as now, when supar- atod by so many milvs, with prison Walls on «Lory sitli‘. and all unwnly's- litw lu-twvt-n tin-m. “Hut lm ul' fJ‘IHHI chm-F, darling. he Wrn: - “I shall v'nnw hack to ym' sum- tinw, and lit'n will 'w all tln- hriuhti-r in!“ what you sufl'vr now. I am so glad my darling: cons sw-nH-d to lw H". \Vil'v, «won though I mullll sth with hur but a monwnt. 'i‘lw itno‘fiw: 5m; aru- wally mim- lililkt'H nw happ} ('U‘n hwrv, for I think of _\ou by day. amt in my (in-unis l ai\\‘a\s hold you in my 'i‘lw lilin‘."5n¢: _\'m nmkus mv humb)‘ think n!‘ you I.) (In-mus l ulwu: arms and mums }( A him lu- gun- or south, and tlu Ilt’h‘ll..\" hvzul't. ' SIN!” m-VM' s Slimslj.’ tho- \Vintm' [ms‘m-tl away. and Hm («wintry “'le l'ift‘ with stul'it's ()f nur nwn, tiuiiy dying: Ivy immlrwls. \Vhiiu thus“ suMin-d \x'vrv rmium-d to nmniau's nr imiwriivs. Ami ih-ivn. us Sim ”Mum-(l, grvw nvarly fi'untir with thv sit‘kt'nilip; SUSPPDSP. Shv did not knuw wlu-n- hvr husband was. 110 had made sovm'ul nttvmpts tn osrapv, and with vm'h failure hurl lwvn ro- muvm‘i tn safer quarters. so that his clmnrns fur living vxrhmigt-d St‘t‘lllvd \ pry far awa y. “'ka after Week, mnnth after month passvd on, until (fume the nwnmrahle hattlt- of the Wilderness, “h n Lieu- tvmmt Bob. as yvt. unharmml. stood hravoly in tha- thirkvst. ni 'hctight. his tail figure towering ulmx‘o the rust. and his soidivr's rn'i'urm hut- tonml over a dark troqs of hair. and a. farm like Hull (‘11.nu‘rnn's. Lieu- tenant Huh had tn’un i\VU nr three furloughs; hut, th' mm Wll'it'h had left. IHHVNL mu! whvn am “xx“ 'NH'N'IL slw g. ml." :l'lvmsxl al in how Wen-(ls tumult, Roll haul ln’un 1W0 or three furloughsz lmt lh'mw Whhh had left. the swvvtvst. 1)|4:\-::|11tt-st mmnory in his hvm-t. was that. of H1“ autumn lwforo. \Vl'u-n Ilu- crimson loaves of the maplo. :Ill"| the golden tints of the lwm'h. Were burning thomsulvos nut. 011 llw hills of Silvm'ton, whorv his fiu'lnlmh was mostly passed, and who‘re with Bell Cameron he scoured ‘0... ..-'-..~ ‘00"- ”"O -- - lht' length and breadth of Uncle l‘llmraim'l farm. now stopping by the shore 0! Fairy Point, and .gtin sit- ting for hours on a ledge of rocks, far up the hill, where beneath the softly whispering pines, nmlding above their heads. Bell guthm'vd the light brown «inns and said to him thv words he had so thirsted to hear. Much of Bell's time was passed with Katy. at the farm-house, and here Lieutenant Reynolds found her, accepting readily of Uncle Ephraim’s hearty invitation to remain, and spending his entire vacation there with the exception of three days, giv- en to his family. Perfectly charmed with quaint Aunt Betsy. he flattered and courted her almost. as much as he did Bell, but he did not take her with him in his long rambles over the hills, or sit with her at night, alone in the parlor till the clock struck twelveâ€"a habit which Aunt Betsy greatly disapproved, but over-- looked for this once, seeing, as she said, thatâ€" ' Those were halcyon days which Robert. passed at Silverton; but one stood' out prominently before him, whether sitting before his firm) are or plunging into the battle, and that the onuahenmasemx am. 1.11 Edda “That young leftenant was none of her kin, and Isabel only a little." Md ”1 lil'ing'ly inWuys hnld _\'uu in my ‘I'G‘HS 5m: tn mfv h -.:rl ." n gun. nf lwim: smut furthâ€" md tIH-n hnpv (ht-(l out, of HS hum M "Jm'k Mu! hcwn I'v- aat 1m) fins! :H HH‘ {into wro- \\'us; «'masmmly 0x- 4- him MD as lost. fowl- nmvh widmwd as Katy him :‘L'Hi‘l. ' sho “In"! “In H tlw mo-s- ‘Im'k Mu! lwvn ru- Hm his! :3! thv H1220 Eefil emu toonsn tncones, Ben (annex-on freely acknowledge her love. for the man to whom she had been so long engaged, and paid him back the kiss- es she had before refused to give. “I shall be a better soldier {or this," Robert had said. as he guid- ed her down the steep ledge of rocks. and with her hand in his, walked slowly back to the tarm- house, which, on the marrow, he left to take again his place in the army. There wore no more furloughs for him after that: and the winter pass- ed away, bringing the spring again. when came the battle in the Wilderâ€" ness. where, like a hero, he tonght‘ until, becoming separated from his comrades. he tell into the eneiay’s hands; and two days after, there sped along the telegraphic wires to New York: Afterwards came- the news that An- dersonville was his destination. toâ€" gether with many others made pris- oners that. day. “Lieutenant Robert Reynolds cap- cured the first day of the battlei” “It is better than being shot. and a great deal better than being burn- ed, as some of the poor wretches were," Juno said, trying to comfort. Bell, who doubted a little her sis- ter's word. Morris had served out. his time as surgeon in the army. had added to it an extra six months; and by his humanity, his skill, and Christian kindness, made for himself a name which would he long remembered by the living to whom he had minis- tered so carefully. while many .i dying soldier haul blessed him for pointing out the way whirh lead- eth to life ex'erlnstiug; and in man); a mourning family his name was a household Word. for the pond he had done. to a (lying son unl liroâ€" ther. But Morris's hospital work was over. “1‘ haul Home a little too far. and incurred lUO lllllt'h risk. unâ€" til his own strength had failed; and now in the month of June, when Linwood was bright with the early summer blossovvis, he was coming back with health greatly iumuirml. and a dark cloud before his Vision. M, that. he could not soc how lmaulifu: his home was looking or gaze mm the fans of lhusv \th wuih‘d M) anxiously to \wlt'umc thvir helovml physician. Blind Mime said he was; but ”In fvw ”DPS svnt tn Hvlvn. am mmm-ing Uw flux of his arrival. an tmdivtwl Ihut n-pm‘t. His 0va www- \-«‘-r,\' mmh dim-and. hi8 :mmmwnsis wrote; but h:- li'HhtldIhaH 11L- [HU‘U air of his nl:i\.- hills. um! thw in- ‘lm'm'e of ulx! Hz" “"8 and aw: m'iutimw wmml HM)” Mfr-rt a cure. “If Imi hm llllH‘h Irouhlu,“ hv ndllt-(l, “ph'um‘ any (mu el:~‘e. lll'(‘<S it were [\ain. whose lining“. gentle wards of hope were Very Hmlhing‘ in her. "l’tmr Murris.” ’she sighed, as she linislu-d his letter. and then took it to the family. wlm were sitting upâ€" on the pleasant piazza. which, at Kitty's expense and her own. had been added In the house. and ever- 'U()k(.‘d Fairy Fund and the pleasant l'ills beyond. "Harris is cunning home,” she said. "He will be he“: on Friday. ainl he wishes us to see that all thing-sure in wider at Linwmid for his rem-[mini]. His eyes are lmdly dim-axed. lml he hopes that coming huvl In us will cure him." she added. glam-in." at Kitty “110 Salt. upon a step (if the pin/Jam. h"l' hands folded l()-_:elli--r upun her law. and her blue eyes looking fur all into the fading Sullsvt. air of his n-Hix'u hills, and thu in- xluvm'e of old 5w nus and am m-iutimw u'mILd Hum 9mm a euro. "If nni 1m) llllH‘h ll‘ouhlu,“ ht' mldml, "ph'ilN‘ sun that ”W Imusv is made! ('umfurt- :Ih‘r. and haw Juhn mm-t 1110 on Friday all the station." ”0:!" “as' gnu! Morris .wus coming hunw. fur lr- always did h*r gund: he umld t'unzl'n'l hPI' lwttcr than any nun «4w. nn'vs‘s it were Katy. whom» luring. gumlo words of hope Katy hm] unam- hccn prettier than shu “as now. in lwr mature woman- hqu. «In: In th- pmn‘ and sorrow- iul “hum. hunws shv cheered so nfâ€" 11w. shv \xau am allg't'l 0f goozlm-ss. 'l‘hvy wudd miss hm' at thefau'm- hnuw now more than they did u'hun >110 firs: went away. for she mudv Hm .~-..n~hm of thvir houw, filling,r Hahn's ;» min when she was: in New Ym‘ .amr! w'm'n she came hack prov- ‘im: 30 how u slay and ('mnl'uru-r. ln~ (19 d, but for Kitty's prI-mm'o, Hui- «.11 «.H n icll that #110 ('(MM not enâ€" um-v 1h" sixtu 1111‘; suslwnw and (imam \shit‘h hung so darkly over her hmbamd s fate. ' 2.0 is u'i'w; hv will come hack," Katy aways raid. and from 1101' por- fww faith. 'Hclun. tm). caught. a g"i.:.;n~u of hope. H ixmy 1h.u:ght of Morris shvnev- m- spoke ”5' him when she could help it. It was. a murhid fancy to which sir-Mung. that duty to “‘ilfm'd’s mmmn‘v I‘ccynirw! h‘l‘ to au'uid the 21):!!! “ha had Sn innm'vmly ('umv h0- zwucn lhvm; and whtn shu heard 11” "has rowing humu she fvlt more 1111‘" Hun plow-urn. though for an instant :1 «3 Mom] tlzruhwd thrnuu‘h ht'r \‘vins‘ 1.34 she thought of Mm'ris M. Lin- wood. just. as he used to he. Katya inéréééing' cfieerfuinnss. it, was not in his nature never to thin'~: of What might be, and mum than once he had prayed, that if cursiv- tent. with his Father's v.11]. mu \m- lllull he had low-:1 H) we”. Mandi! yet b0 his. If not. In." vuuld gm on his way alone, just as he had al- ways done. knowing that it was right. Such was the state of Morris's mind when he returned from Washâ€" ington, but. now it, was '»~.iw\'.li;1t different. "I cannot lose her now," was the thought constantly in Mor- ris’s mind as he experienced more and more how desolate were the days which did not bring her to him. “It in twenty months since Wilford died." he said to himself one wet October afternoon, when he sat listening dreamily to the patter of the rain falling upon the windows. and looking occuionully across the fields to the farm-house. in the hope of spying in the distance the little airy form. which, in its waterproof and cloud. hnd braved worse Itorma than this at the time he was so ill. on the can. he carried. he prayed earnestly for the good he coveted, keeping his head down no long that, until it had loft the strip of woods “d mod into tho open fields. ho “Suroly, she would some day be hiu own." upd leaning his head up- CHAPTER. XLV ll. Tho day of hi. roturn wu bdmy ind bountiful. all! at an early hour Helen went over to Linwood to u. thot ovarythinx was in order for his arrival, while Katy followed her at a lttor hour, wondering if Willard would object it he know also was go- in: to welcome Morris, who might miuconstrue her motives it oh. staid u ay. “lie will be tired." she said. “lie will lie down after dinner." and Ike laid a. few sweet English violets up- on his pillow, thinking their per- fume might be grnteful to him af- ter the pent-up air of the hospital and cm. “He will think Helen put them there, or Mn. Hull," she thought, as she stole softly out. and shut the door lwhind her, glancing next at the cloo‘-. and feeling alit- tle impntient that a whole hour inust elapse befo c they could expect : “I'm bound to fetch that round. It's a. shame for two young folks, just fitted to caCh other, to live apart when they might be so happy. twith Hannah, and Lucy. and me. close by .the see to 'em, and dine make their soap and see to the butcherin', besides uvin' peneryle and catnip for the children, it there Poor Morris! he did not dream how anxiously h-.- was waited for at home. nor to th- crowd assembled at the depot to welcome back the loved physician. whose name they had so often heard coupled with praise as a. true hero. even though his post was not in the from of the battle “I smell the pond lilies; we must be near Silverton," he said, and a sigh escaped him as he thought of coming home and not. being able to sen i" or the woods and fields around it. “'I'hy will lw dunv.” he had said many: times sinvv the War first. vrept into his hum-t that fur him the light had faded. le1 than the lung train st6pp0d at Silvorton. and. led by his attendant. ho. stcmwd fwchly imu tho ('t'nwd. “hirh soul up duufoning chm-rs for hr. (hunt come home again. At Um sight of his hollllvssncss. hmwvvr. a. he ing of awe (ame owr tlwm. and \VhiSpcrillg to ouch other. "I did not suphosv hr‘ was so haul." they pross- (d m'nund him. (Mk-ring; llwirlmnds and in guil'in': anxiously how ht' was. It With \t'l‘y plras‘nnl 2h"! (UNT- nunn. an} Morris vnjuyod HIP ("We 2-” m", h. uswrinu' l'nvlv Ephraim that he “as growing lu-Hvr (EH‘I'X ILUHHIH. ”0 did um .uumn slmnngzvr uhuu the vurriug‘c Mum“! at Lin- In his great pily for Laty “hon sh;- was first. a widow, \lm'ris Ind scarcely remcmbvrml ilmt she “as “we. or if it did {lush mum his mind. he thrust tho thought aside as injustice to tho dead; hut us the months and 1110 your wcm 'ny, and in heard constantlv from Ric-ion 0" did not let the figure wrapped it waterproo! and hood, with a huge umbrella over its head, and a basket upon its arm. which came picking ite way daintily toward the house. eup- ping occasionally, and lifting up the little high-heeled Balmoral, which the mud was ruining so completely. Katy was coming to Linwood. It had been baking day at the farm- house. and rememberiag how much Morris used to love her custarde. Aunt Betsy had prepared him some, and asked Katy to take them over, so he could have them for tea. “The rain Won't hurt you an at- om," she said as Katy began to de- mur. and glance at the lowering aky. "You can wear your waterproof boots and my‘shaker, if you like. and I do so want Morris to have them to-night." Katy made no reply. and walked away, while Aunt Betsy went back to the coat she was patching {or her brother. saying to horse“: \\'hvn the carriage stopped at Lin- wood, and he “'(‘nt up lho stops, “hora llrhn. Katy and Mrs.1iull were waiting f0" him. He could nut by sight distinguish one from Vb!) mher. hm witlmm thu aid (if her voice, he would hax'u known \VhL‘H lx'uYy's hand was put. in his. She forgot Wilford in hvr excitmmm, l’ity “‘39 the strungust fueling of \‘.'hil'h She Wax ('v‘nkzsim's. :‘ml it “ml:- “(‘Sh’d itself in \uriuis “ms. “Let, me l‘aui um. (uusun Morris." she :aid. as: sh- saw him grngaing his way in his ri-om. aim! withuul waiting for his imply. shi- hc-ld his hand again in hw's. and hd List. 10 his room. \\hl'i':.' the l'lim‘iish \in- she raid. :1 his way in waiting for hand muslin his rnmn. lots Wt'l'c. 'l‘owgi'ds the middle .‘xf July. HL-lrn, \"hoso hvalth “'HS suite-ring f"()?:l 1h:- Ihfiisty conwrning Mark, was tniiru by Mrs. lhinkvr to Nahum. “hm“! Mark's sister. .Irs. Ernst. was «in-Ml- iii-3' the summer, and thus on Katy it‘ll the duty 0f Pu)“; tn ‘in.'i'i< those arts of sistorly uttt-ntinn Mmh as no other lllt'nlhvl' uffliw :.-;I..il_\' know how to HIV. in 111-) NH)!!! whz'ro he lay so helium“ Katy was mt afraid 0! him, nor did .«i u down: in-‘.'- SP” ffliihlt'SS ‘0 ‘Vili‘tit'trs l‘tH'HlU":\, iwm‘use each day soon he!‘ at. lintx'nud, sometimes bathing Morris's infmnwd eyes. sometinws bringing him that cuoling drink, and again wanting to him by the hour, until. south-ax! by the music of her voicv, ho wmilti full “Way to 8109p and drum) he huu'tl tho ungvls sing. "My m'vs are gmtingz both-r.” he said to her one any ‘UxV‘JV'dS the lat- u-r part uf August. when sh..- umw as usual to his room. “I knew last. night 'that Mrs. Hull’s draw was; blur. and I saw the sun shinv though the shuttn's. Very small I hope to we ynu lxaty, rmd lnow if you have changed." She Was standing: ('los‘c by him]. and as he talked he ruisui his hand to rest it on her head. but, with u sud- den 1110\‘enwnt. Katy vludud tho touch. and stopped a little further from him. “'th next. she wont to Limvmvd. thvrc- was in her manner a sham-of dignity. which but!) amused and in- terested Morris. ndu HS“ 01‘ d lu- {IS er in her old age, and day and night she planned how to bring about the match between Morris and Katy. With no suspicion whatever of the good dnme'l intentions. Katy picked her way to Linwood. and leaving her damp garments in the hall. went at once into the llbrar)’. where Morris was sitting near to a large chair kept sacred for her. his face looking unusually cheerful, and the room unusually pleasant, with theflbright wood fire on the hearth. “I have been so lonely, with [no company but the ruin." he said. pushing the chair a. little towards her. and bidding hor sit near tho dry. when she could dry her feet._ Morris had done well to wait. if h. could win her now. Perhaps he thought so. too, and this was why his spirits become so guy as he kept tslklng to her. suggesting at last that she should stay to tea. The rain was falling in torrents when he made the proposition. She could not go then. even had she wished it, and though it was earlier than his usual time, Morris rung {or Mrs. Hull. and ordered that tea be served as soon as possible. “I ought not to stay. It is not proper," Katy kept thinking, as she fldgeted in her chair. and watched the girl setting the table for two. and occasionally deferring some debatable point to her as if she were mistress there. “You can go now, Beckie,” Iorrla said. when the boiling water was poured into the silver Rattle, and tea was on the table. "If we need you we will ring.” With a vague wonder as to who would toast the doctor's bread and butter it, Beckie departed, and the two were left together. It. was Ka- ty who toasted the bread, kneeling upon the hearth. burning her face and scorching the bread in her nor- vousness at the novel position in which she so unexpectedly found her- self. It was Katy, too, who prepar- cd Morris’s tea. and tried to eat, tmt could not. She was not hungry, she Said, and the custard was the only thing she tasted, besides the tea. which she sipped at frequent in- tervals as to make. Morris think she a as eating more than she was. But Morris was not deceived nor dis- h~nrttiwd. Perhaps she suspected his intention, and if so, the sooner he l't_'.'tt'ht'd the point the lwtter. 80 “h. n 111.! ton equipagc was put away. and she began to speak of going home, he said: "No, Katy, you can't go yet, till I have said what is in my mind to say.” and laying his hand upon her :houidm', he made her sit down he- side» him and liston while In“ told her of the “MT! he had horiw for her long iwt‘oro she had known thn moan- inp.r of that word as she Int-w it, nmv~~oi tho struggle to kovp that low in hounds altwr its indulgence was a sin; of his temptations and \‘irtorivs, of his sincere i‘t‘g‘t'vt for “ilford, and of his deep respect for hvr grief, which had made hPr for a than as‘ a sister to him. But that timehati passed. She was not, hi. sister now, nor over could he again. Sh" was Katy. dearer. more pre- cious. more desired even than beforo .inothor called her wife, and he asked her to be his. to come up there to limvood and live with him, making th‘ rainy days brighter, halmier, than tht- sunniost. had ever boon. and iwlping' him in his work of caring for ‘11- poor and sick around them. "“ill Katy como‘.’ Will she be the with of (‘ousin Morris?" 'lhnrc Was a world of muhqs and plvadln! in the \oin which asked thil .,Ilv~‘linll. just as there “as a world of vvndm-m-ss in the mumwr with \thh Morris ('urnssod and fofldled ”3' bowed head resting on the chair al'Hl “It cannot DW-Oh. Morris. it can- imt 2w." shv Hflihl‘d, when ho pressed lwr i‘m' an uiism-r. “lhm't ask me why» lull'l OVPI‘ montiun it again, for I n-il um it. cannot ho. My answer i: in Ii it cannot be. l mu sorry for you. M) sorry! I wish .Vuu had nev- er loud nm. {or it. cannot be." Sh. “'ii’ht'd hc-rsvlf from hil arms wi-ith tri:d tn rivtuin her, and rising to iwr fuvt, loft the room suddenly. and throwing (in hvr wrappings. quit,- 10d liit' hnusv without unnthet‘ word, Mating; Luslu-t and umhrcila behind, and mum knowing she had left. thmn. or how the rain was pouring duull upon her unshcltvrud persol, until. aw she cntvrod the narrow strip of \Vun-‘ilulid. she was met by Aunt Hits-v. who exclaimed at seeing her. and awi-‘vd: “What has hocmue of your umber- (‘ll‘f Ymu' silk (inn, too. It's hope- ful you hmvn't lost it. What. bu ham" nmi you?" and coming closer to Katy. Aunt Betsy luoka-d searchingly in ht'l‘ fare. It was nut. so duh that. Siit‘ could nut, son the trace. 0‘ realm. tours, and instinctively Bus- l't't'1‘fl'f their nature sh. continued. ‘(h'iirtum haw you 54: Martin the “litt(.."” “Aunt. Betsy. is it pnsslhlc that you and Morris contriud this plan?" Katy alkod, half indignuntly. as aha began in part to understand hvr aunt's great. anxiety for her to "isit. Linwood that aftmnmn. “Morris had nothing to do with it." Aunt Betsy replied. "It. was my doin's \tlmlly. an! this is thv thanks I git. You quarrel with him and git. mad at me, who thought only 01 your good. Catherine, 3ou know you like Morris Grant, and if he asked you to haw him why don't you?" But Katy had not, and with a tons of her head. which nhook the rain- drops {rom her capeleu shaker. Aunt Betsy went on her Wty. and was soon confronting Morris. sitting just where Katy had left him. and looking very pcle and ad. “I mgt gathering" Aunt m d “I ain't, Aunt Betsy. I can't, af- ter all that has passed. It. would. be unjust to Wilford." ”[1le to Wilford-â€"tiddlosticks3" was Aunt Betsy's eXprcssivv reply, :3 the started toward Linwood, saying, “she was going after the umberell be- fore it. got lost. with Anohody there to tend to things as they should be tended to. Have you any word to send?" sh. asked, hoping Katy had relented. fiunt Betsy had