I during solitary rides; picture-books, toys, j dolls, or sweetmeats, procured by means of j Teecie Ray's guinea. I suggested as much to I Teecie one evening as she sat by, watching the ! distribution, and she nodded her head in sage j satisfaction. She thought that I economised Imy substance very well. It covered a great j many small extravagances, that guinea did.

Whatever might be my position at Rutland