to all of which she listened with perfsci credu lity, expressing her sympathy as I went almr i •yjl ll e»presslve nod of ths head or a ahregS «wlft glance. Then she gave me her wise little counsel when all Was told, and went home, I believe, pondering on my case.

As the days passed, aud my relations became more find more Involved in their winter gai eties, I found myself more and more thrown