laughing. What, my little benefactress, my little mother ! I am afraid I scandalized Lady Thornton on that.occasion by my utter scorn of lur proposition. Christina Rutland swept into the room at this crisis, and relieved me in my difficulty. But often afterwards during that day 1 laughed when I thought of« Lady ' Thornton's in formation. Teecie Bay a wo man? Preposterous!

One morning, when it wanted but a week of