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.the young man racked his brain to
• dnd the cause of this sudden indiffer-
ence to one who had been pleased
with him only a short hour before.
"It's that confounded waltzing
which disgusted her." he said, "and
no wonder, for if ever a man looks
like au idiot, it is when he is kitt-
ing up his heels . to the sound of a
fiddle, and whirling some woman
whose skirts sweep everything within
a circle of a rod, and whose face
wears that die -away expression I
have so often noticed, I've half a
mind to swear I'll never dance
again." t
But Mark was too fond of dancing
to quit it at once, and finding Bol-
in still indifferent, ho yielded to
:irclunstauces, ane the last site saw
of hint, as at a comparative early
I our she left the gay scene, he was
dancing again with Juno. It was a
heavy blow to Helen, for she had
become greatly interested in Mark
itay, whose attentions had tirade her
stay ice New York so pleasant. But
these were over now—at least the
excitement tli^y brought, was over,
and Helen us she sat in her dressing -
1 cont at home, and thought, of the
future as well as the past, felt
stealing over herr a sense of desola-
tion unci loneliness such as she had
experienced but once Intoes, and that
ten the ni;.rht whoa leaning from her
window at the farm -house where
:Bark Its}' was stoaping, she had
shuddered and shrunk from living all
her days union;; the rugged hills of
Siberian. New York had opened
P ed
an entirely new world to ben, show-
ing her much that was vain and
frivolous, with mulch too that Was
desirable and good: and if there had
(sept into her heart the thought
that life with such people its Mrs.
flanker and those who frequented her
house would be preferable to a life
in elilvorton, where only Morris un-
derstood her, it was but the natural
result of daily intercourse with one
• who had studied to please and in-
terest as Mark Hey had done. But
I`eten had too much good sense and
st"tngth of will long to indulge in
n'nat she would have called love-
sick r gags" in others, and she be-
gin to revise the best course for
her to nil ipt hereafter, concluding
finally to treat him much as she had
done lest he should suspect how
deeply she had been wounded. Now
that she knew of his engagement, it
would be an easy matter so to de -
imam herself as neither to annoy Ju-
no r,or vex him. Thoroughly now
slue understood why Juno Cameron
had seemed to dislike her so nmch.
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"It natural," said, i. na a she sat
J
"and
yet I honestly believe I like her
,,, ,,, better for knowing what I do. There
Must be some goodobcneath that
proud exterior, or Mark Ray would
never seek her."
Still, look at it from any point
she chose, it seemed a strange, un-
suitable match, and Helen's heart
ached sadly as she finally retired to
rest, thinking what might have been
had Juno Cameron found some oth-
er lover more like herself than Mark
could ever be.
k
CHAPTER XXIII.
Wilford had wished for a son, and
tin the first moment of disappoint-
ment ho had almost been conscious
f,of a resentful feeling toward Katy,
who had given him only a daughter.
A boy, it Cameron heir, was some-
thing of which to b' proud; but a
little girl, scarcely larger than the
last doll with which Katy had play -
WHOOPING COUGH
LEFT A NASTY,
DRY COUGH.
Doctors Could lo No Good.
Mrs. A. Mainwright, St. Mary's, Oat.,
writes: --"I feel it my duty to write and
tell you the good your Dr. Wood's Nor-
Iray Pine' Syrup did for my little boy.
>�e had whooping cough, which left him
with a nasty, dry hard cough. I took
bim to several doctors, but they did him
no good, and I could see my little lad
tfailing day by day. I was advised to take
m to another doctor: which I did, and
e told me he wasoisg into r to a decline.
I. wastelling going
aneighbour ghbour about it and
she told me to get a bottle of Dr. Wood's
!Norway Pine Syrup, and give it to him
;regularly. She then
got to tell me how
mach gond it did her children, so X'got a
'bottle, and gave it to my little boy, and
*ea se pleaded with the result that I
%aught another one, and by the time he
bad finishedit he had no cough. lie ie.
'now fat and strong, and I would not be
'without t bottle in the house on Any
secOunt.t
t Whooping cough generally begins as a
.common cold accompanied anied With cb
and a slight discharge from the nose.
1h
It is, is a rule,more of a child's trouble
int also atfectiI h bdults.
Dr. Wood's
ood's Norwway
Pine Syrup
is iia
•
are preventative if taken ' ti nd
Rsow osit ve curbfor any of the afi
iota.
k
"'Dr. Wood's" it put up in a yellow
Ocpeer, three pine trees the trade mark;
s 23 and 60 cents.
, �M,anufactured only by The T. Milburn
:may Linittd, Toronto, Oat.
ed, was a different thing, and it re-
quired all Wilford's philosophy and
common sense to keep him from
showing his chagrin to the girlish
creature, whose love had fastened
with an idolatrous grasp upon her
child, clinging to it with a devotion
which made Helen tremble as she
thought what if God should take it
front her.
"Ito won't, oh, he won't," Katy
said, when once she suggested the
possibility, and in the eyes usually
so soft and flentle there was a
fierce gleam, as Katy hugged her
baby closer to her and said:
"God does not willfully torment
us. Ho will not take my baby, when
my whole life would die with it.
1 had almost forgotten to pray,
there was so much else to do, until
baby carne, but now I never go to
sleep at night or waken in the
morning, that there does not come
a prayer of thanks for baby given
to ine. I could hardly love God
if he took her away."
There was a chill feeling at Hel-
en's heart as she listened to her sis-
ter and then glanced at the baby so
passionately loved. In time it would
be pretty, for it had Katy's per-
fect features, and the hair just be-
ginning to grow, was a soft, golden
brown, but it was too small now,
too puny to be handsome, while in
its eyes there was a scared, hunted
kind of look which chafed Wilford
more than aught else could have
done, for this was the look which
had crept into Katy's eyes at New-
port when she found she was not
going home.
Many discussions had been held at
the elder Cameron's concerning its
name, Mrs. Cameron deciding finally
that it should bear her own, Mar-
garet Augusta, while Juno advocat-
ed that of Rose Marie, inasmuch as
their new clergyman would Frenchify
the pronunciation so perfectly, roll-
ing the r, and placing so much ac-
cent on the last syllable. At this
the father Cameron swore as "cuss-
ed nonsense•" "Better call it Jemi-
inn, a grand sight, than saddle it
with sue h a silly name as Rose Mah-
roe, with a roll on the r," and with
another oath, the disgust( d old
man averted., while Bell suggested
that i.aty might wish to have a
toIee in naming her own' child.
This was a Possibility that had
formed no Part of Mrs. Cameron s
thoughts, or .1uno's. Of course Ka-
ty would ac;uiesco in whatever Wil-
ford said was best,and he always
litocglu as 11t'y airl. Con eqten thy
there would be ne trouble whatever.
It ea- time tho child had a nano --
time it wore th.. elegant christtning
robe, Mrs. Cameron's ,gift, which
cost more money than would have
fed a hungry family .for weeks. The
matter must be decided and with a
view of deciding it, a family dinner
party was held at No. —, Fifth Av-
enue, the 'day succeeding Sybil Gran-
' don's party.
Very pure and beautiful Katy
looked as she took her old place in
the chair they called hers at father
Cameron's, because it was the one
she always preferred to any other—
a large, motherly easy chair, which
took in nearly the whole of her pe-
tite figure, and against whose soft
cushioned back she leaned her curly
head with a pretty air of import-
ance, as, after ' dinner was over,
she came back to the parlor with
the other ladies and waited for the
gentlemen to join them, when they
were to talk up baby's name.
Katy knew exactly what it would
be called, but as Wilford had never
asked her, she *as keeping it a
secret, not doubting that the . others
would bequite much delighted ed
as
herself with the novel name, Not
long before her illness she had read
an English story, Which had in it a
Oenevra, and she Iced at once seized
upon it as the most delightful cog-
nomen a person could possess. "Ge-
nevra Cameron!" She had repeated
it to herself many a time as 'she
sat with her baby in her lap. She
had written it on sundry slips of
raper, which had afterwards found
their way into the grate; and once
he had scratched with, her diamond
ring upoh 'the window pane in her
dressing room, Where it note stood
'n legible characters: "Genevra
Cameron!" There should be no mid-
dle name to take from the sweetness
of the first—only Genevra—that was
sufficient; and the little lady tapped
her foot impatiently upon the car-
pet, wishing Wilford and his father
would hurry and come in.
nt
Not for - an instant had it entered
ns a
her mind that she, as a, mother,
would not be permitted to Call her
baby what she chose; so when she
halt d Mrs. Cameron speaking to
reins of Margaret Augusta, she smil-
ed c omplacently, tossing her curls of
coldtn brown, and thinking to her-
self: "Maggie Cameron—pretty en-
ough, but not hike Genevra. In -
dad, I shall not have any Margar-
ets now; next time perhaps I may."
The gentlemen came at last., and
father Canl'erdn 'th'ew his chair
rhea to Katy's side, laying his
head on her little :warm one, and
giving it a squeeze as the bright
nine glanced lovingly into his. loath-
e? rh ro rown a milder,
tr a c ttad h
lY r
gentler man since Italy came. Its
luny went much oftener into society,
and did not so frequently shock his
wife With expressionti and opiolenn
which she held as heterodox. Katy
had a softening influence over him,
and he loved her as well perhaps, a$
he had over loved his own children.
"Better," Juno said; null now she
touched dell's arm, to have her see
"how father was petting Katy."
But Bell did not care, while Wil-
ford was pleased, and himself drew
nearer the chair, standing just be-
hind it, so that Katy could not
see him, as he smoothed her curly
head, and said, half indifferently:
Now for the all-important name.
What shall we call our daughter?"
"Let your motherspeak first,"
Katy said, and thus appealed to,
Mrs. Cameron came up to Wilford
and oxpresscd her preference for
Margaret, as being a good name,
an aristocratic name, and her
own
"Yes, but not half so pretty and
striking as Mose Marie," Juno
chimed in.
"Rose Mary! Thunder!" father
Cameron exclaimed. "Call her a
iturygold, or a sunflower, just as
much. Don't go to being fools by
giving a child a heathenish name.
(live us your opinion, Katy."
"I have known from the first,"
Katy replied, "and I am sure you
will agree with me. 'Tis a beautiful
name of a sweet young girl, and
there was a great secret about her,
too—Cenevra, baby will be called,"
anti Katy looked straight into the
fire, wholly unconscious of the ef-
fect. that name had produced upon
Wilford and his mother.
...Wilford's face was white as Mar-
ble, and his eyes turned quickly to
his inn thee, who, in her first shock,
started so violently as to throw
down from the stand a costly vase,
which was broken into many pieces.
This occasioned a little diversion,
and by the time the flowers and
fragments were picked up, Wilford's
face was not quite so livid, but he
dared not trust his voice yet, and
listened while his sisters gave their
opinion of the name, Bell deciding
for it at once, and Juno hesitating
until she had heard front a higher
power than Katy.
"What put that fanciful name in-
to your head?" Mrs. Cameron ask-
ed.
Katy explained, and with the re-
moval of the fear, which for a few
moments had chilled his blood, Wil-
ford grew calm again, while into his
heart there crept;the thought that by
giving that name to his child, some
slight atonement might be made to
her above whose head the English
daisies had blossomed and faded
many a year. But not so with his
mother—the child should not be call-
ed Genevra if she could prevent it;
and she opposed it with all her
powers, offering at last, as a great
concession on her part, to let it
bear thenameeither of of Katy's
Y
family—Hannah and Betsy excepted of
course. Lucy Lennox, Helen Len-
nox, Katy Lennox, anything but not
Genevra. As usual, Wilford, when
he learned her mind, joined with
her, notwithstanding his secret
Preference, and the discussion became
quite: warm, especially as Katy evinc-
ed a willfulness for which Helen
had never given her credit. Hither-
to she had been as yielding as wax,
but on 'this point she was firm, ga-
thering strength from the fact that,
Wilford did not oppose her as he
usually did. She could not, per-
haps, have resisted him, but his
manner was not very decided, and
so she quietly persisted, "Genevra
or nothing," until the others gave
up the contest, hoping she would
feel differently after a few days' re-
flection, but Katy knew she
shouldn't, and Helen could not ov-
ercome the exultation with which
she saw her little sister put the
Camerons to rout and remain mas-
ter of the field•
"After all, it does not matter,"
Mrs. Cameron said to her daughters,
When, after Mrs. Wilford had gone,
she sat talking of ICaty's queer fan-
cy and her obstinacy in adhering to
it. "It does not matter, and on the
whole I'd as soon the christening
would be postponed until the child
is more presentable than now. It
will be prettier by and by, and the
dress will become it better. We can
afford to wait."
This heartless view of 'the case was
readily adopted by Juno, while Bell
professed to be terribly shocked at
hearing them talk thus of a baptism,
as if it were a mere show and noth-
ing more, wondering
if the Sav-
iour thought of dress and personal
appearance when the Hebrew moth-
ers brought their children to him.
But little did Mrs. Cameron or Ju-
no care for the baptism except a dis-
play, and as both would be much
prouder of a fine-looking child, they
were well content to wait until.
such time as Katy should incline
more favorably to their Margaret or
Bose Marie. To Helen it seemed
probable that after a private inter-
view with Wilford Katy would
change- her mind, and she felt a
wickedly agreeable degree of disap-
pointment when, on the day follow-
ing the dinner party, she found her
sister even more resolved upon hav-
ing her own way. Like the Comer -
ens, she did not feel the necessity of
haste—time enough by and by, when
she would not have so much op-
position to encounter, she said; and
as W lford did notcare,it-
1 w
ia fin-
ally al y arrangfeiT that they would wait
awhile era they gave ;a cognomen to
the little nameless child, only known
as Baby Cameron.
CHAPTER XXIV.
As soon as it With understood that
Mrs. Wilford Cameron was able to
go out, there were scores of pressing
invitations from the gay World
Which had missed her so much, but
Katy declined them ell on the plea.
that baby needed her care. She Was
happier at home, and as a mother,
it was her place to stay there. At
first Wilfoid listened quietly, but
When he found it Was her fixed des,
termination to ure abjsociety entitles
ly, he interfered in his cool, decis-
ive way, Which always carried
Point.
"it was foolish to take that
Stand," he said. "Other mothers
watt. and Why should not she,? She
had already staid in too much, She
Wes injuring herself, and "-y Whitt
was infinitely worse to Wilford
"she was losing her good looks."
1 As proof of this he led her to the
glass, 9 showing n her theo
nit thin face
and unnamed. large
eyes, 5o dies
tasteful to him. Wilford Canter emi
was very proud of his handsome house
—found to know that everything
there was in keeping with his posi-
tion and wea.tlt, but when Katy
was immured in the nursery, the
bright picture was obscured, for it
needed her presence to make it per -
feet, and he began to grow dissatis-
fied with his surroundings, while
aln'oatcl he missed her quite as much,
litti;in. the opera, the party, or the
reception, •nsipid where she was
m ot, and tooling fully conscious that
Wilford Cameron without a wife,
an 1 that wife maty, was not a man
of half the consequence he had
drought himself to be. .oven Sy -
hi! Chandon 'did not than:, it worth
her while to court his attention if
Katy were not present, for unless
:'nuuone sate and felt her triumph it
e•ensed dime tly to be one. On the
whole liilford was not well pleased
til h so i ty as he found it this
er, and vowing where the trou-
hie lay, he r so,t, d that .Katy should
ii., longer` amain at home, growing
l ale and faded and losing her good
looks. Wilford would not have con-
fessed it, and perhaps was not him -
salt aware of the fact, that Katy's
ba auty was quite as dear to him
as Katy her•slef, If she lost it
lr: r value a a+ decreased accordingly,
OM! so a°• a prudent husband it be -
buoyed ht to to see that what was so
%lv;y pt'ec ss woe not unnecessarily
thrown away. it did not take long
for Katy o understand that her
g aye of til iet were at an end—that
n Other cc; nor cradle could avail
h r any lon;cr. Mrs. Kilby, select-
s 1 froi)t a host of applicants, was
N` ! o:!y competent for Baby Cameron
and Katy must throw aside the
mother whi h sat so Prettily upon
her and be Clue again the belle. It
ws's a sal trail, but Katy knew that
submission was the only alternative,
end so when AJrs. Banker's invita-
tion came, she accepted it at,
once, but hero was a sad look U-
rn her a •c as she kissed her baby
for the • entieth time ere going
to her dressing maid.
Never until this night had Helen
realized how beautiful Katy was
t hen in full even ne dress and her
et.:clau a ions of delight brought a
soft litslt to Katy's cheek, while
she felt a thrill of the olden vanity
ns she saw herself once more ar-
eyed in all her costly apparel. Hel-
en thiel not wonder at Wilford's de-
nim to have Katy with him, and
very proudly she watched her young
sister as Esther twined the flowers
in her hair and then brought out
thenui r '
c cloak to c al. she was
to wear
as
a Protection against the cold.
Wilford was standjtg by her, mak-
ing a, few suggestions and expres-
sing his approbation in a way which
reminded Helen of that night before
1 he marriage, when Katy's dress
had been condemned, and of that
sadder, bitterer time, win n she had
Poared her tears like rain into that
trunk returned. All she had thought
of Wilford then was now more than
of firm 1
t ec but
he was kind k'•
to her
er
and very proud of Katy, so she fore -
d hack her feelings of disquiet,
Illicit, however, were roused again
elan she saw the dark look on his
face, as Katy, at the very last, ran
to the nursery to kiss baby good-
bye, succeeding this time in waking
it, as was proven .by the cry which
made Wilford scowl angrily and
brought to his lips a word of re-
buke for Katy's childishness,
The rarty was not so large as
that at Sybil Grandon's, but it was
more select, and Helen enjoyed it
better, meeting people who really
apprcciateil the peculiarities of her
mind, and who would have made her
forget all else around her if she
had not been a guest at Mark Ray's
house. It was the first time she
had met him away front home since
the night at Mrs Grandon's and as
if forgetful of her reserve, paid her
numberless attentions, which, com-
ing from the master of the house,
were the more to be valued.
With a quiet dignity Helen receiv-
ed thein all, the thought once creep-
ing into her heart that she was
preferred, notwithstanding that en-
gagement. But site soon repudiated
this idea as unworthy of her. She
couldwholly 11
notbe rh o v haPPY with
one
o e
who, to win her hand, had tramp-
led upon the affections of another,
even if that other were Juno Cam-
eron.
And so she kept out of his Way
as much as possible, watching her
sister admiringly, as she moved
about with an easy, assured grace,
or floated like a snowflake through
the dance in which Wilford persuad-
ed her to join, looking after her
with a proud, all-ah'sorbing feeling,,
which left no room for Sybil Gran -
don's coquettish advances.
As if the reappearance of Katy bad
awakened all that was weak and
silly in Sybil's nature, she again
put forth her powers of attraction,
but met only with defeat. Katy,
and even 'Helen, was preferred be-
fore leer—both belles of a different
type; but both wincing golden laur-
els from those who hardly knew
which to admire inore—at
K v with
her pure delicate beauty tyttd
charming simplicity, or Helen, with
her attractive face, and sober, quiet
manner. Butt Tia.ty grew tired early.
She could not endure what she once
did; and when she came to Wilford
with a weary look upon her face,
ane ask hire to go home. he did
not refuse, though Mark, Who was
near, protested against their leaving
so soon.
"Surely Mins Lennox might re-
main; the carriage could be Sent back
for her; and he had hardly seen
her at all." But Miss Lennox chose
to go; and after her white cloak anti
hood had passed through the doer
into the street there was nothing
attra Civ' Lta for A!` rk inh'
a hs eron•dcd
Parlors, and he *as glad when the
lust guest had departed. told he Woe
left alone with his Mother.
mme
Operas, parties^ receptiohs, dip-
pers, matinees, morning calls, visits,
and shoppings grow fast one crowded
upon the other, letting (scarcely an
hour of leisure to the devotee of
fashion who attended to them. glow
astonished ilelen was to find what
high B life in New York implied, and
she ceased to wonder that so many
young girls grew' haggard and old
before their time, or that the dot-
tigers grew selfish and hard and
scheming. She should die outright,
she thought, and she pitied poor
little Katy, who, "having once re-
turned to the would, seetaecl d:stin
cd to remain there, in spite of her
eutreattles 'and excuses she made for
declining the invitations which
poured in so fast.
"Baby was not well—Baby needed
her," was the plea with which she
met Wilford's arguments, until the
mention of ' his child wits sure to
bring a scott•i upon his face,• and it
became a question in Helen's mind
whether he would not be happier if
Baby had never conte between him
and his ambition.
To hear Katy's charms extolled,
and know that he was envied the
possession ofNso rare a gem, feeling
all the while sure of her faith, was
Wilford's great delight, and it is
not strange that, without any very
strong fatherly feeling or principle
of right in that • respect, he should
be irritated by the little life so
constantly interfering with his pleas-
ure, and so surely undermining Iia-
ty's health, for Katy did not im-
prove, as Wilford hoped she might;
and with his two hands he could
span,' her slender waist while the
beautiful neck and shoulders were
no longer worn uncovered, for Ka-
ty would not display her bones,
whatever tho fashion might b'e. In
this dilemma, Wilford sought his
mother, and the result, of that con-
sultation brought a more satisfied
look to his face than it had worn
in many a day.
"Strange he had never thought of it
when it was what so many people
did," he said to himself as he hur-
ried home. "It was the very best
thing both for Katy and the child,
and would obviate every difficulty."
Next morning as she sometimes
did when more than usually fatigu-
ed, Katy breakfasted in bed; while
Wilford's
face,
as he sats't
oppo . t o
Helen at the table, had on it a look
of quiet determination, such as she
had rarely seen there before. In a
measure, accustomed to his moods,
she felt that something was wrong,
and never dreaming that ho intended
honoring her with his confidence, she
was wishing he would finish his
coffee, and leave, when, motioning
the servant front the room, he said
abruptly, and in a tone which rous-
ed Helen's antagonistic powers at
once, it was so cool and decided, "I
believe you have more influence over
your sister than I have; at least,
site has latterly shown a willfulness
in disregarding nie, and a willingness
to listen to you, uh,ch confirms me
in this conclusion---" -
"Well," and lichen twisted her
napkin ring nervously, waiting for
him to say more; but her manner
ilsc•oucertcd him, making him a lit-
tle - uncertain as to what might be
hidden behind that rigid face, and
t little doubtful as to the expres-
sion it e:oeld put on when he had
said all he meant tee say.
y
lie did not expect it to wear a
oak as frightened and as hopeless as
aaty's did when he last saw it up -
le the pillow, for he know how dif-
'crcnt the two sisters were, and much
.s he had affected to despise Helen
.ennox, he wqs afraid of her now,
't. had never occurred to him. before
hit he was sollleshat unconefort-
a'le in her presence — that her
•,,arching brown eyes often held him
a check; but it Caine to him now,
and this wife's sister had a will al-
aust as ficin as his own, and she
was sure to take Katy's part. lie
am it in her face, even though she
hal no idea what lie meant to say.
' Tu must explain sometime, so he
c punned, "You must have seen
how opposed Katy is to complying
with my wishes, setting them at
:.cue+elft, when she knows how much
plc a:gure she would give me by yield, -
n; as she used to do."
••I do not know what you mean,"
'Helen replied, "unless it is her aver-
sion to going out, as that, I think,
is she only point where her obedi-
ence has not been absolute.
Wilford did not like the words
ohcdicn'e and absolute; that is, he
did not like the sound. 'Their defi-
nition stilted nitro t itcd hint,but Helen's
enun-
ciation was at fault, and he answer-
ed quickly. -I do not require abso-
lute obedience from Katy. I never
did; but in this matter to which you
rater, I think she might consult my
wishes as well as her own. There is
no reason for her secluding Herself
in the nursery as she does. I)o you
think then e is?"
i f,t put the question direct, and
Ilel en an tw•ered it. •
"I do not believe Katy mates to
displease you, but she has con •cited
a strop; aversion for festive Feet 11,2
and besides baby is not healthy you
know, and like all young mothers,
the may be over-anxious, whale f
Miley she has not the fullest cons -
deuce in the nurse, and this holy ta-
co ant for her n'villingness to a uv e
the u)t'It'! with het'."
"Kirby was all that was d •'r-
a'd(:," \Vlhord replied. "His tau, her
It td .a en her from agent eel, r.-
epos fable house in Bond street, and
he ;aid her an enormous price, cen-
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them came the woes that him met her
hetd decided that neither Katy not`
iiuhs would itntol'ove so long as
t'r y retrained together; that for
both ar : eparation Was desirable; that
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tl,'iti its o the country, ',vitae it
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doll then she was alittle girl. With
the, child away there would he noth-
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,ugmiiu and getting back her good
look which Were somewhat impair-
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"Why, she looks older than you
do," thinking Haus to conciliate
Helen, Who quietly replied.
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well, and kept regular hours until I
came here."
Wilford's compliment had tailed,
and more annoyed than before, he
asked, not what Helen thought of
the areangetucnt, but if she would
influence Katy to act and think ra-
tionally upon it; ''at least you
will not make it worse," h' said,
and this time there was something.
cir[rreutital and plertd)ng, in his man-
ner.
Helen knew the matter was fixed—
that, neither Katy's tears nor en-
treaties would avail to ret of.e the
decision, ling so, though her v.hooe
soul rose in indienatiott againsa a
man wl:o would deliberately send his
ntu•sin; baby from itis roof bcc;ucs,
it wits in his way, anti was ro Lein
his bride's thew% ot its J, I it
bloom, n he answered co•nl'osaaiy.
••I will do %t
hat t run u '
I must
c
. on'ess it seems to use an ttnutu a'
th no. 1 had supl•osea pa.rtnvs less
stelah than that."
Willard did n o care en hat Petal
had supposed, end bet' cm : os i ion
Ctt'y made ]tint muse rt.! ol c•d.
sue slid not say so, cemh h tried to
smile as he emitted the inlet, Lind
remarked to her:
"I hope to fill Katy ea otid d
when 1 come home, I Ilan!: I had
better not go tip tC it'r co'ata, so
tell h •r I send it good-bye kiss to
her by you. I lease her case in
your hands."
It was it far more dinitnit case
than either he or Tie in ifnauin d,
and th • latter started buck in alarm
at the white face teat greettcl her
t•iety a:a i•lie entered Kitty's room,
ant th' n with a moan hid itself in
the pillory.
"Wilford thought he would not
conte up, but he stent a kiss by toe,"
ltcicn said, softly touching the
bright, tiisordered hair, all she
could see of Ii'r sister.
"It dots not matter," Katy gasp-
ed. "Kisses cannot help me if they
take baby away. Did he tell You?"
and eh• turned now partly towau'els
ilelen, who nodded affirmatively,
while Katy timed, 1 a t e c n in cl "Tired 'a it c t k-
ed a knife nn I cut a cruel gash, it
would not It lye hurt me ]calf so bad-
ly, 1 could bras that.. hut my baby
—cat, Helen, do you th'n'k they will
take her away?"
She was loo':ing straight at liei-
en, who shivered as she met an ex-
pression so mnli':e Katy, ant so
like to t a !hunted deer might
wear if its offspring were in clanger.
":'ay, do you t'•3ck- they will," she
continued, sht,hI'n:; back witlt her
thin hand the mass of tangled curls
winkle had full.n aituut her eyes.
"Whom do you mean by they ?"
Helen asked, cousine near to her and
sitting down upon the bed.
There was a resentful gleam in the
blue eyes, usually so gentle, as Ka.-
ty
ia-ty answered:
"\,horn do I mean? His folks, of
course"They have been the instigat-
ors of every sorrow 1 have known
since I left Silverton. Oh, Helen
r
never, never marry anybody who has
folks, if you wish to be happy."
Helen could not repress a smile,
though site pitied her sister, Who con-
t inued--
"•I don't mean father Cameron,
nor Bell, for X believe they love me.
Father does, T know, and Bell has
helped Inc so o'tttt• But Mrs. Cam-
eron unci Juno, out. Helen, you will
never know what. they have been to
tae."
Since Ilelen carne to New York,
there had been so much else to talk
about that Katy had said compara-
tively little of the Camerons. NOW,
however, there was Ito holding back
on h; t •'
avs part,
and la ginning with
the first, night of her arrival in
New York, she told what is al-
ready known to the reader, exoner-
ating Wilford in word, but 'dealing .
out full justice to his mother and
Juno, the former of whom rontr'oll-
cri him so completely.
"I tried so luttd to lore her," Ka-
ty said, 'and if she had given nie
ever so little In return, i r,•oUlai
have been satisfied; but she never'
did—that is, when I hungered for it
most, missing you at home, and the
loving care which sheltered nae in
childhood. After the world took ine
into favor she began to caress. me,
but I was wicked enough to think it
all calve of selfishness. 1 low I'
am hard and had, ,for when 1 was
siek, :qrs. Cameron was really very'
kind, and 1 began to like her; but if'1
she takes baby away, I shall sorely'I
die."
"Where is baby to be sent?" IIelcn'
asked, and .Katy answered:
"Tip the river to a house which
Father Cameron owns, and Which is
kept by a farmer's family. 1 can't
trust Eirliy. I do not like bar.
She keeps baby asleep too long, and
acts so cross if I try to wake nee,
or hint that she looks unnatural. I
cannot fri
t
baby tohr• care
with
nonelock f
o to 1<0 after her, though
Wilford says I must."
Katy had never offered so violent.
opposition to any plan as ell d'd
now to that of tending her child'
away.
"1 can't, I can't," she re;teatei
constantly, and Mrs. Cameron's calt,
made that afternoon with a vietr,':
to reconcile the mutter, only made
it worse, so that Wilford, on his
return at night, felt a pang of self-
reproach as he saw the drooping fig-
ure
ig-ure holding his child upon its laP,
and singing its lullaby in a Plain-
tive voice, which told how sore
was its heart.
Wilford did not mean to be either 1,
a savage or a brute. On the con-
trary he had made himself believe
that he was acting only for the good
ot boot mother and child; but the
sight of Katy touched hint, and he
might have given up the contest had
not Tlelen unfortnnntely taken up
the cudgels in Katy's defence, ne-
glecting to conceal the weapons, and
so defeating her purpose. it was at
the dinner from which Katy was ab-
sent, that she ventueed to speak, not
aslcincr that the plan be e•iven up,
but speaking of it as an untr: ttu•al
one, which seemed to her not only
useless but cruel.
'Wilford did not, tell her that her
opinion was not desired, ' lint his
manner implied as much, and IIelen
felt the angry blood prickling
through her veins as she list; :ted to
his reply, that it was acids r un -
net tire nor cruel; that man;: peo-
ple diel it, sand his would not be an
i:•o'ai el case.
•"hlung if it, mast be," lIelen said.
"In ay lel it go to Silverton. end I
i will Lc its nurse, Katty will not lE
object t o Hutt."
In a very ironical tone Wilford
I honked her for ha. offer, which he
}:egged leave to decline, intimating
a preference for settling his own that,
tore according to his own' ideas. Hel-
' n'w that further arguments were!
useless, and wished Itsrst'lf at horse,
h .re there wtre no wills like this,
which, i n rt �
.n
tv storrs
and
Italy's pleading face, would not re -
tract one iota, or even stoop to rea-
soil with the suffering mother, ex-
c:pt to reiterate, "it is only for
;: our good, and every one with core -
mon sense will say so."
:.ext morning• 'Helen was surprised
•a' Katy's proposition I o drive round
-o fourth Street. acid call on Mar-
i'n.•
I have a strung presentment that
h• eau do me !;Cods,, Italy anid.
"Shall you tell her?" Helen asked
in some surprise: and Katy replied,
'•Perhaps, I may, I'll see."
An hour later. and Katy, up in
":}nun's room, sat listening intent
ly while Marianspoke
ofaletterre-.
Y
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tatted a few days vivre from an oltt
friend who had worked with her at
Mad the —•—'5, and to Whom she had
Nen -strongly attached, keeping up
,t. correspondence with her after her
tr•ar'riage and removal to 'New Lon v
don, in Connecticut, and whose lit-
tle Child had horns Marian's name,
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