prospect of the little prisoner's release

linor. At least Elinor stoutly maintained this fact in the privacy of the family circle, while Cl

impression, the fact remained th

n to prolong his stay another week. Th

ay, because her housekeeping duties took her constantly into the lower part of the house, but she visited her inte

ution to turn the rusty

the familiar adage that "l

ident of a rheumatic attack, and consequent sleeplessness, had ca

counterpane and all, and carried a

h, old Dinah awoke suddenly "in the dead waste and middle of the ni

t upright, groaning dolorously, and rubbin

! Miss Golden! Miss Golden! my precious lam', wake up, and bid y

r, made no reply. Dinah reared her wool

d was

not in the room, laughing at her lugubrious groans as she had

you in de udder room? Ef you is, come in h

reply. It appeared that pretty Go

led night-dress, in which Golden had retired t

sly, as if she expected to see the slight form of

ned, "has de sperets

lden's few articles of apparel. Her best dress-a dark-b

s," old Dinah exclaimed, wi

ly. She hobbled out from the room and made her way down stairs to her master's apartme

o bed. Wrapped in an old wadded dressing-gown he sat

he had taken from it-simple treasures, yet dearer to his heart than gold or precious stones-a few ol

of memory and tenderness old Dinah'

ed, wildly, "has you seen littl

is knees into the quaint cabinet and

an?" he inquired, pushing his spectacles off

hab runned away from us, ole ma

crazy," repeated Mr.

s footsteps! Dat han'some man ober at John Glenalvan's has been and go