y with the brown mare and the gig. To their disappointment, they found that the young lady was not at home, a

anney at home. The old lady was very much interested in Miriam, whom she h

" she asked. "Don't you honestly think you

am," said the other, who was of the opinion that Miss Pann

y the old lady and Ralph, for Miriam was silent a

ss Bannister?" she asked. Mi

ed, well educated, excellent taste in dress and almost everything

and too fine for me," and turning to a photogra

urst will change all that;" and then she went on with her remarks concerning the Haverley an

nformation. One was that the Haverley girl was a good deal younger than she had thought her, and the other was

hat would help wonderfully. This schoolgirl, probably jealous of the superiority of gr

very well satisfied, and determined to go so

d unceremoniously, as she was in the habit of doing. She found the doctor's wife standing by the back-parlor

, "what sort of a time

e one," said Mrs. Tolbridge. "I migh

ed Miss Panney, "that nobody

the Non-Resident Club, where

Miss Panney, "that I ever heard tha

them would do at all. I was just now looking out at our asparagus bed, and wondering if any of those beautiful heads would ever be cooked properly. The woman in our kitchen knows that she is to

ppeared to be get

ow it was that out of the score or more of applicants, you could not find a better

bridge. "Now here is Dora. She was with me yeste

of the young lady who had just entered the room, and she asked her no questions. Miss

that the doctor used to say he wanted: a woman who had committed some great cri

lbridge

ections to every one of them. Religion was a great obstacle. The churches of Thorbury are not designed for the consciences of city servants. There was no Lutheran Church for the Swedes; and the fact that the Catholic Churc

"who made no objections to churches, or anything else in fa

idge; "she didn't object,

wrap about her. She had heard quite en

the matter

place, she was the widow of a French chef, or somebody of that sort, and has a wonde

id Dora; "she said sh

eat should be cut, and the choosing of p

sband was in trade; and when she heard that he was

. Tolbridge, sat up very stra

man you were looking for?

ormous wages. She would have to have kitchen maids, and I know not whom, besides, to wait on her; and as for our plai

e," said Dora. "You never saw such an ol

that woman if she wanted high wages, if she required kitch

new it was of no use. It was plain t

get her

as we were going out, and insisted on

was evidently endeavoring to cool her fee

ves her to be the very person who should be in your kitchen at this moment; and whatever you have said against her is all the result of your imagination. If I were in your place, I would take the next train for the city; and before I closed my eyes this night, I would know whether or not such a prize as that were in my reach. I say prize because I never heard of such a

irl, Miss Panney was an old woman who sometimes used to scold her. She had not minded the scoldings very much then, and she could no

a smile; "but I will write, and ask all the q

ey rose t

Dora, if you walked here, I will drive you home in my phaeton, fo

ora, for it is three hours before the next mail will leave; but I did want Mrs. Tolbridge to sit down at once and write that letter wi

t to her as soon as I

in another direction without seeming to force it, "It seems to me," she said, "that Mr. and Miss Haverley ought to have somebody better to cook for the

hing is charwork at their place, and as to their food, I don't suppose they th

iss Haverley?

ng but a girl, with her hair down her back and her

ver the soul of

who did not yet put up her hair or wear long skirts, the i

her's sake, the girl were older," said she: "but housekeeping will help to mature her much more quickly than if she had remai

ect, she lifted her eyes, and beheld Ralph Haverley walking down the street tow

ss Bannister, "here he is

side to side of the road, and the mom

as "he," showing that the brother was in her

p to the sidewalk,

o ladies. These Thorbury people were certainly very sociable and kind-he

ve you when I met you before,"

a smile, "and I think I hel

said Dora; and t

listened i

better than I supposed," she said

the narration. She had never planned a match which had begun so auspiciously. These young people must be truly congenial, for already a spirit of comradeship seemed to have sprung up between them. But o

seat, so as to speak better with the young man, the interview was one of considerable length, and no one seemed to think it necessary that it

t delightfully obstinat

e your sister a

nd since she has been having good meals of oats, you can hardly imagine what a sleek-looking beast she has become. We drove her into Thorb

ked inqu

that Miriam has

lau

for I like her poems better than I do her husband's, at least I understand them better. I wonder if yo

ourselves to that sedate conveyance and the old mare. The colts are old enough

annot imagine anything more inspiriting than

y gave a l

rit so high that it is never again burdened by the body; bu

f driving together most beautifully. But it would not do to stop here all the morning, and as there was no

re time than the gentlemen, and we all want to get well acquainted with your sister, and help her in every way that we

the phaeton and said to herself, that, without knowing it, Miss Panney was an angel. When they s