for some unknoed Beatrice w abroad.

    `By t  occurred to me t I  o see Pom  enter a room o sing our glees, shall we?

    `, is your cousin coming to stay ep annoyance.

    `Yes; t en. So leave uation, ay hs, I hope.

    `And am I bound to be pleased at t news?

    `O no, not at all, said Lucy, tle air of pique. `I am pleased, but t, of course, is no reason whe world I love so well as my cousin Maggie.

    `And you ête-à-tête  is to P have been a resource.

    `It is a family quarrel ances, I believe - I never quite understood tulliver unate and lost all y, and I t. Mr akem bouge Mill, my uncles old place, ulliver, dont you?

    `No, said Step, apart from  detaced way.

    `-tempered man. I remember, o go to see my cousins, en frigalking as if old me t aken in many ered. But tom and Maggie must naturally feel it very painful to be reminded of trouble. Maggie  sccunes, and suation in a scermined to be independent, and not live  Pullet; and I could o come to me t is o me now, and have a long, long holiday.

    `Very s and angelic of you, said Step ional qualities of her.

    `Poor aunty! You are cruel to ridicule o me, I knoer tranger  to me in mammas illness.

    `Yes, but in point of companions sed by  er  in person, and  kind - a fat blonde girl, are at us silently.

    `O yes! exclaimed Lucy, laug is just my cousin Maggie. You must have seen her!

    `No, indeed: Im only guessing ullivers daug be. And to banisenor, t ional bore.