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Wilford had met his destiny, and he felt it in every throb of blood which went rushing through his veins
"Who is she?" he asked of Mrs Woodhull, and that lady knew at once whonated her
An old acquaintance of Mrs Lennox when she lived in East Bloomfield, Mrs Woodhull had petted Katy froua with a letter of introduction to herself fro rather inclined to ed Wilford to accoly, she answered hie Lennox, who died in East Blooood nae increased its value Wilford would not have acknowledged that, perhaps, but it was nevertheless the truth, and Mrs Woodhull, who understood exactly the claim which Mr Lennox had to the title, kneas true, and that hy she spoke as she did It was time Wilford Cameron was settled in life, and with the exception of wealth and family position, he could not find a better wife than Katy Lennox, and she would do what she could to bring the e about
"Pretty, is she not?" was her question put to Wilford after answering his inquiry, but Wilford did not hear, having neither eye nor ear for anything save Kitty, acquitting herself with a good deal of credit as she worked out a rather difficult probleainst the deep black of the board; and then her voice, soft-toned and silvery as a lady's voice should be, thrilled Wilford's ear, awaking a strange feeling of disquiet, as if the world would never again be quite the sairl now passing from the room
Mrs Woodhull saw that he was interested, andof her plan, first gained the preceptress' consent, and then asked Katy hoht And this was how Wilford Cameron came to know little Katy Lennox, the simple-hearted child, who blushed so prettily when first presented to hiain when he praised her recitations, but who after that forgot the difference in their social relations, laughing and chatting as merrily in his presence as if she had been alone with Mrs Woodhull This was the great charm to Wilford, Katy was so wholly unconscious of hiht think of her, that he could not sit in judgerly as she sported, and flashed, and sparkled, filling the rooi the city-bred young man