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Helen felt the hot blood pricking the roots of her hair, for the Bowery, the Tombs and Barnum's Museum had been her choice as the points of which she had heard the most So when Mark continued: "You shall ride withworth your seeing," she frankly answered: "Your mother is not in fault, Mr Ray She asked o, and I mentioned these places; so please attribute it wholly to , and not to yourin the frank speech which won Mrs Banker's heart, while she felt an increased respect for the young girl, who, she saas keenly sensitive, even with all her strength of character

"You were quite right to coreater treat in store, and Mark shall drive you to the park some day I know you will like that"

Helen felt that she should like anything with that friendly voice to reassure her, and leaning back she was thinking how pleasant it was to be in New York, how different from what she had expected, when a bow fro a carriage, in which sat Wilford, and with two gayly-dressed ladies, both of whoave her a supercilious stare as they passed by, while the younger of the two half turned her head, as if for a aze

"Mrs Grandon and Juno Ca sohtness of the day changed, for she could not be unconscious of the look hich she had been regarded by these two fashionable ladies, and again her furs ca of which she was ashamed, especially as she had fancied herself above all weakness of the kind

But Helen was a woman, with a woman's nature, and so that ride was not without its annoyance, though her face was very bright as she bade Mrs Banker and Mark good-by, and then ran up the steps to Katy's hoht at the dinner, froracious, asking "had she enjoyed her ride, and if she did not find Mrs Banker a very pleasantacquaintance"

The fact was, Wilford felt a little uncoer to do for Katy's sister what devolved upon himself Katy had asked him to drive with Helen; but he had found it very convenient to forget it, and take a seat instead with Juno and Mrs Grandon, the latter of whom complimented "Miss Lennox's fine intellectual face," after they had passed, and complimented it the"in those bold eyes and that rave;-vis_ chanced to be Mark Ray's Juno was not pleased with Helen's first appearance in the street, but nevertheless she called upon her next day, with Sybil Grandon and her sister, Bell To this she was urged by Sybil, who, having a soer experience of human nature, foresaw that Helen would be popular just because Mrs Banker had thus early taken her up, and who, besides, had conceived a capricious fancy to patronize Miss Lennox But in this she was foiled, for Helen was not to be patronized, and she received her visitors with that calm, assured manner so much a part of herself