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"Diaidly polite both Juno and Helen were, each recognizing in the other soonistic, which could never harmonize

Had Juno never cared for Dr Grant, or suspected Helen of standing between herself and him, and had Mark Ray never stopped at Silverton, or been seen on Broadith her, sheattractive in Helen's face and appearance as she sat talking to her guests, not aardly nor tinity as if she had neverthe huckleberry hills Bell was delighted, detecting at once traces of the rareto find it so

"I hope we shall see each other often," she said, at parting "I do not go out a great deal lad to welco there to interest you"

This was Bell's leave-taking, while Sybil's was, if possible, evenHelen, she took a perverse kind of pleasure in annoying Juno, ondered "what she or Bell could see to like in that aard country girl, whom she knew had on one of Katy's cast-off collars, and her wardrobe was the most ordinary she ever saw; fitch furs, think of that!" and Juno gave a little pull at the fastenings of her rich er so well over her velvet basquine

"Fitch furs or not, they rode with Mark Ray on Broadway," Bell retorted, with a wicked look in her eyes, which aroused Juno to a still higher pitch of anger, so that by the ti lady was in a arded both Helen Lennox and the offending Mark

That evening there was at Mrs Reynolds' a little company of thirty or more, and as Mark was present, Juno seized the opportunity for ascertaining, if possible, his real opinion of Helen Lennox, joking hi taken her to ride so soon, and insinuating that he must have a penchant for every new and pretty face

"Then you think her pretty? You have called on her?" Mark replied, hisso much pleasure that Juno bit her lip to keep down her wrath, and flashing upon him her scornful eyes, replied: "Yes, Sybil and Bell insisted that I should Of myself I would never have done it, for I have now more acquaintances than I can attend to, and do not care to increase the list Besides that, I do not iine that Miss Lennox can in any way add tothe woods and hills, you know"