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It was not exactly unbeco to that fair, open face, which, surrounded by the white border, looked much like a sweet baby's face, except that it was older; but it was now so long since Katy had seen anything of the kind, and as habit is everything, she was not quite as well pleased with her headgear as in New York, where such things were common Nevertheless, she would wear it to Linwood, and she went for her round straw hat, but, alas, the sun hat whichwas notit aside, Katy threw a thick black veil over her head, and then stepping to the door of the room where herto Linwood, and shall stay there to dinner"

"In the naed herself out in that shape for?" Aunt Betsy exclai cheese curd, and staring in astonishht rather you'd frizzle your hair over rats, as Helen does,herself look like so Why do you do it, Catherine?"

Catherine could not tell her, and laughing ainst her own and Helen's style of hairdressing, she hurried away across the fields to Linwood Aunt Betsy's surprise was in aKaty better, made no comments on her appearance, but snity which Katy had assumed, and which really sat so prettily upon her as she went froest in Morris' own apart froe one chair a littlea stand or table to the left, just as her artistic eye dictated By soathered an exquisite bouquet and left it on the mantel, just where she remembered to have seen flohen Morris was at home

"He will he tired," she said "He will lie down after dinner," and she laid a feeet English violets upon the pillow, thinking their perfurateful to him after the pent-up air of the hospital and cars "He will think Helen put theht, as she stole softly out and shut the door behind her, glancing next at the clock, and feeling a little impatient that a whole hour must elapse before they could expect him