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"They're not things that go by habit," said Charlotta the Fourth with dignity "They just HAPPENand there you are ANYBODY can have a stroke You don't have to learn how Mr Irving looks a lot like an uncle ofdown to dinner one day But ot to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends"

"The only thing I'm worried about is that it won't be fine tomorrow," said Diana "Uncle Abe predicted rain for thestorood deal in what Uncle Abe says"

Anne, who knew better than Diana just how much Uncle Abe had to do with the storm, was not much disturbed by this She slept the sleep of the just and weary, and was roused at an unearthly hour by Charlotta the Fourth

"Oh, Miss Shirley, h the keyhole, "but there's so much to do yetand oh, Miss Shirley, et up and tell ainst hope that Charlotta the Fourth was saying thisher effectually But alas, thedid look unpropitious Below theMiss Lavendar's garden, which should have been a glory of pale virgin sunshine, lay dim and windless; and the sky over the firs was dark with moody clouds

"Isn't it too mean!" said Diana

"We must hope for the best," said Anne deterray day like this would really be nicer than hot sunshine"

"But it will rain," ure of fun, with her many braids wound about her head, the ends, tied up hite thread, sticking out in all directions "It'll hold off till the last et soppingand track mud all over the houseand they won't be able to be married under the honeysuckleand it's awful unlucky for no sun to shine on a bride, say what you will, Miss Shirley,too well to last"

Charlotta the Fourth seemed certainly to have borrowed a leaf out of Miss Eliza Andrews' book

It did not rain, though it kept on looking as if it meant to By noon the rooms were decorated, the table beautifully laid; and upstairs aiting a bride, "adorned for her husband"