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"I haven't a single spare worker," she declared

Helen was appealing to Mrs Vanderpool

"I can do it," said Zora, as in the room

"Do you kno?" asked the dressave a satisfied nod "Show her," she said The dresse of rebellion "Zora sews beautifully," added Mrs Vanderpool

Thus the beautiful cloth calossy cloud over her bed She tre, as if so to tell her its story

She worked over it faithfully and lovingly in every spare hour and in long nights of drea Wilfully she departed fro of the beauty in her heart In new and intricate ways, with soft shadowings and coverings, she wove in that white veil her own strange soul, and Mrs Vanderpool watched her curiously, but in silence

Meanti at Cresswell Oaks As John and Mary Taylor had no suitable hoo forth froly the Taylors arrived a week before the wedding and the home took on a festive air Even Colonel Cresswell expanded under the genial influences, and while his head still protested his heart was glad He had to respect John Taylor's undoubted ability; and Mary Taylor was certainly lovely, in spite of that assumption of cleverness of which the Colonel could not approve

Mary returned to the old scenes withZora a ht back so of the old uneasiness and suspicion

All this she soon forgot under the cadence of Harry Cresswell's pleasant voice and the caressing touch of his arm He seemed handsomer than ever; and he was, for sleep and tee in his iven hi and a firmer hand And Mary Taylor was very happy So was her brother, only differently; he wastoto pet which seeerly inquired after the cloth, and followed the ladies to Zora's roo Mrs Vanderpool's, to see it It lay uncut and shi, covered with diht an exclamation to all lips