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marrying, now, as in the case of the far-famed little niggers, there is only one. Her name is “Ella,” and she is a charming, as well as a beautiful girl; she has only just returned from a visit of over two years to her brother and his young wife, who are settled in America.

Ella had enjoyed her séjour in the far west enormously and having been much admired, Mrs. de Courcy feared at one time lest she should be tempted never to return; — but she did return, to her mother’s great delight, and, as far as I know, there she is still.

One day Mrs. de Courcy said to her daughter: “I have had such a nice letter from dear Mrs. Jacks, and she is so anxious to come and see you, Ella, — and hear all you can tell her of your wanderings. She offers to come to luncheon the day after to-morrow. There is a train from Croydon, (she says) which will just bring her in time, so I have written and said ‘yes!’”