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 left her place of refuge as he lifted her into his arms to visit the scene of her unlucky exploit. This was too much for that little bosom to contain, and he was obliged to give her to Kate to console, which she quickly did by proposing a game at "hide-and-seek!"

The little golden haired girl who made her first appearance at Mrs. Claremont's when Walter placed her in Rosalind's lap that Thanksgiving evening they visited her mother in her distress, had been adopted into the family at her mother's death which occurred shortly after Lilly was taken from them, and was now an interesting girl of twelve years. Her devotion to the child made her a most trusty caretaker, and being full of sunshine herself, the atmosphere about them was so merry there was no room for a cloud of sadness even to hover about those parents now, or if so, they felt it would be a sin not to dispel it at once, although never cherishing the feeling of security upon such a treasure they once did.