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 forms, the pure instincts of her soul repelled the sickly, sentimental taste, that puts aside womanly delicacy to profess admiration for the curling smoke, which only suggested to her a mist in the smoker's brain like that in the atmosphere he so persistently pollutes.

The juvenile offender at length had the satisfaction of being domiciled in a pleasant little apartment in a retired section of the house until he was cured. At first he was going to be very brave, and stay there just as long as Miss Milly wished, determined not to show any sign of penitence; but before the first day was out he found it decidedly tedious not to be his own master, and run about as he had done. In vain he framed every excuse to get out, and plead with Milly, but she was inexorable. Always pleasant and kind, she bore patiently his childish threats, sometimes taking him with her to walk, that he might have the benefit of air and exercise, but never permitting him to go alone. Sometimes he feigned sickness, which however did not move her at all; neither was she alarmed when he was really sick, and lost his appetite in consequence of being wholly deprived of his accustomed stimulus. She nursed him faithfully, and provided delicacies that won his childish gratitude when he had no relish for them. As he recovered, a sincere reformation took place, and he became one of the most obedient and affectionate of children.

Milly soon after found her counterpart in a little orphan girl, brought there by the watchman according to the instructions of Mrs. Livingston, who had