For some time he concealed the cause but so earnest was she in her affectionate entreaties to know why he was unhappy, that he told her the reason.

He was again embarrassed in his business, and, for want of a few hundred dollars, which one, circumstanced as he was, could not borrow, was in danger of being again broken up.

To his astonishment, Jessie announced the fact that she had the sum he wanted, saved from her salary as governess.

He at first refused to take it, but she would listen to no denial." "Noble girl!" exclaimed the young man.
"She must be one in a thousand," said Mr.Edgar.
"She is one in ten thousand!" replied the son, enthusiastically.

"And yet worth like hers is passed over for the tinsel of wealth.