The next her eyes flashed fire as she handed the dispatch to her m other and bitterly said, "The world is against me.

Well, let it be, let it.

I am against it." "This is a cruel disappointment," said Mrs.Hawkins, to whom one grief more or less did not much matter now, "to you and, Washington; but we must humbly bear it." "Bear it;" replied Laura scornfully, "I've all my life borne it, and fate has thwarted me at every step." A servant came to the door to say that there was a gentleman below who wished to speak with Miss Hawkins.

"J.

Adolphe Griller" was the name Laura read on the card.