Sure too, that I shall be as happy with you and Uncle Lester as I could be anywhere without papa." "I hope so, indeed," Elsie said; "and that you will find pleasant companions in the Ion young people.

Both my sister Rose and Lulu Raymond must be near your age; you probably come in between them." "And I suppose they are very nice girls ?" remarked Evelyn, inquiringly." "_I_ think they are," said Elsie; "they have their faults like the rest of us, but many good qualities too." Desirous to divert Evelyn's thoughts from her sorrows, Elsie went on to give a lively description of Ion, and a slight sketch of the character and appearance of each member of the family, doing full justice to every good trait and touching but lightly upon faults and failings.

Evelyn proving an interested listener.

Fairview and then Viamede came under a similar review, and Elsie told the story of her mother's birth and her infant years passed in that lovely spot.

After that of her honeymoon and of the visits paid by the family in later days.
"What a very sweet lady your mamma must be, Aunt Elsie," Evelyn remarked in a pause in the narrative; "I am glad I shall see and know her." "Yes, dear; you well may be," Elsie responded with a happy smile; "'none knew her but to love her,' none can live in her constant companionship without finding it one of the greatest blessings of their lives." "I think you must resemble her, auntie," said Evelyn, with an affectionate, admiring look into Elsie's bright, sweet face." "It is my desire to do so," she answered, flushing with pleasure.