But where are papa's rooms ?" "Jes' across de hall, Miss Elsie." "That is a good arrangement," said Mr.Dinsmore.

"Now, daughter, I think we should repair to the library.

It is near the hour you appointed for Mr.
Spriggs." "Just as handsome, as tastefully, appropriately, and luxuriously furnished as the others," was Elsie's comment on the library.

"I seem to see the same hand everywhere." "Yes, and it is the same all over the house," replied her father.

"The books here will delight you; for a private library it is a very fine one, containing many hundred volumes, as you may see at a glance; standard works on history, and the arts and sciences, biographies, travels, works of reference, the works of the best poets, novelists, etc." "Ah, how we will enjoy them while here! But it seems a sad pity they should have lain on those shelves unused for so many years." "Not entirely, my child; I have enjoyed them in my brief visits to the plantation, and have always allowed the overseer free access to them, on the single condition that they should be handled with care, and each returned promptly to its proper place when done with.