I can scarcely make it out, the Ru--ru--something of Omar Kay--y--Well, anyway it's a book, and she hopes you will read Emerson's 'Essay on Friendship' over before you are married, because it's a helpful utterance, and adjusts the mind to mutual conditions." "Worse than 1 Timothy, ii.

11," muttered Clover.

"Well, Katy dear, what next?
What _are_ you laughing at ?" "You will never guess, I am sure.

This is a letter from Miss Jane! And she has made me this pincushion!" The pincushion was of a familiar type, two circles of pasteboard covered with gray silk, neatly over-handed together, and stuck with a row of closely fitting pins.

Miss Jane's note ran as follows:-- HILLSOVER, April 21.
DEAR KATY,--I hear from Mrs.Nipson that you are to be married shortly, and I want to say that you have my best wishes for your future.