Mary caught a glimpse of his meeting with Eugenia, in the hall, and when he came in, cordial as a boy in his welcome, and by numberless little courtesies showing himself the most considerate of hosts and husbands, she thought again, "This is one time it was _certainly_ all 'for better.'" [Illustration: "SHE WAS A FASCINATING LITTLE CREATURE, ALL SMILES AND DIMPLES."] "Where is 'Pat's Pill' ?" he asked, looking around for Phil.

"That is Patricia's name for him, as near as she can say it.

Wouldn't you know that she was a doctor's daughter, by giving her doting uncle a pill for a name ?" Phil and Mr.Forbes came in together.

To Betty, one of the pleasantest parts of her visit was this meeting with the "Cousin Carl," who had added such vistas of delight to her life by taking her to Europe the year she was threatened with blindness.

His hair was grayer now than then, and the years had added a few lines to his kind face, but he was not nearly so grave.