Thank you, Mr.Barbour!" "The fact is, Mr.Barbour wants you himself, Ellen, and he is afraid somebody will carry you off.

He will pay us a visit this winter, I expect," said Mrs.Weston.
"Well," said Ellen laughingly, "I'd rather take up with him than to go back to my old life, now that I see you are all so happy here." "But your aunt and uncle," said Miss Janet, "you must not feel unkindly toward them." "No, indeed," said Ellen, "they are both good and kind in their way, but uncle is reserved, and often low-spirited.

Aunt is always talking of the necessity of self-control, and the discipline of life.

She is an accomplished teaze.

Why, do you know," continued Ellen, laughingly, as she removed Miss Janet's hand from her mouth, the old lady thus playfully endeavoring to check her, "after I had accepted Mrs.Weston's kind invitation, and mammy and I were busy packing, aunt said I must not be too sanguine, disappointments were good for young people, and that something might occur which would prevent my going.