"Yes, Cousin Elsie, I accept it with a world of thanks.

Oh, I never dreamed of having anything so lovely to wear for my bridal dress! And I need not care that the finery does not really belong to me, for you know the old saying: "'Something borrowed, Something blue, Something old and Something new.' I'll borrow these, put a bow of blue ribbon on my under waist, and--ah! the dress and this lovely lace, veil and all, will be enough of something old!" she concluded with a light, gleeful laugh.
"Dear child, don't be superstitious!" Mrs.Travilla said with a rather sad sort of smile, putting an arm round her and giving her a tender kiss.

"I hope and trust you will be very happy with dear Dick, for he is a noble fellow; but it will depend more upon yourself--upon your being a true, good, and loving wife--than on what you wear when you give yourself to him, or at any other time." "Yes, I know, dear cousin," said Maud, returning the caress; "that was only my jest.

I wouldn't be afraid to marry Dick in any kind of dress, or willing to marry anybody else in any kind of one.

I didn't know that I was in love with him till he proposed, but now I feel that it would be impossible to love anybody else; almost impossible to live without him and his love." "I am glad, very glad to hear it," Elsie said, "and I hope and expect that you will make a very happy couple--sharing each other's cares, toils, and troubles, as well as the joys and blessings of life." "Yes, cousin dear; if we don't it shall not be my fault," Maud returned with emotion.