"We would be only too glad to receive her as a guest at Roselands; for as you all know I feel under great obligation to Mr.Croly, her husband; besides, it would make it much easier for me to take charge of her case.

Poor dear woman! I hope she may be at least partially, if not entirely, restored to health." "That proposal is just what one might expect of you, Cousin Arthur," said Grandma Elsie, giving him a look of affectionate appreciation; "but are you quite sure it would suit Cal's convenience, and that of your wife and his ?" "Knowing all three as I do, I can scarcely doubt it," replied Arthur; "but perhaps I would better consult them before sending the invitation to the Crolys.

I will do so, and you shall hear from me early to-morrow or possibly to-night," he added.

"Marian, I am sure, will feel very much as I do about it," he went on presently, "but just now the burden would fall more upon Sister Mary; so that I think I must not give the invitation unless she is entirely willing." "Which I feel almost certain she will be," said Rosie.

"But I will wait to hear from you, Cousin Arthur, before answering my letters." "You shall hear at an early hour," he returned.
"Mary is hoping to have her parents here for the wedding and for a long visit afterward," remarked Grandma Elsie, "but you have room enough to accommodate both them and the Crolys, I think." "Oh, yes!" replied Arthur, "there need be no difficulty about that.