Even poverty can command respect at times, and the threadbare garment be looked upon with as much difference as the gorgeous silken dress.

It was so at this moment.
"Yes, I desire to see him," answered Mrs.Wentworth.

"Be kind enough to inform Mr.Swartz that a lady has called upon him." As she used the word "lady," the clerk elevated his eyebrows, and a smile of pity stole over his features.

Lady! Could the miserable looking object, who stood before him have any claim to the title.

Poor woman! She knew not that the outward form of woman is the only recognized title to the term.