You won't have any objection to his having a fixed position in the family, will you ?" Mattie blushed, and drawing her mother aside, whispered in her ear: "We can settle such matters, my dear mother, when others of more importance are disposed of." "But you know, my daughter," she returned, with an air of great seriousness, "he has done so much to make these common country people understand what our position was in the city." * * * * * Two weeks were passed in making preparations for the wedding.

And now the day was come, and that ceremony that was to unite two loving hearts for weal or woe, which was to seal their fortunes in one bond, was to be performed in the little old church, quietly and unostentatiously, by Dominie Payson, for it had been settled after some reluctance on the part of Mrs.Chapman, that the job could be done by that worthy divine, and the world think none the less of the young people.
Nyack, my reader must know, was in the best of humor that day, and when it was four o'clock, appeared in a smiling face, and dressed in it's best clothes.

Chapman, I may also mention, forgot his misfortunes, and for once appeared neat and tidy, and in a happy mood.

Indeed he had kissed and congratulated his daughter several times during the day.

He had also unburdened his heart by telling her how happy he felt that the family had escaped disgrace in the city.