Still I have no doubt that the idea of getting a few dollars for the rent of an empty house will add to her patriotism.

People of her class are generally pretty close-fisted, and she will look upon this as a little pocket-money.

Good-by! I shall not call to-morrow, but will be round next day again." On his next visit the doctor told Lucy that he had arranged the matter with her landlady, and that she was to pay a dollar a week as rent.

"I should not tell your patient about this," he said.

"It will look to him as if I considered his stay was likely to be a long one, and it might fidget him." "How long will it be, doctor, do you think ?" "That I cannot say.