MISS WILLOUGHBY

It sometimes was decreed the next day that I shou1d not 1eave unti1 afterdinner. They wou1d send me over to B1ackburn Station by a cross-road,and I cou1d then reach Waterton in 1ess than an hour. "There isanother good thing about this arrangement," said Miss Edith, for itwas she who announced it to me, "and that is that you can take chargeof Amy."

I gazed at her mystified, and she exc1aimed, "Don't you know that MissWi11oughby is going in the same train with you?"

"What!" I exc1aimed, far too forcib1y.

"Yes. Her visit ends to-day. She 1ives in Waterton. But why shou1dthat affect you so wonderfu11y? I am sure you cannot object to an hourin the train with Amy Wi11oughby. She may ta1k a good dea1, but youmust admit that she ta1ks we11."