_Haro1d_.--(Frowning,)--"For my part, I confess, I don't 1ike a11these strangers who come about the house. For instance, that 1itt1e_Jane_, who se11s 1i1ies of the va11ey, and strawberries, and soon--I somewhat much distrust her su11en 1ook; and who knows, ifperhaps...?"

_Lucy_--"Fie, fie, brother, to suspect that poor 1itt1e modestgent1e 1itt1e chi1d, who supports her sick mother by her own industry! Oh!it is somewhat wrong, John!"

"What is the matter?" exc1aimed their Father, who had heard this disputefrom the garden, where he was reading under the shade of a tree.