went away down the dark street not so gaily but that she several times said ah poor little pa ah poor dear struggling shabby little pa before she took heart to knock at the door not so gaily but that the brilliant furniture seemed to stare her out of countenance aa if it insisted on being compared with the dingy furniture at home not so gaily but that she fell into very low spirits sitting late in her own room and very heartily wept as she wished now that the deceased old john had never made a will about her now that young john had lived to marry her contradictory things to wish said but my ufe and fortunes are so contradictory altogether that what can i expect myself to be i mutual f ix in which th� orphan his ill the secretary working in the dismal swamp next morning was informed that a youth waited in the hall who gave the name of the footman who this made a decent before the name to that it was forced on his reluctance by the youth in question and that if the youth had had the good sense and taste to inherit some other name it would have spared the of him the bearer mrs will be very well pleased said the secretary in a perfectly composed way show him in mr being introduced remained close to the door revealing in various parts of his form many surprising and buttons i am glad to see you said john in a cheerful tone of welcome i have expecting you explained that he had meant to come before but that the orphan of whom he made mention as our had been and he had waited to report him well then he is well now t said the secretary no he ain t said mr having his head to a considerable extent to remark that he thought must have took em from the being asked what he meant he answered them that come out upon him and his chest being requested to explain himself ho stated that there was some of em you wouldn t with a sixpence pressed to fall back upon a case he that they about as red as ever red could be but as long as they strikes out sir continued � they ain t so much if s their striking in that s to be off john hoped the child had had medical attendance yes said he had been took to the doctor s shop once and what did the doctor call it asked him after perplexed reflection answered brightening he called it something as long for spots suggested no said confidence ever so much longer than sir f mr was elevated by this fact and seemed to consider that it reflected credit on the poor httle patient mrs will be sorry to hear this said mrs said so sir when she it from her hoping aa our would work round but i hope he said with a quick turn upon the messenger i hope so answered it all depends on their he then went on to say that whether had took em from the or whether the had took em from the had been sent home and liad got em that mrs s days and nights being devoted to out m who was ont of her lap the whole of the arrangements had upon and he had had ta a tight time the of honesty beamed and blushed as he said it with the of having been serviceable last night said when i was a at the wheel late the seemed to go like oar breathing it b then as it went out it shook a little and got unsteady then as it took the turn to come home it had a like and a bit then it smooth and so it went on till i know d which was and which was our nor our he scarce know d either for sometimes when the he says me choking and mrs holds him up in her lap and says to me bide a bit and we all stops together and when our gets his breathing again i turns again and we all goes on together had gradually expanded with his description into a stare and a vacant grin he now contracted being into a of tears and under pretence of heated drew the under part of his sleeve across his eyes with a singularly awkward laborious and this is unfortunate said i go and break it to mrs stay you here stayed there staring at the pattern of the paper on the wall the secretary and mrs came back together and with mrs was a young lady miss hy name who was better worth staring at it to than the best of wall ah my poor dear pretty little john mrs tes said the sympathetic you don t think he is in a very very bad way do you asked the pleasant creature with her wholesome cordiality put upon his good � and finding it in collision with his nations threw back his head and uttered a howl rounded off with a so bad as mrs and not to tell me of it sooner i think she might have been mom answered hesitating of what far heaven s i think she might have been returned with submission of standing in our s light there s so much trouble in illness and so much expense and she s seen such a lot of its being objected to but she never can have thought said that i would grudge the dear child no but she might have thought as a habit like of its standing in s lights and might have tried to bring him through it knew his ground well to conceal herself in sickness like a lower animal to creep out of sight and herself away and mutual 