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er's-but la, ma, am sure there is no bur-
ry 10 run after them
You sent a message 10 them, of course,
ldal' said Mrs. Taylor.
why no, did MOTT was unnecessary /:
and then really, mamma, was so beset with
that teasing Stephens and Adolphus Ellery,
that | forgot it,
We'll. we must order the carriage, and
repair the omnibus at once said Mrs. Tay-
Tor; the children Of my dear sister mus, not
be allowed to pass the night under the roof
of a stranger
'Why. n'thcr, sow absurd y A;ed Ida,
pouting her coral lips. They are well
enough, am sure, where they are--they
have friends with them, and, Tor my part,
see no necessity for bringing them here =
Ida! exclaimed Mrs. Taylor, momenta.
ri'y shocked at the heartlessness of her
daughter, mot bring them here your cous.
ms! when they were so kind to YOU last sum-
mer-why. Ida, | am astonished at you'll
Early associations came iIronging into the
bosom of Mrs. Taylor. and she was about
to ring and order the carriage, when Ida
again spoke:
And you know this evening is Mrs. Ellie
rvs soiree, and what in the world could
do with these awkward girls = (now Ida
knew they were not awkward.) Il certain.
ly should not stay at home for them, as for
taking them with me-ercusez mol she cri.
ed, Struggling her pretty shoulders.
Yes, but-Ida, my dear-you know
And you know continued the former, i OF
needing The interruption, you promised 10
q "a that 4
Mrs. ID. can eclipse. 1t will! be just as well
to go o-mOrrow.'
Vanity triumphed over newly awakened
affections and kind feelings in the heart of
the mothcr-the claims OF her sisters chill
dren vanished before the important event of
displaying her newly imported tnrban amid
the fashionabIes at Mrs. Ellery's!'
In the mean while where were our two
young friends, Helen and Lizziel How lii.
tie did they imagine the reception Of their
note
From the moment it was hurriedIy des-
patched by one Of tho walters, they had
been IN momentary expectation of their
cousins arrival. They we're of course
somewhat disappointed that no answer was
returned, but then there were many reasons
why Ida did not write-perl,aps she was not
at home-periaps she was too much over
Joyed TO reply, and was coming herself inn
mediately-in fine, all reasons but the right
suggested themselves, and there they sat in
S'c spn.io,r d-"%iug.rOouis at Bunter-s $,
watching every light from which glided past,
or tripped up the steps, expecting therein to
recognize their cousin. They were alone
unknowng and unknown, for the friends
who had accompanied them had already left
for distant part of the city, where they
found more hospitable relatives than our poor
girls. The beauty and modcsiy of the SIS
tiers attracted not a little attention, and sew
eral ladies' there were who spoke kindly and
politely TO them-there was something so
pure, so unaflectedly simple in their demean.
or, as forbade all jest at their evidently un.
protected situation.
While thus, until late hour, her cousins
we're so anxously expecting her or mes
sage, Ida herself, surrounded by bevy of
tlatterers, found the incense offered TO her
vanity too grateful to besow more than a
fleetng thought upon her country relatives.
1t was morning, and, upon leaving the
breakfast-table, the sisters again took their
seats a, one Of the windows of the saloon, in
expectation Of some message, or of Ida her
self.
MY dear young ladies' said Mrs. Van
CourIland, an elderly lady who had come
INTO the city, for few days, from her coun.
try residence on the Hudson, 'lhere surely
must be some mistake about the note YOU
wrote your frends--servanis are sometimes
very negligent, and il may never have been
delivered. should wave all ceremony with
such near friends-I am going into the
nelghborhood Of L-Place, and shall be
very happy to set you down at your uncle's.
With many thanks they readily accepted
the kind offer, too willing TO place the neg
ligence upon any one save their friends. In
a short time the carriage of Mrs. Van Court
land drew up before the residence of Mr..
Taylor. in L-Place. Here they parted
with their new friend, and sending up their
names were ushcred into the drawing-room.
Although it was now past eleven, Ida was
still sitting over her breakfast, which the Ian
guild beauty had preferred to take in her own
room. Her hair was en- pdpiiiote-a novel
Of Eugene Sue in her hand, and reading and
slipping by turns the tedious minutes passed.
WHO did you say!' she cried sharply to
the atlendant-'who! the Misses Moore -
really--very unceremonious | should Judge
tell them Miss Taylor is engagrd--no--stop
how provoking tell them will be down
presently -and--here Jane--you need not
say any thing 10 mamma--do you UNDER
stand =
Then summoning her maid, she langudly
robed herself in an elegant morning Dress
concealed her papiliotes under most be-
coming French cap--ihrust her little feet in
to dainty pair of quilted slippers, and with
her novel in her hand descended TO the par.
lor. Nearly an hour had already elapsed
since their names were carried up, and not
wiihstanding the unsuspecting nature of the
sisters, some slight suspicion Of the truth un.
avoidably passed through their minds for
they knew full well that had the case been
reversed how joy fully they should have flown
at once 10 welcome he,.
Ida swan gracefully into the room--the
girls sprang from the sofa to embrace her but
the FIRST glance of her Indifferent countenance
and the hauteur Of her carriage convinced
them their suspicious were but too well. foun.
ded. Checking, therefore, the warm impulse
of their hearts, they advanced and met the
cold salute Of their cousin with equal frgid.
ity, although poor Lizzie felt as if the ho
tears would have burned her eyelids. IN he,
efforts 10 retain them, and The voice of Heller
was low and broken, for it seemed as II hel
heart would burst with suppressed emotion
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