, 1898-01-01

that he should remain for three months in
order to initiate the new practitioner, as the
hitter said. into his practice, an ent
which also allowed tle new doctor to get away
occasionally for n brief visit to his native
town. In this way he arranged to be back
: when Mary returned, and you may imagine
what a happy meeting that was. During
those visits DIR. Graydon set two tasks before
himself one was to persuade his sweet little
white rose to allow herself to be transplanted
to the new garden he was preparing for her
ealIier than be hal at first contemplated. and
the other was 10 bring about q reconciliation
between Miss Wilton and his father. It need
not be said that the former was q task easiIv
accomplished, the latter was more difficult.
but he studied carefully The history of the
case, and found, as he had, of course. expect
ed, that neither his father, nor lis fathers
client was to blame in the matter. The real
culprit was the man who had sold to Dr..
Wilton without a proper title, and DIR. Will
ton was himself to blame in not having DON.
suited his friend Graydon at the time instead
OF having trusted solely to 81 pettifogger en-
ployed by the other party. The result OF
Willie's studies WAS wo-foId, first that he
was able by great tact and Judgment to put
the matter SO plainly before Miss Wilton that
she acknowledged the correctness of his view
and consented to receive Mr.. aud Mrs Gray
don, and next that he becafne an ardent
advocate OF the law reform so often discussed
in England, the substitution Of a system of
registration OF land sales for tile cumbersome
system Of English conveyance.
Need it be said that the wedding. which,
soon came of, was one Of the gayest and the
happiest that the town had seen Err many
years. If | were writing a newspaper article
! should enter the ntnes Of all he local crle.
britieS who were present, aud | should give
you a complete list of all the handsome wed.
ding presents. AS it is, however, I shall
cDnfine myself to mentioning one of those
presents, which select partly because it was
in itself remarkable, and partly because. as
will presently be seen, | wa honoured by
having my mann connected with It. 10
make clear what it WAS ! must 90 back a
few years and mention. that. souse time after
the winning of the law suit, Mr.. Graydon
had purchased the property in question from
his client, a. step which Miss Wilton had
at the time regarded as on addition to his
iniquity, but which now enabled him to
show his good will to his little daughter-in-
law in q striking manner. 1t was gracefully
done too; he placed OH q table whore some
other handsome presents were standing q
most beautifully carved ivory box, and on
MHry'S expressing her delight with it, he
told her it contained q triae for her, which
she should got later, but that at present her
uncle Henry had the key. Her curiosity
was reused, but she only told him that if it
was as pretty as the box itself it must be
truly beautiful, and then she kissed him and
walked away. What was in the box2 1t was
a deed conveying to her in her own right
the property which had formerly been held
by her father, Henry Wilmot aud myself
being named as the trustees. As !. being OH
the spoN WAS also TO administer the property
for my charming little friend, you may Judge
of my pleasure on hearing Of the honoar that
had been done me. The wedding breakfast
was all mirth and gaiety but whcnthe moment
of parting came, poor aunt Fanny an poor
little Mary were quite overcome. For my
part, | must confess, that when l saw the
dear little creature drive off in the caro- Of
her handsome young husband, her sweet eyes
confused between tears and smiles. / scarcely
knew myself whether to 'anyh or TO c.y.
After the happy couple hal driven off to
the station to tako the train for the north,
there to spend their honey moon among the
beautiful lakes of Cumberland, there was
nothing left for the rest Of us to do but to
sit about and talk. Finding Miss Wilton
recovering her self control / spoke with
her of the happy events of the day.
and remarked tnat her brother Henry