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ALICE LAUDER.

pursued groove, and brought her to ask such a charity.

“I am very sorry, Mrs. Granby,” she murmured vaguely, “but I hope it will all come right.”

“I hope so,” replied the old lady, dispiritedly. “We must hope for the best. I am sure you understand me, Miss Lauder, when I say I have no fear for Lizzie herself. With many people, wrong is not so very wrong, and right is not so very right. It is not so with my niece. When she awakens to reality—when she sees the precipice before her—she will act, and act decisively. But I wish I could spare her that awakening. Well, never mind. Good-bye! Shall we see you at the Klingenders on Tuesday? Nice people, but such a terrible road. I hear it is to be a very large affair. Good-bye! Pray do not come out; I can find my way down the steps by myself, though I am a little shaky to-day.”

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