Maum Dinah, tho sccoud cook in tho
establishment, always had u choice bit laid
aw.iy for "Httlo aiissy," for a child was a
greut treat on the pluce, uud every one of
them we i e ready und willing ut uny time to
do ti favor, or contribute to her entertainment.
.Mrs. Pembroke's carriage came for Isabel
very soon after tho llrst day's visit, aud
If she had felt emotion on outeringtnohome
of the Ciirringtons, sho was doubly uffected
when sho found herself iu the homo which
h.id seen her mother's childhood, und from
whence sho hud gone out, a beuatlful, Joyous
bride, to her husband's home.
I
Mrs. Pembroke was nt the door to meet
her, nnd she seemed moro lovable and win-
ning even than beforo in her own homo.
The house, though not so large ns that of'
the Carringtons, was still ample, and the
servants were fewer, being chiefly old retainers
who refused to leave their mistress
aftortho. fortunes of war had mede theml
free. I
"This picture of Alicia was taken just j
after her marriage, " said Mrs. Pembroke.
it was a beautiful oil picture of the fair
young mother, tnken In her whito wedding
dress, the misty folds of tho bridal vail fall-
ing nbout her with lovely effect. j
"How sweet, how fair," said Isabel, looking
at it with tonderness. How he loved
the memory of this beautiful mother, whose
bfe hud ended so soon.
