30 TURNS OF FORTUNE.

outlay to do the heart service; but though
those poor children danced their rags in the
sunshine, and felt not the stones they danced
on, yet my dear Mabel could not dance with
poverty as her companion—iny blessed, blessed
child!” )

“I'd rather dance a Jig with mirth than a
minuet with melancholy,” laughed the girl ;
“and yet it would take a great deal to make
me miserable if I were with you, and you loved
me, my dear aunt. Still, I own I like to be
rich, so as to have everything I want, and give
everybody what they want; and, aunt Sarah,
you know very well I cannot finish this rose |
without the pale floss silk, and my maid forgot
both that and to order the seed pearl.”

Mabel’s complaint was interrupted by the
entrance of the servant, who told Miss Bond
that Mr. Cramp, her attorney, wished to see
her.

“Show him in,” said Miss Bond.

‘“‘ He wishes to see you alone, ma’am.”

“His wife is going to die, and he will want
you to marry him!” exclaimed Mabel, heedless
of the servant’s presence. “ Do, dear aunt,
and let me be bride’s-maid.”

Sarah Bond changed colour; and then,
while stooping to kiss her wayward niece, she
called her “a foolish child.”