64 BE TRUE.

ing again, just to carry out this sham
horrification of mother’s, it is abomi-
nable.”

“Tt will be only for this summer,”
said Jane; “I will wear scarlet, and
a white feather, next winter, if all the
old men in Christendom die. But I
will tell you what, Maria, that Mrs. El-
more likes me; and perhaps for once
it is best to take mother’s advice, and
play my cards well: somehow there
is something searching in Mrs. El-
more’s eye; I don’t like that.”

“IT never knew a hypocrite that
ever did like a searching eye,” said
Maria.

« And I never knew a vixen like
you, that was ever pleased with any-
thing,” retorted Jane Amelia.~ “If I
could gain a fortune for you, by act-
ing the hypocrite, I rather think