68 BE TRUE.

came to the conclusion that it must
be a little domestic about the house.

Mrs. Elmore had selected a room
on the first floor, and directly under ~ !
the one occupied by Laura. The
little girl, from frequent exposure to
the evening air, had been seized with
a violent cough. During most of
the night her restless hack, hack,
grated upon the lady’s nerves; not
that it was sufficiently loud to dis-
turb her sleep, but the heart, natural-
ly kind, was touched with pity for
the poor little sufferer. She men-
tioned the thing to Mrs. Wingate at
the breakfast table, and that lady re-
gretted exceedingly that Mrs. Elmore
had been disturbed. The child, she
said, must be removed immediately
to some other apartment.

“By no means,” replied Mrs. El-