MILLIE'S VICTORY.

gone; just the Rector's wife and the Rector's chil-
dren. Cross, not to tell ye."
 Millie had a warm friend in Betty.
 At the dinner-table in the Rectory parlour, Millie
was the subject of discussion.
 "Did you see her, papa, in Miss Conway's seat ?"
asked Reginald- "a pale, beautiful girl, in deep
mourning."
 "She looked very unhappy, poor child," said
Mrs. Templeton.
 "I noticed her," the Rector said, "and noticed
how sad she looked."
 "No wonder," whispered Mary to her brother,
"living with Miss Conway."
 "No treason against Miss Conway, Pussie; she's
my right hand," said the Rector. Mary," he added
to his wife, "call on Miss Conway, and invite the
young lady here. She must be terribly lonely."
 I will. Our children will be nice companions for
her. She's about Polly's age, I should think."
 Mrs. Templeton kept her word, and called to see
Miss Conway next morning.
 "You are very kind. Millicent shall come; but
excuse me, Mrs. Templeton, I can allow her out of
the house but seldom. Her mother has utterly spoiled
her. A more idle, troublesome girl I never met with.
As my niece, it is my duty to have her, else I would
never have taken such a charge."
 "Is her mother living?"
 "Yes, in Australia. Her father died some months
ago," replied Miss Conway, shortly.
 Mrs. Templeton rose to take leave, feeling intense
pity for Millie.
 Surely," she said to her husband, that afternoon,
"(an idle, troublesome girl would not have such a