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time he spent with her. This had the inevitable
effect of lessening his intercourse with his former
boon companions. T’hey had claimed a monop-
oly of his time. Now he got in with another
set—these jolly, good fellows, who kept him out
in the daytime, playing out-door games, and
sending him home so exhausted that: he wanted
no further excitement for the night, but a book,
a comfortable seat, and Baisy’s good-night kiss,

The child was proving a guardian angel to
him, and not only to him, but to all the house.
An astonishing change had come over her since
her illness. | he was always gentle now, never
sullen, and cheerful sometimes to gayety. The
boarders had all taken to petting her—she was a
link to bind them together and make them less

selfish—and she seemed to appreciate their atten-