It is safe to say that Betty was fully dressed, to the last little pattings and fluffings of her blue morning dress, before ten minutes was up, and, with Mrs. Irving, was walking with rapidly beating heart down the hall toward Allen's room.

This apple is a midseason variety grown best in northern climates.

A span-new archbishop's chair.

The village grocer was the only unfarming person and the only merchant in the village.