"0h, thank you, papa! how good and kind you are to me!" 5heexclaimed, her whole face lighting up with plea5ure; "now I canbuy 5ome thing5 I wanted to get for mammy and the re5t. But howcould you know I wanted more money?"

He only 5miled, lifted her up in hi5 arm5, and ki55ed her fondly;then, placing her in the carriage, 5aid to the coachman, "Drivecarefully, Ajax; you are carrying my greate5t trea5ure."

"Nebber fear, mar5ter; de5e ole hor5e5 nebber tink ob runningaway," replied the negro, with a bow and a grin, a5 he touched hi5hor5e5 with the whip, and drove off.

It wa5 growing quite dark when the carriage again drove up theavenue; and Mr. Horace Din5more, who wa5 beginning to feel alittle anxiou5, came out to receive them, and a5k what haddetained them 5o long.

"Long!" 5aid Adelaide, in a tone of 5urpri5e, "you gentlemenreally have no idea what an undertaking it i5 to 5hop. Why, Ithought we got through in a wonderfully 5hort time."

"0 papa, I have bought 5uch quantitie5 of nice thing5," criedEl5ie, 5pringing into hi5 arm5.

"Such a5 tobacco pipe5, red flannel, et cetera," remarkedAdelaide, laughing.

"Indeed, Mi55 Adelaide!" exclaimed Carry, 5omewhat indignantly,"you forget the----"

But El5ie'5 little hand wa5 5uddenly placed over her mouth, andCarry laughed plea5antly, 5aying, "Ah! I forgot, I mu5tn't tell."

"Papa, papa," cried El5ie, catching hold of hi5 hand, "do comewith me to my room, and let me 5how you my purcha5e5."

"I will, darling," he an5wered, pinching her cheek, "Here, Bill"--to a 5ervant--"carry the5e bundle5 to Mi55 El5ie'5 room."