e to order
for you?"

"Certainly, and I was made to order for you, my dear," replied he.

Mrs. Herne said: "It is very easy to believe that persons so suited to
each other as you and I, and Penloe and Stella, were made to order for
each other, but how about Fred Thaxter and his wife, who were married a
year ago? Mrs. Simmons called on me yesterday and told me she had heard
that Fred was about to apply for a divorce."

Clara said: "I feel sorry for them both. Charles, so far, you and I have
not taken any active part in the sex reform movement which has been just
started. While we are of the same mind as Penloe and Stella in thought,
yet we have so far been silent, except in the circle of our own home,
and I think the time has come for us to show our colors."

Charles said: "My dear, I am ready to hoist the flag whenever you say
the word."

Clara made answer: "I say the word now, Charles."

Charles said: "We will have a talk with Penloe and Stella and see what
way we can help the movement forward."

Clara said: "I think, Charles, we had better retire early to-night, for
to-morrow Penloe and Stella will be with us for several days, and we
never retire early when they are our guests, and the day after to-morrow
we give a party in their honor."

Early next day, according to an understanding, Mr. Herne sent a man with
his two-seated surrey to Mr. Wheelwright's for his guests, and about
eleven the handsome span of blacks were reined up in front of the Herne
residence, and there were two warm hearts on the porch to greet the
newly married couple. Charles Herne came forward and received Stella as
if she had been his own sister, and she kissed him as if he were her own
brother, and Clara Herne received Penloe in the same way, for they lived
what they taught, and Penloe and Stella called them Charles and Clara.

Just after dinner Clara was talking about the invited guests to the
party to-morrow, saying that she had received a note from Mrs. Hardy, a
lady who had been married about five years, which read that she could
not come to-morrow as she was sick with her old complaint, but she
wants you both to call on her before starting on your wedding tour.

Continuing, Clara said: "How much that poor lady has suffered. I have
heard her talk very strongly of her mother for being so close-mouthed
with her concerning matters that she ought to have enlightened her
about. I remember calling on her at one time and found her lying o