st tell them, to-night, that I'll be there to-morrow
morning."

"Very well."

"And I know of a couple more that'll add to the mess, if there is
room."

"It's a large house, and I believe they have room yet to spare."

A week more passed away, and the house had its complement, six young
men, and the polite gentleman and his wife. This promised an income
of thirty-one dollars per week.

As an off-set to this, a careful examination into the weekly
expenditure would have shown a statement something like the
following: Marketing $12; groceries, flour, &c., $10; rent, $8;
servants' hire-cook, chambermaid, and black boy, $4; fuel, and
incidental expenses, $6--in all, $40 per week. Besides this, their
own clothes, and the schooling of the two boys did not cost less
than at the rate of $300 per annum. But neither Mrs. Turner nor Mary
ever thought that any such calculation was necessary. They charged
what other boarding house keepers charged, and thought, of course,
that they must make a good living. But in no boarding house, even
where much higher prices were obtained, was so much piled upon the
table.

Every thing, in its season, was to be found there, without regard to
prices. Of course, the boarders were delighted, and complimented
Mrs. Turner upon the excellent fare which they received.

Mr. and Mrs. Cameron continued as affable and interesting as when
they first came into the house. But the first quarter passed away,
and nothing was said about their bill, and Mrs. Turner never thought
of giving them a polite hint. Two of her young men were also remiss
in this respect, but they were such gentlemanly, polite, attentive
individuals, that, of course, nothing could be said.

"I believe I've never had your bill, Mrs. Turner, have I?" Mr.
Cameron said to her one evening, when about six months had passed.

"No; I have never thought of handing it in. But it's no difference,
I'm not in want of money."

"Yes, but it ought to be paid. I'll bring you up a check from the
counting-room in a few days."

"Suit your own convenience, Mr. Cameron," answered Mrs. Turner, in
an indifferent tone.

"O, it's perfectly convenient at all times. But knowing that you
were not in want of it, has made me negligent."

This was all that was said on the subject for another quarter,
during which time the two young men alluded to as being in arrears,
went off, cheating the widow out of fifty dollars each.

But nothing was said about it to