this time had sat demurely in a little parlor chair.

They were followed by Paul and Miriam, and so set forth for
Dell-Delight.

But little more remains to be told.

Thurston resigned his pastoral charge of the village Church; settled up
his business in the neighborhood; procured a discreet woman to keep
house at Dell-Delight; left Paul, Miriam and poor Fanny in her care, and
set out with Marian on their western journey, to select the site for the
settlement of her emigrant _proteges_. After successfully accomplishing
this mission, they returned East, and embarked for Liverpool, and thence
to London, where Marian dissolved her connection with the "Emigrants'
Help," and bade adieu to her "Orphans' Home." Thurston made large
donations to both these institutions. And Marian saw that her place was
well supplied to the "Orphans' Home" by another competent woman. Then
they returned to America. Their travels had occupied more than twelve
months. And their expenses, of all sorts, had absorbed more than a third
of Mr. Willcoxen's princely fortune--yet with what joy was it lavished
by his hand, who felt he could not do too much for his priceless Marian.

On their return home a heartfelt gratification met them--it was that the
parish had shown their undiminished confidence in Mr. Willcoxen, and
their high appreciation of his services, by keeping his pulpit open for
him. And a few days after his settlement at home a delegation of the
vestry waited upon him to solicit his acceptance of the ministry. And
after talking with his "liege lady," as he fondly and proudly termed
Marian, Mr. Willcoxen was well pleased to return a favorable answer.

And in a day or two Thurston and Marian were called upon to give
decision in another case, to wit:

Jacquelina had not returned to Bethlehem, nor renewed her vows; but had
doffed her nun's habit for a young lady's dress, and remained at
Luckenough. Cloudy had not failed to push his suit with all his might.
But Jacquelina still hesitated--she did not know, she said, but she
thought she had no right to be happy, as other people had, she had
caused so much trouble in the world, she reckoned she had better go back
to her convent.

"And because you unintentionally occasioned some sorrow, now happily
over, to some people, you would atone for the fault by adding one more
to the list of victims, and making me miserable. Bad logic, Lina, and
worse religion."

Jacquelina did not know--she could no