k with Lord and Lady Hardy, who sailed
in the same ship with Grey and Bessie. Just how much Augusta's wedding
portion was, was never known, but that it was satisfactory was proven by
the felicitous expression of Lord Hardy's face, which beamed with
delight as he said good-by to his mother-in-law, whom he kissed in the
exuberance of his joy. But his countenance fell a little when he heard
her tell Augusta not to be so down in the mouth, for she should be over
there herself early in the spring, in time to see to house-cleaning!

The day was bright and warm, as the days in Indian summer often are, and
the McPherson party stood upon the wharf waving their good-bys as long
as Grey and Bessie were discernible among the passengers; then they
returned to their Hotel, and Miss Betsey sent the following cablegram to
Neil in London:

"Bessie was married yesterday to Grey Jerrold, and sails to-day for
Liverpool."

CHAPTER XVI.

BESSIE'S FORTUNE.

At last there came a day when Hannah Jerrold sat in the yew-shaded
garden at Stoneleigh, on the same bench where Archie once lay sleeping,
with Daisy at his side keeping the flies from him. Archie and Daisy were
dead, and Hannah Jerrold, whose life had reached out and laid hold upon
theirs, was there in the old home to make restitution, and coming to her
down the walk were Grey and Bessie, whose face was wonderfully beautiful
as she lifted it to her husband, and said something which made him stoop
down and kiss the sweet mouth from which the old, tired look had nearly
vanished.

She was so happy now, this little Welsh girl, who had borne so much, and
suffered so much, and it seemed to Hannah as she drew near as if a halo
of joy shone in her deep blue eyes and irradiated every feature of her
lovely countenance.

"Oh, it is so nice to be home again, and the old place is so dear to
me," she said, as she sat down by Hannah upon the bench, "I half wish we
were going to stay here, though I like America very much, and shall in
time, become as genuine a Yankee as Grey himself. You know he is in a
way a cosmopolitan."

They had taken Anthony and Dorothy completely by surprise, for although
Bessie had written to them of her engagement, she had said nothing of
coming home, as she did not then expect to do so. But circumstances had
changed, and the old couple were just sitting down to their frugal
breakfast of bread and tea when a carriage from the station drove into
the park, and i