_AS_ Edith glanced up, on arriving before their residence, she saw for a moment her mother's face at the window.

It vanished like the face of a ghost, but not quick enough to prevent Edith from seeing that it was almost colorless and had a scared look.

They did not find Mrs.Dinneford in the parlor when they came in, nor did she make her appearance until an hour afterward, when dinner was announced.

Then it was plain to both her husband and daughter that something had occurred since morning to trouble her profoundly.

The paleness noticed by Edith at the window and the scared look remained.