She asked me about myself, and I told her.

She was very kind, and took me home with her, and I cried all the way in the carriage.

She kept me a few days, and then she told me that I was to live with her, for often she was lonely too, and that if I would she would some day find me a nice, comfortable husband and give me a marriage portion.

So all my troubles seemed to be at an end," said Celia, with a smile.
Within a fortnight Mme.

Dauvray confided to Celia that there was a new fortune-teller come to Paris, who, by looking into a crystal, could tell the most wonderful things about the future.