CHAPTER XXIV.
"Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." The long, bright summer days and the glowing autumn days were gone; mid-winter was upon them.

During all this time Edward was hard at work; there was plenty of business to be done at the store.

He had been promoted; very rarely, now-a-days, was he called on to carry home purchases, or to do errands.

He had his counter and his favourite customers.

There had been another change, too, which Edward felt sure Ray had had a hand in; Ray had a hand in everything that was good and thoughtful.