My little folks are in your house a great deal--I hope you do not find them troublesome." "Oh, by no means! I quite dote on your little Emily, she is such a sweet child--so very affectionate.

It is a great comfort to have such a child near for my own to associate with--they have got quite intimate, as I hope we soon shall be." Mrs.Garie thanked her for the kindness implied in the wish, and said she trusted they should be so.
"And how do you like your house ?" asked Mrs.Stevens; "it is on the same plan as ours, and we find ours very convenient.

They both formerly belonged to Walters; my husband purchased of him.

Do you intend to buy ?" "It is very probable we shall, if we continue to like Philadelphia," answered Mr.Garie.
"I'm delighted to hear that," rejoined she--"very glad, indeed.

It quite relieves my mind about one thing: ever since Mr.Stevens purchased our house we have been tormented with the suspicion that Walters would put a family of niggers in this; and if there is one thing in this world I detest more than another, it is coloured people, I think." Mr.Garie here interrupted her by making some remark quite foreign to the subject, with the intention, no doubt, of drawing her off this topic.