Not that he is not a well-mannered child; but, you know, Ellen, there is something every one learns by coming in daily contact with refined and educated people that cannot but be beneficial--come now, make up your mind to leave him with me, at least until the winter, when the schools again commence, and then, if his father is still resolved to send him back to school, why he can do so.

Let me have him for the summer at least." Mrs.Ellis, who had always been accustomed to regard Mrs.Thomas as a miracle of wisdom, was, of course, greatly impressed with what she had said.

She had lived many years in her family, and had left it to marry Mr.
Ellis, a thrifty mechanic, who came from Savanah, her native city.

She had great reverence for any opinion Mrs.Thomas expressed; and, after some further conversation on the subject, made up her mind to consent to the proposal, and left her with the intention of converting her husband to her way of thinking.
On descending to the kitchen she awoke Caddy from a delicious dream, in which she had been presented with the black silk that they had seen in the shop window marked eighty-seven and a half cents a yard.

In the dream she had determined to make it up with tight sleeves and infant waist, that being the most approved style at that period.
"Five breadths are not enough for the skirt, and if I take six I must skimp the waist and cape," murmured she in her sleep.
"Wake up, girl! What are you thinking about ?" said her mother, giving her another shake.
"Oh!" said Caddy, with a wild and disappointed look--"I was dreaming, wasn't I?
I declare I thought I had that silk frock in the window." "The girls' heads are always running on finery--wake up, and come along, I'm going home." Caddy followed her mother out, leaving Aunt Rachel and Tom nodding at each other as they dozed before the fire.
That night Mr.Ellis and his wife had a long conversation upon the proposal of Mrs.Thomas; and after divers objections raised by him, and set aside by her, it was decided that Charlie should be permitted to go there for the holidays at least; after which, his father resolved he should be sent to school again.
Charlie, the next morning, looked very blank on being informed of his approaching fate.