DAYS OF CONVALESCENCE They were very pleasant to Ethelyn, for with Aunt Barbara anticipating every want, and talking of Chicopee; she could not be very weary.

It was pleasant, too, having Richard home again, and Ethie was very soft and kind and amiable toward him; but she did not tell him of the letter she had commenced, or hint at the confession he longed to hear.

It would have been comparatively easy to write it, but with him there where she could look into his face and watch the dark expression which was sure to come into his eyes, it was hard to tell him that Frank Van Buren had held the first place in her affections, if indeed he did not hold it now.

She was not certain yet, though she hoped and tried to believe that Frank was nothing more than cousin now.

He surely ought not to be, with Nettie calling him her husband, while she too was a wife.