I know you and Elsie have dreaded the bad influence of Enna's spoiled children upon yours; and I, too, have feared it for them, and for Rosebud; but there is to be no communication between theirs and ours; Louise's one set, and Enna's two, keeping to their own side of the building and grounds, and ours not intruding upon them.

Enna had it all arranged, and simply made the announcement to me, probably with little idea of the relief she was affording." "It is a great relief," said Elsie.

"Aunt Lora's are better trained, and will not----" "They do not remain with us; Pinegrove is still habitable, and they are here only for to-day to welcome us home." Elsie's face lighted up with pleasure.

"And we shall have our own dear home to ourselves, after all! Ah, how foolish I have been to so borrow trouble." "I have shared the folly," her father said, smiling; "but let us be wiser for the future.

They have already retired to their own quarters, and you will see no more of them for the present.