Anna, it seems, has an income of her own, and, generous soul that she is, gives it out to her mother.

She sent fifty dollars in the letter, and in referring to it, said, 'Much as I might enjoy it, dear mother, I cannot afford to come where you are, I can pay your bills for some time longer, if you really think the water a benefit, but my presence would just double the expense.

Then, if brother does marry, I wish to surprise him with a handsome set of pearls for his bride, and I am economizing to do so.'" (Note by 'Lina)--"Isn't she a clever old soul?
Don't she deserve a better sister-in-law than I shall make, and won't I find the way to her purse often ?" Hugh groaned aloud, and the letter dropped from his hand.
"Mother," he gasped, "it must not be.

'Lina shall not thrust herself upon them.

This Anna shall not be so cruelly deceived.