"I should suppose you'd care more for her face than her form." John smiled mischievously, while his mother continued: "I fancy that Mrs.Johnson's family met with a reverse of fortune before her marriage.

I do not see her as often as I would like to, for I am greatly pleased with her, although she has some habits of which I cannot approve.

Why, I hear that Alice had a party the other day consisting-wholly of ragged urchins." "They were her Sabbath school scholars," interposed Anna.
"I vote that Anna goes on with Alice's history.

She gives it best," said John, and so Anna continued: "There is but little more to tell.

Mrs.Johnson and her daughter are both nice ladies, and I am sure you will like them--everybody does; and rumor has already given Alice to our young clergyman, Mr.Howard." "And she is worth fifty thousand dollars, too," rejoined Asenath.
"I have her figure at last," said John, winking slyly at Anna.
And, indeed, the fifty thousand dollars did seem to make an impression on the young man, who grew interested at once, making numerous inquiries, asking where he would be most likely to see her.
"At church," was Anna's reply.