"Splendid!" said the Widow, and to tell the truth, she was not far out of the way, and with Helen Darley as a foil anybody would know she must be foudroyant and pyramidal,if these French adjectives may be naturalized for this one particular exigency.

The dooties of Miss Darley at the Institoot were important, very important.

The principal, Mr. Silas Peckham, carried him to the desk of the young lady assistant, Miss Darley by name, and introduced him to her.

So a message was sent to Mr. Silas Peckham, at the Apollinean Institute, to know if he could not spare Miss Helen Darley for a few days, if required to give her attention to a young lady who attended his school and who was now lying ill,no other person than the daughter of Dudley Venner.