nconcerned and
forgetful of his pain of yesterday. Her face darkened with spite, and she
resolved to make him suffer yet, and to the utmost, for the sin of
forgetting her.

But David was in the way of duty, and he did not see her, for his guardian
angel was hovering close at hand.

As the Fall wore on and the winter set in Harry's letters became less
frequent and less intimate. Hannah was troubled, and after consultation
with her grandmother, to which Miranda listened at the latch hole, duly
reporting quotations to her adored Mrs. Spafford, Hannah decided upon an
immediate trip to the metropolis.

"Hannah's gone to New York to find out what's become of that nimshi Harry
Temple. She thought she had him fast, an' she's been holdin' him over poor
Lemuel Skinner's head like thet there sword hangin' by a hair I heard the
minister tell about last Sunday, till Lemuel, he don't know but every
minute's gone'll be his last. You mark my words, she'll hev to take poor
Lem after all, an' be glad she's got him, too,--and she's none too good for
him neither. He's ben faithful to her ever since she wore pantalets, an'
she's ben keepin' him off'n on an' hopin' an' tryin' fer somebody bigger.
It would jes' serve her right ef she'd get that fool of a Harry Temple,
but she won't. He's too sharp for that ef he _is_ a fool. He don't want to
tie himself up to no woman's aprun strings. He rather dandle about after
'em all an' say pretty things, an' keep his earnin's fer himself."

Hannah reached New York the week after David left for Washington. She
wrote beforehand to Harry to let him know she was coming, and made plain
that she expected his attentions exclusively while there, and he smiled
blandly as he read the letter and read her intentions between the lines.
He told Kate a good deal about her that evening when he went to call, told
her how he had heard she was an old flame of David's, and Kate's jealousy
was immediately aroused. She wished to meet Hannah Heath. There was a sort
of triumph in the thought that she had scorned and flung aside the man
whom this woman had "set her cap" for, even though another woman was now
in the place that neither had. Hannah went to visit a cousin in New York
who lived in a quiet part of the city and did not go out much, but for
reasons best known to themselves, both Kate Leavenworth and Harry Temple
elected to see a good deal of her while she was in the city. Harry was
pleasant and attentive, but no