have this constant worry about her."

"I think I will, now that we are more settled and things are quieter.
I wrote to auntie to-day that I might go to Philadelphia one day next
week to bring her home. You are right. I shall not be happy until
she's with me. I have such terrible dreams about her. If anything
were to happen that child, I think it would kill me."

Ray nodded approvingly. Sympathetically, she said:

"Yes, dear. You'll feel better satisfied when she's with you. Besides
she'll be a companion for you--especially when I'm married----"

Helen sighed and turned away her face so her sister should not see the
tears that suddenly filled her eyes. Sorrowfully, she said:

"It will be terrible to lose you, dear. Of course, I'm happy over your
marriage. It would be very selfish in me to want to stand in the way
of your happiness. I'm sure I wish you and Wilbur every joy
imaginable. But I shall certainly feel very lonely when you are gone."

The young girl looked closely at her sister. She realized that her
sister was no longer the happy, contented woman she once was, and she
readily guessed the cause. Helen had not taken her into her
confidence, but she had ears and eyes. Living in the house in such
close intimacy, she could not help noticing that the relations between
the wife and husband were no longer what they had been. Guardedly she
said:

"But you have Kenneth."

Helen sighed and was silent.

Ray looked up. More gently she said:

"Haven't you your husband, dear?"

Her sister shook her head. There was a note of utter discouragement
and melancholy in her voice as she answered:

"He is seldom home--his club seems to have more attraction for him. I
rarely see him except at breakfast time." She was silent for a moment,
and then added quickly: "Would you believe that he hasn't been home a
single night since the time I was called to Philadelphia?"

Ray opened her eyes.

"He's out all night?"

"Yes--all night. The other morning it was seven o'clock when he came
home--and his dress suit and shirt looked as if he had been in a fight."

The young girl put down her work and looked at her sister in dismay.

"Sis!--what's the matter with Ken all at once?"

Helen made no reply, but covering her face with her two hands, burst
into tears. Ray rose quickly and going over to where she was sitting,
sat on the edge of the chair and put her arms about her. Soothingly
she said:

"Don't cry