[VIII. MAY'S HEART'S DESIRE]

[IX. "A SLIP BETWIXT"]

[X. A PROMISE]

[XI. EVAN IS GLAD]

[XII. BARBARA'S GIFT]

LUCIA'S TRUST.

[CHAPTER I.]

HOW IT CAME.

"I SUPPOSE you must go?" asked her cousin, reading the letter for the third time. "There is no choice, is there?"