"I'm not so sure, Annie."

"Well, well, let us kiss, and retire to be ready to receive the visitors on the morrow."

And with a sisterly embrace they sought their private apartments.

CHAPTER V.

"O, show me a place like the wild-wood home,

Where the air is fragrant and free,

And the first pure breathings of morning come

In a gush of melody.

When day steals away, with a young bride's blush,

To the soft green couch of night,