satisfaction she felt in thinking that George still remembered and
felt interested in her, he would have had some reason for fearing, as
he occasionally did, that she would never be to him aught save a
sister.




CHAPTER XVII.

JEALOUSY.


The day following Mr. Stuart's visit was Saturday, and as there was no
school, Mary decided to call upon her sister, whom she had not seen
for some months. Mrs. Mason, who had some shopping to do in the
village, offered to accompany her, and about two in the afternoon,
they set forward in Mr. Knight's covered buggy. The roads were smooth
and dry, and in a short time they reached the bridge near the depot. A
train of cars bound for Boston was just going out, and from one of the
windows Mr. Stuart was looking, and waving his hand towards Mary, who
bowed in token of recognition.

The sight and sound of the cars made "old Charlotte," whom Mrs. Mason
was driving, prick up her ears, and feet too, and in a few moments she
carried her load to the village. Leaving Mrs. Mason at the store, Mary
proceeded at once to Mrs. Campbell's. She rang the door-bell a little
timidly, for the last time she saw her sister, she had been treated
with so much coldness, that she now felt some anxiety with regard to
the reception she was likely to meet.