coming marriage with Mrs. Bell. Hetta at first was not quite
certain;--ought they not to inquire whether the situation was
permanent?

"I won't inquire at all," said Mrs. Bell, with an energy that
startled both the daughter and son-in-law. "I would not part them
now; no, not if--" and the widow shuddered as she thought of her
daughter's sunken eyes, and pale cheeks.

"He is a good lad," said Phineas, "and I trust she will make him a
sober steady wife;" and so the matter was settled.

During this time, Susan and Aaron were walking along the Balston
road; and they also had settled the matter--quite as satisfactorily.

Such was the courtship of Susan Dunn.