are being lighted, and I shall have to render some good excuse for
being out so late."

"So we must; it is growing late," Lizzie replied.

"Remember now, I trust you, Lizzie," said Leah.

"Never fear; I shall never betray your confidence."

Then the two girls left the window, walked hastily through the hall
and corridor, down the spiral staircase, out into the street, and
turned homeward.






CHAPTER VII.





THE two friends walked side by side in silence the distance of a
square, and then their paths divided.

As Lizzie Heartwell turned the corner that separated her from her
companion, she drew her shawl more closely around her benumbed form
and quickened the steps that were hurrying her onward to her uncle's