discovering Susan's home; and at last, some one suggested that an advertisement should be inserted in the county paper, mentioning that a circumstance to the advantage of Susan Jones was to be communicated, and offering a reward to whomsoever should give intelligence of her abode. The result was satisfactory the old man was not dead, though recovering but slowly from his illness; and the baker at S

who had supplied him with a few loaves of bread on credit, taking the chance, as he said, of being paid when Jones got into work again, saw the advertisement and replied to it immediately; perhaps, from the mixed motives of doing the poor family a kindness, claiming the reward for himself, and having

his bill paid, if the "circumstance to the advantage" of the daughter proved of a pecuniary nature.

By this time Helen was sufficiently recovered to ride out, and it was quite as much her own desire as that of Mrs. Beecham, that she should accompany her mamma and aunt on the visit the two latter proposed paying to the cottage. Helen did not disguise from herself that she must endure much pain and humiliation on such an occasion; but these sufferings were the natural result of her fault, and she endeavoured not to shrink from them. Besides, her really kind heart was distressed at the recollection of the sorrow and disgrace which had been heaped on Susan, and she could scarcely hear her name mentioned with

out the tears rising to her eyes. She was sincerely anxious that there should be no delay in making every possible atonement for the wrong which had been done. The distance they had to drive was about ten or twelve miles, and Mrs. Beecham ordered the carriage to be ready early in the day following the evening on which she received the baker's communication. The visit, however, must be reserved for a new chapter.

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CHAPTER VIII.

SUSAN'S HOME.

MRS. BEECHAM had made no secret in the house, that the fault, whatever it was, which had been imputed to Susan, had not been committed by her, and that she was anxious to make every atonement for her false accusation. This she did without entering into particulars, or making Helen's disgrace public. All the servants knew that their mistress was going to see Susan, and probably to bring her back; and cook and the footboy, whose memories had proved SO treacherous, were pleased at their task

of packing a large hamper full of gifts for the poor family. Tea and sugar, two bottles of wine, a large loaf of fine white bread, a cold fowl, some jelly, and several other suitable offerings were put up; till at last, despite the most skilful arrangements, the lid would gape, and the sweet clean straw, used in packing, remain visible. Thomas was obliged to ask the coachman's help in lifting it into the rumble, so varied and weighty were the contents of the hamper.

Helen trembled as they drew near their destination. Perhaps, notwithstanding her sufferings, the consequences of her fault had never been so fully apparent to her as on this day. She was watching anxiously for the cottage, according to the description of it they had heard;