Chapter 19 No.19

Long among them was seen a maiden, who waited and wondered,

Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things;

Fair was she, and young, but alas! before her extended,

Dreary and vast and silent, the desert of life.-Evangeline.

LONGFELLOW

'Sister, sister! who is it? Going to be married! Oh, do tell us!' cried Ella Warden-as