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ROXY HASTINGS. 151 slightly subsided, their mother proposed a walk, to which they gladly agreed. “ We can afford to go shabby to-day,” said Nelly, ‘“‘since we are to dash out so soon.” Yet they were by no means shabby. They were quite respectable, and all the finery in the world would not have added as much to their beauty as _ did the smiles and cheerful looks which now lit up their countenances. They walked in the Fifth avenue, and it being a _ pleas- ant afternoon, the street was gay with promenaders, as well as with carriages of various descriptions rolling past them, and flashing back the sunlight from their glittering wheels and from the silver-mounted harness. New York had never looked so beautiful to the sisters as now, when they expected so soon to leave it, and a feeling Sy dejection came over them at the thought of their new ome. “It will be dismal enough at Nyack, of course,” said Nelly, “‘but—but we won’t complain,” she added, catching a reproachful glance from her mother. ‘‘We will do the best we can.” ‘Can you guess where I am going this afternoon?” asked the widow, looking at the numbers on the doors. ‘Oh, to call on Mrs. ” “No, to call on nobody. Iam going to look at Mr. Burr’s house, which we have heard so much about.. He gave me the key this morning, and said I could go all through it if I wished. They say it is splendidly furnished.” The girls were in high glee at this prospect. ‘*Poor old fellow!” said Henrietta. ‘He don’t look as if his money made him very happy.” ‘Oh, he has been as merry as a cricket the last few days,” the younger sister replied. ‘‘But I wish he wouldn’t chuck me under the chin, as if I were a child.” ‘‘Henrietta, you must learn to use- more respectful lan- guage,” said the widow, severely. ‘‘‘Poor old fellow’ is not a proper phrase to apply to Mr. Burr.” } “Oh, mamma, I am sure I heard you speak of him in those very words only a few days ago.” 1 ‘Did 1?” said the mother, laughing. ‘‘Well, we’ll both learn to be more polite, then.” | ‘Since he is going to let us see his fine furniture.” They found the house, and not without some hesitation decided to go in. GComicboo <S (ele)