There was no wedding at all; that is, there were no invited guests, but never had bride greater honor at her bridal than our Daisy had, for the church where the ceremony was performed, at a very early hour in the morning, was literally crowded with the halt, the lame, the maimed and the blind; the slum of New York; gathered from every back street, and by-lane, and gutter; Daisy’s "people," as she calls them, who came to see her married, and who, strangest of all, brought with them a present for the bride; a beautiful family Bible, golden clasped and bound, and costing fifty dollars. Sandy McGraw presented it, and he had written upon the fly leaf, "To the dearest friend we ever had, we give this book, as a slight token of how much we love her." Then followed, upon a sheet of paper, the names of the donors and how much each gave. Oh, how Daisy cried when she saw the _ten cents_, and the _five cents_, and the _three cents_, and the _one cent_, and knew it had all been earned and saved at some personal sacrifice for her. I do believe she would have kissed every one of them if Guy had permitted it. She did kiss the children and shook every hard, soiled hand there, and then Guy took her away and brought her to our home, where she has been the sweetest, merriest, happiest, little creature that ever a man called wife, or a woman sister. She does leave her things round a little, to be sure, and she is not always ready for breakfast. I guess she never will wholly overcome those habits, but I can put up with them now better than I could once. Love makes a vast difference in our estimate of others, and she could scarcely ruffle me now, even if she kept breakfast waiting every morning and left her clothes lying three garments deep upon the floor. As for Guy,—but his happiness is something I cannot describe. Nothing can disturb his peace, which is as firm as the everlasting hills. He does not caress her as much as he did once, but his thoughtful care of her is wonderful, and she is never long from his sight without his going to seek her. May God bless them and keep them always as they are now, at peace with Him and all in all to each other. THE END. POPULAR NOVELS BY _MRS. MARY J. HOLMES._ _Tempest and Sunshine._ _English Orphans._ _Homestead on Hillside._ _'Lena Rivers._ _Meadow Brook._ _Dora Deane._ _Cousin Maude._ _Marian Grey._ _Edith Lyle._ _Daisy Thornton._ _Chateau d’Or_ (_New_). _Darkness and Daylight._ _Hugh Worthington._ _Cameron Pride._ _Rose Mather._ _Ethelyn’s Mistake._ _Millbank._ _Edna Browning._ _West Lawn._ _Mildred_. _Forrest House_ (_New_).