Chester had been very generous in providing the trousseau, and Sidney was very grateful to him. Each of the Raymonds made her a gift of a handsome piece of sliver, Grandma Elsie adding a beautiful set of jewelry. Sidney was delighted with her gifts. "Oh, Ches, but you are good to me!" she exclaimed with glad tears in her eyes; "and all the rest of you, dear friends and relatives. This jewelry, Cousin Elsie, is lovely, and I shall always think of you when I wear it. All the silver is just beautiful too, and indeed everything. I feel as rich as a queen." "And when you have Cousin Bob added to all the rest, how do you suppose you are going to stand it?" laughed Harold. "Oh, as the gifts are partly to him, he will help me to stand it," Sidney returned, with a smiling glance at her affianced. "I'll do my best," he answered, returning the smile. "You must not allow yourselves to be overwhelmed yet," remarked Mr. Embury, "when not half the relatives and friends have been heard from." "And I'll warrant my sister Betty will remember my bride with something worth while," remarked the bridegroom-elect. "Yes, she will; I haven't a doubt of it," said Mrs. Embury; "and as they are in good circumstances it will no doubt be something handsome." "Of course it will," said Dick. "Sister Betty was always a generous soul, taking delight in giving." "Being related to you both, Bob and Sid, I want to give you something worth while. What would you like it to be?" said Mrs. Keith. "Oh, never mind, Isa," exclaimed Dr. Johnson, jocosely, "your husband is to tie the knot, and if he does it right--as no doubt he will--he will give me my bride, and that will be the best, most valuable gift any one could bestow upon me." "Yes," laughed Isa; "but it won't hurt you to have something else--something from me too." "Oh, by the way, why shouldn't we have a triple wedding?" exclaimed Maud. "I think it would be just lovely! It struck me so when I heard yesterday of the engagement of Max and Eva." At that the young people colored, the girls looking slightly embarrassed, but no one spoke for a moment. "Don't you think it would make a pretty wedding, Cousin Vi?" asked Maud. "I dare say it would, Maud," replied Mrs. Raymond, "but our young folks are too young yet for marriage, my husband thinks, and should all wait for a year or two. Besides," she added with playful look and tone, "there would be hardly time to make ready a proper trousseau for either, and certainly not for both." "Oh, well, I hardly expected to be able to bring it about," returned Maud, "but I certainly do think it would be pretty." "So it would," said Mrs. Embury; "very pretty indeed, but that wouldn't pay for hurrying anyone into marriage before he or she is ready." "No," said Cousin Ronald, "it is always best to make haste slowly in matters so vitally important."