Toney purchased the property for his friend, and in a few weeks the Professor and Dora arrived with the intention of making it their permanent home. Tom became the owner of an adjoining estate. The three friends, with their wives, frequently assembled in the parlor of the Widow Wild, with whom Toney and Rosabel continued to reside after their marriage. Not long subsequent to the arrival of the Professor and Dora, Clarence and Harry, with Claribel and Imogen, came to Mapleton on a visit. During the conversation of the evening, Tom asked Toney if he still adhered to the opinion which he once so emphatically expressed as they sat on the veranda of the hotel in Bella Vista. "What was that?" asked Toney. "That the right man is never married to the right woman." "No; I do not," said Toney, with emphasis. And he looked at Rosabel. "There must be a recantation of such opinions when experience has demonstrated their fallacy," said the Professor, with a look of tender affection at Dora. Each husband looked at his wife, and each wife returned the glance; and it was evident that the ladies and gentlemen present were unanimously of opinion that the right men had been married to the right women. "And what has become of the Mystic Order of Seven Sweethearts?" asked Tom. "The organization has been destroyed by a power which man has never been able to resist," said Toney. "What is that?" asked Rosabel. "Love," said her husband. "_Amor vincit omnia_," said the Professor, as he arose from his seat; and, bidding his friends good-night, conducted Dora to their carriage. As they rode homeward, Dora inquired the meaning of those Latin words, and they were translated by her husband; and she now learned that even the stern old Romans recognized and acknowledged the OMNIPOTENCE OF LOVE. THE END. POPULAR WORKS PUBLISHED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., PHILADELPHIA. _WILL BE SENT BY MAIL, POST-PAID, ON RECEIPT OF PRICE._ _Forgiven at Last._ _A Novel._ _By Jeannette R._ HADERMANN. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.75. "A well-told romance. It is of that order of tales originating with Miss Charlotte Bronté."--_N. Y. Even. Post._ "The style is animated, and the characters are not deficient in individuality."--_Phila. Age._ _The Old Countess._ _A Romance._ _From the German_ of EDMUND HOFER, by the translator of "Over Yonder," "Magdalena," etc. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1. "A charming story of life in an old German castle, told in the pleasant German manner that attracts attention and keeps it throughout."--_The Phila. Day._ "The story is not long, is sufficiently involved to compel wonder and suspense, and ends very happily."--_The North American._ "An interesting story."--_The Inquirer._ _Bound Down; or, Life and Its Possibilities._ _A_ Novel. By ANNA M. FITCH. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50. "It is a remarkable book."--_N. Y. Even. Mail._