was thereupon fixed for the second day from that time.  And upon the appointed morning Marian, attended by the old clergyman, set out for the mammoth capital, where, in due season, they arrived.  A few days were busily occupied amid the lumber of law documents, before Marian felt sufficiently at ease to advise her friends, the Holmeses, of her presence in town.  Only a few hours had elapsed, after reading her note and address, before she received a call from Mrs. Holmes and her father, Dr. Coleman, a clergyman of high standing in the Church of England.  Friendliness and a beautiful simplicity characterized the manners of both father and daughter.  Rachel entreated Marian to return with her and make her father’s house her home while in London.  She spoke with an affectionate sincerity that Marian could neither doubt nor resist, and when Dr. Coleman cordially seconded his daughter’s invitation, Marian gratefully accepted the proffered hospitality.  And the same day Mr. Burney bade a temporary farewell to his favorite, and departed for Liverpool, and Marian accompanied her friend Rachel Holmes to the house of Dr. Coleman.

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We may not pause to trace minutely the labors of love in which Marian sought at once to forget her own existence and to bless that of others.

A few events only it will be necessary to record.

In the very first packet of Baltimore papers received by Dr. Holmes, Marian saw announced the marriage of Angelica Le Roy to Henry Barnwell.  She knew by the date, that it took place within two weeks after she sailed from the shores of America.  And her anxiety on that young lady’s account was set at rest.

After a visit of two months, Dr. Holmes and his lovely wife prepared to return to the United States.  And the little fortune that Marian intended to settle upon Edith and Miriam, was intrusted to the care of the worthy surgeon, to be invested in bank stock for their benefit, as soon as he should reach Baltimore.  It was arranged that the donor should remain anonymous, or be known only as a friend of Miriam’s father.

In the course of a few months, Marian’s institution, “The Children’s Home,” was commenced, and before the end of the first year, it was completed and filled with inmates.

CHAPTER XXIX.

THURSTON.

After a stormy passage in life comes a long calm, preceding, perhaps, another storm.  I must pass rapidly over several years.

Thurston was a new being.  He resolved to devote his time, talents and means, first of all to carrying on and perfecting those works of education and reform started by Marian in his own neighborhood.