of gold which he had just opened, and he was now pouring out the coin from it. It was a bag of doubloons which he had brought from some Spanish country. Near by was a young man, who was just counting and putting into a bag a quantity of sovereigns which he had been purchasing. There were various others at different places along the counter engaged in similar

transactions.

But

Mrs. Morelle had concluded to reserve about seventy-five dollars, for her expenses in going to Boston, and to invest all the rest of the money which she had with her in sovereigns. Grimkie, who seemed to want to get hold of as many sovereigns as possible, said to her as they were coming in the carriage toward the office that he thought that seventy-five dollars was more than would be necessary to take them to Boston. But she said that possibly some accident might happen which would lead to extra expense, and it was always best to have enough.

"And then if I have anything left over," said she, "we can purchase sovereigns with it in Boston, the morning before we sail."

Accordingly Grimkie, holding in his hands. eight bills of a hundred dollars each, went with Mrs. Morelle to a vacant place at the counter

and said that he wished to buy some sovereigns, and asked the price.

"How many will you want ?" asked the clerk.

"About a hundred and sixty," said Grimkie. He had previously made a calculation that he could have rather more than a hundred and sixty for the eight hundred dollars.

"I have got eight hundred dollars here," said Grimkie, "which I wish to change into sovereigns."

"We can let you have them for four ninety," said the clerk.

Then taking a little slip of paper and a pencil he made a calculation, and presently said,

"You can have a hundred and sixty-three sovereigns, and a little over, for the eight hundred dollars."

"How much will one hundred and sixty-five cost ?" asked Mrs. Morelle.

The clerk, after figuring a little more on his paper, said that they would come to eight hundred and eight dollars and fifty cents exactly.

"Then let us take a hundred and sixty-five," said Mrs. Morelle, "and I will pay the eight dollars fifty."

So Mrs. Morelle took eight dollars and fifty cents from her purse, and put it with the eight

hundred dollars, and Grimkie gave the whole to the clerk. He counted it and put it away, and then proceeded to count out the sovereigns, laying them in piles, as he counted them, of fifty each.

"Would you like a bag to put them in?" asked the clerk.

Grimkie said he would like one very much.

So the clerk gave him a small, brown linen bag, large enough to contain the coin. While Grimkie was putting the money into the bag, it occurred to him that perhaps it would be well to have a little English silver.

"We shall also have need of a little change, Auntie," said he, "when we first land, for the porters or the cabmen.”

"I can give you silver for one of the sovereigns," said the clerk, "if you wish."

So Grimkie gave back one of the sovereigns to the clerk, and the clerk in lieu of it counted out twenty silver coins not quite so large as a quarter of a dollar. He left them on the counter for Grimkie to count over after him, and began to attend to another customer.

"That's right, Auntie," said Grimkie: "twenty is right. Twelve pence make a shilling; twenty shillings make a pound."

Grimkie wrapped up the twenty shillings in a

piece of paper, and put them into the mouth of his bag, and then putting the bag in his pocket, he assisted Mrs. Morelle into the carriage, and after getting in himself, he ordered the coachman to drive to the hotel.

ON Tuesday morning, when Mrs. Morelle and ner party arrived at Boston, they learned from an advertisement in the newspaper that they must be on board the next morning at eight o'clock, as the steamer was to sail at nine.

"I am glad of that," said Grimkie; "for now the sooner we are off the better. Only," he added, after a moment's pause, "we shall not have a chance to change the rest of our money." True," said Mrs. Morelle; "and I think I shall have nearly forty dollars over, after I have paid the bill at the hotel."

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"That would get us eight sovereigns more," said Grimkie.

"I don't know what I shall do with that money," said Mrs. Morelle. "It is in bank bills, which will be of no use in England, and it will make me considerable trouble to carry them with me all the time of my tour."

"Perhaps we might get five-dollar gold pieces with the money here at the hotel,” said Grimkie,