her-grace,: ;her spirit, her.. sweet voice, her quick intelligence; and he thought a .great deal about her as he walked home,'and won dered if he should see her again to-morrow —if she would be as gracious as she had been to night; he thought of Fredrick Spenceley, and classed him-in his mind with "Mallory and that lot," and was glad, quite- revengefully glad, that he had been able to treat him as he had done, and that was all. ; \. ■ ;, .-■ ~

Perfectly unexpectant, unconscious, unaware of the web which circumstances,! past, present, ■and to come were i weaving about "his. head, he paced the well-known streets—a son of toil the descendant of generations.of rsons of toil> "bat with a whole ] world .dormant in him, or rather nascent—a whole realm ef isuffering: love, hope, grandeur, baseness which this night, had first stirred1 into premonitory natal activity. ...: .ri .... ■ ' .■ . :■- Saturday morning came,, and work', and the business of life.; Saturday afternoon and holi day. ■• Myles,and,Mary walked home together about two o'clock; and his sister looked at him more than once, as his head-and his eyes turned quickly from one .side to the'other, so often that at last she. said.: I: -■ .1:. .ill

...» Why, Myles, dbsb expect to s'eetsomeone thou knows 1"-,■'.■• .;■-, •■•;.l!>1 ■i! v .

"Me ! ■ No,"; hie', said hastily,;! and with a forced laugh.. '.Hehacl.beeri'half unconsciously looking for Adrienne, but in. vain. , : In the evening he repaired to the:.reading room as usual..- He went straight to his seat in the window, but she was;not.there; so he picked up the i;"Westminster,"iwhich no one had disturbed since Jast night,.and resumed the article on the governing classes. ■ . ' ; ■

But lie could not,, to use his awn. expression, ■".fasten.to it,"-until.he heard the,soft opening and closing:. of the i swing door in; >the back ground, and the faint sound, almost impercep tible, of. a girl's light -footfall and dress came nearer, and nearen Then, when he looked • lip, she was ; there, looking just the same as usual,-which was surprising, after.all his dreamy .thoughts about.her. ... j-;-1 She bowed. to him, with,the1 smile, which' lent such a. charm toheri.fairTace.,, For she was fair, Myles,decided, as he.saw that look of recognition ; .and he was! rights. She was one of; those: women who are mot anything, neither. uglyj ,nor beantiful,,..until one .knows them, and then .they are lovely ifor ever, i • f With the ".Goodevening'■';and the smile they exchanged,he felt at rest, .and could turn to his book again, and read and. understand, For, not yet did he know, .that he had met his fate—good- or evil, as the case might be ; there-.was a sweet, momentary pause. before there came that fever of unrest which love must be to such men as he. i i ,ii-

Miss Blisset made, her notes and studied her music with diligence, until nine o'clock came chiming from: the stetple above their heads,' and there rang out after the chimes the music of the tune "Life Jot us cherish;'' ■ .

Adrienne put her books togefher, and rose. ■ "Mr Heywood, I told my uncle about what happened'Jast,night, and.he told me to askyou to come and see him this evening Will you?" ■•

•'I shall be very glad to d 0,50," said Myles, looking up, pleased,, and surprised. He had. thought. Miss Blisset's gratitude to him natural) under the circumstances, and had quite supposed that she would treat him with friendliness afterwards ; hut he had smiled at the idea of the uncle oE whom she spoke troubling himself about; him,! If he let the girl.take that disagreeable walk to the Town Hall; every evening,, .he was not likely to care ; much whether, she were an noyed, or not, so-fthat his ;;W.ork.was done. That was the conclusion Myles. had come to; and it was a conlusion quite ...in.. harmony with his character, '..-,. •. iJj ttliii n They left the.hall together.jj It was Satur day nigjitj and the streets .were thronged with: a rough-spoken, roughly-mannered Lancashire crowd, pushing and talk'ng> and too many of them reeling .about, with the absence of ceremony .peculiar to^them. They soon left the .thoroughfare, and found them selves first in the narrow cross lane: and then in Blake-stfeetr'tT^rrr:

"Only one more evening," said. Adrienne, "and my workrwillbe donei anil I shall, not need to come.any more." ~ ■■. ~.,.- :; "I'm glad to hear -it,": said Myles abruptly. '• ■ ■■ : : '•', •' • '■'• -" You like ( reading,"said Adnenne. "Have yoii read,much?', ;: . I ' [-.-■.:■ • ' ' "I don't think I havej" he. _owned ■frankly.'.l' ■■'.'•.' •. '...,:'.;, .. ;'; " TheTlianshope library is not a bad one m its way/she remarked. "RatlieY; behind the time, thoughi in .the matter" of science and philosophy." ...... .:•..:. : ..■ . . " Well, you see, it's like the gentlemen who * have-the-managing of it,-I suppose/-'-said Myles apologetically. " They are a little behind the time,too." ~. ;„ "Fortunately they have been allowed to exercise no control over my^Jepartment, the music, .since it was all bequeathed by a good arid enlightened man to. the;, town,';. and all those worthy committee peop|3 had to do was to accept it gratefully, and fad a room to put it in.:. .And ■ then, too, I don't think they wouldskhow anything abotit tHe orthodox and heterodbx-in such matters."■ .:•• ~r- " Is there.orthodox and heterodox in music ? asked Myles.' ■ > i % ■ " 1 should think so'! 'The adherents of the different musical, creeds are given to a ' .bear and forbearance 'equal to that'of adherents of different religious creeds." .'','. ■' • " Myles laugtied a little' at1 this, and said :•■' . - jit ,' i.i :.• ■ ..: ; • ■'■• '. ti. ■

"Then I'm sure ignorance is bliss in that case. We're somewhat overrun'with parsons in these .parts. The women make, spmuch of <.them that they seem quite to lose their under standing—what they have of it. But-the vicar—Canon Ponsonby—he is quite different ; and he keeps a pretty .tight. hand over his parsons; I've Heard that he shows them their place sometimes as if they were schoolboys. He ought to have been a Prune Minister, ought Canon Ponsonby. ~. " Yes, I know him," said Adrienne. "He and ray uncle are great friends. He isa grand old gentleman.'!..: .Til;"...'. Here they turned in^at the wicket of Stone gate. Adrienne opened the door, and Myles for the r'first iune-t-ndt for the Jast; by any means—stood within that sad-looking, lone some old house. -'■■•' '' 'l: ' "'• •"'"••'

.It was a square, matted hall in which they stood, dimly .lighted by,a,. Japanese lantern, also square, hanging from the roof. On a great oaken table iOKe centre stood a large beautifnl -vase of igrey green iVallouris ware. Over ifie carved mantelpiece hung an oil painting— a'fine copy'of that beautiful likeness of-Goethe-the-one \yith" the dark rings-of curling hair, and the magnificent'face'; that likeness which' always reminds one of-the herrlichen Jiingling described by Bettina as the hero of a certain skating scene, when he stole his mother's cloak-^—der Kalte wegen. Opposite to this picture stood, on a pedestal, a bust of Orfilu. These were the only ornaments in theplace. Eveiy other'available corner was filled with bookshelves, loaded with books. A dome'light gave light by day to hall. . ° " ■'■■''-'■ . . Li '

"-This 'way," said Adrienne, • opening a door to the left, and Myles followed her into the room. This room,, too, was lighted, with lamps and candles. There was a table in the centre—a writing table in one of the windows, •' piled with books, and papers, and manuscripts. 'In an easy chair1, beside this Writing-table, , reading, was. a' ' man—presumably ' the "uncle" of whom' Adrienne. : had. so often ...spoken. -—„.... -■•..•• - "TJricle" said she, going up to him, and touching his arm, " Here is Mr Heywood of . whom 1 spoke to you." '•! ~,'.,' . ■: He lookedup and Myleg.beheld a strange, long, pafe/ace, with hollow eyes, and a large,

and as it seemed to him, an expressionless mouth. ? It was a deathlike face ; its expression - - neiJtral to jirapassryjenes/.-, :^J | —j "Mr 'Heywood—oh, lam glad to see yjoir. Take a seat." " Somewhat chilled by this unenthusiastic greeting, Myles complied without a word, feeling remarkably small and insignificant-, while Adrienne produced her papers/sat down f at the desk, and began to arrange them." Mr Blisset turned towards her, but did not move his1 chair. He simply observed to Myles: " You will excuse us a moment, Mr t Heywood," and then gave his attention to the remarks'which'his nek 4, in'ia'low torie/iniatle" t 0 " him. It whs with" a kind"of shock "that Myles soon perceived the man's lower limbs nlus t be paralysed. That was what Adrienne meant when' she sp^oke 6f[ his (being (mablejto come to the library. That was why he was so shy and reserved, that he must be prepared,, for the visit of a stranger. Mylesvunder.stb.od ; it all now, and, from his experience of Edmund knew what .it. meant,: only that, this, was far , worse, far more of a living.death than that'in,' which Edmund lived. '' ',■'■''. ' ■ - ;i" - ■'' • '•' The writing and reporting over, Adrienne left the Voom, Myles and,theslrange-ldokv- * ing, corpse-like man' were 'lefc' alone;', and., now Mr Blisset turned'to'him'and'said,-"still in the same cold, measured voice : " You rendered a very kind service to my niece last night, and I, am much obliged to j you." ! "Pray don't mention it.\'No/tjne cbtildv have sat still and seen a young lady annoYed by a fellow like Frederick Spenceley ; " Spenceley! Surely I have heard the 1 nanieJ". T ~„._._ . ' rVery .likely. 5. His; father is the* richest man iri?Thanshope."s '{ i } ij J • ' " Oh-T^-ah ! 'Naturally'! have heard-ofhim, . then. So that was the name of the individual who insulted her?" "That is his name," said Myles concisely, "and it's another riame-for; ;a';cad'and blafck guard." . " Oh, is it! You know something1" about

him?" " There are few people in Thanshope who don't. He is a born ruffian—Spenceley. ' Some day the ruffianism will come out through the veneering, and, once out, it will never be . polished over again." Mr'BJisset; assente^l half inquiringly, Tsur veying >IylekaHjhe^irnefroi|t his] impassive eyes, and then he" said :' "lam sorry my niece should have to go to the reading-room. She tells me that one evening - morcwill. iinis.h.AYhat..sh l e.h^s_to^do i^ otherwise, ■ I should ■■, not, permit it. But I should think, you have , Frightened ■ the fellow away for, a time?" , , ~', "-.''. . "Oh; yes!, He won't trouble her again," said Myles,with contemptuous indifference, for getting that beaten-off insects, with or without stings, have a habit of,,returning, with blun deriue, persistency to :flie attack. ji "But couldnt she go in the daytime?" 'lie'asked suddenly..; ~.;. ;-■ ;',. 1 ..'. ~' ■' Mr Blisset shrugged, his shoulders. "There is so much.work to be done in the daytime,", said '■• he— '' correspondence, and reading, and manuscript]to.copy. But I spare her as much as I can. J never ask or wish her to work after she returns, in the evening. The rest of her time, is her; own." '. ',' . ,'■ " I should think so .'—from nine o'clock !" thought Myles, a little surprised. " She,must be ready to go to bed at ten, after such a day as. that I wonder at what time it begins. Why, I am better off,'than that." . . "The rest of her trine.is her own," re peated Mr Blisset, as,if'.rie clung to'thai;con cession, with fondness and pride, feeling that it made up for all other privations which'her day's work. might entail—wtiiph . indeed , was the ■case His infirmity—his tong confinement to one house and onesppt^-fthe.absorbed concen tration of hi? faculties upon one work—a \vork which he was .determined should burst upon the world,, and make,.hirn; illustrious—all this, and, above all, Adrienne's 'own' devotion to him and his pursuits, smce, she' had come to live with him, had fostered his natural egotism'; till ,now, he , verily,/beiiev^d tli?t his yoke was,easy and his burden li^h't to the young creature ,who bore, \\, 'and' that, that j hour "after,she came in", was an elastic period, in which',- any , amounij',' of private' work and reading could, be done and pleasure enjoyed. yet he was not a hardrhearted man, arid if Adrienne^hacl by any cause, removed from him, it would,have'been her. gentle presence, and the charm of her company .that he.wotild have lamented, not the loss .ofh.er.services in reading, writing! and research. ~ *j, v ','yj; •. .. '..'•' i , His intense and almost forbidding Coldness of manner was soon'understood' by Mvles, who discovered before long that it arose chiefly from -physical , weakness...arid -languor—not .from any ■want' of interest 3n, .'the questions of the day^ or in the ,'men'and things,about him. ( . ,: ,i. ■ :.< ~.,,. fj,., ' ... v ,. f 1 You are writing, a great Jjook, sir r' in quired Myles, by way.'of . something to say.[. :■',.• . ~.,-: ./; •■ ; su t,. o *, ~ ■[, : ; i"A book," corrected Mr.Blisset—a slight, ' but ineflable smilp ■ playing i upon the- marble ofhis face.- •. " Let. no man anii. nb.generation call any of their Own achievements—-whether .in literature or legislationrrxgreat. > .That isi for ' posterity to decide." >/'■ (ii ~■< }-.-.:. ■, ' ("Humph ("thought Myles*;, "That im plids that posterity will take some notice of it, iri which case—-^fibut the reflections opened up were too large - td.■; be: •. fully followed j out •'then.-) '• 'ii '■:!• «*xl li.A :. •;. ■" Onebranch of knowledge, .and one alone, can'prbduce works which-at the yery time of their appearance may;;be safely, pronounced great, and,that is science, of course," resumed Mdjuisset, half closing,his eyes.' .. . • ."Then yours is not a scientific work.?*' said Myles, politely.-,.; . ;,,!,., ~i r ' . :''■. ' ," It is chiefly,historical andj speculative, but based, I trust, on the truest,andmost/pr'Q foundly, scientific principle?. It' is' ah' inquiry into-t?>e; question whether highly advanced civilisation and an. art-spirit, living original and capable of producing new and great wbrks,' can exist together—whether,'tte'y. are'^ver likely to go hand in hand,!'. t . . ..':;, r itonaaj '>■ 'wha't^do^you concludev" asked: 'Myles. -, •■■ ■niM'S-'-jv'j.i. vi-V/ ' : .1 VI began in hope," said Mr Blisset; '"But the^hopehas'died away., tliisic >till remaihs —a wide only partially !trod^en field ;' but for the rest-7—" he .shook,his head.,'; "Of course it is a gigantic;,undertaking," he .went bii, .'f and I have been .engaged upon it for'twenty years ; but I think, when my work'is complete, .. that.J., r shaJl / hqy,Q,pret|y, -.well.exhausted''the: .subject." ~. |•■ ~.',,',> ' :l ~,..',..., , , .t\ ..-. , ,V!And'your rea.dei;3 v 't6o,, perhaps," ihought .M!yies, unwillingly fprced. to f .wonder" whether there',were,puch. u'seiin Mr-jßlisset's gigantic .undertaking..,, —~■,'.,,.;■, ..,, " ''!'.' : At this juncture 'Adrienne' came into the room" .again ; ; and,. My'les|; beholding' her for the. first, time in ,ind6qr 'dress;1' ,was ; sensible of a warmer, deeper feeling of admiratioh thatt'he had hitherto experienced. jThsre was a name less foreign charm atout-her, which worked like a spell upon' hjm.. She held some trifling . work in her- hand,: and/coming "quietly in, seated herself,,,and jlenther attention to her uncle as he went oh discoursing in a monotone which' by. .degrees, fascinated 'Myles," so that he listened intently and nolenSyolens. .It was only afterwards, in thinking it all ■ over, that he remembered, what a sad,'dreary life, it must be for' the young girl, alone with this stupendous. egotist, listening while he discoursed of—himself; helping, him in his great:work'; writing letters relating to his vast undertaking; studying hard' in order to supply him with facts. That, was' all true ; . but at the moment Myles did hot think of it, ,foi' Mr Blisset spoke upon subjects that the i young.man had thought about himself—sub

jects that made his heart burn—of govern ments .and peoples,.,and . the,Jessons which , history may,, teachdis.' j \.\ |_ | ' ' And when Myles heard, the treasures of learning and research which slf"Blisset''had-' undoubtedly, accumulated brought to bear upori his own View'" of the' question, and found that the r speaker, too, was one of those whose watchword IS-p j ', i ' / ' Tn^peopln, Lord!'hidpeople! Not orowna and thronea, but men ! his admiration speedily grew to enthusiasm,' and lie sat, listening, his handsome face all Kvitli 'eagerness, -, andfWsJ disposfed,? before the evening wasovet, to rank Mr Blisset" asa demigod." 'i ~\ ..' .r n txlftul Li< ; - ' Mr Blissef' was pleased, like other' pluloso-" ' phers, with the admiration 'he excited, and surveyed the young man with a favouring eye. I '" You mlist coihe and see me again," saidr he. "It is'"always a'pl<:asiir6 to me to'know'- • one who has .thought and felt upon these sub jects. But\lWave 'taJkecl'till,-lMleer'almost\l exhausted. Adrienne, my love, suppose you give us some musici".-, , n-,-' y'fm ■)■■■■ ', "Yes, iincle," said she. "I like you to" talk in that: way,."'<she: added, .touching',his , forehead with her lips. " Then you do your self justice.'•• N i.- V '--,.^ '.^..■'..,y.^A ~. T.i ;.,., . ■ " "There" \\ las a'-piano in ' the 'room', and Adrienne's playingj/o.^hjivrtticlej V'hen thii'day'sv work was quite over—a sort" of requiem upon the toil' they.'had.'pnsiied through-rwas-as regular ]a thing jfe.the 'facing of jiijjit^ir^oh the earth. There, in the'world of haftnony, was her -^ingdom—there., she -ruled ,y >.&?'"«. thence she could sway trie hearts of rneh. The. harmonies she ma(le for. them , that evening1 were1 calm' andl graVfr^-a pathetic Ttma of Haydn's ; a solemn Ciaeonn _o f Bach's^' a slow "rnQVepent^the,;'Ringing <• tdgether of'the morning.'star^'t 'of -Beetho- '• ■ven's'. i.i.l. J f & Li. Jl.Jt.jL'i

,Mr Blisset shaded his long pale face with his long1 ipale: hand,!1 and satlivrifti jclosed/eyesj..; listening. Myles was listening too, but ear, with him,was subservient to eye and. Jo, thought.<. His gaze never left Adrienne, and the longer" he, looked the deepen •be.came the,,.-pharpw. There ha'd'slumberecl in'his mind:' tftrougliour v

these years of toil and striving a latent dormant idea" ofiovlines'sfpunFy, and fitness ..fqr worship, ( and, it was as though, when _ f. AdriennS's (fingers ):oucl;eV|the ifeysj-the jd(|o} 'of heaven was opened, and a ray falling upon -her fair head pro^laime.-l her,liis soul's dearest^. "-^ish. I /I ' J ,' .VI { I With a sigh,'promptly repressed,-he^roße* from his dream as she. .finished, and took his departure,-after Mr Blissett had maddhini pro mise to come again. fir _ ""Saturday" riiglit', a'nd"M)?les' "ftund - the din ofthe town not'yefhusHid, He, saw sights vrhich were familiar enough to his eyCS,, heard sounds to which his ears were accustomed —drunken men reeling out of th,e public-houses which must be closed, brawling songs shquted hoatsely- up and down—alb the ugliness of rude,.cpa'rse natures taking" their pleasure^ Pie had never in his life found '..pleasure, hlrn'Self iin such things; but, equally, he had grown accustomed to the fact that others ■ men with whom he was on good terms—: did take pleasure in them. , He thought of the scene he had just left, and there shot a sudden sense of chill doubt and discomfiture through his frame of musing, high-sti^ng .happjness, a desperate feeling thattliosewhomhe saw about him in the streets now were his' class; his.coni panions ;. that, \ever since,, he had begun to ; hope and think, he had hoped for their advance.: raent, their good,' and lie must not be untrue.to them. "" ' '" ". >•»',.. " Pah!' said be to : himself; "as if; she' could ask a man to' be false to:what he ought to-be true to.!, She's like truth itself." '. '"' :

{To be continued.)

REFLECTIONS.

;.i,£ From thp. Stroutypiq?, .. r> ;^ At church 13at withinlier pew, •JJy OPow! But.thero I heard No pious word— I saw alonpier eyes.of blue. I saw hor bow-hor head so gracious, j 0 Gracious? .'-;; 71 The choir. aangiV ■>. I . - The orean rang— And seemed to fill-the blllldinfe ■spacious,' \ .i-Tj ■ :.; . ■ • •:..'.• i.l hiV tiimiii .hiiviji ■ ■ . I pould not; hearths gospel law— ~ ; . ■ ""■ ' ' , '■,'••■ O,Lawl ' . ' I ■ |U. ' " . 'My futurel bride/ ""' :■<•■:,. '■ •:. ..;: ■• .Waarbyroy sid&^-Mi iw»h[;n i Without a aingloliultojf fla>v. ~;, ,;•.,,,,;] • And^yhenfeatedfi)rth;tli6organ'3thuna6ri-1 :'■ .-.v.i .;■ o Thunder J-imrj,-. ><• I .■;;■■>• . ii.:« Iflxeilmyciyes r.■(.-<'( t-yavru \ -■j. . ~ ~:. Injrw;tasarpriM :;.,.,, f .'.« Oi\her who3obeautj' : \vaßawonder, ,'"' i " 7ToJnothaliJnaide«Tvaßiiiost'deaE,:!i >~'f ■: ■>;■ fi.ii 'it'j i)j hij ODearl ~,|j ~,; . And lihe was mine, . . . ■■; '''Joy bWiliviiiQ ■■"'■''" '"■l/ i : F6t huhia'n Wordis to picture here, i; r i i • Her lore seemed,like a praxertoblesaiine— ~',, r , ,'. Oblesaiilc!!' " '• . | "' •.'■ 'Befoi'e she'came '■■'■'■■'■'■: I" ' ■■■!..:. i ■:•:.; ;:; My life was tame, -on ■n-,;i . my rarest joys could but oppress me. i,. ]Ml - Tlib servfeb done W soughlt the shore—''' ■ : .-I!' -• :IJ . ..-} u ..;r. .-O'Shorfe.!! ,■■;/ \m\ '~' i'.ij ■■-. , .:■ Andtheror^owfllked,, ;;!tv • ■ ; And »adly talked— ," . .. Mof?. sadly talked than e'er, before. ';■ ' I thought she was the type of gOpdpess— : i,,, ... !,,' (, • OpoodnesM,. ). , •,. : r ■ ~;, >. ~ But on that day ! , "' ■ Flafri'wordstvhoae very tone wnaTudencss. j We strayed beyond, the tide-piiil'a' dam.—': ', ' O Dam'! ''I'■ '' " ''' 'I '■ . '••!!. .in ■ ■~■ ShdJilted me' i"ii -.v: -ju.it i , -. . ■.'.'! ~. And nowlsee ji i;/ ;;■■,'{ .:■ I That.wonian'slo.velaallashamf, . ( f| j ■' ;i '■■'■'■u[' ' : i ;;iEi<lHT i _O'CJLOCKI' i<- ': ' ["■'■ . *"! ...ii'..!' jfcwnXVidt Awaked yi-.iiiiiv!! Eigiii tinie the clock has atrublcj'" ""■'' | '■■" "Thestars'jeeiVo'erhead. "' i'*«wjij|« i Across the air t hero comesi (': h.-..> : .. ■ .fjAsoundOf marchine.tread.;, ;.,. ~,/ ; ■ In. city and village ana town '. . i '• The children'are'going to bedi ' '•' '" s: I*'--1 hnr, :l ■ ,i;ii:.- Tii/ii'i oit'l. .tfiir \ J: With footsteps swift or 510w,,; ,- ~.,., a j j .■„ r, ■„,(With faces ei;aye or bright,. • •..,, v ! Bytwosandthrteatliejgo;1" i;'-" L > ' ' -All robed in Kbwiis.otwnite;1- " ,i''>. ; : ' And each; lyiOLabackwardgjlance.:,;,;^ ! •. ' ~Calls.cheerilj;put, ".Oopd-nlghtt*;. j .. "; IJoW-ditrkergr'owstlVe'Bkyv'i boi-j'dtii J ". ■' ■:■ ("The stars their Watches keep;! yyjlX ! ■ ■ •'• -' : When next th«> clock shall strike ,-■ j.,,' i ,"' \yith,hollow voice and deep, ' ' ..' '-; In: city and vill.agli andtowi,- ■ ■'' Jl'!l i:;: :;•.■..» The Children will be asleep. Jiwcduu j \r.\\'.» a i ■.<?;••■; : :■■•■ Maroaßbt E;!J!ohnson.

A SUMMER TWILIGHT.

It is a summer gloaming, balmy sweet; mi-.,.; \ A gloaming-brightened by,an infanf moqn( vf I Fraught with the fairest light of middle June; The lonely garden echoes trt my feet, , V f And "ha^k! Oh. Hear I not the gentle deWßl> r i fretting the silent forest inii3.sleep?;u oojd i Or does the stir of housing insects creep, ~ ! Thus faintly on mine ear?' Day's many hues , Waned with trie paling light and are nO'mOfe,: And none'but drowisy pinions beat.tho air.;!; The bat is hunting fioftly by my door,; ..... And, noiseless as thi3snownakc,leaVeshiS:lair; ■ O'er the sfrll copses flitting' hero iind there,1 ■ / Wheeling the self-same, circuit o'er and o'erj | '. CHABLBS TENNYSOS' TffENEK. ';

Send Two Shillings in Stamps "to; Ansjejo Forrest. Auckland Music Wai-ehbiise. for a bopy" of tho •'Flirtation'VWaltz. ..Third.edition«pow .. ready.—Advt. ■ [| ; ,,|, si-nff tU'ni '• .■ Thsltoynl School of Art Needlework givfes ' permanent employment tq about one hundred '■< and tliirty-flve ladies, of whom ninety are.needlo ' > women. Ail a'vbroge worker earns about 255 ; a week, a very good one about £2, and the lowest, v slowest, or least able worker no more .than; 15s.

BITS OF FUN.

? Ayounglady ofsMa'lisbn.jWis,, received ' many anonymous pocriis' of an aprons and flattering character. Slio finally submitted them to an intimate friend, a married laity ■.■»},„ recognised the handwriting' as her husbavl's. In same of ;the rural districts of Itair a lover who wishes to make a declaration of' „•„ vpassion places rose leaves before the door of th lady. It she rejects him slie sweeps them away, : but if she accepts him the rose leaves remain. . The other evening a funny man went hpmp in a good humour, and. kissing his wife, -' said+-''My dear, as your liainc is Cm-lie, and as you are the flower of my family, I suppose I have tho right to call you my Cauli-nower—ho! iitllot".i; " Yes,"l irepUqd ,hia-wife,- .with] n..sigh;:; "and as we both belong to the same family, I , can call you my cabbage-head.' The funny man says that there are some women who cannot see ', thremgh ajoke with a telescope. '-* i '*SUo isivcry pfottys'^said Aiiv!Ragliag;to:. i Miss O'Brien. "All, you men will leave your l— best friends to run after a pretty face. A plain \ woman i has" ttio attractions for you." Oh, you are unjust? cried Ragbag, warmly, "I haven't left jtou toco after her, have I V and then he saw Jby. Miss O'Brien's look, tho mistake he had made, . but it was too late to rectify it. ' 'A kcen'slivclent of lliiniahliattire 'must have written the following:—" When you see a young , man sailing/down t]he. street shortly after anid- ■ iiight with his dollar mashed dffw'n his nbek, you . cun.jnako up. your,mind that there's a young girl'crawhngupstairsnobl'ar distant, with her shoes under her arm and an extinguished lamp in her hands." There are English women who still wear the Bloomer dress. A young, tall brunette re , centfy appeared wearing a tight-fitting, clarct t. -cdloured, plush botlicdprolonged to form a skirt, slightly trimmed with lace, which hardly readi ed the knee, ami sho wore velvet trousers gathered at tho ankles. Sho had black stock ings and shoes; and on her head was a small .can. Two ladies appeared at a musical party in f costumes of tK^'sauio fssliiotf in p'Silf/'iyUh low- v <j Keeled pinl^-kffl sljbes. \ | \4 \g U| .'_ I iAxlie following is j told^^ o£: a fwell.ltn.o4ny "beauty lady" who is happy in the possession of a little girl about five years old almost as pretty as her mother :—Not long ago an elderly, eminently respectable gentleman mado an after ,, noon jcjtll, Jjnjfc,aß;olderly gentlemjrn.often do, ho took uptlie child and kissed her". You must npt.do that, '[.said the child, struggling. "I am ' a'^DSßoita'bK^tarried woman !" ' What do you mean, my dear?" asked the astonished visitor. " Oh, that's what mamma always says when gentlemen kiss her ["replied tho artless infant. The Creation of Woman.—A poet, / celebrating tho works of Dame Nature, has an idea which comes very near being original, if it be not quite so;— She next jnado ,Womarn—gp the story goes— ■\V3th ap imprbved material and art tj | Gayoio^a/orm, the choißCsli.6n.o ot th'osoi That make aught beautiful, and to nor heart A power to solton man—and forced tho rose Its blushing tint to her soft cheek impart- Then chopp'd the rainbow up, and with tho ... chips —i - —„.,_,™.™__, .„,..._ - , ~Sho went to work, and, finished offjier. lfpa! The season has at last fairly commenced.! For years thoro huvo not been so many ridors lll'tho Row. Year after year wo are getting' lator. Now the afternoon is quitoasfashionablU> as the morning, and, though all thol carriages disappear as thfe'cloak points to sevpn, tho ndo: Is full for another half-hour. Two novelties in: walking1 eosturiie'ard to be mot with freely. One* is a black sitin ulster. Jt is perhaps more novel than'attractivo.'and certainly reduces coatumO' to' the last state of simplicity. ItUts so tight to the figure that it seems as if it was tho figure, and is specially worn byl ladies-who compress their waists to the size of their wrists. A .pair oi; heels, a pair of shoes, ariulsto*; and'a bonnet seems to complete the inventory of the lady's dress. The other costume is prettier.* It is prey; loaded with steel bangles, and set'off with a little pink. The' combination' is now, and the effect^^ pretty.'— London Gossip.' ;■.]'''• When a man i& itx-tliq.tabit of usjng.tlio ."words ''but"' and "if" don't trust him. He pays, ■'/Certainly.l' Will, but;".."! shall bemost happy to oome.iibut:'.'. Iwill assuredly pay you, If:" 'and all the while ,ha means that he will do it if he finds it entirely convenient to, and not qther -wise. '.'■:,■■ ■ , .■ ;. ;,. ,i.. ,ri,i: M:

J; Two clerks bnt of Totter-buildings, Svhilb taking'.,their morning "nipf." wore boasting of the amount of busincssl done in their respective : establishments., Quo said their pens alone coat I a year. ,'Thoother, replied.thfit: they saved ;,more.than that in^nfe by ndt ; dbttirig their i'a; j ' I" Alj^rs this1, Case.—" SleepinV ToriaM^' : said a. Highlander to a drowsy. acquaintance who was ruminating on the grass, in iinbrizbntal ' position. "NoVTunpan," wnathbroady answer. t,"Then, .Tonald.^Would you now lend j&a ten ,shiUine37* ( w,as the next question., VOugh'.pugh," , ."was the,response,"wi(h a, heavy,auorq; JJm I sleepin'^po^Tuncan.my lad," \,,-, t ] ,'•!'■ j .<-'• i ■■■'- f'ParsdhJack'' Russell, the noted1 Devon '- sWre sporting oler&man.marlied'MissMargarbt 1 Beaumont to the Hon'.'C:;Bamfylde on Thursday -last' at St, George's, Hanover-square. Tno'Old \vcteran sportsman performed the same ceremony ■ fOr the bridegroom's father in 1859. "' '. ■,' " . >'■ The culpri^ are'very h»ppy d'ojynfit'.Suii.: nlnifdhlel,' in a' charming cottage,, with cows and : e'veryruralfolicity*.1 Great hopekinre nqw,en tertained of the divorce being applied .foe; and 'Vthten', aftera decent, interval, entermylady the ■'countess. ■>; ■*<■''• ■>■ 'iiii-tijiuhnjui aili ,»iH>tia ; i', The' new'op'stHetic craze h{i3"'beeh a^feati blow to the yojunKpurates of the period. .Tristead: of .embroidering, .sUppors , and '.decorating churches, maiden ladies, elderly and otherwise,, ' now devote their (spare time, to,the persuit or. tho' "Intensely intense" and .the "too' utterly! ■/■Utteh";'1 .vi.'l ;., / ..UlnU'ikUilil -. ." ':-.. •',! ! v So greatly did the ;Queeh admire Lady Brooke'3 Wedding dress.that she insisted onhfen dining in at the Castle; and,after-dinner;Her: Mai esty toldthe lovely bride to "walk about," '■.that she might"so6'it'better.''l'Ttl.e':teßu\tiof, "these peripatetic movements-being'that'rher, Wyship jtoa "Commanded" to be photographed, '^therein; '1.,!,,,...■",. i„"'i;,!' ~'" ',!.',,,'.', !";,.' ,■'"„ ' ■''■" It is rom»rlial>le wKat littlfs biteg^vpman takes when eating in the presence of her. sweet-' heart -What a little mouth she has then!1 Sho •nibbles With hor little white teeth like somo ; dainty squirrel-eating a-hickory aut. But wait until washaay comes, watch her when sho goes to hang Up!.al6thes.and,get8 l iu;^ hurry. By the time she gets the big'ends of fifteen clothes pins held in tKKradTWnr JW will begin to think;; ft is a pretty gopfl-gifpo, hearty mouth after, all. A San ;v'■'fixhicisco papef; been driven desparate by Voluntary poetiealidontiibU'! tions. sonnds thia Hote of warning:—•> We don't know exaoUy'hOw/neWfipapers were! conducted at that distant-period, but during some recent excavations, in. Assyria fl..pqein-.on,.the, l siLver ! raoon was dug up. ; It,,was.,engray l od|bn,a tilo, and close beßide it were lyine a, large battered club<and part pi,vn human skull.,, : yoy may draw ypurown!ppnolUß|ons," ~.(, i ( ;i ~ i A Dry 'fMittin-";—In ,Edinburgh,1 bn6 'very1 "wet morning, on indlvldual.whoiwas a striot teetotaller was removing from one house ->toanother. -The,carter,-who was engaged.for „, the occasion, was a very drouthy custbnlor, who always looked for a dram on " flittin'," occasions, ' ibutin this oase he,was.dißappbinted, .After all the.furniturfl syflSiplncipd, on the cart;,tho fain fortunately cleafea off. tot still thcri) W&s no dram fqrthcoming. When air was ready, for i'sTarMiig,Jth6 teetotaller! made the' 'remttrki " J think it will keep dry till we get to Our destina tion." '"Dfy I "replied ''the ''It's fat ,'6w;er dry; ;l'm tmhluh''it's''the dridst'flitton" '''that Kverl Wa^'at;" ■' '' •' ''' ii:";', i ., "' ' j ', ■■ ~"A, Wet,Blanket.—The .Ifoijng Ladies hisgo'pd-loqkjng? Such an anjible,,exprossjlQn r «nd suchj ajiiceiyoice! ' Hopopa'll.aaK him to stay to dinner, Sic., Sec, > — Aunt Pen(whbliad; bided her time): Yes; my - dears, and I hoar from his "friend the dqctor ' that neVengaged"td':a' girl'ln' thenbrth,and , r iriustnT; r 'playapawn-fennia!1!; ■[Confusion'.]^ ; ; A prisoner wlio" lias been'.cpflvicteH' at , least.a 'dozenitlmes.iWas placed.at jthe bar. . . ".Your'honour, t should like to have my case "postponed 'for a week. My lawyer is sick/ . "But you were-captured-with your hand in •, this gentleman^,-, pocket. .What pan your . counsel say 'fn'ydttr defence T "Precisely, your , ; honour. 1 'i'hAt is whac lam curious to know." . u iThis is the time of year wlieil'the.editorial ■ writer dipshis'pen in the whisky,1 has'ond'more . ink and wonders > what, ho can say about the ■ "mild and genial spring"—more coal, on the fire please, an,d,aeiid ouf for som&lomons.and.sugar ■ -fthat the ■lellow.ovqr'the way is not likely to ': .-havegottpl.do.^flrSt.,/^:;:.".,'/,",',' .'/,, : '-/- ] ;' '■ ;;In"one,!:of bvwi'restaurants^' -the'iothqr .' '"everiirig.'was' a 'yonrig -gentleman 'whoi;was ■:■ endeayouring to, make happy a very-beautiful j 'but somewhat 'unsbphisticated girl. 'When the;, asparagus was setved she cut at the white ends, r putabitto'Kermbuffijaridsaid, "Charlie, don't ' you think''th'esci1 • ytlung green onions have got a j fjUtflo; tough in the boiling r •■; . He was'a'fc'ill, ftiin'old man, \vitli d.loi)g ■* •"beard;-very^iblackj exoept wlero. there iwas an , inch' of grey, all around liis. face.,, He.vsaid,:to; a", young man who was reading one pf the .cheap., ''■ editions so popular. nowadaysrr-" Why iyill yfcu . i iread'suehtrash.! Now, what i 8 the name jap that ■ book V The young.manvreplifid, V If- yoii^^re \\ ;>, youngerilTyould sayithat jt js none of y;p,ur bum- s , ■>neBA Itis.ltoude'a/'Ceesar.l"^ , r ~,:.,„ j ;,,

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■L CHEAP, STYLISH JIILLIKEU^ LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING, AND F YNCZ DRAPERY OF THE HEST QUALITY GoTo .„ MRS. PER ROW, 28i,' Upper Queen Bthekt, Auckland. MADAME BOTTENELLi;. ' iy± -MILLINER, DRESS, AND MANTLE •MAKER, begs to inform tlio public that she is ■"■ now selling tho entire Stock of Winter Goods " at lesa than haw the original jn-ice, to make, ■ oomfoi-j ; : • -i ii , spp4ng Arrivals. "' ■ l; .'"An early call will provo the fact.,, ,"■'•'...',/ —lL\ ,218, QUEEN STREET.! ','.' «•!,',"-' Ij JJ/^9_;k: ~h~e ii.,.E.i.";.1 ~ ' ,"',,TJKUGATBDTANira, cheap.and '•'■-''•'•■ ii I ■•;■>■■(> iv Alwoys on hand. , '" '■■'■'' irhim'o^i'P E H-O.'P.JE,! ■'~';- --gSJh»F ™*' AUCKLA^^f ■>• ■"'■ --laff.UollnaTiger,. Coppersmith, i Hot, Cold, and S<<»ic Worker. . , • • ■■ . ■.■'''' 1: in eV'-h Uatiis. GASlfmuNas--"" •; '■ Work DonlX variety. ~-..,., ,— !XujJ j —uLj —"the best style. ~ i , .... iA- Well r selected Stock • bf.\ i• ■ '.'•,',;',; \., .j; I Ofi) ( ... -m .coatings, etc;>'eeas, Fancy^-y.f ! j'Ji'^TYIiE.AND.FIt GUAEA..^- "W'f'pJ* \ ... ' j)() jGiyc we a Trial f^fP.v.I', 'C-. SHfltf ".:'m^-.-:o ;K'■; E 0 "'t^Zu^ iCi'"' "Baker; Confectionek, ANvJNk a f7'i';/'-'' J, KisdtiiT IBlker1, .;"\.; aj 6H'i'f'P^»'6r' aeb'akn... '."%%[£ • t}'':i'"J:i'j-U' linperial Bakery, i ' -;. ■ i ix-: j ii""' .■■Queen.Street, .AyiiAiiF..,;-..,: *%,f,\ ■ DO'/ .fT,.: ' '.. .. ...-..,, Mitun-nlt ffo>yii,',and'/dountry'Orders promptly attendedm-: rp^.E, V;s;5;A R^ ; -^ A K-E-lgv^ I LmU f^MES;FERGUSON,1-;,;;i<;^ |CiciV«V!o£ !'.l)'Brhain and Ghapcl Strestsyi.' Bread and Small Goods jßaker,^!;,^ j jaTf'i','Orders'■promptiy, attended; to; h{. •p>'^ ! nrv- .«.--n'.'- j- G" A . R N: I .',EV <Rv, i JJ!.' rMANurACTUiiiKG Jeweller,; ;f^ DEALER IN CURIOS, ' '"'.fliiud I A'tTJEIIT BTREIST (near Star Hotel), AucKXAIfD. ' All'lrincla'bt Cnrios—Ornamental Kauri Cfnnj,,. ' #$£S?o and Retail; Shells of every desmp-, "'- t : on mounted at raodcrato charges. ■ molt: »,i^ Repairs of oyery description ~,: i b<:il i!-.;.vOn Parle Franoals. ', '. : '. ''/ xjFf~--T rrE';R: ;^'i"p.;;'E; :TyV*('i ' "(Near Mr. IJambourn's). •■' • ' w.I '.<:■■ . V KAnANGAHAPE R6AD, in' thanking the'"Wholesale Houses, Maautoc-; turers and Dressmakers for the patronage.no: nw rcceiv-cd in1 Frillings and Killings, .wishes ;;?,;$ inform them' that ho now makes ! iiiif-.. nil iiii'ivu* w'iV Fancy Bb^ES,' '■. ,, !l ',';.!.'j Ordefs for which will bo:proinptly; attended io' r ! jL'. "W;ATCHSIAKEB AND JEWEIXEK, ~■ , v | :K ARi A^N d Ate' A P,X BO A DJ^ fl.iiiin i(NextdbqrtoMr.McPhcrson's)>'" ;" ■■ .Watches, ,Clqoks, arid Jewellery neatly ropaWod ;CJ YMONDS STREET MEAT DEPffiC.' EfrdCH'WOOD; FAMrtY BtrroHßß;! in ff'Meat i delivered at Mount \Albofti.BpSom, Mount-Eden, Carltou Grove,, LoWpr SylnbttflS Strcety-Newton,,and Eden.Terrace. ; First-class quality; reasonable prices. ', ■io Gash'customers liberally treated. ' , j , V ■-.!■ .'•■ . , IxspjaiTiON Invited. •.. ~ i 'tt' ""'" ft" -a.'. E';;^:.': o;, ■::n, ? ' Jut. Basket &: PEBAMBDtATOR Makkb, ' ■Junction oi Queen and Grey Streets, . • ;-■■" '•'•• t ~ ""■'•■;:• ■-——••<■ — ■;■../;.-.-iwrj' . JLak'ge Stock ol- Fancy Baskets always os -.- •' f,■ funT,,i.,'.'; Hand.'" ■- ■'■■ " ,:';-::. 3d <.'V J>isconnt;to Wholesale Dcalerer, ;''" r .?V. if\E^PERY, MILLINERY, & LADiE^, /.JL/AND CffliißEN'S UNDERCLOTHINa. v'li'j''..,a,FOUNTAlN, 'Ponsonby Road, ; • ,'te.toov ■ offering tho above at .lowest; TOWN prices bob cash, and respectfully solictta a -dontinuanc© of the patronage of his numpr()n3 customers. ■ '. ; .,\; ■ ..., t ; R fiv'■',;«/ 17 ;: G H.il': S, ; • liAMliiY GRQCBR & TEA DEALEJR, DRAPER, HOSIER, AND HABERDASHER "; V Jukcrnox o^Union and Wellington ■ !„,, f, : .i,'-: ; . streets. ' "• " ',''- 1| i ;'.' <f: >: GoocU of best quality at moderate price's;^ A nicTo^ortment of China and EarthenwJiTO • alwayTon hand. Families waited on for pple^. "Gbodadetivered. ■ ... ■, ~—.,.' ,'W'-. M&' r(J. B INS !?"&%$, i<Vj^*WHOIiBSALE & RETAIL BtrT^H^RS. V'■'■■,' :Vi'crbniA; Street West',. Auckland.. ,*•, ''• n'FamiUcs Waited o'niior.6rdorfl.,,Shlppf3g,m}P -'i»llod.;, '■' ■' ■ l« [■•' ■ :..■■.. .•,,;■•: ---l[" , -'i'^ COBIfED BEEF.IN ANX QOANTI'Pir..;., .-.i ;; |)'l!C;a;.L': ■H; ; A;it;^, ■'1.-"|' ; ■■"■; 'IQOJJBN-STBEET JUNCTION1,,, 1...:-;,['( "^[VZ-^rC^HfiFpERSpN, PROPRIKTO)ft./:wn .; t b;TsX%M& t?feuTica l .obbmist, ■Mil'// ,'■:.:/! ,'. :'. i 'IMPORTER pj" ' ~,,'■ .',', iji;'|j)j '*,; '* PURE pRUqS.'AND-OHEMIGAIiS.'.;' J'J,J':, Sfpmceop'atliio Chemist for the Heopie".M '^".A;^ki^:'H E N RJ K';S;E#, ■",'jLjl1.: PRACTICAL 'WATCHMA^K^.n,, i-W. STREEi1, ACCBXANJD./j;!'-,'^ •':'.!■" .■' i (J(ext l dbor,bUie'"AuroraHotel.ll j1" s Clocks,1 Watches and Jewollery of every jlcjfcfAjh ma gDoixiw .^..tion.alwayspnihahd,', j,i ( ', ()i cj> b'".i >.i) -n'i'.V ■'(■■',.;;!'... ' ; ','■ ;■,.■■'!'';!';':" ■(! .S'u;;/! -i.ii >!>.:.! 1,-. , • :■.J-,! ' ,Y,j\ G"! "'4: AfN^ii*i':E7.' "&', ■'""17'Ll^^FT, ~ jl •;'..;.•■ ;:.; ;,'," a-" # '!.' : .;,. l Ji"; r T l :.ifcrA' D'eames1:™ 'I i;\i-it/ ;..;.,..;: AND'-,' .-. ~, ; •,',;,.,-■ IMv&jai*i% T-' , g:, r;;o; c :i' Ji;E.',rs, Uvj ~-*:rT*"--f. ujii] i: ■•■':; : '. '-"i/.'-v i*.!1-. ':*: .'j.',li4'i. QUEEN vSTRE'ET, -.'^tu ni :m( J<; ■.■!;> ri-.i/i. , , : ,i i|..n-j u.i; '.'; ,!o e'p'p.W i',t,'e ,th c ,;. Uni dn, BAn k, M^.^'o^.^^i^AW^KiiAND^ :'.;' ; '.:'';';'' "'i ■;Jn;E"W : ;'S E,A SON'S , Tea S, .ok teu/.o Highly Recommended,.■,!■;''.',.' ;>;y ■'■ --.-'■ " v LIFE. ~.-. " ■'.',:■ ■„"" ' lJ'Armodern'philosopher has apportibhed'taan's ~iijll'ejdßtencoas follows:— . ' -' Seven ye»rs in bhildhoofl's sport and play 7 ,V Seven years, in school from day to day:'.'.ll I, "Seven years ata trade a college life;;;. ■.■.1.21 . .Seyen years to find a place and wife:;.... 28 Seven years to pleasure's follies given.... 35 ', .. Scjydn years by pusinesshardly given.-. |f.;42 •"' Seven years, for fame a wild goose chase.. 49 : .Seven years for wealth, aboptlessraoe..s6 ~. ISeyen years for hoarding for your heir..: .63 ... Soveaybar^ in weakness spant andßare..7O I;' ;; Then^e'(wid go^-i-ou know not wKeie'l.' JM V- XiSjilWMli