THE HOUSE OF White Shadow's

By B. L. FARJEON.

AUTHOR OP 11 JB/ades -o' ■ Grass," "Joshua Marvel,' " Bread and Chease ami Ki,aes," ■' Grif," " London's IFcurt,"

CUAPTKH XXVI. JIIDNIGHT VIRITORS,

"Upon Arthur llalcoiubo'a «losk lay thoen velope containing the note written by Ade laide. He saw it the moment lie entered this room, and he took it up, ami looked for a name npou it. None was written, niul it was sealed. It. was clear that n;>)ne per son hud beiii in tho room duiiug his ah sencs. lie opened the door of Ins bedroom ; a lump was burning theiv, throwing a suit light around, and ihe room was empty. Iv his sitting room once moiv, lie slood <iuit9 still with the unopened lettir in his Laud, as if lie dreaded to learn its enlltouU. Suddenly he thought that it must ltavo bi-cn the Advocate who had camo to iho room, and who finding him abs.mt, liad left thu note for hiir.. "With v ei»h of relief lie tore open tbo envelope, aim as lie did so a faint perfuim: lloati-d fiom it. The fueling of relief he h:ul experienced wns instantly replaced by ouo of uneasiness. "It i< from Adelaide;" liv inuraiurtnt. [mpiu deut? Imprudent! How often hnvo I warned her!" lie read the note—" Dear Love,—-I cannot sleep until I wish you good uight, with no horrid people around "us. (Jomu to me immediately, for one minute only. ¥»I ever and for ever your.', ADKiuVIDH." (io to her at, that hour, •within a (few minutes of midnight I Im possible. What niadne-s, wbntj mnduess, to think of such a tlnuu ! "Muciy ."In: has not beeu hero :'' thought lialeombo, | '•she would not have risked di-eovery by such a stup. Hut if she had not been line, another lnnd must have placed this note upon my desk, mid another person much share the secret I hoped would never have been revealed. I must warn lier. I must be iirm with her. Happily wo are not tur roumkd by prying eyes, and happily, U/O, there is no ruom in lidward's mture for suspicion.' He blushed with shame at tho unworthy thought. Five years ago could he hive seen - he who had never in his life stooped to mealiness or deceit—the position in which he now stood, he would have re jected it as monstrous impossibility. But by wnat eaaystepi had he reached it t 110 looked down at his feet aud the scattered rose leaves around them. Ah ! the d.iu gerons hours of the past, when love was confessed, acknowledged, returned ! Was it a crime then to ha happy; was love a sin? If so, all nature lied, and all the natural promptings of the heart were but so ninny lures to destruction. "Tho mis take we clover nun have made," he thought with a bitter smile, " has been to sunouud Ourselves with false doctrines of honor and friendship, which cuts into us like sharp steel." His heart seemed to stop beating at the sound of a light footstep without. He wont to tho door aud listened. He heard a soft tapping upon the panel, not with tho knuckles, but with finger-tips. He oponod the door, and Adelaide slood smiling before him. With her finger at her lips she stepped into the room, and with uer own hand closed thu door behind her.

"it would not do for anyouo to see," she whispered; " J shall nut be he:e a minute. 1 have only come to wi.-di you pood night. Give me a chair, or I shall sink tr> tho prouud. iam really very, very frightened, hut you'll protect me, will you not, for you are a man, and you love me." She had taken his hand in hers duriiis,' tUis speech, and when sho finished she pn-Skfld her soft lips upon it. "Quick, Arthur, quick, brins} me a chuir, or 1 shall f;ill iuto your arms." He drew it chair towards her, ami she sank languidly into it. "As you would not come to me," she said, "I was compelled to come to you."

" Compelled !" he said. They both spoke in a very lo* tone, fear ful lest tlieir voices should tiavel beyond the room.

" Yes, compelled. lam urged by a spirit to do as I do." His face grew white. " A spirit." "llow yoa echo me, Arthur ! Ye?, by a spirit." >She looked up into his eyes win the tenderest smile, "The spirit oi love."

" Adelaide," ho said, his heart bca;in_ wildly—her tender voice, her tender smile, seemea to wreck his reason—" Your impru deuce vill ruin us."

" Nonsense, uonsenso," she said lightly, "fnstead of making me bold, you would make me weak. But you cannot alter mo, Arthur. Nothing can alter me— nothing, nothing but death. As for ruin, who is to know? -md, alter all, what harm is there in our having a pleasant chat '! Wo nre old friends, arc we not ? Now I will not let yoa interrupt mo. I know what you were goiog to say. You were, going to »ay, Thiuk of the hour. I decliue to thiuk of the hour. I thiuk of nothing but you. And instead of looking delighted, as you should do, as any other man would do, there you stand as serious as an owl. Upon my word, Arthur, I think I ou«ht to have been a man, and you the woman. Come, brin« that stool, and sit at my feet."

" You said you were not going to stop a minuto." " Nor shall I stop longer, if you obey me. Bring that stool here immediately, and do as I bid you. That is right. Now answer me, sir, Why did you not come to me the moment you read my note !" " I had but just read it when you tapped at my door." " I forgive you. Whcro have you been ? Witu the Advocate ?" "No ; I have bcon walking in the grounds. ~ " You saw nothing, Arthur? she asked, with a little shiver, "Nothing to alarm or disturb me," "There was a li»ht iv tue Advocate's study, was thcro not?" "Yes." ■

"He will remain up lato, and then bo •will retire to hia room. After wishing ma good night, I never iccn him again till the following day. 0, my life is a very bright and beautiful one with him. He is no tender, so graceful in his ways, so fond of pleasure, pays me so much attention and such compliments, is so light-hearted and joyous, sings to me, dances with me. O, you don't know him ; yoa don't, indeed. You know how fond I am of dancing, Arthur, we will have a dancing party hern, and I engnpre myself ho you for all tho ■waltzes. Well, would you believo it ? Never since we have been married, has he danced once with me. As for putting his arm round my waist, I think it lias occurred two or tlirco limes in tho last twelve

moiilh.t. ; remember n»kin;;liini to jtiiu in a eiitilliou. Yuti shiiulti have kojh iho look hi:-; »V 0 ::■-.■' tiio lau^ii ' l>i: :m\ a■! 10'2^" i- iCiit" "■ ■ lliiI<; tho liki' ;.•!-!-, :■ Si.-,:, .'!;.',' . ";'| i-'i';-'.-'; VJ;"liy d<»l'C !i.' !i'.- .!.. c .■' . k...:i,1 !...',■.. hi jil. tlwtt'n v.-«-e lsiicatML-J,''to .'iir.lio "hivl'Si bulk \.;>;). V"ISS it ■.-.-..,.;!.',.i11, .•.•OUill.'ltll] child. Liokini*, 0, witn ...kU liiKilitiu, upon tho little Rirks who wauled to make lovo to him ! Wiuit ia your upinion ut him, Arthur?" " .

" It pui.is mi' !o henryou speak of him in that way."

' 'H should not: it should pierce you; for it ptoviw that you liavj no rival in my heart, l>iti iiiun arc iiuvornaiisliiid, \\\l{, we will speak of something elsu."

"Adelaide," bo said, but l-lio did not allow lam to proceed,

"Say Adelaide, my lovo I s:iy it this instant, sir, or 1 will jump to my feet, and command you iv tiio voice oi :; tragic OUIVU."

Lie was compelled to obov, ngitatod as hn vas by a tcniblu coullict of fooliug, " Adflaide, my lovo."

" All, tlmt i-i ni<JiJ of ymii You m;iy kiss my baud, but not my lips. lam afraid of you, afraid of myself. Ailliur ; list'-n to rue. I apeak lightly, do I uoi; but there mc moments wheu I shudder at my uto. Con fess it is not a happy one, is It V

" It is not," he replied, after a p.uiao, " Inn if I had not crossed your path, lifo would be full i.f joy fur you '!" Ie Was not this fin intended to sny when she inter rupted him, but there was such a fnrcu evoti iv h'-r li»hi wiirnH tiiat Ilia vovy thuu;;Uts stemßil to be uiuKr her dwiiiiniuii.

"Tlioro would have been no joy in my lifo," ah • said, " wif.hiii.t you. We will uot dincuss it. What is it. Momotimua \.!i<;n 1 think uf things, they maku my bead acln*. Then 1 say 1 will thin!: »f them no loiigur. If oveiybody did thu same, would not this world bo :■ great deal pleasanter than it i; : You ciunioc deny thai. 0, you mast, not forget what the Advocate called mo to-uiglit in your presenco—a philosopher in voi i coa'tu. Duu't you si a that even he i- on my side, tlu'ugh it w ;i':.-ii,n-.t hinwlf? "I uuurse one can't help re»p;eting him. lie is a v,ry lennn-d num. lie shnnlil havii mnrrii'.d it veiy Ivarnetl wnmau. Wh.it a pity ii i> ili :l i an' not luuriuut. Hut thul is n«ii mv fault. I li'ito ICiiniing, I h«iu i-eiumxl,

I iuili: theoiiui—what i-. tli« ;;oi.d nf them; They ujiset us. They sny this is not ri;:lit, that is not right And at! we poor creatures c.iv do is to lock on in a Htatu of bewilder ment, and wonder >vh it they moan by it ;i 1 If people wo".ld only let iho work alouo they would liud it .-ivory bi>autiful world, hut they will not let it alone ; they will meddle. A 11-jwor, now—is it nm »we«t —is it not enough tint Nature si ud.s it us to givo v.- pleasure ': lint tlu-su die ii«roablo people- say—Of what is Ibis (lower composed—it i-j us good as otbor llov.-^rs has iv qualities, and what quuli ties V What do 1 care V 1 pu' it in my hair, and 1 am kttppy becausu it becomes uu', because it is pretty, because Nature sent it me to enjoy, There, you see, 1 lwvu made you smile."

" neeauso there is .t gieatdcal of natural wisdom in wuat you are saying."

"Natural wisdom ! There n'>w '. Does it not prove I am right? Thank you, Arthur. It conies to you to say exactly the riijht thing cx.ictly at tho right time. I shall begin to foul proud." " Aud." continued Balconibe, " if you wore only to talk to me like that in thu middle of tho day iustend of Hie middle of the night—"

Sho interrupted him again. "You have undone it all with your 'its,' What does it matter if it ia in the middle of the day or the middle of the night:- What is ri^'lu is right, is it not, without thinkm,' of thu timo? Don1' get disaurcenhlu ; but indeed I will not allow joiuo fee anythinfi but nice tome, You have made me forget every thing I waa going t'> say."

"Exeupt ono thiii[(," ho snid gravely, " which you came to say—Guod uight, Ade laide,

"The minuto is not gmio yet," he said holuleaßly, "and every minute i.s fraught with danger,"

" 1 will protect you," she .said with BUpi'iunc assurance. "Love ii :» powuiful itu^fel. i-'ii liOt fear. 1 .-uh- quite plainly that if thcieis a diugun to kill 1 siiiill tnivo 10 be tho Saint liuorgw. We.!, lum ready. Uausicr is sweet when you arc with uw. Do not blumc your luanhooci by bniug losl- bold than lix poor weal: liitlo woman. If there is daugcr—whicli thuro is nor, Arthur —wo will share it togttner, and I will throw my shield over you." 110 was powerless aguiost her; lio re signed hinuelf to her fate.' " Who brought your letter to my room 'il' he a.ik.Hi. " Dionelta, could I do ie myself !" " No. Have you cunlidari in her f "She knows nothing, Arthur, au'l sho is devoted to inc. If the simple maid thought of the letter at all—aa tJ what \v;»s iv it, I mean —she thought nf course, that it waa something I wanted yuu to do fur me so morrow, uml had forgotten to tell you, But even hero 1 was pruduut, although you Uo not give me crulit for'prurlonco. 1 ruaiia her promise not to tell a soul, nut tno Iil» grandmother, that good old Muther Deliisß, that she had taken a letter from me to you. .Sho did more than promise, sue swore she would not tell. Have you noticed how pretty she is? but you must uot fall iv love with her. If you do, 1 will kill her. You do >iot know of what I am capable where you are concerned. I bribed her, Arthur. I gave her a pair of ear-ring* to nigllti You should have witnessed liar de light 1 I would wagor—what V v thousand kisses that i-he ia at ihia moment no.moie asleep than i am. Sho is looking at beraelf in the glass, shaking her pretty little, head to make the diamonds glUtcn." " Diamonds, Adelaide 1 a simple maid like Dionetta with diamond ear-rings ! What will her folks say ?"

"O, they all know I am fond of her. And I have bribed others as well ; Fritz the Fool and old Martin — oue with money, the other with similes. Ah, how happy I am, talking to you, with nobody by ! If the world would only stand still ! 1 should be happy to die iv your arms." They started t» their loot with a simul taneous mo vein out.

•' Footsteps I" whispered Balcombe. "The Advocate's," suid Adelaide, and she glided to the door and turned the key as aoftly as if it were made of velvet. " tie will *co a light in the room," said Arthur. "He has come to talk with me, What shall we do?"

Mie gazed at him with n bright tiiuilo on her lips. His face was ashen white with fear ; nil's rosy-red with excitement and ex ultation.

" I am St George," she whispered ; " but there is uo Dragon to kill ; we have only to send him to sleep. Of cou'sc, you must sec him. I will go into the inner room ; you will lock me in and put the key in your pocket, so that I shall he safe. Uo not be uneasy about me ; 1 shall Iju quite comfort able'"

Before bo closed the door upon her she drew his face down to hers. " I love you," she said, and kis3ed him. Then he turned the key and opened tho door ot his sitting room, und admitted thu Advocate.

(JUAPTEtt XXVII.

a ;.ku:k scuvkv ov tiik wbis. '..";;■., :ict bo ftnprofit.vMtt liitd to puiso ;: . '."1..:.: I UU(i ooiitcm. ! ita I hi: llfend- i.t ■.:..• ■.:•:■ ivliii-'j Uh-iucK, :'.ite, or ir.jtiilM t: ,-■::, ;■:■„■; ivcavinjj round ;hi; man, '■'■ i.;! !". ■■ ■ .;ivn'ii.ii of-' fuwidluwQckxiu :.:. « ,iuii, '::[.; lih: bad l>c< ■< .' lilo uf tumour :i,-,i, .vi'i'v,'!i, >>i.t im.'hiiKiu wan n worthy "I■.;', .iTnl -u'v.cy.' hud not baeti att;i;n<'d ! w'ulii'.tii ;:ii.!(!a;iinj;, uiiweiayiwg babour ami iiuv>;ti>iiii Close study and application, ~,';•!. t.ii.'i.'.stiie.i', uiiHagging industry, a CiMisi'.ieuliiisH belief iv thu honesty of his Him-, thco wi'ir I tin st<[H in the ladder lie had climbed. Had it not boon for bis kton intellect, these nualitiuH would not have been sullieieiit to" conduct lam to thu gnnl ho liM lin view, tiooit luck is not ti> hi; desi'i»ed. but uuli.hs it is allied with bruin power of a lukli order oiuy an tpheniuuil success be achieved, Thcic was nothing ephemeral iv thu position tho Advocate had attained, 'ever, 10 outward appearances w.i.-. ;i grout rapu-'utioii imirostable or butter diKotvid. His wonderful talents ami the viiitorics ho had gained in the f.'iee ut for midable mills', hud ilo-'rovod all the putty jiaiou.sioa •■•ith which ho hail to cope in the t;utsct o! bis career, and In: stood now npju a lofty pinnacle, ucknuwludged I y all as !i waiter iv I.is cnift. Weal'li and dittiuoti n Wcro iii>, Kiid hlK'H'stboU ins lay within his , ;ra .n . and, in addition, lie bail won for hi* wife one of tlu nio-t beautiful nf women. It seamed us if the world had nothing to add to libs h:i|']iinfns. And yet diw'ruction atareil him in the fa"B. 'iho fubrie lie had iti'svd on a fouiiihi. tion so hoouri) Hum it appeared us if iwtlii.-ig could shako it » :i h lo'.tering mul inigln fall, dcktroyin^; him and nil ho hud worked for it: the 111:11s.

What inlliiuneoi) were tin-,Allotting him ?

I!,; stuijil at tun dour of tho vi.lv "i"i »• thu world tv whom he lwd f: ivi>n the full measure uf his fcieud-iltip. Witli all tit. iitrength of liis nature hi' biilievi-d L ■■ -uti'.iu' l!::hu;iibe. In the fjranjal '-ii.->u of h«iS lite ho wi.uld b*vo cdluit In. friend to !u-i side, mid would have placed in hi. hands, withoui lu'sitaliou, his life, hi reputation, und b:a honour, '!'<> Arthur jSuloanibe, in their i 1 mvorsntimi, he hud re vealed v. ii.it may be tenutd his inntr life— dut iiiu the workings vi which were con cealed fjom all okht man. .-id ill tiii:-

friiM-.d'p chamber his wit* lay cunceiilo'i, and iliiilmuuiir huui; over him hv the th'iident'i thr.'.iil. Nut "lily dishonour, luil iiuir.tiT.ibh' grief, lor be luv^d this woman with v nu.kt i-.oMiphjto uiuioubtiug luiv. I it!U> I'Ujc liad he f T dalliiiuee, tint he believed in lis 'vile implicitly. Kis trust

Witiiin t.:i<- room it '.Uc door of wi tcb hi' rt-as uuili'.g, »loud hir mie frioild v.itb white fac-ji »i d guily ivu.ciciioi;, hbunl (■• admit bur. aud t,iu:.;> Ivi-. hand. Had the heart of tuis iriciiiJ >'■ e.i laid bare to him. hi) would have slunnk from it in horror and liii hi- v- AdU ii'jin that inomtut to the lasi niuinuiit of ins life the sciuimvut of ffiendklli'i v>'( tlld lu-.ve U'OU to him the bitteros: morkcry and dclu»ion witli wbicli il;I.!'. y/us i vcr cuMiid. Not live yurds (rom where h. sjnod lay Pierre Lamout, !i.-uni:i;; and watching for proof.-i of tho perfidy wliiuh would oriug di.s'r.ii-.* upon bim—which would make, men and woman spuilc of him in terms of derii'ion f^r bis blindness and scorn for liit weaKueis-which would make a by-word of him —of bim, the great advocate, who hud played his part in many celebrated ca»o« in which woman's fuithlesincsa aud disloyalty were tho prominent features and which would ciiuo hiw to regani the BOnlimoilt of lovo us tho falsest delusion with which mankind was over nlHcted.

In t«e study he had left but a few minu tes since slept a nmu who, iv a certain

ncnne claimed comradeship with him; ■■■ inaniwhom ho bad championed, and sui tree—a sidf-confessi'd mutderer, v wretel sn vile that he bad lied from him in horro: at thi- viU net he had accomplished.

And in mo oven air, upon a hill a hun dred yards from the House uf White blin dows, lay John \'anl)ru;;li, a fiieud of his youtii, a man dis^riced by his carotr, wutuhiujj for t'JO «igual whioh would war rant hi i! ill comim; forward and divulging what was in hi* mind. If what Johu Vanbrugh had disclosod in his mutterim: during hi* lonely watch was truo, ho hold

in iii* bund thu key to a mystery which, ruvealed, would overwhelm tho advneat. wi'.h dibgrai!*. Thus was 1m thrua'oned on all aiJas, by fiieud and foe alike.

CILVITKR XXVIII. fllliND WITH RUIUND.

" Uavk I disturbed you, Arthur?" asked the Advocate, entering the room. " Ilio.-.i tateJ a moment or two, licitrinij uo'souud, but seeing your lump was lighted, I thought you wore up aod might be expecting me." '■ 1 1j:hI a« ido.i you woulrt come," s.'iid Jijlfoinwe, with a leeling of relief at the

Advocate's statenicnt that ho had hoaid no s'iuuJ, acd tuen he said, so tint he might he cen.iin of hi* mound, "You have not Ixbii to my loom buioro to-ni^ht."

" No, for the last two hours I have not Kit my stud\. lialf-an-hour's converse with you, old friend, will do me good. 1 urn terribly jad..d " " The reaction of the excitement of thn lung trial in which jouhuvobauuougagi-d."

" PioLuMy, though I Lmve enduiod faiijjUH urcul without feeling as jaded aa I .lo now."

" You must take some rest. Your doc tors who prescribed repose fur you, would bo angry if they were awjiro of the strain yon luve put ujjou your mind." " They do know. Tho phyaiciau I placo tho hifjliosl faith in writes to 1110 that 1 must have Imeii luiut to have undcrtaknn Uautran's do/ouce, It might have been batter if 1 hud not entered into that tiial.

" You have ouo consolation, Defendant by v lawyer less cuiiuont thau yourself, an uufurtuuate wan miglithava been convicted of a crime hu did not commit."

" Yes," said the A dvoeute slowly, " that is true."

"You compel admiration, Edward—with frightful cidda against you, with thu public voice against you, you voluntarily engage in a c.outoct from which uothiug is to be gaiuud u,nd come out triuiiiphauc. Ido not envy the foeiiugs of the lawyers on the Bide,"

" At least, Arthur, aa you have said, they have the public voice with them."

" And .you, Kdward, huvu justico ou your side, ami the cjuneiousuo»H of wkut ia right, The liigkior height is youvs; you muat regard the.c narrower minds with a feeling of pity." " 1 have no feeling whatever for them ; they do not (rouble me. Lot us quit the subject of Guutran ; you c;iu wall under stand that I have had enough of him. Lot ub speak of yourself. lam uu older JUau than yon, and tticro is somethiug of a fatherly lutercal iv the f lieridship 1 entertain for you. Since my marriage 1 have some times thought if I had a ucn I should huye been pleased if his nature resembled yours, and If I had a daughter it would be in the bauds of nicb a wan as yourself 1 would like to place hur happincHS." "You esteem me too highly," said Ual ccinbc, iv tt lone of sudnes*. " I esteem you as you deserve, friend, lam a good reador of character, and I have read you with attention. It may \jo that X know you better Ifeliti yo« fcnpvy JrowocU.

Vvithin jour nature ;uo poasiMiitiiwyou ilo mil iiireiee. Ii is ueulful to b,i hold in thin wmhl, &rtlinr; not arrogant or over-conli i{r-:~ r.r Vfiinglorioua, but moO:.-stly bold. lit i:'.s« si man maort-i himsicK Ida powers

»•)!! lay d iii::tni, and not to «.-.u lha gifta with vvluah wo tiro oudowi.d in ;i diviiiicl ruprnval upon uk. 1 have hcaid ablu men t.;iy it i.-i i i:riiiie. for these gifts ;ua bestowed u|i.jn u-i for other1 * good as well an our own, ii.Kido.-i, it ia healthy in oveiy v.-,iy to lead a busy Itfo, to not our minus upon tho nc com»Ji»hmont of certain tusks. If we f-iil

—woll, failure is very often moris hnnorabla than success. have at least striven to nuiuii'. Hie hill which rises above tho petti ness and selfishness of our every day life; we have at least proved ourselves worthy of the spiritual inlliieHees which piornpt the execution of noble deeds. You did not re ply to the letter I sent you in the mouu taiiis ; but Adelaide heard from you, itud that, in bullictent, fciuilicieut also that you are bore with v.v, and that we know we li:ivi> a true friend in the house. Yuu were many weeks iv the mountains," " VIH." " \v'ore you engnge.il in any work V Did you paint or writu ':" '• I made a few sketchrs which pleased ins one day and disgusted me the next, so 1 turn them up n'-.d threw them away, Thcra in enough iudiUereut work i:i tho woihl." '• Nothing short of perfection -will Butisfy you,1 said iha Advocate witli a so'ioua ,-iuile, but tln^ro must be some mi.v to match in thu ranks"." " 1 .-im not oven worthy of that position," said Halcoiulu.', moodily. Thd Advocate regarded him with thought. fill eyo*. "Literature is a noble catling, Arthur. It your mind is not deeply ie ll.vtive, if your powei of observation applies mily to tho hurfacc ot things yon are caji .i!)l,' nf iuipurtiug what ssomo call tulidor ne-H, and I Ciillioill, to every si:l joe", which p'osuhts itrielf to you, I bavo dotected th tt iv your letters aud eunvorantioii. It in .i v.ilualiiw ijiuliiy. I jjuul that you may be unlit toeupo with |i;,.ctii:dl uui'tcr.s but, in your study you t.culd bo ablu t» pro!ime wnrkii which would charm if tbuy did no: instruct. There is in you a ueait ihStiuct vi hicli, «a it lormu part of your nature., would display itself in everything yon wrote."

" Useless, Kdward, HHiilets. .My father was nil author; it brought tliiu Uo buppi-

" Hnw <io you kii'iw ? It may h-ivo uli'orded him consolation, and thut is happi tic-s-f. Hut 1 was not speaking of happiness. 'Ilia true artist does not look to lesults. !!■• has only 'me aim and ouo desim—to hioduco a peifuct work. That being d'>ne

-nut thai be produces a pmfuct work, but tlso cuuobb'ineut lie* in tho nspiratiiiu and tin: carlle^t iipplicatiuu—that being dune, ho lias ucuvni|ilistied something worthy, whutuvor its quality. The day upon wiiifh a mau iiist devotiM himst'lf to stiiiii labour, he awakes within his homy a new and delightful life, the hie of creative thi)ughl, Dre^h wonders continually reveal tbeumtlvcs odd Biiggestitui*, exquisite fancies, and lie makes use of them according to the strength of his intellect—he enriches the world - "

" And if hi-is a poor man, starves—" "May be; but ho wears tha ccotvu, You, however, are rich."

" Exactly so. A groat iimfortuno to inc. [ had no incentive to elfort, therefore I stand to-day an idle, aimlesn man. You have spoken of books. Wheu 1 looked at crowded bookshelves, I should blusih at tho thought of adding to ttiem any rubbish of uiv own erciitin"."

"•' I find no fault with you for that. Jjluili if yon like, but work, produce." And let the world call me au tißa."

"(livo thorn tho chance of jndgiug; it may ho tho other way. Perhaps ilia greatest dilliculty wo have to encounter iv life is in the discovery of that kind of work for which wo arc host gifted. Fortuiuuo the man who jjravitatos tv it naturally, and \vu>i, having thu capacity to become a line shno maker, ia not clapped upon a watcliui;.Uor'« bench instead ot a cobbler's nool Belli" fitted, he is certain to acquire some kind of ui-itinctiou. Believe me, Arthur, it is not out of iiUents--, or for the mere purpose of making coovcrraition, (hat I open tliis subject, it would all'ord mo plua-ure if you wore iv a more settled name of miud. You cannot disguise from me that yon mo uticasy, pcrliupa unhappy. I see it in your wandering claucnn, and in the ditliculty you Hxperifiito in nxijic your attention upon what lam saying. You are not as you were. Since you and 1 last ox changed eonltdeiico souuthiug has tiaiw piiew to disturb you. Ido not ascribe this to any 000 defiuate cause, for I believe, wove you in any difficulty iv which auother mind could assist >ou, 1 would be tha per son of whom you would ask advice. You j are not satislud with yoursulf. You have , arrived at that staije where a man que«tious himself aa to what i> before him. When hu ruviows the past, and diicovers that he has allowed tho >eara io slip by without having j made an ellbit to use them to a worthy i:nd. ■ You ask yourself, l» it for this I am hero ?

Are there no certain dutios which 1 ought to perform? If I allow the future to slip away us the past ha- done, without having ucconiplisheu.u lUHn'a work iv the world; I shall tiuJ myiteif on» day an old man of whom it may lie said, ' lie livsd only for himself; he had uo thought, no desire, bv'yomi himself; the struggles of humanity, tin: advance of civilitntiou, the prugre»s

and development of thought:, which have oll'oeted such marvellous changes iv the aspect «f society, the exposing of error — these tliiLgs touched )iim not; he bore no p.irt iv thetu, but stood idly by, a careless observer, whose only ambition it was to utilise the hours to his owu selfish plea sures.' A heavy charge, Arthur, if it euine true. What you Trout is occupition. Poli lies—your inclinations do uot lend that way you have confessed it to me. And I know from your owu words that anything that savors of trade is abhorrent to you. You are not sufficiently frivolous to develop into a butterfly leader of fashion. Law is dis tasteful to you. Science demands qualities whieu you do not possess. Forja literary life you ato specially adapted. I s»y to you, turn your attention to it for a. while. If it dissapoint you, if it doos not interest you, it in easy to relinquish it. It will be but an attempt made in the right direction, But understand, Arthur, without earnestness, without devotion, without application, it will he useless to make tho attempt."

" And thut is precisely the reason why I hesitate to make it. lam wanting in iii-tn- Hoi's of purpose, 1 doubt myself. I should have eouimoucvd earlier."

"But you will thiuk over what I have said ?"

" Yes, I will think of it; and I cordially thank you."

" Ami now tell ipe how you enjoyed your' self in the mountains."

" Patsibly well. It was a negative sort of life. There was no pleasure in it. and no pain. One day was so exactly like another that I should scarcely have becu surprised ii i had awake one morning and discovered that in the dull uniformity of the hours my hair had grown white and lam an old man. The principal subject of iutoreat was the wuutuor, and that pulled so soon that sun shine or storai became a matter of indif feronce to me."

" Look lit me a moment, Arthur." _ } They sat aaziug at each othor iv silenca for a UJtK while. Tfcew was an imus.ual

loudui'ue-R in tiio Auw-cutn's cytM vrhieli j jilfirct-d Arfnur felrwmbii 10 tlju'iliu J/y.irt. i J'tirin;.' thf. whf.lo of this i.i 1.,. vi,-.v ,}.<■ thoiifjiit n,:v.>r !c!'( ;*ylcoinbß's mir.ii • :f | lie kuow t;.:: p:n-l S uw piayij.^ HiwauU : li'rin—it' hu . i!:']..-c!i: I that timply liy ii^tcu- ' hi;.; ai ihi* ;.;!.■!• linot lie c/uLi i'ii::,t hi« ; wiiu'h boft .•:i-i;.thp.i •■ -iii -.vhut v.'.^y w.mi'i j lie cull iue tunciiftti::' fur my ticw i...i,, iio ! dl'OiiileU uvcry niuiiiuut tUiU »oi:icli;ut;.; I would oci;:!r to betray iitui. Aiiuiuiiiu n'i* j etudes*, usckless. r. .slu: madu ;i muvuiii^ut t» attract attention, i! ulio 6V«riuvucii ;t chair, if ahe let a book full, whiit wan he to say in unswer to tho Ativocatc'aquestioniup look. J!ut all was quiat witlnn; he was tortured only by the whisperings of Ilia conscience. " Voii arc aulleriii},', Arthur," aaiil i!ie Advocate. r.jlc'iuibi; know iustiuctively tint on ihh point, us ou many others, it would be use- IcSd to attempt to deceive tne Advocate. To ratura an evakivo answer in'ftht arouat.' !-u-])ieion. He said simply, " Yes, 1 am HudVrinj,'." " It is not bodily buffering, though your ■ pulso ia toverish;" he hiid tnkvn Ual combu'a wrmt, and Ilia liuyoiVi Were ou thu jnilsQ. " Vo'ir discus" is mental." He pausorf, but. ii.ilcuinl'O did in>t sjiiiik. "It ia ni) breach of conlidouce,' contiuuud the Advocate, Vto tell you thai ou liio iitut

day of my entering Ciauova.Jacob Hurtricb and 1 had a conversation about you. Thoie •v:is uotliiug saiii that need be; kept private. We convuracd as two uieu would converse coiiccniing ;iu nbsmit friend in whom both tmilc uu uli'eetiouate interest. He had noticed ii you a change which I have nuuend dinoe I entered this room. My

noinory fur spoken words is very tenacious f.i said Unit wuon you vlrfti-d him he was

inifiiossid by an unusual suu.n^ouo«s m your iinuin ii. Tlr.it ti'ntnyouuas or maiuior, without your buiiiL' iwaru of it, is upon vuu now. 110 rfiinl tiiat you were ivstleos

and ill at e.ise You are at tliis moment rc.tlJis .ifnl ili at case. Tae museloa cf your facis, >Oiir oyes, your hands, arc not uudiu- y.nir coutr it. They respond to the mtiiiUl di.isoS'! which cuiaoil you to sulior.

lie BXuro«soJ surpriao that you had bedn for woeiis in the n'iigliboiirhiiod of Geneva without uulliug U])ou him. 1£ that ineuin anythiii},', ir ruuuut avoidonoe, deliberate or pre-'liiit-rmiiusd. Vuu will forgive me i>r Haying I'iat jon oonviiy tome a» impression Hut vuu vvimid lie moieat easo jt the pro aenl time il 1 wcrouot with, you.'"

" I he^, t entreat you," said JJaluombe, eajforlv, " " t to think a.\"

" I accjut your ussiiiaiice, which novor thel'.as does nut convince me that I am wrong in my impression. This friondshiu which cxia'H bitwaon us is too c.loa; and

binding I may tvou yo si) far Hi tv say, t >ci s:u:rud —for me, a cooler, and more uxpe riuqC'd man t.Uiiii yourself, to allow it to he iillucted I.v Miy m.ittor outside icbouiulitry, Dt-privu ie of .sympathy, and friendship is an unmeaning word. I sympathise with you, deeply, Bincercly, without knowing how U) relievo you. 1 a»k you frankly, however, ono question, whicti you may freely answer. Have you fixed your affec tion upon a woman who has had I will not nay this bad rustc, but tin: b:irt fortune not. to reciprocate your love?" The Advocate was seated by the desk upon which Bul combo hud, after rcartiu;: it, carlossly thrown the note writtou to him by Adelaide,

and a» he put the question ha involuntarily laid hi« hand upon tliia daiuuiug evidence of his wife's disloyalty. [To be continued.)

The people of Naples.

Tile pooplo in old Naples are incredibly i ignorant, Iv tho north of Italy reading ; btigbtons the life of the poorest, for overy body can read, and delights to do so. In NupUi; ths iilitorate pooplc ato uumorons, aud the groat icajoiity of thoso vAio can read niuk« littlu n'w if this privilege. But tho iiojKtlurnn likes to exchaugi) ideas, he is a talker. You w>ll soe him apoutin;; and gestulnting for hours togethor abont the lottery, the price of food, the religious f*stival«, the l>iedmonta»e ujouateh, for whom he has 00 love, aud Francis 11., whom ho roijr«ti!. Anothar of hij ploasurcs ia (.'amidiujj. Kvery week he buys lottery ticketi. If ho bus uotoing to do you will sco lunriuko a hind at scopa with greasy cards wuioh seam to have been us'td by several t»«neraiions. If you meet a drunkou man, in all probability you will lino tuat he is a foreign s»ilor, up.cc by tho heady wive of ti»e i'onilks. Tile Neapolitan loyo-i to talk and play, and is also specially fond of atpaWbloj and quarrels. Tho least dUputu will bring togothur a host of spectators, attracted t>v the sbarp cries which precede a fi-jht. Most frequently it is women who (itght those tingular buttlos, commotily a,"mcd with a comb or a shoo, vary seldom with a knife The defeated combatant falls into convulsions, and yocs to the uoarost barbur and has a tew cups of blood drawn. The lower middle classes, disdaiuig the plsiuurcs of the populace, frequontthe cafes. They drink their glass ot water, andcjiiiutly tako their siesta. Tho cream of the itistrict, the doctors, iho eccieaia&ts, and the mer cuimis of tumi! impottuncc, usuemblc iv tue chemists' slums. Thuse j4Ofttlemau arc iu dill'erent to what goes on in the stioot. 'Ilisy will hardly t lanu« at a brida with her dress of bright yellow or deep blue, taking her lust walk, leaning proudly on the arm of her husband. But always, when the holy Suerament passes, they kneel on the thres hold of the shop.

Men, Who Have Risen.

k DKIA.N VL, Pope, was the son of a poo; barge-builder of Utrecht; diod 1523

Kicburd Arkright, inventor of the " Spin niFß Jonuy," was originally a b.irber ; died 1702.

iJloomfield, poet, author of "Farmer's Boy," was a tailor's sob ; died 1523.

Joseph Braiuah, English euu'inoei1. com nienced Hie as a ploughboy ; died 1814.

liurns, Scotch, poet, was a ploughman died 1796.

Cauova, Italian sculptor, was the son o. a stonecutter ; died 1522.

Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote, was a common soldier ; died 3(H6.

Columbus, discoverer of America, was a weaver's son, and also a weaver himsolf; died 150(5.

Confucius, Chinese philosopher, was a carpenter ; date of death unknown. Cook, navigator, was the «on of a poor peasant ; di«d 1779.

Oorporuicus, Qermaa astronomui1, was v baker's sou ; died 1543.

Ulivei Cromwell, Lord Protecter of the Comui on wealth, was the son of a brewer; died IGDS.

Sir Uumphrey Davy, chemist and phys: cist, was a w.>od'carv«r's son ; died 182!).

Defoe, author of " Kobinoou Crusoe, was »n ostler, and the soa of a butcbor diod 1731.

Demosthenc3, ithenian orator, was the sou of a cutler; died 322.

ijodaley, publisher and poet, commenced life as a stocking weaver; was afterwards a footmen to a lady ; he projected the "Annual Rejustor ;" vied 1704.

Eidon, Lord Chancellor, was the son of a coal-litter in Newcastle; died IS3B.

Faraday, chemist and philosopher, was the son of a smith ; ooainiencod life as a bookWrtder; Hied 1887.

A MUSIC£,I. vJvl^y,- LJ. \ \ Si. uM.nl »::-lC: >.U~ Lc:-d-:s. -' 'Jaii-j T«:! - j il' ;>;,„,."'' (icoorili^a cii. a;; [hods vi s Saiiy to j ; liotiiciu! young womeii no van v, ...:.'; iciL-J i~ u y/hat o«< Oi-it'l one day ml hu house ■.v.'icn a duzou oi lUoiii called u> seek feituuiioiis. " 'J he last applicant at the desk was ti hard faced female, whose ago may have becu live-aud-twenty, aud who setwiu-.ly bad lout; since cast aside- the vauition of girl hood. Htr appearance contrasted Btiikiugly with the young p«rsotis hitherto admitted. Her plain skirt > i liuseywulacy huug limp fruw her waist downwards, unadorned with hill or tlower, with a cloak ol: thn name naterial, had uo more pretension to >c of f.isbiuuublo cut than the capo >'t a. ,oiir..'iuiiii. Hot (lack hair was lii'idiy streaked to the *iue.-s ot hot faoii, and her bourn: t was a uieiu ' sliapo,' tightly soouivd lieaealh he- chin with a narrow blame ribbon, addressing tho lady supniuton deat, siie remaikeu, iv a dejected voice, and after a proliiuinaiy sign, ■ I have culled, ma'am, lo know it you will rec-jnuuui.d mo to a Christian family as good fiaumal ser vant, with plain cooking, and the washing Dut out V Tho person addressed was busy with her papoM for ttie moment, but, hear ing the voice and recognising it, looked up quickiy. ' Your name is , and you have been here before if I am not mistaken.' 'You arts not mistaken,' r.turaed the severe female, in injurad accants; 'J. have been here bafotC, ma'am, and good causo havu I to remember it.' 'But 1 was, not aware that you had left Mrs . I aiu sorry lhat you did uot uuit her.' ' Oh, don't .-ay thut, ma'am, It w-isn't me ai didn't suit iitr, it was her as oidu't suit me. /-..ni as for buiiifj »orry, mu'aui, I mean as icganls my principles, 1 should have b»en moro sorry it 1 n»d found myself in a frame o! wind to ivi; j.cUemysK'li to :-ucii headiutabh way..' ' Vovi iiiust nut i>ay tiiat I kainv M M very well, aud to my kuowledge she is a yo.i't imstxcsd an.l n kind cUnstian woman.1 iliovircuous appliraut ttiffoned her uuek, and for ii few secoods cL>-e-i her .■yes ere >-he iij|ilie<l. ' Haviiij.; |'ir'a{/D been Lmposed on as 1 «;ti, ma'am, |<o-aibly you nn^h'. thiaksu, hutJii'iiyttiink but Uhrwtiun, if yon ask me, ina'um.' ■ 1 am surpnat-d to hear you talk so, M^ybe your ideAS of a Ghristiau family are peculiar. What did you lind tlut was objueuouabio I' ' 1 objoetad, maaui, to boius denied .ioerty to give ivy religious (coiiugs fru« oX|)reu6K.u v.lu'u they toolc Uin snapo of siujfing. -h, ma'am, don't tell via that a missus is what she profosaos to bo when Hiie tells yon downright that your hymn-singing is a uuuanco, and that you should reserve it tot suitable ccciuioiu, as if it wasa't right and proper to sia^ hymns' at all times aud sca-ious.' ' Perhaps you have a habit of raising your voice loudly when you sing?' 'I uope so, ma'am,' was the prompt loplv, delivered with a vigorous shuku of tlie head; 'and I'm not ashamed to ovvu it. Ml hen she said tbat morning, noon, and night my voice was to Le heard trom nho kitchen to the top bedroom, she spoke no more than the truth. But it wasn't on that account that I loft; it. was on account of my mclodcon.' 'Your what:' 'My melo di'Oti, ma'am, it* a sort of accordion but with a deal more of the organ in it; and I used to enjoy a happy Lour playing on it of evenings. Not in my missus's time, luu'am ; I'd scorn tac action. But I put it to you, ma'am, whan a servant has beuti slaving about the house from morning till night, if when she* brought down the supper tray and laid her lires for uuxt morn ing, by which time it's H o'clock perhaps, if she then ain't to be allowed to sit in her own bedroom and play a fow serious tune*. such as any family as knows itself couldn't object to, when may she do so . Of course, ma'am, not kuowiug 'am as I do, you thought you might recomrueud them as such—but us for Ciiribiians ! It ain't very (jhristiau, I think, in a master to hammer at your wall till he dents it with a bootjack, and to hoilur out at the hour of midnight to you to hoLl ttist confounded row, WliicU was wor*e than leuioua of c.its. When it came to tluit, which wan oaly the night bjf ore I ait, ma'am, I thought it time t'> leave. So 1 took the libarty of calliu-; to know if -you knew of

any really Christian family as you thought would suit me.' Tue lady at the desk replied that she was afiaid liiat no such eligible opeuiug presented itsulf just then, but to btivf. her tho trouble of calling ajjaiu, if she heard of anything likely to suit her sho would let the applicant know."

The Sorrows of Genius.

lIOMKK was a begyar; Plautus turnod a mill; Terence was a slave ; Bocthius died in gaol ; Paul Borjjhese had. fourteen trades, and yet starved with them all; Ttuso was often distressed for five (shillings.; Bonti voglio was refused udmittanoe iuto an hos pital ha hud himself eiecteil ; tlie celebrated writer of the '-Lu.iad" ended his days, it is said, iv an almsuouse, aud at any ruts was supported by a faithful black iiorvatst, who bugged in the streets of Liiibuu for tho only niau iv Purtugjl on whom God had bestowed those talents which have c. tendency to e;ect the spirit of a downward age ; VuujjiUu left his body to the tur^ons vi pay hi* dobis as far as the money would go ; Baton liveJ a life of meanness and disuse* ; ait Walter ltaleigh died on the scaffold ; Spenser, the charmingSpsnser, diad in want; the death of Collius came through uogle«t, first caus ing mental derangement; Milton sold his copywright of " Paradise Lost" for fifteen pounds, at three payments, and finished his life iv obtcurity; Drydeu lived ia poverty and distress ; Otway died prema turely aud through hunger ; Ldc died in the streets; ateele lived a lite of perfect war fare with bailifi* ; GoldsruitU's " Vicar of Waketield" was sold for a irilio to save him from the grip of the law j Fieldiug lios in the burying place of the Knglish factory at Lisbon without a stone to rnaric the spot; Savage died in prison at Bristol, where he was confined for v debt of eight pounds; Butler lived iv psuury ami. died poor; Chattel ton, the child of guniin and misfor tune, destroyed himself.

Mr. Buskin's Indignant Defence.

Mk. Ruskin says:-"Because I have passed my life in almsgiving, Dot in fortune hunting ; because I have laboured always for the honour of others, not ).uy own; aud have ehosrn rather to make me look to Tumor and Liuui, tliau to form or exhibit the skill ot my own hand ; because I have lowered my rents and anaurad the comfor table lives of my poor tenauts, lus'mad of taking from tlmm all I could force for the roofs they need ; because I h»yo loved a wood walk batter than a, Loudnn street and would rattier watch a seagull ily than shoot it, and rather hear a thrush sintj tins eat it; finally, because 1 have never disobeyed my inotLcr, aud have honoured all womau with solemn worship, and have been kind even to the unthankful and evil; therefore the hacks of English art aud literature wag their heads at me, and the poor wretch who pawns the dirty linen of his soul daily for a bottle of sour wine and a cigar, talks of the eflbminite sentimentality of Kuskin."

Maria Edgeworth.

:.)■: following sketeli of Mi-K Edgeworth psaia in ilia ' Curnhill Ma^iuin?" :— ai.ionu once asked Miss Kdg*wort!l huw ec-inn! to tindotstand chli'Jreu as she did, hat charui she used to win them. " L

(inii't kuoH'," .she said kindly ; "I liv down ami let thorn crawl over mo." Snc wiis re:itly plea~ed on one occasion wlwu at a i lowdod narly a. little girl suddenly started i;n th, looked at her hard, and said " I like r-iiupic Susan };e»t," and rushed awiy over- V.'^elinod at her own audieity. Tho same, lady who was present on this occasion aaked her a question which wb must ail he grateful to have solved for us—how it hap pened that the respective places of Laura and ;.to.iamo;id came to be transformed in " PaU'oaajje," Laura having beua the wiser elder .sisier in the "Jfurple Jar," audappear inj; suddenly as tbo younger in the novel. Miis £d,^;worth laughed and said that Laura had been so prtteruaturally wiae and l.hou^hiful as a child, she could never liave ki i>i her u|* to tho mark, aud t,o aha thought it nest to change the character altogether. During oue ol her visits to London Ali.-s Edgeworth went to dme at the house of Mr, Marshall; und his daughter, Ludy JUnnt eagle, tellj a little story which iriv<:3 an iiu presbion, aad a kind one, of the ctlebiatud guest, £verythioj{ has been prepared in her honour, the lights ligntod, the viands were eooktd. Dinner wa.i aiinnuncad, and soae important; person was brought forward to haud Miss Edgewoitudown, when it was discovered that, slie had vanished. l*'or a moment the company and the dinner were at a standstill.' She was a btnall peraon, but diligent search was made. Miss fcrige worth hi;d lust been seen with tho children of the house, and she wan eventually iouud iv the back kitchau, escortSd by tue sa'-d children, who, having confided their private, allaiis to ber tympathetic ear, had h'nally iuvitud her to come with them to see some rabbits which they were reaiing do^'n be lo-.v. A iady who used to live at Clifton as a Hula girl, and to bo sometimes prescribed for by i>T. King, was oi'Ce brought up to iVtias Ed;;ewortn, and i,he told me how very much pu/.zled she felt when the bright old lady, t&kioghar by the hand, said, " Well, my dear, how do you do, and how is my ex cellent brother-in-law ?" One can imagine what, a. vagua sort of being su "exe-lleut

brotuer-iii-law" would seem to a very young child. We read iv Jtfiss Ed^cworvh's memoir of her iathur that Mr. KJgenorth recovered from his ieriou» illness iv ISI4 to

enjoy a f.)W ruore years oi life among his friends, his ehildien, aud his experiments, tlis good humour aud good spirits were un diiiunlshed, aud he used to quote aa old tnuud'a praise of " the nrivileges and con ven.enc.i of old age." He was seventy, but he suums to have continued his own educa tion to the end of life. " Without aifect iiuj So be young, he exerted himself to pre vent any of his faculties from sinking into the indolent state which portends their de cay," and his daughter said that he went on learning to the last, correcting his faults and practising his memory by various devices, so that it even improved with age. In onu of his last letters to Mrs. Beaufort, his wife's

mother, be speaks with no little paternal pleasure of his homo au<J bis children; " Such excellent principles, sucli just views of liurnau life aiul maaDcr.s such cultivated understandings, such charming tempers make a iittle Paradise about me ;" while with regard to his daughter's works he add s couceruioa; the book which w;>s about to ap pear, "If Maria's tales fail vcith th« public, you will hear of my hanging Myself."

Blood as Food.

The following extract from (he "Lancet" seems to provo that the idea of converting iuto nutritious food the immense quan tity of blood now wasted, has to a certain extent proved successful, even with her bivorous animals:—" The blood was rapidly dried sufficiently to enable it to be ground in a coffee-mill, in which state it was found to keep well, and to be destitute of odour and taeto. It was then mixed in small quantises with other food, and fed to latniiß which had besn abandoned by thair mothars. Lani'os kopt on beetroot, hay, &c. only, steadily lost iiesh, while those which received a portion of the powdered Wood mixed with their iood in creased to Ihiee tiones their original weight, jnd connoiseurs said they had uever own as fine lambs of tbeir age. The animals surpassed their fellows who had boen suckled by their dams m weight and sue, and thoir coat of wool became doubled iv tuickness. Calves are now bainff experi rneuted upon, and the process promises well. It appears tbat thu system of aii uientatiou is applicable to man also. In1 1 the case of a ricketty child of eighteen monfhs, the results have b»eu most en couraging. Xbeio experimenis are most valuable from an economic poiut of view as the saving of milk in rearing young stock, aud the utilisation of so much wajte material, is of immtmse importance.

Lancashire Operatives and their Children.

Unlikk the puddlers and furuacemoa of South Staffordshire, who .seek compensation for hard wark In sumptuous fare, the diet of ths of>erasiv»s is ueitber wholesome nor , nutritious. In the larger proportion oli caiiL* a properly-cooked dimwr is a luxury only s»ea oace a week; wbile tea being convenient to carry aud easy to prepare, is the *taple article, with such relish to the bread as a rusher of bacon may give. The children at school come off no better than their parents at the mill; and iv the borne only one meal a day is partaken of by the family together, except on Sunday. If the people of Lanc»shire are degenerating physically, somo of the cause* at leatt will he found iv the tacts here stated. Yet there i- uo lack of money, and in no part or the country are excursions and picnics more common, with all the other signs of a rough plenty arising trom large earnings, 'mr gijjaotic manufacture is doing something >vor*e than that which Mr Kusiiiu deplores —defacing our lovely landscapes by iw great chimneyi and their black smoke, p'-J ---luting tho rivers and poisoning the fish—it is eating slowly but surely into the home life of the nation, casting the children of tbe working classes on the street, mothor lest and fatherless in all respects but the name, sotting a task to week-day and Sun day schools tbey cannot accomplish : and It is domj: all tbis in the name of trade, and thrift, aud industry—a terrible sacrifics, covering our boasted civilisation with shame.— Good Words.

A Dog's Revenue.

A. doc. had been worried by another of greater strength, and when he returned to hie home it was observed that he abstaiicd from the proportion of his allotted ood, and formed a kind of storo from his savinge. Alter some days he went out and brought several dogs of the vicinity buck aud feasted them upon his hoard, Tbi< Bin sular proceeding attracted the attention of hia ma-ter, who, watching the result, obierved that they ail wpnt oat together. Following them, he found they proceeded, by several street*, to the outskirts of the town, where the leader singled out a large dog, which was immediately assailed by all Ms guasta .and very severely punished1

fttAE SATURDAY SUPPEMENT, FEBRUARY 17, 1883.