SABINA ZEMBRA.

'%■&"■ NOVELL.- \ . • ..,,.:. -,Or%LLiAM BLAdti^^ jßSßkt "Macleodof W"A<WW ofThule,"&c.,*c 'TH* RIGHT O* Tb«*A*«W IS RESERVED.]; CHAPTER XIII. EF _P*TANCE. !t is hardly to be imbued that a beautiful and healthy young woman should have at tainecl to the age of fivc-and-twenty with out experiencing, at f ome timo or other, and especially in her earlier years, certain tender preferences for members o the opposite**; but these iWancies, if they pillV be so called, haddn Sabina's case been quickly absorbed in the cares and active interest* of a particular busy existence. ■v i ,-or-f m- was robust and independent; 3 er cbaractei jas i q titnental - mils i n g S . T '"ii had Svcr cnteredher scheme ot Manage liadne\ci ' one a £ter ~,CV i Shei com a ions retire into tho SViS, leaving her pretty realm p roan h d to deal with an much alone aud bhe ,a ( ,cr-,ncrca g a »Xcent homes , phil- i training-ships, com * d th like . an d it is «|iute piooaoi j and almosfc that these ha d frequently to of the poor and • m™«H indigent, had taught her a cer 'of one who was too much engaged with the Practical needs of the world around her i m much attention to the refinements of But when Mrs Wygram plainly l aSed her of being a down ht flirt, Sabina was entirely startled ouT of her self-complacency: and when, closely following upon that, Mr foster made her" an indirect offer of marriage, thereby incurring the pam and mortification of a refusal, there was no end S her self-reproach. It was true, then, that she had acted with an indiscretion viable to onlookers ? It was true that she bad encouraged him to believe she was wl - ins to be hi." wife f What would he thmk of her' What would his mother think of her' She recalled tbe patient -and gentle grace and dignity of tbe old lady, tbe evi dent and affectionate hope that was m all dfeer words and looks ; her promises of kind ■bs • and she could imagine the mother T jroins back to the son and breaking the ! truth to him in her delicately considerate ! fashion Well, there was one woman who ' : bad' never deceived him. « The only son of ibis mother,' he would at least retain bis ' faith in her—the faith that he w„as so openly proud of. And he would forget that he had ever been trifled with by a flirt.- Now Sabina never did a more foolish thing in her life than when she came away from Brighton. Had she remained there, her remorse and self-abasement would have "be<m largely mitigated. She would have discovered that Mr Poster's grief over his disappointment was not of a crushing nature. He waslffnoyed, it is true; but he was annoyed chiefly by the grumblings of bis father, who considered that he had been dragged away hither On a f obi's errand. Mr Fred Foster was of a cheerful tempera iienfc; despondency 'was not much in his way. _ _... ~ " We haven't pulled it off this time, mother," said he, ' ' but wait till yon see me on my legs again. You could hardly pecM high-stepper like that to get matched with a broken-down old cripple in a pad dock." ■ "If I Jive,.to, see. yon married to a girl i jlikc Mks Zembra, Freddy," said the gentle 9 mother, "I shall be so happy*, & girl like that would have a good influence over you ; 1 you would give up your wild life. And I am sure your father and I would be. glad to let you have the good old house jPwe could do very well at Crookfield." •'You need not count on>me. I should be no such fool," the elder Mr Foster re marked, with some Doint. ~ r Mr Fred Foster chose to ignore this 'chance observation. "Oh,'..don't you make any mistake, mother : o Miss Zembra isn't a prig at all. She is just as fond of fun as anybody; only *she has never had a chance. Why, she herself told me bow well she liked looking on at some dancing there was at an artist fellow's house—l forget the, name—and she paid ifc was quite fine to see a lot of young people—flat's the way she talks, you know —romping about and dancing the Highland Sciiottische and enjoying thenpelves with out restraint. Oh, there's nothing Of the stuck-up school miss I can assure you." " I do not think I shouldlike to see Miss Zembra dancing the Highland Schottische," the old lady said, quietly, " though I hardly know why. 1 ' "No, no," said he, with a laugh, thing less dignified than the minuet in Ariadne. Well, I don't know that I should care to see her romping about either. But I'll tell you what I should like to see—l hhould like to see her drive a dog-cart up to Ascot Heath, two ponies tandem: wouldn't that be something like the thing ? And on the lawn, mother—just think of her mi the lawn—whjllthere isn't one of them would be in it"Mth hori Think of her figure—l tell you there's not one of the women would be in it with her—except, perhaps, Lady , and she doesn't go to race-meetings any more, since that thing happened. Well, do you know, mother, mdon't think you would grumble at a little extravagance —a good figure wants good r-tyle—and; the fashions have to be paid for—" " My dear," said the old lady, with the least touch of remonstrance in her placid voice; "You speak very confidently." " Oh," said he, lightly, " that is a fancy picture, you know. But I am not so bxxtb ifc won't come off. Of comm I any snub, and must griilind bear it; but while there's life there's hope.'" « ; Sabina had but little Mea that he was accepting the sjtuation*ip this cheerful frame of mind; and she was alone in Lon don ; and she was very miserable. For-she had a vague conviction that some kind of calamity had occurred, for which she was mainly responsible; and her wrong-doing was iffipe ! the less distressing that it was so ■'hitrdMo define. She kept thinking and 1 funking over it; wondering what Mrs Wygram was saying Jame about it; hoping that Mr ifoster wis "not too deeply offended with her. Had she sept him suffi cienb assurance of her sorrow ovisr this hap less mistake? Would it not'have been Snder if she had seen him—to say a word good-bye ? And the beautiful and gentle old lady who had asked her in so pleasing a way .to become her daughter: ought she not to sit down and write to her and make excuses for her running away? Sabina was very busy on these first days of her return to London; bpt she wept about her duties with a preoccupied air. Ifc struck even herself that she had less self confidence somehow in addressing people even those best known to her, $nd most de pendent on her. But she guessed that infant be theeflectof her long holiday; she had come back strange to her work; she • had not fallen into the way of it yet. ~ •.■•:• Either Mrs Wygram or her daughter i wrote to their beloved Sabie every day. i This was professedly a.-medical report j but j of course ft contained all the newfl of their .. uneventful life at the seaside. ■ And < it £ seemed unaccountable to Sabina-that t »either of them should ever make the least c Mention of Mr Foster, 'Why she wished to 1 1

hear about him she did not ask herself; but each letter that came from Brighton she opened quickly, and each time there was an undefined feeling of disappointment that never a word was said about him. About the mother and father she had heard : the old people bad left a couple of days or so after her departure—Mrs Foster calling at Regency Square an! leaving some very affectionate messages for M Iss Zembra. But never the least allusion to the young man ; and Sabina, though writing every other day, somehow did not choose to ask. The reason why Janie had nothing to say about Mr Foster was simply this : She had learned from her mother what wero his principal haunts, and she took care that her mother and herself should keep away from these. They never went out to the end of the West Pier nor to the end of the Chain Pier; and they seldom went into the Old Steyne Enclosures or the Palvilion Gardens. For Janie's vague dislike tor the young man bad developed into something like hatred, when she heard that he had attempted to carry off Sabina from them : and, that at tempt having been fortunately frustrated, she resolved that ib would not be through her mother and herself that any communi cations should be resumed. And she was delighted to see that Sabina never even mentioned his name. She had feared the worst from tlie curious interest that Sabina seemed to take in Iho character and for tunes of Hip .stranger whom chance had thrown in her way. But that was all ovor, now. Ho had been sent about his business. Sabina. was back in London, and sooner or later Walter Lindsay would to calling iv at Kensington Square to see Mis Wygram. Brighton is a small place; Janie was caught at last. Her mother had lain down for a while after lunch ; the daughter had come out for a bit of a stroll, and. had wandered down to tho sea-front, where she took a seat on one of the benches. A pass ing Bath-chair was stopped for a moment just as ifc reached her. " I beg your pardon, Miss Wygram, but I'm afraid you've forgotten me ?' She thought it was an intolerable piece of effrontery that he should speak to her, after what'had happened, but sho could not be positively rude. "How do you do, Mr Foster ?" she said, and she guve him her hand for a moment. " I hope ycHi are getting on well." " Oh, yes, very Well," he-said, cheerfully. "I can move about a littlo now, indoors. I think the Derby week will see me on my legs nsain. And how is Miss Zembra? 1 suppose you have heard from her." And then it Hashed upon her that he was assuming she knew nothing of what had oc curred, for bow else could he date to talk about Sabina in this free-and-easy fashion ? "Oh, yes, T hear from her frequently; she is very well; I believe. What a pleasant afternoon for about 1" , ( If this was not an intimation to him that he might move on she did not know what was. But he remained. " I have found ifc very different since she left," said he, with a rueful smile. " Very different indeed. I had no idea we had been such constant companions until she left. Brighton seems quite deserted now. You see, you get into the habit of meeting people in a place like this, one day being just like tbe day before it; and you don't notice, perhaps, how much you are thrown together. Bub you find out when thoy leave." ', " Yes ?" said Janie ; which was rather cold encouragement. *' And I'm awfully sorry she went away so hurriedly," he continued (and Janie wished he would not stare at her so uncom promisingly with his clear, hard, blue eyes). j" I don't, mind telling you there was a kind of—kind of—well, something happened that might have admitted of some explana tion if only she had nob gone away so abruptly. I was awfully sorry—if I could have seen her for merely a couple of minutes I could have explained a lot. Yes; and there's another thing I wanted to say to her before she went back to London—well, it was talked about occasionally here—rbufc I wanted to impress ifc on her—don't yqu think she might to laofcabontior some male companion—l suppose she couE} not afford a secretary ?—but some male companion, anyway, to go with her through all those places?" '■ • ~ , " Miss Zembra" said Janie, distantly (tor she was not going to call her ' Sabie' to him), "only goes to places where she is known; besides ehe can tako oare of her -6ei f-" . L " Oh, I do not mean in that way, he said, and he accepted her repellant attitude with muoh good nature ; perhaps he did not notice it. " I mean in the way of hor getting sharped. I imagine she is imposed on by a whole crowd of cringing, fawning, sneaking wretches. If a man were to go with her he would let a little daylight into the whole affair." " You think he could get to know more about those people than she could ?" Janie asked. ■" I suppose you are nob aware, then, that Miss Zembra is a member of the Charity Organisation Society V •'But she is a woman." ..._.• ; " A woman may have as sharp eyes as a man." . " But she is sure to have a softer heart— and that's where the trouble comes in." Janie remained obdurate. Even that little bib of adroit flattery had no effect on her. A"d Mr Foster, seeing that she was not inclined for further conversation, loffc a friendly message for her mother arid passed That despatch to Sabina could not well omit all mention of this interview ; but Janie had no scruples whatever about sending a distinctly garbled version. - " Heseemed as cheerful and complacent as you could wish," she wrote, amongst other things, "and put all the blame on you for having gone away,so hurriedly. Everything could have been put right by an explanation. I suppose he means he could hrive explained why it was absolutely necessary you should become his wife. And he was kind enough to say that Brigh ton felt quite lonely now that you Juid gone, and" that he had no idea you and he had been so much together* I suppose be cause he had not taken the trouble to This letter—the animus of which she well understood, and could discard—set Sabie still further wondering. What explanation conld he mean ? And so he had been look ing back over their companionship together; and perhaps valuing it a little? And she was glad he was putting so,brave a face on his disappointment; for she assumed that there must'have been some disappointment: a man does riot ask a woman to be his wife without" having' seriously thought it over and laid fat-reaching plans and cherished hopes that he, is ' anxious to haye r fulfilled. And, oi bourse; so -important a choice is a great "honour'to bbnferupon any girl; and one not lightly or ungratefully to be thrown aside. What explanation was it ? she asked herself again and again. She knew that he was not 'asentimental person ; bub then neither waa she herself;. perhaps she ought to havo waited; and' listened to what he had to say; and been less discourteous in. Summary refusal. '. It may have been this continual question ing, of herself that caused Sabina, one afternoon as she was going down through Kensington Square, to pass Waiter Lindsay without .recognition. He had not been so blind. He had seen her a long way off; arid it was as if something had suddenly grasped his heart and made it cease to beat. He did not know she had returned to Lon don. He was not prepared, Tlie calm and equable friendship h6 had proriiised himself was not there with,its quieting influence; and he only knew that the . $igh t of Sabina advancing towards him—the real Sabina— here in Kensington' Square—in Kensington Square that he had peopled so often with ghosts arid' visions of her—this aotual thing bewildered him but of his senses, and he could not think what he Was.to say t<p her. How was he to account for her being in 1

Kensington Square at all? Was someone ill, that she had so suddenly come back.' She would be startled and displeased at confronting him so unexpectedly Sabina came along, all unheeding, bhe was not looking at anyone whom she might meet; her eyes were absorbed! And when she paseed him, he' was still silent, almost fearing to disturb her ; ' but the next moment something within him took control of him, and he advanced a quick step or two. " Miss Zembra !" - .'. ■ She turned, with a little start; bub the moment she saw who it was, there was a quick outshining of friendliness from the beautiful eyes, and a pleasant smile ot wel come. She bad been much harassed and worried these last few days ; she had been almost, alone ; here was an old friend who had been kind to her many a time. And she did nob know that she allowed him to retain her hand while they were mutually asking and answering the usual preliminary questions (perhaps he did not know it either!, nnd she took no pains to conceal the pleasure with which sho recognised him ; and her eyes met his with a frankness that took no thought of consequences. In short, during these few seconds, her con duct was abominable, Mrs Wygram Would have said ; but Mrs Wygram was altogether forgotten in the surprise and gladness of this uuexphcted meeting. " You are goingdown that way .'" he said, : ooking towards the end of the Square. " Yes. I am going down to Cornwall Gardens. Ifc is not often I pay afternoon calls ; bufc I am to nieefc an old Admiral who has been of great service to me several times, and I shall have plonby of oppor tunity to thank him—thafc is, to beg for future favours." " May I walk as far with you ?" "If you like," she said, without hesita tion, " if it is not out of your way." And here he was actually walking side by side with Sabina along the Kensington Square pavement, as many and many a time be had vainly imagined and pictured to himself. And'what a tragic thing that he could only talk to her about trivial matters—about Brighton lodging-houses, and the crowds at South Kensington of an evening, nnd the various gossip of the studios—when all the timo he was dying to tell her of the newly-established relation ship, tho unalterable and perfect friendship that was to last between these two for ever and ever and evermore. Of course be could not tell her ; for she knew of no other re lationship- and had probably never dreamed of any : and so he had to pretend to be eagerly interested iv training-ships and the like ; while all the pleasant and amusing things-ho had been storing up for her during these many weeks had gone clean out of his head. No mafcfcjr : Sabina was about as she had beon in the hansom ; and he was keeping step with her as well as he could ; and bending towards her a little so that he could listen to her the more easily ; and sometimes ho succeoded in making her laugh, and her laugh was pleasant to hear. Ahd he knew that for him thenceforth this Victoria Road would beablestthoroughfare ; he and she together bad [Missed underneath the overhanging trees of those front gardens: for hjm at least the place would bo for ever haunted. Nor even when she had passed within the hated portals of that house in Cornwall Gardens was he likely to; quit the neigh bourhood so long as sho wus there. Of course he cbuld not wait an offer to escort her back home* again, if she was going home ; that would have been too significant; but.he could linger .unobserved until she came out, and havehndntleastalastgllmpso at hor. And that was. all ho obtained; for on Sabinft's coming out of the'houso she took the first cab sho saw, and was driven away, he knew not whither. But he was happy enough; nay, his heart was filled with rejoicing. Nor would be go northward by Viotoria Road and j Kensington Square; the way they had coma seemed to him still rich with the glory of her presence» he would not go and see how empty tlie thoroughfares looked. No, he went away in another) direction altogether; and eventually, aftor many aimless turnings and wanderings; found himself, towards seven o'clock, out in tho Addison Roacl neighbourhood, and at the door of the studio of an old chum of his. This Willie Meteyard was rather cele brated In his way as having been an uncon scionable number of times on the very edge of being elected to the Academy, and failing at the last moment through come unexpected combination ; but he took these disappointments very equably, and woiked away at bis pictures of Iriwb peasant-life With an assiduity which brought him a fair amount of fame and the dealers a large amount of money. He waa a bachelor; and he was sitting down to a bachelor dinner when Walter Lindsay entered. Artiste as a rule are not over-exacting in their needs; there was soon another plato on the table. '•What are you going to do to-night. Willie ?" the visitor asked. "I'm going with thoso Mowbray girls and their mother to the theatre." " You'll have tp dress and get away im mediately, I suppose ?" "Yes." " What a nuisance ! You'd much bettor stop where you are; and we'll go into the studio, and have a pipe and some music." Now Mr Meteyard was much fonder of music than of the theatre; and he knew that when Lindsay got into the vein he played very well indeed, and with quite unusual feeling; besides Lindsay we* an old friend, and the Mowbrays were mere acquaintances; and the promise was not ft very definite one; and there was a large party going tp tho theatre, and he-wpujUl npt.be missed. Finally, he wanted to stop — and he stopped- The evening passed pleasantly enough; though by degrees the two friends ceased from rriusic, and took mostly to smoking, and lounging, and chatting in the coni'fovt oble hushed studio, And, of course, Walter -Lindsay had but one subject, to which he returned again and again, by many subterfuges; and that subject, of course, was the beautiful nature and dis position of Miss Zembra; and the ennobling effect of an assured friendship with such a woman ; the influence it must have on one's character, and on one's work too, making it sincere, and earnest, and of a lofty aim —all of whioh Willie' Meteyard had heard a few times before. At last he Paid :— "Look here, Walter,' my good fallow, let's have an end Of this. It's no use your trying to huihbugj 'toe. ■■' All your talk, about friendship is idiocy. I tell you I believe what you say of the girl. I suppose it's all true. But I tell ybri this as well— and it's as plain-as a pikestaff to everyone but yourself—lteU ybu, you're just madly in love with her." CHAPTER XIV. A KOSE-DECORATED BAM;. TO name a thing is nothing ; other people might call it love if they liked; he was con tent to regard it as a beautiful apd ideal friendship; arid be could have wished that this was the fourteenth 'century ; and Lon don, Florence ; and thafc a certain chosen bund of charming ladies and young gentle menmight retire to 'ti Bma.ll and fair domain' without the city, there to walk in cbol gar dens and fragrant meadow's, singing songs and tolling stories, weaving, garlands of flowers, and dancing tp the dulcet strains of flute and vioj, all to show to the world that perfect and frank good coriiradeship might innocently and advantageously exist between, unmarried men and,maidens. In the meantime he was neither in Florence nor in the fourteenth century; and, indeed, he was too much occupied with the one and sole arid consuming question as to.how he should manage to see Sabina again to waste much thinking over impracticahiHti.es. ! Bub afternoon calls., were useless,; for Sabina was rarely at home in the daytime;'

haunting the neighbourhood of Kensington Square was tantalising beyond endurance ; and nob until Mrs Wygram came back from Brighton could he hope for an invita tion to spend an evening with them. Was there no other way? For this constant desire to meet her again — if only for a few minutes, just to see how she was look ing, and hear her voice—banished every other thought and fancy from his brain : and he neglected his work; and his ordinary companions had bub little interest for him ; and London became at once a delight and a torture to him -'■ knowing, as ho did, that Sabina was somewhere within tho vast extent of it; and from morning till night ho kept vainly guessing at her probable Whereabouts. All this was friendship of a very exalted and devoted character, he knew ; still it was friendship. One afternoon he went down to the house of a famous Academician, and found the mistress of tho mansion ab home. There were a few visitors present.: and when.they rose to leave ho remained ; he wanted to i have a little private conversation with Airs Mellord. " Why," said he, when they had gone, " from what I hear, the whole of London is coming to you on the 22nd." "Oh, no, no-only a few friends," she said (all hostesses, sny the liko). " Wn shall bo very quiet—don't you bo flightened away " " Oil, I am coming, of course," he said. " I have gob some pretty women," she observed, encouragingly (and sho herself was charming enough, both in appearance and manner). " You always do have pretty women at your house," he said. "Don't you know that other people are a little bit jealous? How do you manage it ? They're not too fond of shining side by side. They like to be solitary stars. Well, now—eh—l wanted to ask you if you had sent a card to the Wy grams." "The Wygrams?" she repeated, with the least touch of surprise. " I don't think I did. then." " Oh, but you ought," he made bold to say (for ho wafl on very friendly terms with this pretty Mrs Mellord). "Oh, yes, you must—a kindness, you know—auld l*»g syne——" "I should hardly have thought it was in their way," she said, still looking rather puzzled. And then something seemed to strike her ; and she regarded the young man with shrowd and demurely smiling eyes, '' I suppose you mean that Miss Zembra should be inoluded ?" "Miss Zembra?" he answered, and he took up an Egyptian scent-burner and affected to be deeply interested In the potter's handiwork. "Well, yes, I under stand she is still living with them. I don't know thafc she would care to come—pro bably not. She would want some per suasion, I suppose, if you were kind enough to ask hor. However, if you want another pretty woman, there is one. Of course, as I say, she would have to be doesn't often go out-but you could tell her, for example, that she ought to go out from time to time— seeing how rich people enjoy and amuse themselves should sharpen her sympathy with those poor .people .she works among—you might put it that way, if you thought it worth while nekitig her. ' Mrs Mollord burst out laughing. ■ "Do you know, Mr Lindsay, that you are a vory admirable actor j Of course ib is not you who want Miss Zembra to bo here on the 22nd. Oh, no. And your air of in difference -excellent I po you think I have heard nothing ?•—■with all tho town talking about your infatuation for Miss Sabina !"■ Ho reddened to the temples. " i was not aware thero wore so many idiots in the world." "Don't bo angry," said his friend, placidly. " Thoy might have! coupled your namo with a plainer girl. Now let ns understand each other. Supjiosing I go to Miss Sembra, and talk her ovor, and get her to come here, perhaps you would like to take her in to supporT- He looked up quickly, but she did not give him time to speak. " I suppose you would not object. Woll, then,'everybody says thut Herr Borella is a great chum of yours. I saw him tho other night, and he refused to como to ma on the 22nd—tbe flimsiest excuse you ever heard : do you think you can' ioduoo him to change his mind f. "I know I can." " You really think you will got him to sing, for me ?" "I'll make him sing." " And will you get hini to sing ?" "Certainly." . " For, don't you sco I am not going to sacrifice the whole night to you boys and girls. I must havo some little amusement tor the elderly people; and I am going to have distinct intervals between the dances, und have music—songs, I mean, for no ono listens to anj thing else, Well, then, I have got Madame Secchi, and Angelica Russoll, and Isidore, and ono or two others; and I want your friend Borella as woll." ".Oh, that's all right," he said, promptly. "Because," said pretty Mrs Mellord, gravely, and she regarded tlio young man with eyes tliafc meant a good deal, ''in that case I think out of sheer gratitude J must do my best to persuade Mis? Zembra."' , Tho 22nd was a long Way off yet, how ever ; and in tlie interval the Wygrams : came borne from Brighton. During this time be encountered the sympathetic' Janie occasionally ; but saw very little of Sabina, who was busy with her multifarious duties; so that all the more he looked forward to the evening en which ha was to meet her at Mrs Meljord'e. And always .with the-toteit assumption that lie was to have tlie monopoly of her Bociety on that becadion. Had it nob been so at his own houso on that memorable night? Sabina was his com panion all the way through ; at supper she had sat on his right hand, and talked almost exclusively to him ; in the studio the others were free to dance, or listen to musicj or amuse themselves as they chose; Sabina and he wore apart apd together. -And afi it was then, so it would be now ; for who else had such a claim im,her? ' And at last camethe nightqf the ball; and it was the very height of the London season;and as carriage after carriage drove ,up to Mrs Mellord's house, tlie crowd oh the pavement had more or less distarit glimpses of very distinguished people in deed—a generally recognised face causing' a little murmur of comment — and of less - known women - folk ' jvhb Stepped along under the awning in the lightest and palest of summer cloaks arid hoods. And pleasant it was on this hot June night to pass ihtO the spacious-hall of white and black marble ; ftrid fresh cool looked tho tall ferns that wejit all 'thewriy round the walls'; and there was a grateful flashing of the central fountain, where a ghost-white alabaster swan floated iriotidn less in tlio middle of a miniature lake. But' from the hall upwards and onwards there was'no decoration but roses. Rapes' ;of roses adorned the staircase; festoons of roses hung above the doors; masses af roses gave colour to the pale gold ball-room; and on the supper table—as yet concealed from the public eye—lay a bed of rod rosea from end to end; Everywhere there wqs a scent of roses, and a sound of'music, too, for the dancing had ' begun I and pretty Mi's Mellord, at the head of the stafrcase, was already becoming anxious that the people should disperse a little, arid not crowd so obstinately round the ball-room door. Walter Lindsay was not In thafc ball-room- No, He was in the spacious hall belovyy lounging about with Willie Meteyard, and pretending to listen to him. The subjobt of their talk was etching, ordinarily a suffi ciently attractive topic for most artists';j rind Meteyard was most enthusiastic about a wonder-workingpresshe had justpurbhased. Somehow or other", however, YYalter Libd say's attention was but intermittent. He looked anxious. He kept glancing towards

the wide-open doorway, and to the brilliant crowd that came slowly; pouring in. And afc last, with a sudden "See you'by-and bye," he abruptly left his companion and made for a certain small group that had just arrived. -, • . ■ ; . < Sabina (so tall she seemed ; and to him Bhe appeared to be enveloped iv a cloud ot white gauze—but tluifc was because he had no eyes for any tiling but her face and the possible look of welcome he might nnd there) was apparently a little surprised to meet him. ~ . , "In (London still?" Bhe said, in her direct way. " Why are you not m the country, at work ?" He stammered some excuse. "And you might as. well ask what brings w here," she added, with a smile ; " bub Janie wanted to see the roses." Thoy passed into the cloak-room. He was very nervous while awaiting fchem. He wanted to get possession of Sabina from the first—to establish a right of companionship that no ono could interfere with. And whafc if they were to bo separated on tho crowded staircase, 'or if she wero to be snatched away from him on her entrance into the rooms above ? It suddenly occurred to him that he was, in a manner, helpless. In his own home, with Sabina as his guest, he could do what lie liked. He could choose her seat for her, take her hither and thither, and generally assume charge of her. But here, in another 'person's house, he had no such control; all soifcs of unto ward accidents might happen ; wild beasts (in the shape of strangers wanting intro ductions) would be waiting upstairs to de vour her. And what hud ho come for if Sabina were to be spirited away ? However, when the women reappeared it was very evident that Sabina had no inten tion of ignoring the claims of old friendship. Sho came forward to him quite frankly ; ap peared to take it for granted he was waiting for them; and went up the staircase with him, these two together, and Janie look ing on with marked approval. "I wish Mr Foster could see them now," she said in an undertone to her mother. " You know," Sabina said to her com panion, "wo aro going away quite early. I cannot have all the good that Brighton did to Mrs Wygram undone again. W asn'fc it kind of her to take all the "trouble about bringing us here to-night? but Janie was so anxious to see the pretty rooms; and then Mrs Mellord is a very persuasive woman—when she sets her mind on a thine " • "Oh," said he, 'Twill take you where you will see everything without getting crushed. 1 know yon" don't enre much about dancing, Mis* Zembra ; and 1 don't either; why, I detest it- in this hot weather—in a crowd " But they were now arrived at the head of the staircase. Mrs Mellord was not much surprised to find Walter Lindsay appear at the same time with Miss Zembra : and she gave both'of them, and the Wygrams, a pleasant greeting ; only she took occasion, ns she pressed Mr Lindsay's hand slightly, to say :— " Borella is here, and has already sung twice. youvou are a good boy." Now as Walter Lindsay was familiar with this houso, and as all the rooms on this floor were en suite, he found no difficulty in taking his little party by a roundabout way to a corner where they could have a com manding view. And a very potty Sight it was: tho palo-hued walls, tho brilliant lights, the masses and ropes and festoons of roses; young English, girto showing further roses in their cheeks, thoir eyes vivid with animation of a waltz; dowagers gorge ous iij velvet and satin and diamonds; here and there in the "general circle," if one may uso tho phrase, tha respleudcnt costume of a dwky Indian Prince, or the quieter garments of a group of Chinese officials looking on with impassive stare, Perhaps, indeeu, the "general circle "was more interesting to the ordinary observer than the industrious young men arid, maidens who wore engaged in the active business of tho evening .for thero wero niariy famous folk "here'; and, luckily for Lindsay's companions, his acquaintance was not confined to mere painters, and poets, and people of that kind. However, they wore not sufficed to remain long iv this quiet corner. Tho son of the house had espied them ; a quadrille was, being formed, ho brought along a partuer, and introduced him to Janie, Jaw© was a good girl, and told no lie ; only sho thrown little despairing glance towards Sabina. ; . " Won % you como in, Sabie ?" she said. "Will you?" said Walter Lindsay, quickly. " Oh, yofi," was tho placid answer. And so before he knew what his was about he found' himself engaged to dance with Sabina; and quite inadvertently he took her hand so as to put her in proper position, and hia heart was boating pretty quickly, arid tho musicthat had now begun made a fervour in his bruin, so that the little speeches he made to her wore rather incoherent. Fortunately thoy were " sidcH." and in tho period of waiting, Sabina looked on calm and bland and smiling. When it came to their turn, she went through tho various evolutions, with a simplicity and ease and'grace that entirely' surprised • him and wrought him a more deadly woe than ever." Was ifc her 8 beautifulfigure, then, that causeel her slightest movement to appear so fine and finished ? And then she was so gentle and dignified in her self possession, and Janle's eyes, ad ho could see, were full of admiring pride; she saemad to be saying t—" Is not our beauti ful Sabie perfect in everything she does?" And, of course, he pretended to have for gotten the figures in order to have infor mation given bim iri an undertone ; and he rather lingered in letting go her hand when they returned to tbeir places; and lie, too, spoke to her in tin undertone, ns 1 'it to shut away the Outer world. But alas! this close companionship could not list fpr ever; tlie musio arid the dancing ceased, arid Jm had to take her back to Mrs Wygram. It was Psrdita he was thinking of, and Florizel's speech to her : " What you do still betters what is done. . , . When you do dance, I wish you a wave o' the sea, that ybu might ever do nothing bub that." Only this was rather a tall and Btately Psrdita, though her manner was graoious enough, i Madame Secchi .was/new', flinging the: Cam Dim air from Nrntifo but he did not listen attentiy^yVhe was busy with.the fear that officious young Mellord would presently be bringing along some partner and stealing Sabina away, from bim. And he was resolved that no such thing should occur.. So be charged,, Mem not.to,move from their present position, and: slipped away'through the crowd and. reached hia hoste?s. ,' " Mrs Mellord," said he, "ore you going to be awfully good to mo ?" ~* ' ' ' I always am." was the prompt reply. " Yes,; but this time especially ?" ' "What is it?" J j „' , "Miss Zembra and thq Wygrams are not going to stay late, and I want to show them the supper-room; I've heard about the roses. May I take, them in ?" "The candles are not lit yet." "Oh, but there will be some kind of light." ' , , , . "Very well, then." And then she looked at him with laughing but friendly eyes. " Promjse to be grateful to me all your lifo. | will let you give them supper now, if you can find any. . ~, "Np; may I?" . '.",, '/■',' .! "But get, the servants to! put the table straight—don't forget that." , . A n< * W5 gladly *md swiftly \e ,went bapk to his, friends; the music, had not yet finished j Sabina was still there. _..,., , ; "Come along," sai<jl he, "I am,.,com missioned by Mrs Mellord to take you into the supper-room • before anyqrie else goes In—come along." An<3 then he bundled them, away, and guided thewj across t,he uppor hall, and !

opened the ponderous rosewood door, and ushered them into, this, long,; dimiy-litj chamber.. But even these few lamps showed 'what a beautiful room, it, w§Wthp ,a.bund anoe of flowers, the sUver ca.udelabi;a,..'.the crystal and china, making: ■ the, table very pretty indeed. Then it was 099! and .quiet and mysterious ; there -was, no servant| of any kind near 5 they .were as children who had. stolen infcp spme fpvbidden place. Of course, the women-folk would not hear of his attempting to get siipper. Would he disarrange that, beau tiful table ? They could get some refresh ment, if they wanted any, in' the ( . other room. !-!-!') Then said Janie :—■ "Mother, Sabie is,tired after her long day's work. Let her' stop here—in the cool. We will go brick and look at the dancing." Sabina was nothing loth ; this room was much less hot than the others ; he had got her a comfortable chair ; and, when she had time, she enjoyed laziness luxuriously. What did she. talk to him about? It seemed a matfcor of little concern to her. Ho was all eagerness to interest her — about a dozen different subjects; but she answered us if the mysterious lights, and tho cool atmosphere, and the soenfc of the roses were enough for her. She lay a little back in her chair j the solitary diamond in the slender necklace round her > throat flashed from time to timo; / she 1 never raised her. eyes to_ his j she seemed confcenfc — and blaudly indif ferent. ' .' ■■ y |T # ''' '" But there was a growing wildness in his brain; at any moment she might care lessly rise and signify her wish to return to tho ball-room; and he could not control her going. He took a roso from the bed of roses. . :-,.. ,1 -'■ "Miss Zembra, will you give me this rose ?" he said, in rather a low voice. . ■ > ■'■ In an instant she seemed tp. be, startled into half consciousness, and to recollect where pho was—and what Mrs Wygram! would probably say of her. The next moment she had risen and taken tho rose and placed ifc gently back on the table. ~'.., " We must not rob Mrs Mellortj," she said 'with perfect quietude. "And bow shall we go back?" "I would wait ten years to pet that rose from you," ho said, for this' madness was still in his brain. Perhaps sho did not hear. She preceded him calmly to tho door ; and there, indeed, she lingored for half a second until he re joined her ; nnd together, as if nothing haft happened, thoy returned to the Wygrams. But ho was vory pale : and nil this thing around-bim was phanfeaarnal'—the din and splendour wero alike bewildering: he looked on, but his eyes were blind. '* i; !v f l Sabina began to question Mrs Wygram: about {foing, and fchit* somewhat recalled him to-himself. Nay, she spoke to him' too, and with no studied coldness, bjit rather with a certain timidity. ; Had she heard, and yot was not angry? Or was it that sho was" too gentle to be angry ?—she' would rather pretend not to have heard at all. ' mi- •--' "' ;!•' '-" >■"■■■ "■'-'; Voryfcoon the Wygrams and Sabina left, and for him the rose-scented ball was over. He returned no more to those brilljarit'' rooms, with their blazing candelabra, and beautiful dresses and gay music. He put on his thin summer overcoat and went away listlessly—and yet with a kind of oxoite ment on his brain—through tho dim gas-lib streets—down by Glouster Hood, and Corn wall Gardens, and back by Victoria Bead, and eO, and stealthily, through Ken-, eineton Square. The lights wero already out in tho well-known house." Arid then Ihe wandered away up in the Kobtinghill direction, Until -ho reached his own home ; and there he Went into the studio aud turned up tho gas, and threw off ills coat, and sat down. What had hap pened?: And right well hie knew; no further disguise or, pretence was possible j now,, his inmost soul had, spoken—to him- j Belf, if not to her. ~;- :>-■.',.: i'.\

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( To be Continued. ) , * ; "ROUGH ON PXLEST .. Why suffer Piles? Immediate relief and com plete cure guaranteed. Ask for "Rough on B&SSuii Suro c, i ro to J ™J, tchil, K* 'Protruding, blooding, or any form of Piles; . , , t iii i I .a.lai■ .I, -> . i ~—. —,•• ' .---.''- Saddlers and IBnnu >' mENNis rackets; .-^ X-'':'". '-i J ilfi '; ! ' Restrung arid .~*<^kj^ > 'J^^'^ : .NOW, k ©'t>?f?Ti is the time to Buy Saddlery & Harness At ORKATtY REDUCED POTCE3. . ICP, QUEEN STREET. Q-ADDL'&II V AND TTARNESS. | 'SELLING OFF 1 SELLING 2 0 PER CENT. REDU C TION. ~ y" : t V\ ; g. f; 7 ; Hi,E'ii,;'; A ; !i !!' ; ,i ',; SADDLER, 175, QUEEN-STREET (Next British Hotel), Begs to announce! to his ffi«Usj lft K fl ? w^\! CLEAR' THEYVHOLE P&HJS STOCK during the Christmas season at'prices unequalled in tho town, to make roonfforfnrther shipments. G. F. ii. would recommend purchasers to inspect ''. 5 his stock "before buying elsewhere. l INSPECTION INVITED. ■j. iji;; - i ' j j'.; Mii ;ga a ■■'■ Educational. ; ' i? *M*?*r ~, ~„■■,..,..,,..,..... ".: '■ i - i ; i .ii..' n.ij iii : MISS LILIAN EDGER, M.A. (latetirst assistant in the Girls'. High School,, Chrlstohurch), intends to open a Select School for Girls in Ponsonby after ,th&Christmas vaca tion. All the .branches of a thorough English education will be taught. Social Classes will' also be arranged for any who rtiay desirel to pre-' pare for tho Matriculation or .Tumor Scholarship Examinations iri the New Zealand University* Only a llihited number of pupils caii.be received. First term will begin Feb 2nd, 1888.- MissEdger will be at home from 2 to;s p .n. after January 3rd, 1888, eJc«cpt on Tuesdays and Thursdays., "Address: Care Mrs Judson, Arthur-street, J 'PoMsonby. '•' ;' ■'"".' '.' in n r r~ _ '~*',? R G.i OS W' A L : D .Gives Lessons in Elocution. 12 to 2, at Mears>. Entertainments given nnd attended. Terms in advance. ' _ .'■'.,■/,, ../. i* . . Ad dress—<shamptaloup and Cooper,' Queen-' street, i -..-.. ,-,-■;. ■, :-, -,->- -.. ,- ; BOARDING AND DAY ■ SCHOOL •'''-' FOR ' ' ,''" ''■""'"' YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE BOYS, 5 OlCpiUNftA, ~ ~.. li , ..... ] Condnpted by General and. Mrs STODdARi).. Education thorough and class, I Relißtous and Moral Traiiiitigv Cleanliness;' Manners, and Good Food well attended, to;. ~_, Terms on application. . ,' < First Town of,lßßß ; ht.ging .= RT-- "OICTURE-FRAME MANUFAC- W-, XT TORY AND MUSICAL INSTRU- EjS MENT WAREHOUSE,,! /!!,': s|;. .""'J ; t.v c;, .(JJr'Ter, ';..';'• "C f«iS TEACHER OF MUSICV ! 3 2 iPIANO, CORNET, .GUITAR. '• &c, i&O.. $g BS i whi j hiqbJcj.l Instrrimerits I Tuned' a»4 '



■■ma mww—uMi iwmaatamßßmaßmtmmmammmaKmmmmmaamm '"'.-',:f.'.-n'-T'lo IfTTOnp yrn-.r n pg .■,..■„,'"; JhoN .Curved job ■yd .'<■„, :(ANY PATTERN) ii . nmi] ■■ , SHORTEST'NOTICE ; ,,'„ GEORGE.'McCAUL,' . ; MANUFACTIjniNa; PJLtUMPFJt , d ~'■ •:.. ~.,'j"i'.!':" OHtJ ASO blf.'l .'•'. :«..-. 1-. •[:.. '(!>< IMPORTER OF ALL TRApE REQUISITES : -''": WEtLES-LEY 'STREET'EAST '' ! ;' ; ■' d -/.,■: (Opposite New Library) and , (l | BROWN & DAVY STREETS, THAMESj '■- 1 .-. ".' tfAS FOIt SALE— - ■ ;  '' 2(30 Conmgated Galvanised Tanks, as'aOrted . . 500 Colonial Ovoiis, all aizes'-.) :..,.. 50.000 Feet Lead Mgo Ridge Gap, allisiues;, i. iU j 50,000 Feet O.G. Spouting, all sizes 50,000 Feet Dpvmplpcs.im sizes'; " J , 60.000 Beet GalvauiSed Water Pipes, all Si2eS Lead-hcafi Nail*. Lead Washeis Portable Ovens, t> undoes Ffaintß Copper Boilers , . * ' .' ~/ " _ Jam, Fruit, Honey, l and Butter' Tins on the latest American principle, Jn quantities as por.agreeiipient . ~, ''"- !> Ete." *' ""■'■ ■ ; "M> : '"■ '; ! - ' !: Eto.' Awarded Three First Prizes for above lihes at ;..(ft (Auckland Agricultural Show. ' ,'fatl Latest and best selection of Gaa Globes in Auckland.'. t y .'..'}- !..„..:■ As Mr McCAUL is a direct importer. for cash he is in a position to supply the trade at the lowest remunerative prices.' ": i « Liberal discounts, to. the trade*.i /Country orders pimctaally to. , , ~-,'., r ,, j . ' OEORGE McQA-UIJ, ;; Mariufactririhg Plumber, and Importer of all Trade Retiuisites, Wellesley-st. East (opposite New Library), and 3 Brown AodUavy streets; "j ~,_, Thames. ; .„,........ ~,,<{ »j : j - j ' .< -- • ; t.i). ii! ~!•';«, j .-101 > .Hlrj : ,'-,)..:' ........ 1' 'j i." i i .-..."' ', nhi'.tri '.: .i '.. + ./'i.i*l '.r!'.: *' .ii 'ir.'tu'..-. !i7 .-. i (Lato of i,.-,: nba-ury. > ' : . rr^'=( -;'j*a»i'-iu/^i-.:ii " . sn^vi I IKS E"; f%:53| ■ (i p : : '';-: *b. ';■;■!' ■"<. j| (Opposite 'Auckland Savings fiankj,!! I !*' j And wishes to notify that he has a large stock ; i i- ; 'i.' {rio% wvij .!^URmTi^;^iO|ppi^T£R^'!.l ! ■.<. " <»A:'t Lo'iv • Pricbs,' ' '. ; • ■•• Hi flV'ig ->n'fi" r::.;,v..- <:; > '!..•,-.-:.! .-i-iMtf" Wniohhfi will s?riT .il-rn,,',' SELL' ANP' J5Y J A,UeTIb2?. | At dates which will be advertised. '/» ' ; ,-•.,; ;...--'■!;!' 1 f-jTj'i ttOii: -ir [j I Goody sold: ori comriiissidn.; No work britf ]..,, <■■', p|first-ciaßß.malors.accepted. /• in ■* ■ ■ BECOMMENBED pv rati : di ;-ju'--i;-paOFJfiSSlbNi.'-:, of? ,1.-,.'.>.■■:;-.■ i ,'.';il'-oi' OilviflO 9ul bj I . !'•■ f...'.,,., ~-.,........-.:■, adi h*'.'' I. *<!-■ .*;■.-'■.i.■•."!:i SllT -Soldtri'tins is each, (sample tiris'fjd .each) by! the 1 Patentee. RALPIFROBINSQN, 'Chemisu j Hobßon-etreet, 'and by< Ghemlß'tsy Grocers, and iStorekof(p,ei_s. ~.,.... --~} -■:;,,'-.-i '.Jr.; bsstiutj by Messrs L. Dj. Nathan andjCo-.j Kerapthorne. Pi-bsofer; arid Co.; Sharland'aud Co.; F.-aiid G. Tißenshaw, etc." - ■ : "; 1 ; "^ JXOGAL h INDUSTRY; jjlllf MANUFACTURER. OF PERAMBULATORS. _' Vgq^^Sv" INVALID CARIiIAGIiS. AUCKLAND PERAMBU- V^ 1 laTor' Factory, J&S\u\Sr Victoria-street West (near <h*T- : v J'reeman's Bfty). ..T ,!{, J CSARLES, SMITH, .. The Largest Maker in Auckland. • My prices are as low as ppsßjb)o consistently with {quality l and w-prkmanshipi Tho fact I guarantee apd keep in repair for one year is' a sufficient proof of their excellence. Perhmbnlators dfariy make repaired or taken interchange.-. Country Orders receive my, special attorition.,. Praqc lists;post free. Buy direct from the Factory, and prevent mistakes.'.' ;■' '. J /' s "' ":J ~' ■'',[' : :* ; _ I itJSEFUL, DURABLE, CHEAP,' At" McLfeOO BRdtfiERSV DOLIiS, 1 iPeratobulators. BOys'Wag^riH^ 1 ,; Picnic and Fancy • Biscuits riuitdole - for presents* cheapoj than fawjtfo Every purchaser of 5s worth of Basketwaro will he_.presented with a ticket of admission to the Odctfoliow's* Demonstration, to be held ih the Cricket Ground on Tuesday next*. ;.-'.:; v udit ftgr.qnu TH^,;AL t PAQTORyI! ;: , J!U (near V.M.C.A.) o < HOME JEWEL WASHING MACHINE IT- WASHES EVERYtHING, j ' from LAGE I'O 'A ! GOALSAGKj'"GLEANS TROUSERS without [ wettings a ■ ariger. MOW knockingotl a bnttqn. . ~ .y ~ \ ltddes away with' wet feet, pains in the arms, back, anil breast, and does a big day*s washing iutwohours. ah \m r ;■-.'> EiW '.'.lt •■ ■ P^^^^^^^^^^^B""-! , ill ,' ' "HUNDJEWDS OF TESTIMONIALS; ---! ,j ■)-, .-!,:■,■■,■< :..f :■.'. > 1.-. ■ i-.ii";' -t ; 'T- ■v:-.'l.'-..j ANOltelR J 'l%ot"'is ! that;tr!'" hasgiven away 2,000 Pairs'of Trbrisers in I twelve nionths, and intends to try to. double ~,,.:.,.;.,• ."v, t , a $0$



nfoSpw ■ ■ —'i AEPORD. : '3 "' homes of New &Hy, nacl ?-''to iSP s * Bill's Ai SOAP. ..-'• Uiß a simple but useful articli' k ;1 fib** to use it are aty| ffiriai^ ■■,■■■ i .-—.-/ '»" f : ''Uis§^P Ton may hive'heard ottb-a i IRrittoi; TIMES without mlngis ■ Vs&i ffi% '~i/7 '«*" : :'W«f^' l * ill 'P t * it to others a THotjiTW ) IMLS.-1 have speat * cpnyincmg the, women at Now = - theh' labbqr cdh buitNS'B ai soAP R n 'he wiSM&fi \ j: ' l * l! ' , ' J ''L'- ! " ff ' ■- _>^§^'•^ / 'u.■^©.ci*»7^*ik , '■ :.fYOJMMS'S. . J ■ vtisttirffr r ßT«'s(ir 9 |Jt{f. r i i f DT?VITT T • JJJ. . I* i UuikWU And Importer of. pyerv ', Aontft^ltioh,an*^6b_^J^ai^j^ °4RTRID#s:^3jX2« are carefully leaded on. the praajfe-.jMia guaranteed bes*.-mtiterttil. : '■" ,'~"v '<,-;-. . '"«? ! FIREWOKKS.-S«^ ■ Fireworks, imported by tho.'&dvctfiser-djjNtct Mutt 'J/Pam,the'celebrated' •" . ■ RP'PATK'S Q^N^ : '<ftß'*twSpS ■ ■; J-V-E'-l ■ • I I ; every other kind of repair done. faMakfiXik, " ,< Guaranteed eijuaf tt'.t«e-%stTOHt&,iroi»k, Prices reasonable. - loaders chokebored. . ■; ?sv/ bis 'if J n| ' D. E v it-'i,; UjjSlv/ Gunmaker and. Iniprjer,' 2s4_ fiwten.>&.t-roeV 5 Auckland (opposite, the ,';.'!! ",'-'.' Vufist&usked 1859.3..--.- - ■ ; Price lists free on amplication., .. MA^fiktfATicA&'^Sn 1 "-JTA!*»tzcja'Bl^MMHiM^S!- ---.-' "' - ""■ : -> "':';• MikM, j rtJ ""j ~',';, *r? ; }il 1 ' ' , ; , L ; '»■■ : etbcipn;.^^ •, Spectacles' aWEyclasses : otwiPl|ntt|lr . ■ accurateiltg»ii.t*ant!eoa «■ . '«««!* i entity ;)h;fJ , |3fS» ! : Telescopftg.BmQcu^r^ieldGlaifas^liS , ;..-Scopes.piWcifntahd ;- ~. +tisrf j/., . Drawing -i stiujs"-l m^xtmU-coxtimm, , Bftrdmetere, Thermometers, Dfr^ipto ._.,.,., , s - : JTagaeticand Galvanic - " ; yitigV 'Lahterha and 'Slides,!HanffJMaMupejf-» , i Stt' ? ' O'copVfe andSliaeß. ", .-,,.. v steam. flha^ai^^Wn^^^^d^'J*'.;^. .' !-'■•-' '.'•-'- ' -'4^*t^*"^c*CiVQd-^' : ; : ',' ".^j... ---» Settlers Telescopbs', powermV portable. .f#'d S; , :-jcrieap.ilUr-.v<i'ij_) •;-;'.''- to ::: '__' : - ""J:!? -si/ ■ t Settier3• „ ; '72BB&0, •' ' . :. ~.' ■•>!•;-■• ii«i.,'i^^'rt'i,#* '■'■'' •; Settlers' Tjjjjjr: L -^®fe. .' : . Alko.St^mand^l^'Mot'#btep^^^^^ . i aaj; " L /. .... ■>-.»; uM? Hi V 6 ■- , , : ;t !piC NI d- BA S R-5 TS,! * MctiioFrißos, ' Are now IP «ak& at3a«r-i*tCßi^J«« s f Baskets hi Btravi Kush, WfflpMllM»yS» . a wy superior, Bod, beto» t fiiM»«"l#ftP RenoVate and "I«a!i!S« ---• aiSlflt'thfiHi with ■■ ffiwts from ;■ Wicker 1 frbih 2s; other lintee<jWllfedh4|t, I assorSiontUf /Faribf Bafiketsli A^^| '-' ciwpsefWa.'! ;,;.:;fiSr«/ : -' t! '" ; ; . ? ''"'!,',■,',',.,.yt.,«; moleolTbkos., ' THE AUCKLAND BASKEt :! -f . Alberfe«treet (near A T , : noAL^ ;: e«;: s c^C9i^^ ; |Jir J V «• WOO D. S i! J ■ OjSbTROiBt",-'"--' "r-"!' 1 ** 1 " ;,T - " 1 " ': .