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An, I urlien be upoki ..... AD I r. rsand . iagjB, A* w ' Iiaovlou, Anil nuuuli I ami >!. r. . v.'i ' in.l HTB 1. "That's yon,' An I 1 , .'--^ .*. '. r ' .'14111*. Says [ to ':i> -* if. " '] ha*. *erur>n's pat, Bat inan'r it , n, i ereatina, And I'm uiucli . :m I that moet of tbs f oik* Wnu't ta<ie ti.in NOW, 1! ).. 1.A.1 r .1*11 a out M | -r r. i mi. I- . I i-iutim . ' I i . ' ' wi'1-k tjn. An I n<it wit, i . i' a^rtunin. : -, . . r * wii,..-i ttl isb r :.i >u (rmaila Ae a - T- ., u.oial null"-' Go Inn.,. v c u 1 :.-i i . . ,r i tfitLi-.k t of Ir.iv... your (.p.: ir , (I-, i . < w- . r L!I coats Yuu ' r : ' .- :: iir - I, and i u winked, Ami lut u' 1-iokiu* at car . . Il -.. n. v l,|,, I n lulu, h*v* i to my*lf. < .r Insulin a 1 111' 1 1 Inn wri<'ti the ,*t I Vui uot tbat ki i 1 . Their Si miner Vacation. -itv I. i l y mftrt. Ami:: in .11 i place! Mta the acecm tbal An, I !! t.'.i- ri!> - 11 ,;w< -!l-ll lol<MtlO*V ai. I r 1] thit. luaii'lc- , rmn; I'm weary of tile ': Oh, what a 1,1, .i.l I,, i to lead a lanut-i - hi, ill , "uk* vaca'i in in uie country M ; - I are j ml the tinim r :..' 1 i i j uuw 1} :. . . j-UIOr- ilreiry itretcu liay. av If, ,111 ,. . y wrera inaro'n l, ^. i I DU prutaic ruimil '.' uii i .. , .1 I I*.: w;'T.' . . iy hauiLi in .r.,1 ' ' nil my wet I. t Tacatiun iu tb cit> > ,; hi art, 01 hMO, diil fcr:uuo faTor me. 1 J be all . part." ;. Ii w.-otto tl:u ileniri.) place, bat rery itrajige to y, !. ! ..u.., t < ' r- Lliu week wat up, wan Kla . i WBf i r.tdi nil.. : unite were ntiadee uf I 1 k Tliuiuh i i. . : I,, tli were . I. r i., . - i Lack. ADOPTED BY THE DEAN: had terrible *u (firing indeed. Yoa have not told ox , thoagb, where Mr. Uendemon live*." " In Devonshire marl^rt a very pretty estate of which Marguerite will be tbe he i reel. We make now a tour in Wales, are slaying for a few dayi at Bangor." Frances, who liad wandered away with the children, catna back in time to hear thii, and b?gan to persuade Mine. Lemercier to ipend a day with them at Llanfairfechan. " Voo are very goo j ; it woalJ make ma each pleaiare," said madame ; " bat I think all tbe dayi are arranged ; we go to- morrow to the ogwen, and shall leave liungor in two or three daya." l-'rancei waa sorry, ai she wai tare Kjpcrance would like to Me more of Mine. Lemercier ; however, they had another long tflt-a ttit when Mr. Henderson and his little girl returned, tor K-ithie was eager to have Maggia for a play- (allow, and, with the loyi Tor protaotora, they WHH-I allowed to follow their own devices; while Mr. Uanderion waa delighted to find a kindred spirit in 1'rancei, and talked for at least half an lour over hia favorite hobby of ferna. " 1 have been disappointed in not iaai- more of the pariley term," Mr. K-nder*mi wai laying. " I bad always heard of it ai being 10 abundant in Wai**." My brother-in-law foond any ijsantiiv growing in Suowdon, '.iid Frances. " Hev you bean there yet .' " "No, but I bad some thought of striking inland again in a day or two. I have promiieij to tak, my little girl to Llanberii. We might perhaps combine . Will, Uaggio, what ia u .' " ai the child ran ap to him )'< athlesily. " Oh, papa : we ar3 f , happy, and, do yoa know, Kv.hie Worthington is just my age ii it no*, fanny ? and we mean always to b? friends. And, papa, she has never been to Llanberis. Don't yon think it would b': very nioe if wa could go itu'-thcr 1 " Mr. Hendi raon laaghrd. "Chiliren'd th mgnte ran apace," ba laid, glar.c.r.g at Krancei. "W,;:. Ma^ie dear, we molt see what Mill Neville savu to this idea of yoars. Kan otT now, and enjoy yoar play." Tbe little r.irl ran away obediently, well conlnit to leave things in her father's hands, and Mr. Henderson tamed lo France* with a smile. IV i hapn, after nil, Maggie's wish wonld give pleasure, to lome ona beside herself," said Mr. Henderson, naif hesitatingly, it b p}taible for at to j iin forcej Neville, and make the eijuraion to I. lit- l-ris together .' " " It i very g'X>d of yoa to think of it," said Frances ; bat we are each a large party w.- ihonld only hamper yoa, and, in i- - I. I am bait afraid it would bo loo tiring fur oar invalid." Tin ro wonld be Co walking." explained Mr. II' Irrson, and Madame L'meroier wonld so mocbenjiy having her." \V will talk it ever with her," sag gtsted 1'rauco*. " : wouH ba very delight fill, and I know the boy* are ora/.y to see Bnowdon." I th Mm*. Lsmeroiar acd INprranoe were BO delighted with the idtu uf the Llauberis cxpeditinn. that Kranoes could hesitate no longer, and indeed, Kaparanoe was looking so much better, and appeared a till lingered over their letter! in the library. I both armi round her neck before the could Mr*. Mortlako, with growing diwatiaf action. I rise, bbe tubmitUd to one of thoae warm, cat theleavee of the " Guardian," and read oliogiog French embraoei, A BTOBT 01 TWO Hire madame wai obliged to wipe away her uan, and her voice was broken with obi ai iibe continued : " He and many u'.h'-m that had been with him were arrruqd, thrown into priion, then marched out D( I'arn, away, 1 knew not whither , I oi.ly knew that it wai a burning lummer day that liii lafferingi would be terrible. I found him again after a HUM ; he was impriionod at /, . lie wai itill alive. 1 wenttheru, m n rn/iiiif, and with many of bit ollea^tiuii hn wai tried. Borne were oondtfmned in death, others to train portation ; li^ure to yourb.-if, Kiperanoe, what my feeling* were, as I war.J to hear that awfal H4ntence. Bat Old hoard my prayen. \ lotor wai not ihot . he wai trauiported for lile. 1 law him again before, hi* ihip iiiled, and then, though I wan o thankful for lui life, yet, mjit enfant, it wai very hard, very bitter. Heiupported ma, however . lie told me tbat tbii tram portation wan no real digraoe, that he had merely done what he oniiderdd hia duty. Hut he could not hide hii angaidh at leav- ing France. 1 think that bat for me lia would rather hive died, and one of the laat thingu he laid to me wai, ' Antcmatte, I am thankful that the young Da Mabillon in aved from thii ; 1 might have dragged him with me to hii tain, had he not been o ihooked by the death of Clement Thomat." ' " 1'oor moniiaar, be wai alwayi 13 brave and good," ii.i Kiperancr, crying from lyinpathy. "And you, dear madame, what happened to yuu then? " "Fur dayi, mnn tnHnl, 1 wai like one Btopetied ; I could only look at the iea, and walk up ami down the pier from which I had m-i.'ii hii ihip tail. At lait an Kngliah lady who gueued, I uappoie, that I wai a relative of one of tbe emigrant i, introduced herself to me, ai I was walking backward and forward dutraotedly one day. bhe found oat my trouble, inquired what I meant to do, and ihowtd me all ponible kindnem. 1 told her that 1 had icaroely any money, that I meant to get a iliiati.ni I a govtrneei if I could incut with one, and that in time I hoped to lave enough money lo join my hatband In bin exile ; not that I wai very hopeful that day, for the hardship and sorrown hade made me ill and I half hoped 1 might die. Bat the lady, Mrs. Ilendereon, naid that the knew of a actuation in England which ihe thought would init me , ihe heraelf wai a widow, and had been helping in one of the mbolanoee during the war ; ihe wai now returning to England, and the kindly took me with her. The lituatlun wai with her brother-in-law, whom you have jolt now aeen, to teach hi little molherleM girl Marguerite. There I nmn m/uiu, I have told vou aU now." " Yhai k yoa, dear madame. Yoa have 10 little tired with brr walk up the glen that there lecined no re-asm againit trying thn longer day. Kipcraccd went abont now with a radiant expreiiioo, tbeuight of Mrne. Lrraercier'i humo-like face bad made her fwl mu :h Ion forlorn, and ihu had greatly unjijrl thtir long talk together. Il-r itrength retnrntl rapidly, her spirit* roar, and all the old ohterlol coorage, which had for a lima corned well-nigh rtuhed out of her, otm back once more. France* felt ,|uiiu happy about li<-r, for ihe knew that ihe wai taking the present hapninuu ai a pro parationfor tn return to lifa at Uilchestnr, and vhe bent all her efforti to mikn tbe month in \Valei aa eoj jyablc ai poiaible. Monday proved to be one of tboie dolioioui dayi of early Ktptember, when oven tho nio.-it inveterate wrathi-r grumbler cannot complain a day of annihine and aoft breezy air, uf blag iky and ilaeoy while clooda -a day, Keperaoce deolared, on which it wai impossible, not to feel happy. The itart wa made early m the morning, Francei, with * iL-naa of reipinnhility, driving with her four chargei to the nation, and feeling glad to hve E*peranoe'a hulp in keeping watch ovor the numorona poadoaaion i, rangiug from butterlly net* to air oushiona and Inrheon baiketi. Madame, Mr. Ilendorioa, and Ma.gie met them at Bangor, and they went on by rail to l.lanl, TIH. tho children in a itate of uproarioai merrimul, Mme. Limeraier and Kaperanoe talking and geitioulatiag, and Franoei and Mr. Ilendtiraon i Inn; plenty of time for almoit e-jtially animated oonvenation. At Llaubjria therj w** a diviahn, Mr. Ilendem >n wll armed with oilikin bag] ani farn-troweli, prnparing to go up 8nodon, with Fred and lltrry ni oompaniona, while the reat of the party arranged themielvei in a oapaoioai waggonette and drove up the pam. Matxtf, whuhada giod '! of romanoe in her ditpoaition, inaiitel on telling them all the legond of Uolbadam Caitle, and, indeed, it wai partly owing t > her pity and admir- ation for tha beaunful heroine, Margaret, that aha I, t 1 been < > very anxioni to oome to I .lanh -r i*. Utperanoe liitene.i half dramily, bat i' mid not bring henelf to aieoaiate any- thing aad with the earroimding beauty tbe rained tower, tbe calm lake, the ragged granite crowned mountain*, were too rest- ful, beautiful, too calmly grand the ooald not think of the pit it at all, and Maggie could not win her lympathy for the tragedy of poor Margaret. CBAPTEU XXVIII. Mra. Mortlake had juit returned from Hoarboroagh, and, to tell the truth, ihe wai not torry to bi in lUlcheiter again, for ihe had found two month* at the watering- plaw rather dull. Hhe wai fond of eooiety, and had been diiappointed that icarculy any of her ao<]aaiQlanoei had come to the place, while Bella had been catting her even year old teeth, and had been nnniually fraotiooi. On the whole, Mri. Mortlake did not (eel the better for her iiimmer outing, anil ai ihe aat in the hrnakfait room at the deanery one loony Heptember morning, her face bore a more than tuually diaaatiifled eipretiioo. She WM waiting for her father and Cornelia, and, although the gong had twioe aoonded, and thi breakfait WM growing cold, they the liat of preferment*, glanced through the top. o* of tbe week, ikimmed the corres- pondence, ooanted the number of ladies wanting cooks, yawned repeatedly, and finally, with an impatient exclamation, roee and crowed the hall to the library to remonitratu with the doan. My dear father, breakfaat bai baen ready for half an hoar," ihe aaid, in a reproachful tone. "Sorely I ;*o letter* can wait." Cornelia looked up . her Noe wore a itartli-d, agitated expreeaion. What ia it, Obnstubel .' I; . akfaul did yoa nay .' Yes, 1 will oome. Yon would like a cap < f tea m here, juieily, would yon not .' " *be aaid, laming to tbe dean. Ue aaaented, bat did not look ap, and Cbriitabel, foil of ouri nitv, baateoed back to the breakfaet-room, wondering what bad newe the poat ooald have brought. Bho fancied it must bain lomc way connected vv ith in .Jabillons ; no donbt her father would feel it a good deal now if either Gas- pard or K^perance met with auy dUiKler, bat, after all, need he r---. h himself? He had been very liberal, aud they were only ooiHine. Childrnn and grandchildren certainlyoatiht to be thetirit conaideration. She had made en sore that the trouble was connected with her cooiins, tbat she wai doubly attrtled by CorneUa'i abrapt utterance aa shu came into tbe room, closing the door behind her. Well, Chriatabtl. I don't know what is to b done ; Ueorge i'algrave haa proposed to It.-rtha." To Bertha ! " exclaimad Mr*. Mort- lake . how altogether absurd. He raujt have known my father would not allow it." On the contrary," laid Cornelia, " they don't seem to have the least idea that he will object. George writes very properly, apologi/.iog for having ipoken to Bertha before he had asked father'i leave, and explaining how it was that he wai betrayed into a contosion of his love before ha had intended. It items tbat he went to sae grannie at tit. Leonards, and found Berths staying there . tbi-y were a great deal thrown together, and ycu know what grannie is when she gets yoong people with her, she did nothing but plan rxcariiooi for them, and kept Ueorge hanging about the place till thin was tbe result." ' What will father do? " " He can only write to George, and refuse his content. Bertha, poor child, r-i'i . : >me home at once ; I am afraid we bavr n partly to blame in thii, we ought to h*o spoken to her m tbe lummer, only of oour.e I alwayi thought she looked apon him >H a eon ,t labsiitute for a brother." " >' course," said Mr*. Mortlake. "I havu i.o patience with her, uhe mu n have known that my father would never tolerate inch a think. A poor man and a cousin pa KiiUrous ' ' " 1> i not be hard on her," said Cornelia, pitying , " I feel ai if it were all my fault for not (peeking to her, and now ihe will have *u m sorrow, poor child.'* Cornelia wa* unusually tender hearted thii morning , ihe wai thinking of an episode in her own life, years and years ago, when love and happiness had seemed juat within bar reach, and had been sud- denly snatched from her, leaving her chilled and embittered. Her heart ached for poor l: -ru v Mrs. Mortlake WM more angry than pilif-il. We have Kaperanoa to think for thi*," he laid, in her vexed voioe. " No doubt it was all brought on by that visit to tha I'algravt* in the summer. I knew no good wonld ever oome of it, when my father a,! .pled that child." That is sheer nonsense," said Cornelia, in her abrupt way. The only thing I do rot-ret a little i*, that you have taken away l.spuran je's attio, and pat her in Burtha's room the child will want to be alone." " On the contrary, I think it will be very good f jr her to have a companion ; Kaper- ance's cLatter will keep her from brling ovar her troubles ; beiidei, I aiked her in my la it letter, and ihs made no objection. The attio makes a capital play-room for Bella." Cornelia did not care to continue the conversation, and toon left the table to begin theditVi 'till ttskof writing to lijrtha, which Mrs. Mortlake altogether declined. Bertha came home the next day, and early in the following week Eipsranoe also retnraed. Frances Neville was coming back with the children to Worthmgton, 10 ibe wai able to taka her home in her carriage. Eiparance had undo up her nun. i ID be very brave -the had even per- luaded htrself that uhe rather wished to get to tlif discipline of Hilohtister, that she was anxi'iui to h < at work again after her long h oil lay , but in spite of this her httart sunk when she found hurmlf onoe more alone in tho dimly lighted hall of the deanery. Tne dean and Misi Collinsan were at afternoon eerviae, tha footman told her, and Mr i. Mortlaka had visitor! in tbe drawing-room , then h.- carried her trunk npilairs and disappeared. Ksperanoe staid ijaite still, as if anxious lo face her position. Uar eyes wandared from tho blue and white tiled tloor to the frosted window*, ap the dark oak stair- case, and round the wainiooted walls, and she shivered a little as she remembered that thig was a " cjraing horns." Shi looked at the pictures of the dean's prede- cessors, and fancied they looked down at bar pityingly, while the brown, glany eyee of the two stags' haadi looked almoet tearful, aad xaemed lo say, " We are sorry lor yoa : we too are prisoners, out of our natural element." Bhe felt tha tean gathering in her own eyes, and with an impatient exclamation roused herself, and went upstairs to her room. Forlorn and uncomfortable ai it had been, the received a sharp pang when ihe found tbat the attio was no longer hers it WM all itrewn with toys, Bella was in one of the corner*, beating a refractory doll, and her nurse was working near tbe window. Hhe rose, and received Eiperance with enquiries after bar health, and a warmth of weloome, which in the present chilliness of her feeling* V.M really comforting. Bella, too, who WM alwavi much bailor behaved when away frum her mother, nut up to kiss her, and, by the time the explanation of the change of noun had been made, Eipsr- anoe had .juite recovered her ipirite. Bhe ran down-stair* to Bsrtba'i room, and knocked al the door. Bertha WM titling at her table writing ; ihe put down her pen, but Eiperanoe wai across the room ia one bound, and bad , which Esperance wai wont to give her, then laid in her quiet, impaiiive voice, " I did not know you had come." I have been here fivs minutes, and not a soul have I seen except Bella and narse just think of that ! You will bava to kiss me for all the rest of the family." " Yoa look much belter," tid Bertha, till very languidly ' Vei, 1 am juitc well , it i* yoa who look like the invalid. What ia it, Bertha .' I am sore yoa are ill ! " But she wai not prepared for a sadden oatbarst of tears from her usually reaarved oouain. Bertha had in truth found Esper- ancc's endearments too ranch for her. In a few minutes she bad, whether wisely or not, sobbed oat the whole story to thii most sympathetic uf aoaitors. It had been no comfort to her to apeak of it to tbe oihera. She bad HII in one of tbe great library chain, and heard her father express hi-i H'.OW, heaitatir.g regrets tbat he waj obliged to croil her wilhes, and only grown more ha\ v hearte ' She had listened to Mrs. Mortlake ai t. :e sat over her bazaar work, showing the many worldly advantage*! she would have loit had ahe been able to marry George Palgrave, and had harried a'-vay, at once tore-b-arled and angry. She bad Cornelia in btr stu iy and had only listened lo her grave worUi of pity, with a convic- tion that her suter bad never experienced thii kind of sorrow, and had no right to talk. Now with a sense of relief, ihe told all lo one who we'll i )t:ipthi/j without reproof, who would not add to her diatrsas by saying, " Yoa ou^bt to have known." They went down-ltain together, and F.jperance received a kind greeting from her .tacle and Cornelia, and a cold kiae from Mrs. Mortlaks ; there were soms in jUiriea after her health, and a little con- versation about \V.-lh scenery, and then he settled down into her old niche at tha deanery. Bbe was constantly on the lockout for little ways of helping Cornelia now, for ihe had a vivid remembrance of her kiadnesi to Gaipard, and the trouble sjbe had taken daring her illness . and Cornelia w*a not insensible to tbe attention! ibe bad received. Bo tbe autumn paised away, and ths frosty weatbar eel in fur* and winter wraps were brought oat, housekeepers th -ugh l of their pi am paddings and mince- meal, and Lily Worthington began to arrang the Chriatraai festivities. ' V.'e must have a dance," she ssvid lo her looked and WM gone ! afUctionttely, while Clauds) wondered. Hii " Marian* " thi* glowing complexiooed her sister, one Uecember morning. " A delightfully mixed dance, to which all I'.ilchester iball be invited, from the cathedral dignitaries down to Mr. Joc>i dispenser. I do like everybody to be happy, and for once ail the cli joes will be taaed." ' They will ke- p in their own eeti, I fancy," said Frances, " whatever you do." Well, we shall do our beet," aaid L,idy Worlbinglon, hopefully, " and al any rate thoy will be all ucder one roof, dancing to the came maaic curtly that will eitablish a tort of fraternity ? Clauda Magnay will be here, too. and he knowi everybody, and will danoe with any one . and Henry will have some of hii couiini down here. We can do a good deal, you see, with oar own party." " When does Clrude come ? " " On the '.' trd, and be ha* solemnly promised that he will not overwork himself as he did lait year, and disappoint u* just at the last moment. I have set my heart upon having him for tbii danoe." " To dance with the Mieaes Smith ? " aid France*, laughing. Yes, to be useful, and to brighten everybody up. It doe* one good to look at Claude, especially when he is in a holiday humor, lie is the moil unspoiled genius 1 ever knew, and so delightfully fresh and young atill." " Yea, be doei not look foor-and-twenty. Ily the bye, will :iot Ksperanoe rame oat this winter ' " I should think so, and we mast have her to tbii danoe, whether or no. Let ui write the invitations now, and we will aend her a separate one, so that Mn. Mortlake shall not have a jhancsof preventing her acceptance." Yoa most canning Katharine! I should never have thought of tbat. ' " My dear, one must be careful with uoh people at airs. Mortlake I do uol trust her in the least. The invitations were received at the deanery with much satisfaction. Mrs. Martlake did indeed demur whether Esper- ance wai old enough to go, bat Cornelia was determined thai she should have thii pleaiure, and made her write to accept it, oondeioending to talk of ouch trivial matters ai ball-dresses in order to please her. It leemad likely to ba what every one called an old fashioned Chriitinai, for on the -Mrd there was a heavy fall of snow, and Claode Magnay, as he traveled down to Worthington Hall, wai not sorry to dad the tuually bare, bleak country beautified by this while covering. i ':i Christmas eve l.viy Worthiaglon seamed banl upon making him a-)fal, and in tha afternoon asked him accompany her on foot to Uilchester. 80 the matter wai arranged, and Lviy Worthington and her companion itarled at once on their snowy expedition, rather enjoying tbe novelty of trudging along country roads, with a keen north wind driving the snow-tlakei in their faooi. They shopped continuously for two hours, and it was quite dusk before they turned child of tbe sjoatb, witn her inaoeeut wavy hair and her bright eyea. waa not " Mariana " at all. Waa il poasible tbat waa indeed Kaperance > He itill gaziid and wondered. Ksperaoca half pat oat her band, then draw it back, a little vexed that he had so evidently f ir- gotton ber. " My uccle will be delighted to see you. Mr. Magnay," aba aaid, with a oharming little toaob of hauteur. ' Claude startled, aa if from a dream, and the two shook bands warmly. " A thousand ptrdona ! bat yoa are ao> altered that I hardly reoogni/.ed yoa." Ah I it ia my ,'m-t hair," aaid Htper- i, coloring ami laughing. Claade did not cjotralict her, bat ia reality il waa the changi in bnr uxpreaoioa which he meant. " Mariana " haa fasoia- ated him, but thi* wa* sometbini; far higher ! Ue loaned for freab opportonitiea t study. ng her face, so bewitching, whether in ita iweel gravity or ita nmdmg radianoa and animation. I bope yoa bsve good acooants of your brother," he said, delighting in tha awift kindling of the eyea at lui wjrcU. Yea, Uaapard i* vary well, ' ane replied " I hear from him every week, moh lani> letter*, too, almost like a journal." " And does he like nis work 1 " " Very much indetd. Lie baa to saparia- tend tbe ooaliee you know, and aee that they work well . he ia oal-of-doors U day long, and is gelling ao strong and weU a^aia. 1 always feel when I read hia letters bow very mach we owe to yoa s.ad Bit Henry Wortbington . I havu always) longed lo tell yoa how very, very gratefaJ 1 and Gaspard told ma it waa quite yoar doing that he came to Rilchenter it was 10 good of yoa to aend him ; il made the parting ao much leaa bitier." Tnere waa deep gratitude ia her expression, jast toacbcd with a,lot , then in a moment sbe amiled again, that poie, radiant, winning imile. C'lau lo fell aa if he were in some delicious drc.m ha made some brief reapoote, bd hardly knew whet, and then tapcraocu spoke again. There ta Ua in the drawing-room, will yoa not came in Yoa matt be very cold after yoar long walk." Claude rubbed hia anowy ahoea on ik mat, and followed into the almoat oppree- aively hot drawing- room, when be wen warmly received by tbe rest of tha family. He wai a favorite with the dean, and at once pounced upon to listen to thing about the plauet Mars, and some las* improvements which had been made in tha telescope, aud fortunately the dean wai too m ich engroesed to notice that CJaido's) aniweri were vague and monoayUabtc. or to perceive that be waa bestowing all bin attention on Ksperanoe. He Jid not speak to her moon more that evening. Lady Worihmgton soon rose to go, and ba was glad to hear bur say to Esparance, \Ve shall see yoa then on Thursday evening, mind you oome in good time." Eiperance promned, smiling, and I run she followed them into the hall, picking ap her fallen wreath, and itandiot; in tha doorway to wish them ^nod-bye, in spite of the cold. Claude walked away in lilenoe, treasuring op hit last vision of her as she stood on th* white door-Btrp, holding ber holly wreath. He began t > think Usi about painting ber. What it ha could make bar hia own, not artistically but m reality ! What if hw could ihieUl ber from some of tb<> sharp, piercing, ajrrowi of thia wintry world I Well, Clause, >oa found yoar Marin t ' a good deal changed, did you not ? " said Lady Wortbingtoo. " Quite ; it i* an atixel face now," and Claude did not speak uam, bat fell into a deep reverie, and Lady \Vorlhington did not disturb him. (To be continued). home again , but buy ing Christmas presents ii tiring work, and the air wai intensely cold. Lady Worlhington paused involun- tarily ai they passed the gateway of the \ icar's Court, 11 What do yon lay to a cap of tea, Claude, aud jail a few minutea by a tire, before we leave the town .' I am tore thu dean would be delighted to aee yoa, and Mrs. Mortlake'i tea U exaellent." Claude thought tne taea a good one, and certainly it wai a relief even to Hand in the ihelter of tho deanery parob, for the night wai bitter oold, When the door was thrown open, a pretty picture was revealed. The hall was brightly lighted, the tiled tloor was strewn with kolly and evergreen. Bertha stood in the lack ground struggling with some tough iprays of yew, while Kiperauoe sat at Us top of a pair of atepe palling the linlshing touch*] to wreath for one of the piclirea. Hie sprung down in a great hurry on seeiig tbe viiitort, and Lady Worthington I mil. - Food. It may ba positively asserted that even tbe modern hou*tkecper, intelligent above her predecessors though she may be, still fails lo appreciate the value of troika. Nothing among all the prodoclioni of oar bountiful mother can compare in riahnaaa and beauty, with their hue* ani tltvoi*. Above all they give tone to the digestive organs, antidote biliary derangements, and afford an innumerable variety of dishes at once delicate and nutrition*. Who rightly values the worth of the Northern apple or the date, that fruit which for half the year is tbe staple food of an Oriental raoe I Every breakfait table in Ihe land ought each day to have a central dish of (rait, either cooked or in its native atate. Or- angui aud melon*, apple and grapes, tigs) and dalea, onrranta aud the royal line of berries, cherries aud gooseberries, plums) and pears, apricots and [riches, oauanao and grape tram, all are rounded in outline, ex jutsite in coloring and delioiou to ths) taste. In one reipact all fruits are alike. They should ba oaten only when perfectly ripe and as fresh as they can pouiibly be procured. The unfortunate denizens of large cilia* may be cam polled to consume) them after buing hawked about the street* and plentifully sprinkled with dual, bat that is the price they py for other privileges. Good lloiaekefping. Secret of Heine Charming to Othen. The world to day is tilled with half i bid young i> >opls wishing they only knew bow to make themielvea more interesting and attractive to otherx. Il ia not a d ' to be blamed, but one to be encouraged. The only trouble ii that they get their at- tention conoentrated on themaslvus, and tbe more they think of thamaelvee the lea* do people want to look at the object they propose shall be attraotive. No one ever tails to be delighted with a person who, having apent aeveral summer! in some en- .hanting spot in the mountains, takei in band him, a stranger there, and leadi him to the molt poetic cascades or the sublim- eat poiuti of outlook the whole region oilers. Here, then, lies the secret of prov- ing charming to other* It ii by nerving aa gnide and interpreter to something more inapiriug thin would be either o( the Iwo left to himself, and sj bringing on an experience in winch each loaee hii mere individual life to find it in a (oiler univer Ml life.-Bo*toit lltrald. Sbe Folk* are laying tbat we're en- gaged. He Well, we know better, don't we ? Bbe Of course bat do to awfully hat* to disappoint people.