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SIR GUYS' WARD. A THRILLING 8TORY OF LOVK .VXD ADVENTURE. f'HAPTKR XJtUI. C'IINTIM rn.i i sible ' Yet hu blcod grows cold in pit* of TVr i* a second's pause, and then Lilian, his would-be disbelief ; a sickening shiver willing acros* the room, goes out, and runs through hi* veinieven while he tell* be<-j th door with much unnecessary himsolf tin it a fool even U> imagine tuck a violence behind her. ' thing. And yet, where u she? "Dear me?" eiclaimi Florence, affect- "I suppose Lilian it al Mabel Steyne's," Uy, when ehe ha* recovered from the ihook sayn MIM Beauchamp. calmly, having de- her delicate nerve* hare sustained through niolished the lait bit oil her plate with a the abrupt oloiiog of the door. ''How dep sigh. vebemeut dear Lilian u ! There ii nothing | >{, she?" uks (toy, in e> tone half stifled, ao rumoue to one'* maooeni a* being brought ; \, n speaks he stoops a* though to pick up ap without the companionship of well-bred . MI imaginary napkin, women. The IOM of it make* a girl ao so : > Your napkin ii her," y Florence, heydentah, aad " I in an uncompromising voice : " don't you "I don't think Lilian hoydenish," inter- : Me it? 1 ' pointing to where it re*U on the rupt*Guy,whoi*in the humortoquarrel with ' edge of the table. "Lilian, then," with hu shadow, especially strange a* it may eaem, with any one who may chance to speak ill of the small shrew who had just flown like a whirlwind from the room. "No?" says Miss Beauchamp, sweetly. "Perhaps you are right. As a rule,"- wilh an admiring glance, ao dettly thrown M ." make one regret it should be so utler ly flung away, '"you always are a ter'ilinmng glance," did not tell you where she was going ?" 'No. There u no reason why she should." " Well. I think there is," with a lo perfectly ladylike, but extremely irritating laugh . "tor one thing, her silence has cost yon your dinner. I am sorry I did not re- It may [jare your mini by telling you before. But be only natural spit its, bat if so," blandly, | I ooufd not possibly guess her abseuce could " don't yon think she has a great deal of afflict you so severely. She said something this morning about going to tee NiabeL" " I dare say," quietly. The minute* drag. Mias Beauchamp gets through an unlimited quantity of dried fruit, and two particularly tine pears, in no time, .She is looking longingly at a third, when Guy rises impatiently. natural spirits ?" " I don't know, I'm sure," says Sir Ouy. As he answers he looks at her, and tells himself he hate* all her pink and white fair- ness, her dull brown locks, her duller eyes, and more, much more than all, her large and fleshy nose. " Has she ?' he says, in a tone that sugars ill for any one who may If she is at Mabel's I suppose I had have th* hardihood to carry on the con ver- better go and bring her home," be lays, It il a quarter to sation. I think she has," says Florence, innocent glancing at the clock, nine. " As Ouy comes In, Mabell rises with a little exclamation, and goe* towards him with outstretched hands. " Why, (iuy !" sl.e says, " good boy ! Have you come for '.ilian ? I was just go- ing to order the carriage to send her home. Did you walk or drive ?" "I drove." He has studiously sicoe his entrance kepi his eyes from Lilian. The smile hus laded from her lips, the happy light from her eyes ; she hu turned a pale, proud liille face to the tire, away from her guardian. "I made Lilian stay to dinser, says Mabel who is too clever not to have remarked the painful constraint ex isting bet ween he.r guett and Sir (iuy. " Tom ha* been nut all day shooting and dining at the liellairs, so I entreated her to stay and bear me company. Won't you sit down for a while? It is early yet : there cannot be any hurry." "No, thank you. My mother ha* a bad headache, and, as she doe* not know where Lilian i*, I think it better to get home." " Oh, if auntie has a headache, of course " I shall jo and put on my hat," say* Lilian, speaking for the first time, and ris- ing with slow reluctance from her seat. "Don't stir, Mab : I shan't be a minute: my thing* are all in the next room." Lilian is not very well, I fear," Mrs. Steyne says, when the door has cloaed upon her, " or else something ha* annoyed her. I am not sure which," with a quick glam at him. " She would eat no dinner, and her spirits are very fitful. But she did not tell me what wss the matter, and I did not like to ask her. Sue i certsinly vexed about something, and it is a shame she should be made unhappy, poor pretty child! with another quick glan. e. " I thought she seemed quit* radiant in spirits just now," remarks (iuy, coldly. " Ye* ; but half an hour ago she was so depressed I wa* quite uneasy about: her that ly, a little to such of doggedm-i- running be- "I really do not think yon need trouble I l( w hy I used the word ' titful.' (let her to neath the innocence. " But, oh, Cuy, u that j yourself," speakiny warmly Aunt Anne's favorite cup? the Dresden she I Mabel is sura to send her home in good so much prizes ? I know it coet auy amount of money. Who broke it?" " I did," return Ouy, shortly, unblush- ingly, and, moving away from her, quits the room. Going up the staircase, he pause* idly at a window that overlooks the atenne . watch Archibald disappearing up the dri e in the Hog -cart. Kve.i as he watches hirr, vaguely, and without the least interest in his movements, hi* entire tboughte Iwiog preoccupie.1 with another object, lo ! that object emerges from under the lime lrx-s, aad makes a light gesture that brings Ches- ney to a full stop. Throwing the reins to the groom, he springs to the ground, and for sums lime the two cousins convene earnestly. Then liny, who is now regarding them with eager attention, sees ( 'hesnsy help Lilian into the trap, take his seat beside her, and drive away up the aveane, pait the huge laurus- tinus, under the elms, and out of sight. A slight pang shoots across Guy's heart. time, if she is there '." she says this slowly, meaningly, and marks how he winces and cha nge* color at her word*. " Thea think how cold the night it '" with i comlorUble shiver and a glance at the leaping fir*. " Of course she u al Steynemore," says (iuy, hastily. " I would not be too sure : Lilian's movements are always uncertain ; one never quite knows what ih* is going to to do next. Really," with a repetition of her unpleasant laugh, " when I saw her step- ping into the dog cart with her cousin to- day, I said to myself lha*. I should not at all wonder if " " What?" sternly, turning full upon her a pale face an 1 flashing eyes. Mis* Besu- champ's pluck alwsy milts under Guy's anger. " Nothing," sullenly ; " nothing at lean that can concern you. I was merely hurry- ing on in my own mind a marriage that in ml eventually come off. The idea was absurd, of course, as any woman would prefer a fash- Where ^re they going, those two? "I sha'l lonable wedding lo all the inconvenience never return: her foolish words, that attendant ou a runaway match." "You mean" "I mean" complacently "Lilian's mar- riage with her cousin. " "You speak" lining his lips to maintain his composure "as though it was all ar- ranged. ' T "And is it not?" with well-affected sur- What was she saying to Archibald jusl prise. "1 should have thought you, a* her now, in that quick vehement fashion of (guardian, would have known all about IU hen? wushe upbraiding her guardian, or Perhaps I ipeak prematurely ; but on" muil wns she ? If Cheeney had asked her | bo blind indeed n| to SM how matters are then to take any immediate steps towards between them. lositdown, Guy : it fidget* the fulfillog of her threat, would she, ' one to see you so uadeoidej. Of course if he so honestly considers foo'ish, coin* back i to him now clearly, and, with a strange j persistency that troubles him, repeat them- selves ovsr and over again. Cheiiney is going to London, but where is Liliau going? The child's lovely, angry face | rise* up before him, full of a keen reproach. ' eat something Iwfore she got s to bed," say* kindly M-ilx-i, in an undertone, as Lilian re- turns e<iuipp<*d for her journey. " Good- night, dear," kiasing her. " Have you wraps, (iuy ?" " Ye*, plenty, fiood night." And Mabel, standing on the door-steps, watches them until tley have vanished beneath the star- light. It is a dark but very lovely night. Far above them in (he dim serene blue a fair young crescent moon rido* bravely. As yet but a feir stars are visible, and they gleam and shiver and twinkle in the eternal dom*, restless a* the heart* of the two beings now gating silently upon their beamy. "Silently, one by one. In the Infinite meadow* of heaven. UloMomod ibr lovoly start, the forget me not* ol the aoKfl* " A creeping shadow lies among the tree* ; a certain sense of lonelmera dwells in the long avenue of Steynemoie as they pas* beneath the branches of the overhanging foliage. A quick wind rustles by them, sad *s a sigh from Nature's teffering breast, chill as the sense of injury that hangs upon their own bosoms. Coming out upon the unshaded road, a greater light falls upon them. Tbo dark- neas seem* leas diear, the feeling of separa- tion more remote, though still Pride sit* with triumphant mien between them, with his great wings outspread to conceal eflect " Wss it kind of you, or proper, do you think, to make me ao so uneasy as I have been all this afternoon and evening ?" he asks, compelling her to return his gas*. ' Were you uneasy ?" toys MUM C'hcaoey , vicioualy and uttorly unrepentant : " I am glad ol It." Wa* it part of your plan to make my mother wretched also '" This is a slight exaggeration, as I-ady l.'helwoode has not n-n been bordering on the " wretched," and it, in rV.-t. up to the present moment totally ignorant of Lilian's absence. " I certainly did not mean to make dear auntie unhappy," in a faintly-troubled tone. But I shall tell tier all the trnth, and ask her pardon, when I get home. lutft, I mean," with studied correction of the sweet word. What is the truth ?" First that 1 broke her lovely cup. And then I shall tell her why I stayed so long at Steyueniore. " " And what will that be T" " You know very well I shall just say to her, ' Auntie your son, 3ir Guy, behaved so rudely to roe this afternoon, I wa* oblig- to leave C'letwoode for a while.' Then she will forgive me." Mr (iuy laughs in spite of himself ; and Lilian, could he only have peeped into the deep recesses of the plaid, might alxo be plain- ly seen with her pretty lips apart and all her naughty bewitching face dimpling with laughter. These frivolon* symptov* are, however, rapidly and sternly suppressed on both tides. " I really cannot see what awful crime 1 have committed to make you so taciturn," she says, presently, with a view to discuss- ing the subject. " I inertly went for a drive with my cousin as he should pass Steynemore on his way to the station. " Psrbaps that was just what made my imssry," softly. " What ! my going for a short drive with Archie ' Really, Sir (iuy, you will soon be taken at a model of propriety. Poor old Archie ! I am afraid I shan't be able to make you miserable in that way again for a very long time. How I wish thoee tiresome lawyers would let him alone !" " Ask them to surrender him," says "Don't you know it did *** " Well, perhaps I didn't mean <|uitettut. Did you mean all you said this uorning T" " Not all, I suppose." " How much of it then ?" " I'nless I were to go through the whale of our conversation again, I could not tell you that, and I have no wi*h to do ao : to be pained" in a low voice " as 1 have been, once in a day is surely sur&cisn t. " " Don't imagine I feel the least sorrow for you," *ays Lilian, making a wild attempt at recovering her ill humor, which has melted and vanished away. (TO BE OOCTIWDBD.) Gay, irritably. "I would," - -cheerfully," if I thought it would do the least good. But I know they are all made of xdamant." " Lilian," suddenly, unexpectedly, " is there anything between you and your cousin '" "Who? 1 ' with wide awake, innoeent, suspiciously innocent eye*, "Taffy?" "No," impatiently : " of cootae 1 mean Chesney," looking at her with devouring interest. " Ye*," disconsolately, with a detire for revenge, " more miles than I car* to count." " 1 feol" staaiily " it i* a gross rude ness my asking, and I know you nerd not answer me unless you like : nut" with a quick hrrath " try to answer my question. Has any thing paaeed between you and Ches- , nyr " Not much." mildly : " one thrilling . lore-loll*!, and that ring." " He never asked yon to marry him ? ' ! with renewed hope. "Oh, by the by, I quite forgot vhat, " in differently. " Yes, he did ask me so much." " And you refuted him ?" asks (iuy. The Itrlrmrr, f l.dli In resigning his position as Commander- in-Chief of the Indian Army. General Lord Roberts recently delivered a most impor- tant addrvM at Bombay. Exceedingly popu- lar, a* well ss admired and respected, it was not surprising that a magnificent ban- quet should have been tendered to him upon that occasion, aad that bis remarks regarding the defences ol ar Indian Km Dire should have been widely commented upon both at home aad abroad. Because Lord Robert* is nn carpet soldier. Hi* views are derived from keen insight and long experience, and have been vigorously put into practice. For many years, indeed, Kir Frederick Roberts ranked with Sir (iarnet Wolaeley a* one of the two leading British generals of the time, though his prowess and succeas hid been mainly limit- ed to the active operations of frontier warfare. There, bowever, his brilliant strategy, rronderful marche* over difficult ground, and genins for striking hard and swift blows at the enemy's most vital point, have made his name as tamoiu as the Red River, Asaantee aad Kgypttin campaign* have tliai ol General Lord Wolseley. Coming therefor* from an officer who knows Afghanistan, the Northwest frontier and border Stale* of India, together with its general defences, ss perhaps no other niau can, the following remarks at Bombay are most important : It is impcesibl* to exaggerate the value of our frontier defences in counteracting the front of an open attack from the direction of Afghanistan. These defences have se- cured the frontier arsenal* aad the mam line of communication to the rear. In the event of the troop* being engaged iu oper- ation* on a large scale acrosi the border these defences will furnish an advance buia for the field army. The monl effect is also extremely Ixntticial in affording proof of t he determination of Great Britain to filfll her engagements to protect the Afghans against foreign aggression. "' And he goes on t point out ths tmportaec* of a mobile and well equipped field army ss an essential part of the system of frontier defence. Without that the most thorough "scientific frontier" would be comparatively useless ; with it, many omissions in that respect may be overcome. But he states that, while the border defences are in splendid shape, 'the army in "India has never been more efficient." That army numbers '218,000 men of all rank*, the H.uropeen division comprising 74, OO) and the native army under British officers 144,000 men. Betide* this regular army there is a very large irregular force of native troop*, perhaps 400.UOU or 300.0UO. ually any penitent glance or thought. The eagerly, intensely, growing white and cold i fc , ul ,"by t'.e I'rincrs of Feudatory India! tnndrr ti.rt*ivr h*Aiitv nf the irruwiliff niffllt hantAth 1 1 ninnn'a nitil*a rtvi I hat seas* I -^ v the noon of would she T Bah t he draws himself np with a shiver, and smiles coulemptunniily at the absurdity Lilian is al St*ynemor she Is quite safe." Still she may bs expecting someone to go for her." tender pensive beauty of the growing night i almost lost upon them. "All round wa ullll ami mini flight \S a^ fmi up|iroiwlilng: up th un< limited iky The Klorloim moon punned her path of light . Ami -hex! n."ilv ry iplendor fur anil nisjh : TII\. avc of the night- wmd' gcntlot ot his own fears, assuring himself she will . " I think, if so, she would ha"e told you certainly be home to dinner. shs was going," dryly. But dinner comes, and yet no Lilian ', " Tcm hates sending his homes out at I AI|> Chetwoode naa been obliged to give in night," says Ouy, which is a weak remark, an hour ago to one of her severest head- , Tom Sityue being far to > indolent a man ache*, ana now lies prone upon her bed, so to make a point of hating anything, that Miss Beauchamp and Guy perforce pre- Does he?" with calm surprise, and a pare to partake of that meal alone. ' prolonged scrutiny of her coutm's faae. "I Florence is resplendent in cream-color and fannied him the most careless of men on blue, which doesn't suit her in the least, that particular subject. Before he was though itistpretty gown, one of ihe prettiest married he used to drive over here night in her wsrdrobe, and has been donned by after night, and not care in the least how her to night tor Uuy's special delectation, long he kept the wretched aaimala stand- finding a tete-a-tete upon the cards. I ing in ths cold." Chetwood* regards her with feverish 1 "Hut that was when ho was making anxiety as she enters the drawing-room, love to Mabel. A man in love will comma hoping to hear some mention made nf the soy crime.' absenl Lilian ; but in this hope he is disap- Oh, no ; long before that" pointed. She might never have bnu a guest j "Perhaps, then, it was when he wo* at Chetwnodo, so little notice does Miss making love lo you," with a slight smile. Beatiohamp lake of her non appearance. This is a sore point. She says something amiable about " Aunt | " I don't remember that lime," says Miss Anne's" headache, suggest* a new pill a* an Ileauchamp, with perfect calmness but a unfailing cure for " that sort of thing," and suspicion* mdrawmg of her rather meagre then cats hsr dinner | laoidly, quietly, and, Up*. " If some ou* must go out to-night, with a careful kindness that not one of ths Guy, why not send Thorns* ?" dishes shall fell slighted by her preference ' " Because I prefer goiiifr myself," replies for another, patronizes all alike, without he quietly. missing ny. It is Indrod a ma'ter for I Passing through the ball on his way to wonder and secret admiration how Miss , the door, he catches up a heavy plaid that Beauchamp nan so slowly, anil with such a happens to be lying there on a aide-coueh, total absence of any appearance of gluttony, and, springing into the npeii trap 01 teidn, gi-i through so much in so short a space of , drives away quickly under the pale cold time. She has evidently a perfect talent for rays of ths moon. tling any amount of viands without I He has refused to taks any of th.' seeming to do so, which it must lie admit- servants with him, and so, alone ted, it a great charm. | with hit thoughts, follows the road that To-ni^ht I fear Guy scarcely sees ihe Isada toSleyneinora. beauty of it. He Is conscious of fading dis- | They are not pleanai.t thoughts. Using gust and a very passion nf impatience. Does only a man. Its has accepted Mis* Iloau- he not nntia* Lilian's absence? Will she champ''! prctnndftd doubts about Lilian's never speak of it? A strange fear lest she safety a* real, and almu*t pertuadrs bin 1 - should express i^noraiup nf his ward's p|f his present jonrnsy will hear him only whereabouts lien his o-.vn tongue. Hut she, beneath the moon's pitiless rays, that seem to lake a hear'.leea pleasure in lighting up hu agitated face at this momont. Rut L.lian s eye* ar* turned away from his : so ll.is degradation is spared him. " No no, not exactly," replies she. " Yon accepted him ?" with dry lip. and ' j T ' on 7,, r "I" Could rW.h ine ear ' growing despair. A dead silence reigns bet ween them, they ! " No, not exactly, again return* Mis* both gar.* with admirable perseverance at Ohesney. with aflected hesitation, the horse's ear*. Never before lias that I " Then what did you At ?" paesionately, good animal been troubled by two such , " imputient fear getting the better of his stoady stares. Then Lilian slirt slightly, j temper. and a little chattering sound esoapee her. I I don't feel myself at liberty to tell that r- uses Guy lo speech. j you," retorts Lilian, with a provoking as " You ar* tired P be says in freeiintj lumption of dignity. Sir tiny look* as though he would like to isprtte. ' IK Ml hitter disappointment. As to what he is going to do if Lilian ha* not been seen at Steynemore., that it a matUj ,. win. h ho refuse* lo speculate. Drawing near the h'Misn, his nu|H'iise and fuar giS- almost lieyond hounds. Demounting at the hall- door, which ilandi partly opon he Hings th>' reins to Jericho, and, going into the had, turm ui the direction of the. drawing-room. \V hile he stands without, trying to sum- mon courage to enter Imldly, and literally trembling with nuppreavd anxiety, a low, laniji soft l null blo breaktiipon liisenr. As ho hears he doet, sho must know, and presuutly o doubt will tell him. M.IW mm h more nf that cream is she go- ing to cut I Surely when the servant* go he will say immnt lung. Now she has near- ly done: thank the s'arn the last bit liai diaap|>eard 1 She Is going to -lay down her spoon and acknowledge horatilf satislied. 11 1 think, Guy, I will take a little more, very little, plsaae. This new cook etm* quite aiitfu-to-y," sayi Florence, in her slow, even, self congratulatory way. A nativity exclamation trembles on Sir Guy s hpt : by a supreme o'.i' >rt he tupress- s it, and gives her the Hin&llosl help of ths dr.iMil cif.uii that decency will psrmit. After whnh h* motions Hilnnlly tl..iu'li nploiily to one of the men to remove all tlio dlthot, lest by any ohance his cousin rhoiild IMI tempted to try thu cream a third lime. Mi- ..n dinner ha* gone away literally n-its'rd. A iciril>l<i misgiving Is onnsum- ,ng IIIIM. ords arn Klill ringing anil BUT'".' in hu bruin, "I "hall never n-liii-, il< ull^ nil licr hail lne.i, her In r hot temper. What If, in > n cm -I prii'e anil rago, >hs i.)n.iil.l hav* really OODO with her c niiin 1 1 t | i* inipoMibie I rid)Jiitly, nil i ly imp< s- 1 face is full of soft linos of amutement. it, the blood rushei to his faoe ; involuntar- ily ho raises his hand l In- throat, and lhitii(itiid only then) quit* rValne* how awful hat been the terror that for four lung hours has been com inning him Ths mxl mutant, cold and collected, he turns the handle of the door, and go** In. I non a low neat opposite Mabel Steyne ills Lilian, evidently in I ho Rsyral spiiits. No shadow of depression, nn thought of all i ho inentni agony he has been enduring, mars the brightness nf h< i t.,.,..,., , she 11 laughing. Her Uistroiit sxur* eyes are turned upward* to her fi lend, who is laughing alio in tpimrr.it appreciation of her iiuttl's jest ; her parted lips nuke merry dimples in her oneekt ; hor whole tones. Very." fold?" Very " " Then put tlrs round you, "disagreeably, but with evidsi.t anxiety, producing thr coty plud. 1 No, thank you." ' Why ?" sui prised. (localise il is ynurs," replies the, with such open and childish spite as at any other tun.' would have brought a smile to his lip*. Now it brings only a dull pain to his heart. " 1 am sorry I only brought what yon will not wear," he answer* : " it did not occur to me that you might carry your dislike to m* even to my clothe*. In future I shsll be wiser." Silence. ' Do put it on '" anxiously : " you were coughing all last week." I wouldn't !M hypocritical, if I were you," with wilhenug acorn. " I feel sure it would I* a matter for rejoicing, where you are concerned, if I coughed all ne*t week and the week after. No : keep your plaid." "You are the most wilful girl I *v*r met, wrathfully. " No doubt. I dire, say you have met only angels. I am not one, 1 rejoice to say. Florence is, you know ; and nne piece of perfection should be. enough in any house- hold. " Silence a;;ain. Not a sound upon the night- air but the clattor nf the horse's feet as he covers bravely the crisp dry road, and the ruslm.g of the wind. It is a cold wind, sharp and inlry. It whistles past them, now IIK y have gained the side ol th* btr* moor, with .-ool k.>emiete, cutting uncivilly th* tops of their ears, and making them sink their nejks lower in their covering]. Mias Cbetney's small hand* lie naked 'ip- on the tug. F.ven in the indiinnct liRrjt h* kmws that they are shivering and ahnoat blue. " W here are your gloves ?" he asks, when he "n bear th* enforced still. ic* no longer. " I forgot th-m M Mabel's." Impulsively he lays hit own bare hi-ml upon tiers, and finds it chilled, nearly free*- ing. " Kuep your hands inside the rug," he says, angrily, though there it a strong cur- rent f pain underlying the anger, "and put this shawl on you dirci-ily." " I will rot," says Lilian, though in truth she U dying fer It. " 'ou shall, "returns I 'hot wood*, quietly, in t .one he seldem net, hilt which, when u'c.l, is irldoru dlso'jeycd. Lilian sul'nrts to the mnttl.ng in .lrnw, and, though unt- il) ungrateful, i* Inwardly honestly re- .', at It. A* bs fasten* il Iwneath her Inn, In t. .| Ins head, until his oys aio on a level with hers. and who, like the N'ixara of Hyderabad, would be only too glad lo have an oppor- tunity of ofering their services in time of war. Many of them, indeed, fellow ed the Nir .tin's offered gift of $I,O*>U ''.>> a year for three year* in order to -cl the Indian akiug sinnlai proffer* * few year* since. Ws may therefore conclude that Russia, if she cares to cause trouble, will meet an ample and formidable defence upon the frontier and in the interior of our vast Indian Kmpire. give her a good shake, though indeed it is quite a question whether he has even the spirits for so much. He relapses into sulky si'ence, and roakoa no further attempt at conversation. " However," says Lilian, to whom silence is alway* irksome, " I don't mind telling yoo wha/ I shall do if he asks me again," What " almuel indifferently. " I shall accept him." "You will du very wisely," in a clear though constrained voice that doesn't at- together inpoee apon Lilian but nev.rthe- j fc^ . ~ ^o lees disagree* with her. " He It very rich, ' very handsome, and a very good fellbw all inund." " I don't much care about good fellows," perversely:" Ihey are generally deadly low ; I urn almost surs I prefer the other soi t. I am afraid mine is not a well regulat- ed mind, as I confess I always feel more kindly dispose.! towards a man whsn I hear something bad nf him." " Perhaps if I told yon lomething bad about myself it might make you feel mote I kindly ife*|vosrd towards me, " with a slight ' smile. Perhaps il might. Hut I believe yon are incapable of a bad action. Husides, if I telt myself going to tike you, 1 thould ttop myself instantly." A pained, hurt expression falls into hi* *ys. 1 think," he at.)*, very gently, " you mutt make a point of referring all your cruel speeches for me alone. Do you gueea how they hurt, child ? No, I am sure you do not : your face is far too sweet to belong to one who wouM willingly inflict pain. Am I to be always despised and hated ? Why- will vnn never be friends with me ?" " Bsoaiise" in a very low whisper " you are so seldom good to me. " " Am I ? You will never know how hard I try to he. Hut" taking her baud in hu " my efforts are always vain. " He glances sorrowfully at th* little hand he holds, ami then at the pre, fy face beneath the rtl\e> hat so near him. I, dun does not return his gl,nce : *<er eye* are lowered, her other hand is straying nervously over the tiger- skin that covets her knrt-M ; they have tor- gotten all about the cold, the dreary night, everything: fora full half mile they drive on thus silently, her hand resting unio- sittm jly in his ; after elnch hu again breaks themnrt that exists between them. "Uid you mean whst you said a little lime ngo al>out Chelwoode not being your " 1 luppns* so," in a rather changed snd far ifti tune: "Yea. What claim have I on Chetwoode?" " Hut your ton-- implied that if even you had a claim it would be distasteful to you." "DM tor Twey neek le Cities Some indication of the movement of popu- lation '.o the large centre* may be gathered from tnecnntut figure*. In 1S.SI there weir in Canada .11 -ill** and towns each havm, more than .">,> inhabitant* ; now there an forty seven. Six of these St. John. N.B., Cha-lolletown, P. K. I.. Sv Catharines. Onl. Three Kivers, Qua,, Levis, l^ue. , snd Port Hope show slight decrease* during th* decade. The remaining forty one thow substantial growth, and many of the-n have gone forward by leaps and bound*. Vaa- couver, l>. i '. , with a population of l.'t,'-" '. Hence during the ten years. Next in point of nrogreas come three Western cities New Westminster, B. C.. with an increase equal to .'U'J percent.; \\innipttg.-Jjl pe-.-oe.iu. ; and Victoria, B. - 1 per cent. Two municipalities m Hochslaga, snhurbi of Montreal, .iave flourished exceedingly. They are Su Henri which shows an increase of HW per csut., and St. Cuuegot.de, which hu expanded by 91 par cent. Of the older ciues Toronto lias been by far the moat prosperous. It* growth represent* an addition of SC per cent, to it* population, while Montreal has increased by 'M por cent.. Kingston and Hamilton by 36 percent., and London by 21 per cent. hli I.-.I t !>< Weight *f CfBta. On* in. niiiiient io Knglaml, says Mr. Gunn. in "AliU-ys and Caa ties," especially deserve* attention from the heartrending ciuiiiustance which dictated il* oreciiuu 1 1 is to the memory of a child of the house. of Chando*, who died as it was about to l christened, and in the arm* of it* nurse King George 111. and Vjueen Charlotte being sponsor*. Still the ceremony wu performed, and the body, inclose.! in a silver coffin, reposes within the sarcoph- agus her* erected. The JomeiiUM ol the family stated the infant's death to have bee*) caused by the Height of gold and |gcm* pressing on its breast at the time of >pum. A very complete report has bes-i made by the Ontario I>ehornin< fVminisc 11, and, what i< equally of importance, it has been piomptly made. The communion wa ap* pointed iu March, ISJiy, and in November of ths same year forwarded it* deliverance to the Government. A handy m " \ i>t ihe evidence, which accompanies the volume, inakss it easy to ilioci ver the ) l "'o'inii* upon which the ciminisio:i." r<iciied tlicircon- clumou*. It weius to he abun.U aly shown ibat drhoinint; does not detract from th* value of animals, and doe* not muVt severe or lasting pain upon t'em. Man has bv d.'in'Hti.-ating cattle dratniyvd Ik. useful- ness) of horns and ths next tep v>*il prob- adl) li to abolish ths unnccrssar) rj- bers.