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PHYLLIS. i AwPx* of "Molly BAWD/. "The Baby,' Kairv Lilian." et&.etc. Atey ' fit wu very white, and bis lira were tightly compressed. And I think there were tar in his eyes. Oh, Phyllis' ont-M Hebe, tnumioimiely, rising to pu*h her hair back nbrf ly , aud begin oiatj to pace MM room, when 1 saw the tea iu hie yws 1 almost gave in. Jlmr>t, mark you, not quite. I am too well trained lor thai." 1 1 think I would have relented." " I am lore you would ; bat your educa- tion hai bea to different. Upon thit earth," aaya Btbe, slowly, there ia nothing ao mean ar deepioable aa a woman born and bred at I am. Taught from our cradle* to took on money and money's worth as the principal good to be obtained in lite ; with the watchword!, ' an excellent match,' a rich marriage,' 'an eligible parti,' drum- med into onr ear* from the time we pat on Bashes and tracks. Then in something desperately unwholesome about the whole ttUDg." "Bid yOU Btver see him since? ' ask I, deeply Impressed by t> r ">oner and the, love-affair generally thing I know. He is perfectly adorable. And eo handsome as ha is. too I It la quite a pleaaurs alone to sit and look at him. ' " Are) you going away now '.'" seeing ber rise. " Yes ; it is all hours, or, rather small hours, and Marmaduke will be here in a moment to scold me for' keeping you from your beanty-aleep. Good-night, dearest, and forget what a goose I made of myself. Promise me." " I oannot promise to forget what I never thought," I reply, giving her a good hug, and ao we part for some hours. Still, I do not go to bed. Her story has affected me deeply, and sets me pon- dering. I bave aeen ao little real bona fide sentiment in my home life that probably it interests me in a greater degree than it wonld most girls of my own age differently reared. I sit before my fire, my hands clasped round my kaeee, for, half an hour, cogitating as to ways and means of reunit- ng my friend to her beloved for tbat Lord Chandoe has ceased to regard ber itb feelings of ardent affection is a thing '. neither oan nor will believe. I am still vaguely planning, when Mar- maduke, ooming in, orders me off to my ilumbers, declaring my roses will degene- arte into lilies it I persist in keeping such dissipated hours. CHAfTU XXI. We had such a jolly drive over ; never wanted the whip the whole way, except for the flies.' what a shook it was." " Billy ia coming home to-day," ia the i-acair generally. I first thought that occurs to me as I spring Never until lo-nignl. You may fancy Ifa,,,, mj 5^ ou the m0 rning of tbe nine- I teentb and run to tbe window. It is a glo- riona day onteide, sunny and warm and bright, full of that air of aabdned summer tbat always belongs to September. Boon I shall see him ; Boon I ahall wel- come him to my own home. Alan, alas 1 tbat BO many hours must pass before be oan enter my expectant arms ! Bebe, who is immensely amnsed at my impatience, declares herself prepared to " And be didn't even kiu you before going away, as he thought, for ever ?'' I exclaim, nawissly. Kiss me," isverely. " How do yon mean, Phyllis ? Of coarse he did not kiss me ; why should he ?" Ob, 1 don't know. I suppose it would have been unusual," I return, overwhelmed with confusion. " Only it seemed to me I mean is U so good to be kissed by one we love.'' 41 Is it ?" coldly. " I am net fond of I batten to change) tbe subject. " When h was gone, bow wretched yon muit bave tell! I suppoee I did. But I abed no Uars ; I was too unhappy, I think, for mere cry ing. However" with sudden recklessness " it ia all over now, and we bave lived through it. Let ua forget it. A month after tbe awens I have just described, tbs old lord eoid bis sons were drowned, and Travera Kverett came in for everything. Yon see wfaat I lost by being mercenary. " I wonder, when he became so rich, be did not eome back directly and askryon all Hi knew rather better than that, I take it," aays Bebe, witb a slight accession of hautnu; and for the second tims I feel Mbamed of myaslf and my ignoble senti- ments. " He went abroad and stayed there nttl now. He don't look as though be bad lover-much, does be?" with a laugh. ' A broken heart is tbe moat cnreable thing I know. I thought I had nsver aen sum look BO well." " A man oannot pine for aver," I say, in aWenae of tbe absent. Tben, rather uer v- oaaly, " I wonder wh*n you will marry now, Bebe 7" "Never, most probably," kneeling down en the hearth- nut. You see I threw away my good look, r ortuns will aoarosly be eo oomplaisaut a second time," says Bebe, with* gay langb, laying ber head down upon my lap ; and tben In another moment I became aware tbat sbe ia Bobbing pas- atonalely. Tbe leajra riss thickly to my own eyee, yet I find no words to comfort ber. I keep alienee, and sutler my fingers to wander caressingly through her dark tresses aa tbey lie scattered aqroas my knees. Per- baps tbe greatest eloquence would not have been so acceptable aa that silent touch. In a very abort tims tbe storm passes, said Bebe, raising ber face, covers it witb ber hinds. 11 I have not been crying," aha aays, witb wilful vehemence ; " yon must not think I bave. If yon do, I will never be your friend again. How dare yon say I abed team for any man?" ' I did not aay it, Bebe. I will never aay it," I return, earnestly. She puts) ber bare arms around my neck >nd Isys hex bead upon my shoulder in snob a position that 1 oannot see her faoe, and ao remains, staring thoughtfully into the Are. I know yon will be very angry witb me," I nay presently, " but I must* say it. 1'erhaps yon will marry bim Borne time." " No, never, never. Do yon think it ? I refused him when be was poor ; I wonld not accept him now he is rich. How oould you svsr imagine it ? Even were be to aek me again (which, believe me, is the moat unlikely thing tbat oonld happen), I wonld give bim tbe same answer. lie may think me heartleae ; be anall not think me ao mean a thing as that." " If be lovee yon be will think no bad of you." Yon do well to say if.' I don't sup- i be doea love me now. He did onoe." er arms tighten round me, although I think for tbe moment she ha* forgotten me and everything and is looking back upon tbe past. After a littls wbils sbe eaya, again, " Yes, be did love me onoe." " And doee still. I am sure of it. Hia whole faoe changed when he saw you this evening. I remarked it, though I am not generally famous for keen observation. It is impossible be oan bave forgotten yon, Bebe." " Of coarse. Tbere are ao few pretty people in tbe world, ' witb a smile. " Tbe change you saw in him to-night, Phyllis, wae probably surprise ; or perhaps disgust, at finding himself so unexpectedly thrown swain into my society. He did not once address me during tbe evening." " Hew oonld be, when you devoted your- elf in snob a provokingly open manner to tbat ridiculous boy, and afterwards allowed Captain Jenkins to monopolize yon exclu- sively 7 I wish, Bebe, you would not," "Indeed I shell," says Miss Beatoun, petulantly ; " I shall flirt as bard an ever I oan with every one I meet. He iball not think I am dying of chagrin and disnp. potntment-" " And will yon not even apeak to Lord Obaodoa ?" 11 Net if I can help it Bo yon need not nay another word. If yon do, I will report yon to Marmaduke aa a dangerous little match- maker, and perhaps marry Captain Jenkins. I bave really met more disagree- able men. And as) for China," aaya Bebe, who has seemingly recovered all her wonted gayety " tbat boy is the moat amusing fall in love with Billy on the spot tbe very moment sbe sees him. " I am passionately attached to boys," she says, meeting me in the corridor about half-pant three (I am in such a rambling, unsettled condition as compels me to walk from pillar to poet all day) ; ' I like their society wituena my devotion to Chips and they like mine. But tor all tbat, I ahall be nowhere witb your Billy . yon bave another guest in your house who will take his heart by storm." " Whom do you mean ?" " Lady Blanche Going. I never yet saw tbe boy who oonld resist her. Is it not odd 7 Ia she not tbs last person one would select as % favorite witb youth 7" " I hope be will not like her." I cry, impulsively ; tben, testing myself, without cause, ungracious, " tbat IB of course I do not mean tbat only " "Ob, yes, you do," says Miss Beateuo, ooolly ; yon would be very sorry if Billy were to waste bis affection ou her. So wonld I. You detent ber ; so do I. Why mince mat- ters 7 But for all that your boy will be ber sworn slave, or I am much mistaken. If only to spits you, sbe will make bim ber friend. Yea. And are yoa glad to see me, Billy ? Were jon lonely without me ? I was so lonely without you ! But come upstairs to your room, and I will tell yon everything." As I am drawing bin eagerly away I catch sight of Marmadnke's faoe, who has been silently regarding na all thia time, himself unnoticed. Something in bin expression touches me with remorse. I turn up to bam and lay my hand upon his arm. " Thank you tor bringing him," I say, earnestly, " and for letting him have the reins. I noticed that. You have made me very happy to-day." " Have I ? It was easily done. I am glad to know I have made you happy for even one short day." He smiles, but draws his arm gently from my grasp as be speaks, and I know by the lines across his forehead some painful thought baa jarred upon him. 1 am feeling self-reproachful and sorry, when Billy's voice recalls ms to the joy of the present hour. " Are you coming ?" says the autocrat, impatiently, from the first step of the stairs, with about six bulging brown -paper paroels in his arms, tbai evidently no human power oould have induced to enter the port- manteau that stands beside him. " Come." be says again ; and, forgetfol of everything bat the fact of bis presence near me, I race him upstairs and into ths bedroom my own hands have made bright for him, while the elegant Thomas and the port- manteau follow more slowly in our rear. " What a capital room !" says my Billy, ' and lots of space. I like that. I bate being cramped, as I always am at boms." and Babe all declare me young and too alight lor it 11 But why 7 her?" What bave I ever done to " Nothing ; only it U intolerable somebody should admire yon so much." And with a mischievous glance, Miss Bea toun disappears round the corner. "Marmaduke," say I, seizing my hus- band by the arm as the dog cart oomes round to tbe door for final orders, prepara- toty to starting for the station (it ia almost five o'clock), ia William going for Billy 7 I wiab / oould go. You don't think be will expect " 1 hesitate. Harmaduke reads my face attentively for a minute, then pouden a little. " Yon think be may be disappointed if 'sloomed only by a groom?" be sayB witb a smile. " Take tbat little pucker off your forehead, Phyllis , I will bring your Billy to you myself," and mounting the dog- 't, drives off to tbe station without another word. At a quarter to six I run upstairs and get myself dreaaed for dinner although we do not dine until half -past seven hurrying through my toilet with the most exaggerated baste, ae if fearing tbey may arrive before it is finished; and I would not ones being the first to greet my boy for all tbe world contains. When I onoe more reach the drawing- room it still wants five minutes to the pro- mised time. Lady Blanche Going and one or two of tbe men are lounging here. She raises ber bead aa I enter, and scans me languidly. " Do we dine earlier than usual to-night, Mrs. Carriugton ?" she asks, with curiosity. " No ; not earlier than usual. It was a mere whim of mine getting my dressing over BO soon." " Oh, I quite forgot your brother ia com- ing," she aaya, with a faint smile, bending over ber work again. Sbe looks as though sbe were pitying my youthful enthusiasm. I make no reply. A quarter past aix. Surely tbey ought to be here by this. Twenty live minutes past six ! I rise, regardless of comment, and gaze up tbe avenue. Oh, if anything should bave prevented bis coming! Are not masters always tyrants 7 But even in auob a eaae ought not Marmaduke to be back by this to tell me of it? I am just picturing to myself Billy 'a chestnut looks be d.bbled witb bia gore, when something smite* upon mine ear. Surely it is the sound of wheels. I flatten my nose against tbe window-panes and strain my eyes into the gathering twilight. Yea, fast as the good hone oan bnng them they come. A moment later, and the dog-cart in full awing rounds the corner, while in it coated to tbe chin, and in full possession cf tbe reins, sits my brother, with Marmaduke quite a secondary per- son smiling beeida him. I utter an exclamation, and, flinging my book from me blind to the smiles my gnetts oannot restrain I rush headlong from the room, and in another instant have Billy folded in my arms. Surely a year has gone by since fast I saw him. " Oh, Billy, Billy I" I ory, clinging to him,, tbe tears in my ayes, while glad smiles flgbt for mastery upon my hpe. " la it really yon ? It seems years and years since last we were together. Ob, how tall you have grown, and how good- looking r " Ob, I'm all right," returns Billy, gra I am glad you like it," I reply bubbling over with satitfactioa. I settled it myself, and had the carpet taken off, because I knew yon would prefer the room without it, But I desired them to put the narrow pries all round the bed, lest your fset should be cold. Yon won't object to that '.'" " Ob, no ; it may remain, if you have any fancy for it." I am about to loggest that aa it is not intended for my bate feet it does not affect ms one way or the other ; but, knowing argument with Billy to be worse than use- less, I refrain. "Have yon sny dress clothes?" I ask, presently, somewhat nervously. " No ; I never bad any dress-clothes in my life ; where would I get them ? but I have black breeches and a black jacket (like a shell-jacket, yon know), and a white shirt and a black lie. That will do, won't it? Langley sayi 1 look uncommon wsll in them ; and you ue when I'm dressed up and that. I'll be aa fit ae the best of 'em." "Far nicer than any of them," I respond, with enthusiasm, and be does not oon- tradiot ms. When the garments just described hsve been laid on the bed, Billy discloses symp- toms of a desire to get into them. I leave the room. When, bait an hour later, the drawing- rcom door opens to admit him, and lookii g up I see my brother's well shaped bead and alight boyish ngnre, a strange pang of delight and admiration touches my heart. I Introduce him to Harriet, who IB near- est to me ; then to Sir George Aabursl. then to Captain Jenkins ; afterwards I Isave him to his own devices. I am glad to hear him chatting away merrily to kind Sir George, when a voice, addressing him from an opposite sofa, uakes me turn. The voioe belongs to lady Blanche Going, and sbe is smiling at him in her laziest, most seduotive manner. " Wont you come and speak to me ?" she says, sweetly. Mrs. Carrington will not find tims to present yon to every ens, and I oannot wait for a formal introduction. Corns here, and let me tell you I like Etoni- ans better than anything else in the world." Sir Mark's moustache moves slightly, just sufficient to allow bis lips to form them- selves into a faint sneer . wbils Billy, thus summoned, crosses over and falls into the sest beside ber ladyship. "Do yon, really?" he says. " But I'm awfully afraid I Khali destroy your good opinion of uvYou see, the fact is" he goes on, candidly" I have ao little to say for myself, I fear in a very few minutes yon determination, and the dress is ordered and sent down. It ia a moat delectable old dreas, rejoicing greatly in " old point ;" and when I am in it and Martha baa fastened the diamonds in my hair and ears and round my throat and wrists and waist, I contemplate myself in a lengthy mirror with feelings akin to admiration. Having dismissed my maid, who professes harself loat in pleased astonishment at the radiant spectacle I present, I go softly to 'Dnke'a dressing-room door, and, bearing bim whistling within, open it quietly. Standing motionless, framed in by tbe portals, I murmur, " Marmadnbe." Ha turuB, and for a nument regards me silently. " My darling !" be aays tben, in a tone of glad surprise, and cornea quiokly np to me. "Am I looking -well ?" I ask tremu- lously. " 'Well !' yon are looking lovely," returns he, with enthusiasm, and, taking my hand carefully, aa though fearful of doing some injory to my toilet, leada me before hia glass. " Bee there," be says, " what a perfect little picture you make." I atare myself out of countenance, and ans thoroughly satisfied with what I see. " I bad no idea I could ever appear ao presentable," I aay, half aby, wholly de- d. lighted. " Yoa shall be painted in that dress,' declares 'Duke, warmly, " and put all those antiquated dames in the picture-gallery in tbe shade." "Are not ths diamonds beautiful?" exclaim 1. "And my glavts snob a good fit I And" anxiously " Marmaduke, ale Imgly upon his arm, " You are like an take my eyes off > will vote me a bore. However, yon are kisses, warmly, it is oionsly givi trne, but with none of the lingering tender ness that Jbaraeterfzea mine. " I don't think a fellow alters mnob in a month. Though really, now that I look at you, you appear very tall, too, and thin, I think. quite welcome to anything I bave to say ; and wbeu yon are tired of me please aay so ?', 11 Ob, tbat your elders bad half your wit I" exclaims her ladyship, with ao elective but bewitching shake of her bead. " It tbey would kut come to tbe point as yon do, Mr. Vernoa, what a great deal of time might be saved I" " Oh, I say, don't call me that," aays my brother, with an irresistible laugh ; every one calls me Billy.' I shouldn't know myself by any other name. If yon insist on calling me Mr. Yemen I shall fancy yon bave found reason to dislike me." " And wonld that be an overwhelming calamity .'" " I should certainly regard it in that light. I like being friends witb beautiful people," returns Billy, with a faint hesita- tion, bat all a boy'* flattering warmth ; and ao on. Hare Bir James Haudoook, wakening from one of his usual flu of somnolence, actually takes tbe trouble to cross tbe room and put a question to his wife in an audible whisper. " Who is that handsome lad 7" he asks, Btaring kindly at Billy. (Ha WM absent when my brother first entered tbe room.) " Mrs. Carringtoo's brother," returns his wife, witb a sympathetic smile. " A really charming faoe," Bays Sir James, oriticizingly ; scarcely a fault. Quite a faoe for an artist's pencil." And I feel my heart warm towards Sir James liandoook. When dinner is announced, Lady Blanche declares ber intention of going down with no one but ber new friend ; and Billy, proud and enchanted, conducts her to tbe dining room ; while Bebe easts a " what did I tell yon ?" sort of a look behind their backs. Indeed, so thorough are the fascinations she exercises upon him tbat before the evening is concluded he ia hope- lessly and entirely her slave. cBirru xxii. It baa come at last the night of my first ball ; and aorely no girliab dfavtante in hsr first season ever felt a greater thrill of delight at thia mere fact than I, spite of my being " wooed an' married an' '." Behold me in my room arrayed for con- quest. Having onoe made np my mind to the black velvet though Mother and Harriet you ntre you like my hair?" " I like everything about yoa. 1 never saw you look half so well. I feel horribly proud of you." " Bestow a little of your admiration on my bouquet, if yon please. Sir Mark bad it sent down to me, all tbe way from Lon- don, and bis man brought it to me half an hour ago. Waa it not thoughtful '.'" " Very. I suppose" with a comical sigh " all the men will be making love to yon to-night. That's tbe worst of having a pretty wife ; sbe is only half one's own." Than, abruptly, changing tbe subject, What dear little round babyish arum!" stooping to preas bis lisps to each in turn. Tbey might belong to a mere child. "And you really think I am looking ii>'icnri<jht pretty .'" I ask, desperately, yet itha! very wistfully reading bis faoe for a reply. I do so ardently long to be classed among the well -favored people? " I should rather think I do. Why, Phyl- lis I of what earthly use is a mirror to yon ?" "As as pretty aa Dora?" with hesita- tion. I am gradually usaring ths highest point. " Pshaw t Dora, indeed 1 Sbe oonld not bold a caudle to you to be emphatic.' " Wall, here's a kiss for yoa," lay I, standing on tiptoe to deliver it in tbe exuberance of my aatitfaotioc, feeling, for onoe in my life, utterly and disgracefully conceited. Marmaduke, however, appearing at thia moment dangerously desirous of taking me into bis arms and giving me a hearty embrace, to the detriment of my finery, I I beat a hasty retreat, and go off to exhibit myself to mamma and Dora. His Grace tbe Duke of Cbillington and Lady Alicia Slate- Gore have arrived. Tbe rooms begin to look gay and vsry full. Hia Grace a well preserved gentleman, of unknown age adjusts his glsssss more carefully in bia right eye, and coming over, requests from me the pleasure of the first quadrille. I accept, and begin to regard myself as an important personage. I glance at myself in one of the long mirrors that line the walls, and seeing therein a slender figure, robed in velvet and literally flashing with diamonds, I appear good in my eyes, and feel a self -satisfied smirk stealing over my countenance. I am dimly conscious tbat darling mother is sitting on a sofa somewhat distant from me, looking as pretty as possible and abso- lutely flushed with pride and pleasure aa a great deal too equalled to my dulneM. 1 wi-n impatiently -I persist in my tbe quadrille wouUte^n u d gel itself over, that I may be rid uf i..n..more especially aa I am locgibg, with a keenneas that belongs alone to yr.utii, lor a wlu or a galop, or anything ?*'. aud inspiriting. At laat tbe batid <.;.<* up aud we take our plaoes. Mrn, '~iu is dancing with Lady Alicia hi itu (i r. ) and I are the only untitlsd people in tli.j -vt. Neverthe- less, aa I look at 'iv I'Uttikud I think to myself, witb a cert., - -a faction, that not one among us La- . -i', < arauoe BO hand- some or so dmtingu - i .-> his. Tbe quadrille bur-tat >u ead, Bir Mark Gore instantly clan..-, inu (uf the coming waltz, and, ae I i '> band very wil- -| ers: 1 | 'oiure. I oannot Who told you to dress yourself likeiuttl" " Myself. Is it in.' > <?" I ask, eagerly, casting another sun i ...iu glance at my youthful form aa . .ute near a glass. " Don't you think it bt-c miug?" " If I told you all 1 .huutfut, ' be exclaims, eagerly tben ohoki - hiuielf with an effort, and a rather . n-d laugh, continued "you might perht r.-.l me a lecture." Not I; I am not .u tue mood for lec- tures. I feel half-ii : \:.-ated witb excite- ment and pleasure, i. u. u nothing could bave power to annoy i r vex me to-night. Tbe very music thrill-. n>i ' Yon remind u. > : Bruwuing's little lady- Hhe was the smalixt l i> alive Mads to a piece ut uiuie' madness. Too small aluiusl fur ti. il and gladness That overflllo<l her. Yon remember her .' " Am I tbe Bmallr> i lady alive ?' Why, see, I am quite up to your shoulder. You insult me, sir. C m , dauoe, donee, or I will never forgive y u." He passes hia arm round my waist, and in another moment wt are walizing. Did I ever dance before, 1 wonder ? Or ia this acme new retinal ion ? I hardly touch the ground ; uiy heart my very pulses beat in LU.-> n with tbe perfect music. I stop, breatblesH, duxlied, radiant, and glance up at Sir Mark, with parted, smiling lips, as though eager in Lear bim aay bow delightful be too ban fourd it. He is a little pale. 1 fancy, and answers my smile rather slowly. " Ye*, it has btwu more than pleasant," be says, divining MI! answering my thought. i-tsnTii -*> *Mn He is not entbusnmiio ; and 1 am dissat- isfied. " Yon don't look." 1 , with inquisitive reproach, " as thougu >>u oujoyed it one bit." A ourious smile [ u- t ever Sir Maik's faoe. " Don't 1 ?" he replies quietly. " No. Decidedly tbe reverse even. Of courie" with a oeunideikble amount of pi jue " you oonld uve fuuud plenty of better dancers among ti > people here." "Perhaps I oonld ; iiuugu you must permit ms to doubt u 1 only know I would rather have y< u fr a partner than any one else in thertx.ui. I am not proof gn.- (lattery. A smile is born and grows n i. > round my lips, until at length my wbol. lace beams. "Well, yon migbi try to appear more contented," I say, wuu a lant feeble attempt at remonstrate . " When I get what I want I alwsyn > ok pleased." " I know yon do. Uu 1 am a thankleea being ; the more I KI tun uiore 1 want. Whsn a man ia atarvn >', to give bim a little only adds to the pang* he i-uffrra " The last bars of tbe waltz died ont witb a lingering, wailing n.u. A little bnsb falls. . . . Bir George Auurst, coming np, otters me his arm. (Tobscouiiua*! she beholds me and my illustrious partner. Dora, a little further down, is positively delicious in white Bilk and pink coral the eoral bring mine. Her still entertaining for me tbe old grudge does not prevent her borrowing of ms freely nuob things as sbe deems may snit her child like beauty ; while I, unable to divest myself of tbe idea that in eome way I have wronged her, and tbat but for me all these things she borrows would by right be hers, Isnd to her lavishly from all that I possess. To-night, however, in spite of tbe bewitch- inn simplicity of her appearance, I feel no jealous pangs. " For this night only," I will consider myself as oharmicg aa Dora. " Rather think it will be a severe season. Yon hunt 7" asks bis Grace, in rather high, jerky tones, having come to the conclusion, 1 presume, that he ought to say something. I answer him to tbe intent that I do not ; that in fact lowering to my pride as it may be to confess it I wonld rather be afraid to do so. He regards me with mneb interest and approval. "Quite ngbt; qnite right.' be says. " Ladies are ha charming yon know, of coarse, and tbat but in a bunting-field a mistake." I langb, and suggest amiably tbat he is not over-gallant. " No no ? really I Have I said any- thing rude ? Can't apply to yon, yon know, Mrs. Carringtoo, as you say you have no ambition to be in at tbe death. Women, aa a rule, never art, you know ; tbey are generally in a drain by that time and if a man sees them, unless he wants to be con- sidered a brute for life, be must atop and pull 'em ont. It takes nice feelings to do that gracefully, and witb a due regard to proper language, in tbe middle of a good ran. Charming girl. Miss Beatoun." " Very." " Pretty girl, too, in white ailk and tbe coral." II You mean my sister?" " Indeed indeed 7 Yon moat excuse the opennesa of my observations. I would nsver have guessed at the relationship. Can't discern the alighteat family resem- blance." He aaya this BO emphatically that I understand him to mean he considers me far inferior to Dora. I begin to think hia Grace an obtuse and undesirable person, sadly wanting in discrimination. No doubt be ia thinking my plainness only to be Irlfch IWwa. Mr. Ambrose O Rorfct, D. L , Ballybolsy, Abogbill, a member of au Id and respected family In the county uf Antrim, died on May 14th. "An inquest was bsld on May 21st in Dnb- nu on the body of Capt. Alt x. Bell, who had died suddenly whilo o/i bin honeymoon tour. The jury retarded a verdict of death from natural causes. The vacancy in tbe cffloercf Local Govern- ment Inspector, rtoemly omated by the death of Dr. George F. Rougban, Galway, has been tilled by tbe appointment of J >r Stewart Woodbonse, Dublin. About twenty dinguixcd men entered one night lately tbe bouse if Denuis Hayes, a farmer at Gortabola, Ti|prrary, and car- ried off bis daughter. Hr father bad re- fused to let tbe girl marry ber lover, hence tbe abduction. A brutal murder WAN committed near Hatbdrum, County Wioklow, ou May 19tb. Tbe victim was a wom*u i *med Moore, 80 yearn of age ; and the murderer, who beat her gun, brains L:I in ont witb -ii<iv*l, and stole i cash, and a cheque for 50, IB believed to be a re-ert.il noldier named Tobin. HOBHB RACINU i I ii: l'rl..loniil I ioi. ....!. ,,. I I,, II,,. <olu oiilin . II.M II. At a meeting of tbe r. mity Council of Lincoln on Friday, Mr. Nolle* moved, seconded by Mr. Cnlp, Tbat the county should discourage pn,ftHnoul horse trota at county and township fairs. Mr. Nellea took tbe gronnd tbat too much time ia spent in these mattem, ai.d tbat the tend- ency of these profession*,! horse trots ia detrimental to tbe interests ol shows. Mr. Strong thought tbe county bad no right to dictate how the money voted for shows is used. Mr. Culp raid that there was no attempt to control, but rather to recom- mend. Mr. Bnyder thought borne trotting was napping tbe foundation of the county, by perverting the attention of tbe sons of tbe county, who become excited and lose interest in everything else but trotting stock. Ths motion wait carried. Laejt Wednendey night when the guard at Calgary barracks went his round at 10 o'clock to see that tbe prisoners had retired, he found Bbindler, who bad received a sen- tence of a year's imprisonment and dia- obarg^e from the force, missing. He baa- not slnoe been found. Prof. Henry Ward lingers has an article in the last number of the North American lift-iftr going to show tbat the plots of tbe ynamiters do not fall within the provisions f tbe Neutrality Act. WifTglns predicts a big storm Sept. 1Mb.