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A Country Idyl. " Oh, Utt mo Uavu the city'B hiiftt, ItH fripperltiH aud formulitltio. And placu uiii-o uioro my llrud foot On naturu'ductualiliefl. I'll turn from fAHhion'H iniuiio train, Ita apitiK arts, itn hiMh diitdain, And hatno my tirtvl h€tartand brtiin 111 primilivii r<-ulitie». " Ho lurncil from " fahhiyii'B mimic train/' Aiitl K<mKht ttiH calm ruBticit:^ Of tU^hl and fun-Ht, liikn and jiJuii], UiHliijrdi'ncd ot imblirity. Hut horsu Mifs marked luni for their proy, And down his l.acklH)mt <liiy by day Tho caterpillar wimiid iiiH way III Hinuouiococutricity. And whon hfru-iitlj nonw arhnr »nun Hi! (1 lilt in thuuKhtful mvilry, Thu humhie tK)c add tumMokmg Would (Mrnc with nendiwh tlovllry, With da.iily l.ninI»*M^ run a race, Anrl itiari3t) in miliiarv ptct) Acrut..s inn blimred and hhstcrud face. lu Willi, tumultucus revelry. And whilo tli- sull bror/u from tJio Boulli Lapped him in dreams olynian, Thn Kay arevu In-K l«*'^p»^d in bis iiioatU With acroltu' pn-ciwion ; Tht! wookcliiit'k iiiiiihltid at bin uoso, Tho wt'aKdl i-liiwed up i>oth liiB houo, Th« Huako crawled thro' \t\» uuderclu'og In wunJcriu^' indecision. Ho lay ilun- iu llie valley fjri'i-n, The eiiy'rt htraiti to calm vU, And th« taruior with his mowing inachiuo Then innwi" 1 lji« outHtretcluMl arm otf. And thonlio reso wuh niurdtrouH will And r<mmod lliti earth and vowod tu kill All poetM who with f\endlHli RkiU tiuch pautural lies cuiUd p^lm oft. SHIRLEY ROSS : k Story of Woman's Faithfulness. " Thon yoii iiiual foryivo her," she said, ivortiiiK her cyeB from his fuce, witb & little paiiu at her heart when she bbw the pain ihtTo. " I havo (or^iven her ; but" â€" he panned, and his stronK fint;cra pulled nervouHly at hiu mUBtacho ; theu ho went on mfialyâ€" " 1 caro for her far too much tokuepupa uhuw of rcsentmeut against her ; HtiU I am not at all sure that it would not bo wist-r tu no away and never Bee hor again." " Why?" Shirley aakcd. " liec»u«t' because I can hardly think Bho uarea for me when she doubted mu on auch Blight (jrounda, Lady Glynn." Shirley ^;lancicl at him: there was no miHtakinn the pnin on hiu face; and she felt borry that a Kirl who had been fortu- nate enough to win snch alovo aa his ahould liavu been weak enua»;h tu doubt it, and eo raiHc^ duubt in hia owu mind. " Voa iiimt not say the Hroanda were Blight," Bhe aaid earnestly. "Most women,' I think, would liavo been vexed and pained and you must nut think that, because she had not perfect faith, she haa not perfect love. Oirln are dilferent from men, yoo know ; they want uonatant aasurancsc of the love they inspire, and you mnat try to forgot hor jealunay in love." " That ia luvo'a cnrac," ho answered, smiling, but hia face was brighter for the earneat words ahn hp.d spoken ; and the pain he had felt at the want of faith iu him which pretty Uoaie Venn had shown waa almost removed. rreacntly the aound of wheels rapidly approarliifi;^ the house made Madge atart up with i> qnick joyful e.xclamatioM. Hhirley tin rose to her feot , but her kneea tremble"!, mid aho WHS forced to ait down aijaia while »ho tried to appear coiiipoaod and to cjii'll tliu iiervona agitation which â- oi/X'd her. Madge tlew out into the hall, and Mr. hilton followed, for he feared that ho iiiiglit be needed in hIa profoaaional capacity if Hir Hugh bad returned with hia fritiidrt. Boon tlK: room door opened and 8ir Frederic (Jh|ihant i-nterod, going over to Bhirley with outatretchcd hands and very troubled I'yes; and, aa she looked up at him. her own were very dim. "My poor child," ho said, gently, "they would not accept bail 1 Wo did our boat." " I am euro of that," aho said gently, and turned away from him for a moment in silence. '• Uow did ho hear it ?" sho asked steadily then, looking at him with bravo Iteailfsst eyes. " Well and bravely," he answered warmly. " There waa a sad dignity about him which diaarmed oven thoao who were inclined to be bittoragainat him." " I am glad to know that," alio said. "Will thoy let mo see him'.*" " Vea ; if your are well enough and 0(inalto it, you may aoo him tomorrow." " Thank you, I ahall ho well enough. And Ouy I" "Guy romainodttt Adinbrooko ; howiahod to bo near Hir llunh." " Tliat ia like duy," aho said softly ; and daring the rest of tho day she was very (laiet. CUAl'TKH LI. ruiictually at I'J o'clock on tho ollowing day Lady Oliphaiit'a brougham drove through the quaint old town of Adinbrooko, and turned up tho hill where the oUl oaatle atood which waa now used aa tho county jail, and drew up at ita gate. Tho morning was fine and cliar, and, aa Hhirloy Ulynii and Ijady ()li|jliiuit paaaod into tho build- ing, a ray of wintry Hunahino fell on the younger wonian'a lovely face, touching it with a mnmeiitary brightnesa which faded as thoy oiitcreil tho comparative darknoaa within. Tho governor, a stately, military- looking man, with a Btcrii yet not unkindly faoo and a heavy iron-gray inn8laclie,cBino down to ineot them. He had met l.ady Oliphant before, and shook hands with her in a frank friendly faahion, bowing low to Bhirley aa ho did ao, and looking at her with interoalod eyes rh they went on to- gether. Ho had heard inmih of her beauty and graoe, and hor name hail boon familiar to him when hIio had been a iiueeii in aocioty and /cliii and sought after ami followed. Ilia face was touched with a deep com passion as ho preceded the two ladies to hia own private room, where Guy was wait- ing, looking haggard and worn and pale, aa if the night had been a long and rostlesa one. bhirley gave him hor hand in silence, and a gleam ot tenddrneaa atolo into hia weary eyoa as they met horu, while hia heart ached tor her with an agony which had never ceaaed even for a moment. If ho could havo spared her any further suffnr- ing, ho would gUdly have done so at tho oost of his own life; but this trouble noth- ing could lo'aaon paiiia, inlluenco, wealth, all wore alike power less. " I muHt ask you to wait a few minutoa," Oaptain Oraliam said courteously. "It will not be longer, I think." Uo placed ohaira (or thom, then left them alone in his pleasant sitting-room. It waa a cheerful room handsomely furnished, and windows looked over a garden which in tho summer was bright and fragrant with the beauty and tho smell of (lowers. Lady Oliphant and Guy exchanged a few son- tencca as they waited ; Bhirley sat by tho window, looking ont with wiatf al eyea and pale parted Una. Boinething in the place Boeraed to atiue her ; even in that cheerful airy room she could scarcely breathe; and Guy, without speaking, opened the window near which aho sat. Her eyes glanced up at him gratefully, and then sbo looked out again at the dreary garden. I'reaently tho door opened, and a pretty golden-haired little girl came bounding in, but stopped ahyly, aeeing tho atrango ladies. Guy bent down to hor and took her little hand in hia. Bhe waa a daughter of Captain Graham's, whose acquaintance ho had made tho night before. " Don't go away. Amy," ho said, smil- ing. " Come, and apeak to thcao ladiea. Did you want your father ?" " Yea," alio whispered ahyly, shaking her curls over her face au aho left her hand in his ; and Shirley turned from tho window at tho sound of the sweet childish voice, and the stilled aenaation at her heart loft her aa she saw the ahy bright blue eyea looking at her wiatfully from beneath the veil of falling yellow hair. " Whose little girl are yon?" aho aaid softly : and the child crossed the room and put her chubby little fingers on Shirley's aoft sealskin. " Fatlior'a," aho answered brightly. "And mother's?" " Yea; but mother haa gone away, you know ; tlieangi la canio and fetched her." " Did they, d.'vrhng .'" Shirley's I'lngera wi^ro parting the wavy golden hair from tho pure white brow, and her eyes, very intent and tender, were btudy ing the child's face. " 1 waa aorry," tho child went on, " beoauao no one ever kisacd the place and made it better, when I fell down, as aho did ; but father waa very aorry ;" and the bright face shadowed a little at the re- membrance. " And yon were his little comfort?" " Yea, who told you aoâ€" did father? lie alwaya calla me that." Shirley lifted her on to her knoo, and prejBed her cjiiiviring lipa to tho pretty hair ; anil the little girl with all a child's ((iiick instinct and pity for any one sulfer- iug, put up hor arm and clasped Shirley's neck and nestled hi r golden head against tho aoft sealakiu of Shirley's coat; and there waa inexpresaiblo comfort iu the tight clasp and tho clinging little hand- It seemed to Bhirley, aa she sat there with Amy Graham nestling in her arms, that much of the darkness which had fallen U|>on her spirit aa she entered tho castle bad been lifted aince tho child had entered the room. That anything so good, so bright, 80 innocent should have lived in that gloomy place was sutTicient to remove half Its gloom: and Amy never guessed what a little comftrtcr iu truth she had beontotho beautiful lady who had claaped her ao ten- derly andaooloaely. •â-  Vou live here always. Amy ?" "Yea, alwaya; but aometimoa wo go away togethor to the aoa-sido, father and me and the nnrao." " Do you like the seaside, my dear?" " Yes; but I like tl'.e caatle best." " You have no little brother or sister?" Shirley asked Boftly. â- ' No" â€" tho child ahook her head aa it rested against Shirley, and the blue eyes grew very wistful â€" " I had a little brother once, but he went with in ;tlier to heaven." " Captain G rahani haa Been groat trouble." Lady Oliphant aaid, in a low voice. " He lost hia young wifo and little aon within a few (lava of each other." Hhirloy looked up wistfully ; aho waa thinking, perhaps that "grief is more for tho living loat than ever it ia for thn dead;" but Bhe remained silent ; and in a few mo- ments Captain Graham came back, his stern face softening into a beautiful tender- ness as ho caught sight of the child iu Lady (ilynn'a arni4 and aaw the luoru peaceful look in tho beautiful ha/.el eyes which met hia with audden swift inijuiry. "Bir Hugh can see you now," ho aaid i|uiotly. " Havo you been making friends with my daughter. Lady Glynn? She is generally a little addicted to shynosa." " She was not afraid of mo," Shirley aaid as she put the child down and Captain (iraham noticed how long and close and fond tho kiss was which she prosaed upon tho rosy cheek -and theu aho followed tho governor out of the room. Ho led hor himself down tho long paaa- agea and the atone atepa, thinking mean- while that it was rare for the gloomy pri- aon to recoivo audi a boantiful visitant, and himself too opened the door of tho coll where Bir Hugh waa cunllned. " I will take oaro that you are not dis- turbed," he aaid very gently. " And, Lady Glynn, 1 need hardly tell you that ho is very weak, and thatâ€"" " I will not forgot," she said Btoailily. "I will not bo leaa calm than I am now. Thank jmi. Captain Graham." Bho went in aoftly ; ho cloaod tho door after hor, and Bhirley waa in tho prison- cell with which her dreams had been haun- ted more thanonco. It waa a bare whitowaahod room, acrupiiloualy clean, and through tho high barred windows a ray of wintery sunshine had atriiggled in and lay aoftly onthelloor, while in tho little grate a tire was burning ckoerily. Kir Hugh waa fully dressed, lying upon tho bod with cloned i>yes. and ho looked so haggard and attenuated and death like that Shirley's heart alinoat ceaKod to boat with a sudden fear. Her iioisolosa movements, the soft nnruatling velvet dreaa that she wore, did not attract his attention, and she waa fully a minute in the room, watching him, before ho saw her. Her thoughts wont back almost involun- tarily to the days when alio had known him Urat, and t-ho saw him again na he hail been then, ao handaome and distinguished, so full of life and health and gayety ; she roinemborod the Now Yoar'aove ball at Fairholmo Conrt and their interview in tho schoolroom, which had been tho beginning of Biioh misery, and it almost soomed aa it aho could boar again tho patter of tho rain against thn wiiidow-panoa aa aho had heard it then, and tho moan of the wind in tho lealloaa trees. And it waa hia lovu for her which had brought him to this grievous strait, tho impulse of an undisciplined heart, which, having always reeeivod "gosd," could not boar toreaiat "ovil." Tho heavy lids were slowly lifted, and hia eyes opened and ho saw her, and over hia face came a eudden brightness which gave it for a moment some of the beauty of other days. The next minnte ahe was kneeling bsaido him, and his weak arms were round her, hia face hidden where Amy's golden head had rested a few min- utes before, and there waa silence. It was Shirley who, remembering Cap- tain Graham's injunctions, moved first. Bho disengaged herself gently from his weak clasp, and put him back npon the pillows, and his eyes dwelt upon her with all tho old pasBioiiatc tenderness aa ahe bent over him. " So you have come to me, Bhirley?" he said at last, while hia eyea drank in tho beauty of her face and hia hands clasped hers closely. " You expected me, Hugh? Y'ou knew I would coma?" " Yes, but â€" " " But what, dear?" " But I was almost sorry afterward that I had asked you. This is no place for you love." ^-'^'C^' " It ia my fittest place, Hugh; and aa often and as long as I can X will be with you here." He smiled feebly. " How pleasant it ia to hear you speak in that little tone of decision," ho aaid. " It ia very pleasant to see you iu that dreaa, Bhirley." He touched her velvet and fur with hia Blender fingers for a moment ; and she smiled bravely into his altered face. " I am glad," she aaid brightly. " But tell me of youraelf, Hugh." " Of myself, dear ? ' he echoed. " There ia not much to tell, aave that I am happier, much more at reat, than I have been during all these long months." Bho Btooped toward lura and put her lips to hia forehead. •• And you are not suffering ranch, Hugh?" •• Noâ€" hardly at all. And I am much stronger. Captain Graham sent mo that arm-chair, Shirley ; and it ia only aheer laziness which makes me lio here-" Ho rose as ho spoke, and staggering to hia feet, managca with Shirley's aid, to reach the arm-chair, where he lay back exhausted even by that eCfort. " I can aeo you better here," ho aaid presently, ainiling at her, with hia pale lips ipiivering a littlu and hia eyea very dim. " And I want to see as much of you as I can, my brave, generous darling. I seem to have eo much to say to you, Bhirley, and â€" and not very much time to â- ay it in." As aho was kneeling by his side, he took her hand, and, folding it in both his, pressed it near hia heart. The touch seemed to leaaen the pain there, he thought, as ho met the wistful eyua. '• They told you about yesterday, dear?" he aakod, after a short pause. " Y'es. Was it very painfnl, Ungh ?" " No, my darling 1 think I am dead to pain now. I remeinberlhinking once that, if you knew of my crime, tho sight of the horror and repugnance in your eyes would kill mo ; but, when you knew it, and Guy, it seemed aa if I did fit cure who else a»w my shame. And tliey were all very good and patient, Bhirley, although poor Guy was terribly cut up because they would not take bail." " We were grieved at that, Hugh." " Were you, my darling?" ho aaid wist- fully. " I think it ia almost better bo. I havo been such a burden to you theao last weeks thatâ€"" Bhe raiaed her hand lo his mouth and ailenced hini, and he caught it and pressed it fondly to his lipa. " It ia Ix'ttrr so, Bhirley," ho aaid again. " 1 cannot help feeling what misery 1 should havo saved you and C!uy if I had been honest and bravo enough to do what was right at tirst. Itiit regrets are unavailing and useless â€" boBldca, it ia too late for any atonement now." They were silent for a space theu, tho eyea of both resting on the red glow of the tire^and Hugh's faint, atruggling breathing alone breaking tho stillness. " Guy has been ao good to me," ho went on aoftly. " 1 have no worda to speak oi hia goodness. I think the very eight of him puts life into me, Shirley. My dar- ling, it takes so much of tho pain away to think that I leave you in his care." Weeping now, she leaned her head against his arm, and asked him tremu- lously and brokenly through hor tears not to speak to her ; there might bo happiness for thom yet. " I'or you, yea, my beat and dearest, happiness enough, I pray Heaven, to alono in some moaauro fur tho misery of tho past ; but Bhirley, if you look forward a little, only a few short wceka, you can not but see that it will bo bettor for me. Darling, forgive mo I I did not moan to pain you. 1 am not worthy of ono of those precious tears, and yet they make mo BO happy." They were falling now thick and fast upon his fevered hand, and it seemed to Hugh Glynn that they fell upon his heart like ihe blessed rain from heaven upon the parched earth, bringing healing and soften- ing and fertility where all had boon dry and barren bi^foro- " Last night, dearest child," ho wont on ijuiotly â€" ami Bhirley noticed that ho never called her hia" wifo all through these bitter days - " when 1 awoke all tho past caino before me -all my past hfo ao aolllah and worthleaa and useless, and all the wretchivlnoaa 1 made by my fatal love for you all those years of oar married life, when " " Ah, do not talkof theml" she entreated sadly. " I cannot think ot thom now with- out deep pain. If I had boon leaa proud and iiutoigiving, if I had not ohoriahed my anger against you, all tliia might never havo been. Oil, Hugh, I am aa guilty in tho aiglit of heavou as you can be ay, and more guilty, ainco my ain lautod for yeara, and yoiira waa immediately repented of." " Iiove, you had every right to hato me," ho aaid sadly ; " 1 had injured you past all forgivoiieas. l$ut lot us not talk ot the past, siiuui it so paina you. IjGt ns talk of your tut lire, Bhirley." Hhfl atartod and looked up at him. " Vou know, dear child, that by tho will T made soon after after " he heaitatod a little, thin wont on hurriedly " I stole you from («u>, I left what was all yours by right away from you, and now " Hut luT geutlo hand upon hia atopped him. " Hugh I" aho said ontreatingly. " What would you aay, my iloaroat?" ho asked as bo aaw how her lipa i|uivorod and how tho pained color rose in her face. " Hugh â€" that will â€" do not change it â€" I oonld not â€" " There was no need to finish the sentence; ho anderatood her, and a Hash ot shame rose to hia hollow cheek. " I SCO, my dear," ho said, after a long silence. " i will not urge you then. Tell me abont your brother," he went on presently. " Will he ever forgive me all the misery I brought on bis sister?" " He thinks that he was more the cause of that misery than yoa, Hugh," she ans- wered gently. "Bat yoo are very weary, dear. Will you let me read to you now?" " Yea, presently. Do you ever sing now, Shirley? I have so often thought of that song you song one day in the oak parlor at l''airholme Court. It waa the day Guy proposed to yoa, I think, and I shall never forget your face aa yoa sung it. Oh, my darling, soon, when yon are free, yoa can place your hand iu \oar king's with perfect confidence, for '" Titled by Rift of fJofl is ho, And rich in a rarer tliiug ibau wealth :' Doea it pain you for mo to talk thus, Shirley?" he continued, wistfully. " Dear, it ia my only comfort uow to think how your future will atone for the past." "Let me read to you, Hugh," ahe plead- ed eiirnestly. "Presently, dear. It is si pleasant to look at tho happier things in store for you. Vou have had bitter things long enough, {xjor little woman; but, if it pains yoa, I will think of them when I am alone. Yes, 1 am ready, dear, if you will read." The Book, a worn and shabby little volume, which had taught thom both many a lesson during those terrible days at Krin- dale, waa lying on the table. Shirley drew it toward her, and turned over tho leavea hesitatingly. " Always tho same chapter, Shirley," he said, with a little smile. " You know â€" that which tolls of tho son who was dead, and alive again, who was lust and found." Steady and sweet and grave aud reverent was her voice aa ahe read those grand words which tell of a Father's infinite love and never-failing pardon- â€" words which have brought comfort aud healing to many a aiuuer ; aud, aa ho liateued, the look of peace deepened on the haggard attentive face of Hugh Glynn, and his thin burning fingers closed over her hand. When the reading was over, they sat for awhile silent in thu dim firelil cell, their hands clasped and Sir Uugh'a head rest- ing on hia wite'a ehoulder. The same strange sense of uureality which had been upau Shiil.-y before waa upon her uow ; it | waa all part of tho same dream. Waa it possible that it was Hugh Ulynn, tho man ahe hud hated and deapiaed. who waa lying i thua peacefully against her now, and that it waa her heart which was so full of pity ' and cotnpaaaion and tenderness? Was it j hia hand which clasped hers, his voice ] which said softly - i "Love, I am too happy '. It is not right ' that auch a wretch as I have been should' know such blessedness aa thia 1 Shirley, it seems to mo more than ever now that your forgiveness and Guy'a are an earnest ot that other forgiveness for which I hardly dare to hope. ' I .\nd then again he preaaed her hand pa-<nionattly to his lipa ; iu hia humiliation ho ui-vir Bought to touch her mouth and] ciill hi r I y tender names, which almost broke her heart, remembering bow ho lovsd hei ;ud i.ow he had sulTered (or that love. After a time, seeing that ho » as very much ixhansted, ahe iijnceii I i i tu reat upon tho littlo p'llh lb' la„iti:i. It wasapproach- ing the tiii'e vhen she must leave him, she knew ; and ho guessed ao also by the sorrow- ful yearning which came into her eyes. " If I were bravo enough and nnaelfiah enough." ho aaid huskily, " I would tell you not to come here any more, my darling; but I cannot give up entirely the comfort of seeing you. But do not come often, Shirley ; thia is no place for yon, and " " Hugh," she auswerod ateadily, "I will come, aa 1 aaid, aa often and for as long as they will let me." j Ho amiled gratefully and sadly. ' " It will not bo for long, dear, even at tho longest," he said feebly. " Thank Heaven, oh, thank Heaven for that I Oh, Bhirley, if you could know how tho thought of the trial haunted mo at tirst, how often oh, how oftenâ€" I saw tho crowded court, tho judge, tho accusing (aces, tho coritenipt of my crime and cowardice and baseness iu every eye 1 How I used to wake at night struggling witb the terror of it, and dared not go to sleep for fear of it recur- ring 1 Oh, Bhirley, even now, if 1 dared, I would pray that the end might come be- fore that, that I might not be judged at any earthly tribunal, but by that Judge who ia more merciful thau any earthly judge 1" And Shirley, as she bent over him trying to sootho tho agony of terror which had sei/od him, in her heart echoed his prarer. CH.U'TKK LI I. I Threo weeks went by. Bir Hugh Glynn waa very ill. sick unto death ; and with ' every hour tho certainty increased that ho would not live to bo tried for the deed ho had done under tho summer ^ky ou tho rocks at Kaston. His illness waa a com- plicated one, brought ou partly by exposure | and want, partly by remorse and miaery. Tho expoauro to tho weather on that Chriat- ' maa night when he had been found sonae- lesa in tho anow by tho woman ho had wronged ao deeply had aggravated tho i chestcomplaint from which ho had suffered for montRa; one lung waa entirely gono, tho other waa going faat, and the end might como at any time- Daily, almost hourly, ho wasted and became weaker, and each day, when the prison door closed after Shirley, she wondered whether, when she came ou tho following day, ho would bo living to give her that fend bright amilo which alwaya canio into his eyea when they rested upon i hor, no matter how great hia suffering had been tho minnto before. To tho laat day of her life Shirley remembered Captain Clraham'a kindneaa and couaideration for hor then. Tho cir- cumata coa of the caao wore strange and unusual certainly, and perhaps admitted of unusual privileges; but every caro and kindness which were poaaiblo were extended to Sir Hugh in his priaoncell; and he waa grateful and contrite exceedingly. Hii did not auffor much, except when tho terrible paroxysms of coughing recurred and the aubaeipient hemorrhage, and a word ot compliiint never paased his lipa. It Wttii often ditVu'ult to Guy Stuart, remembering tho Hugh Cilynu ho had known in the by-gone years, to recognize him in this patient, uncomplaining, peni- tent sufferer. That Hugh Glynn had been so proud, so selHsb, ao impatient ot any contradiction, so unbending, to heedless while the prisoner in Adinbrooko Jail waa BO unEtlfieh, so tender over others, ao repentant and gentle, that he won tym- patby from all with whom he was brought in contact. Shirley aaw him daily for a ehort time. Bemetimea he â- saa well enough to talk to her, at others he was able only to lie with her handa in his, and hia eyea resting with undying love and tenderaeea en her face. Pometimea he w^r.ld ask her to read to him â€" always those aame blf aaed merciful, divinely beautiful linea which comforted him aa nothing else could. Sometimes hia mind wandered a little from very weak- nesa, and he would murmur diacocuected and broken worda which told them mach of what he had suffered and borne in the past; but often, when he waa in this con- dition, the touch cf Bhirley's lips upon hia brow and her voice speaking his name would bring him back to the present, and he would make a pathetic straggle against the unccnsciousneaa for a few moments; when he would wander again, or sink half into a stupor, half into asleep. (To bo conunuea. i A KEMAKKAHLE SEKMO-V. Arehdeaoon Farrar on the Kelisiuu.>« De- nomlnatloUA. Yen. Archdeacon I'arrar spoke thua in Ihe course of a sermon preached in West- minster Abbey, and in anticipation of the Lambeth Conference then about to sit : " Perish the hand which would circnm- Bcribe by one hair's breadth the limits or the definition of the Church of Christ ; perish the arms that would exclude from that one tlock of the Good Shepherd the 'other sheep whii:h arc not of this fold;' perish the narrow superstition that Ihe wind of God, which 'bloweih where it listeth, and thoa hearest the sound thereof but canst not tell whence it cometh or whither it goelh,' can only be conveyed by mechanical transmissions. I, for one at any rate, refuse to flatter the priestly prido which would aectarianize the catholicity ot the Church ot Christ. The articles which I accepted at my ordination taught me that the visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men wherein the pure Word of God la preached and the sacraments duly admimstertd, and I. for one, even if I were to atand alone, would repudiate and protest against the nn- catholic teaching which would pretend to do what it cannot do by unchurching any who lovo the Lord Jeans Chriat in sincerity and truth. " When I speak of the Church in general I do not mean thia or th'*t ciramunion, under thia or that organization, but I mean, in their ten thousand times ten ihoQsand and thousands of thousands, the whole multitude cf the saints of God. What ! are we not to claim as full and honored membera of the Church of Christ in every possibly true sense of that word because they were Moravians those holy mission, aries who planted successfully Bweet Sharon's Hose Ou icy I'laiua i-r m eternal s:-ow8 ? Or Williams, thn Apoetle of Polynesia and tho marts r of Krromanga, because he was a disz-eLter .' Dr. Carey and olhera ia India, because they were Baptists? Or Khzabelh I'ry because she was a (Quaker- ess? If there are any who think that Ho who died for all mankind car^a mainly or chielly for outward organization, their views of Chriat are not snch aa I learn from Uim who made keeping the command- ments the easential entering into the King- dom of Heaven. I say witii White- field: "Do they profesa repentance toward.-* God and faith m our Lord Jeaus Chriat ? It 80, they are my brethren." True and unswervingly losal in my love for the Chnrch of Kngl&nd, yet I would stand bareheaded before any true aaint of God, and be he Uomaniat or Independent, or Quaker or rrosbylerian, ao he be a aaint of God, desiring ten thouaauofold more that I may ataud with him before the throne of Christ rather than with those who, though they may have had " Lord, Lord," or " The Cbiirch, the Church," forever on their lips, aud have spent their lives in Ihe endless round of outward ordinances, may yet, if their lives have been unloving and unworthy, ho^r those awful worda, " Woe uuto \ou. scribes and rhariaeea, hypocrites," and " Depart from Me, I never knew you." For it is Christ, and Chriat alone, it ia not episcopal govern- ment, or apostolic sncctssion, or ancient ritual, or the orthodoxy of curiously articulated creeds ; it ia Christ, and Christ only, and tho innocence which shines in the lives of them that truly believe ia Him, which haa bi-en thi; strength cf Chribtiauitv." Uow She i)ot Ont. " O, papa, 1 waa cagid once," aaid a littlo girl. " When 1 was visiting auutio in the country last summer I went into some buahea, and after a while I found I was caught. Tho bushes were ao thick that I couldn't get out." " Well, how did you finally get ont?" " O," she replied, with a lo-is of her curly head, "I had a little hutchet and I hatched myself out."â€" ('/licuyo tnbuw. Thl« it tho Worst. Blifkin's boy, who was eng*ge<l in rub- bing Dalmatian inaect powder ou his dog, got off thia dreadful one to hia mother: " How doea a campaigH t'.^g ilitfer from thia insect powder?" Uf course she gave it up, and tho boy anawered and aaid : "Because one ia Hung to the breeze and the other is brung to tho fieaa." Ho had to go to bed without hia supper. The King ot Denmark will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of hia reign on Nov. L'lth next. Uecontly ho learned that a aubacription waa being promoted among all clasaea of Dmea to preaent him a magni- ficent jubilee gift in the shape of a country aeat in Jutland. Ho hat written a letter iu which he atatesthat when holookaupou the existing economical conditions of Den- mark and seea tho hard strognlofor exiat- ence which hia jwople are carrying on he feela obliged in conaeience to refuse to accept any gift ao ooatly. Mr. T. Gallagher, Chatham townahip, whilo engaged fixing a rack- lifter the other day, slipped and fell a diatam-e of ;I0 feet to tho lloor, escaping with a ft w bruises.