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My-lv Mo.lnj. Voumaat wake Hid call we early; call ma early, tinebaii'l d**r. T > m irr.iw will bu ILo bualeel day we've hal for jimt a year. The truckman r.muntj early; you muni wake and wake iu, too, Tliero II b* more work about Ibe Louie than I A . both ul ui can du. Alt o'clock In lli morning, dear, when tb day IH-KIIH to break. Wt must botb R( up an. I itlr around, and I I. >l*- for KO'Hluetttt' take, The day will l> llieonly pru;nut thing thatwil t>0 broken. An 1 1 I. >|. < you II think, without regret, at uifiht of all you've apoken. You know you're a|>t f> get provoked, and whan you r ma I yuu iwear. I >. try to keep your temper, d?ar, and dou t go nu a i"r Vm knuw th trnoknien always do duitru; tiling*, mum or lu, An! it" i-ry SM|H-ratiii :. I ruallv must cou tats. To* stoves nri-l all to takan down, and trpoU taktn up. And 1 don't euppoae we'll gt a chaoce for a de r-i.t uiieur tup . \Vi-ll have t.i du thu bent we can. with thing Uit'Ki.xwry 'lorn. A 1 t t iliein "(I tin luanttil piece. or it may bu i :! tin 1 floor. Your niRlit-'hirt'e packed in the oven, love, ai tin- pillow* are |<ut away : M! ult-i-p mi tho kilulieu table. To-mi.r r<iw i moving day. Your tonthbruih ii ni'ar tbu bottom ol a barn , And thu n p and tnwola are aouiewbere, l>u goodneM only knows. Your book* are all In tbe coal boi ; I packed tin-in a* iU;lit an 1 cuuld ; Your r7-ir 1 put in the largest trunk, where I put the ooal an<l wood. . ! -ii p' l"-l lu the bureau drawer, and OKI baliy It Ui tburn. too. I |u'. the I'.ittle in with luui ; 'twas the beat that I cuuld do. I. KNVOI. Obi To morrow will le the uiurrleet day ID al !! tilail New Year; You iiiiint wake ami call me early, before thu U uckmau'*. here. Tm >i xiftiii'j ADOPTED BY THE DEAN: TALE OF TWO COUNTRIES " Oh don't mention i), pray ; il U of no oonmiaeoQe. We find we malt have * rale of the kind, but of course you oould not be eipooted to know. You Gad your labjiot interesting T " " Indeed I do," replied Ciaade. carneitly It'i only fault in. that every part of il 11 *i marv -loua, one hardly darei to attempt " I went in at half pant nix this morning, but it wai lomu tun i before I could fettle to work, everything was bikini; 10 exquisite." We nuver MB >our piotaru thu morn- iog," M 'd Ksperanoo. " Wai it hart in that downfall ? " " No, luckily it wai not much damaged, it wai the eaael which madti all the noiae." MM. Mortlake and Corntlia mten-d while he wai speaking, the former with many apologies for her lateneu, and im mediately after dinner wai announced. The conversation wai mach more lively than aual, and Kiperanee wai able to enter into it thoroughly ; her English wai much improved by tbe three monlhi the had pent at Kilohealer, an 1 her ulixhl French accent wai rather pretty than olherwiie. Mri. Mortlake, however, did not altogether approve of tbil advance of know- ledge, for although ibe could not acoaie Esperanoe of forwardness, yet there wai certainly something in her lively chatter which WM apt to swamp other conversation. The <iaan woald often Hop to liiten to her the voice reminded him of hii liitor'i, and he liked to hear U Cornelia wai always on the watoh for grammatical mis- takes in her papil and lit rtha, who dialiked the exertion of talking, thought herielf eiempted from il if any one elie laitainud the conversation. Mn. Morllake heriolf wai a KOO.I, ioli<l talker, and ihe liked to have an open field for her operations, ao Kiperanoe'i little tlighly remarki, and li-r clear, ringing laugh annoyed her ; and when ihe found Claude Magnay much more inclined to talk to the bright little French girl than to enter into the conversation which ihe bad carefully prepared beforehand on the Kenaissaaoe, .he reiolvtd to put aitop to il I onoe. Claude had just jaid that he had itndied cbiftlv at 1'arii, and Kipuranoe, with a look of delight, waa pouring out a itream of eager <jue*tiont. Whi-r- sbo'ita had he lived.' l>id he not like 1'arii ? Wai it not tbe moil beauti(n) city of Europe 7 Win n wai he la.-t there ? 11- had not been in Franoe daring tin war, then '/ Ai if to provoke Mr Mnrllake null further, (leans teemed to catch lomething of Kiperanoe'a enthntiasm, for his repliei were ai animated an her <|ueitioni, and it uai evident that if they were not inter- rupted the Itenaiaianiju would be quite iifrl "'I' I " You we(e at Paris all throngli the liege, did you lay ? " (tlaale wai asking And Kiparanoe had juil begun liar aniwer when Mra. Morllaku broke in. " Oh, really, lUperance, >ou maul not take Mr. Magnay all through that dreadful nege , we have heard quitn enough of it, and the dinner-table is not tbe place for horror*. " Claude Magnay wai sorpriatd, and glanced at Eapeianoe aa if for an expla- nation. Hhe had fluahoel all over, and lit i line were <|tiivering ; hu wai lorry for her, and would have triad lu turn Mra. Mort- lake'a uncomfortable epeech to tome differ- ent meaning, hut the wai too <|inok for him, and the next moment Ihe conversation WM entirely in her hanrli. " I wai wanting 10 inn -h to aik you, if you had S'XMI that inagmli -cut altar piece of I'erugtnn'a m the Cbnruh nf Hi. I'ulrr, Perugia. Yuu weru in Italy Uit winter, were you not V " Whereupon eniucd 1 m^ aroouat of Mr. Magnay'H Italian tnnr, I'.imulaled by Mm. Mortlake'i peooliar form of <|noitioning. l.tpi raiuiii meanwhile had renovered her- If. aii'l -i |.r,,.llv -ri'i.l, without betray- ing, any rte.ire to join in the Gonvenati<m, Hhe wai wounded by hur coaiin'i molt unfair iprech, for it had aanumed that nhe wai i n the habit of talking about her iiillor inga in the aieg. whereat the inbject bad varoely been mentioned linoe her arrival, an 1 ahe had, moreover, inadu an unjnit uiHinuaii in a* to her no...l taite. Horrori at the ilinni r table I " the vry idea of being mipeotad of mentioning auy- thing of tbe lort made her blult anew. Her in tihfnati HI gradually died away, however ; tb np'iiti in of I'aria, and other familiar nan. In' i 'tiled all her lad o, an I U wan aa much from thli ladnen, ai from the (ftooti of Mri. Mort lake'a aunb, that ihe answered all Claude's furthi-i altampti at cwvenation in moiioiyllable*. < ) ily once WM the at a,ll riaied. It wai t dt-fierl ; the dau wa.i adviiing Claode Magnay to explore iome of the old parti ol Kilchoiler, thinking that tiia hlf-roinoai and very ancitui bu Uingn ooal 1 not fail to an artiit Tbii led to a oompariioc of cathedral oitim with ordinary lowni wherein Claude txprened hii opinion! 10 very can.iidly that K<peranoei|aitetrvmble( for him. To her dumy >he found heriel irapliuateJ in the ooavenation. Claude and M. Mortlake carried on ijutte a little argument, ai to tbe dngeri of uarrowaraa in limited community, Mra. Morllak upholding her bilovod cathedral town in everything. UF ouurao, tbe dia'jaiaion wa perfectly good humored, bat anlaokilv Claude, (jian -in^' rouid thn table with hi quick artmt eye to gather tbe ezpreuion of tbe different people, wai attracted b Eiperance'i n 1, wiatful faoe, and withon thinking k. ', And what ia you opinion ? you ant cauiparative itranger and maat be unbtiaed. Do you thiul cathedral towua aap?rior ?" Kiperacce wa in great difficult! i ; Bh woald not wiliutly have cffeuc ud he relatior.s, but truth waa troth, an 1 ahe wa too tired and ad hearted to be ready with any akillful counter qu eat ion or laaghiug alluaion with which to ohange the labject With an appealing, " How oan you aik me ? " in her y<. vhe replied, <]uietly, " 1 love the cathedral ai mu :h ai I Unlike the town." Cornelia looked tip (juiokly. " Your rcaaoni?" l-l.-ipi rai.i-f, looking mach diitreiied, triec to cjiilmi li>-r n-rnark* to the material town.thoagh ttn previoai oonvonation bad tod to the aooiety. The ttroeta are ao narrow and dirty, and there are 10 very few people" ih paaied and for onoe was greatly relieved by one of Mri. M jrllahc'n catting little |*icchei " Ob, yei, w know yoar ideal of the beautiful are iii:f rent ; you oaru for notbio) but boulevards." Again Kapt-ranve flatbed crimson, agaii Clande Mi aorry for her, and thia time he wai vexed that abe ahoold luftar from hi< raahneai ; however, he had no opportunity for making amendi, for the ladiea left the table almoat directly, and in the ivenin) the dean carried bun otf to hii obiervutory and kepi him eo thoroughly intereatod with 'nil teleicope that all rUe wai forgotten. CHAl'JKU XV. Claude Magnay wan yoong and enirgetio, >y no means one of tboto lazy prodifiei whOM very geoiu< iceme to dull their other x>weri. Hinoe be oould not work in tbe :athedral from uir.c to ten, he reiolved to ake Ihe rtr.t bourn of tbe day, an 4 often iy live o'clock h-i wjul i bi at hii put, or wan 1 -riut; ab nit m the gray morning light i; j jymg the dun gran Jaur of the) place, aad with Ibe key whioh the dan hitnaelf hai at hia dUpoetl, unlocking the inner loora ami i-xpl >r <\n at hia plemure until the light wai l. i ' f .r hii picture. During acrvi M ti-uu be returned to hii iQlel for breakfaal, and afterward worked at liii open ir ptintingf -loine c-irioua )arti of nl I H:lchiitr, and ao exterior of he cathedral. Mia day* were o well tilled that he wai not very n.uuh pleaaed when one evening a iritn itrrivril, with a propoial whiob mut either nniarp iome of hia irnoioui time or oocaiiun a longer nay al itilcheiler. It ran aa followa : " Di:ui Mu. MA .NIV I am ao vury auxioni lo have a (lorirail if my little girl. >o you tbiuk jou .;ould apare lime to paint ter ? There ia no ne whom I should like lettor to do il. Your |iioturn of Lady Klon'a lilllo boy, which I taw thia uar at Ihe Ac* tuny, waa per! . i Delia could nun >ou a aitting at any boar ; the mon.iug n, I think, her bt-.d ime, but pluau auit your own convenience. lelieveme, yonra, very linoerely. Clll.;-l M:M. M..II1IM K." " That little fair liain-d girl, who looka ao roil," lolili .|ni,. .1 I'lau lu ; " ahe will be a ill ult ml j.- t, in 111 . wava than ono, if am not mistaken. Shall 1 attempt her, r iball I find il n.-ix-i.nry to return to own, and work up my Hootch pioiuree ? (ather alnrking, perhaps itill I hate paint- ngipiiladr.lulilr.il, and that Mri. Mort ake will bu th death of me. llow that little MadcmoiaelU de -omelbing ndurei il, I fan'! imagine ; inabi al every urn froni o i a:ntur, mi t laroaimi from In- other. I got II.T into a aorape myielf hu other uvnnin^, and never hnlpfd her ul, whioh wn a ahanie. Yo9, 1 will ndertako littlu MIM Mortlaka'i portrait or that riufun tn little liemoittlU looka a* if ihe n.-. .1 i a D.KI (J iixotu. And now think of it. what an int.ruatiuK alu.ly hur H would b -. 'limit) lualroui eye* luoh a .ilor, too. aiul MI A.miii'rfiilly pathetic, and ler ijuaint little mouth, which looki luuie- tow aa if th< Ha'tuitm wuru all a mitlakd. 'hi' forehead 7 v -, il in low, and the hair ark and ilk>, witn a wav > in it Hhe il he very inipvraouatiou < f what I alwayj onged to trv - Mariana in thn Moated -,' " ami he r.-|,, m, t thu linei : " Afli-r DIH tlilhng ..f lliu htU. ^ ^ . <Ui .n I i .ui.-i Ui.i aky. hint ttrn hi. . . -in n l rin mi n l.y. An.) i,niii.-"il Aih wit it i ti" gloomuii llata. hi.f i.nl > MI-. I Ph.' niijlK l ilroary, M r n.iinii ii..'. nlif Mti.l. Mm m i.l, ' I win n . i ,ii v ft*-iiry, 1 woui.l thtl I t.i i. <l I " Ye* ; all" id rxa il> what I have reamed of. I mum at leait no\ a ikatch f hur tifir, though I auppoee it would ardly do to ak her to tit to me " He drew pviicil an I j up,-r toward him, nd ikelnhcd llap 'ruiico'a faoe from memory, hut m.t alt i^.'ih.ir uoDeufully. >iaaatiii. I with thu atinunt, he lore it in iooei, and lighting hia cigar, >.avj himielf p to a M .HIM in wliioh the urther imaKinilioii of " Mariana " bore a r.iiiiini nt part. Afler morniin{ acrvion the next day /laude went to the deanvry, there to under. ake the not very congenial t. I. of painting l. lla Murtlak'i portrait. Mri. Mortlaku waa delighted ti have btained her wiah. " The dear ohild ia quite at her I. HI. I wai 10 wry anxioa* that ahe ahould be united now I am a t glad 3 on oan apare he time. Kaparanco, rno and fatoh Uella.' ( Ian. li- arranged IIIH ea*el, diiouued ai/. and position with Mra Mortlake, aet hu lalette, waited h.l^.-ii-.l, but itill no Holla ppoared. At length a diatant aoreaiuing wai beard, drawing gradually nearer. Mri. llortlake haitenul 1 1 the door and liiteued. Oaperauoo'i voice wai heard rmouilrattog. Bella dear, yon maul oome down ; Mr Magouy n waiting for yon. SM, tli in, 1 innst luava you and call none." No aniwer bat aaream*. Mra Mortlake harried to the icene ol action, and 1! lla waa borne ialo the dining room kicking with all her might. Claude ibrngged bia Hhoulderi, ant glanced at hii " Mariana." Bbe wai pler and ladder-looking than over, and ai ibe alo >d waiting for Balla'i tobi to oeaae, ther waa a drooping hopeletaneu about her ver; attitude which Clatrie longed to catch. H hastily aktohed an outlinn, md watohec her varying expreiaiia almoat breath'.esaly Bell*, wai aobbiog out aom-thini, about " Uaperanca," and Mra. Mortlaks, withoal wailing to find what the real grievance waa, turned roand with a teverity of toni and look .jmte oat of proportion uven to th imagined offenae. " Kaperanoe, how often matt I tell yoc not to interfere with nay management o Bella ? theae crying fita are far more fre ijoent since you came. Why do you aggra vate the poor child ? " " Indeed, Chriitabel, Bella wai crying because ahe did not want to leave the nanery. 1 only ." " Ah I that ia always tbe way eiooas* always ready I No, do not attempt to evade tbe troth. Yon know quite well thachil: u good with every one rlae. It really i moat provoking t Here is all Mr. Magnay'i time waited, and Uella'a face 10 iollen with crying that ibe cannot poaaibly have her picture taken." Eaperaooe did not reply. A look ol sodden pain pned over her featorei, her eyea grew more despairingly miaerable hei whole faoe waa expreaaive of tha sense ol isolation and injustice. Claude drank in her whole kipect and bearing almoit greedily, thrilling throagh and through with tha delight of thus graap ing his subject. Il waa not till a milt o! teari dimmed those bright eyea that hii human nature began to be touched by the light of laffering, and half aihamed of his ertiitio rapture, he turned eagerly to Mr* Mortlake " Pray don't think you are waiting my time ; and IH to Miaa Bella'i faoe, I expeol it will H ion be gunoy again. Ah ! I thought 10," aa Bella, who wai the most arrant litllr flirt, looked upamilingly, and inolinec to be propitiated by hu attention. There wait some little difficulty about the placing. Una chair waa too high, anc another too low, and it ended in Mri Mort lake's lending Kaperanoe to tbe library to fetch en of Ihe large books for Bella to sit on. ClaaJe, who, after his momentary f ir {etfalnem, had aaddenly become very human and very polite, harried after bar lo carry ibe balky volume. She WM Hand ing by tha book ibelvei whan he entered, palling not very energetically at " Wcbutt-r'a Dictionary." 11 Let me help voa," he rxolatmed ; " thia ia famoai book iadeed, bal loo heavy for JOB." Him thanked him, and woald have tamed away, bal hu detained her. I want to tell you how lorry I am to nave been partly ibe cause of all tbii to do " ; he woald hire laid " tbii scolding," but prudently refrained. " You are very good, bat indeed I da not ee that yoo oa tiled it. It 11 alwayi the me," laid Keperanor, wearily, with tbe loprli-ia " Mariaru " look again. Clande wai foil of aympaiby, bat only ventarod to lay, " Mum Bella il somewhat trying, I aboold fancy. 1 hope yea will give me your help during tbe littings, for ihe will loon look upon me M her arch tormentor." Thia wai all that pasted between them ihe Ant day, but it waa tin foundation of atrcng mutual liking. Claade of coarse admired Ibe lubjeot of hia future picture, and felt lorry for one who was doomed to ive with Mrs. Mortlake, while Kperanoe alurally olang to any one wh) showed her he leant lympathy or kindneaa, aad looked upon Claade Meguay a one of her greatest rienda. llad ahe been a little older, or had her iome -training bran leu limple, Mbe might lave been in danger of falling in love ; aa it waa, however, the- it ought never entered ler head. Claude'a kindneii and hit little attentions were too pitying to be at all lover like, and isperanoe, aoouatomed to live entirely with leu, wai far more at h mm with him than ith her cjuaina, and regarded him aa a sort of Kuxhah tubititute (or Uaipard. They had aeveral opportunities of meet - ng, fur Claade was often anked to lunuheon r dinner, and Bella was 10 refractory that rr portrait required eoveral aittinga. Mrs. lorilake toon wearied of attending to lira*, and the duty of kteping tbe ohild uiet devolved upon Kaperanae , and Iboagh t Drat her oonnJenoea were checked by a Telly demureneu, the soon found that a ympathilio liatouer wad too Lulightful to o ri-Hialed. Gradually CUode learned her whole bit- ory. Hhu dwelt long on the happy years t the ohatuati, deauribing her favorite aunta among the ruins, tel.ing him of the rim old garden with ill terraoet, its lipped yt'wa, ita ina/.ji and graiay paths, nd painting tha aurroanding country in u Ii glowing ternu that (/lande promised ler at loma future day to visit it himielf, nd bring her back a picture of bar bilovud loiiiilaina of Auvergue. A few i|uoattora elicited the whole itory f thu liege, and tbe relief of speaking again f her father and of Uaspard, after Ihe long nforci J sileuce, waa ao great that thia lone would havo made her fond uf Claude. Hn waa really interested and touched hy ur il hintory, and let her see it. " 1 .1 .r brother ia in 1. milmi mill, tin n ."' e inquired, wh>-n she had tlniahed theitory y ti-iliugof hur arrival al Rilohmter " Yea, ha ia still at 1'entouville, but he ai iiol heard of any work yet. There eemi ao many French exiles iu London, nd that, of course, make! it more difficult or him " 1 am alraid I cannot be cf much ate in elping him, but still I will bear it in mind, "on tnuat give mu an introduction to him, nd then 1 shall be able to give an aoooant f yon and yoar Uilohester home." " Oh, thank yon, you are eo good," said Kaperanoe, gralufnlly . then, with a sadden i.'k of fear, " but yon malt not let him hiuk I am unhappy. You will not tell lim anything that oanld trouble him .' " Claude promitad to be inuat careful, and licately turned the oonveraation, thoagh ie wai not a lillla curious to know if the Moated Orange," werea real neoosnty for Mariana." One afternoon, early iu Dot jber, Eiper- anoe, as a molt nnonnal favor, wai invil*< lo take a walk with her nnols. He wai io tha habit of taking a " constitutional ' every day, accompanied by Cornelia, hi favorite daughter ; bat on tbii partioala afternoon Cornelia wai unable lo go, and ibe dean bad himself aiked Eiperance to tiki her place. Half pleased, half fright eoed, sh let oat, suiting her pace to ber uncle's slow and rather inrirm itepi, and now and then venturing little remark! which, however, failed to attraot the dean' notice. It was col till they bal walked fo at least half a mile that be even Inard he voice, bat tbea he roased himself from bii brown study and looked down at ber kindly " I am csd to tacb a silent companion my dear, that I am oat of the habit of talk ing. Bat go on, for I like tbe pound o yoai voioe, it is like poor Amy't." " Is it ?" said Ksperance, much pleased " I ihoald like to be like my mother. Am I in other things ? " Bat the topic wai not a good one for con virsation. The dean shook bis bead an< sighed deeply, then again relapsed into profound meditation. Eiperanoe was disappointed. Hhe hat hoped to bear uomtthmg of bar mother but though she talked obediently, half lo herself, half to her uncle, ihe could not obtain any answer. Il was certainly a little dull, and it was scarcely surprising that her heart gave a great boon j of delight, when ia tbe distance abe perceived Claade Magnay and one ol Ihe minor canon* coming toward them Some one who ooald talk woald be inch aa inestimable blessing ! aad her pleaaure wai complete, when on their approach, the dean, suddenly starting from bia reverie, shook bands cordially with tin two yoang men, said it was time he sboald be turning home, and tntering into conversation with Mr. White, the minor canon, left Eaperanoe to follow with Claade ' I have been enjoying yoar flat land scape," began Claade. Mr. White has taken me a glorious walk." He looked so fresh and cheerful thai Esperanoe quite envied him. " Do you really like the country about here ? " she asked, woaderingly I tbiak it ii tho agliost I ever law , ao bare, aad Hit, and wide, it qaiM tires oae'i eyes." 1 I think it hat a beauty of ill own,' laid Claude, " tboagb, perhaps, yon have to look carefully to lee it. Of coorie I don't mean to say I prefer it to a mountainous country, bat I think it ia unjustly abased Whatever peeple aay, I shall always main- tain that there is beaaty in " ' The level waste, the rounuiug gray.' " ' Ah I that just expreasea it," said Esper anoe. " Ii ii all so gray, aud sombre, and dreary." Not all," laid Claude, pausing beaidua id gate wbiah commanded aa extensive view. " Now, look at this ; here ia the greened! of ^raaa ia the foreground cows (ra/.tng as maoh color as yoa could wiih n that tiled cottage, aud the faint blue smoke rising into that perftrct aky. then out beyond yoa have a boundless fcxpansj. its this lide ia flooded with light, while over there yoa have the dark shadow of bat cloud ; then quite in the distance il loes all fade into ibe rounding gray.' bat yoa mast own now that it ia beautiful." Eaperanco drew a long breath " Ye*, it is. indeed ; bat I ihoald never leve seen all that by myself. I am glad yoa have showed me " " I am proud to have introduced yoa to oar awn country," sail Claode, Htniling. "Not my own!" she exclaimed, in lignantly. " Ah I of course not ; I forgot," laid 'laude, amused by her earnestness. " Yoar Aavergut) scenery ii, doubtless, maoh more beautiful, bat yoa will not call thia agly any more?" " No, indeed, I will not . and yoa will ell Uaapari when yoa see bun that yoa live quite converted me, for I have sent lim most unfavorable acoouata of Ihe country." " 1 will certainly tell him," ui.i Claude. ' I shall try to ae him next week." " Do yoa leave Kilohester 10 toon ? " " Yes, I'll luavs to morrow," replied 'laudo. " My commission ii finished, and til time I wai at home again." " 1 am 10 sorry." said Ksperance. aimply. 1 But it is delightful lo think of yoar seeing itspanl 10 soon, though it makea me a itlle envious." " You will ba coming up to town soon, perhaps," sogKuated Claude r.speranoe shook ber head. " I don't BBO bow that can bo, bat of urse I hope, ur else I could not get on at 11; my motto in life must t - t'.iptrtt " It it oertainly a good one," replied aude, mutingly, bat in bit artiit-soal ongtog lo catch onoe more the hopeless ook which he wished to represent in bis icturo. It did not return that aftarnoon, but the fit day, when he paid hii farewell call to IM deauery, all the expression ef dejection, iiiaery, and hopelessness wai there iu fall oroe. Esperanae wai evidently iu dii- caoe, while Mra. Morllake and Cornelia were in that disturbed, run! ..1 iiate which elokt-iii a family diaagreement . and (though Mra. Mortlake waa particularly ordial Claude detected subdued irritation n ihe forced tonea of ber voioe. Eaperanoe scarcely ipoka, bat sat looking alt abstractedly out of the window, her nilting lying untouched oa bar knee, her auds tightly clapped. Claude oould not have wished for a baiter iporlumly, but now that bis deaire waa anted ha began to feel such pity for 'in ranee that he would far rather have iimed aeeing her. Hu tried to draw hir into oonveraation, ul without auocoia ; ahe auswered with onatralnt, and only looked more miserable. At last be rose to go, took leave of Mrs. orilake and Cornelia, and then tamed to speranoe, determined that she should al east speak to him. " You will not forgot our walk yesterday, nd the beauiu . of level country? " he said, tolling. Hhe colored painfully, and her hand embled at Claude took il in hii. " What mesaago may I take for yoa to our brother ? " he asked. Her color deepened, the teari rose to her res, and ber voioa was low and tremuloaa i ihe answered : " Tell him, please, that I am vtry well, lat that I will write soon . " Hhe broke off abruptly, not daring to ' mat her voioe any longer, and Claade, eeing that il was aheer orujltv to keep her, aid goo.l-bye, tried to put Mrs. Mortlake 1 a guol humor by leaving a p!ayfal menage for Bella, and alladUg to prettinese, tbea left the boose, annalist and perplexed. Eiperanoe wai really almost Claads ooald hardly nave ohoeen a more) unfavorable time for hii viail, for aa uej rightly judged be v .d come in daring diauaw, if indeed that ooald be called puting in which two leagued aitainit oa* refused to luteu to reason or jattice. < It all arose from a limpid remark madsj by Esporanoe. She casually mentioned Claada'a intended departure, and ibis led to an account of their walk on the preced- ing day. Mra. Mortlahe, ever ready lo find fault, declared that ahe behaved with far too muuh freedom, that she ought to have) kept beside the dean, and not allowed her- aelf a tfte a (<(< with Claade Magnay. Eiperanoe explained that thu had not been possible, and owned that it had never occurred to her that any one coul 1 think so timplean act improper. Whereat Mra. Mortlake aocoaed her of speaking disrespectfully, denounced her ' French." manners, and losing all prudence and justice in her anger, said that all along ahe bad been dirting with Claade. Esperanoe wai ao entirely innocent in thia reipect that for a moment ibe was too much inrpriaad ind shocked to ref ate the charge. She was unaccustomed to society, and knew little either of French or English etiquette, and ber father had been well con- tent to leave her without auy artificial rales beyond those of natural good -breed ing. While be paojel Cornelia ottered one ol ber cold sarcasms. " Never mind, Cbriatabal, yoa know tha proveib, French women know bow to make neta, but not cagei.' " Then B^p^rauce had loitall i'lf-conlrol, and with flaibin^ e> ea bad tnroed upon her coaaioi. Yoa may talk aboat French women an yoa like, but I will lac yoa know that utioh a ape-ch aa thai woAd nuVHr have pa-ised f,< ;i[isof thoau whom you deapiae (buy at luaai do not pdak so rudely. And whak yoa say is faUo onlrue aujaal. Haoh an idea woald never have entered my bead if yoa bad not suggested u -no never ! ' Cornelia, a little vx-j at her own most aawarraritaM; spaech, tried t > calm her down, aad catered into a long duqaiamon on the folly of losing temper in an argu- ment . but Kjperance scarcely heard, ber anger Dad died away, and sbu ooald only dwell ia gritf and duanay on the acoavation brought agaiual her. While Cornelia was still speaking, Claade had been announced, aud it may will be imagined that Esperaocs waa embarrassed and self -cocsaoas for the nrit lin:e in ber life, however. Shame, annoyance, and unalterable longing for Gaspard were tilling her heart, and Claode'i kindneii and tbe thought of hii proposed visit to ber brother proved too mach for her very imperfect self control. By the time he wai fairly oat of the; room she was crying anremrainedly, and wai far too miserable to heed Cornelia'* long haran^u* on the duty of sjlf maelery. Mri. Mortlake might well fetl dismayed at ibe tempest the bad raiaed, but she was too ranch blinded by conceit to tee the fall extent of the harm ibe had done. She made iome pretentious to virtue, and was consequently vexed, that exaggerated, it rot wholly untrue, aooaaatious had eaoaped tier, bat rather than own herself in the) wrong she Hill Blood by il, and though conscience pricked her iuto making some ualeaa altempti to pacify Ksperaucu, the woald not retract what she had aai t. Tbi breach belwaen tbe aouaini wai in oonieqaence greatly widened, aad tbe effect ca Eaperanoe waa moil dioaatroui. 8be grew more ani more ready to see faults in all around her, her faoe rarely lost its expression of hopeleaa suffering, her man- ners lost maoh of their grace and eaan. and, woral of all, Mri. Mortlaku'i parjialoal fault Hading be^an to make her snf con- scious and iutroapeotive. Bhegaveup even attempting to love her couains, and. conse- quently, was al once open to all those (anils from whioh ahe bad hitherto been Ires. When love- which had been ber guard and strength all her life waa allowad lo die, eeltiaboeii at onoe stepped iu, bi >ig- in ita train falae pride, discontuut. suspicion, ud a morbid aenailivebeaa . while what aad formerly been courageous patience was turned into % falselv assumed callousness and indifference. Tbe only things which kept her from utter ruin wai Uaipard'i luttera, fall of tbe old love and confidence although ber answers were moat disappointing and tbe remembrance of her father. Even these did not hinder ber from sinking very low. Jut they kept one soft spot in ber heart whioh oould never alter. (To be Continued. ) Why He Muved Went. Bamway I bear that McWaity baa noved to Chicago and is literally going to the dogi. HimertJ Ha know* wbat be ia dung. Bumway - Indeed '.' Simeral Yes;iu Illinois habitual drunk uncsi for two yeara ia legal ground for Uvoroc. f. "I. -.!!. II. Il Kilt.. Nukleby Why, what makea you look so lull, old man ? Time* htr 1 ? It. lie. hot No ; but I'm afraid that they will be with me pretty soon. " Why, what's the matter ? " "My wife baa begun to make her own lrets>s, with a view to economising." Married LlrVa Thorny Path. Before we were married you prom- aed that my path through lit- ahoulj be irewn with roaea ; au 1 i.o I have to sit up nights and darn stockings. He Yoa don't want to walk ou roses larefooted, do >ou ? You'd get thorns in your feet. Appealed o till Nature. Oocupant of the Parquet (of Philadel- phia ) Knoors! Unoore ! Chorus of Uahers Shin up, you blamed idiot ! 1 bia ii the death scene ! Occupant of Parquet Oh, come off ! Don't you t'poie I appreciate tbe Una l>oioti ? The batik wheat and beans Protectionists of thia country are only iarp\aaed by their brethren in Canada, who iu tbe new tariff have increased the :<0 per cent, doty on paper bagi to :<5 percent., and made a 6 per oent. advance of Ihe rate on doll babies. Philadelphia Record. There's white mahogany furniture. Plants iu pots are having a lively sale.