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Hi* l.irl In th* (..In.borouih kltt. ChaUSOn M 1 1. tail. Hbe wore a hat with I euiriDR brim And a ulian.iu plume of whit*, That uod<le4 and .au^lir-l o ur Hit djaky nui Like loam in tbe in iruini; H|V.. I Bve om- glm.ci- 'cwai euougb and wore. Kor mv liKtrt wnl away itu thai My n-Ti.ru IM nulled u 1 watcbe.l from the door TO* girl ID the Gainiborougb bat. Bar ii. i were a* dark a* the t>lacLi-ir<l wing, Her lasbes a fringe of ;el . HIT aye* were the kiiid mat the poet* suit And a soldier can never 4orget. I looked 1 Kinlifl How atiuuld I begin Thr Ham- 1 I would fain be at ' 1 .!, > i . h.-r tuiao IK> lgb would will Tbe girl ID the Gainsborough bat " Faint heart ue er won fair lady, and. to. OHM twist of my long mustache. An i iMiMlv 1 man-bed to n.i-i-t tht fo. Win re 'b. darn of Cu|nd Hash. Wbeu a Hammering luvar gruw> dumb, they My. A kit* u U-it.T than chat . And that l the way I wou. that da- Tbe Kirl m the Oaimbonrafh bat ADOPTED BY THE DEAN: A bTOBY Or TWO OOCIITRiES ' Tbe very last thick I wiib. Of cjurte we shall show him some light attention, juit to avoid remark , he maul dine here to-morrow, bal beyoud thai, 1 do uol at all with to no. ' Cornelia left the room, oat of patience witb her fie. IT'S oooltmptlblt: arguimnla 1'aiBiug up %b mairs, *ne found Erp.-ranct* in the deep wiudo* mat un the. miming, buDily entire with i<a|M.r ai..l j . i M.t " Oaly i wo hundred and ninety -I wo minutr*. ai. i Garpara wul be Lire, Cor- n ha, juat think '. " " How abaurJiv child:Hh you an- laid Cornelia, Vexed am .1 1! > ju wa it i iin|irove >our ariibuietio, wny not mauler the rale of compound proportion which you were ku dull over yesttrda). ' Kjptrauce shrugged her shoulder*, glanutd at tba clock to *ee ttaat i. jw it wan two hundred and ninety minutes, then followed her cumin to ber study, an. I pored for tunic time over a slate and bock, in the vain i iiiieavor to rind an answer i " the jueition : If 1-10 be paid for bread for 10 I..THUIU for '.'0 mot., when wbeat i t ir., how lung will L231 limi bread for <! person-, when wheat it at i'.' 16. Kjr .' but her head wan far too painful jo.it then for the eulviogof Bach a problem, and he multiplied '' dmclel with a vgueneB* attended by unhappy reiulu, in whiuh the ninety one perious existed fur forty mouth* initead o( two. aod when ('ornelia, in detpkir, nbowi .1 her the ab.-ur lity of thit aniwer, ihe would only reply that perhaps it wai ID lima of liege. Tbe iiJoa of mob a frivoloui suggestion to iuered Coruolia thai ihe summarily disunited her nu promising pupil, feeling that all the world wai Koing contrary to her that morLiug. Kiperance, in spite of her aching head, hurried ot! to the ntation in the very hotltr-i (.art uf the afternoon, her heart bounding at the thought of teeing (jar pard onov more, and far too happy to think of bemn vi'ii-l with Mn. Monlake for haviut fur gotten " the carriage. That wai a rapturoui muelm^ ' Happier than the la<t, in many wayi, for Kupvranoe reoeiwd uu tt'eat ihock an the bad then done from Oaiptrd appearaocr. beiu foil prepared for it. Nor wa* he at all aware b/>* % TV far from well the wan, far her eicilemenl an i hapi'iuuM ii4 brought color to her oheeki, an 1 > i.i-nli- r temporary treiiKth, to that the onlv uban^u ue uoticad wai in ber hair. Your mane ii gone, then ? " he aiked, iain-1' laughed. " Yen, 'i'iit i<obe , if you very mooh with, though. \ 'i iiu^iii p'rhapt me it once more . i bilieve It ii haDgind up in Ihe window." You haw oat it ol! ! " t claimed Oa pard, diimayed. " 00 maaanline mind ' yei, indeed, how elie did )un ilniik 1 bad .liiiuied it? II brnuiiht me five KUineat " " And yon told it for that wretched outfit of mine '. Cberie, 1 don't know how to for Kite von. 1 wondered where yon oonld have found the money for those i^ariuenti -|..kof. Yon are like the irl in the fairy tale, who wove ihirlt of ber 0*11 hair for her eleven brother*." " No, ihe wove minting needlei," laid Ktperanoe, " which I wonlit not promiie to do even for you. Now do not begin to cold again about my oropped hair. 1 ..nl\ told v'Hi l>. .-aiin- I wai afraid you would talk of it nt the dean. 41 \<r, <ll 11 -iiall be an yon with, you are a wonderful little nnier. Uul I wiah we had known before of all the help that would come ; 1 am afraid yon have been tin: with th fie prrparationi." l>.i tun think I would have let otheri do everything for you, and til contentedly but how good il "* uf Mii^nay to hi I. " Vei. he wai moit kind, moil generoii* , 1 ild nut ha,, borne il from tvury one , lint tun inanni r of .lomg it was perfeot. It will make a wonderful diligence to ui, and 1 thall be able to leave you lomelhing in hand when I go. 1.. udet being able to K' oo caiiifortably ID my nnt nx rnontht in Ceylon ' Yet, I could not have borne to think of yonr Ktamiih' yonnelf over there, when you would have hard work, too. And 1 am 10 glad Hir lli-nrv Wurihiniilon wai 10 kind. When did yon lee him " l.ait wi t-k. the day I wrote to yon. He wai more kind and co niiderato than 1 oan tell you, and Lady Worthington, too , 1 am glad you know and like them, I iliall fuel happier about you." Kiperanoe turned a little pule at the reference to their parting, and made hatte to change the > invurian.in Hi-e, that il the :ipr.a,l llagleon the left liJe of the itreet, though why, among all the hotela, you iliould have ohoaen the one bearing the 1'riiiiian in.bkn.. 1 ,-an't thn . Uaipard langhed. ' Tin the only decent one, ... r.in.n in ( la.it Magnay. An thoie belli ringing for ivrvi . !, will you ooniii 1 want yon to see every out. You oan t|ieak to tin in aft. r ward." , |ir,1 . insented, and Kiperinoe led the way to th>> ittlixilral, Imi >lie wa* dil appointed to In. I < '.irmlia the only ooou pant of th. '-e 1'algrave and Herllia had v alked over to t he I and Mm Mortlake had choit n to her drive that afternoon. The airvice over, Cornelia, in apite of her shrinking from the matting, haitenud after her two coimni, overtaking them juit ai the; reached the door, and greeting Uaf- pard a* warmly ai ibe could, though a* he wai almoit ashamed to look at him, he ooold not think her anything but cold and forbidding. " Yon will bring your brother home, will yon not ? " ibe laid, turning to Eiperanoe. There nai no griat proftmion of eager- m BI to lee him, and ibe oonld not bring berielf to. ezpren any regert that the deanery wai too fall for them to take him in. For a minute Uaipard wa* almoit inclined to give an eiouie ; thii cold hoi pitality teemed to him worie than nothing. However, Kiperanoe leemed greally jileaaed, and understood better what it meant from Cornelia, 10 the three walked back together, and by degrees Cornelia thawed, forgot ber shame and the awkard- neii of her pod it ion, and began to feel and to show more interest in Gaipard. Kiperaoce wai delighted to see her being tbui won over. They sat in the purple drawing room, and the watched Oatpard, who looked delightfully incongruous in one of ibe ponderoai arm-chain, and liitened contentedly to the oon venation going on, perfectly happy ai long a* ibe wai clote bv him. Tbeniomeof theMisiei Lowdell came in. and tea wn brought np, while Cornelia becamt more and more engroiatd with iiaBpard, and Kprrance wai clle.1 upon iu tfive, Mils Grac-j I.owdoll a full account of the haltlt in wh'i'h he had earneil hii car. This wai delightful ibe bad icaro-ly hoped to make olhem appreciate her At (all Mn. Morllake return ! and . nti-ring the room wholly unprepared, > mlt nut hi Ip starling with uurpride and vcxali i. when ahe caught - ,(;i uf th> thin, omplexioued, ninetached iitrangxr, who HIM iiu-.i juile establiibed in the houie, and was handing about cups of tea wall a on of caruli-kH eaie whirl, annoyed ber. Hipcrancc law the itart of dismay and could not help being aniuted by it, part., ulirlv when il wai jutckly folbwed b) a prompt (how of pulu. m -j, aim a " charm ing " kimle. " Monsieur de Mabillon '. I am deliiihted to you ' I wai begin' ing to think thi re ii a fale against our meeting. 1 was no orry to mill yon latt mouth in London, bal my luile girl wai claiming all my attention juut then. You are well, I hope?" la ipite of Ihe iilky voice, and the well- regulated smilrn, Uarpard wai by no meant he... : einberud Claude' guarded dt-icriplioc of ihe " would-be charming Uly, whom it wai hard to trait, ' and inminctivel) felt a ihrinking from her kindneu. liii aolipathy wai oontirmed when, iu a pau*e in lim convunation with Cornelia, be overheard a low-ion -d remark from Mn. Mortlake to bit litter, not intended, of ooorte, for other earn. 11 Your u<ual want of tbongtit ' Yoa might bavt teen wi mould waul another en I Jut ring at OM*V H It wai one of Ihe difli< ulliei of Kiper- ance'i i.tualion that her tlutie* were > undi-nned the ooold never find out what was or what w a* uol ezi>ecied of her, aod wai constantly btiug brought to talk, fur utgloct or fur furwai .IntBi aud meddling. To hear her icjlded wai to new. however, to ii*H|.ai i, that be even magoilied Mm Uorilakt suttduce. Her words were not BO very irvvre after all, hut her look and tone angered him, and haitily droning the he intercepted E|H<ranoe on her way to ihe bell. Do uol trouble, cberie, sit down. Allow mi, Mn. Mortlake ' thereby revealing that he had heard everything. Mn. Mortlake wa* vend. Hlie bad wi.heii to keep up ap|K>arani3ei . the wai aniiou* that Oaipard Bhuuld think well uf her, and now he. bad over heard her ep ak ing crotily and had humiliated her lufore I . -|i> ranee. Hhe haled him, but strove to recover ber place in hit estimation. " Yon gentlumen spoil us nowaday,'' ihe laid, tmiling graaioinly. " Thii it tuoh a houaehold uf women, though, that we are oied to waiting on ourte/lves." " Ob, indeed ! " laid Uaipard, gravely. She detecteid a taroaini in hn voice, and winoud ; thru thinking that a lutle tlittery might be of uie, the continued more hope- finly. " An. I Kiperanoe it loch a htlp to as iuoh avtrygrriti help we should miai her to ranch. I cannot tell you how I, iu pariioul.tr, should mill her." " It ii very good of >i<u, I am sure," laid litnparii, iu that grave manner whioh made Mrs Mortlake so uncomfortable. Of all thing! she deteited irony the moil, an.) there wai, beiidei, an angry h^ht in Ihe oli -ar brown eye.i confronting her, which IIA"! >d her even more. She il I i.ni give up, however, with mi one more attempt to hin hit good opinion. ' 1 am 10 vexed that we canuot give you a room here, it seems 10 very iinconMilv. but I am lure you will understand how it ii. Il jam happen! ta bo one of our full luiies, otherwise we thaald have been moil happy to have had you with MI." There wai something 19 very make-like in her manner, thai (iaspard could not I'-.-lieve a word of thii ; he turned with relief to Cornelia's itraightforward cold- nun. "lam very torry, too," ihe laid, gravely , " but 1 hope it will not prevent your seeing as mtioh of Kitperitnov. Yoa must run in here whenever you like , my itadv iball be juite at your disposal " Uat-pard thanked her warmly, and roie to L.. Mrs. Mortlake, in despair, dent oil her last arrow. " Yet, pray come In a* often ai you like, and you will, I ht>pe, dine with us to morrow ; we shall be delighted to tee yon." " Thank you. I ihall be very happy to come," and Mn. Mortlake tried not to look up. but felt onoe more the searching look from those keen eyei. Kiperanoe watched wuh amotement, while Uaipard shook haudi quite n i \til,i,tr, and followed him into the ball for a few la i wordi. To her eurpriao, the door wai icarcely hlnii bif ire he caught her m hii arm*, killing her again and again. " ('herii, you should have told me before! I >(Mii thai woman al way treat you -> ? " " Hi*?" u K I I. .[.uranoe, inrprin-d. "Mn. Mnrllake.do you moan? Hhe wai only a little oroii. What do 1 oare, now that I have you ?" 11 And you never told me what you had i.[i with ' " saiil (iaspard, reproach- fully. " It u a hard world, Kiperanoe, rurd." Kul happy for thii one week," (the said, nulling. " Thii mult be our oarim al. How 1 du bleu Mr. Mttgnay fur scndiny you here ' There ii plenty of happinei* in the world, after all, and kindness also. Cornelia wai nice, too, thii afternoon." " Yet, we will take advantage of ber tody, I think. I shall oome to-morrow morning." " To morrow, yei ; how we shall talk ! and, Uaipard, do not forget to send round all your socks ; I mail have a grand darning." " You forget my new outfit.' " No, but for the voyage, you eitrvagant boy ; now don't forget, ai early as yon can this evening. There ! I must go ; some one ii calling." " Bother them : " said Gaipard im- patiently. " I won't have you ran off year legi you are ai tired ai yoa cao be." She let be ber bead reil on hia ihoulder jail for a minate, then, ai the call came again more impatiently, ihe atarted op. " I malt go. Enoagh treats for one day ' Good-bye, man ami, and promite mi to have a good dinner al the Spread Eagle." She harried away, and wai greeted by expoitolationi on her ilowoeii, in a voice which Gaipard did not recognize, bat which be fancied mast belong to Mrs. Mortlake. At the ipeaker passed along the gallery, be oonld not avoid hearing the wordi, " If yoa don't know bow to brhave in other people'i hoasen, yoa must be taught. No , don't ijuoie Cornelia to me. While the home ii full of visitor! ." He did not itay for more, but anatched op bit bal and strode out of tbe home, lamming the door after him. To hear Kiperauoe his Ksperanoe spoken to in thai way ! It wai maddening intolerable! Thii lernb.c, oppressive dependence what waa il uol coaling her ! How could he bevr to leave her in lucb a plane, lo be coldly treated, Knobbed. icoi<!e<i ! Thii week of hit 80-callod oarmval ' wai loo full of rt-velalioiie lo him to be a lipp> one H waiked back 10 hi* hotel in ti-roe anger, vowing impossible vengeance upon Mrd. Murtlake . bal by dr greet he grew in ur ration tl, and consoled bun-Hilt by tMi.king of the nine when he siould be able to roll aie Esperauce and bring h.-r to a new h Jim in ('eylou. Later in tlie evei.ing bis mind wat let al rest by one mote light cf ber ; according U hii promise, he carried to the dan-r> ih- work laat wai to keep her bands full dar- ing Iheoumiug week, aud Ibe, being oo the watch for him, ran to the rtoir to take it herself. She wai looking 10 iiuiel and Btrene thai be could not allude to what wai in his mind, and though ihe w . him stay for half a inmuie, even that druf wai enough to check his an^i\ tin, and made him fie. anhamed of. his uupatii'iice. bhe was bearing all in h< r right way, of that he fell tare ; bile was i for herself and he would ilrive to t> patient for bar Ue thought of his moibrr'i sorrow uf bis father troubled life and death a*ony, ol bil own home in tbe Ian U of itraiiKers, and of thii bumbling dependence on other* in a forri^n country, in) ur ii liar '. to baar ana impoitible to uaderiland, but to be uoderutojil then, and each and all ordered with a tpecial end. And Ktprranoe, loo, at ibe lat that night iu her room, over her weary la*k, wai r-tn mi'i red by that very tame thought 1 rai :< Neville had flrsl given to her month* ago. Wai not this present cam. and wi-arii.e,, aud leparation, the f ulnlliug of that Will which i-> alwayi ben to be taken on truit till the time came for " read ii. il the mvitery righH ' ' Thone night-vigiii. Ihough they la\ -d her . ih to ibe ntmcsi, were by no means comforlleii, and thit parti, ilar M>niug she wai full of the happmeiiof Gupard'i vim, and ihe proipcct '.! Ih* week to be spanl ith him. Uf darning aud piecing Ihere wai indeed enough. The parcel of clothei proven to be in a sorry nonditi jn.and Ksperance, having prcad them over her table till Ihe room looked like a "rag fair," prooeadedlo divide them into three classes, " hopeleis." " poiHihle," and "good." Among the "good" be placed tbelesi ragged garments, and Ihe tocki in which tbe hoi- .^ were not more than an inoh or 10 in diamuler, ami then tat bravely lo work, nor Hopped onoe in ipite of ber growing wtarineti till much of ibe lallered raiment wai made wearable again, and the crowing of the oooki, and thi rod glow of innriie. tol.i her thai the mult make hsle to bed if the were to havd any ileep al all. But tbii wai to ha the last of her nighta of work, for the next morning Mr*. M .rt lake called ber aside, aud in the voiuo of uld diipluasure, which ahe disliked more than anything, aakei, " 1'ray, what were you doing Ian night ? ' Nothing, Chriitabel." the aniwered, innooently. " Nothing particular, that is ; part of Ihe time 1 played be/ijue wiili -:e." " I'jn'l evade my .|uestion in lhat way. I laid last nijjlit ; you know ; nle well what I mean." Eiptranoe ilarlef and lojked A little vexed. " Ab ! now yoa are fairly caught. 1 shall hear at once, please, what ii tbe meaning of thii ? Do yon Ihiok 1 ihall allow randlet to be waited in tliH way ? t hear thai you burn one every night down to the very lojket. 1 will have no more novel reading at night, so you had better underitand at once. U I al were you doing ? " ' I had iome needle work to finish, and at np with it. 1 am lorry about Ibe oaudlt-e, Christabel." " Sorry , indeed ! I dare lay ; and what wai the all important work, pray ? One of yonr dainty little vanities, I lappoae ? " Ksperauoe drew herself up. " I don't tee that *il i* any oonoern of youri. It wai work wbioh had to be done." " No doubt, in yoor opinion, but 1 should like to hear what il wai, please, we have had enough shuttling." " There hai been no ihutlltog al all," broke in Eiperaaoe, passionately, " and 1 don't aoa that you have any right to I n nti m me likii this. I won't allow that yoa have, bat beoaate I ohoow, 1 will tell you lhat the work wai for Uaipard." " Indeed I il wae very amiable of yoa to work for him al tbe expense of otheri." " I don't believe for a moment that unole would grudge me a few candlei, ' laid Eiperano*, half icornfully. " Bat at you leem to think be would, of oourie I will not sit i.p again." " Spare youreclf needleei proleitatious," aid Mi Morllake. " Yoa will not have annlher opportunity." JUBI then one of the Mil* Lowdelli oame in, and Mn. Mortlake waa immediately all imilei and grauioumvii, while Eiperanoe hurried ont of the room, wondering what her oouiio meant by this lait speech, and fall of indignation at her meanne** and iojaitioe. The cathedral service quieted ber, bow- aver, and *he resolved that Gaipard should bear nothing of il. Hhe knew qaite welt that many of tbe diaagreeablei of ber life conld not be concealed from him. bat when- ever it wai possible to throw a veil over ber petty Bufferings, the would do to. 'Ibe day, in conteijaence, paiaed happily and sat isfactonl v ,and in spite of Mr*. Mortlake'i interruption! Eiperanoe law a great deal of Gaipard, thanks to tbe privacy of Cornelia'* tody. The evening, loo, went well, and though the dean evidently disliked Gai- pard, yei h* wai ipite civil, and George 1'algrave good nataredly threw himtelf into tbe breaoh and managed to keep hii unole in a good humor when tbe ladiei bad left the diuner table. Later on, in tbe drawing- room, Cornelia tried to make up for tbe family ooldne*i by drawing Gaipard oat ai to his proipeeti in Ceylon, aud making many really kind-hearted in<iairiea about h, - previon* life, and so far locceeded that he learned really lo like her, and felt lesi unhappy in leaving Eiperance at the deanery. Cornelia'! heart had been touched. Ever tinoe tbe day when traveling back from London the had witucsMd F.speranoe s pamon of love and sorrow, ibe had been oftened, had loved her little coann, and taken a real intereit in tometbiug outside the wall* of her nudy. Harsh and tarcaiiie at ehe often stained, the wai really am cm 13 do what wai kiod and right ; Irom the tirt her dislike of Esperance had mvi-r Descended lo meanness like Mn. Mori- lake's, and now ber good will was real and heart v, th'Ugh her natural reserve kaM h> r, -. tdt wished il, an appear t ' -IS. ilr*. MuriUku, a* the ctnis tobiii: r lister good-night, unwarily alluded to the ui of tbe caudle*, whereupon Cor nelia wai at once up iu arms. " Yaa mean to iav you had Ihe itiogiaets to grudge tbtm tu her .' ' My dear, u n not so much the tv I mim:, but think what a bad h*bit for a j'ri of H> venieen vo lit up niglii after night. Nu iloubi ine often dropped asleep over her work ; it is a wonder we have not had the burned down, I'm tare." " You are very prudeut, certainly," naid ('jrnelia, with a tarcatilic smil- . " and bow rtoe* ihe mean lo uniih Gaipard's u:ltlit | ' " Ho* should I know," replied. Mrt. Mortlakx. with a!: t i .-\reles4iieiii ; " the will not finish il by candle-light, that H all 1 care about." 83 il teems. Well, ihe shall at leait have the opportuuiiy of nuisbmg il by lamp light,' sai t Cornelia, maj -mically. Mrs. JiorlltkH gave an inarticulate sound of annoyance; not Cornelia, with a cold MOd bight, took hi r lutle reading-lamp in her hand, and mounted tbe itain to the ati without another word of explanation. To her surprise the found Esperauce already in bed. 'in, I am juit too late,' ibe laid, regreifull). " 1 thought, perhapi, yon would like my lamp to work by Cbriitabvl bai just been telling me about this absurd fan." Esperance looked op with gratitude in h. r tired eye*. " How kind of yoa to think of it ; 1 was wonderiug how I could gel Gasptrd's thing* done in time . 1 m.<ant to get up early. " Ibat would be bolter for yoa than sitting up," said Cornelia ; "indeed you do uol look Dl for anything to night.' And be looked with tome ai \iety at Esper anoe'i flushed cheek*, and tb purple rmg round her eye*. " How much more have you lodo ? " Eiperauo* pointed to a formidable pile of work on her table, aud Coraelia *cratiui/.ed the uniightly bolei with an utipraotiied eye, and woudered if any (kill could really mend them. " I almost wish 1 knew how to darn." he laid, thoughtfully. " There must be more here than you will gel through " No, not if I wake m tim . said Eiper- auoe, oonttdenlly. 1 will felon you my alarm," taid Cor- nelia, and she hurried away, returning in a few minotei witb a little I reia-h alarm clock. " What tune ihall I sel it for '.' " " Four o'clock, please . the tun will have riten by then," laid Espnranoe, watching bur ooasiu's movements with languid interest. " What ! four boon' work befur break fait ! must you really have 10 I" i na. It id what 1 have always taken, said Eiperauoe. " The time goes MO <i'iiekly when one worki, you know." Cornelia did not know, for ihe r> touched a needle, but ibe wai a good deal shucked when ibe heard of the length of thoae nighih vigils, an 1 touched by tbe thought of the love which had prompted them " My dear,' ihe nid, gently, "yoa will promise me not to nt up agaiu ; get up to- morrow morning if you like, and 1 will try to prevent your being interrupted in tbe dav vouean work in m> study, yoa kuow." There wai lomethiug almost laughable in the thought of Cornelia's sanctum being lamed into a work room, but Kiperanoe s gratitude knew no bounds. Bbe wai 10 much pleated and tiurpriied that ber Eng- liih deaerttd her, and throwing her armi round Cornelia 1 ! neck ihe exclaimed " A/j luen ehtr<- .' but yoa are good, bal you are thought! ul . how oan I thank you enough ! How happy you have made me ! " It wa* a rhapsody, no doubt, bat in ipite of ill Frenohne*! il went itraigbt to Cor- nelia'i heart. Ai ibe left the room her father'* voice wai beard calling her from the observatory, the dojr which itojd opposite to Eiperanoe'i. " My dear.juit read thii foot-note to me, will you . Ihe print ii too small fur me." She took the book, but wai obliged to brush her baud hastily across ber eyei before beginning to read for incredible though il isemed to ber they were dim with tears. To In Continued) She Judged Heat. Travit I mutt tell you, Mitt Booth- mayd, what a delight your muiic it I Do you not enjoy playing to others : " Mist Kjuthmayd (frankly i -Oh, y*a, I oppOM I could if I did not 'have lo bear it myself." There are "i.OOO insane people m Ihe city of New York, and t.xperti ou inianity say that the ratio of lunatioi H increasing muoh tatter than that of tbe population. OHOWTH OK CITIKS. The ceniui renrni of th* Uoited State* arc a* yet by oo mean* complete, but enough hai been tabulated to show that Ibe oitie* are growing much falter than the country at large. Ten year* ago there wat a population of 6.100,000 in twenty of the largest citie*. By the new census the population of Ibeae citiet U 8,750,000. The increase in tbete cities taken altogether ha* been over 43 per oent., while tbe gain in population of tbe whole country bai been only about 35 per oent. Preliminary return* indicate that New York hai kept pace very closely with the growth in tbe nation'! population, having gained .f4.y per oent. according to report! thai far published. Bat tbe gain would have been mach larger but for the remark- able change in facilities for transportation, which have given Brooklyn an increase of 42 3 per oent., and added greatly lo th* population on Long Island, and icrosi the Harlem and tbe Hudson, al the expense of New York. Ten years ago, reckoning New York, Brooklyn, Newark and Jersey City at on* great centre of population, it had 2.030,000 inhabitant!, and baa gained about three quarters of a million daring Ihe pact decade in spit* of the rapid growth of many suburban town-, 1'niladelphia hai gained leu, only aboat :.' H per cent., and yet probably more than the ircreaie of population io the region immediately a",oeul So Baltimore ha* gained only i per cent , bat Maryland probably !* ; Boston hag gained 15 per cent., but Maiiachnsetti probably lesi New i irleaiH seems to have gained only 14 per cent., but that ii probably more than the increase in Louisiana. Other citiel which teem to have drawn bat luile if any from tbe tarrcanding population, ire Cincinnati, with a gain of 3:t.G per cent, ibtii the gain i>i - juthera Unio aod Southern Indiana has not been large), and Si. Loun, with a _in of '-'1 per cent. ; but it may be doubted whether Bouiberu aod Central Illiooit aud .Missouri have grown more rapidly. The LOieworthy growth uf the pt decade hai urea along the lakes aud iu ihe great North- western region beyond the lake*. I'ari of tt<e gam of 100 per cent, by Chi- cago hai been due to tbe annexation of populous territory, bat tbe increase ha* b"t-u wonderful nevertheless. Uf the entire u of '-' n .()(HH) to the population of th, .'0 citn -,. -.t 000, or more than a lifth, has been adiiea by Chicago alone. But Mil- waukee hai also gained over 100 percent., and while the iwin citiel are accusing each other of fraudulent leturnl, St. 1'aul claims a gain of ovtr '.'00 per cant, aud Minueapolii of over 300 per cent. Other lake uitied bave gained much more than the average rate of increase ; Buffalo about t',0 per cent., and Cleveland about .",.'> per cent. The gain of |JO per oent. at 1'iitsbutg ii doabtleis due in large measure to the exleniivi employment of natural gas in manufacture. Notwith- standing a central location which bai not usually favored exceptional growth. Wash iugtou hai gamed about '>* per oent. because of local improvement!, ard I.ouuville about 40 per cent., having probably been euabled by new Southern railroads Iu divert some traffic from Cincinnati. According to tbe New York Cwm I! tilfi n manufacture! have not onned much of this cjacentration of Ihe popula- tion into titiei. It bai been rather a note- worthy tendency ol manufacture!, during the past decade, lo build up suburban aud rural lettlemariU for thtui-u'vei, where land can be had cheaply and tax** are light, and where the working population it leu interrupted by demagogues aud agita- tor*. Tbe linei of transportation, iuland, lake and ocean, bave drawn uiuch popula- tion to tome cities, bat change! iu inaihodi of trade and tpeoalation bave done muoh to swell civic population. "The greatest of all th* force* operating in that direction, however, has been the growing dture of tbe people theuiselvvi for the chain ^s and > hanger, the excitements, pleasure! and allurement! of city life. 1'rogreti iu thai '.:! lion is not by any meant indicative of great industual or moral health." There have becii great improvement* in farm machinery in late years. The threshing mauhiue and teparalor dors th* work of many nails and fanning mills. Tbe telf binder doei tbe work of many cradle* and hand rakei Th* labor of one mau now produce* much more grain than th* labor of ore man could produce thirty yean ago. But we are sure Ihe improve- ments in manufacturing machinery bave been Btill greater than the improvement* in farm machinery. For this reaion a relatively smaller uomber of men ought to timi emplov ineiii iu producing manufac- tured goous than iu producing food. He- ihe export* of the country ooniiit almost entirely of farm product!, luob ai meat, grain and raw cotton. Manufac- tured goodi make a iraall item iu the export!. Instead of crowding into tbe cities, the people ought to betake them- selves more and more to the farms, if they are to attain the greatest prosperity. Story of a Dword. A lawyer gave a dinner party, after hiah the gentlemen retired to smoke and obat. All at onoe he got op, took down a iword which f irni.-a part of a trophy, and brandishing it iu ihe air, exclaimed : " Ah ' gentleman, 1 ehall never furget the day when I drew thit blade for the tint time ! " 1'ray, where did yoa draw it ? " laid an ini|uiringgi!Ml. 11 AtaraDle," wai the lawyer'* rejoinder. A little roll of white paper interted through the upper crust of a pi* will pr*. vent the juice being forced oat into the oven while it ii baking, John B. Lester, of tbe Henry onnty, Georgia, poor boute, claimi to be 123 year* of age ; and alto that he wa* three time* wounded in the revolutionary war aud fought under Jackson in 1412. Dalton, the Amerioan back iwimrner, ii training at Kolkitone with a view to a im acroti the English Channel at a point where he would have to travel a few more miles than Ihe late Captain Webb. Ethel We've been married three month* to-day. Charlie, Charlie-Great Saott ! Il that all Among tbe variant Charily tooietio* of Moscow there i* one) foi klit endowment of poor bridei. The fund* of the society art conilantly increased by the gift* or be- igueili of benevolent persona, but only the interest of the money ii nted for the designated purpoio. Y