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mold 8; 6 is dark get he. istinguish "the asses the wendy beyond the gardens Joutline of the trees nea: his sément, 'the shape of the clouds, cy move slowly soithward, He ders in' what part of the old p foe fantastic roofs and 8 and ivy-col- hidden in the might, they have Hoo Sabaroff her 8 some time at pid goes to his | TOBY. Ford Blanford, is in; a_ very ba fers.' says" Mr. Woblion Aah Semoking-room door has closed © objegb- of his detestation; he pansts. and adds signi ly : "The Blanfords, yon iB always a little--judt a Lvl) or family, very clever, Pike know to what grdat 'wits fre often allied. i And this man never done 'anything with his t and opportunities; sever anything at all ig a e has written i first-rate 81" gays Usk, angtily, always to defend a friend ib absence. h, books!" says Mr. Woottons 'bland' but imutterabld disdaig. Wootton is a eritic of books * hergfore naturally despises hat would you have him do 1' s Usk, pugnaciously: . "Wootton: stretches' his legs nd. gazes. with abstracied air ceiling, "Publie" life," he urs. 'Public life is the only | le. éareer. of an. Englishman sition, But it demands saiéri- fice} 1% demands sacrifices." "Fou mean that one has to mar- ry IT says the young duke of Qudbnstown; timidly. * Mg. Wootton smiles on Him loft- ily. ' "'Marey, yes, undoubtedly, and? avoid scandals afterward; avoid, beyond all, those connegtions whic nd such a charm. to. exist: ence, but are so apt to get into the newspapers I" There is a general taught Mr. Wootton has' notiinfénded to make them laugh, and he resumes with stateliness, asthough Shey had i not interrupted him :" "The contitry expects those sacrifices; no man succeeds, in public life in England who does not make them." "= § "Melbourne, Paimerston, Sydney Herbert!" murmurs one rebellious hearer. : Mz. Wootton waves him aside as be would an importunate iy "Not #40 touch on living persons, 1 woul select: Lord Althrop 'a8 the model of the public leader most suited to this countrv. It would not suit Lord Blanford to lead the blame- less life of Lord :Althrep. It would not suit him even to pretend to lead it. 1 doubt if he could even look the part if he tried. The Lnaglish are a peculiar people ; they always mix public and private life: "to- gether. Lord Beaco remark- od 0) mie once" 4 0 And Mr. Wootton tells a story of | Disraeli," a very good story, only be has n it out of the jonrnals of the siden' des Brosses and fathered. it on to Disraeli.' Buty M. De Brosses is an author seldom knows; if 'neighbor's wife; down yo And: yet," continu Wootton ponsively, "peop mire their neighbor's wife land; and it seems & one compares it with*th B, of Gordon, or ei for the rich man's goods: With which. Fides, and' algo tion bed: x SY oik duke Tottow walks by his side down 'dor. He is 'not at all like D: eli's young duke: he is awkwa ghy, and dull'; he id neither ahle hot distinguished, but he a paingtaking wish in him to do by his country, which Hs noble in a person 'w toadied, indulged, and Pex all ways and on all side his cradle days b ib t Fe Dire it dl ¥ R te Lh ish i an only 'possible 0 men/of pa high'that they dre raised] birth 'above "all yulgard ness Of pecuniary needs dei "Do you really Ahink 1"? £ay8-the duke, timidly, dor he! is very afraid of Henry Wootton. *'D al- ly think that, to have any infludee ons English. publie: life it is neces- sary--nepessary--to keep so very straight, as regards women I mean, you kn Pie we 0 ERC al hl oY necessary to appear to kaBpiylry straight,' teplies Mr, Wabtion. * The two things hre obyi« ously different te. the meanest .ca- pac : AE "The Sop i eign' : And (yy that -- that--=ap- pearance one must bg married 1 "Indisputably; Marriage i necessary to respectability in great 'position ay a hrougham tow id doctor, or a butler te a biabog replies the eldér, 'smiling' compa sionately at the wick 'of higfoandle. He doeg hot care a straw about the: duke, he has no daxighters to mar- ry, and Mr. 'Wootton's social em- inence is far beyond the power of dukes or princes to make or mend. They are words of wisdom' 80 pro- found: that they sink deep into the 'soul of hi8 pupil and fill' him with wieonsternated Sadness and perplex- ity~ + The~temper-of Lady Dawlish is a known quantity, and the, qualityiof it is alarming Lady Dawlish ds lot young, she is good- looking, and.slié has debts. - Lord Dawlishehas' indeed hitherto let J paying such of his own ag fot. by 'any. dexterity avoi 'there i8 na knowing' what do any day 'out of caprice or. nature; and although he will never obtain a ivorce, he may try for one, "which will equally 'effectually convulse the dukes county-and the. cathédral city. which is situated in its eonter, His own affair with Lady Dawlish is, he firnily believes known to: no human bein themselves and. thei servants; he Tit Has been the gosgip of A ; 'until London grew tired of it; he' ig. indeed aware that everybody in- vited them in' the kindest manner together, but he attributed this coincidence to her. tact in the man- agement of ber set and choice of her own engagements. A Arrived at ) Mr; Wootton with a kind le inte sentimen blood Aetipy wih 4 Ay & b Lr eR latant