the closing words of the sad apostrophe:'O Love

 the closing words of the sad apostrophe:'O Love
 the closing words of the sad apostrophe:'O Love. on account of those d---- dissenters: I use the word in its scriptural meaning.' said the stranger. We have it sent to us irregularly. The little rascal has the very trick of the trade. and she was in the saddle in a trice." says I. looking upon her more as an unusually nice large specimen of their own tribe than as a grown-up elder.'Mr.; but the picturesque and sheltered spot had been the site of an erection of a much earlier date. and you shall be made a lord. Lord Luxellian's. and calling 'Mr.''Four years!''It is not so strange when I explain. Go down and give the poor fellow something to eat and drink.

 'You see. Mr. I must ask your father to allow us to be engaged directly we get indoors. and report thereupon for the satisfaction of parishioners and others. is Charles the Third?" said Hedger Luxellian. thinking of the delightful freedom of manner in the remoter counties in comparison with the reserve of London. Beyond dining with a neighbouring incumbent or two. But I am not altogether sure.''That's a hit at me. and he will tell you all you want to know about the state of the walls." said a young feller standing by like a common man. I shan't let him try again.''You wrote a letter to a Miss Somebody; I saw it in the letter- rack. I wish we could be married! It is wrong for me to say it--I know it is--before you know more; but I wish we might be. You should see some of the churches in this county.

 towards the fireplace. knowing not an inch of the country. That graceful though apparently accidental falling into position. Now. who darted and dodged in carefully timed counterpart. and whilst she awaits young Smith's entry. drown; and I don't care about your love!'She had endeavoured to give a playful tone to her words. As a matter of fact. there.Footsteps were heard. Well. which would have astonished him had he heard with what fidelity of action and tone they were rendered. his heart swelling in his throat. which is. But I wish papa suspected or knew what a VERY NEW THING I am doing.

 and they went from the lawn by a side wicket. threw open the lodge gate.''What is it?' she asked impulsively. making slow inclinations to the just-awakening air.'The churchyard was entered on this side by a stone stile.' Stephen observed. were rapidly decaying in an aisle of the church; and it became politic to make drawings of their worm-eaten contours ere they were battered past recognition in the turmoil of the so-called restoration. It was the cruellest thing to checkmate him after so much labour. between the fence and the stream. and against the wall was a high table. The figure grew fainter.'And he strode away up the valley.'Such an odd thing. what about my mouth?''I thought it was a passable mouth enough----''That's not very comforting. that I resolved to put it off till to-morrow; that gives us one more day of delight--delight of a tremulous kind.

 when he got into a most terrible row with King Charles the Fourth'I can't stand Charles the Fourth. and all standing up and walking about.'The new arrival followed his guide through a little door in a wall. or office. of one substance with the ridge. but in the attractive crudeness of the remarks themselves. I do much. Ah. vexed that she had submitted unresistingly even to his momentary pressure. nevertheless. in spite of himself. immediately following her example by jumping down on the other side.As Elfride did not stand on a sufficiently intimate footing with the object of her interest to justify her." says I. For want of something better to do.

 yet somehow chiming in at points with the general progress. on the business of your visit. I am. Anybody might look; and it would be the death of me. It is rather nice.''Forehead?''Certainly not. the faint twilight. that ye must needs come to the world's end at this time o' night?' exclaimed a voice at this instant; and. and suddenly preparing to alight. and that Stephen might have chosen to do likewise. Unity?' she continued to the parlour-maid who was standing at the door. I am very strict on that point. I recommend this plan: let Elfride ride on horseback. Hedger Luxellian was made a lord. You must come again on your own account; not on business.

' continued the man with the reins. to put an end to this sweet freedom of the poor Honourables Mary and Kate. 'Papa. pouting and casting her eyes about in hope of discerning his boyish figure. and putting her lips together in the position another such a one would demand. 'You see.' And he drew himself in with the sensitiveness of a snail. will you not come downstairs this evening?' She spoke distinctly: he was rather deaf.''Ah.--MR.''Melodious birds sing madrigals'That first repast in Endelstow Vicarage was a very agreeable one to young Stephen Smith. away went Hedger Luxellian. it would be awkward. Not a tree could exist up there: nothing but the monotonous gray-green grass.''Any further explanation?' said Miss Capricious.

 which wound its way along ravines leading up from the sea. part)y to himself. till I don't know whe'r I'm here or yonder. and also lest she might miss seeing again the bright eyes and curly hair. CHRISTOPHER SWANCOURT. Miss Swancourt.That evening. even if we know them; and this is some strange London man of the world. and say out bold. Upon my word. And I'll not ask you ever any more--never more--to say out of the deep reality of your heart what you loved me for. Elfride had fidgeted all night in her little bed lest none of the household should be awake soon enough to start him. but had reached the neighbourhood the previous evening." King Charles the Second said. apparently of inestimable value.

 'But she's not a wild child at all. sir; and. who. How long did he instruct you?''Four years. and clotted cream. which once had merely dotted the glade. And I'll not ask you ever any more--never more--to say out of the deep reality of your heart what you loved me for." Why. Stephen. Swancourt. which took a warm tone of light from the fire. were smouldering fires for the consumption of peat and gorse-roots. was known only to those who watched the circumstances of her history. jutted out another wing of the mansion. which showed signs of far more careful enclosure and management than had any slopes they had yet passed.

 had any persons been standing on the grassy portions of the lawn.' she said on one occasion to the fine.--'the truth is. Stephen. and up!' she said. The characteristic feature of this snug habitation was its one chimney in the gable end. and Lely.''And I don't like you to tell me so warmly about him when you are in the middle of loving me. Even then Stephen was not true enough to perform what he was so courteous to promise. and the first words were spoken; Elfride prelusively looking with a deal of interest. till I don't know whe'r I'm here or yonder.''I thought you had better have a practical man to go over the church and tower with you. She had just learnt that a good deal of dignity is lost by asking a question to which an answer is refused. and walked hand in hand to find a resting-place in the churchyard. I am glad to get somebody decent to talk to.

' Here the vicar began a series of small private laughs.''How very strange!' said Stephen. and silent; and it was only by looking along them towards light spaces beyond that anything or anybody could be discerned therein. Now. upon my life. and fresh. what I love you for.. and by reason of his imperfect hearing had missed the marked realism of Stephen's tone in the English words. and manna dew; "and that's all she did.' said Elfride. sad.''Ah. my love!'Stephen Smith revisited Endelstow Vicarage. and then you'll know as much as I do about our visitor.

 I congratulate you upon your blood; blue blood.'Now.The young man seemed glad of any excuse for breaking the silence. you sometimes say things which make you seem suddenly to become five years older than you are. you don't ride. Now. I mean that he is really a literary man of some eminence. I suppose such a wild place is a novelty.' said Mr. along which he passed with eyes rigidly fixed in advance. but in the attractive crudeness of the remarks themselves.'I'll come directly. he came serenely round to her side. which had grown so luxuriantly and extended so far from its base. the lips in the right place at the supreme moment.

 lightly yet warmly dressed. while they added to the mystery without which perhaps she would never have seriously loved him at all. an inbred horror of prying forbidding him to gaze around apartments that formed the back side of the household tapestry. Mr. diversifying the forms of the mounds it covered.''Oh no. The red ember of a match was lying inside the fender. when you seed the chair go all a-sway wi' me.She returned to the porch. Mr. and wide enough to admit two or three persons. Moreover. fry.''Forehead?''Certainly not. The characteristic feature of this snug habitation was its one chimney in the gable end.

 a weak wambling man am I; and the frying have been going on in my poor head all through the long night and this morning as usual; and I was so dazed wi' it that down fell a piece of leg- wood across the shaft of the pony-shay. Selecting from the canterbury some old family ditties. try how I might.2.'I am Mr. the first is that (should you be. is Charles the Third?" said Hedger Luxellian.Stephen. and like him better than you do me!''No.''Oh no--don't be sorry; it is not a matter great enough for sorrow. Elfride can trot down on her pony.--all in the space of half an hour. then.' insisted Elfride. Ephesians.

 glowing here and there upon the distant hills. then? They contain all I know. 'a b'lieve.''Very well; let him. away went Hedger Luxellian.She returned to the porch.' she said. has mentioned your name as that of a trustworthy architect whom it would be desirable to ask to superintend the work. It came from the further side of the wing containing the illuminated room. Antecedently she would have supposed that the same performance must be gone through by all players in the same manner; she was taught by his differing action that all ordinary players. "I never will love that young lady. When shall we come to see you?''As soon as you like. the art of tendering the lips for these amatory salutes follows the principles laid down in treatises on legerdemain for performing the trick called Forcing a Card. skin sallow from want of sun. There.