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They hit In the winter gloaming, Aiic tbe Are bunt* bright between Ono ha* i«a**el seventy trammer*,

The otherjtwt seven te*n. TU«y roet In happy hilouw

As Uie hhmiows ltrt*p« fMt On.- llvt In comic# future, And nu'' In a long, loug pant.

Each dreams of rush of mu«lc. And question whimpered low Oh* will n«ir It thia evening,

One heard It long ago. Each dreams of a loving husband, Whom brav«i heart Is (ten aloue Kor one the Joy i» ooming.

For one the Joy ho* flown.

Each 4reams of a life of nrine**, HpeutunrtfTthe sunny skies And both the hope and the raem'ry

Hbitfi in the happy e.ve*. Who knows which dream Is tbe brightest' And who knows which I* the be»t? The arrows and Joys are mingled,

But only the end Is ivst.

•The Dead Secret.

BY WILKIK COLLINS.

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CHAPTER X. A COOCILOK T1XRKK.

On tho morning aft'jr the departure of Mrs Jazoph, the news that sbo bad been Bent away from tbo Tiger's Head by Mr. Frankland'sdirections,reached the Doctor's residence from the inn, just as he wa« sitting down to breakfast. Finding that tbe report of the nurae's dismissal was not accompanied by any satisfactory explanation of the cause of it, Mr. Orridge refused to believe that her attendance on Mre. Frankland had really ceased. However, although he declined to credit the news, he was st far dis turbod by it that lie finished his breakfast in a hurry, and went to pay his morning visit at the Tiger's Ilen.l, near ly two hours before the time at which he usually attended on his patient.

On his way to the inn, he was met and stopped by tbe one waiter attached to the establishment. "I was just bringing

Sir,"said

ou a message from Mr. Frankland, the man. "He wants to see you as soon as possible." "Is it true th.» Mrs. Frank land's nurse was sent away list night, by Mr. Frankland's order?" asked Mr. Orridge. '•Quite true, Sir," uuswered tne waiter.

The Doctor colored and looked seri eusly discomposed. One of the most precious tilings we buve about us—es-pco-ially if we bnppeu to belomr to the medical profession—is our dignity. It struck Mr. Oriidge that be ought to havft been consulted before a nurse of his recommending, was dismissed from her situation at a moment's notice. Was Mr. Frankland presuming upon hi* position as a gentleman of fortune? ft wa$ Impoasib'e to decide thit question as yet but tbo men? act of ooutxtciiug it, exercised an undermining influence on the conservative foundations tf Mr. Orridgo's principles. The power of wealth may do much with impunity, but it is not privileged to offer any radical contradictions to a man's good opinion of himself. Never had the Doctor thought tuore disrespectfully of rank and riches never had ho been conscious of reflecting on republican principles with such absolute impartiality,as when ho now followed tlie waiter in sullen silence to Mr. Frankland'a room.

Who is that?" asked Leonard, when be honrd-the door open. Mr. Orridge, Sir." said tho waiter.

Good morning," said Mr. Orridge, with self asserting abruptness and familiaritv.

Mr. Frankland was sitting in an armchair with bis logs crossed. Mr. Orridge carefully 8»eiecu»d another arm chnTr, and crowed his legs on tha model of Mr. Frankland's, the moment he sat down. Mr. Frankland's hands were in

of his dressing gown. Mr,

Orridgo bad bo pockets, except in his coat tails, which he could not conveniently get at but he put his thumbs into tho arm holes of his waistcoat, and assorted himself against tho easy fnso lenoo of we..*lth, in thai way. It made no dlfTere.too to hlir—so curiously narrow is th# rndgeof a man's perception when he Is ins sling on hi# own imnortanco— that Mr Frank! and was blind, and oonsotjuontlv Incapable of being Impressed lv the Independence of his bearing Mr." Orrldge's own dignity was vindicated in Mr. Orrldgi's own preaonoe: and th»t was enough.

I am.glad you have com® so early, Doctor,".said Mr. Frankland. "A very unpleasant thing happened here last aight. I was obliged to send the new nuKN* awav at a moment's notice."

Were you. Indt^nl!" said Mr. Orridge, definslvely matching Mr. Frankland "a compoanre bjr an assumption of the oou)]»'et'Mt imliUereuce. "Aba were yoiu iude^I 1" "If there hail b«en time to send and consult you, of course I should bate been oolV 110 glad to have kno so," oontinuwl "But ft was linpuaalble to bmiUt*. We were all alarmed by loud ringing of my wife's bell I wa* taken up to her room, and found her in a condition the most violent agiCA'lon and aUrm. She told tne she had taen dread full frtghten»d by tbe new nurse declared !i"f oonvt lhat tbe wviutn wm not her right «-usw and.«»W«to^ thftt-1 wi»«id gH hw oat of tk# with llttlftdel^rand an littl.» h:»rstme*s possible. Under the|o ciruiui»*,v^nc«, what could I do? 1 m.{vWin t- h*v- be?tt wanting in nnaideration't«Vtrd you, in prooeedlng 00 mv n*ii r!»{» iii*bilUy but Mrs. Frank laud wa» in such a state of excitement that I coald u~t tell what tuight be tbe coiwequdnce of opposing her, or of venturing 00 any delays and after the diiOouity had bwti got over, she would uot hpar of your b«fng dh»tur»ed by tr summons t» the ino. I *n snre you VI11 undemtawl this explanation, lkct©r, In the spirit in which 1 offer It?''

Mr. Orridgo liegmn to look a liule oonfUsed. His solid substructure of in dependence was softening and tanking from under bliu. He founs himself thinking—no, not exactly thinking, bnt the next thing to It—of the cultivated manners of the woalthy class** bis thumbs slipped mechanically out of tho arm holes of his waistcoat and before ho well knew what be was About, be was at*roroaring hi® vit Ihroun *3 tbo oholceet intricacies of complimentary and respectful reply.

You will nslarally be know what tbe new nuree «akl or did to fi-ighten my wife so." pursued Mr. Frankland. "I can tell yon nothing In detail: for Mi*. Franklanidl la such a state of nervous dread last night that I, was really afraid of asking tor any ex Idanati »ns and I hare jwirposely waited to make inquW®# this mosrnit^^tintll

you eon Id ooroe here and aooompany me up stairs. Y«»u kindly took so much trouble to secure this unlucky woman's attendance, that you have a right to bear all that oan be alleged again*! her, now ahe has been sent away. ConsiderIngall things, Mrs. Frankland la not so ill thi» morning as I waa afraid she would b*. She expects to aee you with me and If you will kindly give me your arm, we will go up to her Immediately."

Mr. Orridge uncrossed his fogs, rose in a great nurry. and even went tho length, Instinctively, of making a bow Let it not be imagined that he compromised ois independence while he acted in this wav, by reflecting on rich men in a too hasty spirit of approval. When he mechanically committed himself to bow, forgetting at the moment that Mr Frankland waa Incapable of appreciating that act ol homage, he was only thinking, in the moatunmercenary and aosintct way. of Blood—of the breeding it brought with It—of the Inscrutable value that Ft gave to words which would sound quite simple anl commonplace in the mouths of ordinary people. Mr. Orridge was po* sessed—and it Is due to him to record the fact—of most of tbe virtues of his species, especially of that widely spreaa virtue which preserves people from allowing their opinions to be seriously influenced by personal considerations. We all have our faults but it is, at least, consolatory to think bow very few of our dearest friends—to snv nothing of ourselves—are ever guilty of such weakness as that!

On entering Mrs. Frankland's room the Doctor saw at a glance that she hai betn altered for the worse by the events of the past evening. He remarked that tho smile with which she greeted her husband was the faintest and saddest be bad seen on her faoe. Her eyes looked dnn and weary, her skin was dry, her pulse was irregular. It was plain that •*ho had passed a wakeful night, and that ber mind was not at ew. She dismissed the inquiries of her medical attendants as briefly as possible, and led tho conversation immediately, of ber own accord, to tho subject of Mrs. Ja K8ph. "I suppose you have heard what n«s happened?'' sho saiil, ad1 res-sini .Mr. Orridge. I can't tell yon how grieved I am aoout iu My condic must look in your eyes, as well as in the eu# ot tho'poor, unfortunate nurs tnecnuduct of capricious, unfeeling woman. I am mady to cry with sorrow and vexation when I romember how thoughtless was, and bow little courage I skowed Oh, Lenny, it is dreadful to hurt the filings of any body—but to have pained that unhappy, helpless woman, as we pained ber, to have made her cry so bitterly, to have caused her such humiliation ajul wretchendess—1"

My dear Rosamond," interposed Mr. Frankland, "you are lamenting effects, aud forgetting causes altogether. Ro member what a state ot terror 1 found you in—there must have been some "rea*on for that. Remember, too, how strong your conviction was thai tbe nurse was out of her senses. Surely you have n«-t altered your opinion on that point already

It is that very opinion, lovo, that has been perplexing and worrying me all night I c%n't alter it I feel more cer tain than ever that tbore must bo some thing wrong with tho poor creature's intellect—and yet, wheii I remember how good-naturedly she came here to ue!p me, ami how anxious she seemed to make hers-i: useful, I can't help feel ing ashamed of my suspicions I can't help reproaching myself for having been tbe cause of her dismissal last night. Mr. Orridge, did you notice any thing in Mrs. Jazeph's face or manner which might leaa you to doubt whether her intellects were quite as sound as they ought to be?"

Certainly not, Mrs. Frankland, ®r I should never have brought ber hero. I should not hav been astonished to hear that she was suddenly taken ill, or that sho had beeu spired with a fit, or that some slight acciden', which would have frightened no bod else, had seriously frightened hor. 6ut to be told that there is any thinjjj approaching to derangement in her lacultics does, I own, fairly surprise me."

Can I have been mistaken exclaimed Rosamond, looking confusedly and solf-diatrustfully from Mr. Orridge to her husband. "Lenny! Lenny! if I have been mistaken, I 6hall never for givo myself."

Suppose you tell us, my dear, what led you to suspi'ct that she was mad sugjested Mr Frankland.

Rosamond hesitated. "Things that are great in one's own uiind," she said, "seem to get so little when lliey are put Into words. I almost despair of making you understand what good reason

ba:

to bo frightened—and thou, I am afraid in trying to do justice to myself, that I may "not do justice to the nurse." ••"Tell your own story, my love, in your own way. and you will be sure to tell it properly," said Mr. Fraekland.

And pray remember," added Mr. Orridge, "that I attach no real importance to my opinion of Mrs. Jazeph. I have not had time enough to form it. Yoor opportunities of observing her have Ikjoii far more numerous than mine."

TUo* eneonrAged, Rosamond plainly and simply related all that had happened In her room on tho previous evening, up to tho time when she had closed her eyes, and had heard the nurse approaching her liodside. Beforw repeating the extraordinary words that Mrs. Jaw»ph had wbirpered into her ear, sbe made a pans*, and htoked earnestly in ber husband's faco.

Why do vrra stdjj?" asked Mr. Frankland. I f«el nervous and flurried still, Lenny, when I think of the words the nurse said to me, just before I rang the bell." "What did she say? Was it something you would rather not repeat?"

No! no! I arn most anxious to repeat it, and to hear what you think it means. As I have jast told you, Lenny, we had been talking of Portbgenna, and of my project of exploring the north rooms as soon as I got there and she had bemi asking many questions about the old bouse appearing, I must say, to be unaccountably interested in it, considering she was a stranger."

Yea?" Well, when she came to tbe bedaiie. ahe knelt down close at uov ear, ana whispered all on a sudden, 'when vou go to Porthgenna, keep oat of the Myrtle Room!'"

Mr. Frankland started. "Is there such a room at Porthgenna?" he asked, •ageriT.

I never heard of It," said Rnaamond. "Are you sure of thai inquired Mr. Orridge. Up to this moment tbe Doctor had privately suspected that Mrs. Frankland must have Mian asleep soon after he left her the evening before and that the narrative which ahe waa now relating, with tbe nee rest conviction of Its reality, was actuall/* derived from nothing bat a series of Vivid imprwtdons produced by a dream.

I am certain I never beard of audi a room," said Rosamond. "1 left Portbgenna at Are years old and I bad never h*srd of it then. My father often talk* 1

certain that he never p6ke of any of the rooma by any particular namea and I can aay tbe same of your father. Lenny, whenever I waa tnhla company after he had bought the pl$oe. Besides, don't you remember, wbiu tbe bnilder we sent down to survey the house wrote you that letter, he complained that there were no namea of tbe rooma on the different keys, to guide him in opening the doors, and that he could get no information from any body at Portbgenna on the subject. How could I ever have heard of the M.vrtle Room Who waa there to tell me

Mr. Orridge began to look perplexed it seemed by no means so certain that Mi*. Frankland had been dreaming tffler all.

I have thought of nothing else," said Rosamond to her husband, in lo,v, whispering tones. "I can't get loose tayatorlous words off my mind. Feel my heart, Lenny—It la beating quicker than nsual, only with saying them over to you The rare such very strange, startling words. What do you think they mean

Who is the woman who spoke them? —that is the most important question," said Mr. Frankland.

But whv did ahe say the words to »it\ That is what 1 want to know—that in what I must know, if I ant over to feel easy in my mind again!" "Gently, Mrs. Frankland, gently!' said Mr. OrriJgo. "For your child's sitke, as well as for yoiir own. pray try to bo ca'm, and to look at this very mysterious event as composedly as you can. If any exertionsof mine can throw light upon thi9 strange woman and her still stranger conduct, I will not spare them. I am going to-day to ber mistress's bouse, to see one ot the children and, depend upon it, I will manage in some way to make Mrs. Jazeph explain herself, Her mistTess shall hear every word that you have told me and, I can assure you", f-he is just the sort of downright, resolute woman who will insist on having the whole mystery instantly cloared up."

Rosamond's weary cye« brightened at the Doctor's proposal. Oh, go at once, Mr. Ori'dge!" stie excU.ind, "Go at once 1 have a groat deal of medical work to do in the wn first," said tbo Doctor, smiling at Mis. Frankland's impatience.

Bogin it then, without losing another instant," said Rosamond. "The baby is quite well, and I quite well—we need not detain you a moment. And, Mr. Orridge, pray be as gentle and considerate as possible with the poor woman and tell her that I never should have thought of sending her away, if I had not beentoo frightened to know what I was about. And say how sorry I am this morning, and say—"

My dear, if Mrs. Jzaeph is really not in her rigbt senses, what would be the use of over whelming her with all these excuses?" interposed Mr. Frankland. "It will be more to the purpose if Mr.

Orridge

Don't even hint at such a disappointment as that, Lenny, or I shall be wanting to get up and go question her myself."

Even if you could get up and question her, Rosamond, you might find it impossible to make her answer. She may be afraid of certain couscquences which we can not foresee and, in that case, I can only repeat, that it is more than probable she will explain nothing —or perhaps, still more likely that she will coolly deny her own words alto gether,"

Then, Lenny, we will put them to the proof for ourselves." ,^r„ And how can we do that "By continuing onr journey to Porth genna the moment I am allowed to travel, and by leaving no stone unturned when wo get there, until wo bavo discovered whother there is, or Is not, any room in the old house that ever was known, at any time of its existence, by the name of the Myrtle Room."

And suppose It should turn out that there is such a room asked Mr. Frankland. beginning to feel the influence of his wife's enthusiasm. "Ifit does turn out *o," said Rosamond, her voice rising, and her face lighting up with it saccustomed vivacity how can vou doubt what will happen next? Ai'u 1 not a woman And have I not been forbidden to enter the Myrtle Room? Lenny! Lenny! Do yon knowso little of my half of humanity as to doubt what 1 should do. tho moment the room waa discovered My darling, us a matter of course, I should walk into it immediately

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will kindly explain and apolo­

gize for us to her mistress." Go Don't stop to talk—pray go at once!" cried Rosamond, as the Doctor attempted to reply to Mr. Frankland. "Don't bo afraid" no time shall lost, said Mr. Orridge, opening the door.

But remember, Mrs. Frankland, I shall expect you to reward your embassador, when he returns from his mission, by showing him that you area little more quiet and composed than I find you this morning." With this parting hint, the Doctor took his leave. 'When vou go to Portbgenna, keep out of tbe Myrtle Room,' repeated Mr. Frankland, thoughtfully. "Those are very strange words, Rosamond. Who can this woman really be? She is a perfect stranger to both of us we are brought into contact with her by the merest accident and we find that she knows something about our own house, of which we were both perfectly ignorant until she chose to speak!"

But the warning, Lenny—the warning, so pointedly aud mysteriously addressed to mo? Oh, if I could only go to sleep at once, and not wake again till the Doctor comes back

My love, try not to count too certninlv on our being enlightened, even then. The woman may refuse to explain herself to any body.'

CHAPTER XI.* »IN AfOTHKR SfRPHIsk"

With all the haste he con Id make, it was one o'clock in the afternoon before Mr. Orrldge's profile Lai avocations al lowed him to set forth in his gig for Mrs. Norbury'8 bouse. He drove there with auch good-will that he accomplished the half-hour's journey In twenty minutes. Tbe footman having heard the rapid approach t»f the gig, opened the hall dooi ibe Instant the hone waa nailed ap before it, and confronted the Doctor with a smile of aiallcioua satisfaction.

Well," said Mr. Orridge, bustling into the hall, "you were rather srurprtaved last night, when tbe housekeeper came back, I suppose?"

Yes, Hlr, we certainly wereaurprised when ahe came back last night," answered the footman "but we were still more surprised when ahe went away again, thia morning,"

Went away I You dont mean to say ahe is goner Yea, I do, Sir ahe has loot her place, and gone for good." The footman smiled again aa he made that reply and the housemaid, who happened to be on her wav down stairs while he waa speaking, anil to boar what be said, smiled too. Mrs. Jaasph had evidently been no favorite in the servants' ball.

Amassment prevented Mr. Orridge from uttering another word. Hearing

the boose in after y#ar* but I am no more questions asked, tbe footman

threw open the door of the bre«kliaat*parlor, and the Doctor followed him into the room. Mra. Norbury was sitting near the window. In a rigidly upright attitude, Inflexibly watching the proceedinga of hor invalid child over a basin of beef-tea,

I know what you are going to talk about before you open your lipa," aald tbe outspoken lady. "But Just look to the chlla first, ana aay what you have to say on that aubject, if you please, before yon enter on any other."

The obi Id waa examined, waa pro nounoed to be Improving rapidly, and waa carried away by tbe nurse to lie dowp and rest a little. As soon as the door of tbe room had cloaed, Mrs. Norbury abruptly addressed the Doctor In terruptlng him. for tbe seoond time, just aa he waa about to apeak. "Now, Mr. Orridge," sbe said, "I want to tell you something at tbe outset. I am a remarkably last woman, and I have no quarrel witn you. You are the cause oi my baying been frnated with tho most audacious insolence by three people—but you are the innooent cause and therefore I don't blame you."

I am really at a loss," Mr. Orridge began, "quite at a loss, I assure you—" "Toknow what I mean?" said Mrs. Norbnry. "I will soon tell you. Wen} you not tho orlgiual cause of my send ing my housekeeper to nurso Mrs Frankland?"

Yes: Mr. Orridgo could not hesitate toacknowle getbat. Well," pursued Mrs. Norbury, "and the consequence of my sending her is, as I said before, that I aui treated with unparalleled insolence by no less than three people. Mrs. Frankland takes an insolent whim into ber head, and affects to be frighten by my housekeeper, aa if she was a bad shilling and last, and worst of all, my housekeeper herself in suits mo to my faco, as soon as she conies back—insults me, Mr. Orridge, to that degree that I gave her twelve hours' notice to leave the place. Don't begin to defend yourself! I know all about it I know you had nothing to do with sending her back I never said you I ad. AH tbe mischief you have done is innocent mischief. 1 don't hlame you, remember that—whatever you do, Mr. Orridge. remember that J" "Iliad no idea of defending myself," said the Doctor, when be was at last al lowed to speak, "for I feel as firmly convinced, on my side, as you can be on yours, Mrs. Norbury, tl3ut lam in no way to blame. I was merely about to say, that you surprised me oeyond all powar of expression, when you tell me that Mrs. Jazeph treated you with incivility."

Inoivility!'' exclaimed Mrs. Norbury. Don't talk about incivility—it's not the word. Impudence is the word daring, brazen impudence. When Mrs. Jazepn came back in that fly from the Tiger's Head tbe was either drunk or uiad. Open your eyes as much as you please, Mr. Orridge she was either the one or the other, or a mixture of both. You have seen her, you have talked to her—should you say sbe was the kind of woman to look you fiercely in the face, and contradict you flatly the moment you spoke to her?"

I should say she was the very la-t wom.-tii in the world to misbehave herself in that way," answered the Doctor.

Very well." Now hear what happened when she came back, last night," said Mre. Norbury. "She got here just as we were going ap stairs to bed. Of course, I was astonished and of course, I called her in to the drawin»-room for an explanation. There was nothing veryunatural in that tjourse of proceeding, I suppose Well, I noticed that her eyes were swollen and red, and that ber looks were remarkably wild and queer but said nothing, and waited for the explanation. All sbe had to tell me was, that something she had unintentionally said, or done, had frightened Mrs. Frankland, and that Mrs. Frankland's husband had sent her away on the spot. I disbelieved this at first—«nd very naturally, I think—but she persisted in tbe story, and answered all my questions by declaring that she could tell me nothing more. 'So then' said I, *1 nm to believe that after I hare inconvenienced myself by sparing you, and after you have inconvenienced yoursolfby undertaking the business of nurse, I am to be insulted, and you are to be Insulted by your being sent away from Mrs. Frankland on tbe very day when you get to her, because she chooses to take a whim into her head?' 'I never accused Mrs. Frankland of taking a whim into her head,'sas Mrs. Jazeph, and stares me straight in the faoe, with such a look as I never saw in her eyes beforo, after ail my years' experience of her. 'What do you mean?' I asked, giving her back her look, I can promise vou. 'Are you base enough to take the treatment yon have received in the light of a favor?' *1 am just enough,' said Mi's. Jnzeph, as sharp as lighting, and still with lhat saule straight stare at me, «I atn just enough not to blame Mrs. Frankland.' 'Oh, you are, ara you I said. 'Then all I can tell you is, that I feel this insult, if you don't and that I consider Mrs. Frankland's conduct to be the conduct of an ill-bred, impudont, capricious, unfeeling woman.' Mrs. Jazeph takes a stop up to me— takes a step, I give you my word of honor—and says distinctly in so many words, 'Mrs. Frankland is neither ill bred, Impudent, caprkloua, nor unfeoling*' 'Do you mean to ooiitradict me, Mrs. Jazeph?' I asked. 1 mean to defend Mrs. Frankland from unjust imputations,' says she. Those were her words, Mr. Orridge—on ray honor, as a gentlewoman, those were exactly her words."

Tho Doctor's face expressed tbe blankest astonishment. Mrs. Norbury surveyed him with a look of Calm triumph, and went on—

I waa in a towering passion—I don't mlud confessing that, Mr. Orridge—but 1 kept it dowu. 'Mrs. Jazeph,' I said, •this is language that am not accustomed to, and that 1 certainly never expected to bear from your lips. Why you should take it on yourself to defend Mrs. Frankland for treating us both wit 1 contempt, and to contradict mo for resenting it, I neither know nor care to know. But I must tell you, iu plain words, that I will be spoken to by every

Eousekeeper

eraon In my employment, from my to my scnllery maid, with respect. I would' have given warning on the spot to any other servant in thia house who bad behaved to me as you have behaved—* She tried to interrupt me there, bat I would not allow ber.

No,' said, 'you are not to apeak to me just yet you are to bear me out. Any other aervant, 1 tell you again, should have left thia place to-morrow morning but I will be more than joat to you. I will give you tbe benefit of your five years' good service. I will leave you tbe reat of tbe night to get cool, ana to reflect on what has passed between us and I will not expect you to make the

fng.'

iroper apologies to me until tbe mornYou aee, Mr. Orridge, I waa determined to act jnatty and kindly—I waa ready to make allowancea and what do you think ahe aaid in return

I am willing to make any apoiogiea, ma'am, for offending you,' sbe aaid, without tbe delay of a single minute but, whether it la to-night, or whether it is to-morrow morning, 1 can not stand

by silent wt^en bear Mra. Frankland charged with acting unkindly, uncivilly, or improperly, toward me or toward anyone/ 'Do you tell ine that deliberately, Mrs. JaaephT" I asked. 'I tell it to you sincerely, ma'am.' ahe answered aud I am very sorry to be obliged to do so.' 'Pray don't trouble yourself to be sorry,' I said, 'for you may oonaider yourself na longer In my service. I will order the steward to pay you the usual month's wagea instead of the month's warning, tbe first tblng to-morfow and I beg that you will leave tbe house as soon aa you conveniently can, afterward.' 'I will leave to morrow, ma'am,' aays site, 'but without troubling the steward. I beg, respectfully, and with many thanks for your past kindness, decline taking a month's money wbie have not earned by a month's service.' And, thereupon, she courtesies and goes out. That la, word for word, what pained between ua, Mr. Orridge. Explain tbe woman's conduct in your own way, if you can. I say that it is utterly la comprehensible, unless you agree with me that she was either not sober, or not iu her rigbt senses, when she came back to this bouse last night."

The Doctor began to think, after what he had just heard, that Mre. Frankland's suspicions in relation to the new nurse were not quite so unfounded as he had been at first disposed to consider tbeui He wisely refrained, however, from com plicating matters by giving utterance to what bethought "and, after answering Mrs. Norbury in a tew vaguely poliio words, endeavored to sooth her irritation against Mi*, and Mrs. Frankland by assuring her that he came as th« bearer of npolonies from both husban. and wife, for the apparent want of coui tesy and consideration in their conduct which circumstances bad made inevita ble. The offended lady, however, aban lutely refused to be propitated. Sh« rose up and waved her hand with an aii of great dignity. "I can not boar a word more frorr. you, Mr. Orridge," sho said. "I can not receive any apologies which are made indirectly. If Mr. Frankland chooses to call, ana if Mrs. Frankland conde scends to write to me, I am willing to think no more of tbe matter. Under any other circumstances I must be al lowed to keep my present opinions both ofth-» lady and the gentleman. Don't say another word, ana be so kind as to excuse me if I leave you and go up to tho nursery to see how the child is getting on. I am delighted to hear that you think her so much better. Pray call again to-morrow or next day if you conveniently can. Good morning!"

Half »mused at Mrs. Norbury, half displeased at the curt tone she adopted toward him. Mr. Orridge remained for minute or two alone in the breakfast parlor, t'eoling rather undecided about what ho hhould do next. He was, by this time, almost as much interested in solving the mystery of Mrs. Jazeph's extraordinary conduct as Mrs. Franktand herself and he felt unwilling on all accounts, to go back to the Tiger's Head and merely repeat what Mrs. Norburv bad told him, without being able to complete the narrative by informing Mr. and Mrs. Frankland of the direction that the housekeeper bad taken on leav ing her situation. After some pondering, be determined to question tne toot man, under the pretense of desiring to know if his gig was at the door. The man having aiiswered the call, and having reported tho gig to We ready, Mr. Orridge, while crossing tho ball, asked him carelessly iT he knew at what time in the morning Mr?. Jazeph had left her place.

About ten o'clock, Sir," answered the footman. "When the carrier came by from the village on his way to the station for the eleven o'clock train."

Oh I suppose he took her boxes?" said Mr. Orridge. And took her, too, Sir," said the man, with a grtn. "She had to ride, for once in her life, at any rate, in a car rier's cart

On getting back to West Winston, the Doctor stopped at the station to collect further particulars before he returned to the Tiger's Head. No trains, either up or down, happened to bo due at that time. The station-master was reading the newspaper, and tho porter was gardening on tbe slope of tho embankment. "Is the train at eleven in the morning an up-train or a down train?" asked Mr. Orridge, addressing the porter.

A down train." Did many people go by it?" Tho porter repeated tne names of pome of the inhabitants of West Win 8 ton.

Were there no passengers but pas sengers from the town?" inquired the Doctor. "Yes, Sir. I think thero was one stranger—a lady."

Did the station master issue tbe tickets for that traiu Yes, Sir."

Mr. Orridgo went on to tbe station master. Do you remember giving a ticket this morning, by the eleven o'clock down train, to lady traveling alone?"

Th* station master pondered. "I have issued tickets, up aud down, to half a doz^n ladies to-day," he answered, doubtfully. "Yes, bnt am sppaklrg only of the eleven o'clock train," said Mr. Orridge.

Try if vou can't remember?" ile. member Stop! I do remember I know who you mean. A lady who seemed rather flurried, and who put a question to mo that I am not often asked at tbls station She had her vail down, I recollect, and sbe got here for the eleven o'clock train. Crouch, the carrier, brought her trunk Into tbe office."

That la the woman, Whero did she take her ticket for?" For Exeter."

Von aaid sbe asked you a question." Yea a quention about what coaches met tho rail at Exeter to take traveler* into .Cornwall. I told her we were rather too far off here to have the correct Vtne table, and recommended her to ap ply for Information to the Devonahire people when ahe got to the end of her journev. She aeemed a timid, helpless kind of woman to travel alone. Any thing wrong in connection with her, Sir?"

Ob, not nothing," said Mr. Orridge, leaving tbe station master and hastening back to his gig again. when he drew up, a few minutes afterward, at tbe door of tbe Tiger's Head, be jumped ont of hla vehicle with the confident air of a man who haa done all that could be expected of him. It waa easy to face Mra. Frankland with tbe unsatisfactory news of Mra. Jazeph's departure, now that he ooold add, on the beat authority, the Important supplementary Information that ahe had gone to Cornwall. [to br oowTiaimp.]

Prmoxbrat the bar," aaid a pornpoua Judge, "You will soon appear before another, aod perhaps a better Judge."

Never try to poll a bumble-bee op by tbe roots, unleaa be la actually aittlngon yon somewhere.—[Ex.

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TAKING AND (MVINQ OFFttNSE. Half the people in the world have had frieftds whom now they know no more, yet with whom they never bad aijy abaolute qnarrM.

Th* re wnibd to be some coldness, and wo left off seeing each other," la tbe excuse snd no more is knowu, at leaat cn one side. A candid talk might readjust everything but there la no such talk, and enoli goes his way with a thorn in his breast—a miserable stats of things enough, but a very common one. Ten to one a falsehood is at the bottom of it, perhaps only a look inlsinterprotod perhaps nothing. We all wisu that one who la offended with uawo^ld candidly state the reason. To olasp a hand in honest friendship one day, and on the next receive a distant bow and a glance of mysterious reproach, in very hard, and often very uel.

Owe oau not walk up to tbe offended Individual and aay, unatked, "I h.iven't said anything against you I haven't called you any names, or'expressed any ovil intentions toward you." It would le placiuK one's self in the pvaition of the little b»»y of whom we heard, who, having plucked tbe flowers from his grandmother carnation pink, had resolved to axsert his lnnoennoe, ami exposed himself by volunteer.ng tho declaration, "Gamma, I didn't teal oo pink," bo oro any one but himm-lf knew of the robbery. Your friend would confirmed in his suspicion by your ,rds.

As for ostensible cW-e# of offense, there are plen'y of them. (.Rioting Shaks},esro seems an innocent thing enough i.nt mortal ot^nse was once given by tin- 1 i.e:

Sh tke not ihyg»r.t lock.sat nuv" uttered by an indlviduHl who had forgotten that the persn to whom she spoke ha red hair. Jones, 'orjj'-tt ng to introduce Smith to Brw- oi.ikes two unifying enemies, «a«-n eiteving the other a distin^uishi-d |w ivui.ige, to wboin Jones wus ashamed to present au ordinary personage like biinseit. Bashful girls Mtfea I their lo.er* by trying to conceal the ct that f'eir hearts are .»£ touched, and bashinl men ofle'.d the J-" women they ove, out of re stupidity apd terror of them. Old Gold bag's .n nephew is disinb rited because he can not laugh at bis uncle' jokes and marrled pair* haye putted because ol quar-

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recommendation, the backing of business firms, brilliant ancestrv, cannot save him. Ti rM shies ff. Why? It is whispered all through the commanity, "He drinks! he drinks!" That blasts him. When a yonng man loses his reputation f»r sobriety, be might aa well be at the bottom of the s: a. Thore s|f, are young men who lwtvo thoir good name as their only capital

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Providence, ft. 1., 1GJ Transit SrncET.kWt II. It. Stevens, ksq.: I feel bound to express with my signature the high value 1 place upon your VEGEflNE. My family have used It for the lost two years. In nervous debility It Is Invaluablo, and 1 recom- ,, mend It to all who may need an fnvhroratlng,* renovating Ionic. O. 1. WAl.KKH,

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The pliisli lana all gave me up to die. and said they could do no more for me. Doth of »y le^i were drawn «p to n»y seat, nud waa thought If 1 did get up again I would be a cripple for life.

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