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'And if you should fail--utterly fail to get that reasonable wealth,' she said earnestly, 'don't be perturbed The truly great stand upon no e; they are either famous or unknown' 'Unknown,' he said, 'if their ideas have been allowed to floith a syent and exclusive' 'Yes; and I ae the dress of coht in--' 'It depends entirely upon what isand the short of theif they want to succeed in it--not giving way to over- in other people's borders; which I am afraid has been my case' He looked into the far distance and paused

Adherence to a course with persistence sufficient to ensure success is possible to widely appreciative minds only when there is also found in them a power--commonplace in its nature, but rare in such co to conviction that in the outlying paths which appear so much more brilliant than their own, there are bitternesses equally great--unperceived sisworth Shore The cliffs here were for with those of the further side of the Bay, whilst in and beneath the water hard boulders had taken the place of sand and shingle, bethich, however, the sea glided noiselessly, without breaking the crest of a single wave, so strikingly cal the water of that rare glassy smoothness which is unmarked even by the small dimples of the least aerial movement Purples and blues of divers shades were reflected froly as each undulation sloped east or west They could see the rocky bottom sorowths, and dotted with pulpy creatures reflecting a silvery and spangled radiance upwards to their eyes

At length she looked at hieside, and the boat had co a conte from his lips At that instant he appeared to break a resolution hitherto zealously kept Leaving his seat aed himself down beside her upon the narrow seat at the stern

She breathed ht: it was not withdrawn He put his left hand behind her neck till it cahtly pressing her, he brought her face and mouth towards his ohen, at this the very brink, soht or spell within him suddenly made him halt--even now, and as it seemed as much to himself as to her, he timidly whispered 'May I?' Her endeavour was to say No, so denuded of its flesh and sinews that its nature would hardly be recognized, or in other words a No from so near the affirmative frontier as to be affected with the Yes accent It was thus a whispered No, drawn out to nearly a quarter of aitself audible as a sound like the spring coo of a pigeon on unusually friendly ter the kind of word she had wished to produce, she at the same time trembled in suspense as to hoould be taken But the time available for doubt was so short as to ad closer he kissed her Then he kissed her again with a longer kiss