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Of all the ingenious and cruel satires that fro till now have been stuck like knives into wo to them, and to us who love them, as the trite old fact, that theof an eye, find a wife ready to be more wretched still for the sake of his coins had lately pawned the workbox with other useless articles of luht the duplicate of her, and went downstairs to the pawnbroker's

In the back division of a eneous collection of articles and odours invariably crowding such places, he produced his ticket, and with a sense of satisfaction out of all proportion to the probable worth of his acquisition, took the box and carried it off under his arm He attempted to lift the cover as he walked, but found it locked

It was dusk when Springrove reached his lodging Entering his sround floor, he struck a light, and proceeded to learn if any scrap or mark within or upon his purchase rendered it ofopen the cover with a serly beneath, and found--nothing

He next discovered that a pocket or portfolio was formed on the underside of the cover This he unfastened, and slipping his hand within, found that it really contained soled silk and cotton threads Under them were a short household account, a dry raphs One of these was a likeness of Mrs Manston--'Eunice' being written under it in ink--the other of Manston himself

He sat down dispirited This was all the fruit of his task--not a single letter, date, or address of any kind to help hi he would send the fragments, such as they were, to Graye, in order to satisfy him that he had done his best so far, he scribbled a line, and put all except the silk and cotton into an envelope Looking at his watch, he found it was then twentyan extra sta's post He hastily directed the packet, and ran with it at once to the post-office at Charing Cross

On his return he took up the workbox again to examine it more leisurely He then found there was also a small cavity in the tray under the pincushion, which wasthis he uncovered a flattened sprig of myrtle, and a small scrap of crumpled paper The paper contained a verse or two in aseen notes and bills from him at his father's house The stanza was of a complimentary character, descriptive of the lady as now Manston's wife