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It was at the Elite Club Bryce Denning first saw hi man whose acquaintance was considered ashad striven to obtain any notice whatever from McLaren, whose exclusiveness was proverbial Who then was this stranger he appeared so anxious to entertain? His look of supreh-bred air, and peculiar intonation quickly satisfied Bryce as to his nationality

"English, of course," he reflected, "and probably one of the aristocrats that Shaw meets at his recently ennobled sister's place He is forever bragging about them I must find out who Shaw's last British lion is," and just as he arrived at this decision the person appeared who could satisfy him

"That man!" was the reply to the inevitable question--"why, he is so at the Holland House, but spends his ti one is a beauty, you know"

"Do you think so? She is a good deal at our house I suppose the fellow has soe Raill be a hter will take that subject in her own hand She looks like a girl of spirit; and this e him by bulk, but wo you can't mistake, and he looks clever"

"His name is Mostyn I have heard him spoken of Would you like to know him?"

"I could live without that honor"--then Bryce turned the conversation upon a recent horse sale, and a fewup the avenue He was now resolved to e to meet Mostyn socially, and he smiled in anticipation of that proud moment when he should parade in his own friendly leash McLaren's new British lion Besides, the introduction to Mr Mostyn ed, promote his own acquaintance with Shaw McLaren, a sequence to be much desired; an end he had persistently looked for

He went straight to his sister's apartently Her maid opened the door and looked annoyed and uncertain She knew all about the cruelly wicked opposition of Miss Denning's brother to that nice young eneral attitude of the Denning household, which was a comprehensive disapproval of all that Mr Bryce said and did