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He had been bred a priest fro of love; but nevertheless it was a pain to hi, healthy, fit to be the ht for, uncoupled,--as it would be a pain to see a fruit grow ripe upon the tree, and then fall and perish for the want of plucking His philosophy was perhaps at fault, and it may be that his humanity was unrefined But he was huht be another danger was a fact that he looked full in the face But what victory can be ithout danger? And he thought that he knew this girl, who three times a year would open her whole heart to him in confession He was sure that she was not only innocent, but good And of the h who on such a question ever trusts a er and there must be discretion; but surely it would not be wise, because evil was possible, that such a one as Kate O'Hara should be kept from all that intercourse without which a woh the reader ospel he had coe conclusion He hi served many years in the ministry he had learned to know the nature of men and women

Mrs O'Hara said not a word to Kate of the doctrines which the priest had preached, but she found herself encouraged toFred's absence hardly a word had been spoken concerning hie Mrs O'Hara had feared the subject, and Kate had thought of hiue But now as they sat after dinner over their peat fire the an the subject "Mr Neville is to dine with Father Marty on Thursday"

"Is he,o in and see hi such weather as this, mother?"

"It seeh now as they were in October, and the htful to think of anybody being in one of those little boats now" Kate ever since she had lived in these parts had seen the canoes from Liscannor and Lahinch about in the bay, su dreadful in it before