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Tired of dicing against myself, and of the books that Rolfe had sent ainst the bars, looked out in search of entertain the prospect had to offer was the pillory It was built so tall that it was but little lower than the low upper story of the gaol, and it faced , whistling breath of the wretch who happened to occupy it It was not a pleasant sound; neither was a livid face, new branded on the cheek with a great R, and with a trickle of dark blood fro the board in which the head was iht A little to one side was the whipping post: a wo, and her cries had tainted the air even more effectually than had the decayed matter hich certain small devils had pelted the runaway in the pillory I looked away frohtness of the March day, and was most heartily weary of the bars between me and it The wind blew keenly; the sky was blue as blue could be, and the river a great ribbon of azure seith diamonds All colors were vivid and all distances near There was no haze over the forest; brown and bare it struck the cloudless blue The reen of the pines deep and rich, the budding raves around it, appeared not a stone's throay, and the voices of the children up and down the street sounded clearly, as though they played in the brown square belowthe roll was close in ht and keen that it seemed new made, and the brilliant sunshine and the cold wind stirred the blood like wine

Now and then lanced up at the , and their eyes were friendly It was kno that Buckingha in Virginia wasHa cheerily, and doffed a hat with ato bait a bear below the fort!" he called "Sorry you'll miss the sport! There will be all the world--and my Lord Carnal" He whistled hi Master Edward Sharpless He stopped and stared at the rogue in the pillory,--with no prescience, I suppose, of a day when he was to stand there himself; then looked up at me with as much malevolence as his small soul could write upon his mean features, and passed on He had a jaded look; moreover, his clothes were swamp-stained and his cloak had been torn by briers "What did you go to the forest for?" I muttered