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They sladly at each other as they parted, and yet as soon as the

door was shut between theht of our

happiness why do we often sigh? Is it because the soul pities itself for

joys so fleeting that they are like the shadow of a bird "that wings the

skies and hose flight the shadow flies" For even to-ht Allan knew that never again could

he taste just this night's felicity And blessed are they who take God's

gift of joy every hour as it comes, and who do not postpone the happiness

of this life unto the next one

Early in theAllan went to see David He had res, and he found him in comparatively handsome rooms in Monteith

terrace He rose to meet Allan with a troubled look, and said at once, "I

have no more information, Mr Campbell I aie! I am come to take you to see her"

"Why has she not come to see me? I think that is her duty, and I'iven ht to say some word anent it"

"There are alhys and wherefores, David, that cannot be explained in

awith my cousin, Miss Campbell of

Drumloch I think that circuie