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He took up one of the books and read a page or two; but the simple story

could not hold hi his head on

his sound arm, stared listlessly at the old-fashioned wall paper But he

did not see the pattern; the panora before hi panorama A life of

pleasure, of absolute uselessness, of unthinking selfishness What a

dreary pilgrie it seemed to him, as he lay in the little bedroo up to hiing itself against the cliffs,

burring like a giant bumble bee in his ears If any one had asked hi, he would have answered with a

decided negative; and yet he was young, the gods had been exceeding good

to hireat sorrow to

cast its shadow over him

"Pity I didn't break my neck," he muttered "No one would have

cared--unless it were Luce, and perhaps even she, now----"

He broke off the reverie with a short laugh that was h, and turned his face to the wall

Doctor Spence, when he paid his visit later in the day, found hiht, Mr Vernon," he said; "but the rest of you

isn't io