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Before she thus set ht with Noble he had been unhappy and his condition had been bad; noas happy, but his condition orse In truth, he wasrational remained in his mind No elfin orchestra seemed to buzz in his ears as he went down the street, but a loud, triu brass band His unathletic chest was inflated; he heaved up with joy; and a little child, playing on the next corner, turned and followed hiular walk Restored to too ht of Mr Atwater's dream, and felt almost a motherly need to cherish and protect him, to be indeed his friend There was a war toward that splendid old ood home, sixty-six dollars in the bank and a dollar and forty cents in his pockets; he would have given all for a chance to show Mr Atwater hoell he understood him now, at last, and how deeply he appreciated his favour

Students of alcoholic intoxication have observed that in their cups cos So with all other intoxications Noble Dill was indeed no genius, and some friend should have kept an eye upon him to-day; he was not himself All afternoon in a ueness consented instantly to their postponely to one delinquent tenant of his father's best client; and turned and walked away, hu as a preliument

Late in the afternoon, as the entranced collector satalone near ain his father's office, his exaltedof a preternatural darkness over the town, nor was he roused to action by any perception of the fact that the other clerks and the o; that the clock showed him his own duty to lock up the office and not keep his ht in a eous thunderstor fondly, by the open , and at tiesture as of some heroic or benevolent impulse in rehearsal

Meanwhile, paunchy ind and wetness, un out of the blackened west Ru, they drew on Then froered, crackled and boomed on to the assault; the doors of the winds were opened; the tanks of deluge were unbottomed; and the storm took the town So, presently, Noble noticed that it was raining and decided to go home