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When Hyde awakened, he was in that borderland between dreams and day which we call dawn And as the ear is the last sense to go to sleep, and the first sense to throw off its lethargy, the voices of"Milk Ho!" and the shrill childish cries of "Sweep Ho!" were the first intruders into that pleasant condition between sleeping and waking, so hard for any of us to leave without a sigh of regret These sounds were quickly supplemented by the roll of the heavy carts which purveyed the only water suitable for drinking and culinary purposes; and by the sounds of wood-sawing and wood-chopping before the doors of the adjacent houses--sounds quickly blending the the doorsteps and sidewalks, and chattering, singing, quarrelling the while with their neighbours, or with other early ministers to the city's domestic wants

These noises had never before made any impression on him "I ahed gayly, and went to the"It is a lovely day; and that is so , Cornelia would not leave the house" Then a big man, with a voice like a bull of Bashan, went down the opposite side of the street, shouting as he went--"Milk Ho!" and Hyde considered hie tin pails, full of lish we are!" he exclaimed, with a touch of irony "We have not thrown off the yoke, by any means--at Mr Adaland How exclusive is the pompous little Minister! What respect for office! What adoration for landed gentry! What supercilious tolerance for tradesmen! Oh, indeed, it confounds me! But why should I trouble myself? I, who have the most adorable s, presidents, ministers, knaves of the world to me? Let Destiny shuffle them back and forth I am indifferent to whichever is trumps"

Then he fell into a reverie about his proposed visit to Mrs Adaht it had appeared to hi to do He was not so sure of his position this ht be present; he was punctilious in the extreht be considered an ihten Mrs Adams about his love for Miss Moran, and so ask her assistance Then he began to doubt whether his mother was on sufficient ter about the swans and laburnum seeds--in short, the visit that had seemed so natural and proper when he first conceived it, assumed, on reflection, an aspect of difficulty and almost of impropriety