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"I wish I could hold on to you," said the doctor huskily; "I wish I could lead you by loving force into the paths of pleasantness and peace But what I can't do, God can Good-by, and God bless you"

Haldane fled rather precipitously, for he felt that he was beco violence that was as h the main street of the town, however, a reckless companion placed an arm in his, and led him to one of their haunts, where he drank deeper than usual, that he et rid of the compunctions which the recent interview had occasioned

His mother was almost in despair when he returned He had, indeed, beco probleitiain and again: "Never was there a darker and more mysterious providence I feel that I can neither understand it nor sub with this stubborn and perverse will overwhel must be done, she was at a loss what to do Her spiritual adviser having failed to al counsellor, who ed her property

He was a man of feords, and an adept in worldly wisdom

"Your son should have employment," he said; "'Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands,' "etc, is a sound maxim, if not first-class poetry If Mr Arnot, the husband of your old friend, is willing to take hie, for he is one of the most methodical and successful business men of my acquaintance"

Mrs Arnot, in response to her friend's letter, induced her husband toHaldane, who, from a natural desire to see ly