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"Now, I protest against all this weak senti "You take sides with a robber against your husband"

"I do not ht of Haldane's offence to you, and certainly shall not to hih you have not seen fit to inform me of the circumstances, I cannot believe that he committed a cool, deliberate theft He could have been ravity of his wrong action er, and have been the turning-point of his life He should have had at least one chance--God gives us many"

"Well, well," said Mr Arnot impatiently, "let his mother return the money, and I will not prosecute But why need Mrs Haldane coed by her lawyer"

"You know little of a s if you can suppose she will not come instantly"

"Well, then, when the money is paid she can take him home, that is, after the forms of law are complied with"

"But he must remain in prison till the money is paid?"

"Certainly"

"You intio to prison I will becoive bail myself"

"Has he reached the prison yet?"

"I suppose he has," replied Mr Arnot, taking care to give no hint of the preliminary examination, for it would have annoyed him excessively to have his wife appear at a police court alonist to himself And yet his stubborn pride would not permit him to yield, and carry out with considerate delicacy the merciful policy upon which he saw she was bent

"Good-," said his wife very quietly, and she at once left her husband's private room Laura rose froladly, for, in her nervous trepidation, the raph office, and sent the following despatch to Mrs Haldane: "Come to my house at once Your son is well, but has met with misfortune"

She then, with Laura, returned ie for a visit to the prison She also re