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A few moments before his intervieith the thrifty and respectable Mrs Gruppins, Haldane had supposed hi one foot after the other in search of another resting-place; and therefore his eager hope that that obdurate feifted with the same quality of "in'ards" which Pat M'Cabe ascribed to Mr Arnot He had, indeed, nearly reached the liorous condition, a day which taxed so terribly both body and mind would have drained his vitality to the point of exhaustion As it was, the previous night's debauch told against him like a terularly, and was, therefore, in no condition to h which he was passing Mental distress,than physical effort, and his anguish ofthe day almost to frenzy

In spite of all this, the sharp and pitiless tongue of Mrs Gruppins goaded hie of desperation, and he strode rapidly and aiht and storust of feeling died away as suddenly as it had arisen, and left hiainst it for support

"Move on," growled a passing policeman

"Will you do er Tell me where I can hire a bed for a small su, "You can get a bed at No 13, and no questions asked"

There was unspeakable comfort in the last assurance, for it now seee only in places where "no questions were asked"

With difficulty the weary youth reached the house, and by paying a small extra sum was able to obtain a wretched little rooered sailors enter a harbor's quiet waters with a greater sense of relief than did Haldane as he crept up into this squalid nook, which would at least give him a little respite froift for the unhappy, the unfortunate--yes, and for the guilty--is sleep! Many seethe spirit down Were the mind, in its activity, independent of the body--were the wounded spirit unable to forget its pain--could the guilty conscience sting incessantly--then the chief human industry would come to be the erection of asylums for the insane But by an unfathoal spirit has been blended with the flesh and blood of its servant, the body In heaven, where there is neither sin nor pain, even the body becomes spiritual; but on earth, where it so often happens, as in the case of poor Haldane, that to think and to re that the body, formed from the earth, often becomes heavy as earth, and rests upon the spirit for a few hours at least, like the clods hich we fill the grave