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The writer has known men to receive mortal wounds in battle, of which, at the rand excitement, has often risen so far superior to theblood or faintness have persons become aware of their injuries But "a wounded spirit, who can bear?" and when did hope, self-love, or pride, ever receive ho letter, written by the kindly editor, and full of wholesoeon's knife in some desperate case when it is a question whether the patient can endure the heroic treatment necessary Haldane's stilted and unnatural tales had been projected into being by such fiery and violent in; but the fused mass which was the result, resembled scoria or cinders rather than fine h his manuscripts could have been sold in the world's market only by the pound, he had believed, or, at least, strongly hoped otherwise, like sohearts, have sent the children of their brains out to seek their fortunes with no better results

The unbroken and ominous silence of the returned manuscript is a severe disappointht to gain the public ear, and whose i motive toward literature is scarcely more than an i the editorial estimate of one of his stories revealed the fate of all the others, brought far ht despair and the recklessness and dearded hiabond, eminent only in his capacity for evil and ly to the same view of himself True self-respect he had never possessed, and his best substitute, pride, at last gave way He felt that he was defeated for life, and the best that life could now offer was a brief career of sensual pleasure Mrs Arnot and Laura Romeyn were so far removed from him as the stars; it was torment to think of them, and he would blot out their memory and the memory of all that he had hoped for, ine and excitement It seemed to him that the world said to him with united voice, "Go to the devil," and then made it impossible for him to do otherwise

Since he was defeated--since all his proud assurances to his ood name and position in society, had proved but eer hide the fact fro received at hoht of such a course was unendurable), but with the purpose of obtaining fro upon a life of vicious pleasure