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"I wish I rateful I am some day," said Haldane, with moistened eyes; "but I clearly foresee that I can never repay her"

"No matter if you can't," replied the old man "She don't want any pay It's her natur' to do these things"

Haldane gave his whole mind to the mastery of his new duties, and after a few natural blunders speedily acquired a facility in the diverse tasks allotted him In a manner that was perfectly unobtrusive and respectful he watched his eained the power of anticipating his wishes Mr Ivison began to find his office and papers kept in just the order he liked, the temperature maintained at a pleasant medium, and to receive many little nameless attentions that added to his comfort and reduced the wear and tear of life to a hurried business-iven tasks that required brains, he proved that he possessed a fair share of theain happened to meet Mrs Arnot, and he said to her: "Haldane thinks you did hiereater, for you have no idea how useful the young fellow ishimself to me"

"Then you will have to find a new object of benevolence," answered the lady, "or you will have all your reward in this world"

"There it is again," said Mr Ivison, with his hearty laugh, "you and Dr Barstow give a ain"

In his new employment, Haldane, from the first, had found considerable leisure on his hands, and after a little thought decided to review carefully the studies over which he had passed so superficially in his student days

Mr Growther persisted in occupying the kitchen, leaving what had been designed as the parlor or sitting-rooe to dust and da ht a few popular works on science, as the nucleus of a library After supper he read the evening paper to Mr Growther, who soon fell into a doze, and then Haldane would steal away to his own quarters and pursue with zest, until a late hour, some study that had once seemed to him utterly dry and unattractive

Thus the lided rapidly and serenely away, and he was positively happy in a mode of life that he once would have characterized as odiously humdrum The terrible world, whose favor had formerly seeotten; and as he continued at his duties so steadily and unobtrusively the hostile world began to unbend gradually its frowning aspect toward him Those whonition, and eventually ended with a pleasant word At church an increasing nuan to speak to hi man's sincere and earnest manner interested them and inspired respect