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"Ah, you do well to ask," said Eugenie, laughing; "I forgot that I was Hercules, and you only the pale O on the top, pressed the two parts of the portether, and Madeh When this was done, Eugenie opened a drawer, of which she kept the key, and took fro cloak "Here," said she, "you see I have thought of everything; with this cloak you will not be cold"

"But you?"

"Oh, I am never cold, you know! Besides, with these men's clothes"-"Will you dress here?"

"Certainly"

"Shall you have time?"

"Do not be uneasy, you little coward! All our servants are busy, discussing the grand affair Besides, what is there astonishing, when you think of the grief I ought to be in, that I shut myself up?--tell me!"

"No, truly--you comfort me"

"Come and help me"

From the same drawer she took a man's complete costume, from the boots to the coat, and a provision of linen, where there was nothing superfluous, but every requisite Then, with a promptitude which indicated that this was not the first tiarb of the opposite sex, Eugenie drew on the boots and pantaloons, tied her cravat, buttoned her waistcoat up to the throat, and put on a coat which adood--indeed, it is very good!" said Louise, looking at her with adnificent braids, which o under a man's hat like the one I see down there?"

"You shall see," said Eugenie And with her left hand seizing the thick rasp, she took in her right hand a pair of long scissors, and soon the steel h the rich and splendid hair, which fell in a cluster at her feet as she leaned back to keep it frorasped the front hair, which she also cut off, without expressing the least regret; on the contrary, her eyes sparkled with greater pleasure than usual under her ebony eyebrows "Oh, the ret

"And a the scattered curls of her hair, which had now quite a masculine appearance; "and do you not think me handsomer so?"

"Oh, you are beautiful--always beautiful!" cried Louise "Nohere are you going?"

"To Brussels, if you like; it is the nearest frontier We can go to Brussels, Liege, Aix-la-Chapelle; then up the Rhine to Strasburg We will cross Switzerland, and go down into Italy by the Saint-Gothard Will that do?"