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decease of a drunken thief or beggar cannot be a serious

bereavement, even to his nearest of kin Women who are beaten and

trampled under foot by those who should be their coenerally relieved when they take to vagrancy as a

profession It nizant of

his condition, would not lift a finger, or take a step to prolong

his life for one hour Such things have been"

"More shame to human nature that they have!" was the impetuous

rejoinder "In every true woman's heart there must be tender

memories of buried loves, let their death have been natural or

violent"

"So says your gentler nature There are women--and I believe they

are in the majority in this crooked lower sphere--in whose hearts

the monument to departed affection--when love is indeed no more--is

a hatred that can never die But we have wandered an ilar overhead Dr

Ritchie's sudden and ostentatious attack of philanthropy will hardly

beguile hiel in

dress-coat and white silk neck-tie--until ?"