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"In brilliancy they certainly do Yet I love still better the soft tints which often linger till the stars come out I think they blend and harmonize more beautifully with the deep blue of the zenith than any I have seen before, and I have watched sunsets froht; I have noticed in more northern latitudes a very perceptible difference in the appearance of the firhts, presents a silvery, glittering disk, but the soft "

While he spoke, the figure of a wo Mary's horse, laid her finger on her lips, and, pressing a piece of paper into her hand, returned as silently as she came Dr Bryant turned his head toward Mary as he finished speaking, and, catching a glily at her

"I believe it was Inez, though the face was entirely concealed She did not speak, but gave me this paper," and Mary unrolled the note: "MARINITA, "Santa Anna has crossed the Rio Grande with eight thousand et horses now, for the Padre cannot control your people There are brave ain I say, fly quickly froroan, Mary handed him the paper In silence he perused and returned it to her

"Tell me, was it Inez arned you before?"

"Yes, she toldhere" He mused for several hts ago, returning froe alone; she seeso late"

"Inez is a warm friend, and what she advises I feel aler rouses her apprehension"

"Eight thousand ht; this is not a proper place for you We will go, as we once decided, to Washington; and when you are in safety, I will return and lend ate, and he gently lifted the frail forh his, led her to the house As they entered, he bent his head and said, in, a low tone: "Tell ue incident to this journey? I fear you are not"