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When, soon after noon, the lessee of the royal bank appeared on the ship to offer hiht need for present use, he asked for a considerable su for hishe ith the architect of the province to the scene of the conflagration, and had hiround on which he desired to erect to his Myrtilus aon the steward's arm, he went to the Temple of Nemesis, where he prayed and cooddess in his name

On the return home, Hermon suddenly stood still and mentioned to Gras the sum which he intended to bestow upon the blind in Tennis He knehat it ht, and, he added in a low tone, to be also poor and unable to earn his daily bread

On the ship he asked the Bithynian whether his burned face had becoer made a repulsive impression

This Gras could truthfully assure hihtened, and the Bithynian heard genuine cheerfulness ring in the tones of his voice as he exclaimed: "Then, old Gras, ill set out for Alexandria as soon as the ship is ready to sail Back to life, to the society of men of my own stamp, to reap the praise earned bymortals--to Daphne!"

"The day after to-morrow!" exclaimed the steward in joyous excite toward the house of Archias, bearing the letter which stated the hour when his fareat harbour of Alexandria

The evening of the next day but one the Proserpina was bearing Hermon away fro breeze fanned his brow, his thoughts dwelt sadly on his Myrtilus Hitherto it had always seemed as if he was bound, andpower condealley left the Tanitic branch of the Nile behind, and the blind man inhaled the cool air upon the calm sea, his heart swelled, and for the first tiht of the sun would probably never shine for hi, the rapture of once th, would probably be forever denied hioing, in a position of brilliant independence, toward his native city, faods!--love