inguiser of tar vanisacle ervened bet. I put out my o feel ted tones of a lo, sometis gleamed before me: it e—a ; it moved on its ouc. On eacood a sable bush-holly or yew.

    Entering te and passing tte of a o vie t sy. ere tes retired to rest? I feared it must be so. In seeking turned an angle: t out tticed  of till smaller by t, ion of t . ture  curtain or ster ooped do aside ting over it, I could see all , er plates ranged in roing t-fire. I could see a clock, a able, some c on table; and by its lig roug scrupulously clean, like all about ting a stocking.

    I noticed ts cursorily only—in traordinary. A group of more interest appeared near tting still amidst t. t—sat, one in a lo off very fair necks and faces: a large old pointer dog rested its massive .

    A strange place cs!  be ters of t table; for sic, and tivation. I , as I gazed on timate . I cannot call too pale and grave for t over a book, tful almost to severity. A stand beted a second candle and t volumes, to ing a dictionary to aid task of translation. t as if all t apartment a picture: so , I could e, tick in its obscure corner; and I even fancied I could distinguisting-needles. range stillness at last, it was audible enougo me.

    “Listen, Diana,” said one of tudents; “Franz and old Daniel are toget-time, and Franz is telling a dream from en!” And in a loelligible to me; for it ongue—neitin.   tell.

    “t is strong,” s.” ted o listen to er, repeated,   a later day, I knee t , it roke on so