intention of making up herself--every stitch. Nor was this all. Mrs.
Dodd, the worthy post-mistress, with whom Nancy had always been a
favourite, begged her acceptance of a prettily-furnished work-basket
which she had made a journey to Exboro' to buy.

And the half-sovereign?

It was never spent, but was always in sight under a wine-glass, to
remind the owner--so she said--"of how her temper nearly worried her."

JEANIE GWYNNE BETTANY.




PAUL.

BY THE AUTHOR OF "ADONAIS, Q.C."


It was a great surprise and disappointment to me when Janet, the only
child of my brother, Duncan Wright, wrote announcing her engagement to
the Honourable Stephen Vandeleur.

I had always thought she would marry Paul. Paul was the only surviving
son--four others had died--of my dead brother Alexander, and had made
one of Duncan's household from his boyhood. I had always loved
Janet--and Paul was as the apple of my eye. When the two were mere
children, and Duncan was still in comparatively humble circumstances,
living in a semi-detached villa in the suburbs of Glasgow, I kept my