bed, he quietly arranged a lamp so as to cast a circular space of light
upon the ceiling above the bed, the rest of the room being left in shadow.
Not a word of any song was heard that night; and the test was tried twice
more during the week, with a like result. At another time he got the
Honorable Richard to come into a room adjoining the nursery, and sing the
song so that Archibald might hear it. Archibald heard it, but gave no sign
of being affected thereby. He was then brought into Mr. Richard's
presence; it was the first time they had met since the change. Now, if
ever, was an opportunity for the imperishable quality of the affections to
be vindicated. But no such vindication occurred. On the contrary, after
having stared his uncle almost out of countenance for some minutes, he
turned from him with a marked expression of disapproval, and could never
afterward be induced voluntarily to go near him. The affection had become
an antipathy.

"No, madam; set your mind at rest," said the bluff Doctor to Lady Malmaison
over a cup of tea that evening. "The child's no changeling; but he's
changed, and changed for the better, too, by Gad! He can tell a bad egg
from a good one now," continued the Doctor, with a significant chuckle,
the significance of which, however, Lady Malmaison perhaps failed to
perceive. But the fact was, the Honorable Richard Pennroyal had never been
an especial favorite with Dr. Rollinson.

The next day was a new excitement. Archibald had walked, and that, too, as
well as the best-grown boy of seven that you would want to see.

"Ay, and where did he walk to?" demanded the Doctor.

It was explained that it was at the time for nursing him, and he was
sitting in his little chair at one end of the nursery, when Maggie had