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VOL. XIII. NEW SERIES. VOL. XIV.

edge your superiority in every thing, your
energy, your talents, your requirements.
ielt pleasure in measuring your height and
J was proud to be your friend. know YOU
despise me, for am a weak, impulsive, wo-
manly-natured fellow but did not know
: you disliked me. shall leave you to.
, row, and we shall never meet again" He
was going out Of the room.
- did not mean what said, :" said Arthur
in a subdued voice. Il don't despise YOU.
l don't dislike you: beg your pardon, will
/ you forgive me, Wilmington ?''
= "Ay, if you had killed me - sobbe1 Win
nington, taking hold of Arthur's scarcely ex-
. tended hand. 4" know am very foolish ;
but love Ellen Warleigh, and would give
her all have in the world
, That's not much,'' said Arthur, still
moodily brooding over the incident; - and
will never be, if You wear your heart so per-
t petually on your sleeve
- You forget that | don't need to have
riches of my own, said Wilmington, gayly.
E. am to be physician to the Prince and
Princess in Aladdin's palace, and shall sit
always at your right hand when YOU enter
tam the nobility. So, shake hands, and good
night
But Ellen Is not to have my books. - said
Arthur, sitting down to the table. and spread
ing a volume before him. 81 w0uldn t lend
YOU for an hour, he said, when he was alone,
cherishing the book, mo, not to Lucy Main
field herself.
CHAPTER Il
August and September passed away, and
October bad now begun. Arthur avoided
the Warleighs as much as be could Win
nington was constantly at their house The
friends grew esuanged. But with the Young
er, the estrangement made no difference in
the feeling Of affection he always had enter
tained for Arthur. lie was hurt. however,
by the change he perceived in bis manner.
He was hurt at his manifest avoidance of the
society Of the squire and his daughter lie
was hurt, also. at the total silence Arthur
nov maintained on the subject Of his cousin
Lucy. lie saw her letters left unopened.
sometimes for whole day, upon the table,
instead Of being greedily torn open the mo-
ment the Struggling and uncertain post had
achieved their delivery at the door. He was
hurt at some other things besides, too minute
to be recorded too minute, perhaps 10 be
put into language even by himself, but all
perceptible % the sensitive heart OF friend
ship such as his. With no visible improve
ment in Arthur fortune OF prospects. it was
evident 'hat ms ideas Were constantly on the
H-e- \ strange SORT ol contempt OF poverty
nlnsIed win ms aspiration, alter wealth.
An amount oi income "hleh at one ume'
"oull nave sallsIed hls DESIRES was looked
on WIN uisdaln' anu the possessor % 1t al
most win hatred Ihe last words W inning
ton had heard INN speak about Lucy we're
that marriage was impossible under q thou-
sand a-yeaF. And Where was that sum %
come from The extent OF Lucy's eNpecta-
tions was htty,-hiS own a hundred. and vet
be snecred 1t the Narleighs As il they had
been uaupers although in that cheap c0un-
Try. and at that cheap time, q revenue Of three
hundred pounds enabled them % live in COM
fort, almost in luxury.
Wilmington took no Thought Of tomorrow
but loved Ellen Narleigh. with no consider
alton of whether she was rIch or poor 1t is
probable that Ellen had no more calculating
disposition than Wilmington; for it is Ger
tain her sentiments towards him were not re-
-ulated bv the extent of hi, worldly wealth.
perhaps she did not even know what her
sentiments towards him were--hut She Thought
him delightful and wandered over the s1l-
tarv hcath- with him. in search of specimens.
They very often found none. in the course Of
their four hours ramhlc, and Vet came home
a- clntcutei as ii they had discovered an
Emperor of Morocco on every bush. Baulk-
cd in their natural history studies ly the per-
verse absence of moth and butterfly, they be-
gan.-by way of having something g, do. to
take up the science Of botany. The searches
they made for heath Of particular kind
The ioy that filed them when the came on
group of wild-flwcrs and gathered them in
t. a little basket they carried with them, and
took them back 70 the manor. and ast9ui-h-
ei Mr. WarleiEl with the SOUND of their Ia
tin names what new dignity the common
est Things took under the sonoTous nomencla-
ture How respectable nettle gre" when
called an ulIei' anu H'" su-se@.l'e 'l nap
pines7 ana VFeyi'' 1'Ieen "ileil " mower ''uIu
be declared 90 De crypt'sAui.c-
' See Wnat curiou. root t'l' liece OF
broom has sail nninci'n' one night 'n
hi- return from the Manor anu i'iI i'- sIe-
c.men on tne anle-
Arthur hardly looked up lF'ih hi- h''S.
and made some short reply
30 Il took Ellen ana me ten MINUTES with
all our ioree, t' pull IL up ny tA' roots We
had no knife, OF should merely nave cut Of
the stalk but see, now that the light falls
on it. what curious SHINING earth it grows
in ; with odd little stones twisted mp be-
tween the fhre-. Did Won ever see any thing
Ike It o.? Arthur had fixed hl- eyes on the
shrub during this speech-he stretched forth
his hand and touched the soil stIli cIngngto
the roats,-Ac put small portion g. lis lips
IBIS face grew deadly pale.
Where dii You get this ?' he -aid
" Down near the wateri'l-n3i hum
dred wards from this.
- On whose land ?-on the glebe sali
Arthur. speaking with parched mouth. and
still gazing on the broom.
- Does Warleigh know of tins he went
on. or the clergyman? Wilmington no
one must be told tell Ellen 70 be silent
hut she is not aware, perhaps Does she su--
pect ."
3. What? what is there to suspect, my
dear Arthur Don't you think you work too
much ?'' he added, looking compassionately
on the dilated eye and pale cheek of his
companion. .' You must give up your stud
les for day or two Come with Us on an
exploring expedition to the outer fell to-mor-
row Mr.. Warleigh is going
e. And give him the fruits of al my read
ing, Arthur muttered argrily, - of all
learned at the Hart tell him how to pro
coed, and leave myself beggar. No
he said. e viii never see him. As to this
miserable little weed, he continued. tearing
the broom 10 pieces, and casting the irag-
ments c0ntemptuouslY into the ire, '' it is
nothing You are mad to have given up your
butterflies to betake yourself to such ride
ulous pursuit as this. Don't g there any
more-thcrc ~ (lIere he stamped on 1t with
his foot ' How damp it Is the fire has
little power"
" You never take any interest, Arthur. in
any thing do. don t know, I'm sure, how
I've offended YOU. As to the broom, ! know
lisa poor common thing, but thought the
way its roots were loaded rather odd. Ellen
will perhaps be disappointed. for We intend
ed to plant it in her garden, and ! only
asked her to let me show it to You, it struck