A Heart-Song of To-day

to ask of you," said hi

weeks, and want

ny other request of me, Alic

lawyer (you will know him), who comes from London by appointment;

nswered, regretfully; "take my advice, Alice," h

arm from the table. "I wonder what amount of change we can digest; we get nothing else; never at home; what, with the season at

r a seat; "though it is hard. What do you say, Vaur

s, are here to-day, gone to-morrow. I love Haughton, and long for Rome; poor

son, Lady Esmondet?" asked Mrs. Haughton, eager to know if her

me; for myself, I have set my heart

ans matured; if we are at No. 2 Eaton Square, my house will be full

fortably with some pleasant people about me, chatting of the newest flirtations, if those (among the unmarried) of last season end

which you would take to as for your

new passage at arms

l Beaconsfield and that

e; and, this winter, if

we are getting oursel

keep one eye on the E

our

n, earnestly, "we shall have no soldiers among the rising

anything; one has no on

Hau

ly, "who, when not given a chance for the cold steel of the battle

want the soldiers; so if this man Bright pleases me in this

neighbours, or allowing them to make targets of us for every imaginary cause. Why be civilized in some matters, and in others remain savages? If a man strike me I shall knock him down, if he strike someone else even, in whom I am interested, he must fight his own battles, and let me look after

o in an unbiased mood to the House next session, give close attention to the arguments of Beaconsfield on this question, and then, I have no doubt, a man of your sense will come out in the right colours next

; I know I am a Liberal, and it

y left standing, our peers with a voice, we must, even though inwardly acknowledging the other opinions to suit the progressive spirit, we must stan

s Vernon. I congratulate you on being a Liberal

named my flying spirit,

weak, dear," said her unc

aiting, sir," said

the maids to bring wrap

said Lady Esmondet, for they have been

opposing element outside th

do you say to ke

dare say we have s

e; "I guess I'll stay too; S

game is new to me," he said, seating himse

u care to go?" enq

ot to my taste; Sh

,' and the bill for to-night-and with brilliant Neilson! for their heaviness-I doubt if Rosalind, Beatrice, or Viola wo

im, at once and for eve

f love could have penetrated he

ry sister," said Vaura; "our men would have su

way the Duke went a wooing would never have suited me; I like a man with a

take no," sai

hear of; a man looked her way for seven years,

"as for the lazy Duke, he should have st

ght's rest; as I do all and each of you," said L

s we leave for Surrey in the morning, th

elic of serfdom, still it is bet

ng wistfully to Va

ar; but, promise me, Alice, that you will both b

miscreator circumstance' not prevent; consider us with yo

n dear uncle, good night," and with a soft, white hand on e

ambler, away with you,

hat merriment you will miss, and of how I sha

yet, but first day I can; wi

ck in an easy chair, his hands in his pockets, and shoulders in his ears, thinks

hour since they left me! Ah, Tilton, this wandering will never do, one cannot have everything, and the othe

and leaves the room to silence and gloom, save for