being so pretty as pretty as the other two children, the new baby at the parsonage was not thought much about, he proffered to stand godfather, and chose Mrs. Dawson as his co-partner in the charge, Lady Armitage being the third.

He promised the unconscious, long, yellow baby a marvellous imparting of learning when a fitting time should come. And he began his duties as godfather by presenting her with a "Thesaurus of the English Language," that she might from her earliest infancy be well grounded in that rich, harmonious, comprehensive, and truly philosophic language-her own.

Mrs. Reine was scandalized that he had not made his first gift a Bible.

"A Bible, good madam! that is the duty of her godmammas. My present will teach her how to value her Bible. But, madam, can you tell me the earliest time known to you of the capability of the

infant tongue pronouncing sensible sounds correlative with the intellect?"

"I presume you mean, Mr. Sabine, when will your god-daughter be able to talk and talking, understand what she talk-and says."

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True, good madam, that plainly expresses my meaning. In the decimal lunar, think you?"

"Decimal nonsense. Little John does not talk plainly yet, and he is only two years old; and Adeline, more than three, does not know her letters."

"But my infantile charge shows great signs of intelligence. She gazed upon her Thesaurus with very large, wide, open, intelligent eyes. She appreciated her pre

sent."

"The dinner has been announced, my dear sir-let us go!

Willingly, madam. I have been con

scious some time of a vacuum. God be

thanked for what we are going-chops! I like chops, especially with mashed potatoes, but I object to chops administered daily. Nevertheless, let us be thankful. I have before now been glad to chew a small portion of the dried skin of an animal that by mechanical means is brought to a state called leather, and then made into shoes."

CHAPTER XIV.

"Was it not lovely to behold

A cherub come down from the sky,
A beauteous thing of heavenly mould,
With ringlets of the wavy gold
Dancing and floating curiously?
To see it come down on the earth,
This beauteous thing of heavenly birth!
Leaving the fields of balm and bliss,

To dwell in such a world as this?"

COLERIDGE.

THAT last remark of Mr. Sabine's led to the discovery that in his search after knowledge he had gone through many hardships. Amongst others, he had accompanied a whale-ship to whale-ship to Baffin's Bay, for the express purpose of being intro

duced to the Esquimaux, and learning their language. During one of his excursions from the ship on mainland they had become short of provisions, and he had dined and supped for a couple of days upon a pair of his old shoes. He did not expatiate much upon the beauty and literature of the Esquimaux tongue : on the contrary, he was very adroit in turning away the subject whenever brought forward.

About this time Mr. Robarts, with the consent of Lord Bernard, hecame a partner in a large iron-work about to be established in a neighbouring valley. There was every prospect, if it succeeded, of his becoming a very wealthy man; and so far from objecting to his agent becoming as rich as himself, Lord Bernard rejoiced that one .who had served him so faithfully should reap a good reward.

He had the prospect of having a very