in which process he caught a glimpse of his own figure in the glass, and very naturally concluding that his slouched hat, and the general dishabille of his appearance, might have contributed to her alarm, he threw off his beaver, and made his toilet as becomingly as three or four agitated minutes would allow. In a short time he had the satisfaction of seeing her slowly open her eyes, and exclaim in a faint voice, "O Ciel! what are you, whence come you? Help, help!"

"Ten thousand pardons," exclaimed Reuben, falling on one knee," for this unintentional alarm; believe me you have not the remotest reason for apprehension; my name is Reuben Apsley, and my uncle Mr. Goldingham—.”

"Reuben Apsley ?” interrupted Adeline, recovering confidence as rapidly as she had lost it, and evidently not displeased with the handsome features and fine figure which a calmer observation allowed her to discover," Mais, quel coup d'etourdi to take you for Pluto, when you are are so much younger, so much better looking-so much more →→→→ Reuben Apsley!

it is a very pretty name, and mine is Adeline Trevanian; it has been reckoned very gentil and distingué. How did you come here? Oh, by that nasty trap-door I perceive. Pray shut for you surely can't think of again going down those dreadfully steep steps.".

it

up,

"My uncle, Mr. Goldingham," said Reuben, about to enter into a full explanation, but he had proceeded no farther when his vivacious companion stopped him with an exclamation of, "Eh! mon Dieu! je m'en rappelle, I thought I had heard the name before. You are the young gentleman that ran away from Goldingham Place, and joined the Duke."

Reuben bowed his head in token of acquies

cence.

"And you have put on this disguise, and hidden yourself in the murky cavern below for fear of being taken up, and hanged for a

rebel."

Another bow admitted the correctness of this supposition, when his fair auditress clasped her hands, and exclaimed, with a look of the greatest delight, “O que c'est charmant, cela! Voilà,

donc enfin une aventure! such as one reads of in a Play or a Romance. Nothing could possibly come more apropos; it is the very sort of incident I have been sighing for; I would not have missed it for the world."

"I am gratified beyond expression," said Reuben, "to find that you are not offended at my boldness, that you allow me to place my life in your hands."

"Offended ?" tout au contraire, I am delighted, on ne peut plus, and as to your life, I swear to preserve it even at the risk of my own. You shall find that I know the duty of a heroine upon such occasions. I will think of nothing but your safety, and sacrifice every feeling to

the sacred claims of

La! goodness me! the cape of my sultane and my Colbertine cornet are dripping wet! d'où vient cela?"

I fear, Miss Trevanian, that I must apologize for the awkwardness of my hand, or the agitation of my feelings, which led me to sprinkle you rather too profusely in the hope of accelerating your recovery, but at such a distressing moment

"Oh, it was the least you could do,” replied Adeline, standing before the glass, and arranging her disordered dress and curls, "to bring me to life, after having frightened me to death. But mamma will lecture me for a whole week if I catch cold, and spoil my voice, so I had better hurry home as fast as I can."

"But not, I trust, without condescending to afford me the hope and happiness of another interview in the course of the day, or at all events, to-morrow."

"A la bonne heure! à la bonne heure! why should I not? I promise you I am not going to abandon an adventure so romantic. May I die! but I should be desesperée au dernier were the nasty constables to come and take you away to be hanged, and so spoil an incident than which there is nothing prettier in Almahide, or Mathilde d'Aguilar."

Reuben now ventured to remind her that the instant sacrifice of his life might be involved in the smallest violation of secrecy, professed an eternal gratitude for her promised interest in his preservation, declared that his life would

become doubly valuable if he were to owe its preservation to one who appeared to be as compassionate as she was beautiful, which was the utmost compliment that he could pay to her humanity, and concluded his passionate address with the rather humiliating avowal, that necessity must soon expel him from the asylum he had chosen, unless he could procure food, of which he had tasted none for many hours.

"Food!" cried Adeline with a look of infi"how excesnite disappointment and surprise, sively unromantic! In the Knight of the Sun, I remember that Roseclaire and his brother, the sons of the Emperor of Constantinople, fasted for a whole fortnight without inconvenience. Mais, c'est égal; modern heroes are not like will manage those in the days of Chivalry. to bring you something, à la derobé! allons! allons! I am dying to see you sink into the earth like a mole. You must not mind being buried alive; in the country we are all in the same predicament. There, take care how you get down. How dark it looks below! Vraiment, cela me fait horreur. A Dieu ne plaise,