... SACRIFICE By FRED M. WHITE Ciy -r.pv Cr-- -rr- -^f-' irC*' C^fy VERNON FORSYTH was growing just a little tired of it. He wanted to get away to the edge of the river and smoke; the tangle in his new comedy was worrying him again. After all, there are dis advantages in being a popular playwright. There were other matters, too. He was disturbed, too, about Hetty Harbord. It was true she had a ...

... By ALFRED E. SNODGRASS IT is the little things in life that tell. Every mole hill of circumstance is a mountain of consequence. If Ralph Merton had not stopped at a certain sheltered corner to light his pipe, his life would have been another story altogether. 1 here was a strong wind blowing along the sea front, and it required several matches to get the tobacco properly aglow. When at last ...

... By C. EDWARDES LADY ANNABEL had at last made the great renunciation. She lay back in her sables-- and Captain Marlow's right arm-- and rejoiced in her courage. It was a night of brilliant stars, about three- quarters of a moon, and no wind; and they were on a main road untroubled by traffic. The clock in the church steeple of the last village through which they had whizzed for the ...

... MOLLYS MARRIAGE By ANNIE OLDMEADOW Edgar Bax had just dined. The maid had noise lessly placed at the right angle to his easy chair a smoking table. His yellow-shaded reading lamp, throwing into dimness the severity of his sombre old- fashioned chambers, gave a cheerful signal to the dusky square below; and through the open window came the soothing trot of hansoms, only broken at odd intervals ...

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... C j By LEONARD MERRICK Author of Whispers About Worn en When Love Flies Out Window etc.) TO WORLDLY READERS Any of otir readers who have written stories which they think would be suitable for our Worldly Series are invited to send in their Manuscripts which must be typewritten. A story by a7i unknown writer will receive just as much con sideration as though it had been written by one of the ...

... By SHELLAND BRADLEY It was the beginning of May, and I had just come down from a month in the hills. After the glorious freshness of the higher latitude among the snows, the heat in Sumhanaggar seemed unbearable. Nothing but a charming little note of welcome from Berengaria, with an invitation to tea at half-past four, which I had found awaiting me on my arrival the night before, would have ...

... By CHARLES GLEIG Author of Bit liter's Cruise, etc. etc. I have resided in the hamlet of Brindale ever since a vexatious clause in the King's Regulations obliged me to take leave of my distinguished regiment. There can be no impropriety in mentioning that the village nestles snugly in a Surrey valley, since Brindale does not happen to be the real name of the hamlet. Entitled to print Colonel ...

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... By JOHN ADAIR I cannot see what all the fuss is about, said Cynthia. You are perfectly insane, retorted her mother with asperity, it's a horrible affair. Because he happens to be a groom and I the daughter of a peer, you say we are unsuited. Why was I then brought up to admire the very things he excels in You are incorrigible, Cynthia, said Lady Pomeroy, I can do nothing with you. I ...

... By HAROLD CAMPBELL AFTER Mrs. Selwyn was thrown on her head, in that bad hunting accident, it was generally thought that she was a very fortunate woman to have made so rapid a recovery. Concussion of the brain is a serious matter, and often leaves curious after-effects on the memory. Not that anything of the sort happened in her case, at first. As we have said, Mrs. Selwyn made a record ...

... BY A. PAWT-BOILEAU [Mr. T. P. O'Connor is engaged at present in writing a series of articles entitled Books that have Influenced Me. We have fortunately retained the services of a personage still more famous in the realms of literature A. Pawt-Boileau. E D. I am honoured by the request of an indulgent editor to touch for a moment upon a subject which, though often treated by writers of even ...