... LOVE'S VICTORY. A DRAMATIC STORY Adapted expressly for this paper. By Howard Paul. CHAPTER I. IF a stranger were passing along the Rue Nique, Paris, and had leisure for minute observation, he would be struck with the clean, neat aspect of a lofty house bearing the number 23. Curious to say this house did not bear a good name. Balzac somewhere says there is a fate for houses as well as men. ...

... LOVE'S VICTORY. A DRAMATIC STORY Adapted expressly for this paper. By Howard Paul. CHAPTER IV. WHEN Gabrielle saw how the young officer was overcome by the mention of the name, Zita Denman, she felt her blood turn to ice in her veins. She knew very well that a man like Paul was not likely to be so utterly overwhelmed unless there was something terribly wrong. Do you know the woman, Paul I ...

... MAGAZINES FOR THE NEW YEAR. The Cornhill Magazine. The opening chapters of the new story, Mademoiselle de Mersac, are a little tedious and com plicated with long details of family history; and were too purely introductory to call for lengthy comment. Thackeray had a happy method of so dealing with these matters that they was full of interest, and brightened with touches of character, ...