"I am obliged to you; but the costs in the suit have already been too heavy."

"Then I'll kiss you!"

And she did—with some want of precision, just over the right eye. Then she fled to the door. When she was half-way through it, she turned, and waved towards him the hand which held the paper.

"You are my guardian, you know."


THE QUEEN'S BODYGUARD.


SOME COSTLY PETS.