With these words the Duchess of Somerset left the chamber just in time to see the Lady Jane disappear from the extreme end of the corridor which led to the duke’s closet.

(To be continued.)


TO ISA IN HEAVEN.

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BY THOMAS HOLLEY CHIVERS, M. D.

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Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew,

She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven!

—Young.