Excuse haste; yours truly!"

Mr. Fenton had put his sister off with excuses hitherto, and had subjected himself thereby to sundry feminine reproaches upon his coldness and want of affection for Mrs. Lister and her children.

[I arranged for another séance with Mrs. Thayer, to be held some days later, but at the time appointed she refused to see me, giving as excuse indisposition.

"Excuse mebut I must keep the secret for his brother's sake.

" Having set these down, one by one, upon the dresser, he wheeled, and addressed himself to Bellew, as follows: "Mr. Bellew, sir,this evening being the anniversary of a certainevent, sir, I will ask youto excuse mewhile I make the necessary preparationsto honour this anniversaryas is ever my custom."

Does the most earnest worship of an idol excuse robbery with violence extreme to obtain the sacrifices he loves?

Mrs. Sinclair and the nymphs are all of opinion, that I am now so much a favourite, and have such a visible share in her confidence, and even in her affections, that I may do what I will, and plead for excuse violence of passion; which, they will have it, makes violence of action pardonable with their sex; as well as allowed extenuation with the unconcerned of both sexes; and they all offer their helping hands.