[Illustration] Claude's renowned landscape of the "Ruined Mill" is familiar to all who are acquainted with it, and has been greatly admired by those who did not feel impelled to condemn its many faults.

Claude's house is arranged with his usual defiance of all conventionalities.

" "Or buy any of Claude's pictures?" "Why do you torment me so?

"Desinit in Culicem mulier formosa supernè," said Stangrave, as he looked over Claude's shoulder; "but I suppose he followed nature, and copied his model.

" Claude's countenance fell, and the note fell likewise.

Indeed, he had been in the habit of snubbing Claude's profession; and of arriving, on pre-Raphaelite grounds, at a by no means pre-Raphaelite conclusion.

No sooner is Thurnall released, than he is off to the yacht as fast as oars can take him, and in Claude's arms.

"You have spoilt my group, Miss St. Just, and you must mend it!" Valencia caught the humour, regrouped them all forthwith; and then placed herself in front of them by Claude's side.

Upon my word, you're men of taste here in the West; but what do you think I should charge for such a picture as that?" "Name your price, sir," said Jan, who was in high good humour at Claude's approbation.

" Valencia could obtain no further answer; and so the days ran on, every one becoming more and more intimate, till a certain afternoon, on which they were all to go and pic-nic, under Claude's pilotage, above the lake of Gwynnant.

He drove into the general area where he thought he'd find the Benedictine, trying to remember Claude's directions.

The "missus" taught Claude's sister to sew and to the present day most of her female descendants have some ability in dress making.

Claude's uncle, Mark Clark joined the Northern Army.

When the driver pulled off he said to Claude's mother who was sitting on the seat with him, "Doan you know you is free now?"

A sudden and painful change took place about midsummer in Claude's manner toward me (with Evelyn it was uniform).

"She is a very pretty girl, and I don't wonder at Claude's infatuation.

But for the confidence I felt in Claude's affection, and the vista of hope it opened for me, I think I should have succumbed under the unequal struggle.

" "This last is truebut that I could not have been mistaken, Claude's own admissions confirm.

This was Claude's farewell visita very unpleasant necessity evidently on his part.

The paper had fallen from my nerveless hand before I knew it, and I was aroused from reverie by Claude's action in stooping for it, and his voice saying: "I will fold up this record, Miriam; it seems to render you gloomy.

Austin's testimony as to those lethargies, which would be conclusive of itselfour own disinterestedness, so fully proved by our devotion to her and Mabel, under difficultiesher mother's mysterious maladyall these things will make it easy to carry out this plan in which your cheerful coincidence, and perhaps Claude's even, will be essential.