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The weather was intensely hot, and my aunt was, as I have said, C(n‘pulent7â€"‘ a rosy aunt of purple Cheer.’ \Vallowing in an easy- chair at an open window, fanning and panting, we found the goed lady. She looked the impersonation of good-nature in distress, like the hippopotamus in the dog-duyspr a pletlmric captain of volun- teers at a midsummer field-day. ‘1)ouald at lust !’ she cried, her face radisz at once; ‘ I thought you had fbr~ gotten me altogether.” ‘ Here I 11111 at last, aunt; I’ve not been to see you for an age, but to make up for it, I’ve not only come myself, but brought my doubze; SO this ought to count for two Visits. Let me introducc . . . V . . . , my pm'ucular fi‘lenu, Laptam Bul rldgc. v‘ [in delighted to see Ayou both ; but, dear 1110! it’s very oddâ€"isn’t it? very striking, I meanâ€"is it n0tieed?â€"the likeness between you ?’ ‘ Noticed, my dear aunt! It has been a source of great confusion and endless mistakes ; and as to its being noticed, it’s been alluded to in the ‘ Tinies,’ and ‘].’unch’ has been on it two or three timeg,’ said I, as usual irresistibly pro- voked by my aunt’s power of wonderingr to minister to her taste in that direction. Burridge, taking, as he thought, his one from me, ventured to remark, looking guilty, ‘ It was mentioned in the House the other dzly.’ ‘ Indeed !’vcried my aunt. ‘ HOW was that ‘2’ ‘Oh ! quite incidentally,’ said I, dis~ trusting Burridge’s powers in this line of art ; ‘ but it shows you how notorious the thing is. I believe the Queen Wishes to have us photographed as the Corsican brothers. For my part, I hate such publicity.’ ‘wm'w ‘2’ cried aunt Blogg; < I think it’s delightful : it makes you the fashion â€"ev9yyb0d_y kpmys about you.’ ‘ Oh: we’vvo had enough 6f that, Adol- phus! haven’t we ? One soon tires of being alion.’ ‘ It is so very odd I haven’t heard of this befol‘o,’ said my aunt; ‘yet I was at the Mansion H ouso ball t’othor night, and had :1 long talk with Lady 81;. Ubbs, who is quite in the beau mantle, and she never mentioned it,’ ‘ Is Lady St. Ubbs in society?’ I in- quired, supereiliously. ‘ Inever mother â€"-di_d y01_1 Dollx?’ n. . . .1 Y! ‘ I can’t suyVI ever did; but then I’m not much about, you know.’ ‘ No; but Wherever you do go is alâ€" ways in the first flight’ (a piece of intel- ligence which seemed to surprise my friend a good deal), ‘ and either you or I must have met her if she had the entree. I’m afraid, aunt, Lady St. Ubbs is not in OUR set ;’ and I spoke as if, with every wish to make the best case for my aunt’s friend, my conscience compelled me to “ HURRAH! HURRAH ! MY NATIVE LAND.” w _ Hurrah I hurl-uh I my native Thy heather hills at last I The tear is starting to my 6" Y My heart is beating fast. . I ': Give back, ye kindly waves, gf e back, And speed my vessel freeâ€" A »' I I’m comm’, Ailsa, comin’, lag A wand’rer, 11ame to theel " Hurrah! hurrah! my native-land? Upon our bows at last! The glistening tears aroun Their evening rainbow eagfig‘ . Give back your foam, ye hin'flly waves, And speed my vessel freeâ€"4"?» ' Auld Ailsa Craig! l’m 00min, A wand’rer harm: to ther Be still! be still ! my throbbigg‘heartâ€" Gae back, ye childish tears; But ah, I’ve waited for this-:11;an These mony weary years l‘r _’ ‘ I’ve toiled beneath a, burningwny' And slept upon the plain. 5' .V I That I might plant my Scottish foot On Scottish heath again. ! The same I the same ! I ken it'weelâ€" It rises on the galeâ€" The sweet anld scent 0’ heather bells Frae illra flow’ry vale. I feel, ah me ! as if my heart ,1 ' Had never been awa’, 7 And long dried springs 0’ earlijy' ’ Are gurgling at my ea’. " Ye smile l ye smile! to welcom «me, Tho’ twenty years are by, Since frae my een ye stole a tear, . And frae my breast a sigh -' , My locks were dark and glossy then. Tho’ n00 they’re thin and g’tiiay,’ But love 0' hame grows riper eye; When simmer dies away. - ‘; fl The years! the years have pass'd’meo’er, And changes I have seen : .. ‘ May be the folk that kent me than " \Vill no he as they’ve been “ - , Pei-chance the lassies that I’ve ib’ea Will ask me whence I came-3’ The playmates of my early days,’ Unheeding, speir my name,_‘ . Aweel ! aweel ! auld Ailsa Craig} L' ' I hen nae change in youâ€" ' ‘, I The Scottish foam is still as white,. The rugged hills as blue. ‘ I’ll live my early life again, Amid your messes old. » ‘ Tho’ een hac lo st their glint ‘o‘fglove, And human hearts grown Emma Nor is it likely she should; he who has soldiered a hot summer at Aldershot, and has been exposed to the daily dust and sun of that awful Campus Martins â€"-the Long Valleyâ€"may remember what his complexion was. To me the nAvery unmereiful; my nose, 41f pifiiaifi e‘Tnt‘ boldfieSfiwhad- been ti‘ansl'oi‘med by its action to the germ blance of a. redhot poker; and for the Test of my face, there was only one streak of white in it across the upper forehead, markng lthe line of the forageâ€"cap. You ‘seldom see a more complete picture of 1 health than an Aldershot man in summer. and I was an exaggerated specimen of the type. New why‘should a thoroughly good- naturod person, if ever so much an aunt, say a thing like this ? It can please no- nobody, and is most likely to give offence to §omebody ; yet nothing is commoner with ladies of a. certain age and class than remarks of the sort in favor of their of their own kith and kin. \Vhy ? ‘ To be sure, my deny; it was announ- ced bef'd‘re you came in : let us go down.’ ‘The likeness is very great, I must say,’ said my aunt- WllCIl we were seated at luncheon; ‘ but you’ll forgive an aunt. for saying, Captain Burridg‘e, that it is not a compliment to Donald.’ Burridge was insensible about his per- sonal appearance, and it fell harmless upon him. ‘I’m quite aware, ma’am’ (he would call my aunt ‘111a’am’), ‘that it’s a great compliment to 111': ; but just at present I feel I have a better Chance with Donald than usual.’ ‘ How do you mean ‘3’ ‘I mean that, looking so haggard and ill and misc ‘able as he is doing, of course his beauty sufiers,’ replied Burridg'e, who having vainly endeavoured by telegraph to dissuade me from any active participation in the meal, was now cutting out a line for himself. ‘Ill and haggard !’ cried my aunt, ‘ I VOW I‘don’t see it ; he’s looking as rosy and well as ever I saw him; I don’t think I remember him with such a color.7 ‘Excnso me, aunt the subject is un- pleasant to me ; and talking of‘lions, they have appetites you know, at feeding-Lime. Are you going to give us any luncheon?’ ‘ Oh Donald ! bless me, I quite forgot! â€"â€"-Talking of grandees, have you seen any more of that beautiful bewitchiug Lady ?’ ‘Ah aunt! we musll’t believe ever“â€" . ’ J filling everybody says ; fer my part, the more I hear a 1mm talk about, swells, un~ less he is notoriously one llimsell" (mid I implied by manner that this was my pre- dicament), ‘ the less I believe him to know about them.’ - ‘ As to his color, ma’am,’ cried Dolly, ‘ that’s heciic.’ ‘Hoctic! what, his nose ton ?7 ‘ Hectic, mn’a‘m, decidedly,’ insisted Dolly, gravely. ‘ The doctor said so last night to me when we were consultng about his symptmns; ‘hds as hectic as the as posaihlcâ€"nosc and :111,’ were the dot-fork very words. Don’t interâ€" rupt n10. Donald : we’re all Very uneasy about him down there, unfam; he conâ€" ceals his symptoms, but he can’t deceive us: there’s something; far wrong, frightâ€" ful blue d0vâ€"-, I beg your pardon ma’am ‘ Don; mé!’ said the innocent old lady, with unconscious satire, ‘she talks as much about fine people as you do, and seems to know them.’ â€"~-great depressionâ€"â€"1nutteringsmâ€"Want ot'sleepâ€"wwant of appetiteâ€"«1107s eaten nothing; but ship's biscuit. and cold tea‘ for a lbrt‘nightâ€"andâ€"and a baked poâ€" tato, at the eolonel’s urgent request, last Sunday. Yes, you're right, iriziiam, he is eating now7 (For I was performingr pro digies with a cold pie, and my aunt re- don’t give way to it, my dear fellowâ€" think of the reaction ; the colonel say’s it's'the lungs, the regiment thinks it’s the liver, I say it’s the heart, the doctor say’s it’s all threee, induced by anxiety and distress. Pray speak seriously to himâ€"â€" exert your authority, ma’am, for he neg» lects our advice.’ And Burridge eonâ€" eluded his lengthy and spirited effort by ‘ a profusion of {‘urtive winks at me. poor aunt looked fairly puzzled. side sat the mendacious dragoon slowly uttering his dismal report ; on the other sat Iâ€"mthe patientâ€"hale and hearty, My idians are a stealthy acute race7 On one ' came acrossâ€"â€"Wit.h one exception,’ added my a nut, dropping her voice mysteriously, ‘ I’m glad I never met him,’ said Bur» ridge; ‘but who was the fortunate ex- ception ‘37 ‘ It’s quite a little romanee,’ simpered my aunt, accordingr to a lormula I knen‘ .but too well ; ‘ but you wouldnlt care to marked it), ‘ but it’s a false appetite ; ihcai- it; Pm sure ?’ ‘ Indeed ma’am, I should like nothing so muchâ€"I delight. in horrible stories. ‘ \Vell, this is not horrible, exactly; it’s thrilling and exciting, certainly. You see, my first, husband, General Hanks, was employed on the Indian frontier against. the Redskins. I accompanied him in all his campaigns, and shared his Wigwam in front ot’ the army. The In- (this was a sterotyped phrase which always made me laugh), ‘and their spies may have been said to live in our midst. 'l‘ht great Mingery himself, on one occasion stout and I‘Ublcund, eutlng as 1‘3 bOCIUDO ; reeonnoitered in person, and saw mt bring in this damuatory verdict against hel'Jadyship. a lion ‘ “That does this mean7 Donald ?7 fal- tered the good lady. WVlmt is the mat- ter ?’ ‘Oh! nothing7 aunt; only :1 delusion of Burridge’sâ€"a joke of his ;’ for I could not bring myself to support the clumsy romance of my friend. ‘ There, ma’am, that S the way he goes on ; we can make nothing; 01‘ him, and if you can‘t, I don’t see what’s to happm. More pie ? that’s only to deceive you, nm’am; remember yourself, Donald” think of the nausea. Did you take the palpitation drops before starting ‘3’ ‘ Ah ‘. I see I must have a serious con- versation with him,’ sald my aunt, now convinced there was something wrong. (A T ‘- 7 . humbly, I dldn t . What nonsense you do ‘ Thank you, ma’am,’ said Dolly, fer- vently ; ‘ it’s the only thing that can save him.’ ' Luncheon being ended, we returned to the drawing-room; and here, rememberâ€" ing I-hnd an urgan letter to write, I asked my aunt to let me do so. ‘ And meantime; I said, ‘you might show Cap- 7 3 it the her say’s :ty undi ) himâ€"â€" he neg» .ge conâ€" lfort by i K}. My On one ' 1 slowly 10 other hearty, became ‘ d ‘2’ falm the mat- delusion i r I could clumsy idians are a stealthy acute race7 ‘ \Vell, this is not horrible, exactly; it’s thrilling and exciting; certainly. You see, my first, husband, General Hanks, was employed on the Indian frontier against. the Redskins. I acemnpanied him in all his campaigns7 and shared his Wigwam in front of the army. The in- (this was a sterolyped phrase which always made me laugh)7 ‘and their spies may have been said to live in our midst. The great Mingery himself, on one (recasimn reeonnoitered in person, and saw me through a Chink in the Wigwam. I WIN but a girl then. Captain, and I’m an old woman new, so I may say Without vanity that I was a Very pretty girl] Burridge made a sort 3F gurgling: sound at this; apparently to indiilate that the present tense was; still applicable. ‘ Oh no sir! I’m past vanity new; but then it was different, and I was, as I say, a pretty I’m not, going to say that the skull was the Skull of my mythicle hero ; but let aunt Blogg describe it herself7 as nverheardby me sifitinghat my letter. I had heard it a hundred times before, of course, with affected der interest in the museum, and questioned my aunt about everything. At lust they came, to the skulL , My aunt's collection was certainly notl of special interest, though, notwithstand-l ing her disclaimer, she looked upon it as; a British museum in miniature. There,l was the sword of a sword-fish, the one or, ,two inevitable cases 01 South Amerieanl stalled birds, an ostrieh’s egg, a eanoes paddle, some coins, a spurious autogmpl, 'of Mary Queen of Scots, a Bible that had ,i (not) belonged to Oliver Uromu‘ell, hits,l 01" the wrappings of a mummy, &e, &e., ‘, but the principal gem ol’ the collection ' Was~â€"â€"1‘ather a Byronian one, it must be confessedâ€"a human skull. And here I must mention, that at the time she made , uncle Blogg the happiest of men, my aunt was a widow. My uncle was Num~1 ber Two. As to Number One there was a slight historic haziness. My aunt allir ded to him but in a general way to the world, and not often ; but when she did,) she spoke of him as ‘ the General.7 He, died at the age of W? ~ three, and his‘ miniature, in a nonde. ipt unit‘orm, en- ‘ riohed her mnSeunl. Gazing, as a boy,‘ on that work of art, I used to think that ; promotion must have gone very fast in; those days, and even went so far as to examine history for some record of the splendid deeds which had won, thus early, his exalted rank for General Hanks â€"but in vain. At last an uncle of mine, whom I was always hailgering on the subject, inconsiderately lost his tempor,{ and remarked as to the deeeased warrior, 5 ‘ General l general, be hanged I no more, This was :L terrible blow to me, as in my childish reveries General Hunks 11ml figured as a sort of Bayardâ€"habitunlly mounted on :1 White charger, with 11va- ing mane and distended nostrils, ulwny.~ at full gulOpâ€"the warrior’s hch adorn- ed with a tremendous plume of white feathers, which marked by their presence, Where the carnage was thickest. &C., «$0. general than my grocer is; he was :1 dopuly-ussirstxmt-cmnmis xl'yâ€"gonuml â€" EL grade inferior to th-lt 0i" an ensign, 01‘ ‘zlthel‘ no gmdd Isl all‘nnd his gl'cntcrst exploit was purveying rum and pm‘k to 21 small force sent out against some savages: somewhere and, by the by, I believe the said savages ate him at lust.’ ‘ A skull I’ cried Bm‘ridgo. ‘ch,’ said 111 ' aunt, exulting‘ that her hour had come, ‘ a Skull neither more or less.’ ‘ Real or Sham ?7 inquired Adolphus. ‘ Oh I :1 real humzm skullJ sir; feel it.7 ‘ So it iSâ€"how nasty ll ‘Aml yet,” says my aunt,’ it is the l'CllIlllO 01' :4, handsome man.’ ‘\\":1s lieâ€"was 110 :L relative ?’ ‘ No, sir; you see before you the skull 0F the great Mingei'yghe-l’idgery, Chief 01" the Degreurud Indians. His name means ‘Seu‘lper»0f»t,li(:-wiiiLl,’â€":1n awful name7 is it not, 1" ‘Terrific. Was he a great dab at sealping then ?’ ‘Yes sir; he sealped everything he came uernssâ€"â€"With one exception} :ulvled my aunt, dropping her voice mysteriously, tuin Burring your collection of' curinâ€" sitics.’ ‘With all my heart," said the good lady. ‘ Will you come into the antemmn, Captain Burridgc '3 not that I have anyâ€" thing worth cxhibitlug.’ ‘ I’m glad I never met him,’ said I’nh' ridge; ‘but who was the fortunate ox caption ‘37 girl; and the great Mingm‘y, seeing; me through the chink, {Ml dosperntlcy in love with me, and determined to carry me 0”. ‘ The irenerzll was away foraging at the time. In the silence of the night Ming» ery and his crew crept up to the Wigwam. senlped seven soldieis and my white nmirl and Cnrrid me off in :1 swoon into the thickets. I am bound to say that he treated me with great politeness. lilo spoke perfect. Englile and as seen as i came round proposed marriage very (lei f'erentinlly. AS well as my i'surs would permit, I pointed out to him that I was already married to the General. ‘llnugh he said, 11mjestie:ulyâ€"~‘1 laugh at his white nose; nevertheless, since your slightest wish is my law, the barrier shall be removed at once. HereJ Swashee-Bo- “711019 No. 574. l ‘ What! did they scalp the General?’ ‘ cried Burridge, with great enthusiasm. ‘No, he fell a victim to a fever con- traeted that. day from malaria and ner- vous excitement, and died three weeks t after. But he decapitated Mingery, and ibrought his skull home with him, and had it cured by the doctor ‘ What! galvanized ? did he grin and chatter horribly I” ‘ No, noâ€"I mean boiled and scraped; and the General told me, almost with his 1 .st breath, to preserve it as a memorial “and so I have, you see. ‘And my poor 111051;; used to say, in his laughing way, ithat he was jealous of the skullâ€"and i that’s its history.’ That my aunt had some sort of'afoun- dation for the tale L never doubted. In its present stage ot'developmcnt, however, 1 suspect would hardly have been recog- nised by any ofthe actors in the drama: it professed to chronicle. But then five { and forty years’ constant wear and tear l 5 what anecdote of mortal man could pres - serve its in‘dentity through such a test? 1 heard Burridge expre sing .his delight with the tale, and also his opinion that we mustn’t be too hard on the Scalper-of the-wind, as he (Burridgekould easily see that the temptation to abduct must have been almost irresistible. I heard my aunt, evidently in great delight, disallow extenuating circumstances to the deceas- ,ed savage; and then they passed on to other objects. I became engrossed with my letter; but at its conclusion I was aware that it was only broken by a rapid Iand confidential whispering. P1‘c;~tently my aunt emerged, and said, ‘ Donald. I'm ashamed to trouble you, but would you do me a great favor ?’ ‘ Curtainly aunt; what is it ?' ‘I have a large sum of money (£300) which has bean paid to me this forenoom 1 don’tllkc keeping so much in the house; would ynu mind taking it to the bank in Pall Mall for me ? I’m ashamed to trouble you. and drive you away when you’ve, come to see me.’ ‘ I'll be delighted, of course; but it will do as we go buck to the Club won’t it ?’ ‘No that’sjust it; the bank will be closed : pray take a cab, and come back as quick as ever you can.’ She hundcd 1110 the notes, and I deâ€" partei On my return in ab0ut half an hours Burridge vas not there; he had remem- bered an engagement, my aunt said, but would meet me at the Club. 5 shee’ he said to a gigantic savage, ‘ shoe yonrselfwith the west wind, and travel towards the sunrise; take lightening in your right hand, and scalp me this son of the Pale-thees who stands between Ming- ery and bliss l7 Swnshee-Boshee uttered (a horrible war-cry, and dashed into the l forest, brandishing his tomahawk. I im» inedintely fainted, and remained in that condition the greater part of the day. \Vhenever 1 11nd n gleam of consciousness I 5qu Mingery etnnding about thirty iyards ofl', playing a wild air on a tin whistle, which l believe is the first part iof their marriage ceremoney. But to- , wards evening, a sudden shouting arose, and the trampling; of feet ; and just as I Opened my eyes, l szaw Mingery with the whistle still between his lips, give a spasâ€" modic leap into the air, turn 21 complete soniersziult, and light on the tall plume of leathers which adorned the back of his head. He was shot through the nape of the skull, Cnptnin-therds the very hole, you see. Then the soldiers closed in, and there was 21 sculpin1 and bzwonetting for :1 good half hour, for the tribe had rushed from their ambush on the 21p- pronell ol’ the troops. My poor General tell :1 victim â€"â€"--" ‘flv’ol‘y impudent, Vthen of grand Captain Cpl-ridge, that’s all loan suy,’ I rejoined, zxfil‘cting pique. ‘ I musit- )my. Donald, that you have shown little confidence in me.’ I ‘ My dear aunt“ I won’t affect to misv- understand you ; but pray What good mnl is to he attained by whining my this cries at the comer of every street ?’ ‘ That‘s a very difl‘erent thing. Now, grind Captain Butl‘idge has told me of“ your dulightl’nl attachmentâ€"the lady so gonrh s0 beautiful. mnl of'such high rank. 1 mm more pleased than I can tell yon‘ durir Dunulil ', hutignml Captain Burrid'w tells me you (f()ll$idOl‘ your income insnt fieient, and will not go forward in con quenen, Um thinks the income quit large enough (he is a simple creature}; and he begged me to persuade you that, it was. ‘ Donald’s terribly proud,’ he said, ‘nnd he thinks that to ask an earl’s «laughter to marry him on £500 21-year would be like asking her to live in a pom= house. I eonl'ess,’ said the gnod Captain, ‘ I can’t see it ; if the girl likes him, as she does, she likeshim for himself, not fer liH inmxey.’ That’s all very Sensible my ‘ Yes, yes, aunt ; I know that, and therefore let us change the subjectâ€""110W are the canarics ?’ dour. of (inurse, but I agrée with ymx, and I like your pride. Blood is blow‘. and rank is rank, and much is due to it It would be ridiculous to talk of sucl. .‘x marriage on such a paltry income; :m-ci even the good Captain Burridgc came {(2 see in.’ CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.