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Cornelius coming along the path, and in a few minutes the two brothers met, The experiences of Cornelius had been less immediately interesting than those of Joshua, but his personal position was satisfactory, and there was nothing to account for the singularly subdued manner that he exhibited, which at firat Joshua set down to the fatigue of overstudy; and he proceeded to the subject of Rosa’s arrival in the evening, and the probable consequences of this her third visit, “Before next Eaater she'll be his wife, my boy,” aaid Joshua, with grave exultation.

Cornelius shook his head. “She comes too late,” he returned.

“What do you mean?”

"Look here.” He produced the Fountall paper, and placed his finger on a paragraph, which Joshua read. It appeared under the report of Petty Sessions, and was a commonplace case of disorderly conduct, in which a man was sent to prison for seven days for breaking windows in that town.

“Well ?” said Joshua.

“It happened during an evening that I was in the street; and the offender is our father.”

“Not—how—I sent him more money on his promising to stay in Canada?”

"He is home, safe enough.” Cornelius in the same gloomy tone gave the remainder of his information. He had witnessed the scene, unobserved of his father, and had heard him say that he was on his way to see his daughter, who was going to marry a rich gentleman, The only good-fortune attending the untoward incident was that the millwright’s name had been printed as Joshua Alborough.

“Beaten! We are to be beaten on the eve of our expected victory!” said the elder brother. “How