Ay! and worse than a tempter.

Pure air and the bright sunshine! Is this your health for mind and body?
Oh! weak, weak, unstable one that I am! Poor Mary!" This was said in a low, mournful, and scarcely audible voice.

"Thus has my promise to you vanished into thin air!" As Wilkinson said this, he turned away and left the room.

Carlton was in no hurry to follow.

When, at length, he came down, and made inquiry for the one he had dealt by so treacherously, the man, who was shutting the windows of the bar-room, and about locking up for the night, replied that he had not seen him.
"Not seen him ?" he asked, in a tone of surprise.
"No, sir.