Do, pray, close with it, and let us be at peace; sweet--balmy--peace." Parkin declared he shared that desire: but was not the committee.

Then, to Henry: "I shall put your case as favorably as my conscience will let me.

Meantime, of course, the matter rests as it is." They then parted; and Henry, as he returned home, thanked Bayne heartily.

He said this second L15 had been a bitter pill at first; but now he was glad he had offered it.

"I would not leave Hillsborough for fifteen hundred pounds." Two days after this promising interview with Mr.Parkin, Henry received a note, the envelope of which showed him it came from Mr.Jobson.