The Trevor Family;*

"Well , Miss Rose , " he said , rising and bowing , " woman , in all such matters , must have her own sweet way ; but I will trust to your generous nature and my devotion for an earlier mid favourable reply ; " and with a few more words he bade her a polite good-ni ght , and departed . But once out in the open air , his curses , if not loud , wore deep . The next morning he passed two long hours in earnest conversation with Mrs . Trevor .

CHAPTER VII . "ROSE has no secrets from her mother , I hope ? " said Mrs . Trevor to her daughter that evening after tea , fis they sat alone . "None of importance , mother , " answered Rose . " I presume you refer to what occurred last evening . Well , mother , I had two offers of inarrino'c and accepted neither . " °

" Neither , " echoed her mother . " I can readily understand why you should not accept Mr . Glyndon . Personally , everything is in his favour , but you know my life-long objection to such a connection . But , my dear , I thought you had long regarded Mir . Crawley as an accepted suitor . " " I had so regarded him , mother , and I fear that I gave him so to understand b y my manner toward him ; but when the test came I found that my heart him

repelled , and I cannot love him . I did not toll him so last ni ght , for I was under the spell of his presence . But he shall know it at once . " _ " No , Rose ; take my advice . Let the matter remain in abeyance for a brief period , " said Mrs . Trevor , who had set her heart on the match , and had hoped that tunc would bring about a change ; and she knew that Crawley would write , and she depended much on his powers of persuasion . Fond mother ! She did not reflect that Frank Glyndon had pen , ink , and paper , at Ins command !

About six weeks subsequent to the above conversation , Esquire Faxon entered the office jointly occupied by himself and Frank Glyndon , and was met by the latter with the remark : " Esquire Faxon , I wish your perfect confidence , and so I give yon mine . I am a candidate for Miss Rose Trevor ' s hand . So is one Joel Crawley . With my consent , he shall not have her . If he was worthy of her , all-right . Then there would be honourable °

victory , and the best man might win . But he is not worthy of her . Now for my question . How long did lie clerk for Harmon Trevor , and at what salary ? " " Well , " said the esquire , slowly , as if reflecting back , " lie came here seven years since . . The first two he had ei ght hundred a year , the next two one thousand , and the last three he has had twelve hundred dollars . "

" Making an aggregate , " said Frank , " of seven thousand two hnnch-ed dollars . He came here poor—that much I learned from other sources . Out of tins seven thousand he has been compelled to pay far board and clothing , and in the matter of dress he was very extravagant . ' Now , I happened yesterday in the office of the Advertiser , at the county seat , arranging for some legal printing . M y eye caught the mime of Crawley in one of the exchanges from a neighbouring state . I secured the paper , and here is the paragraph that arrested my attention :

r Mi ' - John Brmkley , of this city , has sold to Mr . Joel Crawdey an undivided half oi his furniture manufactory and store for ten thousand dollars in cash . We welcome Mr . Crawley to onr midst . ' "Now , " continued Frank , " if ' this be true , whore did Crawdey get that amount of money ? I ask yon , esquire , if it is not worth while to ' critically examine the books of Harmon Trevor . I ask it in no spirit of jealously , but as an avowed lover of the daughter , and in behalf of the widow and fatherless . Do not ice owe it to Mrs . Trevor , despite her known hostility to our Order . " J