Mildred: An Autumn Romance.

out AA'hat it all meant till a fortnight after , when he Avas sent for by Mr . Jarvis , who told him that from a communication he had that morning received from his daughter , Avho Avas very poorly , ancl Avho had kept to her room for the last tea days and more , he jnust tell him that he had a very serious charge to bring against him , a charge Avhich Avas in part corroborated by the statement of Emma , the housemaid . In vain he expostulated and avowed his innocence . Mr . Jarvis was obdurate . He ,

Mr . Mathew , had injured his daughter ' s character—it was already the gossip of the household—ancl he must make the only reparation he could or abide the consequences . He gave him a fortnight to consider . When Marmaduke Avent CIOAVU to St . Benet ' s , the why lawyer , who had heard some rumours about his trying to exchange ( the young officer hoping , in fact , to escape by this means ) thought to checkmate him by going to the Colonel of his regiment and telling

him the story , AA'ith such additions as our readers may imagine , but Avhich it is needless to give . So Marmaduke Avas summoned back to Colchester to meet his fate , ( To be continued . )

Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART .

BY BRO . GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL . Author of " Shakspere , his Times and Contemporaries , " " The Bards -and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham" " The People ' s History of Cleveland and its Vicinage" " The Visitor ' s Handbook to Medea , )' , Coatham , and Saltburn b y the <§

fXF the Grand Lodge of the Indian Territory , founded October Sth , 1874—whose _ jurisdiction is bounded on the north by the State of Kansas , on the east bv Missouri and Arkansas , on the south by Texas , and on the west by Texas and Mexicothe August number of the Canadian Craftsman remarks : " Masonry in the far west has many difficulties to encounter—a wildhalf-civilized communitya land infested

, , with outlaAvs and ruffians , a section Avith settlements hundreds of miles apart . We think , under these circumstances , our brethren in the wfids of the Indian Territory should extort from us the Avarinest sympathy and friendship . The Lodges there haA'e united for the express purpose of advancing the best interests of the Craft . We Avish them peace , prosperity , and plenty , ancl trust that ere the Masonic year has passed , the Grand Lod ge of the Indian Territory will be recognized not onlby the Grand Lod of

y ge Manitoba , but by every Grand Lodge within the Dominion of Canada . " But the Grand Lod ge of the Indian Territory , I belieA'e , refuses to acknoAA'ledge the members of the JNegro Lod ges as genuine Masons . Let them take care that their own is always the genuine article ; for Lodges may be legally chartered , ancl eA'en their working of the ceremonies be perfect—instead of the miserable bungling Avhicb one is sometimes pained ° see but they must aim hiher than thisancl take that with them

p ; g , care Freemasonry is neither an aristoeratical plaything on the one hand , nor a plebeian drinkiiig-club on the other ; but they must prove by the purity ancl gentleness of their lives , that the Craft has a tendency to make men Aviser , kinder , and in every Avay nobler than it found them .