was still falling; she could cross with little
difficulty. Maidenly hesitations intervened,
but it was necessary to suppress them; and
wrapping a large cloak round her, and
tying a handkerchief over her head in the
then fashion of the country, she set off on her
perilous journey.

She escaped from the house without
detection, stole down the alley of evergreens
which led to the shore, and then, with the
delay of a moment passed in fervent prayer,
ventured across the channel. The water, at
first almost knee-deep, became shallower as
she proceeded; and, in a few minutes, she
found herself on dry ground, with a bright
May sun to cheer the way. Ignorant of the
country, Harriet felt most secure in following
the line of coast; at sight of every indentation,
every fresh bay, she hoped that at last the
signal-hill would lie before her.

Long before she reached the hill she met
the captain; who, with the zeal of a true lover,
was bound already in the direction of his
lady's dwelling. Explanations and consultations
followed; but I am content to add, they
laid, their plans so well, that the escape from
Caerinnys was effected on that very night.
Jeffrey and his crew were taken by surprise
and overpowered, almost before they knew
what had befallen them.

The garrison being thus mastered, it
was of course a matter of no difficulty
to carry off the whole of Lady Stewart's
plate and other articles of value, as well
as the jewels Harriet had laid in store.
The quantity of plate was something
fabulous, and the only way of accounting for it
having been permitted to remain so long at
the castle was, that Jeffrey and his
companions were so confident of their position,
that they had no thought of being interfered
with in their unlawful proceedings. In the
old house on the Quayside, after Lady
Stewart came to live with the Delancy's,
the plate, jewels, and lace were a sight well
worth a day's journey to see. Magnificent
candelabra of solid silver, dishes of the
precious metal were in daily use, and the
most beautiful gold and silver vases were
scattered in profusion over rooms and
passages. As to the jewels, as I told you, Lady
Stewart always wore them on neck, arms
and fingers; but Mrs. Delancy also amused
the whole township of Rathkelspie, by
appearing at church on the Sunday after her
return from Ireland, with long diamond
pendants hanging from her ears, and visible
below her bonnet. She wore also several
valuable finger-rings outside her gloves.

Captain Culver's gallantry at the siege of
Caerinnys — where, by the way, he was
slightly wounded by Jeffrey's pistol —joined
to his previous character, excited a strong
interest in high quarters, and gained him
promotion. He distinguished himself in
many a bold exploit during the next few
years of the war, and died like a hero on
the deck of his own ship, with the shout of
victory around him. I was by, and saw how
Harriet listened with a sparkling eye and
glowing cheek to the great story of his death.
I was by, two years afterwards, and saw Mr.
Delancy weep while he tried to comfort
cousin Stewart at his daughter's funeral.

RAGGED ROBIN.

THERE is a large, light, lofty workshop,
situated in one of the best thoroughfares of
the town, in which are occupied about two
dozen girls between the ages of eight and
seventeen. They make choice furniture for
dolls' houses. They work in groups, each
group having its own department of the little
trade; some cut the wire which forms the
framework of the furniture, some cover the
wire with muslin, or adorn the furniture
with imitations of wood carving, others cover
sofas and chairs with gay chintzes, satins,
and velvets, or fit up miniature bedsteads
with bed furniture. The articles so made
all look luxurious and beautiful, and have
also the merit of not being fragile. A young
lady whose age is not so great as that of the
majority of the workers — only whose
education has been infinitely better — rules over
the little band; apportions the work; distributes
the material; keeps the accounts; stops
the disputes; stimulates the intellect, and
directs the recreation of all. The Autocrat of
all the Eussias has not a sway more despotic
than Miss O. P. Q.; but the two potentates
differ in this, that the one governs by fear,
the other by affection.

The objects of this little institution are, to
employ and educate girls born of the poorest
parents, and to accumulate for them the
profits of their labour, so that they may be
of use to them in after life.

It is not undesirable that the wives of the
rising generation, and the mothers of the
next, should be intelligent, industrious, and
moral; or that they should be possessors of
some little store of money, which might be
used to start them in the world, or drawn
upon, as need came, in the course of wedded
life. Such are the objects of the
promoters of this industrial school for the
manufacture of Art Toys. It is clear that they
are not to be achieved at once; but it is
pleasant to know that these Art Toys find a
ready sale, and that their elegance and
durability are likely to preserve for them the
Public favour. They are the invention of a
lady, and may be remembered by some as
furnishing the Tudor Villa, a model contributed
by her to the Great Exhibition of
eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

"The discipline of the little factory about
which I am speaking I will now endeavour
briefly to describe. There is head-work as
well as hand-work. One morning, when the
girls had just been singing in chorus, as they
sat at labour, a song about buttercups and