Chapter 15 AH, FOR SOME RETREAT,

DEEP IN YONDER SHINING ORIENT.-Tennyson.

"Have you ever heard anything more of that poor Mr. Roche, whose wife deserted him?" asks Erminie's sister-in-law.

"No," replies Mrs. Lane sadly. "We had one awful night when he came and told us the news, and fainted. I am so weak-minded, I thought he was dead immediately, and shrieked and tore my hair