THE following morning Arthur was in Mr. Brading's room, which adjoined the accountant's department, when one of the messengers brought a card and handed it to Mr. Brading. A frown contracted the gentleman's face as his eye fell upon the name it bore. "
ARTHUR was received by his friend and Mrs. Brading most kindly and courteously, without any tinge of either patronage or condescension, which some words of his elder sister had almost led him to expect. He found that Mr. Brading, if he was not to be reckoned among the county families,
"A LETTER for me!" exclaimed Arthur, as he took his seat at the breakfast-table next morning and saw the letter beside his plate. But Molly came in the next minute, before the letter could be opened. "Arthur, I have thought of a plan to get over the
"THERE'S an awful lot of letters this time, Mr. Bristow," said Arthur one morning as the chief accountant entered the office where he was busy sorting them. "Ah, there is a heavy post!" remarked that gentleman. "You must be careful, Murray, that none
"OH, I say, you girls have no idea what a great place ours is! I had to go all over it this morning, and Jack came to show me the way." This was Arthur's greeting when he walked into the dining-room after his second day'