Mr. Waterford was not seen in Chicago again. I afterwards met him in New York. Before his boat was sold, I made an excursion in her to the lagoon where the Florina was moored. Marian and other ladies went with me, and I sailed them home in the yacht, which was now my property. I found time to sail in her occasionally, and the Collingsbys were often passengers. I changed her name, and called her the ELLA GRACEWOOD. I had a week's vacation in the summer, and visited St. Louis. Mrs. Greenough was delighted to see me, and treated me like a son. When I returned, I carried with me the relics of my childhood. One afternoon, on board of the Ella Gracewood, I showed them to Marian and her mother. Mrs. Collingsby recognized the portrait of my mother, and I think she was convinced that I was her nephew; but she was more prudent than Marian, and refused to commit herself. I was no nearer my mother than when I came to Chicago; but I had a lively hope of the future. I still looked forward with glowing anticipations to the time when our little family should be reunited under the same roof. * * * * * I have told my story, and related all the catastrophes of a clerk. I staid in the counting-room of Collingsby and Faxon a year and a half, when the business was again closed by the death of the junior partner. Mr. Richard decided to retire, as he might have done years before. The new firm, to whom the business was sold, offered me a salary of twelve hundred a year; but I declined it, and was again free from any engagement. My mother had not yet returned. At the last accounts she was living at Nice, with her brother, whose wife was very feeble. I was eighteen, and I determined to go to her. I could no longer endure the separation; and with this resolve I bade farewell to DESK AND DEBIT. * * * * * OLIVER OPTIC'S LAKE SHORE SERIES. SIX VOLS., ILLUST. PER VOL., $1.25. Through by Daylight; Or, The Young Engineer of the Lake Shore Railroad. Lightning Express; Or, The Rival Academies. On Time; Or, The Young Captain of the Ucayga Steamer. Switch Off; Or, The War of the Students. Brake Up; Or, The Young Peacemakers. Bear and Forbear; Or, The Young Skipper of Lake Ucayga. Oliver Optic owes his popularity to a pleasant style, and to a ready sympathy with the dreams, hopes, aspirations, and fancies of the young people for whom he writes. He writes like a wise, over-grown boy, and his books have therefore a freshness and raciness rarely attained by his fellow scribes.--_Christian Advocate_. LEE & SHEPARD, Publishers, Boston. * * * * * OLIVER OPTIC'S STARRY FLAG SERIES. SIX VOLS., ILLUST. PER VOL., $1.25. The Starry Flag; Or, The Young Fisherman of Cape Ann. Breaking Away; Or, The Fortunes of a Student. Seek and Find; Or, The Adventures of a Smart Boy. Freaks of Fortune; Or, Half Round the World.