My favourite contributors are— 1st.________________ And what I have enjoyed most are—— (with any remarks of the competitor’s own which she may wish to make). 2nd.________________ And so on. _Full signature_ ____________ _Address_ _______________ The ten letters which satisfy the Editor most will be awarded a prize of ONE GUINEA each, so there will be ten of these prizes. There will also be ten prizes of HALF-A-GUINEA each (making twenty prizes in all), and a list of Honourable Mention. * * * * * The last day for receiving the letters will be May Day, 1899, and no letters can be returned to the writers. OUR SUPPLEMENT STORY COMPETITION. “WHEN MY SHIP COMES HOME.” A STORY IN MINIATURE. FIRST PRIZE (£2 2s.). Letitia E. May, Tremayne, Alton, Hants. SECOND PRIZE (£1 1s.). Miss A. G. Pike, 21, Beatrice Avenue, Plymouth. THIRD PRIZE (10s. 6d.). Bessie Hine, 508, West Green Road, South Tottenham. HONOURABLE MENTION. “Dalkeith,” Southsea; Helen A. Rickards, Monmouth; Lucy Richardson, York; Relda Hofman, Paris; Ada A. Gage, Norwich; “Felicity,” Harwich, Essex; E. Jackson, Bow, E.; Lottie Hardy, Redcliffe Road, South Kensington; Margaret Rudd, Anerley; Edith Matthew, Beckenham; Elizabeth Rogers, Tramore, Co. Waterford; Florence L. Berry, Worcester; Florence Bensted, Deal; Alice E. Graves, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary; Lucy Bourne, Winchester; “Edythe,” Boscombe, Hants. * * * * * FIRST PRIZE ESSAY. “WHEN MY SHIP COMES HOME.” From childhood Harry Millbrooke resolved to marry Chatty Reeve when his ship came home. Now, Chatty declines to face the drudgery and monotony of domestic life. Harry regrets that she is influenced by her sister’s family worries, but he will not say good-bye to the old dream. Chatty determines to be a strong-minded spinster seeking her fortune in London where employment on the staff of a journal is promised by Joan Atherstone. Leaving Harry amidst the ruins of his fairy palace, she bids farewell to Audrey Woodville whose ship has come home with a lover who, after seven years’ absence, seeks his freedom. Audrey soars above her own trial, warns Chatty that she will not find the wilderness a paradise, and cheers Harry by assuring him that his ship will come home.