_Oranges in Snow._--Make a syrup of half a pint of water and half a pound of loaf sugar. Pare six oranges very carefully and put them in the syrup; let them simmer very gently until they are perfectly tender but quite whole. Lift them carefully out with a fish-slice, and put in two ounces of tapioca. Let the tapioca cook until clear and soft in the syrup, by which time most of the syrup will be absorbed. Pour this into a glass dish and let it get cold, stand the oranges upon it, sweeten some whipped cream and pile it upon them, and decorate with a few hundreds and thousands sprinkled over. Now follows the food account for the week. £ s. d. 1¼ lb. rump steak 0 1 3 5 lb. mutton at 7d. (Australian) 0 2 11 ¼ lb. suet 0 0 1½ 1 lb. fat for rendering 0 0 2 1 lb. apples 0 0 3 ½ pint lentils 0 0 1½ Flavouring vegetables 0 0 2 Turnips 0 0 3 Carrots for soup 0 0 3 New carrots 0 0 4 Onions 0 0 1½ Lemon sole 0 0 10 15 eggs 0 1 3 2 lbs. bacon 0 1 4 Fowl 0 2 6 1 lb. cheese 0 0 7 9 scallops 0 0 9 1 lb. marmalade 0 0 6 1 lb. tea 0 1 8 Tin of cocoa 0 0 6 1 lb. Demerara 0 0 1¾ 1 lb. loaf 0 0 2 8 loaves 0 2 2 Milk 0 1 9 Cream 0 0 6 8 lbs. potatoes 0 0 6½ 1 lb. artichokes 0 0 1½ 1 quartern household flour 0 0 5½ -------------- £1 1 8¾ -------------- (_To be continued._) THE RULING PASSION. CHAPTER II. The next morning was clear and bright. It was one of those mornings that sometimes come in February to tell even Londoners that spring has really started on her journey northward, and that she may be expected to arrive some time soon. The sun shone, a fresh, but not cold, wind blew from the south-west, hurrying the soft golden clouds across the sky, and the sparrows had actually begun their spring quarrels. The Professor, contrary to his usual habit, took no notice of these nice things. He felt very old and weary as he set off on his journey to the city with the same undefined feeling of misfortune that had haunted him all night.