“No, I will not wait,” said she. “Here, on this spot we both love so well, and in this the first hour of our return, I will unburden my mind of what I have to say. Edward, is there nothing of all the past that still rests upon you like a shadow? Not one little regret you could wish taken away?” “No,” said he, enfolding her in his arms with a solemn smile. “The great gift which I hold is the fruit of that past, perhaps; I cannot wish it changed.” “But the sense of obligation never fulfilled, would you not be happier if that were removed?” “Perhaps,” he said, “but it cannot be now. I shall have to live without being perfectly happy.” She lifted her face and her smile shone like a star. “Oh God is good,” she cried, “you shall not lack being perfectly happy;” and taking a little paper out of her pocket she put it in his hand. “We found that hidden in Jacqueline Japha’s breast, when we went to lay her out for burial.” It was only a line; but it made Mr. Sylvester’s brow flush and his voice tremble. * * * * * “Whatever I own, and I have been told that I am far from penniless, I desire to have given to the dear and disinterested girl that first told me of Margery Hamlin’s vigil.” * * * * * “Paula, Paula, Paula, thou art indeed my good gift! May God make me worthy of your love and of this His last and most unexpected mercy!” And the look which crossed her face, was that sweet and unearthly radiance which speaks of perfect peace. PUBLICATIONS OF G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS. THE LEAVENWORTH CASE. By ANNA KATHERINE GREEN. “Wilkie Collins, in his best period, never invented a more ingeniously constructed plot, nor held the reader in such suspense until the final _denoûment_. The most blasé novel-reader will be unable to put aside ‘The Leavenworth Case’ until he has read the last sentence and mastered the mystery which has baffled him from the beginning.”—_N. Y. Evening Express._ A MAN’S A MAN FOR A’ THAT. “A novel of decided excellence. * * * Contains delicate and charming work. Thoroughly clever * * * Its spirit is one of robust and healthy enthusiasm for manliness and womanliness.”—_N. Y. Evening Post._ THE BRETON MILLS: A ROMANCE OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE. By CHARLES J. BELLAMY. “Nothing from the pen of Mrs. Burnett was ever more intensely dramatic.”—_Jackson Daily Citizen._ “Looked at from a purely literary point of view it is almost faultless. It shows a hand both of culture and power.”—_Detroit Evening News._ CUPID AND THE SPHINX. By HARFORD FLEMMING. “Its characters are skilfully drawn, its incidents well conceived, the dialogues brilliant, and the story told with ease and gracefulness.”—_Boston Transcript._ “The suggestion of the story is extremely beautiful, and its treatment graceful and enchanting throughout.”—_Hartford Evening Post._