'My Dear Mother,--This is to let you know in Cork, that I am now here, where you may send the yellow handkerchief I told you of last month. I am not any longer, as you know, in the employ of Miss Gordon, for there is no such person. She was married in London to Mr Osborne the day before yesterday, and she and her husband are now staying here. On the same day, Mr Osborne's sister was married to a gentleman named Nevill. The other wedding took place in Stratford, that dead-and-alive hole I told you we were a couple of days in. Mr and Mrs Nevill are coming on a visit here next month; but I believe the old lady, Mr Osborne's mother, is not pleased with the marriage of her son, owing to his having given up going to church, or something of that kind. You can send the handkerchief in a glove-box, they will give you one for nothing at any shop where they sell gloves. I enclose a Post-office order, my dear mother, for a pound. Buy with it any little comfort you may want.--I am, with duty, your loving daughter, 'Judith O'Connor.' The End. * * * * * * * * * * COLSTON AND SON, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH. WARD & DOWNEY'S NEW BOOKS. * * * * * Price Seven Shillings and Sixpence each COMEDIES FROM A COUNTRY SIDE. By W. Outram Tristram. Author of "Julian Trevor." AN APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE; or, The New Policies. * * * * * * * * * * Price Six Shillings each. VICTOR HUGO: His Life and Work. By G. Barnett Smith. With an engraved Portrait of Victor Hugo. THE FLOWER OF DOOM, and other Stories. By Miss Betham-Edwards. COURT LIFE UNDER THE FIRST GEORGES. By J. Fitzgerald Mollov. COURT LIFE UNDER THE LAST GEORGES. By J. Fitzgerald Mollov. GREAT PORTER SQUARE: A Mystery. By B. L. Farjeon. _Fifth Edition_. THE HOUSE OF WHITE SHADOWS. By B. L. Farjeon. _Third Edition_. PROPER PRIDE. By the Author of "Pretty Miss Neville." _Fourth Edition_. * * * * * * * * * * Price Five Shillings. A New Cookery Book. PHILOSOPHY IN THE KITCHEN: General Hints on Foods and Drinks. By an Old Bohemian. * * * * * * * * * * Price Three Shillings and Sixpence each. FOLLY MORRISON. By Frank Barrett. GRIF. By B. L. Farjeon. * * * * * * * * * * Price Two Shillings each. UNDER ST. PAUL'S. By Richard Dowling. THE DUKE'S SWEETHEART. By Richard Dowling. HONEST DAVIE. By Frank Barrett. * * * * * * * * * * Price One Shilling. _The Tenth Thousand of_ THE DARK HOUSE: A Knot Unravelled. By George Manville Fenn. * * * * *