As he turned the corner of the street on which his house stood, almost horror-stricken, he saw it wrapped in flames. The sight sobered him instantly, and, remembering his wife, whom he had left alone seven hours before, he rushed to the spot, and pushing through the crowd which had gathered he cried, “My wife! my God! My wife! where is she! Is she still in there?” Not heeding the intense heat, he rushed to the building and attempted to climb a ladder resting against the house, but the firemen held him back, and led him to a group of his servants and some officers. They parted as he came up, and he beheld there, lying on a rough blanket taken from one of the engine horses, the beautiful, white, but cold form of the one he left a few short hours before in the beauty of womanhood. Oh, the agony of murdered love! He reeled and sank to the ground, his head fairly bursting as he remembered her parting words: “Don’t leave me to-night, George, this night of all others, Christmas eve, the anniversary of our wedding. You have left me alone every night for months past. Don’t leave me to-night.” Then flashed across his mind his own words at the club, “What if she is waiting? Ha, ha, ha—hic! it’ll do her good to wait.” It was too much for his wearied brain, and his mind gave way. With the fiendish crackling voice of a maniac he cried, “Ha, ha, ha—hic! it’ll do her good to wait.” [Illustration: FINIS] A COMPLETE LIST OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE PUBLICATIONS. The Ægis. Founded in 1865, and published annually by editors chosen from the Junior class. =95’s Ægis is Just Out=, and contains the following special features: Portraits and biographical sketches of President Tucker and the late Professor Patterson; the words and music of the Dartmouth Song, by W. B. Segur; fine half-tone pictures of the new Alumni Athletic field; the champion Foot-ball and Athletic teams; base-ball nine, Dramatic club, and Glee club. It is bound in green cloth, with white lettering, and is a model of typographical and press work. Price, $2.00. On sale at Storrs’s bookstore, or by the business manager. ROBERT A. CAMPBELL, Managing Editor. ROBERT M. THORNBURG, Business Manager. THE Dartmouth Literary Monthly. The “LIT.” was started in 1886 and aims to represent the literary life of the college. It is published monthly by editors chosen at the end of the sophomore year according to competition during the first two years. =The “Lit.” for ’93-’94= has many new features. Its green and white cover is representative of the college. Each month it contains short stories, essays, a department of college verse, and bright sketches. This volume of “X-mas Sketches” is from the December number of the “LIT.” and shows the work the “LIT.” is doing in developing the literary spirit in college. For the Alumni.