Miss Miller could do nothing but gaze covertly but steadfastly at Ethel. this was a part of my plan. Then he relapsed into the notion that Ethel was being summoned as a witness to testify to the real character of Mr. Wonziloe, and I sent him out under this impression. Ethel arrived first, and I settled her down in a good strong light which would gave a little start and gaxed fixedly at Ethel. Ethel laughed, and Miss Miller shuddered. Then the latter shifted her chair on some excuse, and took another long look. This seemed to strengthen her fears, and she scarcely joined in the conversation. She could do nothing but rather alter their faces." “Роог Ethel!" I said, with a brilliant flight of imagination. "She has to put up with the Wonziloe mouth. It's been in the family for generations, I believe. It's an odd family. perhaps some of them take after their mothers," she suggested. "Never," I said firmly. "There's not been a single instance of it for hundreds of years. Ethel was telling me about it the other day. And sometimes it's caused the most dreadful unhappiness when wives have only found out about the Wonziloe I suppose Miss Miller's attitude was convincing. The men all grow big moustaches and the girls die unmarried. One of Ethel's mouth after they were married." "Oh!" she said. "Yes, it's very interesting. I'm afraid I must be going now." Robert returned in a state of unhealthy excitement. "Have you told her?" he inquired. "Yes," I said. "And did she believe it?" "It was something," I said, "which speaks for itself." "Do you think it's all right to-to expose a man in that way? It seems rather it might seem rather underhand." "We have done it in the sacred cause of duty," I answered. uncles intended to be a clergyman, but the "Oh, yes, of course," he agreed. "Now, if you had not abandoned all hope yourself it might have appeared said lamely. "It's an awful heirloom!" I added. "I'm not quite sure that I have abandoned all hope," he said. "There may be an off-chance, you know." 66 But, Robert," I protested, "you can't possibly go on now. You've allowed me to-to rake up these things about Mr. Wonziloe, and you must not allow my conduct to be open to misconstruction, indeed you must not." "But-bother it all, Kitty-you didn't tell me this before. Do you mean that it's all over-that I've got to give her up because of something Wonziloe's done? I-I decline to." "Weren't you doing all this for her sake?" I inquired. "Yes-in a way-from one point of view-yes, it was mainly for her sake," he said; "but at the same time Robert," I said, "you 're a fraud. Now I'll tell you what really did happen." THE GROWTH OF CITIES. THE already existed, "dun," signifying "strong place on a hill," and lyn, a pool. The hill in question was that now crowned by St. Paul's Cathedral, and the water which gave it strategic importance was the broad estuary of the Lea eastward and the HE study of the rise and progress of cities is always fascinating, more especially when it is pictorially illustrated. This latter, of course, can be satisfactorily accomplished only in the case of the great colonial and American townships which have achieved their mushroom growth since photography was invented, so that we may see the then houseless tract of land and the now busy city reproduced side by side, and feel sure that we have before us the real contrast. The quaint old prints, however, which represent the former state of the older cities here described, if not photographic, are from the accurate hand of the skilled topographer, and the general outlines may be traced for the most part in the cities as revealed by the modern camera. To begin then with the greatest, let us briefly sketch the changes that have gone to the making of London. LONDON. river Fleet westward. The Roman city soon became of commercial importance, "famous," says Tacitus, "for its many traders and its stores of commodities." Our plan of Roman London shows the comparatively insignificant area the city occupied a line from what is now the Tower to modern Ludgate, and another from the river to Moorgate, giving its dimensions with tolerable accuracy. For hundreds of years it grew not at all, but in the thirteenth century it met Westminster, the houses built along the Strand having passed the village of Charing. In the sixteenth century the nobles seeking escape from the City found the Strand a convenient site for their London mansions. In the reign of James I. the notable additions were the parishes of St. Clement Danes, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, St. Martinin the Fields, Clerkenwell, Shoreditch, Whitechapel, and Bermondsey. Hackney, ROMAN LONDON. The reputed date of the foundation foundation of London is 43 A.D., when Aulus Plautius was governor of Britain. The Celtic name, Lyndon, however, probably implies that "a fort above the lagoon" No. 190. July 1899 most rapid growth was that of 1841-51, the increase per cent. being 21:24. From 1811 to 1821 the increase per cent. was 2109, being the second greatest advance during the century. In 1896 the population of "Registration" London was 4,411,710, or an increase of 4'74 for the five years from 1891. This would presage an increase by 1901 of about 9:48, against 10 38 for 1881-91. The area of the Metropolitan Police District, exclusive of the City, is about 688 square miles. From 1849 to 1897, 633,615 new houses had been |