This tunic is caught up at the sides, and forms This costume requires for the skirt, with its two flounces nine metres of silk, 63 centimetres wide. For the double skirt forming a puff, three metres and a-half of the same material, and two metres and a-half for the jacket, in all 15 metres. Eight metres of lace for the sleeves and the double skirt, and two metres and ahalf for the jacket; this last is wider than that on the sleeves and double skirt. replaced by velvet ribbon, especially for the Many percales are of plain solid colours; écru buff, pearl, grey, dove, and soft Quaker drabs. These can be made up and trimmed with the same, or gay borders or fancy braids. Prevalent among the percales and all wash goods are small chintz figures, checks, delicately-pencilled stripes, and suit patterns, similar to those of last season, with perhaps less trimming of borders and ruffles. French chintzes have delicately tinted grounds, on which are white dots with a gay chintz figure in the centre. The second model consists of a dress of Shanghai foulard, trimmed with a very deep flounce at the bottom. This flounce is bordered by a wide maroon velvet, and surmounted by a foulard puffing. Jacket of the same foulard, In finer goods there are twilled foulards of with pointed basques, which reach down to the better quality than any before imported. These flounce. It is partially open in front; behind it have light grounds with dashes, sprigs, tiny is raised to form a panier. A band of maroon crosses, and many new patterns in prettily convelvet goes entirely round it. Waistband of ma- trasting colours. Pearl-grey is dotted with violet, roon velvet, with three loops one over the other. écru with green, and tea colour with bright blue. The revers of the jacket open on the corsage, to These will make beautiful and serviceable house show a narrow double frill of white muslin, dresses for the spring. A new material for suits bordered with valenciennes. Narrow sleeves, is called jasper serge. It has distinct twills of with cuffs of maroon velvet and white muslin white and blue, white and green, or purple. ruffles falling over the hands. Queen Marga- This can be trimmed with the same or with silk ret hat of maroon straw, with plume of the same of a solid colour. colour, and a long veil Donna Maria gauze. Saxony gloves. Boots of double foulard. Mafoon moire parasol, with a feather fringe. This costume requires for the skirt, the flounce, and the puffing, eight metres of foulard, seventy centimetres wide; the jacket and its puff, five metres, in all 13 metres. The trimmings cut from velvet in the pieces take four metres of half-metre wide velvet. This velvet may be The newest fans for ladies are deeper in the centre, and appear pointed when closed. In some styles the ivcry sticks extend outside of the satin, and have a very pretty effect. Black silk embroidered with gold, with gold sticks over the silk, tinted plush, entire pearl and ivory fans carved like lace, gold open work over black silk, and pointed ivory, are among the latest importations. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. POETRY received and accepted, with thanks. T. D. W., Midhurst, will find that his contribution S. W.-It will depend upon its merits. We can only repeat that amateur-contributions will receive our best attention, and acceptance when possible. PRINTED BY ROGERSON AND TUXFORD, 265, STRand. FATHER AND SON. [CONTINUED.] J The Sabbath day passed on as usual in its suit of bran new clothes-made, however, after wonted calm, unbroken even by Josiah's eager the precise fashion of his first manly habilianticipation of the morrow-for so early and ments-and Andrew himself was less methoso severely had Andrew inculcated the duty of dical and deliberate than usual in his own proa grave and solemn demeanour on the Lord's ceedings, finding something to do or to seek for day, that the child had learned to imitate his which hurried him hither and thither with father's serious and mortified aspect, and his a bustling restlessness very unlike his general joyous laugh was rarely heard ringing through clock-wheel movement. He had scarce sat the house during those twelve long tedious five minutes at his breakfast, and had not conhours; and, contrary to his usual vivacious sumed half his oatmeal porridge, when he habits, he was always anxious to go to bed started off to draw out the cart, and harness old early on the Sunday evenings, and had already Dobbin; the box was locked and brought out, been some hours in a profound sleep when An- and the boy rigged at all points like a little hog drew knelt down beside the pillow of his in armour, and the horse and cart at the door, child, who looked like an angel as he slept, and all ready, though Andrew professed he had the tender moonbeams playing like a glory believed it later than it really was by a full around those young, innocent temples. Yes; hour, and the sooner they were off the better. if ever prayers came direct from the heart, An- So cutting short with peevish impatience the drew Cleave breathed them at that solemn hour, blubbering adieu of poor Jenny-just as Josiah yet never before were his whispered aspirations was beginning to sob out in concert-and saying, so devoid of all the graces of speech and meta-"Up wi' ye, my man," he jerked him sudphor. Over and over again his lips murmured, "Bless my child-bless him, oh Lord!" and then the words died away, and the heart only spoke, for its eloquence was unutterable; yet he continued nearly an hour in that holy cominunion, and when at length he rose from his knees, and, bending over his child, bowed his head to imprint the accustomed kiss, large drops rolled down his rugged features and fell on the soft, glowing cheek of the little child. Andrew Cleave laid himself down to rest that night with such thoughts as might, "if Heaven had willed it," have matured even then to fruits of blessedness. But his time was not yet come; the rock was stricken, but as yet the waters pushed not freely out. Daylight brought with it other thoughts, and more worldly feelings, and Andrew Cleave rose up himself again, stout of heart and firm of purpose, remembering that he was to appear among men, and scorning to betray any symptoms of that tender weakness which he felt. Half humiliated at having yielded, too, in the sight of his Creator, he roused the boy up hastily and cheerily, and hurried old Jenny in her breakfast preparations, and in completing the packing up of Josiah's box, and equipping him for his departure, and the new scene he was about to enter upon in a denly into the cart, and, mounting himself, drove off at a rate that caused old Jenny to exclaim: "Lord save us, for certain master's bewitched," and greatly inconvenienced Dobbin, whose usual paces were not a whit_less sedate and deliberate than her master's. It is not to be inferred, however, that he continued to urge on the venerable beast to those unnatural exertions thoroughout the whole five miles. Andrew was so far a humane man that he was merciful to his beast, and once out of sight of his home, permitted her to fall into the old jogtrot, taking the opportunity, after clearing his throat with sundry hums and ha's, to hold forth to his young companion on the new course of life he was about to enter, on the new duties he would have to fulfil, the zeal for learning, aptness and diligence that would be expected from him, the care that he was to take of his clothes and his new bible and prayer-book, and the caution with which he must choose his playfellows, many of whom might be wicked, riotous boys, given to such wild ways that Andrew trembled to think of it. The boy had listened to this edifying exhortation, which had held out through four interminable miles (for Andrew was always soothed and inspired by the sound of his own droning preachments), just as he had Y been wont to listen to the Rev. Mr. Leadbeater's hydra-headed sermons-in silence, indeed, but with most disconsolate yawnings and fidgetings. But when his father came to the head of schoolfellows, his attention was instantly excited, and, suddenly brightening up and skipping over the prohibitory clauses of the discourse, he broke in with the inquiry of whether the boys were good hands at hoops and marbles! An interruption so ill-timed would have drawn down a sharp reproof on the head of the offender, but just as it was breaking from Andrew's lips, a sudden turn of the road brought them to the top of the last hill overlooking the town of C, which now opened at a short distance in full view of the travellers. There the father remembered he was to leave his boy, so the severe words died away on his lips, and the child looked, for the first time in his life, on the wonderful labyrinth of houses, churches, markets, and manufactories which constitute a considerable country town, and his amazement and delight broke forth with irrepressible vehe mence. "Ay, it's all very fine, my little man," said the father, shaking his head, "a fine thing to look at yon great city, and you've seen nothing like it afore, poor innocent lamb, but God keep you from the evil ways that are in it, and from the tents of the ungodly!" So groaned Andrew, but nevertheless he drove on with his precious charge towards the tents of ungodliness, for he had worldly and ambitious views for his boy, and they were not to be forwarded in the desert. The road wound quite round the brow of the hill in a retrograde direction, so as to alter the precipitant descent into one more gradual and easy. On one side arose a wall of chalky cliff, on the other a slope of slippery down. So Andrew guided old Dobbin slowly and carefully round the promontory's brow, and, on doubling the point, an unexpected and marvellous sight saluted him. Just beneath, on a sort of green platform, half way down the declivity, had stood, from times beyond the memory of man, an awful fixture, from which the eminence derived its name of Gallows Hill. Round that fatal tree and quite down the remaining descent, and ranged ledge above ledge up the chalky summit, the whole population of the town now seemed assembled, yet such was the stillness of the multitude, that no sound indicative of the scene they were approaching had reached the ears of Andrew till they came in full view of it. Andrew Cleave instinctively tightened his rein, and halted abruptly, and the boy jumped up and caught hold of his father's arm, but uttered not a word as he looked down breathlessly on the condensed living mass. At last he drew a long breath and looked round at his father's face, the seriousness of which had deepened into severity. Rather in answer to his own momentary surprise than in reply to the boy's inquiring look, Andrew uttered, in his deepest, lowest tone, “Ay, I see how it is; 'sizes are over and there's an execution going on: the guilty from the land!" so perish Andrew Cleave would have been a sturdy champion for that faith in the strength of which the valiant Bishop Don Hieronymus urged on the slaughter of the infidels with the shout of "Smite them for the love of God," and under the Jewish dispensation he would never have spared Agag, whatever he might have done by "the best of the sheep and oxen." So now, twice over, yes, three several times he fervently ejaculated, "So perish the guilty from the land," concluding with a sonorous Amen, which was softly re-echoed by the tremulous voice of the unconscious child, who, having been accustomed to repeat at home and at church always the word after the clerk and his father now chimed in mechanically with the pious aspiration. "Amen," quoth Andrew, and whipped on Dobbin. Though rather perplexed at having to make way through the close-wedged multitude, he pushed on as fast as possible, hoping to get clear of the crowd before the arrival of the sheriff and the mournful cavalcade, which was slowly approaching as they passed close to the foot of the gibbet. Josiah, glancing upward, shrunk closer to his father, as if he would have grown into his very side; and now their onward progress became more difficult; and now impossible: the fatal cart was close at hand, and the curious people thronged about it to catch a passing view of the condemned. It was in vain that Andrew urged on his old mare with voice and lash, she could not force a passage through the living wall, so he had to draw up to the side of the road till the sad pageant had passed by. The crowd who had arrested his progress impeded also the advance of the cart with its wretched burden, and during the time of its tedious approach Andrew gathered from some of the bystanders that the criminal was a mere youth, having barely attained his twentieth year; that he had been a boy of fair promise, till seduced by bad company and evil example into irregular ways and lawless practices, which proceeding from bad to worse had at last involved him in the crime for which he was about to suffer, and which would surely bring 'down to the grave with sorrow the grey hairs of his unhappy parents whose only child he was. Maybe they'll have to blame themselves for the ill-deeds of their son; maybe they've fallen short in setting him a good example and in bringing him up in the fear of the Lord, and the casting away of sin and Satan." "You're quite wrong there, master," indignantly retorted a woman, who was squeezed up close to the side of the cart, and whose hardfavoured countenance exhibited an expression no less forbidding than Andrew's, and far more evil. "You're quite wrong there, any way; better Christians and honester folk never broke bread than that poor lad's parents; aye, and better parents too! though, maybe, a thought too proud and fond of him, for pride will have 'a downfall; and I always told 'em Joe wanted |