The Work Of Nature In The Months.

Amongst the trees UOAV in blossom , Ave must notice the Great Maple , the Beech , Sycamore , Hornbean , Sp indletree , the Scotch Fir , and others of the cone-bearing tribe ; closel y allied to which last the Juniper is showing its diminutive catkins and berry-like cones mingled Avith the fruit , ripe and unripe , of former years . Of the Butterflies , which we have no room to catalogue , Ave must notice the Swallow-tail , the Pearl-bordered , the Greasy Fritillaries , and the Orange-tip . Amongst the birds of

the month arc the Swift and Swallow , Avhich now lay ; as do also the Black-cap , Sparrowhawk , Barn-Owl , Goldlinch , Bullfinch , Grey and YelloAv Wagtails , and those notable birds the Ni ghtingale and Kingfisher , ivith that most curious denizen of the air the Nightjar . And thus having reached the cud of this ever-beautiful and ever-beloved month , we may only pause to wish it farewell in the musical words of Eliza Cook : —

''' Tie the last sweet day of beautiful May , And the face of Nature is beaming AA'ith light and love from the blue above , AVith the tint of flowers Avhere wild bees rove , And the gems of the brooklet , streaming . " The rook on his way greets beautiful May . AVith farewell note of ieasure

a p ; The lark is loud in the one , white cloud , And the cuckoo chants as though he were proud Of his quaint , unchanging measure . " The beetles at play thank beautiful May For the velvet floor where they gambol ; The dun deer slink with a yawn and a wink

'Neath tlie hawthorn ' s shade , or hurry to drink At the pool with a lazy amble . " Tlie meek herds stray in beautiful May AVhere the richest grass ie growing ; Or drowsily stand on the rifted sand , AVhere the ripples just wash the osiered land , Too happy for feeding or lowing .

" Thou art passing away , most beautiful May , As still as a babe in its sleeping ; May the lids of thine eyes , like the child ' s , arise To a Hope in the Future all kind and wise , To a season when God the harvest supplies , And gives to His creatures the reaping . "

Amabel Vaughan.

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CHAPTER VI . AVOLVEHSTON TnUATKE . —AN UNEEHEAESED SCENE . MIS S . NELLIE LONGMORE had been " leading lady , " to speak in theatrical parlance , at the St . John ' s Theatre in the West End , but the company had lately broken up , aud she had since been on a series of " starring" engagements , aud was now for a ni ght or tAvo here . Let not the reader suppose for one moment that the fact of Mr . Fitzgerald ' s knowing her argued ill , for he Avas really a gentleman , and Avas one of the