Dr. Dassigny's Enquiry.

ought to follow us behaving orderly amongst you , neither eating any man ' s bread for nought , nor weary with well doing ; but labouring night and day to raise up the fallen , not , counting them as enemies , but admonishing them as Brethren . ( To be continued . )

Mr. Muggins' Love Story.

MR . MUGGINS' LOVE STORY .

" MARRY young , " somebody once said . I haA'e no idea AVIIO the idiot was that said it , and I Avouldn ' t give fifty thousand dollars to find out , but I clo ICUOAV that I once attempted to act on the advice , with the most exasperatingly unpleasant results .

This is a love story . Nota-bene . —I have put in this line to catch tbe eye of the ladies , for I knoAV that if I can but establish my reputation as a Avriter of amatory romances , I shall rank with Dumas , and Sand , and Sylvan us Cobb , and other celebritiesAVIIO bave recklessly

, given their names to fame by enlisting the sympathetic sympathies of tbe tender sex . I Avas once a youth—a young youth , and a verdant . The things I have learned since that period of my existence only serve to show how little I knew then .

Well , to confess my indiscretions in a breath , when I was passing through this adolescent period , I fell in love . She Avas beautiful , she was fair , Avith blooming cheeks ancl golden hair , with breath of roses , eyes of fire , a Grecian nose ,

or I m a liar , or words to that effect . For a more elaborate description , I refer my readers to any of the twenty-five cent novels of the day . To ine she seemed the ultima thule of perfection , not only in face and feature—I would say , form ancl

feature—but in her sunny temper , kind disposition and general slap-dash way rf speaking her mind , which compelled my heroic admiration more than any other attribute of her habits or character . I can remember as though it were but

the clay before yesterday , IIOAV 1 used to go to church with her on a Sunday , and walk home with her after the service , as proud as a peacock before his tail feathers are pulled out . I ' m not so proud now . I remember one clay in particular . It Avas a balmy Sunday afternoon in June—I

say June , because all the balmy clays are iu June ; and after that they ( the days ) become hot and sticky , till the cold Aveatber conies , and then all the balm is frozen out of them most effectually—a balmy Sunday afternoon in June . I had not been to church that morning , because

I had hugged my bed so late , dreaming drowsily of my love , that it Avas impossible to make my toilot in time , and so , after dinner , I spent a couple of hours in arranging my necktie and arraying my faultless form in my choicest suit , which consisted of Avell . —no matter about

that—I am not a tailor , ancl if I should attempt a description of my wardrobe , I should only expose my ignorance of the draper ' s art , ancl so I Avill consent myself by saying that it was a bang-up suit , and cost me over forty dollars , Avithout counting the coral buttons in my Avhite vest .

With a smile of the most self-satisfied , complaisancy , 1113 ' pearl castor jauntily poised on one side of my head and my cane under my arm , I ran up the steps ancl rang the bell . The servant admitted me Avith a broad grin , Avbieb I at first attributed

to her delight at beholding such a splendid specimen of the genus homo ; so I smiled responsively , ancl said : " Good afternoon , Jane . " She tittered audibly as she returned my salutation , and that aroused my indigna- ¦

tion . I said nothing , but striking an attitude of dignified hauteur , I strode into tbe parlour . There she sat , sweet Rosa Myrtle , ( such Avas her floral cognomen ) loveliest of her sexand looking more lovely than ever .

, I Avas just stepping fonvard to greet her with a lover ' s ardour , Avhen , for the first time , I noticed a broad-chested , stalwart man sitting by her side ancl holding one of ber hands in his .

They say love is blind , and I have no doubt that is true , or I should have discovered this g iant on first entering the room . He Avas not so small as to be easily overlooked , and at length my ferocious eyes took him in from head to heels . What Avas he here foranyAvay 1 What

, business had he with that little hand in his great paAV 1 I said " Good clay " to Rosa , ancl tried to smile SAveetly on her , Avhile I g lared furiously at him . The result Avas a very hideous smile , ancl an exceedingly sickly glare .