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 in the morning, and endeavor to enlist his good offices in the task of preventing any serious rencontre between his friends.

 We had now got down stairs into the wide square of Lincoln's Inn;--it was a dreadful night-the rain and sleet pelted in onr faces as We left the door, and the wind howled horribly through the passages. My serlens companion. who seemed hardly fit to encounter such night. even with the best appliances of coat and umbrella, had neither. As was better furnished, and a hackney coach was out of the question, l offered him my escort fhe was going tow ards the Temple. He took my arm with thanks, and we pushed on together, getting miserably drenched and chilled, for there was no resisting such weather. It was pitch dark-the moon and stars were ob- seured by the dense and driving clouds 0: sleet-most of the lamps were blown out by the sadden gusts of wind, and every liv- Ing thing, save ourselves, were frightened out of the streets. Even the hackney-eoa- ches seemed to have deserted the town--no sound of wheels was heard, nor of any thing except the harshly-roaring wind, and the dismal echoes of our footsteps as they went plash, plash, over the pavement. l felt that my companion shook violently.

 "You arc quite unable to encounter such a night as this,'' said l, Il am afraid you are very unwell and chilled to death with this bitter storm.'

 "No, no," he replied, "I am really asha- med of this weakness; 1t is merely nerF- ous infrmity, the consequence of excite ment, and will soon go of.n

 ! could ,feei him clenchina his teeth and grasping my arm in his effort to repress the shivering but 1t was in vain he grew much worse. We were now close to the Temple, and he wished to bid me good night and proceed alone; but felt plainly that he could not stand, much less walk a. lone through such storm. "That must not be-" l said, chow far have you to go2o

 "Fo Surry Street only---a thousand thanks for your assistance so far-but you must not come out of your waY-I shall en- deayor to get on myself-it IS not far.''

 '.No, indeed--I shall see you home-I should never forgive myself if I did not you must take good care of yourself-you are ill-very ill."

 q fear am--I was very foolish 10 ven- ture out tonight, but had persuaded n.y. self 1 was stronger both in mind and body. I accept your kindness for which I am most grateful.o

 My companion would now have fallen, had not supported him. Short as the distance was to Surry street, we reached ssls svah difficulty. He stopped at the door iifcass1 yire nver--he had the key H. his nnels et-it was lodging house: and to avoid keeping the servant up, he had undertaken 10 let himself in. The passage was per fectlv dark: he again wished to bid me good nioht, but though was myself reluctant to proceed, knew that he could not get up stairs without assistance, and that it would be a false delicacy to refrain, under such circumstances, from intruding on his apart ment. therefore hesitated only for mo- ment. and then telling him that he must al- low me to undertake the part of an intimate friend, and resign himself entirely to my management for the present, I walked in with him. My companion replied only by an earnest grasp of the hand.

 groped my way up, supporting him as we'll as could. "This Is sorry place you have come to-" he said, !" but the weak ness of the body breaks down pride; l on ly feel how very much am indebted to you for all this trouble."

 "Say nothing about it--this is the room door, l think p

 "Yes," he replied, faintly, 1t is reached, thank God, at last"

 We entered--there was neither fire nor candle burning. Fortunately there were means of striking light, of which 1 avail ed myself; and a chimney taper scon threw 1 its feeble rays around the gloomy and scant. fly furnished room. Little used as was to any want of comfort, thele was to mt something very miserable in the situation lr which found myself. l was frightened 1 for the young man, who had sunk down up- on trunk i'll corner of the room; there he lay with the most ghastly expression.-- He was drenched to the skin, and contin- ued to shiver so violently as to shake the whole room.

 sWhat Is to be done?" I said, "would yot wish me to call up any one!"

 "No, no, thank you; shall be better 1T a few moments-l shall then get off m, clothes and go to bed"

 "Nay, that must be done at once; I vii assist you. Come, let me take off this drip. ping coat-so-now the there = here is 8 towel to rub you dry--and there see are your night things. Now, let me 1 heln voll tn xonr hed siaia.-there now.O