Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, page 189 by Various Authors
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-in which Sheila was immured. That was certainly not the palace that a beautiful sea-princess should have inhabited. Where were the pine woods around it, and the lofty hills, and the wild beating of the waves on the sands below? And now it seemed strange and sad that just as he was about to go away to the North, and breathe the salt air again, and find the strong west winds blowing across the mountain-peaks and through the furze, Sheila, a daughter of the sea and the rocks, should be hiding herself in obscure lodgings in the heart of a great city. Perhaps--he could not but think at this time--if he had only the chance of speaking to her for a couple of moments, he could persuade her to forgive him everything that had happened, and go away with him--away from London and all the associations that had vexed her and almost broken her heart--to the free and open and joyous life on the far sea-coasts of the Hebrides.
Something caused him to turn his head for a second, and he knew that Sheila was coming along the pavement--not from, but toward the house. It was too late to think of getting out of her way, and yet he dared not go up to her and speak to her, as he had wished to do. She, too, had seen him. There was a quick, frightened look in her eyes, and then she came along, with her face pale and her head downcast. He did not seek to interrupt her. His eyes too were lowered as she passed him without taking any notice of his presence, although the sad face and the troubled lips told of the pain at her heart. He had hoped, perchance, for one word, for even a sign of recognition, but she went by him calmly, gravely and silently. She went into the house, and he turned away with a weight at his heart, as though the gates of heaven had been closed against him.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
LAKESHORE RELICS.
We were sitting on the sand looking off over the blue water veiled with the soft haze of Indian summer. A point covered with pine trees stretched boldly out into the lake, its rocky cliffs rising per