ly visit the said duke's, and there also assemble the aforesaid
marquess and his beautiful daughter.

But now comes forward more than before, an officer of the guards--a
guardsman is now become indispensable--who is also in love with the
marquess's daughter, and being not at all scrupulous of the means of
accomplishing his point--a very worthless person in short--he plays
Iago, and pours into the lady's ear the tale of Hyde's gambling
propensities, and his deep involvements; and moreover of a lady whose
affection he had wantonly won, and wantonly cut, and who was now
actually dying for him. This, however, was not all true; the lady
alluded to was the daughter of his father's friend and neighbour; she
and Hyde had been brought up together from children, and played and
romped together, and once, before Hyde went to Oxford, he had forced
from her a kiss. The poor fond girl had treasured up the kiss, and Hyde
had thought no more of her, or of it. She, however, pined away, and let
concealment feed on her damask cheek; and at this time was at Brighton
for change of air. She has a brother, a lancer; he hears, through Hyde's
precious rival, of the state of his sister, and for the first time, of
the cause. He flies to the duke's--though deeply occupied, at the
moment, in seducing the affections of a married woman in Ireland--and
calls upon Hyde to meet him forthwith. Hyde's rival is the lancer's
second. Hyde falls, and as he is borne bleeding to the house, Lady
Georgina, the marquess's daughter, meets him. The shock kills her
outright, and the story stops; but hints are given that he slowly
recovers, and by still slower degrees is brought to think of the
charming girl, who had treasured his boyish kiss, and marries.--_Monthly
Magazine_.

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MAN-EATING SOCIETY.

There is a horrible institution among some of the Indian tribes, which
furnishes a powerful illustration of their never-tiring love of
vengeance. It is called the Man-Eating Society, and it is the duty of
its associates to devour such prisoners as are preserved and delivered
to them for that purpose. The members of this society belong to a
particular family, and the dreadful inheritance descends to all the
children, male and female. Its duties cannot be dispensed with, and the
sanctions of religion are added to the obligations of immemorial usage.
The feast is considered a solemn ceremony, at which the whole tribe is
collect