hop's throne are the two spies of Joshua carrying the grapes, and a
couple of giants are represented on either side, one all head and no
body, the other all body with his head in the middle. Another stall
shows Jonah being thrown overboard, with a whale waiting with open mouth
to receive him, and near at hand is a carving of Pontius Pilate
wheeling away Judas in a wheelbarrow with his bag of silver.

Yet amongst all that is interesting in and about the cathedral nothing
is more so than the Saxon Chapel under the crypt. It is the earliest
known place of worship in the kingdom, its architecture being about the
seventh century. We light our candles and follow the verger down the
stone steps. The descent is a trifle treacherous. There are little
niches in the wall where candles are placed. Then we enter the chapel.
It is perfectly dark, and smells very earthy. A hole in one side of the
wall is pointed out. Tradition says that in the old days, when people
had anything suspicious against them, they were brought to this spot. If
they succeeded in crawling through to the other side they were
blameless; if they could not, they were unquestionably guilty. It is
also said that the young damsel who creeps through is sure to get
married within the year. Be this as it may, I was assured that very
recently a Yorkshire farmer brought his three daughters and sought
permission for them to crawl through the lucky hole. Another daughter
who had been through succeeded in getting married, and the father of the
remaining trio was anxious for them to see whether a journey through the
wall might not help him to more readily dispose of his daughters!

[Illustration: THE DEAN OF RIPON.

_From a Photo. by Elliott & Fry._]

HARRY HOW.

_A Little Surprise._[A]

ADAPTED FROM THE FRENCH OF ABRAHAM DREYFUS

BY CONSTANCE BEERBOHM.

[Illustration]

CHARACTERS:

SIR WILLIAM BEAUCHAMP, BART. (43).
LADY FLORENCE BEAUCHAMP (39).
KATE DUGDALE (18).
MR. JAMES DUGDALE (23).
PORTER, _the Lady's-maid_ (30).

SCENE: _A country drawing-room. A French window opening on to a flower
garden at the back of the stage. Doors right and left. A sofa,
arm-chairs, smaller chairs, etc._

_At the rise of the curtain, JEM and KITTY are discovered sitting with
their backs to one another, evidently sulking. JEM looks round every now
and then, trying to catch his wife's eye, and she studiously avoids his
glance. At length their eyes