A gentleman wrote tothe " Morning Pos!" a few days ago telling of an act of kin nese on his part which should appeal to the "principals" in the nffuie, should they chance to read of what he has done. Some short time since when tummy over some French novels on a wecondhand hok stall he chanced—upon one on which a Indy's Christian nnd surnames were written, in a bold, feminine hand across the cover. The wame wns a double barrelled one well-known by everyone in Society, and date was attached. On the fly leaf was an address in one of the fine savanttes converging on the Are de 'T'riomyle, with " note to the lady of the cover couc!.ed in terms of warm wfecion and signed with the man's christian and ste name. More lines vf love appeared above the half title and more again on the fly leaf at the end. The correspondent explains tht he did not want the book to read, as it appeared t" be a stupid example of sentiments! French fiction bu. at the sims tine, for pity's sok he paid the few pence aked for it and to it away lest such an intimate souvenir of the relations of two people either of whom could at once be identified, shoul!
the hands of the curious pusser-taken the book home he at mes thereby earning deep debt of gratitude from some one But how foolish both the "some on s" must have been!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.