Upon this telegram Mrs Beaver seems_ to have made up her mind, and on the following day, the 2nd June, Miss Marie Beaver, either

him that all waa not right y and aa be had , received n& telegram, while waiting during' ;the whole day oi th» 6th, he on that evening , opened the letter, and to hi* surprise and de light he found it was not a letter from Mrs Beaver, but from Marie herself, and filled 1 with such warm expressions of affectionate anticipation of her married happiness, that Wenkheiim felt sure the young lady's affec tions were bis, so he, on the morning of the 7th, telegraphed to Miss Marie as follows :—: — Miss Marie Beaver— I have read thy letter. I »i» bappy. Fare well. " Thy Weskheoi. This- telegram must have crossed Mrs Bea« ver's of same date. We may imagine the surprise of each on the receipt of the telegram of the other. However, the old lady seems to bare been equal to the occasion. She saw that soinethißg must be done to keep things as they ■were, and she accordingly tele graphs a trumped-op excuse, after taking three days to discover it, a» foilowß :—: — June 10, 15J2. Wenkheim, Queenstown— Some hours after the letter had left I learnt that you long had been engaged. Have no fur ther explanation of this. My son is not re turned. Mrs Beaver. That the excuse was trumped-up, and also, that ihe widow -wanted to keep two strings to her bow, appears plain, from the following two telegrams to her son :—: — June 13. Beavev, Cromwell— Shall M. accept W. ; or wait until voorvetwrn; Annwer. Come home soon. Mrs Beaveb. June 18. Bearer, Alexandra- Letter from Amclt— will come— doe 3he know about W. Did yom'speak about M. to A. Reply. Beaveb. To this the reply was aa follows :— ! June 18. Beaver, Dunedin — Have spoken to A. about M. Cannot say if A. knows about W. When will A. be in Dun • edin ? No coach until Friday. Reply. Beaveb. Now, gentlemen, comes the cream of the plotting and counterplotting of this very amiable and accomplished Beaver family. Wenkheim, when he heard of Hallenstein'a and Arndt's boastings, at once wrote to Alex. 