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"Perhaps sometimes they do," he answered at last. "And don't you think they require sacrifices?" "Do you mean human sacrifices?" "Yes." "Perhaps sometimes." "Why have you never been to call on Mrs. Chepstow?" Again the sallow fingers began to play with the book-covers, passing from one to another, but always slowly and gently.

It includes some twenty carved crosses mounted in silver and enamel from Mount Athos; hanging lamps of pierced silver, in which the design is much older than the workmanship, with medallions of saints; silver-mounted book-covers, one of which is decorated with enamels; a most curious "five-bread platter," with a cup in the centre, and two little cruets and two little platters on projecting arms, all in pierced work of archaic design enriched with blue enamel; and some embroidered vestments of the fifteenth century, all of which are said to have been brought from Studenitza.

He made book-covers and piano-covers out of it, and for a time it seemed that he had discovered the longed-for secret; but in a month his pretty product was ruined. The heat caused it to soften; then fermentation set in, and, finally, it became as hard and brittle as thin glass.

In fact, elegant book-binding is coming to be recognized as one of the foremost of the decorative arts. The art of designing book-covers and patterns for gilding books has engaged the talents of many artists, among whom may be named Edwin A. Abbey, Howard Pyle, Stanford White, and Elihu Vedder. Nor have skilful designs been wanting among women, as witness Mrs.

Amongst larger objects that well repay the labour of embroidery, hangings of various kinds, quilts, screens, furniture coverings, altar frontals, church vestments, may be mentioned; amongst smaller, are bags, boxes, book-covers, gloves or mittens, bell-pulls, cushions, mirror frames, all kinds of household linen, infants' robes, and so on, and for church use such things as alms-bags, book-markers, stoles, pulpit and lectern frontals.

In a few weeks, however, he had the mortification of seeing his elegant white book-covers fermenting and softening. Afterwards, they grew as hard and brittle as shell, and so they remain to this day.

I shall never forget this night," romantically. "I should be inordinately glad to forget it completely," decidedly. "Where's your romance?" I asked. "I'd rather have it served to me between book-covers. As I grow older my love of repose increases." "Do you know," I began boldly, "it seems that I have known you all my life." "Indeed!" "Yes.

He saw it in book-covers, on the stage. "Did you ever see the like of her?" "No," answered McClintock, gravely. "I wonder how she picked up Kanaka? On her island they don't talk Kanaka lingo." Her island! How well he knew it, thought Spurlock, for all he lacked the name and whereabouts! Suddenly a new thought arose and buffeted him.

The magazines, Scotch and English, would have nothing to say to me I think I tried them all with "The Courting of T'nowhead's Bell," but it never found shelter until it got within book-covers. He revived my drooping hopes, and I was again able to turn to the only kind of literary work I now seemed to have much interest in.

"I used to dream of great things to come, but I've come down to earth now practical designing. Magazine covers and book plates and illustrating. I can do things like that and it is work I love, and work that pays. Of course I'd rather do Madonnas than posters, but since the pot must boil I am glad there are book-covers to be done. And some day well, I may not always have to stay tied to the earth.