Also a glorious young woman--a vision of beauty and grace--with whom the handsome and distinguished young statesman danced--danced once, twice, thrice, taking her likewise down to supper.

He went to bed, turned his face to the wall and dreamed of her.

That was twenty years ago.

To-day this same Mr.
Lamar, after an obscure interregnum, was with Mrs.Lamar looking over Washington for an apartment.

In quest of cheap lodging they came to a mean house in a mean quarter, where a poor, wizened, ill-clad woman showed them through the meanly furnished rooms.