It has been said that any man, no matter how small and insignificant the post he may have filled in life, who will faithfully record the events in which he has borne a share, even though incapable of himself deriving profit from the lessons he has learned, may still be of use to others,-sometimes a guide, sometimes a warning. I hope this is true. I like to think it so, for I like to think that even I,-A. S. P.,-if I cannot adorn a tale, may at least point a moral.