New York Clipper (Apr 1870)

ZVUtor. wacl Proprietor. | NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL. 16, 1870. PRXOB ITEUt OEPfTB. TOU'B£ ILL THE ^ORIiD TO HE. raifn roa iu nv tou curm. ' Tb«n nur IM othor fmlln non brifkl, 'Tb«n m»f be Uiom is ftir; . Anoibv Uuih mon 07 ftod ll«ht, ■' ■ 'And ftaoler Aiber ulr; Ab4 «/MOf ll|bUr, lorellorbliM *'' TbulblMnrebsacBiurbfr— Bol BOBO wttfi httrU non nnd iiul irae, . .'lad you're tU Ih6 world to oe r TboDib maD«r fflndi ibolr loTB 1U7 ukf, * JturortoaaoQiufrewD, . Well ilrac^o for ttcb oibar^ uke - ft lire tod Ud|h 11 dowo. Aod iheufli brUbiardeji will oone a«rUfi, Andupfrter ooora wlllbe, - Jnjoyorvovnnr, beellherialB,. . -M. . xoa'ntUtbeworidtomel J. H. B. ■ I I ^1 » THE TEMPTED SISTERS. ■r m AVTHOE or "nohAi" "ani wosls bb in wnssa," 40., 4c. CHAPTER ni. ' tai Lin wnHZBii-TBa ioqi/Titai^tiii ihitdio, Tie anence In tbo court wu profound as Uoniy And- l«y described wttb a concleo deaniess U"- eTenu ,iiar- lUti In tbe preceding cbapteis, luid Ue excUemenl' ' wsa Interne as his etor; drew to a close,' and. still ttie . DtyiteijwIBcbslunndcdtlKOaae was not dispelled.. ^TbetrliuophaDtlqo^wasyMuponiilsfiiceai he .de- pleted the gndiul letnm to Ufs of Hugh De Creasey, or which bo was awltness.andbe spoke tapldl; aa one. who bad yet more Important matter to uoflild, and witbal ms ascd to describing what bo saw. - He looked ftom timo to time at the ptuoncr, who listened, without mov- ' lug. to his etoi7, until the quesllon:— - "WIS llr. DuCrcsseysulnclently recovered to speak : wheir you left T" was put by the prosecuting la«Ter. .'.Tes," was the reply, ana now the eager ezcllemoDt In the coQtt reacbed lis cUmaz. AO cyes wero fixed upon tbe witness, and, amid a bosh as profiHind as U (be crowded court were a cbam- . b«r of death, tbe assembled hundreds learned what none bad ever suspected, that the dark myiter; of the night wblcb hod snread such a honor orer the netgh- kothoM, and ttullled so many hearts with fisar, woa not ■ moider but an attempted soldde, prsTentea at the .ilsk of her UAi by the btare girl who stood there fhdng Afliat expectont mnltltudo, ready to sacrUlce bettcir . ntbei than there should be attain open tbe memory of ' bu miher. Tbo eheere wbloh rose In tbe court were pitompUy nuessed br the ofllcetiL that the remainder of the endonce might be bean^ and now all looks were tuned upon the prisoner, whose stony aspect had ' paaaed away, and who was weeping with a mingled ° boat of filings wblcb she could not control. . Ibe Frenchman (I^nay) looked at herwlthaaln- ■ ggjar ezprcesleii on nls llioe, as U ho was not altoge- aer saUsfled with the result of tbe eiamlnatlon, yet be SKked his way towards tbe dock as If bo dcslied to bo b flitt to congntulate her should It end sftHsfhctorlly fbr her. }fr, Smmons was tbo only witness who re- ,BaloiedM!bs caUedkand he oonobotsted la every point ' tkanamnve of Heni; Aadley, and produced wou was ' ■Dia Important Ibao alL' a statement signed by the dok —J"-J^-- tt Is tnfctatt^wrtUng f^MhugllOWW'IWbaUed thOT^tokeiiBoir £9, pilaonetJi , , Handapn aU sldea were stretched out to clasp those >-orthe pale glrL who was fhi more agUatad now than ' When ne bid ni«dlbe crowd a suspected murderess, ' aiidtbe gentle words of coDgtatobtlon addressed to bar by tbe presiding maglstraia fell upon nnbeedhig ean. PauUue had nlated, OTerwbclmed by tbe lusn r of contending emotions which the avowal of tbe troth hsdaiouaed. "Fetch my mother to her," said Benry Andley, who was by her side In a moment, and gMng an attendant poUeemon the proper address, he ralsea tbe Insensible Ibrm of (he lovely giri In bis aims and bore her to a prtvato room wbloh his worship placed at his dlspoeal. Un. Andley was soon on the spot, and had the aatls- action of seelnir her open her ayes and ask (eebly after btrtuher. , "Sleeping when I left, Hln de Cresaey," said the widow; "bnt yon most be very cautious bow you speak to Urn; the sUgtatest emotion may bo dangerous." Ihe magistrates aQdoffldals took a kind lueweUof tkelr late pi1soner,^taom socb onfoieseen clrcym- stancea bad oonvatted Into a heroine; and a cab drove (UTwlth ttie widow and her bewildered charge, fol- lowed by a shouting crowd of delighted boys, who re- garded the establishment of Pauline's Innocence and Hie consequent noise and bustle at part and parcel of an exblbldon gttt up for theb*speclaigratlBcation. Thoughtless crcannea I Wltnont a thought or care beyond tho animal wants of each successive day, they would have ezulteiL the same bad It been some poor condemned wretoh who was borne away to tbe gal- Iowa. We will not attempt to desoribe the meeUng oe- twecn Paulino and her Ihther, each snatched from a death, how terrible. Tbe one who bad easayed to reach "tho bonme ttom which no traveler retoms" by bis own rash act; . and the other, who would have hdd down her pure yonoglUb rather than let tbe world know there bad been the taint of shame npon her father's memoiy. Mm. miUns was all smiles and congiatulotlons. "She had never thought tho poor dear guilty, not she; the . kDOwed all along It wonid come all right," and tUsied and Idgetted, and whlspei«d about Pauline as she lay .\ on tbo aolk till Mrs. Audloy was obliged to ask her to leave bor In qnlet and lot her rest - uow.ncacelhl seemed the night after all the exclto- ' mentcr.'vi{|.|}ay. Ibje wounded man slept soundly, and progr e B e d slow^ botsUtelv towards us roeovety, aid nil daughter watched beside him, too agitated for aleep, with a thanktOl heart that the trials of tho day . wew so well over. . >^ OHAPTEIIIV. ' Tin.AtnOB—TOI tOVlBS-TBI BanOTTO BUITOB-^1 . . ooviBiD oiMD-^rai rL0T-4Bi naa-ras HOSiMa ' BBIRUS. Five years bod rolled away—five yeara of hope end Joy, of sorrow and deepalr—bringing ruin to some, su> oeas to others—deaolallng many anobie andliriiigloa lovely children to'bleaa many a nonsehold. lime, witn tta nobelees step, had stolen on alowly and surely, leav- ing Btnnge fbotptlnts on the sands oibuman life. Ifany a whitened head andfturowod brow told of tbSt silent proBTcas; many ^ youth grown Into a nan ■book oft IJhe billhesome spirit of boyhood, and entered Into the world to share In Its cares and troubles; many alhir girl expanding Into blooming womaQhood looked back five yeara. and wondered how they bad flown, while lovely chlldien sighed to find the tuno of ,teyi gone by never to return. The lununer sun was gblulng In all Its biUllanoy, and pouring a flood of rays Into a little room In a pretty- villa near the small town of Slanoburet, onthesoutn ooast of Cornwall * The room iMtokehed comArt ratber than great wealth; It was apparently furnished forJheoocopatloDOf a lady, as was evident from the varloos artToloa of feminine-luxury wblcb were scat- tered about. Ths predominant colon wbloh met tbo eye were green and white, but they were relieved bore and thereby bUi of coloring which showed tbat tbe pre- siding genius of thb place had tastes of no mean order. Onlfe walls bnng pictures in what stlcklora for the strict rules of flimlsnlng would have deemed profusion, but any such appearence was prevented by tbglr •xqulslie anangoment There was a copy, and a good one too, in water colon, of Horlllo's "Spanish V^mr Boys," (ho brown Unlrol which barmoiuzed well with tbe pale green oflbe paper. Opposite li^lt was eno bf Blr Josbiu Boynolds' groups of children at play, whose , sunny tuies and bright gefmenls contrasted well with the (awny Ihces and sombro clothing of tbe pair op- ■poslte., PilDtt ol nre exoellonca.' witb some sketches In oolor, tiled up tho remaining space, and altogether made a'ddlghuid whole, Boots wore not wanting; a book owe, fllled with an eiooHent selection of apth gnvo end tight reading, stood la a cenvonlont reccn, and many volomcs lay on tho table, mostly new and ■ome ulcut, A plane ocouplcd one comer of tho laom afid an embroidery frame another: a canary ■aiur Ilia gilded oago suspended In tbe window, tellliig ■by Els Joyous notes ihatibls little bolter, so freeh with ■nea weed, was adorned by a loving hand, and a dny dog lay Kllrd upon tho mot undemeatb bimbiqulot anloyniobL Tbe. only occupant of tho room was a gentleman, who >f oM In a bow window looking out upon the sea, whloh'naiklod and danced binder the glottdhs son- sblno like a living thing, Ho held In his band one of the lawbooks and a paper knife, with wbloh he bad Rdtttthig tho leaves, and'eve-? now and then he rllb a smile, half nnad, h ill sanatUo,' it the 'ilfih boro OB tb* Qtle pago the nsmo of "011- "I btv» Waited Itog for Vbi^ignniiMM),'^tlt the seoofld Ume tbafUgkt her nunlafs day. I boat^ Into the room and aaw what It ta ImpoMhCtbatlf^ bar. 1 tbne °of>memofy can sflhsa. ah<«iiMiilM wildly wonblped nllgUlng hat 1r ' ooabfhave Ullad lilm; botl dkl net; ths J^^ ttt stayed myhand. I swore to have nvenga, Ibar* Ea tt and wIU have U sUU." - ' Pauline tromblod at the look oil hi* Am, ■ ' "What have I to do with tUa r aha «k«^ .*o M oonmiBi ' ^ . X ▼.a.ia.ws*- as snta - BT aanuiL ». II<Ak«r.bsit«rlB%|alBVtraWlflML ° OriSaMAiOtnooriiihiikiiai'MailiriSIt ' HtfiwHtirairiipiriaaaaeiwadieML . Or If T« bar a lertBS tas f dad eanaa'' ' IltniMr,lton<>4BlSaaMkB«rwar, ' f Mlb«UDUsn>,lsfru>aSI«4l«; ^ flb«laTeeB3,Ik«ow,r&ritaefll«MMI«k . ■otwkaiX MtaSiwIa&nTlllmjiWflHk Wkea Ike Ur wtlh Ika rarv upn • ifat M, i414 nM n uu b« to owl kar io*i>4i hi MDtror B« ODOLaiS IbUlMl H tilr, Ai4 wa«n t earn* oM, Mat a loef»( b« kilr, ■ Al lul abt 4<p*iM ko ittfi wtuT U/« Ai4wwtU>kUn4li»kuiHasl«tMi(ik; ' kl Uv£[s«t».<dikJeMgH>na3ora. ^. aIk* ekona iwS, 4owb tT4kii oMjniUa I m'l m mve oralBMIMvllh boOr uj ft ma biiadoM nra>-"Sa41a>>-'Wlwskr^u rial AB4 Uu Sowon tn ¥M«n4 tMb ur «l^^ UM InikeriDfon mrSnier, Ihil ■iBftlaAofl ' riodk mugn, \h»t I DunaubwiAa Ikl7 And u iba 4ara flr I aoll oanr rornt ■Twu ooea a tUk ouri ikal haof 'oealh k«r aaL ProfUaBcr, i^^fci j ' ' ' *' AMoivG •Tns ° vxiirTrszifir Being Stray Luvm frotn'a Privat* Journal. We went yealerday l« the Moise BortKntoo. The eeDs*- Uon of palDtlnas did not pleaaa 'me aa maeb u I had aa- tlelpalel, bnt the marbres are nperb. I expect to sea nothioi daer in^Rome or Flqnnee. Among a boat eC . VeDOKS la the Venus Oalllpyge~sliewhaiaceeadhUTdli-< pntcs the pretenslona onhe Bedld—and a aweat creatloa she Is I Not tbe modest, startled, Umid, norloe that osdIbb dtUghia to reprewnt bar, bnt the saaoy, warm; lavtuac auaeo of love, whose IllB wu one volopioons seadf aaa- :on, and whoaa oboiacter was neither iliy, IHMiHiI. nor InicUectual. I have aeea teltrably comet oopMs of Iba Hedldandtbo VooDsoftaeOapllol. As tmboaligeBIa of ^ lha porely Ideal Ibejr iaem perfent. Fhuj) OMns Mvar blessed die Ikoor. Iney are (he veir MeaSflsve'i yeoac'' dieam, bnt aUll not toe Venus of Oypna-^o wtsZ ttauig to teed o&-an every day eqjeymeat—a real wonaa I •ntij are mere Kynphplenlea, and oonld Fygmallon gtfw. Un lo tho Venus Ue uedjcl to-morrow 'US paaslon woold calm llselT lo alcep under tbo gaze ot bar oold, miaaitbly. Intellectual ftce. 8be looks the easenoeotporsFlitoilBk whose saronliy of soul sp emotton eoold evat nflle, and yet thaycoll her the repreaeouUvo of a goddess wL ooUrely and complelilr *i woman, wlin all a woi oharms, bcr (knits, haFnIUea and her fetUBit. - that deUcalo head ol tboV " ' ' ' nnsenioal lip, thalahrtnfc, oooveya a oonoct Idea of bar who < Jrlth Malt and ravished AdOQla As the " (lam,tbet' has oome at last, and my Ihther's memory Is nnstalned even by the shadow of dishonor. I swore to myself when ho died a bankrupt that I never would bear bis name till I could blazen It forth to tbe world aa- that of an honorable man. I have tolled for It through long, wean years, in poverty and obacurlty, but It Is done at last The name of UUbert Bettrtun Is here tm- snlUed," contlnned he, with a look of pride at the book bo held. "Already bais It mode a aensaUon; hundreds flock alter the author^ book, little thlnklog It ts the same struggling hand and weary brain tEat have wiDogbt so manv years for a bare snbslstenoe." . A pair of soft bands were suddenly laid on bis eyes, and a silvery voice oried In bis ean:— "Who am I r' "No one but your own sweet self, my Blanche," wu the reply, and the apeaker pulled down tho IU17 flngen with a loving band, and tbe questioner was>n>Ided to tils breast "7ou bavo been long away, doar one," he con- tinued, carcsshig the golden curia tbat fell ovorhls shoulder. "res," the young gld replied, "a visitor baa airived, and grandmamma sent for me, and who do you think Itlsf' "How should I knowr was the answer, end the speaker bent an Inqulnng glance upon the ftilr young Ihcebe^blm. "Somo one who would like to be In your place," con- tinued tho blushing girl "fou need not oe orrald," said ebo, seeing the brow of the young man was clouded, "all tbat wu gone through long ago; the gentleman rucclvcd his eongte, and wo ore very good lends." "Long ago," said OUbort Bertram with a laugh. "Wby, my uly flower, what an old woman you must ue "Well, six months ago thon—before I saw you," ebo returned. Dlancho de Cresaey was, at this time. Just seventeen, and wu u loToly a specimen of budding womanhood u wu .eversoen. Of middle height and elegantly formedi- eho apbrared' to a oataal olnervor older than she really was, lor she bod been early accustomed to all heallhy oxerclsos, and so bad obtained a flnnness of caiTlsge and case of deportment which ate seldom' seen hi one so young. Her Ikce, in Its bewltcUng loveliness, wu tbo tbome of universal admiration; she had a clear, vaiylng com- plexion and a bright blue eye, and ber hair, ofa rich Solden brown, feu about bor ahouldets In nmp] ouris. be bod boon brought up in strict seclusion by her uncle and grandmother. In acoordanco with ber mother's dying wish.- Her grandAitber, who had amassed a fine proporty In trade, had lieon dead many years, leaving bis widow an ample Jokiture aad Us son aflnefortnoe. Ibis Mr. Hilton (such was bis ruuae) had tripled by fortunate specDiatlens, Oil at ttaetlme cfournarrallve ho wu by mr tbo richest commoner lo that part of the county, Hla mother, who wu a simple, fhigil woman, had laid by, from year to year, btrge sums out of her liberal allowance, and to all this Blancho wu the ro- puted bolrtisa. Of course some wore qnlte toady to woo and win a young lady of such raro attnctlonsi but Vr. Hilton guarded bis tieasura wisely and well, and, while allow- ing her complete liberty In her oholco, bo took care to shield ber from rortone bnntera. Gilbert Bertram, an author of no small ropute, visited Slonehnrst with bis mother, for the benedt of her beallb, and, having a let- ter of IntrodueUon to the uncle of Blanche, wu soon on terms of friendship with him, He had not long visited tbe house ere he wu atruek with tbo rare obarms of Blanche. Admiration soon deepened Into love, and at the Ume of our story ho wu tho aOlanoed husband of the lovely heiress, with the ftill consent of her prudent relations. Ho possessed no great amount of wealth, bnt ho wu rising rapidly to onunonce In bis profession, and, uHr. Hilton observed, "Blanche hod plenty," though bo wisely resolved that his darling's proneity shomd be strtotly settled on beneir. Bepott sold that bis sister's husband bad been a spcndlbrilt and a roii«, and tbat her flno Ibitane had been wasted at tho gaming-table. Of this, however, he wu novor knbwn to speak, and the name of Blanobe'a mother wu rarely mentioned In her oblldhood's home. Mr. Ullton Intetrupted the telt- (Me of tbe loven by his entrance with the gentloman. of whcao arrival Blanche bad boen tolling Ur. Bertram. He wos toll and slight, with tho bearing and maonon of ono moving in the Ihshlonable world. Ills fhco wu regular and generally consldorod handsome, but Iboro wusomcthlbgln the anake-Uke gllUor of bis blaok eyes and tbo nalsler oiirl of his flnely cut Up that ipoke oTaflercoandcracldlsposltloo, ood a cbaraoter not to bo trusted. Ills hidr vru short, and by close to his head In abort, orlspourlsof sojettyablaek as to apnear unnatntpL Tho new confer was Introduced lo Ollbert u Hons. Laumay, Ho seemed ratber a tolerated than a welcome guest, aad Dlanohe, fotllng honelf sqmowbat deCrtiii, left tbe room lo seek hor'grandmolber. She did notaoe tho mntiial start of recognlUon that attended the bitiodttctlon, or boqr the muttered oath that rose to Lanoay's lips, aq he bowed and stalled with the utmost politeness. Her undetohiod them In con- versation for a Tow minutes, and then, apologlzlDg on tbo soon of business, left tbo two geoUomon logolbor. OUbett Bertram looked at the new comer for a minute, and then quietly sold:— "So we meet at last" "Tes, at last" wu the answer; "and here we are rivals, It seems." "TherivslTTJsnotof mv seeking," said OUbert; "I have no amblitbn to rival Mens. Lannoy." "Nor I to emulate the great OUbett Bertram," wu the sneeiliw response. "1 have no sympathy with your bsggartr caUIng. t marvel much at Mr. Hlllon givUig bis peail of price to any but a rich man." allbett's fkce'lnshed, but be did not speak; secure In Blsnbhe's love be fbrbore to quairel wltli b«r nude's invited guest, so be meraly^d:— 1 "I do not know why you should despise ne, nor ny calllBg ellbor, Uotas. lannay. It hi not generally con addteed a degradation to be an author." "Hu your Illr flower—u I Just now beard ber uncle call taer-rconaluerod wh jt an author's life may be to share: suppose any accident deprives her of her ibr- tnu," said Lannay, with a snoor. "Even If be Is sao- cealul,wbatlshet TbeUonofanevenbigpaity may be tbe pet monster of a dozen silly women, or he may be tbat Idol of tbe public for a single night, the author of a ploy, who comes forth to, bow and scrape, and thank toe cheering audience for their pralso, who goio npon him and go home to bed, and, era tbe momhig breaks, fbrget his name." Bright and clear ahone Gilbert Boitrom's eye u he looked upon the man bofora him. "So you despise on author, do you, sir V said he. "I SCO you do; your high patrician blood rises, and bolls, and fonnents when you touch an author's haodi Yet you would warmly press a gambler's palm, end ball nim friend; vou would alt at tne table with a swindler, and diink nls wbio and call him friend, too, while Us Ill-gotten gains luted. But on author—ono who spends his llfb In striving to ennoble and to cheer bis fuUew- men—obr bo's too low, too humble, too degraded to bo tho friend of Hons. lannay. I tell you, air. If I do hut write ono sentenco that shall bring a tay of comfort to a dcsoUte home, or help one etruffgllog heart to boUlo With'tbe wortd, I shall not bavo used In vain tbe talent beaven has given me. Hubert Lannsy, beWorol I know your ." And he left the room bending a speaking look on hbi companion, who shrank beneath It Thero wu ono remarkable trait In tho manner of Hubert Lannay. He never cordlany held out bis band to any one, and. In shaking hands, hla i|asp was light, ss [f the will wu wonting or the act wu p'ahiflil. When Uds wu ramarked be accotuted fbr It by say- ing that whan a young man ho had boen run through the band bv a lul on soiao splkos, and that tbe wound bad never been thonugbly cured, Oind, u If In conflrm- adon of his statement he wore on tho plam of bis right hand a black patch. Ingeniously secured to tbo fltioare and wrist so u lo bo hardly seen. He looked with mingled fear and hatred after Hr. Bertram, and muttering:—"Can he know?—does be suspect r opened the window and walked Into the gar- den. Tbe early dinner of tho IlUtona was over by doy- Ught for they bod not arrived at tbe fhshlonablo sre- tom of dining at bedtime, and Blancbo and OUbert bo- Ingln tbe gardon, end Ur. Hilton napping, LAunay sauntered out for a stroll, taking caro to let tbe serv- ants see him go. Ho walked slowly down tbe Uttle street of tbe quiet town, raising great admiration andwondetmonlamoDg all the old tnalds, who always swarm In country towns, by the elegance of bbi dress and appearance. When olear of tho main street and at tbe outskirts of tho Bloce, bo turned down a narrow lane, and knocked at 10 door of a squalld-looUng hou^e at tbe end of It "Who's thoroP* wuukedfTOm within. "Plorro," wu tho answer. Tbo door was opened by a young man of sinister ap- pearance, and Idnnay enterod tbo bouse and caroAilly barrod tbo door. ' "WeU F said the man. "It Is net well at all," said Lannay, or Pierre; "I dent get on at oIL" "I dontknow whatyon call getting on," returned the other. "Are you not In tbe house an Invited and honorod guest r" "Invited r To8< Honorod 1 Ko,'* was the roply. "Tboy suspect aomething—tboy don't know what Do- aldce, that ouncd Bertram Is there,'* "Why, what can ho be to you, or know of you r* uked the companion of binnay, who boro Iho name ofGustave. "He Is everything to me Just now,''responded Lan- nay, "and I am afraid he knowB overytnlng Into tbo baroala," The other started up with an oatlw "By the bones of my Hither I—" "Which yon sold to the snrgeoai, mr boy," Inter- rupted bis oompanton; and they wth laiuncd, but tbolr laughing wu more like thai of (wo floads than hman belngi "What by the bones of your Oither, my boy V pro- coeded lannay. , Tho young man Uld his hand open a pistol, wbloh huiig. by the flteplaoe. "Dead men leO no tales," saU ho, "No, no; It to too Monjbr tbtt,"wuths anvrer; "besides, a mntder makes cdob a noise In thewtrid. Irattslblv*tbogin,aadlbe will loo, and yon mmt holp me." . • ' , "What good will the will do you r wu the next question put by Gustavo, "The old gentleman will makoanolher. "I somehow tbbik he would not be alive , to moke ono after I receive tbe ono already In existence," said Lanny,.wlth a dlaboUcal laugh. "Then all the pro- perty goes'^ Blanehe-ni]/ Blanche, u she will be then—and throngh her to me." "Of course, when she fs your Blaneha," said the other, "Bdf what If she wUl not have year, "She win have but one alieroatlve; oltber to bo thrown upon tbe worid u my cost off mlitresi, or to bear my name litwAiUy," answerod Latmay:''ond.I tblnltshe will ohoose the latter altornaUvo,, ill keep ber Ibst enough till I gain bar consont, ni irantaiit you. Arejou sun ypu know tbo way Inf ' ' ; "rerftoUy,'*Vnsworod Quatave, "I wi^a tber6my self ono night on a little husliless; but tbat old man; they keep wuupole&nhignlate, so.my busUiess had to be posmoned." . (1. ■ "Well, dent pfstpon'e It' sinylonger, than- to-nlgbt Isallreadyr' -■■ . "Oh, yes I Anil the first class oarrioge'taken for my master and the Idiot lady to travel In—ha, ha, ha 1" and tbo two worthlta obuoUed again In Udoous mirth, Tho little houaohold of Ur. Union kept eariy hours,' and about the Ume-When the Ihshlouidile world are wheeling through London, streets to balls and parties they woro rotinog to test The.room assigned to GU- belt Bertram wu at tbe end of a long eonldor, and ad- joining that of lAimay'& At the oppoalle end wu the obambor of Ur. nilton, ond midway between them . wore tho bod-rooms oL Blanche and her'gnndpiolhcr, wblcb had a door of communloollon between Ibetn.- Gilbert wu wgbclbl that night! he wu so happy l^ihlB new-won troasure, and mucd wItb that IboUngB of doubt and apprebOn- slon ID-denned, butsUII oi^Ung, respecting I^nay, AVbat could ho want Iboro anor being reAised tho hand of the hcbms r Ho ^t loiu.by the window look- ing out Into tho night after .ho nad oxtlngulshod hjs lamp. The moon 111 orery object. In view with almost u dear a radiance u tho noonday sun, and twice ho aaw a man look out fTOm -behind a large treo which marked tbe turn of tb°o rood near tbo vUIa, and gazo long and anxiously at tho bouse, though not It seemed to him, at the window whero ho aat "Pshaw I" ho .mutmuiod, "ftnov I Wby should I sit hero Imagining like a allly girl that evetr man I see Is bent onnibiehlef P and closing tho bUnd, he re- tired to rt»L He dropped asleep almost Instantly, aa Is often the coab after doop tbongbt; and though his brain hod been busy to the laist moment, bis sleep wu dreomlcss and profound. Uedld not hear the stealthy footstep* whlcn touohed the oatpetlng outside bis door, nor Iho stincd vxolamatlon In a fsmalo voice wblcb came fTOm ono of thoae centre rooms, V - He heard notbhig, felt nothing, tUI he was roused wlthaahoekas If a.cannon hod bden dUcborgedby Us bedside at the wild on of "Fire I flre I" Starling tTOm his bed bi wild terror, throwing on some clothes, be soarto knew how, be doitted from the room 10 see—what r Smoke poutliig In denao volumes from Ur. Hilton's rooin, the door of which stood open; whilo—oh, horror I red flames were already thrusting their fleiy toaguos under tbe door of tho apattmont or Blanche. Ho rememborod tho scene ledg afterwards; tho te^ riaod,scMamlngserraats and their equally Irighlened master, who wu Ailly dressed, u Ibougb be had never been In bod, OUbett saw at a glance wat Co enter the, room by tho door In tho pasaaga would bo nadnMa, u thollro wu evidently dose on tne other skle. ' Ho sprang throiigb Ur. IlUtoo's. tobm, 'saying'.- ■Look to your mottier, sir;" sod Aontlng "Blaifciis Blancbo I my darling, I am coming I" tushdd Into tho -loin. Fhn. wu evorywhcre In tbe Hitler ohamber. Bed- hangings, window outtalns, all wero Id a bbuo, and the' (olty like toilet table wu npldly becoming a mass of shapeless oinden. Ollbert wu almost suflbcaled. Willi one spring be bounded aeroas tbe room and gained the wlnaow; one vigorous thrust shaUared the whole of the lower patt, and the esespo of thoaUfllng.soHlk* made bieatnlog somewhat easier. <W; Agah) calllnic wildly on Blanelie, whom be feaisd wu suflbcallilg, be loro tbo sitcady blazing coverUd from tho bed and praporod to lift bet tbm Into poror 'Twice, thrice be plunged hli arms Into tbS homing mass, heedless of tho flety flakes wUoh foil thiokly about him, AU hi vain—no Blanche wu there-. nolUng hut the burning bod; and with a choking dread In bis heart he staggerM back hito the pasasge. Just u tbo door of Lannay's room opened tnd bo s] peared half dressed upon ibe tbreabold.\ "What Is tho matter 1" said he, CHAPTER V. Tfli suma-nn wTurm('Fsoins«*jrna 'nnnha nmr —m BTOBT-TBf nasr lo«b-4u OATisinorm— ' TBI SOHIIIX. >. . The last njH of tbesMUog sun were gleaming hi bilgfat radMUco Into a splendid dtwrtng toott la the nelgbbothqod of Hyde Park, 'Evety artlelo tbat Isxnryooill;lInvent or wealth pnrobsse wu thereto add to Us splendor. 'Vabiablo palntloga idoned the walls;'a costly camt eoverod tho floor, and the gleaming of gilded lundtaro met the eyo at every turn. Baro flowen bloomed In a small consorvatety, and the windows, shrouded byonrtalns of the flnest lace, opened on a garden kdd out with tbe exquUte taste of a oonnoitaeur. Books and articles of eetfu wete scat- tered about on this tobies, and amid all thla nugolfl- cenco sat Paulino de Cressoy.' Not the Pauline of five yoara ago; no longer the pale, qhlet girl whom erery'ooo levedfor ber very humility; not tho Paulino who In ber nobis purity would bavo sUoldcd ber fktbor^ name from dishonor atthosacri- 'floe of bar Ufa; but a selPpouessod woman of the wortd, with a look of wearied enniri on her Ihco whiob many women would bo a lUe^lme In attaining. This Is not the Paulino who osod lo trudge wet and cold to her dUlv work^and^rctutned at tOght, woro and happy, In tho thodmt that her hand* were pro- viding (heir dally bread; but a haughty heiress, proud of hot matoblosf''beauty and Asxuiung hi hst-Mpeoted wealth. lAWkliig at.bet.u she sits on alow oouoh, near tho open wmdow, she fbrms a loveljLptcture. She Is o( the pe«(« order of beauties, wltli ezqusllely ermed Aiaturos; ber bee, of rather an Eastern diiape, lighted by apiUrof splohdld dark eyes, and bar bab\ of raven blackness, which used to bang hi such pro- IVudoD about her.'ls gathered up Into a luiot at tbabai^ of hbr head, and conOned by a comb of gold and oonl, leaving only a low stray curls lo (bU (oosely on ber neck. . Uer ean, wUch aro romarkably small and well- fonnod, are onuunenlod with drops to match tbe comb. Tbore lira restless expressloa'In bet bandsemo tue, and a mounifUl look obobt bor eyes' wbloh sposk of a mlDdill Uefase, and sbo IwHehos lopatlsnili.at tb» tassel of her* Inn, u'lf mooory woro troubllog her' with tbougUlB sh'o would fltin bo rid of.. • Bbo hi dressod-fbr B diimer-partyVbut Is ready early, and Is whlUng away the time u best die caiL Sho woaii aVblto watered silk drnu with cotnl ornaments, which Contrast wcjU with the dOucoto brilllaooo of the mttetial, and give a warm glow to bet dark, olear 'oont- ploxion, Allgbtfootstopmadibor look Dp, and. she started sUgbtly^uHulierl liannay atpea before bf r. "You aro veiy lovQly thhi ovotung, Pauline," said he, "Thero Is no nood of'cofflpUmDotSi" wu Iho roply. "We are alonp.';" • •. , • The outtlng>sonlempt with wlilob.ihe<fow words- wero spoken would bavo^wqd many a bolder or bonosterman. Not's4 Lannay. He ropUsd,,wlth a smllo:— . ■• ' " ' "I see It, and I am very glad of It I wont somo quiet talk with you." ' ' ■ ■. Paulino shuddered, but only lald:— 1 "Well,sIr,_goon," ' •- "When wUTyou give mo your prsinlao—when flx tho day fbr our marriagor' uk^ hi^ with a' ponelratlog glance. • PaullDO raised hor eyes to bis fliot with oq appealing look. ^ ' "OhIVhy aro you so bar^-to orot^' said sbo. "Tou know I cannot lovoyou^-ournianiamwUl not henodt you. Lbave me at poacK" ' ■'" ,■ , • "Leave you at pcacdt" be saU, wltb'a sneer.' "Why, foil an aoiually growingaenUmonbil, Ukotbclimdcent aullnevf formordaya," ' , "Of fonner day^P^e lepoated, with a sigh. '>Ay, I wu sn Innocent and hsp^y girl thon. And now—" ■ ''And what aro you now that needs suoh sighing' over r* said he. - • . . ' "I am—what you bavo made mo,'* wu tho response. ■'Cold, heartless, calculsting, upfuellng, Ukeyonnell,' caring fbr nothing In this world and hoping lor nath- L" lannay 'ropUed, "and do ' ,I havomouldodyou to my In the next' .^Touaroan apt pui ore'dlt to yonr master. .OL, , , haadi Ton wUl make an oxcelleht wUb-a helpmate. Is not that the Word r * ^ • "Oh, ceossi" said Panllne; "I will not marry you, I win dip first I I cannot think wny you punuo me thus. WhatmOtlvo have you f" likDnay, with a alight muscular movemont ot ths ftae, which bo vainly endeavored to control, fixed his eyo on his victim with tbe gazo o^a serpent about to inUio Its last spring, and In a deep tone ropUed:— "Uotlve r—the same motive which bu'prompted me lor flvo yean to lead year fUber on fl-om lault to fkult, from cruno to crime; to pUe up proof upon proof ot hla nobitouftnnsactlons, till, wl(b u single Ireath, I could hurt him ITOm bis pUinaclo of boulcd wealth and con- sign him to a felon's cell. ' Ton; Paulino, with enp word I oonld make all your vaunted splendor fade away Uke aoilst andlcavoyou friendless bomolees, pennlloasi Uymotlvo—wDlyouhavo ur llavengol"' ' iiRevengol'' said Paulino. "What baro I done lo y{U thatTonaEouIdseokrovengoonmer' "Ustdnl" said Lannay, drawing close to her ond looking In hor fitce. , ' „ . "Uany yean ago, when I wu lltUo moto tlian a boy, I Idved a woman—with no boy's love, mark yoiL but with a wild, passlonalo ardor which nolUng oonld con- trol or subdue. She was betoUAd. and to me ever lov- ing and afl'oetlonatOi and I tt;ongbt, like a Am, .the wwslncero. I parted fMm her one evening with ber kisa warm npon my cheek, hor last word a pranlse to be mine on a given day, '■ - "I niorned nnoipeetedly an bonr after, and, beai^ g.tStcei,. - ices, Usteiiod-Ustened to bet sUveiy voice bugblng at the young tbotberdups, andllilBg Ibr Ing - V. -_i——JaenslbUlty,!.. you woo belbra wlu. Tbe right breast and' ahouldert^ bulyoballenge ruimre. Bor Is daarieal eorraetneu^ AaAretbeleutebaTOlngpartorherlkca.^^^^^ , nsrewuayonDgPrencb gulltOkUu ralbsr noendU- pnsu at tho legs, uV she eoold prtMof a better pafrUal- lowedlo meant the pedesUL BntsacbeonpstliODWoald ' be dangetou for any legs that have let ooms onder lar observation, and I have seen not a few Rood^mes In aj tune, ne gem of tbe colIecUoD, In dv poor opinion. Isa mulUsled bead of Psyche. There u UtUe Wlaare the face—bat snob a <koe I It hu tbe veiy exnigsalon wlUoh I always thonght Impoaslblorot the aeolptor tSgtvS to nar- ble—wUch Ihare never btlOre aseaandwMNi never ex- pect to sgsbi. The rsyctae alone embodies Ibe Idsa of Iba ' pore, strong, earthly love. Sho alone BtasMaea that on- nitenble gsDUeaeas—that ihonghifui pRieooo of emolMa . wUeh ooght to accompaoy li; the downcast took, IM- aoftly veUed aulely, tbo daieoted bend of the bad an there; Ibejoj tbat was, ths eadneas that la, ths aonow that may be, are all blended In exqnlalle harmony, and yon. pause to wstoh her aonl awake fKm IIS aleeb ThehlsleiT ofearth's most beanUAit paaslon, In all Its puses, breathsa la that sleouent frigmont' I shall oertalidr have a bSBd In the next revolution lo Kaplea, if It Is only to take ad- vantage of tbe ooBmotloo to alesl Fayobe. Thqi tkr tbe Italian women have dlsappoloted me. Wllh thasaoopUonoftlioaenoeasUarclse, I nare not seen a dsoldsdiy handsome womoi. They have btUllanl eyaa and ' hair Uke midnight, but they don't took clean, an badly dressed and have oleerabio limbs. There seems to be no middle claasofsocleiyaoioogthem, over dressed Udkaaad ander dressedaloveu arejhs whole extent ct.'l&e dlitalon. Tliey have but two ocoopaUoBs—loro and tfevoOoo. Ibe DonUly of tbe upper olasats I know niKtilng abont—ramor makes It. bad enough; tbat ot the lower olaasea la below par. I called, with an Italian friend, upitB tte Stat donasust of the Ban Oarlo; after aacertalnlng my mieatlou the de- clined ibe honor, but reoommeoded me to htr aMer, Ihli almost rivaled Oato-but It was ontdooe by a Hsltesek who, after sovehu attempts to please nyfaaOdloutasteL presented me to a yeong girl or acaroely (OntMen, wbS apoke three laniuages, ana wu dcsliouof flnUblnt her aocompllahments br becoming a mlatresi; ofterpronoime- Ingupon her meriial asked bar origin and ths terms oa fiDiVihase; theitrlwuher owndannterasd ibseqaln- ant wu alcbt napoleons. I amlled u I ibooght of ear ralaslonarfes converting tbe heaiben. last avoutng, near the pelsoe, I met a bUsd man, led by a good Bpeefmsn 01 ItoUan beauty—dork complexion, stealthy en, all fln'oad softness, prombient breast and msgnUoent head of Iialr- Partly from pity, moro from admlnllon, I ponred a M ot amalloobi Into ner extendeil band. She looked at them a ' moment with aparkUng oyea, tbenamUlngmostpacloaSIy. ' aaked me when I would oome to see her; so maoh Ibr lay. own expertenoe of Naples' morality. Ferbags a vam maa might an* some jMUIatlon for ancb oondaotuiblsownsa- ■uslutuig qoAlules; bnt excess of OatUry woold bsrfir dan to rank me jkeyond the dencedly gsnlealor the QiMIV Inslnnallng. . ^ • NATUS, 1 M-. .' • .'▲ BSaOtNISOXINOXl EARLY HisTORY- QF THEpiNCINNATI 8TAil& If linn rofe nM nv Toh^oilmi. - . ' -r-7>- ^ - ■ ■ .-. ■■; . The fltst time revsr entered a Usalis wu In Otaet* nail, In tbe spilkg otisaa It wu sltoalad 00 OwnmMi slreel, between Kala and Sycamore street^ and wu bbt der the toamgeiAent or.aunuel Drake, no. Ae eoi-r pany consisted, u near ss I ean leeeUsot, of Ittpsta 1^ aey. Page,. Bendereon, Bdiarton, Anderson, abter,Mt' aad Dam Bntllb. AlexanOerbrake, and Bamoal Ditke, Jr.; Masdimes A. Drakai.Foedlok (lln. A.. Diike's ststatW parter, Hendeaon, B. .Diakd, ana "the littlejrodlgy,". Hka carter. The bUl for the evwing.wu "tia aM Jeirr," and the ihrca of tho "Pane, or the Benetolaak Sir." .During that and tbefftUowing sessoir I freqnenl^ '' vlalted the theatre. II wu there Iflistnw the oalebntsa Bsotlsh tragedian, Ttomas A. Cooper. Itwaslhssuomar otllir, aad I wu lnlbme4.that he wu ihraaJMar aetar abois named company. Seme Uneaner thero came to OUi( oonsMoraMe aagnltade—Use Xeliy, BngUahaottea^whomadaa pronaalonal ted States. During hor atw Infllr^-""-' Drake play Bonedlcl to Mr ncatrloe. Holhlng," and In.lbe afletplece bar Harlan llamaay. Soohwu tbat he could play a—-— I have seenbtm Wi-- —--i the farce ptaf Dr.o'XoOl* Af (r<aoenU^t6alngAlle'B0t«.'"U)ve anti Baaaa(«s,"v^ was Very popnlar at tbo Ume. Kr. Fowov-who | sincebooomssoolstuigblahed u aracnlplot^-prepi . "conntertall ptesentmont" b> atfltnde, bok t>m aad c«Si tume'ofMr. Drakeln obaracter, abigmg "Lore'isd Boa-'. " and placed it upon the stag* one evening- when It wSiannonnced tbat Ur. Drake wonM, tMtwasn, tie play ("Loveand Baassm;" when the enitahi OS, there etood-aiihe andlenoemi pu ose a the vsritable "Aleok," bnt nbW, laimedtata^ afteii^ came Hr. Drake, and took hla poelUon along aide the tray flgun and began to «lng, oiery one ^•■*ni<<'f>,^<™£ fled, and, u a taallor of rouse, It broogtt mwn tt» hotlM, •> Hr. Fred. Henderson, hi bis line ttf,"old mat" wu t«r popular, Mr. Keliey, the leadmg %isn,-wsrt ve generslacw, and often plajfed ^of^f^inM^ comedies aidiarces; wfiafbeoaineofb|faIteTethjarttlg wu ayonhg gentleman of ratdealsmarklf he' 'ifu^apendsBt ?tlm.'*J in MM ———