New York Clipper (Aug 1863)

AJMlRICANiSPORTIIfG AND THEATRICAt JOOjRJrAlii ■■'•■rf itor Roprittor. / NEW YORK, SAtDfpAT, AUGUST 16,18^8, i P^BIOB UX OSUITI. ====.., , : . ■.■■.j.-:,Y . ^ . ■ ■ XHB UBiEBTIHE AHD/fiU^ VIOTDI; , :.. / .■ OB,'" ■ • . THE IbOOH OF IBE PBOIUOATEi A TALB OP tBE II0BI8 ASD 0HAS6W8 or HSW tOBK Lirs, liOTSi AlfbOBUUlt . - The Theatre/: Tnif, Blog, and Bagnio. ^ aiiiiK nnxMLi iob'thb mw jtobs oitpna. OHAPIEB I, rai uBExmn iin> Tas PBOoDsua—KADua bodbi im ool. TMWOB THK FIi OT— m BKBtOLIO—HHI BAIiL _raB iiBC Ain> iBDPonoH— th» •w ou' ohbitcd of hd pm—WTZBIL FiBTZB8 OR SIOITSD. "Fire tinnlTCd doIUi*, Ibdtma Bonrll" •Hot a c«ntl«M> OoL Ftenoh; yon moat taks.lntp Kooitat her <'&nd oquallr trae It it, Oolone( that narer on any pierlooa 60- naalon was aacba glorlona pilzo songht to be seonted, and to ■MOis her, maoh Drna, oare and tnnble iriU bantotaaarr; ^uu dUBonltles, apparently Inaannonntable to any one with leaiaxptTleBoa tban my own, will have to be OTanome. How- Ityoa Bhiliik £com the apeonlatlon I am not at all wzlotiB '^'^l?*^dtme, Btopl enough I Ooat what It may Unian Hwbeitmut and ahall be mine—here is yonr flrat Inatalment, and on the acoompUabment of our daalgna I ahall, aa wa agreed, par oreriUie remainder. Bemember, madame, I amnot mer- cienarr, and oare not for wealth but as a means to.atd me In ths gtatUoitlon of my dealrea; It la yonr Intareet therefore to eedat mt to the best of yonr abilities, for the qaloker yon aaoceed tba Itner In proportion ahall be yonr reward." •Tliaiika, OoloneL I troat I ahall aoon be able to add this to the golaxy of beanty with whloh yon have snrronnded yoonalL I ■hm not delay an Instant longer than oan posalbly be helped—' bat what, Oolonel. If I fall ?" "Fall I damnation I Madame, there Is no snoh word In my dictionary, and yon mnat eipnnge It from yours. Ttu, aiU net faii, for rsrlona reasons; two of whloh art, yon mutt jut, for my Bake, and yon bad better not/or your oisn $alct. Fall! fall I ' whisper not snch a word to me In referenoe to anytUng I ask yoa to nndertake, or, by heaven I—bat no matter, you know too wall what would entail npon yoo." "Well now. Colonel, don't exalte yoorself any more.npon that point I.merely but hinted at • bare possibility, but won't InnsnesB In auoh a way again; ao, my dear OoL, let's be the -goSS friends we always haTobeen;" and so saying ahe threw Eei arms around the form of the handaome though elderly man aetted bealde her, and drawing his head downward pillowed It on the glowing bust whloh was liberally displayed- to sdTantase. . Preailog herUpsto his ahe atopped effeotually any reply ne . .would have made, while he, nothing loathe, gave hlmielt up to the enjoyment of the moment, and soon forgot all else in the sensual bless In whloh he revelled. / Uadame Bonrl waa a lady of Frenoh birtb, who bad emigrated to Now York, and that was aU that moit people knew about her. Her tew select acquaintances, however, who were admitted within the sacred precincts of those ohumlng apartments, In that neat brown stone front house eltoatad well up In the most faihlonable part of Broadway, aaw In her a most aooompUahed lady of about thlrty.&ve years of age, and, unlike the generality of her oountiTwomen, endowed with a plnmpneBS of flgnre, to whloh a lively temper added • grace whloh made her all the more bewitching tbat It waa nntmpeded by any hsaltanoy In • Qilng the English language, her knowledge of whioh.was com- plete. From the foregoing conveisitlon it Is plain that her lualneas was one whl(m. If by any means extensive, moat pay her well. The profession of procuroi la by no means oonSned to the shabby genteel kind of matrons, who entrap oounlry girls by enticing them to dens of Infamy by a prooess of swindling under thegolseof maternal aoUoltude; the upper ten must and does have lis votaries In the same line, but the same dodge will not work, hence .wiles of # dUFeient nature must be resorted to to OoL French was a man of about sixty yean of age, tail and handsome; bis erect military flgnre was etlll snfflcleatv attract- ive to render him worthy of notice among the fair eei, and he took care, by his careful and neat atrteof dress, to keen np an appearance, whloh Induced a belief that he wae considerably younger than w^ acbially the oase, though his face told talea which It was difficult to belI^ A pleasant manner and a thorough knowledge of men and things In gensral, made him acoeplableaa a companion, i. reader of numan fooes would have detscted hx his fuu, aonsnal lies (hardly dlsoeralble under a heavy mens. taohe) and his restless eye. the workings of a spirit devoted to Jiltasnre in Its groeseet forms; and It was In accordance wiUi this etture In bis oharaoter that we thus find him In the hoase of the proooress, bargoiolng^or a f^eeh victim to his losatlale Oeeirce- In futhewasallberUnear thefltatwater, endowed with Im' mtnse rlchee, which, aa he declared hlmsel£ he devoted entlrelv to the grailBoatlon of his passions. ' It was towards the afternoon of a bleak winter's day that'he left the residence of Madame Bonrl, and sauntered tid town Taming down Thlriy.sUth atreet he entered a handsome doml- olle, the doorof which was graced bv a large silver pUta bearing the name ollienoh. BeUeved of h& hat, overcoat, and oane by a domeatlo, he, with an alaorltv hardly to b« looked for In one of his yeara, mounted a splendid staircase, and,.openlng a door, £lS?if5wt*" 1^*''?J"••*^5^'"" '"ung IsSleVeoehmor^ beanUfol than the other. They were engaged in various femi- nine exaploymenls, but on bis appearance Jumped np and snr. rounded him. caressing him in a manner eo nnquallfledlr Worm as to compel him, almoet by foroe, to ftes hlmseff from Seir em- brMs and retreat to a aofk, where he laid himself down panting with excitement, tnm which he did not fairly reoover. untu damaflj* cordial handed him by one of the The room was fitted np with oriental splendor. Itwas situated at the back part of the house. In sach a manner that It was light- SiiSf^i!!^ "?™ f*'' ^- *n of » dome, ind r^"'v."'£2!'"*'* glass, which shed a soft and crimson Ught S!iSR?.H,r"^?^^'" ^ISJ"'* 1" 0' P'>'« "WUl relieved by iS^S^ ll'lfl'- ^M*? » voluptuous glow 0? warmth li ;i»vft'li?'''''l'**M''*'""8 partook; and the oheeiihl fire bis- J?Al?iiSf V^!^ 'xf" * 8»™i'm heat, whloh wu all the more ^1 mS -^'.'Jf?"^' •J?,?*'"' 7l«»> U»« 0^ atmosphere outside. KX.v'".™''*,^*!'territory, here existed a place ?R.* lowabounded.' No two ofthw to j«ii2'T'*^'8"J"fi*'''»'o' ttesamsolSne; Bebeocs, the Sidfe^oflfir^-*'**^^^ and master WMtbij pain hlmbya 'WniWlwhichBhe felt but too truly the Colonel would be muoh offended at, and might mak^va ground for oom- plaint . ' To aecommodat* the nomerons gneals.fon the present oe^ oaslon, a temporary addition had been mode to thehonseby means of a wooden erection at tlie back, fitted up In handsome, style as a sapper room; the entrance to whloh was an arohway; leading from a double window In the back parlor. Thlaaroh-. way was draped lieavUy with curtains, on the outside of orlmson. velvet, and on the Inside with pink and while, cotton, to match the decorations of the interior, whloh thongh elegant were', simple—the tables and the company themselves forming the main attractions. The room at the proper summons was speedily filled,, and esoh wss busy iflth the good things before them, when suddenly a cry which blanched the cheeks of all rose wildly on Ihe air—"Firel firel flMI"—and, sure enough, there were the lambent flimee plajlng about the very door by which the only apparent exit was to be had; and with a rapidity wondrons to behold they were mounting to the roof, in'an Instant all waa oonftaslon; many of the ladles jwooned away at once, while others with wild cries dung to their partners with flcantio tenacity, thus completely hampering them and render-, ing them incapable of affording the least assistance. But as- sistance was at hand; the possibility of'such a dsnger had been foreseen, and Mr. Herbert with one or two of his friends threw open several wide doors, of whloh indeed it maybe said the sldet were entlrel^compoeed, andin af6w aecondsthe occupants were safe ti^Pie gardens sotrounding the premises. In the meantime the alarm hsd epread; the fire englneB soon arrived, and the fire, whloh was conlned to the supper room, speedily extinguished. Bat s new oause of slarm sprang up—after the guests had partially re-assembled a general preparatfon to nUre manifested' itself when it was discovered that Lillian Herbert was mlsalng, and horror at Oie Idea of her having perished In the flames distracted the assembly; but Ool. French at once quieted their fears on this head by stating that she hod fainted at his side,'that he was one of -the first to eacspe, and had con- signed her to the oare of two of the female domeatlos in the garden with whom he left bar, returning himself to the burning ^mto give what aid heooald toothers: on the other band, none of the servants tn the house would admit having seen her, though they confessed to being on the ground immediately after the alarm was given. Asearoh among the mlns proved con- clusively that she dould not have retomed and become a prey to the fiery element, but it developed a curious and fMghtfni fut— In a recess into which it hsd rolled, near the entianoe.when the fire commenced, was found a small bottle in the bottom of which etlll remained a few drops of liquid whloh waa evidently tur- pentine, which had apparently been thrown upon the curtains and then ignited, thus accounting for the rapidity with whloh the fire started and epread. Thla olronmatanoe, combined with Lillian's dlsappesgance., led to the conclusion that they were designed by the same hsnd. Sabsequent inquiries brought out the uot that a watchman, and others, had observed a carriage drive rapidly along the avenue about the time of the occurrence; but as little notice was taken of it, it was fonnd Impossible to obtain any due to its wbereabcats or deetlnstlon; the calomit? -f<»»«t thep<}mpai)yb(iWjig; :«-w*Al%a,m»»tl«rsf;gweii;'^pn.^4?i^ '-vraaelTHhefr oonveyahees tlO iwo.'and'mcet'of then^lster, it exitnded fields Of the greeneet hue, each one surrouhdedbya . .. . . . well-trimmed hedge. Dotting the landscape here and there the Am«7!'.2V''1 W?» and in a palatial mansion In Fifth be ne the^o.ilon-orhVrTrSSrnlJ^tS's^S'^^^ the Mremony of a magnificent miA or bsS^lt^U^Sme ewj ATvuuv) ui«t a Dau tool 'md iLuliS wis ^» hld"bleTbfeii'ed'*flh"(ir; ^°e Drtde t^'Ji^^rJS.^' *«""8«' Uermother and hex father's Suthit ™ ""i adnoatod In refinement, she was ^«*S;„^Y.'S.^?¥ll^y3^8»'^J•. ^VV^ her eighteenth year. of New York WAM XT'""t ai wuion au the aiU ■uuiw ItTaJ^ axpected to be present Among the anosta. itttlZ^M.^^'^I-J"^*^ W'aof matrimony nevM might a,S^°aS^j!Sr?»« 5?.*.£««S?!'"^<???«ry wl-tonoo r had en- 1 spuming daugitor to ooi m iS?oh ooaimt to ^ve his ob."&cle ap'S,?rJd to thr^n'/„».'fJS^^l. A '^^'^ without any a^ a certain amount , berseTf who, d not conceal B"2Sta» ^1! «»»4aot ofthTySS^ iidy »*?'"8 «»n»«. not only foft but conft dtooernneTtVS noKoSSto"flSS?„^?► 0°\<"»«>t'he with qulok was ahnostsulBolent to toilTmSu?^^ fact of itself customed to be thwartodli hls^I^kS? '"<> him tho.moro anxIouVto Siflu hi d«te,*."'i!'^°5 "J*' once made some slight advuiMSi w?!?' H« had more than .couched in the most ?5uMto7a^SnS?!5? hor, whloh though Blsrtlea at, comlna as they did )S5S n!S*.?V """"eonnuSly fclend. and whom &om ohlfdhood sMd in'^viS'S '^^"'.i aoqna/ntance, far above hor to yeati^a „^nf flnJlng a man's real age than" yoS^^ """^ are quicker at BntLUllan Herbert was no longer ?Sri- i.A> t,^ veloped beyond the average robSta!Bs"rt a^'.SSS?'!?' JhU anc^ well formed, her father had b^Tn SirilS'to^^ ho*r 08 weU as ior mind, and the waTa «n«i5!;?*', i'Jr l""^ of carriage which fewThir aVe aSSS?^?^ shewhlrl^round among the crowd of £w ^nS&rs I'nSSi!! SH™*?'.? Ool- r^anoh stepped up to her taS »'>»«"ng her to the*^5npp?f r^m. whSh fiM^^H^t^ she had accepted his eseert wi^'SJt Sf • wiah to graUiy her father than anythlfig else, for ahe^^Md to •V. JOHN E SCOTT. MISS ADA WEBB. See BlogTaphloal'.;6kewhe8 in anotber'Column. wss at once conjectured that this vehicle had something to do with Lillian's disappearance, bat traced it could not l>e, and all was as dark aa.ever. Another Ibhigtbat rendered the affair still more myslerlona wasi that not the faintest snaplolon conld be attached to any one, or motive aaslgned for the commission of suoh a deed. The male portion of the company, after snitably del of a certain carriage and pair on-the night of the avenue fire; and to the credit of the Jehna in paitloular be. it recorded that, their Information (suoh as it was) was Imparted in such a bounteous manner as led to many a Imltlees Jonmey' on the Mrt of their Interrogators. Of course, this was nobody's fknltij^thongh If sn impartlal^ver of troth happened to listen to theroonversattons of these samehack drivers and stable men, he might have been led to fancy, wlth good reason, that veracity wsss.oonslderablvsoorce^arUcle amongst them—more particu- larly in reference to each other's movements on a certain evening. . But In spite of all these efforts, the fato of Lillian Herbert t»i lAained as great a mystery as ever. 10 BE CONTIKaED. • iiBO Clipper Prize HtorF. THE SECBET C09CLA7E; OB, TAB msiEBiaiis noDSE n the five fouits. A. STORT OF RE>y YORK CITV LIFE. #airrD vuBzasLt rm ths raw Copyright Secured. TOBS OUPTEB. OHAPTEB XJUiVlL ▲ CBAHOE or eOBIZ—A SDipiEB HOBSnNO IN ESOLAWD—BOBEBT BE-ar PElBS Ofl THE SOXBE—TBE UTIZB—TBE BE- TUBN TO HEW TOBE—IHTEBVIBW WITH BBIX>18E—THE Visrr TO LUXE A VEBI LL's FLAOB Or BUBniESSh-THE BESOUE—IBET srasT FOB THE msiaBious hodeb. It Is necessary for the proper elucidation of our history that we ahonid go back all WBeks before the events related in the lost chapter occurred. Not only ore we compelled to do this, but we are even obliged to take our reader to another country. It iB towards the end of the leafy month of Jnne-eorly in the morning. The gross is siHl wet with Isst nights' dew and it hangs In pearly drops on the flowering hawthorn bushes. The air Is fragrant with the odor of new-mown hay. The sky-lark rises to heaven'and pours Out a flood of mdodyas he mounts to the skies. The thrush, the blackbird, and the goldflnoh elng In the verdant hedgee. Where ths grass is not cut it is long, waving, and of a gorgeous emerald green. The sun rises In the noiih esst-^ln a word it Is an EngUsh'summer morning.' Situated on the great North road; about a mils ftom the 0nl< versltr town of Oambndge, might have been seen at the time we refer to, a pretty countiy-honse. The fkont of it was covered all over with Ivy, and on 'the gable end, a vine, several pear treeSiJtnd a choice apple tree, served to embower the honse as spires of various vlllsge charohsB might be seen relieving the blue sky. Some of these were pointed, others towerehoped, and the white roofe of Utile villages embowered in green, added their partners In safety, spreod themselves rapidly over Ihe cityi and ere sn hour or two hod passed, full information of the double crime of arson and obduoUon had been dlsseminsted; ond by daylight huge plaoorda were everywhere posted, offering large re- wuds for any information which would lead to the ospmre of the fierpebrator8 of both or dther of the crimes, or to the recovery of le lost LUllsn Herbert. As CoLFaench walked home bite that morning, after Johilng ^th apparently Intenee earnestness in the steps which had.been taken to recover the lost one, he inwardly chuckled to himself at the success of the scheme at the bottom of which uadame Bourt, he had no doubt was, and for bis beneflt; and he reveUed in las- dvlous thoughts of the loveliness and Innooence from which he hoped to onll most ravishing delights. It wss, therefore, with no ordinary emotions that, after having refreshed himself by a bath and comfortable meal, be proceeded to the residence of the procuress, and was at once shown to a room where he fonnd her with a cap of choooloto before her, and the morning Arrald in her hon'd. Approoobing with an obsequious liow and smile, he was about to thank her for her prompt action in carrying out their tntrtgne, when he otiserved a peculiar look upon her ooun- tonance, wnloh for an Instant deterred him from utterance, and she seised tbo moment to say with rigid politeness:— "Allow me to thank yon, Oolond, for hayliis bo promptly as- lleved me of the very responsible task which ihad imposed upon myseltto serve you; I trust your sobeme has been carried out to a degree of perfection commensurate with the vdne of the object attained, and that nothlhg will occur to mar the enjoy- menls.you look forward to." "Oood heavens, Uadame I what means this language t Us idflne/areyonmadf Tell me, Madame, what foolery Is this 7 Hove yon fbund a better price for year bird, or are you Jesting? But bewarel this Is a matter on which there muet be no Jesting. "How noTT, Colonel, how now 7 It is I, methlnks, who have the right to complain. Ton fee me to perform a certain task, and, behold I it Is done for me, and I lose half my reward." "And Is not thla your, doing? Is Lillian Herbert not within your grasp?" "On my word, no I Until I read the acoounts in the papers of thla morning, I knew aa little of this plot as you profess to do," "Thenwho,lntheDevll'aname,ha8foresisUedns7 'tis most mysttriousl ,Here I was, not ten minutes ago, congratulating mysslf on the snooess of your plot snd admiring you for the bold- ness of Its conception, and now I find mysdf as fir from happi- ness as ever; but now I mast set to work—she must' be restored to her parents without delay, for, by my soul I If i cannot, no one else shall possess her—whether by fair means br foul; bo, Mad- ame; have a oare. If you have plaved. me false, dire eholl be my revenge;" and the Oolond abruptly quitted the house. Madame Bonrl stood pensive a minute after he hod quitted her presence, but a gleam of triumph soon crossed her eyes, and then she sank upon a lounge mnalng to herself:— "And eo he threatens me I Ah I he Utile thinks with whom he haatodeal; one bold stroke of fortune and tUen I return to La Belle France, where money and beauty can always command a tlUe; How weU I deceived him l-wdl I let him fiout a Uttle: in a few daya I ahall see him at my feet again, and then!>-and then —but who can tell, but fkto, what next ahall happen ?" Ere twen^-fbur hours had passed she received a polite note from the Oolond, craving her pardon for his hasty words, and apologising for his lots of temper. There was another olrole. apart from her friends aid enemies. In whloh the loss of LUllon Herbert created a considerable amount of exdtement, and that waa that portloulor olsas of men whose business It is to ferret out crime and criminala-thepolice and detective force. The almost fabulous amount'of the rewords offered for her recovery, and the apprehension of her captors, produced a flutter the like of whlohliad never been equalled be- fore, and the anxiety tp be detailed fbr epeclal duty amounted to an infatuation. Numerous and cunning were the schemee adopted, and the Influences brought to boar upon oapUlns and sergeute, by asplranlsfor time and riches, to get appdntments upon the groat Herbert oiae, and ihe importance assumed by »»!lf^K!SvSt°'^'*""¥ as, in most Initanoes, itwasrldlculou«. _Xhe profouidhrmvslartan. kIh whlohthei j'spofhrdra'fitrb&oiir"^^ fr?m\Ef i!SL'iSn'?™rA°,,'*5?*'"'* "»<»* immediate beneflt SSTn^tS^Si*""!* "table men and hack drivers, around whose quarters and atonds many wert the bmSiot move- ur addition .of . many ah odd dollar to OM^lSJ^t^rl^rrinm. M uaie boaalle^ that not a lew were wonderfully Interested In front of the dwelling. O In tbat dwelling were seated three persons at breakfast. .-A snowy white dotfi covered the teble, and it was laden with the Tiands usually fbund in on English oonntiy-honss. The eoffee-nm hissed on the teble, and filled the apartment with a grateful perfume. The three persons-occupying ths room, consisted of a gentle- man, a tedy. and a little glrL One glance at them is sufldant to tdl us who^they sre. That handsome fkce, erect bearing, and fine open countenance could bdong to none other thanBobert Averlll, the lady was his wlfe.and the Ultle girl was their daughter. "Ood Is very good to us," sold Mis. Averlll to her husband; "we are very happy here." "Tes, darling, but have you no desire to return to your own country?" "Of oourse, dear husband, I prefer my own country to this 8lace, beauUfnl though It is, but as long ss there is the sUghtast .tnger to you from returning, I would muoh rather stey here." ■■The time appioachea for our return," said Bobert '■if I may Judge £tom the tone of the last letter I received from Hddse. She appears to think that my brother has almost reached the end of hie career." "Are you sure you oon trust her !■' "Did she not aave my life at the rlek of her own—did she not by a most ingeniously contrived stratagem contrive to make the whole world nelleve that Ihad committed suicide in prison?" "Have you any hope that your brother will be brought to JusUce?" "SomeUmes I fed that I ought to spare him because he is my brother, but when I think of his terrible criminal career, and how he would have saorlfloed me for the puipose of advancing his own crlmlnd ende, sll feeling of pfty is deadened In my bosom, and I make up my mind thaljastlcemusttake it course/' •■I sincerely hope that when the truth comes out the whole world will besatlsfled that you are free f(om all suspicion of having taken your unde'a life." ••You need have no fear on that head, my dear wife. Helolse writes me that she has already in her poBsesslon ample prooia of his gnat" "What ui extraordinary girl she must be I" said Mrt. Averlll pouring cut another cup of coffee for her husband. "Ton may well say that, my love—If you could only have seen her the night she rdeosedme from prison; and then, the ad- mirable way., aho conveyed to you the information that I was safe in England. Every action of hers shows that ahe has an extraordinary mind." By this time tbemedwos finished, and Bobert Averlll took his hat and strolled Into the town to the Post Office; He soon reached that building, and on Inquiring for letters, was handed one firom New York, He hurriedly opened It and read as follows :— '■New Tobe, June lOlh, lUT, "Take the first-steamer for New Tork; the tlnu is faitap. prrtaohlng. Write to me the day yon arrive. Beloise." Bobert Averlll harried home, and that day week they were on^ board a steamer^bound for New Turk.' Wis need not dwell on their voyage—suffice it to say that owing to some accident in the machinery they ware twenty-one days msUng the passage, and only landed on the same day tbat HenrvMordaunt was en- ticed by BrneMne into the house on the Five Points. Bobert Averlll during his stey in England had allowed his beard to diow and consequently was not KCognlaed by his most Intimate mends—In faot he passed several In the street snd even spoke to some .of them on different subJeote without awakening the least snsplclon as to his identity. - The first thing he did when he arrived at ths hold wod to .address a letter to Helolse, which we have already seen she reodvsd. He waited three days for somo news of Hdolse but heard nothing—he then determined tbat he would, go and seek her. She had In her Interview with him in the prladn ao oorreotly In- formed bim as to the wheicsboute of the country-house, tbat he had no 'dlffloulty In finding it He advanced to the door and rang the bell. A domesllo replied to the summons, and in answer to hie inquiry informed hlmthAt the lady he inquired for bad not been seen for three days. He was about retaming to the city when a carriage drove np to the entrance and to Bobert AverlU's great Joy, he reeognlzed Hdolse as she ran up the steps. The fair girl received him with the ntmost cordiality, and they both entered the house together. -..^ "I am glad yOU^ve .oome Mr. Averlll," add Helolse.^ ••! thought .yoa would be\horeand have hurried home to meet yon. I have been ilWtor the lost three days I hove been con- fined to the house in the Five Points onoble to leave it I hove suffered a terrible shook."': .•'i' .. j „.,.;•.. ■ In a fbw words Helolse Informed Bobert Averlll of all that had trsnaplred during bis abaonoe, givhig him a full detail of his brother's peiaecuUim ot Henry MdMonnt,' and flnlshM her history by relatlngliew he had been ihvdgled into the mjatarl- ouB house. Slid his Cote in the D. byO. Chamber. ( „. , "Bat the ttate has eome," ahe exclaimed WMa aha" ud ftnlahid her 'statement—the time has cone to nnmaak tha vlllata. -SihMft -'appointed this , very night for the denoulneBt. 'Toaauat-aocompanTme ttftUs'house whsre all thla inlqultf baa been wminl(te(L/'''14uT«sso enoonipssaed hlffl-wltl|neH that it la utterly imposftbls for him to eaoape. Are yoa ready to go through the brdsal oHBHkglng a brother to Jnstloe ?"' "lam." • --^ • f: . ,. "Itl* now six o'dock, at ton we will leave for thedty, and Cnirlng the assistance of somepoUce officers we wUl beara tha Inhteden." 1 .--i , . The. four hours passed-rapidly, for Hdolse entertained her visitor'With an acootant of her, early-life,'the partloulais of whidiiha reoiler already knoWs. She told Bobert AverlUhoir *ae hod loved hlsbrotherwltb such: deep fervor and affection uotshawas blind to bis crimes. How the'veH had been'aad> deply UKed from her eyu,.and how ahe hod seed -hfih.ln all his tuaepns deformity. In this manner she begnilsd the time, jmlU the hour arrived for them to leave for the dty. 'Enieilng a oar< riage thev were but a ahort time In reachUig it ahd tile vablola went rattlteg down Broadtrsynt* rapid pace. - ' ' ' i,«7wSS^iJ''"j' *^'<'''^'"»" brother's phae Of 1»nal. nesiUMsldenLane,"add Helolse. ■ <■ "Why BO 7" -, ' ns'iSy Si^lght'^'^^ aomeUmea "Let OS go there by sU means then." ♦.f'i'iL'.Jf^JTi crTeratolhe ooadmian, and in a S-riS??^' ""'if^* "opped at the comer of Broadway and StiJ aoMMiaed from the vehido, and proceeded SaJI?. ^S.i*li*l,V"'"?8h*tte onfoot They soon resohedthe H.'S?'? 8l»noed through the grated door to aee if there was sought bumtogiaLnke AverlU's private office. But an TOB dark, fiywhldi she know that he was net thuSr^ "There Is nothing left for as now.'bntto goat once to tha house on the Five Polnta. He must hi there." '^ ~»" ''^Id' ^ou not say BomeUiing -about taking some polloemea "Tes, they are wdtlng for as at the Puk now." - "We had better walk to (be honae, we can Join the officers on the wsy." - ■ "Tbat wlU be the best way-let ns lose no time. It is now holf-past eleven," They had turned their faces towards'-Brotdway when they heard a atrange knocking under their feet ' ~ ■ "What te that?" asked HdoUe. "It is evidently some one knooUng nndemeath the pave- ment("repUed Bobert AverlU bending down his head to Usten. -The knocking-was contlnqsd andlfwos new more loud ond distinct then before. "TUere is some one confined in the eeUar," edd Hdolse Uils Is some new vUIany of Luke AverlU's." "We most force the door open," replied her companion, shoklhgthe gAted door with all his might—but it was entirely too'Srm to yield to on effort like.thot - . . '•Ton bod better run for the peUcemenwho ore walttoii'iii the Park; they wlU soon effect an entrance." : " ; Bobert AverUI^dld aa he wis requested, leavlog Halblsb stand- ing on'the pavement wdUng his relam. In th« meanwhUs the knocking continued as loud as ever. ' Hdolse wdted some time and her companion did not return. She waa about to leave the spot to search for him when she saw a rough looking man accompanied by a negro approaching. It happened to be one of the Condave, with whom- she-was-waU acqudnted, and who had already rendered her many little services. "Pierce," exclaimed Helolse, the moment 'she saw Um— "you are the very man I want There Is some one cOnfiiled in the cellar, underneath.the pavement where we stand. So yoa not hear a knocking?'.' . "I do:" . . "I want you to break Into this house and release this inan, whoever it may be." "ItshoUba done, Modom," sold Pierce, and asslsted'by ths ^negro he soon effected an ehtranca. As luck would have It the first thing he stumbled on was s candle; by the dd of •■■mmttlh ha lighted it, and bent his steps in the diiectlon tirom which the knocMng continued. He soon fonnd his way down into the Cd- lar, and opening tba door entered, followed by the negio. Hold- ing up the light,' he discovered tliat the person who was in con< flnemsnt was Jordan, the deteotlve'offlcer, who >he reader wUl remember waa thrust in there in a seneelesa condition by Luke AvedU a few hours before^ He hsd remained completely inaend- ble untu within the laat few mlnutea.' 'When he hod reooyered his Benaea sniflolenily to know where he was, he knocked on the celling of the odUr with a pole that he hod fqond there, and had thnk, as we have^aeen, attracted Hdolaa and Bobert AverlU's at< WhUs Jordan was explaining thla to Pierce, Bobnt AterUl, two poUoeman, and Helolse entered the ceUar. A few words served to inform them- or aU that had passed. The revelatloa made them only determined more than ever to bring so fearful a villain as Lok* AverlU to JusUce. H«lolse whlspered-to Fleroe to the charms of tto scene. Eveirnowand then the .horiautoi, ^hitu^olld bTb^for ffm to abSSniSdT JOrSTSS: of scythes could be heard fortteywere mowlngthe grass to HStliUvftdeSSwdhJawlu^^^ party. , - ' . With the exception of Pierce and the negro, they aO bent their Bteps to the mysterloos house In the Five Poihte. ■" OHAPTEB XZXVin, . . . ■ HXnX HOBDIUXT—TBE STORE DOITOEOH-n. BT-S.—SEl^SLT SnUNXSS-r-T^E PIHOS OP BVXaiB—BEMBT »'«",'«»« THE rolE' IR BZ8ZBVS rOB Bllf—BIS SBBPiIB-l'B&. <IbiES rOB BSLF—TXABTUL TOBBBODIXaS—HIS TEBBOLB SUV#SBIHaS— THE DBKAU OF riEBTt IMD FBOmSIOH—TBE BEtLITr. We must now return to Henry Mordannt, whom we are afraid our readers wlU accuse us of negleoUng, It wlU be remembf red that when his dungeon filled with water, he took refuge on the atepa whloh led up to a door; and when the fihld waa abont to. overwhelm him he fdl heavily aialnat the door through wUdi Hayhew, oluu Luke Averlll, hod disappeared. That taU aaved him from drowning, for, strange to asy, his hand came in con- taot with some secret spring, ana the door flew open, leviealiiBg a short flight of stone steps. In a moment'our hero had sosud these, aifd he then fonnd himself in another etons dungeon, which had the merit, however, of bdns perfectly dry,' The wa> ter rnshed upon the stens steps when toe door was oMned, and, rebounding flrom the waU, cloaed the door sgain with some'Tlo. lence, so that oomparatlvdy speaking, Only a amaU quantity of water entered-^by no means Bufflotent to reach the cavern la which Heniy now stood. In a few mlnntes hs recovered himself suffldently to be able to look around bin. He found that the dnngeon.ln whloh he stood was built entirely of atone. They were bngerongh blocks, and appeared to have been put together in s very primitive manner. The celling was quite lofty, the walls were round, and light was received by a smaU window, exactly oppcdte. (he door by whloh he had entered. By the light, he knew It waa'morning.. At first he thought it very early, fram the hdt obsourlty of the dungeon; but as it grew no lighter an hour or two afterwards, he .found that the Ught whloh entered the window was only borrowed, and . he Jadged when he had enteted the oovem it must have been broad daylight m one comer of the dungeon waa a paUet and mattress. u> the middle ot the stone floor was a teble and chair, Benry'a first movement wae to take the chair to the dde of the dasgeon who^e the window wis situated, and endeavor to reaoh the opening by atendlng on the chair, He found, however, that Ito apparent heUbt wu very deoepU<ve, for even with the chair plaeed on the teble he was stiU a long distance fkom it When he had satlafled hlmsdf tbat thoio were no means of sso4>e that way, he began to exomine bis dungeon more nonpwly.' In a small recess he found a oandle stick, containing nearly a whole candle, and some motohes 1 but thla was oU. After the. most.lnl-. nuto'seareh, he could diBOover noUiIogmore. His present dtm- geon differed very much'item his former one, from the fkot that ft wasory. There was none of the dampness he bad at first .BO- tlced in the D, by B. ohamber, and it was evident no water ever entered here. * -'^ Henry fdt chilled and cold, his olothes were saturated wlth.wa- ter,'and, in apito of his strongoonstlluilon,' he fait an ioy feeling creeping through hia body, ^e suddenly remembered thst ex. erclse inmld prevent any uOorlous effecte ftom his Immeitlov in (he water, and that insttnot of aelf-preeervatlon.whioh hever leaies us whUe we have life, mode him walk raplaly round and lotmd his dungeon untU feootion waa produced. At lost he wss obliged to oease from sheer exhausUon, ahd dtting down on the chair he leaned Us heod on the table, and endeavored to'collect his thoughte. The recent peril from whloh he hod so miraonlonsly escaped, inspired him with hope. Could be escaps ftoia his preaent plaoeof confinement? Wss.there any hope of leueir Would hfs fHends, when they missed him, seek for him and find him in this place? Such were the quesUons he addressed to himself, an<f to which hs endeavored to give a aaUataotory an^ wer. We are aU so apt to try to cheat ounelves thot on evM»t wUl turn out according to our own wishes, that we always Mia plenty of BciihiaUcated arguments to selUo too motter saUdko. torUy to ourselves. This was the cafe with Henry; he bad no dUSculb^ whatever in giving a hundred difformt wtehe should be released, an^ redty, for Uie ttoe being, ttemnrtrwed -; him so thoroughly that suoh would »h» Bjtna*^ Ua reverie-was flnlshsd he grew «nl'a«h»S*'^l .^••?Jl?i''25 ono»sown in (bo heart germinates oulcklr, »he Bert hdf hour he'palnted a ffundred ddlghUoI pictures of the futore. AU atonceadgnmcant and »^«««•'J'"* ""^Jl^Sr the moment he had noticed It ni»dB him wondw why It hadea- Sped WaobBervatlon before. This (Oct was the deothllke, gtayt- SilUlnMswhGh reigned oronn* bim. When he was stUTjiot a 'l^i^Zni'ZM^he^Ti^l^u the atUlnes. ^. tjobj TheeUflhtest noise lie Bodo waa exaggerated, the WMdWrais . fwlstSSon the stone pavement reverberated round Uie drralar £?dBi»appe»S»a V'O'S.' baokas if «iSfV2S5ataaa rJuik Md^d not fin.. :t .There was scmatttog .ttg^tU wall*, kuvM. »j outlet and could ihlM abseaee of Uia. It aoon had a most deprtaOg < '" 'J:-