New York Clipper (Nov 1863)

V ; AMERICAN SPORTING AHD; THEATRICAL JOURNAL. NEW. YORK, SATQfiDAt; NOyEMBES 28, 1868. {yOI«. ZI«-Ble.3a. PBioii nx cwrei,- ISE. OI^BiIB OF ISE; FAIB; p^TlHOi WITH TBB OUU. W« M»V«. • jOTMttT lOB MM mw TOM ounn, • •BVBII EHiaHT." M ^i. .«»<amuiMOf ibe •ztcMtdlaur .daauA for thU, earl i.V.tP^I^or.we ■!• ooBpMcIroiitof ttit noDberooB-l >f ?.^S!?S£Su xa lUniu tnbntm tbftt tU lur b« ft^^ rgS|^y.OTSSto fll»" we hwwlth lepert wM rtmiM.] IMZBODVOTIOn. \ :■ '- • . ipBi loJllei* otew wMft we th»t erer net— '%uT«irop«n-Iie*rt«diBen.«]4tnet ■ ^^''a«S5ieKiirno«ir.UTOJymtl»i«t. . ' rrmiTMa (go, wbem mar etoh one now be t ' vidL La&D itrle. I'm UtIiw end in debt; . "XZl onei (IM > wu k>tt fir ont *t le*; '.''.'STbutb tei fiUktt-tiut ii, tnnM oonlrutar. . ■ n, ■ . It *ai t til Ttu* (IDO* ^* together, ; ; w»n aoei memorrplotnrefcfto the night; W to Iheaiaet of ohlfir Winter we»to«*. ' ' bSib OBT prtttT room'twM wina Md bright . jtaoSTlmVe eU-TiijlM, ihllHBgo^agee, whethsr 'luS, or deeUi iJun ietfmj morWeldl, lulieom. tliit dab, inl eB the fU ^(om • theme to keep mr eplrit gted. m. . , •ShoM hoBii ere deed, ud eniel »ite hu throwft moBM In the ptth where rosea bUMmed, AndietIettH&»tthoro«etaibli)wii, ' jUthouhtotteMonthomihenee&rlhl'adooned. T. -.Mirijfhniiii I dteeuL jometlgm elone. Ot in ttieie thing*, noi t'Te ftt lift pienmed ato dot oor word! enddeedi downoa thji piper- g^>..ll Ml mlna'^ioiili-wordi light M TMW*. 9(U a toU you wo were fsnr; ewih h^e n»me, Twe being ChiUtliu In e ohrlitbn Uod) otBotdsuilngtoobttlnthefune AttMhed to tmamen—yon wUl nndmtaad-'' Ve thouht 01 of ow book!, end Died the lame n?lMle»niedm6ne»n'tdoAiUoteB)»nd. «eft>iindthit"a)nb"faiaieek (wh>toonUbeM«t«ct) 'VuEeppe.Lunbdi.TrpillonindBet*. . V. • ■ 8»eMh*depled«whlim»dijibwu One of theletten of the miglo wnd, Ifhkh cISBg to him like t tobiooo flime. OUIembd»wM»ttTeIrblrd, ^ ^obonghtoninunindflttadnptheioom; Xto him enr flneetlou oRen we retemdt ; And UDeUonwueoand: hot br mora depper Okin fctthei* wu he we ehrWaaed uppe. •n. WdL when the things were fixed, we hftd to meet J TodnwoarBT-TAWiapindOonitltatUiD; j - . IVhlch tiM tbeal SI brief ei It wu Beet, We dropped sll rhstoilo and elooatloB. TTwsi thos: Eioh nm shill tell s tal^ or tmt> \ Whene'er we met; md tbit one whose effmloq Wu deemed the wgitt,Uillshonldohiaae to 1 V Bbonld bajjIgMB-gM nqaar Jar thtnjgb' . • TO. BcmaohforlntradooUon.' Nowrafpoie Thit TOO were sested In the room, {nxi;. InflilhlesndghoetJlke; No one knows How stuih yoo'd hanrtheielB, 700 laekf i Joit ns your ghoatty een, yepr speetral no- ToiOd ee regaled with wUiky-aklnB inl 1 ' Bat yoall please taste not, tonoh not, haBdte not, ■ Tor itaryoar knowledge will be soon ftrgof THE FIBSt TBI.' Iistbds remarked 'twas oold onUde—yes, And so we pUed the ooala Utile higher; . Kappa oime m and btooght some ToOk and J ElseBtnnoe, be aisniMLroaaedkot oor li We took a drink and alt <w somewhat merry. Srlak llqnor hot and by a rooUilg fire On Winter nights, U yon woold know what Jo j; Is WBatinM meted oat iHlhont alloy. We tslktd and laoghed, and when ont sUbb w| And alter wo had llgbted oar olgara. And eaten qnlle a lot of ahestanH, roiilsd, And diank eaob other's'beslth, and blessed W" tuned to E., who freqnently hid bosatsd Ot fbOUni glxia, and flitting with their ma'i Ahlaiked Blm If he wouldn't Are away Ann t«Il OS the first story of the day. X. , . lMUhewMadapp<rllttleman, ' Oood looking, too, 'With bright andjipart And one of thoee klnd,natnrM. whim we 0 Xot often see below ihe angel's akles; Bat Ibnd of blowing when he onoe began, And any oae he greatly sonid snipnse 'He ihnys gate himself fttU share ot glory- Bat let tUt pae sad listen to the atoiy. Itcutel Fitais; XL lllttlet ••Bon, when I Uiad In York I knew a : 'J. loreiy, iritohlng, brown^yed (Our oloie attention he had won ■ "^e had a hasband older than By fall a score of yean; bnt he kept ahidy, ' And gne Us time to gathering fllthKWf; Au Ike, whose years had searoely nnSibere^ DldUka t* fllrt-the loier being pl( lered twenty, '1. at Ihst tIm^ wsi rather ihort.if moner, AfaUlng vhloh I baTin't qalt^got OTer; Asa I dUooTewd ODiy thoie whi'd won a BiBliiIenoylnTorkoonldUTeflnoloTer: - «o I oosoelred a plan—yonll think It foany— •Of being anUllUrlanloTeB.' ni ten yoa how It wai, I gqrpiy fixtotei AniDgad and tried my hJ^d at palntlBg plotoni. '''^t I*, I beaght a«ilatte indiome thlngi, Aaa knowing how todraw, won learned their om; '£<>e>idwailc;i^, that U an arUat brings .Vunt and dUttnotlon like the Terydeaoe. . M hummed poor tnnei-an artist always sings— ■taA thus prepared for this my Ultle rue) igotu InttodaoUon to the lady, nroDgh Dl^ my oonitant tHend, one ptoaiant Kay day | • 117. "I giTs mjitu a good, hUh400|iaing namei' Aad uikefi Kith euygnoaaboat fine artas. ■^Btde her think that I wu known to mSi»- trfuT^ ?r ^ *>>A ■oheek' In eqnal puts, ''■^(wikfliuiyiniedtheiaailr , iL';'^ oonvlnoed—thoagh In her heart of hearts.. imuk she felt ay thoaghu did lomeiut boidec Wwre; bot for aU than got an Older' Ion nnuntheitmihlnCof their smiles, Upon bnbtt for votes, or dewi (that'i oU) (Mm He»T«B.. jnm lo^ the belt In som« light 4reai, ott low- ^TjMdopd the sutement wu with ne, Tet the look ot BtioUef, and tk« glow BABNET WILLIAMS Ibsh ConcDUK. For Blogrqitiloal Sketott, B«e another Oelanm. nUoh III bar tioo I oonld not <U1 to see. Plamp, whlt»«klBnad beantlei are not loth to ahow Thair anoolden, and in fut, 'twere wone than folly Xo Ilk laoh woman not to drai deeoDe. xvii. *4o, at her sUttng nmnber oneL I frand] Ber dressed In Tary anU-Qolker style. I ean't desoilbe her luir, her eyas, her round White anal, her sannal Hps, her innny smile. Her snowy bresst, whkifa swelled si thoofh 'twinris boont Ko bMu away from thti Its dnranee we: ' Ball 0, re gods 11 aak what wonder li It That I shomd make an extra lengthy Tlslb avuL ••Undoabtedly'til tme that women hold A higher moral plaoe on earth than men; They're not so nogUistlo, nor so bold. Are more 'reNrug,' as a role; bat then Bonutlmes we And tbek blood will flow leu oold. And In that ease, parttonlarly when Xm. ohanoe to be a mToiUe, ysaH dlsooTsr Zbey oome half-way to meet a boUUfaoe^IoTVh..,. ' "'('■": ■ •'Atleait'twuaoinmjoaie. Ihadfoond Bome things aboat ttls la<b:-4ae<r mggeitlOBl, As hu beenlblBted-ljy.whlcii I inlnred' ' It wonld be ssfa to pat some leading qaestlani: And'she wu looh a pietty little bird. Among the flnest-Iooklng, and the l>est one I erer saw, whloh wu a doe Inoentln' Pot maklag lore and being tolta attanttre. "flo I oemmenoed my painting and Ioto maUng At the aame time, one pleaiaat aflamoon,- Twu when the bads of Hay, ao long in waUng, Had bloomed into the tagiant flower* of tme, That I wu paid f&r an my great pains taking, in tan yon how U happened Teiy won; Bat that my olosliu may in grandeor bnnt, in make my morauilBg statements flnt ••Heal married women lore the Joys of lor^ And Ifthelrspoosea ohanoe to be old nan, - And they good looking, "vlrtae'i like a glora" With them, drawn on and taken off again Aa ohanoe may dlotala. Ahl the botfk aboTe, In whlA onr aotloni are leoorded. nhtai VnfoUlng to oar wondering iplrlt gaze. Will ahow qoeer dolngi in these latter dayt. "I thooght a m'ooMnt'wliat her liaskaad'i ire Woold be if he ihonU ohaaoa to oatoh me there: How Jealooly doth ronse a snoaldering fire. Bnt plarina with the long braids of her hair, I fUt my half made "laws ot right" expire; And so I Uoed again the wliUng fair. And pressing to my heart her hasTlBg breast I—boys, pleHs plotnre to yonrtetres the reat" Hem Lambda started ont to get some aheny, For Kappa seemed to hare a lengthy tela In store for as—we'd drank the Tom and Jeny, Beildee imbibing freely of old sl«. We jait began to fe«l a UtUa menr— In Caott' good drlnki in oopioni drraghta ne'er lau To ronse the Jolly spirit In one's hain. And rloher life to erery soene Imput. xxn. We ,%nnd the 0hmj tolattble^stoS, - TSfwaebest; butwii estafaLtobedlTldedaqnaUyamotigat thsmr at hli death; bit It ooBtabed a ipedal elaase, that any of them laarlng him before natitlma, bnder any olronmalaacu whatarer^ shoald be eat off ftMn lhe benefits of the beqoeit, and bat, ahare dlatilbnted aaoBAOe others; and another oUnae:flirther atlpnieled that any addition to their nambarahonld be Inolnded In the daed. Tortiuae reasons, seUah u they were, they had resolrad that ■e ahoBld nat,^o long u Itwu In their power to prsTant It, bring any aldlUonal members into his seraglio; bntAeiaoen< SkfiSS?',! 5?"? °' thomartyes lafBolentfor unlan'i.labty. "newea hard, however, by piomlsu at aecreoy, to lodnoe tbem !S.?'!'7£'*° escape, bit feir ot the oonseaaenoea detatted IS!I*fJS'£.''TS" ""oy «' Oolon^Twho ml^iit ifJiSS'-^fSiS?".?*"'' they felt saoare so long *i|Ou »«™itwas beside them, aa he knew the possHile danger ha la< torttUMoSl*^*^ ^ conduct jwjr&e;tham «^?S5Sir^'*\"?°lf">'"'"«y theOolonal'aaimi ^^2iK5S2f »<" prsTeBted;'b3 ley eUowed him to petpetrita the oilme be meditated, and had T^il^>. iTT^ ifoji-jiimw ,us gniuB US miwiwan, ana Itep'S^^oXS^erSi^'' uiMuiiii, fciiiHi nil mm and the bornlaie openednp tohar a new phase In bis character, and aha was not thaonato'hoU noh an advantage wlthodt makbg nae of It. JTom what aan taken place, ahe leaned that they hod some mvsterL— hold npon him which rendered him powerless to protect himself against them; and from eipiesalons which had tUoen from their llpi, she gaeaaed that he was implicated In a way whloh made it dasgerone for blm to resist IhelT demands. ' ^ Bat the Colonel had not fotgoetm nor forgiven her Intarttrenoe when, by her timely aid, ahe rescnad LUllan from hia aiaaolt; and petalanUy woald upbraid her with havteg. by her oendhot, deprfvadhimofapleaaarehehadwroaghthardtoobtaln. How, however, ebe retorted npon him, In ton, and made blm Mare howmnoh hewu in her power, > He wu lying one day.hli head reclining In her lap, and bis Angara playing with the long blank tresses whloh hang la beanteoni piotosioa over bar ilattai ter ae«k and bosom, when adddenly ahe exclaimed, in a tone of voice indicating a flrmneaaot panose which conld not eioapa titm *— • "Tea moat get rid Of lilOian Hetbert" "Varzattal'^he cried, atartliig to his feet, "what meta jronl whatdoyoaaay?" .-, "Ton most get ltd of unian," aha repeated, lii;a calm and an> Impaatlooed manner. ->•: ■: .. .1°^ "Uareetta, yoa ask too mach." "I ask too little,"! And I In drinking wlna am no ways green. Bnt u It wu we took a hamper, and Oonoladed that man's life wu aU too bdat - To wute among tha Porltanio band. leriiapi'twu wrong, and we may came to grief Tat pamog at oar "Oondhu"—first rate brand— ' And drinking sllngs. Can't help Itl I'duUef .; So so, u live a hypocrite exlstenoe, Thoagh in the end my lOBl goes down some distance. Xbe intemynun being over, we Drew np in order, giving dne attantlon To hear what Eapn's other sorapes might be. With that fine lady whom ws'd heard blm mentlOD. , Bat Lambda, always ihrswd, inqnlred if he Woold not out alioit the rest; a great wtaaaloa Of time we eonld not give; for eaoh desired To tan hIa tale befcxo the tnob retired. 'WtsrifttsaytesfteKs-fai VroB niae by meaning 7U I'and ssying <«o I On Wednaaday night yonng Lawranoe, (now in HeD) Who'd told his wlhttat ha molt do Some work Mich wu of greatifflporlano^ still T6uid time to oonrt a pretty widow, who To mrlaiting woe Itaantenoad, tto." Hera BaU lnterpoiad:-"Kow. look here I I want my storlw like my whiskey, plain; There's Kappa patnUng like a toolbar aeer Thajoys ot heaven, and heU'a outngeooi pain. This mnat ba stojoed.>>• li^^ baylha beer. Wa want no Bwdenborglan, half Insane Ftodnottoas of that kind; soflie'awajl" And Kappa took tha hint and aald his say. XXIV. "Wan, ahe had on a low-neoked dress, her bast Wu half oottoealad, yet could I not bat know What atioBg temptations to man'a yielding dnit Ware hidden In the deep reoeu below. lam a moral man—quite ao, I trosti Bat when a woman's breut la white u snow. And she hu too a charming foot and leg, Honllty knocks under Jul a peg. XXV. . . "I know If s aU qnlte good, this metal taaohlBg, Vor sermons, essays and didaoUo rhyme: But piaotlaing Is harder muoh than preiohing, And men do fall firam virtue oft to erlme. . t oMght a stranoh old mondlst onoe reaohing Bis arm twund a lady's waist: and time Bu taaght me that true moral men are rare ' As pure ohampatine, or real sea serpents ate. XZVT. ' •'Btkt aomethlag eti« at that time bothered ma— WonU it aoooM wllh aiy oompanlona' taste. It I iKinild San right tn-la very bee, ' lad put my arms around her npelewalstt X thonih) a moment, then reaolvel to sea; Oondudad dahgen ^uldkeit fled when tteed. Bo on the spot I olaiped that waist so small. Ska blishsd, lookedtovlng, smiled, and that wu aU. ■ xilVn..'.,, •Tes, ant bnt^twu sneosh, t taltjnrtthia ThatoUftnlUoBolthyMMwuneu) . And, answer ma, ye honest AUsw men, Wonld you have Called to whisper in Wear Bome words of mora than Mendly love T and when . Bha sighed, would you've not huiged hat wUhout tMT, And pressed npon her pretty moutSn Uss, And drawn ttom ruby lips long draughts of .bUas t . \ XXVZXZt '. fij anil then I frant mora quick drawn sighs ^ Were aU the answer that aha made. BerOhatw 1 At«nsed my passions; her rich, langald ayes Looked •ensoaUy bright I've seen soma fanni . Shal did approaoh pertaotton: bnt then llu . .. WUhln that wamaa'a bosom, aeok and anu, ■ore of the Ideal grace and wondrous beaaty Zbw m bs(M* lumed snlng man boB dafy. "O.bothaiatlonI" Eappaoried, "doB'tUowl I gnea I know how snoh' things should be done; Tbla liquor gtvw my words an extra flow, Infaotiignessttdeeetoeveryone: ' Bnt I'U be brief u poudble, slthough For maiv daya I old enJoy the fun Ot ithloh I (peak;" and Lambda aald no more, BntBrambledtohlmsalf "OhI whatatarc/" "Xha picture got on slowly. When I next Oallad on n^ pretb auhJeet, her I fbund Hnksged In reading Byxon'e amorous text; Bna tried to hide tha volume at the sound Of oomlag footsteps, and seemed somewbat vexed: But when she saw the arUitwuaronnd, . Bke smiled a welcome, ottered me a leat, And said ahe had aitjoyed a bookish treat. •■Upon a (<<< a she hslf-ieolined. In that voloptaons attitade ot easa ■SnMk ladles. It they're young and pretty, And bbTaUoddsthesnxeetoneto pleese. ' It's wholly in aocoidanoe with my ndnd; But then the Uttle witohes Uke to tease A'faUow, too,. They ahow a pretty ankle. And hide the leg—one's spirit It does rsnkle. s TO SB aORTIBnBD. THE XJBERHIE ABS his VICIIM; OB, THE BOO! OF 1BE PROIUfliTEi A TALE OP IHI UQBIS AHB B^P^B Or nW TOBK UR . liOya, AVP OBUKBi Tha Tlmtr6, 'Taif; BIng, and Bsgnlo. ' ■aiuaa ixmtiuc Ma nst xnr tou ouvm, aHUTEB XTL uiuuM saaam's n«noioas—m will—iubzrta tm tbs ooMwab^iR ofna or tuaaiaoa—wo oomfouioii, omiw lov mtr-A Bou> STBosa— bux laa nosn one 1 oood job— m. ■tnaaWKsnii nr a xoer oottropiaBU ruox— tbb sua axa, suiua or a itoR oMonroBTiaLa smTanoR—iioiu ms wkTOH AiiD Komr, Mm oms a bit oold— auniiia bodbi Fiar amoioBBs MWanos naa doom— raoii a bbd or nowx so a bid or aoox-snann has to lib wnii tub Baasr— BILL BILL SHU. OB TBS TBAOX. BmoB the attempt by Ooloael Vraioh to oemmit an onlrage on inuaa Herbert ahe had always fbund In Uanetta, the Spanish giil,attuefrland and ptoteotor; and. Indeed, the rut of the (irlihad shown snoh aUadl^ spttlt towards her,th]^ 'sheMt oompaiBltvely seeura from any further vlolenoe on bis pari They never pemitted her to ba alone, end even firing the nigfat one of them always Shared her oonch. They assigned u a rea- soai tor this, that they had leaned her hlatair and hkd deter. Bkiad to savs her,ao long as itwu in their power, bat that they dare net openly attempt to release her, u li would oonpromlse them. BeBeateat ealtraly upon tha Oelenel tor support, he had aome UmtMlktvBiadeawilliinwhkh he bad left them Ui scire she replied. •ifonoannot be serious. • Why take you such-an-Inteffst la this gill 7 what matters U to you whether she remaliialiaraor notr ■Hid yon not make her an oiffer of manlage?" "TmI whatthe;i?" "It ever yon do marry, I must be tha bride." ' "Ton I Kuzetts."^ "Ihavesaldlt" "Kaizetta. what madness hu taken poasesalon ot yont what slUy dream is this that bu entextd yonr btalnt Jfattyycnl Ha I' ha I And what wonld Bebecta, Jeaila, Hary; snd Annatta say to such a proceeding t" "They need never know." "How oonld that be prevented ?" "By car leoiet nuptfala and they mnat take pUoe, loonet or later; and no oae need ever be the wlaer, nnleu yon obMse to make it pnbUo during your Ufttbne.' After your deaUi—'' ' • "Ahl what then? yon calcnlala npon that already!!' ' "Attar your death. It I lunlve yoa,'it must ba made pubUo." "Whyao?" ' "Becauae I ahaU then be the inheritor ot your estate." "Never I by heaven I" "Be not rash in your, assartlosi. I shsUI" andManstta, drawing herself up to her full height, glued upon tha Oolonel with a smile, In which trlanph and bate were combined. ' •Huzetla, yon are not Toniielf, to^y." 1 have P9t been myself for a lonp, long time—never slnoe lha lime when, an innocent and belpleae girl,- you tote me (tommy paienta' hone; and <tn my retora to Ufa found myselt a polluted, ' .H>ing-ai1ettmto jBgt. iin) i rMlrt l a y ft A ( miaHl P) M/ n - 'HliB&lAVEul nbwUla7pp'<;aiihliig; Ton bav^emota^ time In the Indnlgenoe of your brutal paaatons-^assfons wbfoh do not seem to blunt, but only become the more ffeioe and loalh- eomeu age oreepe npon you: but the time la now at hand, and yoa oannot avoid your deem." ■ "And who ahaU compel ma totakeapartiathlslntetaitilig plot'" . "LlatenI In the first place, there Is Lillian. What a wonder- fol seautlon it would oreatoware It tmmpeted forth thatOalontf French, the long tried'tHend of WilllanrEerbett;'hkd.robBad him ot his chUd for the porpoae of prosUtoHog her to'hls llMn* tlonideslresl Eow wooM the Colonel then appear before the >nbllo,or howwopld he eqjoy the luznry of aprisont Than, hereare yonr IntrigueswllhUadamaBouil; andlubthough not leut there are certain aectsta between you.and the burg^ who paid yon a visit a few olghta since, and which in your sleep rou oannot keep to yoaraaU;tbat might be very unpleasant .to !lavarevealed.'' .. " ."Hal what know you of these?" - - "EnbuRh to oansa you to tremble, aa yon now do." Uatzetu had succeeded well in herplan.forbyoauslBgthe Colonel to beUeve he had batiajed himself, and she ksAwlie could not guese how much, ahe had blm the more folly in bsr power. The Colonel, m ine proceeded In her obargea'asalnit bUn, felt that ehe had Indeed anarad him In a net, the meatus'of whloh he could not rend; hlsfkoagiewuby lnllahna,aBdM ehe, wltti cunning mlnatoneaa, detillBd her knowledge ot bis difficulties, large drops of persplr^on stood upon his brow^and H she ooncluaed he aanlc Inw a chair, unable ia oonttM Us emotions. ^^.^'- * . Uarzetta at a glance eomprahended the valuf .of the tthfmph She had achieved, and satlafled that she had given him sufficient tor oostamidatlon to answer her puipotu ibr tha prueaib a!b- mpt^ quitted his pceaeneer - • t The Oohmelwsi much affected by theperlls of his poaltloniaad could not shut his eyu to tl^iat that be wu no longer hia p^n master. Surrounded on aUTnti by danger, and dictated to on every hand by those he had>kft aooostomea to look npon ai Ui tooli, he tdt he wu descendid^to the degrading position of a slave; bnt he wu nets man to tmialB long inao&ve, and, like a lion at bay, tendered fnrloas by the attacks of. his. tormentors, hemsdeup his nlnd for a bold stroke to rid hlmseU ot his enemies. ■ .'. Tae ume eveningtcnad the Colonel doaeted in a prltau room of the Emerald Honee with Its proprietor, the rtisnlt of whlsh vms that a messenger wudlspatobed to Wllllamabnrgh.' Ontha Bight foUowlBg, be appeared at the aame plaoa aiQlfound a gnlda In waiting; who led hun over to Brook]yn,where,1n the'house In Atlantlo street In which Barney had found retage when he es- caped froid the fiieman, the Colonel foond BUI Jackson In expeo- tafion of his visit, "Tell, Setnsl,'ow U yer? LooUn' Up top-«lad toseayart •Opes u 'ow yer don't bear any 111 win for our little wlilt t'other night; but blanus, Kemal—blaneu must be did.'* ' .v u. "Never mind. Bill, we wont say any more abopt that,-alUicun I think you came down lather bard upon a frl*nd;^nV be-that u It may, I have got something for yoa nowthat wOl pay. ypu muohbettei^provlded you do the right thing-do yoa unda*. stand?" . . - "Iiathetthlnksldou,soft*-butoutwlthit'' . • "You know Bfadame Boud-sha moat.be sot oat of the my." xAnrthin'to oblige yer;" and with a wink he made a .slonlfl* oantdgnulf ontSig his tkroat. Ilie ColonelshuddaMFsnd Axclsimed:*- • ■« "No, nol—no bloodi there hu beaa enough of that; but Est pouessloa of her, snd do with her u yon please: but kS er not—neither let her trouble me aioie." -' "Tbataintvetydlfflonlttodo. Bhalsanleehlndotawoinaii, and I gueu I could mako her conkforlabia in my little shanty t 1 thinks u 'ow she'd be wety glad to keep qplet. theteVkaeln'.M shevoaldn't like to risk her neokbyblabbln'ont—butvatl*^ vardvlU yer offer for this)' • ■' v L "Of that I wlU speak afterwards. ,Tliexe is another Job, anf • mote dlfllonlt one, in which' I desire' your sasistaBce. xro we aware of oertatn peonUarlUes la my estabUalmient,' and thatlatte aie beanUu there which, tor my amuaement, I keep aiouia m^ One of thus, a Spanish girl, bu, I boUev^ lost her senses, ^ I waat to find a'qnlet place whete aba oan be kept so u to ladle? able to masage It" ••I aae ta, tha Bpsnlah "Vy.myotoNfiAmflU alnt got wary inuchaoomnmodaHon.for dlM;but,perwldedttwo8Biadevoithmyti«uble, I mightbe ■ to manage It" ■ . . ■ i,., win pay you five hondred dollaie, on yjurseourtts BoutI, and five hundred more on yonr dlaposlng of suottt- yousalf In the um^ solemn' and w thtfmand, <Mi your blbdltas __juier that nellher theyaqVfpa teaU aver, by wort o; dMd,iiObMpioiDlae me ta tovsUg!^ manner, or In any wayfionblemeagaiB; wMla. onmyparL I ihannarantee tlut under no ciioumataBcu ahan anyaotrf minetendtoyeur ii4aty,or aohurtof any of your oompn- '"^Ten, thafa fair and eqnara,andv«ni«nitabaryato/'iMUa BUI, who wu wen enough awaiei5**h«t>>y,«»»»MMl*;"% an arrangement, got the Colonel stm firlher Into his power. Af Ibr whatlha OotoSel might do to him he Wu not mwl aljsld * havtan too much at stake himselt "But," ooattnued BUI, «w are we to Ml the girl ont of TOnr house f" ' ^'....^ kt "That wm bS a matter fcr attar ttonght TonmnrtfifJ": lead to Hadtme Bonri; when yen have mansgsdwimhstk-iai me know, and I shaU be prepared for the real" ...... u,» "Thart settled then; Hpna yer daddle on the bftj*' and BUI Lid o?t iu hand tor the Colonel to t^eJtoU ot TUS vm ntttr too much tbr hia eauutlnUy and h» shtBBk MB lbs