New York Clipper (Jun 1878)

^ON THE PIER.AT NICHT. _ , , _-.M-.««aitott Uie rim there; 5«*?:22^orrbjtlimlc tad tender. itf^SHatBi the boEMroas ocean: UNTEW YORK:, S-A_TXJIID-A.Y, J-CJlSrE 8, 1878. (VOlLitrHSI' til Mini U)a9*inc»""■uiiMii.w — S¥*JS5SS»S ttuelem eommoUon. li^!rsdiiilini„ 32»ludBythea£rp«. ratting "limib'nituly, iW'rSi^Bilglit lie "00 «i» sleeplnc. IttSttSMSd put all oiir taowlDgl gKigl^ CbiiJt to forglTe ber; fl^firtbm tni once-cberijhed dBnghtan <Ur, ^SiSMBniitU boM wms bat aaba; aSSS/SJi^tb^ ■^'^."owinii initen then. rZdMdefitia OhosUy lU beauty Li— *MtfMf^ to the deep. «Uent riTer. ot lore to Toa? How lonip hmw^yoa regarded my devotion In the Ugbt ot triendahlpt" said Arclile, awmnilng an almoet icy tone. *^ou must oimsa- me." lie contlnaed as ahe covered tier face wltb bo til hands to hide the revelation he would other- wise have seen written there. Bhe was ashamed to let him know her flcklenees. He waited a moment for her anewer. bat a stilled sob only.met his ear. Inanlnstant his arm was aroond her, his resentment all gone. "What la It, my IllUe Paal.7 Have I ^ven yoa canee lor tearaT JJ m flJnoUdd WOi t i y SJaiffiZ — I lo-iugilF—to oner a hrlght tatnre for your accept hat _ , accepl- I find yon so changed I dare not I^Bft dcrtlnr ihAt ftbopcaoor endi. . Imbleviiiemumnll.-SBiKDPUBB. IIUidLetolle ut In bis llnle shop engaged rUlffnkoC making and mending harness, amb, In a merry voice ho aang snatches itU tna± var-eong; for he had been a sol- ]il!ili)mg«rday8..snd the Are ot patilot- ItantdwlUi In his breast. As he flnlsh- 4ifavork and arose to hang away the ■ ipea vhlch he had been working, the i in (djolnlDg room was opened and a M Bebe tace, with abort carls clnsterlng KI bnad, pun blow, pearly teeth gUtter- I eonl Upe, was tbrost In. .Ba»pn,"aald a voice, sweet as the IttipHnf-blrd. kfHt I hare an appetite tor enjoying It, af |Dod neva, which I can tell ynn while I 110," uld uidusl aaiie flnlstaed wlplnx Iho UcUe benchphat stood. ta .JUp. ■oa It b«, dur pent and how have yon lITttld Pauline as they passed Into the Mo, aid aai dom to their simple even- aid tiut and tea, with a relish ot drled- nma roB the new tore cuffkb. BT BULXCUE EAKT. K 111," Bald Michael as he helped hlm- wumix to toast, "Archie has come taai at Caallne with a twinkle In his llUeiee, eipecttng to see his own Joy re- Ik ber tace. Her gaze being averted, he >k( nek man now, my gliL has lu- ll d his saele's vast wealth. Ton need no tWcjoormarriage, Paollne. There Is a [■■ve before you as the wUe of Archie ^ 01 oonne, be will be here this evening •Uhlagood tortane." Hlcbael glanced '■i-BiUoiied clock that stood In the oor- ■Med bli cap to be teUled. Pauline ^« In eUence to bor lattier*e words, luhedand paled at mention of her mar- oaiRblaORTson: bat she expreaeed no ■ VpaUScallon at his changed fortune^ J**contracted ellghUyasBhereplied: •■41 are not betrothed, poe, and 1 do ^mal»6 ever shall be." '*4°lck, tuxtlTe glance at her father, 1 ot the effect ot what ahe said. UUs mean, Pauline? Ton have fc." betrothed for a year. Because SSTi^S"' »eek3, can you not remain RS! w"*^ pit" 1» Tonr ■JL?*™ TOO permitted that city chap fciSKF"* "> "i™ yota alleglauoe Brejaonl Hm Dim; It I thought so' ST"*"!! my old rifle and put a bullet •m, uld the inlorlata Frenchman. AtSu"''^ hand down with emphasis "i"* "He may talk to you ot love, va I doabt It he has ever spoken of a«M«ld •UitraUo __ 'X frightened. Hever In her ' tH '^"^ V lutense gleam In her rSSt before had she Incuied his fSL" ^<:»ael loved his child, who ^ OS world to him since the hour when jf2i™ * loving helpmeet, he could fgJ™joi»lTen her tor being untrue to kiS™.*^m he reanectsd i bom he respected and loved, [HjtoprttocaUhlseon. tad arisen from the table. In his gVJlUiont having flnlshed his meal, ^jT™ uito his work-room to put things Us night. Pauline, pale and aglta- n5!t^^ taa-thlngs, and had nnlah- iCZ^i"'^! returned to thu kltoh- |E[~a«nt aknock sounded on the outer J?™wmdedthe summona, and Pauline i;^^™al greeting to Archie, and her j^^vmvilry tor herself. She went Into 1^ th^f^?^ Ann to' > simple ts j^»if-*'o*n buds ot a white vlnlng 'mSirS .'^''o"—*hlch the toying j^W taud ODt as If to tempt her--«he l^^raeadamong her dark rloh onrla. l^f^^lKted from her small minor— Im t^'- She was too young and tin- B)2lIS?°' dissimulation to aonoeal g^neath a mask. She must make an ■».SlJ?, K "J ■'<xx* »» door a i fcabtJL?*?* "POb the knob, and, put- •liSirT"v*"°"o upon her tace.en- *«Sei^ii2^*'» Joy" meeting her was *hSS;^**"'^'«n«' He (Ua not toll, IhltaM/.*" aeltailon la her maniiar, .?",?'>''''»o«o hermeetlng with HwTrJt? ""^Oeuis connected wlthhts iS?J^'"=««»'on to wealth. Uilnk- hael oongrattilated prehension on his excuse to leave ,—r.~.tnnlty the lovers ^■nnaal nndeiBtandlng. STgfbg silence came between them ij™. Woken only by an occasional ^L?=5»k. TwlUght ataadows crept •hwJhJr'w'"™ «be«e two sat *«i^v!'"i'I'Pylo'e™- The Summer »»!m«^. H"**' humble case- ■fOttsii Slf,?^'*"" ♦I'* carpet at their l!S*S!iiS'^.' ?«t»>«dooi£e between »!i^fcJ2L.*"°»<»» protestations of J!*^ Sir**' "beet In the same *8 o7 wi' " /"''-comeo between S*««in.« changed. Hever ?*3t»K!?*,'"» ">» deep sense of hap- SStfilii"'"'they parted. Anothw fel'berSSoSIS' ^ dead fiitett??^ Aichle-shesitwaB J*»ttehn?Jk'';"» 0* woman he Si d^L'''''0b»<l lilniseU possessed ?'^5fe»fr°?'def the moment when wJ« tffSSi' "'de, and ask her to be (V*«o?^ S"<?P««e<» bliss ot this hour Bids. ■ ** Jeet he moved near her— *««»'ta^ilJ!°'..«'»dto see met Have "*< looking down -T"«Mlahtace thatTraaiBodwr to tJiSi'toiL"'?>eo. Archie. We ^nld CS' »3iBa. . " ^"*«aSffi«?«^^S«<Jeepj«aWn *«««»liathMpOBWdo«MMi1wStlf anca ask "Oh. do not ask me anything to-night. I do not deserve youp love or kindness," sobbed Pauline from her overcharged heart. "l>o not talk so, chUdi Ton have always de- served my love; and need It now more than ever It you are unhappy. Will you not confide In me, darling} I can shield you from all sorrow," pleaded Archie, still hoping to gain the secret of her grief. "No. no; yon cannot. Only leave me alone to- night, Archie, and forgive me if I cause you pain." ■he said, her face still hidden from the moonlight ■1 will go, Pauline, if you wish It; but my heart la fall ot misgivings. When we meet again I trust all will be right, and your sorrow all gone." He bent over her and pressed his lips to her sweet, childish brow, and to the dark ourl that crowned It. Slowly, then, he went out Into the moonllghL Bnnilng deep In his heart were the unspoken words he had hoped woald win Pauline's promise to be his wife. He wished now that he had spoken them, and compelled her to answer him—to tell him her sorrow. He stopped for a moment and looked back at the humble cot, nestling amid rosee and wood- bines, that sent their tragiance far out upon the Bummer breeze, even to where he stood. Some mysterious InDuenee seemed to bid him return to It. He stood for a moment undecided. Did his eyes deceive him, or was It a reality? —^the small white figure that emerged from the porch of the cottage and sped along the quiet street. He stood gazing, half hoping that Pauline had repented of her coldnees, and wished to re- call him. The eeemlng phantom flitted along until It neared a narrow lane that led down by a dense hedge to a copsewood of water-willows that grew near the small river that flowed through the village. Then a passing cloud overshadowed the moon.randerlngoblectelndlstlnct. Whenltogola Shone out, nothing could be seen but the earth lying In the tranquillity ot a Bummer night. A light gleaming from a window here and there throngh the village cast flickering rays that looked won and weird In the brighter light ot the moon, and made Archie think ot stories he had heard of wUl-o'-the-wlspeJurlog i>oor lost travel- ers on to deetmotlon. A rti«ni«i hooting In a tree close by his paUi made him start nervously as he hastened on. Archie was myetmed. Why should Pauline go out alone at such an hour? It must have been an optical Illusion-the effect ot the bright moonlight and the remembrance ot the small white flgura he had left l>ehlnd him. There was nothing he could do but return home sad and troubled. Could he have seen the graceful, handsome man sitting on the old stile In the shadow ot Haw- thorne hedge, awaiting Pauline's coming, and who clasped her to his breast ss the moon hid liselt behind a cloud, he would not have slept even the troubled sleep that finally overcame his senses that nl^t. Was it the premonition of some evU threatening Pauline that catisttd him to start so often from his sleep? Gay Balmont had come to the little village of Bookvflle ostensibly to find an old college-chum he had heard was living there. Why he had lingered tor three weeks It was not duncalt tor those who were the least obeervant to snrmlse. The day after the departure ot Archie Oreyson and his mother for the death-bed ot his uncle, Pauline had met Balmont at a rustic dance and picnic given by the landlady's daughter. From the moment of their meetlj^ Ouy seemed be- witched by the beauty and sweetness of Pauline I,etolle. Mot lees was Pauline charmed by the subtle Influence which he threw around her like a sUken net. drawing her wholly and unconsdotis- ly vrlthln his power. It was with anger and annoyance that Michael had observed the marked attention ot this hand- some stranger to Patiltne, whom he cjonaldered aa alumilx balon^nKeKCtnalvaly. to ATC(il«L0reX9OB. ^ faffl ittlSl rojtiiddrinier to tutveaii^nraierao-' qnalntance with him. But the serpent bad en- tered Eden, and Pauline was another Eve. She did not torn a dear ear to the alluring voice that whispered ot passionate delights, ot lore forbid- den, yet sweet. ^ . None but themselves and Ood—knew ot their stolen Intervlewe on the moesy banks of the trout- stream, whsre the water-willows hung low, kiss- ing the heads of the blue daisies In the grass. Tboee hours were so fraught with bllas that Pau- line Uved but for the moment that would take her again to her side. The one dream of her life was to be the wife of Ouy Balmont. Bhe never doubted his Intention of ultimately making her such. Her young breast was filled with bitter re- moree when she thought of the shattered hopes of Aichle Oreyson. who had loved her so long, so truly, and ot Pere Michael's disappointment; but she told her own heart that she could not sacri- fice her happiness to complete another's. The figure that Archie had watched until It mysteriously vanished from sight sped down the narrow lane before mentioned, and was soon seated at Balmont's side, on the broken stile, bis eyas beaming down on her sweet, trusting face. Guy had asked her to meet bim to-night, and ber young untutored heart had chanted aU day long the sweet, delicious words: "To-night we shall be plighted lovere." "You are late, my pet; I feared you were not coming. It would have grieved me much to have gone away without seeing you once more," said Ouy with unwonted seriousness in his tone. "To go where, Ouy?" said Pauline, a shade ot anxiety crossing her tace. "I return to New Tork to-morrow. Pauline gave a quick, quivering sigh, but, with a hope stlllllBgenng In her heart, she said: Ton hod something you wished to say to me, GuyT' ■Tee, Pauline—It Is this': I want you to soon tor- get me. We may never meet again." His voice grew husky—It cost him an effort to speak the words he knew would cause ter pain. He waited for some response, scarcely knowing what next ^^n^Llne sat white and motionless, her fingers wound tightly together upon her knees. "I should have, told you before this that we could never De more to each other thM> we now are. I thought you tinderstood me, Paulino. I am hound to another as much as If I were already married. Ohanoe threw us together, but a re- Iwitleeadeetlny separatee ns." .k..„^v. Again he waited for some word, but she spoke notT His heart was tortured bythesUent wn g nlBh of her young face, the utter dejection ot her attitude. A QUARTET OF CORNET-PLAYERS. engagement with Maud HarconiL She* never knew what had wrought such a mysterious change lii'' the man ot her choice, making him at tlmee silent and sad. He and Archie Oreyson met oc- casionally In society, and when they looked Into each other's eyes, as they had once before when Pauline's dead face lay between them, the mask that each wore was as gossamer. Archie knew that the sequel of Pauline's fate was locked in the heart ot Ouy Balmont. Balmont knew that the man whom he hod despoiled of happlnese had read the secret ot his heart. Poor old Mlcbael spent his flret bitter days ot mourning In his lonely cot, but finally yielded to kind persuasions, and spent the remainder of hlB life with Archie Oreyson. The Emerald Rma. A STRA NGE STORY. W HJIIM. ' l TOR THE XBW TORK CUPPEB, BT MB3. E. BDBKE COLLIXa. ««Tou must Cry to be tePPT »? y'""'* Will you, Rmllne?" »•■• he said, his before I came. *Hl'bSi,7o^hHn^ltbel:cold bands in his. "Gome, my pet," he said, nshig the name he had so^te^^edhw. "Come.thenJshtlsoloading; yon will be ehllled. and the way will be dark. His words seemed to arouse her at last. "Yes. I shall be chilled and the way will be dark." she repeated, strangely calm. "O QUTl I cannot bear this t Go, go, and leave me here I Ony Balmont drew her to hie breast, where she had so often lain.In herconfldlng love.ond kused her stricken face; then, bidding her hasten b«k to the house, he fled from the epot, gI»,a_ot ouj chance to free himself from the paintlU position hTocoapMr Ho dared not look back lest he SioSinS. wmpted to return to the heart-bioken «lrl. with no power to oomloij. . When in his own room at the inn he made preparations for departure In the moijlng, ana SS^whimself oSjhlsbed-to to sleep. He fought a fierce battle «»^,"8j,"'« long night, and when the gray dawn stole In »t his window he had come oft oonqueror. He would act the man Instead ot the vUIaln. Ho would give up the stately Maud Haroonrt.and her hundred thousand. He would teU Baullne that he would make her-his wife. He reallied now howmnch he loved her. He could not hreafc her trusting heart. Maud Haroonrt had no heart to break. . He ate his bteaklast and strolled out for a wUE through the village, only waiting for a ressonable to seek Pauline at her lather's cottage. There was an unusual stir and commotion far doTO the street, and he walked on with tte inten- tion ot ascertaining^ the cause of «£e eicltemont. A group of pereons were coming ttom Oie dlrec- Son of the rtver. bearing somettilng on a Utter S«med ot branches. A small boy running past J^Sd to him that somebody w»»„^w"ej: ' ^loceaslon of vOlagers came slowly ntar. He Stood tTMBflxed with honor, his blood frozen In hla veins, at the object that mot his ga«i . jrti^Sl-coldanddead.herglWWeeta^ vacancy, the wet curls, where nesUed »w«>f™*ed ISS^ered roses, clinging to wWte brow^ water dripping from her gormontt. They passea htob?r^3llS oreyson walking ^« "^k ttSi Their eyes met for one moment, andjholookttat was on Balmont's toce was a reyelatlOB to Aiaile **TS|'h«d found the tyJy'>;"*e*,,'^asjSS' and held by .tome, broken branchee W !™22S?v None but Qod and the »n»».eti'i^.3?.SSSf loved knew theead Jn»»tory of he*lMitjMinm or could comprehend the cKliaUh «Bpalr 4hM led to such an act, ' ' ■ " „ -^l^ Archie Oreysw andihla mother removed to the clnTwukapMuulaa ^'tf.'^ . Gtiy Balmont. after retomlng to hie home, which, was in the same metropolis, ftilflUed his marriage I was standing alone In the sunset, before a painted portrait—an old picture, magnificently executed. It was the face of a man, a young face, too, but In the dreamy eyes there was a lurking devil; about the proud, firm mouth there was a touch ot scorn. A wonderfully handsome face, with weird, dark eyes, the red blood mantling his olive cheek: great waves of hair, black as ebon, pushed back, as thongh toy an Impatient move- ment, from a broad brow white as marble. There was a fascination, a subtle, irresistible tasclnaton, about the face, which magnetized me, and held me spellbound before It, as I have seen a devotee stand with uplifted eyee and clasped hands be- fore his patron saint. Mayhap something wss due to the fact that the portrait was that of Paul De Tere, one ot Wayne De Vero's anoeetora; and It was notdlfflcult to trace a likeness to him In the featuree before me. I was the adopted daughter ot Madame De Tere. who, with her only son—Wayne—was the last of a long race of proud and haughty aristocrats. Liv- ing In a spacious but old-fashioned mansion. In the outskirts ot Mew Orleatis, madame delighted to gather around her the yoang and gay, and the wide old house was now filled with guests. I had been very happy until the demon ot Jealousy had entered my heart and taken poseeasion. I tblnk I ^na the meet Jealous woman that ever lived. I speak In the past tense, you see. Ever since I had learned to love Wayne De Tere—as I unfor- tunately had don e—I had watched his every move- ment elosely. and any imuatial attention to the fair ladles assembled there had made me feel like oommlttlxig murder; tor he. had. been my constant companion for so long a'tlme that I had come to reganl him as a part of my life; and now —now—that Helen I«lgh had come with her fair, blonde tace, qalte ecUpelng tay Sontliem dnekl- neoe, I was almoet Insane with lealoasy. Sfirtve as I might, I could not conquer It; and, on the day upon wh)ch my bI0T7 opens, I had been In-, formed by Helen herself that her weddlng;-dar was appnaohlng, and soon she would be a wife, of course she would marry Wayne. Rrom the first time I hod seen them together the sadden, sharp pang at my heart'had told me the truth, and obliged me to acknowledge what a superb pal^ they were. But, stung to madness by their apparent happluees, I bad slipped away from the merry groups, and crept up the wide staircase to the andent picture-gallery. There I had been standing for an honi.at least—until at last the siin bad set, and the golden gloiy which followed In Its wake gilded the fattuos before me, and flood- ed the long, low, dus^ old room,.hung about by works ot art, and filled with queer, old-fashioned tamlture, and sonvenlre ot niany a year ot travel In "far, fair, foreign lands." These were huge old mahogany tables, there were relics of ths days of Louis le Orande, there were mosaics, and priceless bits of old china and glass, while through the dying splendor ot the sunsef s gold gleamed the marble face ot a sculptured Psyche.. There In a comer, holt ooncealsd by a faded cur- tain of violet velvet, peered forth a marble Rlobe, while not far oil a figure of Thanatoe, with the white nee ot silence pressed against the marble Ilpa. Through the huge pones of stained glass at the end of the Ipng gallery the sun'srayswen stlH struggling and dying out, leaving behind a broad, purple pathway, which looked like blood. In Its rich Tyrlan-glows I fanoled I saw a smile croM theillpe of the portrait; and; as Itanled away with a gesture of disdain at my own non- sensical imagination, my eyes tell upon S' ring, which guttered and gleamed upon one of the: tapering fingers, half -concealed by wide ruf- fies ot ooelir lace, it . was. a curious and -massive ring, its setting—an emerald—cat in the 'farm ot an Egyiitlanscarabaena, or beetle; and, 'ciowlBg -In'the pale-light, it seemed alive. A beaatlful creature, with Its sharp,' round, eyeb and long antenna. Its wings one vivid, unwink- ing green, aU so llte-Uke as to startle one. As I gazed, all Interest, again the-red Upe of the por- trait seemed to part with a sanonic smile, which changed to an expression ot Intense suffering, and I solemnly declare that there feU upon my ears a low, sad, but distinct moan. My heart stood still for an Instant; then, with a horror un- speakable, I fled from the haunted gallery. At the toot of the stalrsrih a sheltered alcove, where a marble Flora scattered flowers all day, I caught eight ot Wayne standing In earnest con- venation with Helen Leigh-, He was exactly like his ancestor—Paul De Tere^-as he bent his dark head close to the fair tace ot my rival. I could not endure the scene, and J hastened to my own apartment, where I locked myself In and iiaoed the floor the live-long night. The next morning I wandered through the old- fashioned cemetery which adjoined ue De Ten estate.' According to the customs of the country, and the tact that the soll'sfldom admits of under- ground Interments, the resting-places of the dead were tombs ot brick and marhle. The cemetery, which was a very anclene jine, now unused and seldom visited, was filledimh huge oaks, hung about by sombre, gray Spanish moss, which trailed like faded crape streomets over the ne- glected tombe, and reeembled, with their funer- eal badges, "moumen come to weep." It was a bright, cheerful, cloudlessTmomlng; but, some- how, as I entered the cemstsry, a chill stole over me—"something was the matter with the sun- shins." Death seemed aU around.-.. As I cloeed the rickety gate behind me, a huge blooksnake gUded out from eome dark ereeplng plant, and, winding Its way In and out. like the sinuous thing It was. disappeared At the bsseof a tomb close at hand. "They shall Ue down alike In the dust" a voice seemed to whisper, "and the worms shaU cover them." I shuddered, and would have retraced my steps. I paiusd hesitatingly; but something seemed to urge me on. I m^e a for- ward step, and the Bublcos #aa passed. ^ On and on I wandered, atQlgssly enough, paus- ing at last before a taU tomb of coeUy gray marble, fashioned after avu old Oriental pat- tern. It was large and spaoloiu, and bore at the! top the arms and crest of the ancient house ot De Tere. I threw myseU down on the luxuriant grass, which grew thlok andgiwen beiore It, and was soon burled In prefonitd jnoditatlon. I Was thinking bitter thonghts—thongbts ot the man whom I loved, and the woman that had stolen In between him and me: I. was aroused t^a low, soft, sibilant latigh; I raised, my eyes. A taU, dark flgure stood beelde me, dad in the coetume ot a dead-and'gone time, and the face, O Heav- ensl was the face of PauUDe Tere. whoee dost had long ago been Interred. In the tomb before me. Heboid up one hand,;with a detaining ges- ture, and I saw upon one taMr lUiger the un- canny emerald, flawMng UtdjA'thfagot evil omen. Powerless to move. enchatliM h^Ae great, dark eyes even SB I Iiad been br .mejnctnred orbe, I eat silent, my heart in iii i iill.tiiafiliiu ii sensation of Impending horror In tl)e al^. Then, O hor- ror I the voice spoke—a;rich, low voloe—and csUedmebymyname.. . • "El'eonbr Bentley," it sald'ln isoilmf ul aocentsi which somehow compeUe4 'me to listen, "watt. I have eomethlng to say to you.": v ' . In the very deeperatlonof tear lovuched there, and the voice went on. "I am Paul De Ten," It sold, "and for-;!! century I have lain In that toihb. Listen' while I open the doors and show Ton the aVtnl secret which I .have borne thither wlth mie, Once I was young and"flattemd and courted. •! had aU the world at my teet; yet I bartered - it—^ oU that the world can give and etsmlty can hold —for a womon'd smUe. a fair, false thing, a cheat and a delusion, like the rerit of her sex. Talerie De Llancourt was my ruin, yet-she was my. wife. How I loved the pretjty cnacure, the paint- ed snare (hat caught me and held-me end would not let,me go untu, like the eblder with Its victim, she. had drawn the Ufe:b(ood. from my veins. I cannot tell you of the' agony that was mine when I found out beyond a doubt that she was false to me. I fled from my chUdhood's . home, I fied far over the seas. I became a wan. dererr-an.Ishmael to the worldl "Asia and Oie Orient were as famUlar to oje (3 household W0TdB> For many months I mode my homo amid the mye^ terlee ot Egypt It was there, Id the opened-tontb of an- andent Egyptlhn monareh,xhat I totind ^ils. emerald ecarabaaus. Vhere-was a tradltlim: c onne cted with It, a story tltat told, of Its power to destror. ' The' person'weattng thU ring wonid know (his world and-lts: ]sys ^nd smows btit for a brief space Jonger. Wbaievec the mystery was' no one oould' fathom. Enoaglr for. me—^ wouZd UU;.^ Well. I Maned toe bon£-Aa^ied It safely pieientedtbeiln^-tbmfti&amDl bride. 'With her greed for stfan'baublsejsheL-eagerly accepted' It, and'Within'totir-aiM|-tti^^1>ODi> ahe was ■ i'V The next day. accompanied by Madame De Tere. Wayne and I revisited the old 'oemetery- The tdmb was'soon opened, and Paul De Ten s ooffln stood revealed among the others.-'-'Wtth a slight effort . Wayne raised the Ud. . A hyw ezr burst from his lips; he turned a pallid T^fle iH)oa us. A heap ot human bones, and gUttofaa and glowing among them lay the great gitw MTit- Mens—the emerald ring ot my dre«m«- Beverently, Wayne removed It, closed the oofiln and reeeoled the tomb; then, with a strAnge, un- canny feeling clinging to us, we retiyd our Btepe over the green, velvety grase, fleaked with golden sunshine, baok to the mansion. That af- ternoon Wune went to the city, and remained untU the follolrlng morning. He returned,.look- lag flushed and elated, accompanied by a certain long-haired, spectacled professor ot chemMtry and several ot the occult sdencee. Madame and myself were bidden to an audience In the Ulmry. "Eureka, Uttle one I!'cried Wayne gayly as he mV^? uie Into the room. "I've found out the secret •V'-L'^l/aM'Uv'iji' • Ai.-.- of the enleifi!:'--'ilfr- j;;iamln»- Sure enough. Bubmlttod to rlgorouT^ Hon and seven tests, the evil demon discovered. Under the gleamUjr'emeti baeus lay concealed a minute spring, which cov- ered a tiny receptacle for a deadly poison- Worn by the unsuspecting victim, a sUght pressure was sumclent for the spring to penetrate the fiesh; only a tiny puncture, but large enough for the subtle poison to enter and pervade the system, which would succumb to Inevitable death within a few hours. The professor held the strange instrument ot destruction In his hand for a few moments; then he dexterously removed the poisoned spring, and, taking the seorabaeus from the golden circle, laid It on the table before us. "The demon Is exorclsedl" he exclaimed. "De Tere, It strikes me that you must have bad an un- pleasant lot ot ancestors. It such little toys as this were In common uso among them!" Wayne answered not. Be was smiling thought- fully. Heputtheemeraldrlnglntohlspocketand made no remarks. We had been married two weeks. I was begin- ning to feel quite staid and matronly, when one day Wayne entered the room whore I was sitting, and, with a mysterious air, laid a smaU box In my lap. "A souvenir," he answered, In reply to my ques- tioning look. I opened the box quickly, and then a loud cry ot deUght burst from my lips. Upon a bed ot white velvet lay the 111-omoned emerald. No longor & ring (which "Wayne said was too heavr for a lady's wear), but. Instead, set as thecentrol Jewel In s magnificent bracelet,the scarabaeus was surrounded by tiny diamonds, which flashed and sparkled like drops of brilliant dew; and Wayne had presented it to me as a mute reminder ot my dreadful drei^n, and a perpetual warning against my beeettlng ain—Jealousy. iiiiailiilUitow. BT TASmitB BBOWV. In soltt <ra«IWi bnnra. The iiiiiiiisacC.the town Asoept their daDvlOs of navtthwsQ. BAst'dedtamla-tbs «Ur. They cbhp a elgb oC pto. For lueUesi blida wboss lots on east m pluea. Boliemlaai arethey, "Who, hap|7 for lh« day, Uavs nsver leamsd to vex tbeniaelies by thinking ot taa They take th«<at«thatc Along with all the cmmb^ And their oonadeoce does not troohla tbam tobcg or slaal orbcrrow. At eartr mom and dark, - lOiar Battaiy to tba Faik, In gowdsd aasst and avenne yon see thsm. srtf-TSHaa^ How bopiihis here and tb«i% . MliiJ Msw leiMlliig illU hi ilin^ ■SHlpVtwsAfliaBa aad aojaiiBtlly i WUbodtatankr . p. S. GII.aiOBE. Ttala colvbratad moslclu, who, with the bud bearing hUname, U now reaping the fhiltaof a marked soocess In Qreal Britain, flnt saw tbo Ugbt near theclcyof PubUn. Ireland, Dec. IS, US. His cblldbood was puaed with tel- atlves In the little town ot Ball jgar. Conntr Oalwsy, near the city ol AtbloDe. Daring that period ofUme be evinced a lore for moslc, tor which In later years he has shown such proflclencr- At the of Mven years. In aocoid- ance with the customs of tbe country, he was appttotlced to a wholesale KToecr In Atblooe, and <"—" *^ tlcnUlp he acqnlied methodical boslne itswblch serv- ed hhn well Id later reaia. Bis lelsnie time was devoted to Id attalDlDg mulcal knowledge- 3lany ol the beat bands la tbe Britiih ecrrico were at Intervale Than any allnger of tiie pen, or idMOrer and tflfiksr; They neither sow nor reap. Vo Bndbih laws the j keep. Bat beely make or tansy-dew their mitnllnal Ugaofc. Althongh their IIA li short. Us all a time of sport, With plenty ofe:xcltement and exbllaratloa In It; • - CnlUte the cooing dove. When the sparrow Iklls la love He wooe and weds and gets divorced, and on wlthla &. mlnnte. A Qseleas bird, they say. Bat these olOccton may. While rowtlng more, be leas themselTSa in gennlDealllU^. The sparrow eats bis worms. And stays throogh Wlntsr'a storms As yatoTS's ebeerfal evidence of brave, feeond Ikalll^. Uethlnks In chirpy speeeh These feathered vairrmnts prssch every dsy tons vboseCuthIs weaksndasBow- Bo wisely ws may tura Uvld corpse. Hal ha I It 'was a rare revenge. But, somehow, after that life became a burden —a hideous nightmare. I decided to die. I put the ring upon my flnger.-ond I am taorel" There was a pause Uke death—then the ghastly voice went on: roa were thinking ot murder/" he hissed close to my ear- "It Is well! Vengeance Is sweet 1" With another low. hissing laugh, the appari- tion vanished; snd there, upon my lap, staring the bright sun unwlnklngly In the face, lay the emerald seorabaeus. Darkness covered all things —and I know DO more. Af torworda I Tomember- ed staggering to my teet and reaching home, somehow. I remembered locking the dreadful ring In my Jewel-case, and then, bursting forth In wild, delirious ravings, I sank upon niy tied. Weeks after I arose from the terrible brain- fever that followed, weak and frail, but with a deadly purpose Implanted Uke a poisonous weed In my heart, ready to liear Its noxious fruit. I returned to my place In society a changed wo- man. My tace was a mask ot marble, behind which I hid the supremo agony of my life. And so time flew by, and the wedding preiiaradons were began. I ground my teeth In Impotent rage, and clinched my hands together, until the noils left cruel upon the unpurpled flesh.. Then the terrible, deadly purpose which .hod sprung Into being gradually developed within my heart, and ,took positive shape and form. I opened my Jewel-case and gaced upon the emerald ring which had oome to me In eo Incredible a manner. There it isy—the great, green, guttering Insect. My mind was mode up. The wedding-day arrived, and in her tiny boudoir Helen Leigh was being arranged for her bridoL Bhe looked like' an angel in her eott, white roliee, her golden hair arrwged like a halo around her fair, blonde face, the Ught of a pure happiness shining In her asure eyes. For a moment my heart smote me, then I remembered the man whom I loved, and who would soon be loet to me forever, and I steeled my heart against her. Bhe was alons for a brlet space; I seized the propitious moment and entered the room, the great, green saarabaeusglowing and gUtterlngln my hand. She gave a little cry of rapture as her eyee fell upon tho magnlfloent Jewel. I amUed, a alow, cold smUe. ■Helen," I said calmly, "I have brought my weddlng.glft. It Is a ring—a rare and wonderfnl ring. 'Will yon wear Itf Tot answer she extended fasr hand, snd I slipped the -ring on one white finger. My work was done; I drew a long breath of relief. Well, the marriage ceremony was performed, and I was a spectator—a cold, marble woman, without a heart In my breast. I knew her hour ot triumph would be short, and then my tnm wouldcome. Itcome. A few houn later a shriek resounded through the Juuse—a wUd, tineaitbly shriek. We aU hastened to the bride's apart- ments, whence the orr -lMned, all ot the famllT, gueets, eervants, aU—apd gathered, a ■wiid-ejyd group, around the prostrate flgure of the bride, white and In her death agony. Madame De Tere, bending over her, ttupedob aoouslng face upon me as I entered. "Oreat Heavens 1" she wailed, "It Is tbe emer- ald ring—the scarabaeus—that lay in nnl De Ten's oofllnl What dose this meant Eleanor Bentley, do you knowr' , ■ - And a voloe somewhere In the dlstanoe, taut and soft, but nui ot aoonalng, cried: "Murdereds I. murderess r'^ I felt, the'world grow dark arotmd me, strong hands seised my throat. I feU downward, dawn, down. I opened myeTee. -I was lying on tbe green- sward in nont of the De Tere tomb,-the noonday sun shining tuU in my tace, and Wayne Do Tere bending ove^ me, his arms about me, bis Upe preeaed to mine. ' I struggled to an upright poel- tlon. "Eleanor," he cried, "tell me why have you been so cold to me tor the past few weeksr TeU me, darling, for I love you r' ■ I caught my breoQi. V - „ ^, "What do-yoD mean; Wayne De Terer I answered bitterly. "Where is. Helen LelghT Is she hot your wlfer* ' . ■ . ,i He opened'bls dark eyes In'.nnfelgned astonish- ment. ' "Ton have been dreaming; Elean6pl"..he ejacu- lated. "Helen Is bqt a dear itlend tome; besides, -she Is going to marry.Eeene Perclvall". ■ A terrible weight feUtrontme, the world seem- ed (all of snndilne and the-songsot birds and thescentof Boweis.' ThAnkGodI oh,thankGodl It was only'A'dream.' Hiding my face on Wayne's ehouMer, I toldhlm all—from:flnt.to last. HeoinUed,.oonvlnced that my strange story had no fonn d a t ki n ot reaUty. "Open Paul De vere'd ooffln and see toryoar- eell," I cried; ""II tbe ring le' there, then- yon must be convinced, that my dream was rra^rka- 'ble.andblainemenotformjraedimtyr' ' ' ■ S stationed In Atbloee, and opportunity was gtveo hun to Imprare his tastes by eoJoylng their oonceitis and he re- ceived more or lemloBlractlon from tbe mpectlTe band- masters- He became a member or a local band In that city; and his exnploysr, notldnff that his tastes tended more to mule than groceries, emplned him as a moslcal lostractor for dIs children- whils so employed be met the celebrated bandmaster and com- poser KeaUnir. who took him nnder tocelsfe and tsoabfe him the comet. Seeing his sptltude for readily soqolring mmical knowledge, Keatlof; advlMd him to make moslc his profeiAlon. and urged blm to visit the United StslSfl. At the sge of nlxteea he displayed considerable ability as a composer, aeTersl of his pieces being Bnocouftiliy perform- ed by the regimental band. When nineteen jeais old he sailed for America, landing In BoMon, SlaML, where his proflclcncT In plarloff npon various musical Instrameots secured hun a position as s eslesman In a music-store. Bis abiniles as a coroet-player becoming know to tbe mili- tary bands In the vldnlly, his servloes were toogbt after. He rchesnted with a band In Charlestois-n nereraJ times, but concluded to sccrpt a position as leader of the Salfolk Band of Boston, supplying the place of the lata Edwanl Kendall; ths famcok bncler, wbo^had gone on a concert. Coor. Th« d«eaaW-V Tote -B MU e lx. tbe dlstinjrnlAed tnmpetsr and leader of ^tbv Brigade Band,-ep«wdop 'a' won prominent poriUon for 3Cr. OUmoie, which be ac- cepted and sdeeeaftally flUad until the death of Je- rome Smith, leader of ths Bslem Bsnd. caossd blm to be celled to 1)11 the vscancy. H« remslncd with that band for thna jeam, and at that time be waj ackiiowledKed to be tbe best B-Oat comet-plajer in this conncnr- Dnder hu lendeiship that band became oeooad to no other In the country. It was during that time that he snsgested and ■ncceaamily canled oot the Idea or monster Foortb-ol-Jnly concerts on the Boston Common, which for many years coDtlnned a great feature. He also Inangurated popnlar promenade concerts In theBudc Hall, at which all of the popolsr Boston tnnds played alternately- In IBSghere- tarncd to Boston, and oixanlied a band bearing his own nsme. which at the outbreak of the war vent Into service, being atucbed to tbe Twenty.foortb Regiment, which went with Bumslde'e expediUon to Korth Carallna- After a lapee of one year this band, in common with numerotis others, was mastered out or service snd leturned to Boston, where they commenced another serlea of concerts Be assisted In organising some twenty bands, to be sttsobed to brigades under oroen ftom tbe Wsr J>epartmfnt. and later Oov. Andrew commissioned him ss - Bandmaster- general and Cblef-mtisiclsn of the Ststs of Msjeschnsetts, with snthority to enlist musicians for military service. While so serving he ornnlxed a nomber of bsoos for the -Department of the Oulf, and aocompanled them to New Orleans, La., to deliver them to the respective commanda for which tbey bad been formed- On arriving there, Malcr- gcncral Banks made bim director of tbe 'various mtiacal ontantzatlouB In the Department, and.he at once organ- ized a serlea or tree concerts for the residents or the Crescent City- When Mlcbael Babn was. elected OOT- ernor of leconitiucted LoaUlana, Mr- QUmora con- celred tbe Idea of celebrating bis Inaugnntlon by a monster concert, with a cooros. or ten thoosaod voices selected from the public-schools, and a com- bination of all the bands snd mtuldsns In tbe Depsrt- mtmL On Msrch 4. 1864. this was nocccssfully accomplish- ed, there being, besides ths chorus 'named, fire him- dred muilclans, MTeial dram and trumpet corfM, and Ully pieces of artillery, which were flred by electricity. A puDlIc dliuer was subseiiuently glren htm, snd he was presented with a msgnlBniit goblet filled with gold coins, and appropriately Insorlbed. He then returned to Bos- ton, where he got up snother Mrles ol concerts, st which hs Introduced the most dlitlngulshed opsrstlc srtlsts then In this country- In I6fi8 he went Co Cnicsgo. Ill:, to manage tbe ball and a serls4 oT concerts which dedlcsted Crosby's Open-house, The saccesa of bis mon- ster concert In New Orleans prompted the Idea of tbe Na- tional Peace Jubilee, which wss successlblly csirled out In Boston Jons U, 17, IS, 19, WB. Too much space would be required to treat of this event In detsIL At Its dose he was presented by tbe membera of tbe orchestra Willi, a maenlfleent jcold watch, approprlatalv- injcxibed. and many other valuable soaranin and letien o( con- vratolstlon came to him flrom all parts or the country- Some days afterwards he had a complimentary benefit In the Collseom, which had bsea built espresaly for ths Jobl- les, and by it he realised orer 9*a,m). Ths saccesa oi this UQdertaklnp led to the World's Peace Jubilee and lu- tematlonal PcstlTal, which tooTc place nnder his direction ' ~ ' - closlog July 4, Mr. msny foreign coiutiles ■ llc^-- In Boston, opening June 17, IBTa ailmore hsvlmr prerlonsly visited to secure their eo-openuon. Tt ,_ co-openUoiL Ths following year hsre- mored to NswTork, snd became the bandmaster of tbe Twanty-asooud Bsglment, and rormed tbe bsnd of sixty- five mnslclana which Is now In Europe- After — their debut In Che Academy ofMnsie, In thlsdty, they msds a tour of the coimtry, which was repeated In iS74- In 1879 they appeared In Oilmore*a Concert Garden, m this dtr, which ud been altered tnm Bamam's Hippodrome In the Winter of that year they made snother tonr, and In the Spring of 1S7S went to San FtanelMCo. Cal., and on their tetnm they gave a series of eonesrts st the Csntennlal Ex- hibition, Rifladelpbla; and later played In Ollmore'a Gar- den, here, where uer eootlnued aacn aueeeedlnx Summer nntll Miky 4, U78, when they sailed Ibr England. IL ARBUCKLE. This talantsd artist wss for some years an attractive card In n—*«" Mam., being a member there of Ollmore'a Band, and otherwise prominently IdentlBed wtth Br. Ollmore'a ronsleal andertaklngs. Hs perfbrmed with Mr. Levy In OUmon'sConottrtOaxden. Inthlsdty.and. aiter.tbe latter seceded from tbe band, he nipplled his plsce ss the princi- pal eonet performer, and continued a member of the band on tothe time of their sslllng for Europe. He Is engaged to play at Coney island diiring the Bummer. J. LEVY. Tills eornstvlrtuoao lint sppeared in America with the Parepa-Bioaa Concert Troupe, with wbom he madeatoor ■of the cooatry. When the Snndsy-nlxfat concerts were flntstvsn in the Grand Opera-boose, In this city, Mr. Levy peiflnmed thars. About that time he became a member of Dovnlns'a Ninth Rsdment Band, and during the nnd« ofuie late Col. J. Fitk Jr-'s regiment, to which It was attached, he attracted much attention. On tbo oeosloa of the arrival of the Orend Dake Alexis In this dty, this bsnd serenaded bim, and Mr- Levy's eoc- nec-solos were a prominent featiin la the progrutune. Hs snbaequently made a tour of tbe eooDtry witb va- nous c ou c eic companies, some or which were under his own managcmsuL Later he was sttsched to Oilmore's Bsnd, anddurtag their seasons In the Bummer In Glhn ore's Concert Oaiden be was one of the chief attnctl9oa After a vWt to Bnglsnd and the Continent of Carope. here- tamed Ibera and was received with much fsvor. He msr- tied Mhe Blnnle Conway, a ebarmlng actresa. and then started on a coooeit lour, extending his trip to Australia, where he performed fbr ■svera] months. A short time s^o he istoroed to this elC r, and has since peciormed at tbe Sanday-nlgbt concerts m the Orend Opera-boose, and Is engaged to play at Boekaway Beach this Summer. ' BENJAMIN C. BENT waabon In ths city of BameBler, Torksblre, Eng., Ang. SI IMS. Re received his first Instructions In oftnet-play- InV from his father, who ssw. pencrmeruponthsthutxn- msnt was celebrated In that section of tlie country- At -ten yean cif age the sublecrof our sketch nnawayftom -banesad Jofaaad. a'dlcus company, the manager potting hhn-bsfbcsthe pobUcas.a phenomensi performer on the comet. When twtfatyone yesn of sga he was engaged sis a solo peiformsr -upCD ihat Instrument .with ue Royal Attlllety- Baqd, stationed, at Woolwiub. loJSI Br. Bent accepted "on engagerasot oBifred bl m br M.r- ■HoiBea,'.the well-known' dtrcas manager, to.conm-to wlth,the Orsat - Londoo Circus ss solo ^nmst ' After rcmalnuut with that company one seaaoo be bec ame ranember'oflJodWonb<s Bsnit, and later:ofDownliig'e .NinthBcglment Band. .When P. S. OUmore gm* to New Yorkbaentfsged Hr- Bent to aaqig?* Mr;!'^^'!'*'?*' since tbat time hebas beenamsmbwof ounMce'sTWT^ second Begtment.BiuuL Whan Jt- AxboeklewUhibcow from ths faand-Ur- Bent nOMded bhn as flnt COTet- IbrmtTjEa^^ISTSi -He la now comai^ e »BSrsOo«B«t<IOBipany. - To them If we would li Te put our trust In Him who msrks the faO oferefy row. ■ ■ _ THE OLD , OLD STOBY. wttiHui roa THS mw.TOBK aurraa. "Bemember, Judge, tho man that does me « favor aint got to smoke clay pipes whUemytinids Is running the biggeet dgar-miu Intheunllaa Btatee. Now, if you 11 Just lockmeupforaUttto whUe, and then send one ot your biggeet poUoe^ men up to her house, on Fourth street, to teU her that I'd been snatched In tor carrying deadly weapons, with intent to commit eiUolde or mur- der, or something Uke that, and have him dropi the remark that he guessed I wouldn't get over twenty yean at hard labor, you'd not only be doing me a favor, but It would be a big favor tor the girl; for I tell you I'm Just the pie tor her; and I'm a liar If yon wouldn't have dgaia layliv aU around yotir room, as long as yon stayed down here with us below." "So you think that would fetch her, do yont" said Judge Xeimedy ot the Hret DIstrlot Oouit to the disconsolate Touth who had been nnfoldlns to him tils deep-laid scheme to secure a hrideu "I can't deny that these pipes do give a man the heart-burn pretty often, yet I value my honor, more than I do a UtUe wagon toll ot elgoiB. ' Are you sure that the girl lovee you aU to death, or would this only be an unmanly appeal to hae sympathy, Instead ot her fond lovef" "Why, I teU you. Judge. I know ahe Just dotea on me—only she don't know it herselL Ton aeew she's one of those retiring, gnUelees UtUe uie a turee that's too gentle and Innocent to show her love. I've been fooling around her house now about two yeats, and made all the other tellowB shin out long ago; yet, whenever I go to talk good. soUd buslneee to her, she bunto out crying, ana ot course I've got to quit IC Kow,-ail I've got t» do Is to make her beUeve that them's some great danger hanging over me. that I'm going to get hung or exiled, or something, and I think she'll oome right up on deck and speak her piece." "Bo she's one ot tboee dear, baahftu Uttle crea- tures whoee simple life gives us ah Idea ot what the bright angels are like up above the skies." and a serene emlle lit up the Judge's face as h« pictured out the blushing UtUe damsel In his mind. "WeU, young man, I don't blame yon fbr trying to gain euch a prize. In the days heton the-war I looked around. a long while myself lor saoh a treeaurci; but "you've no Idea how xemnak- ably late I did get left.'* ■ ■ - . . - "0 Judge! II you were only to see ber In ber beauty; il you were only to hear her tlmld voles rlppUngouteweet.muolc. I've often went alOBC the street, pitying the girls I met, when I saw bow awkward and ugly tbey were oompaied wUb her. This wUl be Just the rhanrw for yon to her bow an angel talks. She will be down here in m» time, gently pleading for me. Ton make her be- Ueve that a single man aint got no show In tbto Court, and everything will be aU nghk" "If everyone was as willing to do their tiiara towards making the couiee ot true love smooth as I am, it would have been as even aa a drouo- rlng long ago," softly whlspesed the Jud "Here, EeUy, put this young fellow dowq In l condemned cell; and. Hogan, you run 'up to oIA Taylor's house, on Pourth street, and laU ths young lady that If she wants to see John Hanir : 9urch before he starts for BIng BIng she bad better be down here by three o'clock. Be sure ti» swing your club whUe you are tjtiWing Hf her, and. took OS cross ss you know how." Hogan hod not been gone over a half an tkonr, and the Judge had but Jtist flnlshed taUIng to ths aaaembled poUoemon how In the *'loxig ego" ha had once chased a young .teUow over three mllmi tor gomg around and saying things aboat hlsglilr and bad given him such a lieltlng that his friende went to every coffln-shop In town pricing ooShB, and how the same young feUow about six monlha afterwards laid for him one. night at a dance, where he had his gang "with him, and had given his honorable body such a that he didn't feel weU for flve years afterwards—tha Judge had hardly said "Bll this when a sound of voices In loud dispute 'outside the dooroansed aU to rush to the window. There they saw ared- faoed young female, weighing in the nelghho^ hood ot one hundred and fifty pounds, shaking her flat under Offlcer Hogan's nose, and saying very bard things Indeed slgalnst his moral char- acter. In half a minute she was up the etepsand In the oflloe. looking wUdly about her. Then^ee^ Ing the Judge, upon whose face a genUe amlla was beaming. In readiness for the tlmld areatno he was expecting, she bunt out: "Tou're a nice, red-headed 0ldTilIaIn,aIntybaI - onnnlng there like a great baboon. Ugh I near this place smells of whiskey. No wonder the Pit- llcemen always have such redtaoes.' What ham you dooe with John Henry Btirch?" ' Tlllsin —baboon —wtuskeyl" repeated lb* Judge In a stupefied manner, as be InsttnottTBlx got behind a couple ot poUoemen. "Can tt bo that you are the yoang Igdy referred t6t Are job the young man's sweetheart, madomf"' ^' "Are you the young man's sweetheart, modAnr* repeated the yuang female In a voice that ahoired she was no slouch of a mlmlo, either. • 'If s nan* ot your bUBlneas U I am. If I don't see Xoha Henry Burch this very minute, I'U tsar gom^ body's eyesouti" and the workings ot ber flngiicB plainly showed that she would try to .be Ihere.M time. 'Oh, why are such percepttve and doMWI** rmrnrn nn ibntr:—IT 1—n t'r.nTnmiiinitfir'giMffiT 'What a prize lis Item Terk BaHa wofU^nd t|L him," murmured tbe Jndgalna low,'MS^toa. "KeUy, knock oft Mr. Buroh's irona aad-'telnK him np here Immediately." As John Henry entered the room the timid evs^ ture sprang forward and threw hersell on'hja, howling out: . , "O John, John, John I what aade yon do.'ltt How could you treat your Own little Jennie Uka this? O John, John, John I" "How would you Uke Ityounself, If yoit-waesiie and all the yOung tellaws were blowing aiioiuid . bowiyoa oonidn't get mairled, and bow-t&<g«'' wasn't a girl that would have anything to do wltb. yont I teU yon I alnt a.golng to etaad 'it aor longer. If there'e such a thug aa nitttn^^Mde <^ State-prison. I've got good friends np ihere, and I guess I won't be lonesome," and .then, ae !■• finished, John cast a leer ot triumph orer Jen- nie's ehoulder at the Judge. "And alnt I good enough for you, John BordtT Alnt I Just as good as any giri that ever stood op} Why didn't you ever oak meT 0 John Honir BurchI to think that you would treat me Ilka "If I get out et this soiape,'wiU yon patth* wedding down tor the fint of next mpntht" asked the grinning John. "I'U teU the Judge tbatru vote his ticket the next time he runsi and I g\um he'U let me off this time." ."Tee, John, yes," ehe answered. "Let tie get out ot this frightful place as quick as we ean.*'.. As it didn't take voy long to make thing* eQ ' right with the Judge, who. actoaUy dUUtti to care how eoori his ahgellc vialtor left hUn, tMT — IP the Street togetbsnirtat' other's waists, and wdf . were soon walking np^tbe street togelba] anns aionnd each ""^^eMr mind. boys,V' remarked the Jajg ^aa he leaned out of. the window, and waMed 50 Into the fumiture-etore on tbe. ojmwr'*!"* ay for sweet revenge hasgbt to eoaifi^-fVt wai* untU John Henry Burch oomee dowB-TjpySi out a warrant for lira. Jennie. Burdi to'—' ■with intent to murder. We'U see'wnp'^ loudyt t hen."' ^ — L , - - - OOFFSB-LiazD?—There dled.at PrBsf^ luni, near London, the other . U«y.f whn^eetomaoh MilindlgesdblaBB^ found^namaljiJwenffbncUff' gloai. ten pebUae, tltree pteoi« 0f^iS,aflsh-biiok,a pln.nJ , - l,7«l.ta(ta«ad .n4^........ J ..