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Special Supplements, containing the preceding Chapters of Bronwen," may be had, price One Penny each. BRONWEN, A HISTORICAL TALE OF OWEN GLYNDWR. BY MB. EEBIAH GWTCTS EYANS, LLANGADOCK. (All Eights Reserved by the Author.) CHAPTER XXVI. GREEK MEETS GREEK." The Kidght, diadainiilg to pursue the fleiirg Marble?, turned his v-tenii-an to his* unfortunate friend, over whose bleeding body moaned Bronwen. Soothing the maiden with eei'tle words, he examined the wound, which, to M- joy, he found not to be fatal, the point of the having glanoed along the shoulder blade and come out below the arm, the ill-treatment Gruflfydd had already reoeived, and hib weakened coiiCition from the effects of the treacherous blow of Locg Tom, oauaiug what wonid oihorwiae have been a comparatively in significant wound to be attended with worae results than be ex- pected. Rapidly bandaging the wound to prevent the terrible effusion of blood, the knight lifted Gruffydd in his arms and bore him to the mouth of the cave, and to the open air. The youth soon revived, and the knight, placing the maiden in the stern of tie boat in which he had 80 opportunely arrived, and placing Gruffydd in a reclimog posi- tion in the bottom with his head rest- ing upon the lap of his beloved Bronwen, Kuzed the cars, and wth snrong strokes gent the boat ekimmhg over the dancing waves. They had not prcctwood more than t vo or three dozen yards, when tseir attention was aroused by icud chrnta at tto top cf tfao cHIT, and I-wkiog upward they saw a eieht which encr»uued "h.1Il wLh horror. M&rgiee, with hie brecst tern with the I'.t'or thoughts entailed by his diE^ppointrnfaL-, pureued by the ehriekinj maniac, h'.J.1 P th-j l'lugh patb for the top of tne ui1Ï. Tati bti?;.<iciag Jooith, however, had drc ? i a:c:n im ot feme p«reor.s' on the toy the cliff who ha.l oomo that way in eearon of uruifydd. Among thorn was ti e Black Knight's e^qairo, 1.10 tht M4>rglee, when ho came in eight ct one top of tho cliff, foand himself confronted by hÛf a dozcr t'-iuiod oiea. With a muttered oath ho fltufp*< »ud looked eronnd haBtUy for some meacs oi aeoapo. Hili qoick eye caught the suepeuded ropa by wbiod icris hail bt hicaeelf down, and paa'iiQ. he lebp-c- rj-on tho emJl terraoe .'si'Iir.g to it, aud, t -ho rvy<, he beg ,a uioonUfg hand over i;u:*d. Daao Judith, howsvsr, was closenpsa hiahosls atd quickly followed him, ser^AC'ini, "istop, Sir Phjlip To wa'jta Long Tom, you know, calls for you. to save hici from oiutcheB of the devil who came for jcu, but has Cc.ugbt him Marglee, heedless cf cov.rro of her cci?s, hd seiztd the rope and was altostriy ^aoing, wuen the manioc woman leaping, ad uuly a n^iivo would, from the ledge, with her lo Lg talon-liko fingers caught hold of M -rglee's legs, ¡¡.,The rope strained with the douoid weight, but it had been proved before, and held avely, In vain Marglee struggled to free himoelf, D"W>3 Judith's grip upon tin was iiko that; of death itself, and he fast felt hia strength leaving him, and hie hde lcarug their fiantic hold upon the rope. Help, belp!" be shrieked. For heivea s sake, help Oh, God, mnat this ba iny de*th I" ha ha!" maaiy ehrieiei Judith, we'll jump down to Tom, Sir Pnyiip, quicker than we came from him when that bl*o& davil frightened ue '• Oh, my God shrieked the terrified vilbin, the heavy bead drops of perspiration breaking oac over his brow, and bis muecles quivering under the terrible Btrain. "Help he shrieked again, ^'th heartrending accent, and the Welsh who had stood rooted to the spot rashed forward along the narrow ledge to aid him. But it was too late With a last despairing cry, whioh wascaugbtup by the triumphant laugh of Judith, and echoed by the exultant Bhriek of a pair of eagles waose domain had been invaded, the wretca Ion hia hold and fell into the ternbie abyss below, the bodies of Marglee and Judith, for a time united, bounding from rock to rook but becoming finally parted, the mauglei body of the woman rolled into the booming waters below, while that-of Marglee remained partly sus- pended over an enormous projecting spur which no human foot could reach aim, and there he lay as though earth and water aiise rej cted turn, refusing to be polluted with his wmch wad thus left to beocme the iood of the fowls of the feir. Bronwen, with a Bhudderirg cry, buried her face in her handB to hide the hoir^ble aceno fron her sight, ar.d the Black Kr-ight, ehonti:.>g forth hia directions to those ou tb* r-•' • t a Litter toady to meet him at the lanoit g w/th ewift Btrckea sent the boat bounding tioai the dragon's den. Tho body of Idria was recovered, ;1.11 reoeived reverent i-urial. GmftJ do, tab teudor noising of Bzonwen, toou beo^cia t'lVi\\?,8vl.mt. Glyndwr, having recoivec do^iitc Laformation cf the furcf opposed WÚÍIJ, srnii.AiPod ail who could bear uruie once inure to Life bt»Hd>ird, ui. <1 veil was his call answered. He gave the king battle near StaJlingolowD, on a place which in its nauao yeti OOUHh0l.Oorotes bttle, Bryn Owen- tbe Hill of Owen- Frxa ♦ aiiieet dawn till late at might th"1 bafctie ugd wi'.h varying Bucceas. For eighteen .hours did buth esdes i-how the must deteruuned bravery, anl at last the £ sg-.Uh were ohligtfi to retreat, leaving the hotly contested £ vid in tfc-e- yos3»:eeioii of t t" victorious Welsh, who, bo»wyer, LL- o* iraiv ti brave pat*lot, paid deady ;r tajtr victory. he year 1402 was crowded w;.«o o v*r.t "mportaiiCe. Early iu this y-hr therr ay^s^rsv. d fiiiming oomet, with beUAUtJut head and pti-ean>ing tail. The sear? of Cambria, wiv.a..uc xception, averred that this cornet por-jn led .»«- ;e»t and misery to the English, a:id i>o^toc bucccts and victory to tlit Welsh, aud indeed it alraoftt teemed as though this tiue. The English tLeicbelyew drr-a-i of thi* htr»cge visitor in the heaveae, feaiiug is e-ov jii to them. The campaign was opene r. hl ternblo battle, fought at Meifoa, iu aloatgunieryAfciie. This battle, different from prcoodrng ml08, oeeias to have fceen decided npou bo^ween the reegaot-iva leadtrf, who mutually agre ed the titne aae place of meeting. It was, in an iuimens-o duel between the English Wth-.j,, and, a-j u moat suitable, the opposing leaders were the very peiBODB on whose account this devastating originally broke out, namely, Glyndwr and 114 Grey. Le Grey had joyfully renc5-"cd lbs kiig's com- mand to march against the Welsh, and Glyndwr had as joyfully received rhe news t.h ifc his dd enemy was preparing. Each had causo, or rathor deemed he had cause, to hate tihe other, "Da Gr- y having been incensed agwiisst Glyndwr by the false representations of Marg'ea, and G yndwr having been incensed lie Grey by acts which he thought the la ter was guilty of, but which had been, in fact, either directly per- formed by Marglee himself, or brought about by hlThe battle of Meifod, then: was eagerly aoizad upon by the two ohiefs ae the means of settling their private quarrel, as well aa of deciding wider it sues and of a more national charaoter Eech seemed to look at the battle, m fact, ad a duel and, like duellists, each determined to use hU utmost skill to oome off the vicior. The ad- vantage of numbers undoubtedly lay w.th De Giej\ the English army of aH arms numbermg no leas tlan 15,000 men, while oOoTivaby misled ol 6 000 infantry and about d.iwu c*vairy, or about tvo-thirds of the number of his opponents. The Welsh, however p^sescadtheadvaut.ga ot Ewiit-of what a Yankee wonid oall prophesies of theit seers rcspeftting^ the success whioh had hithfii-to inva**1 y the army of Glyndwr intpirod them, aad tho very same reasons dejected tneir opponents, Under these oircumetunoce. ^hen, the commenced, and, infiuc!;etd by these fecl-ugs, 11 e battle was fought. The two leaders each per. formed prodigies of valour, each striving to outdo the other, and each endeavouring to reach his opponent, and, by a personal hand-to-hand oon- flict, decide the fate of the day; but neither could approach the other. Ever when either had strained every nerve to reach his enemy, and almost oome within arm's length of hua, the tide of the battle would, with e .forc0> throw them far apart, A both BiaCarr*e<*on with such determined energy cn graduaii^.B*v°n^ n°t Knidin long undecided, and a bold which had long shown and tinaliv l, v t^16'r attackers, began to waver, raoet terrible the battle ending in a rsemiea with f«^V e,Welsh pursuing their flying thousand of the £ No less than two and more than lay ^ead npon the field, De Grey, with auJmber wounded. POrcpeUed to eeek e5pt^d ^tificatioa, was bnrried course, attend^ '? fl«bt> directing hie iSSen, atraighti • large body of K fbvn Glyndwr. life/0,! castle of v a Sn« marked his quarry ^ined falcon, i to hia Bubordiua^J' nd, leaving ampler pame to ke^ men, inciudmiTti, iu?,aelt» with a hunared p pur8ned L>u Gc«y6 ^aight j and Grutfjd ^Peped th? par^^ On 6ped the pursued,an insight and *v 'ovver3 of Bhutbyn aeei^t?h0 ^aried, jaded BteedB, like to be loapirod with fresh vigour _at aC^ jj.. °losa upon their fceels came Glyn t { tt band, tnd in the very open at £ £ £ » where the castle stood, De Grey T~a at bay. Now the two ™Jof™ a^t time since they stood fa^t0„ sustain the hf^u of England. Nobly did > >»jfh character he bore for ekih «^ ioc w fiud dwr WBB eurpneed beyono &n tffeJuinatJ the ruan Le baa ever ccur5, er t'hould prove to he a tnat doubt his For the fcrat time old t,hnd«c tlow own success. Pass after ps*a r,d ncitber alter blow was warded nnd returned* a t-stmeo to have ^.a'cod the advance. T_^tioVce(i mutual oon sent, tit voilower, o^ these re' ^A(j ioacert stopped their fjma»;et conflicts &nd- this duel of giants as ic appeared. tttmed to have gaimd an adrautage, ana attacked bis opponent ^lth tury, valuing me Jike hai). upon thø &-mc-ur;:d body of bis opponent until the proved £ tet-l flastpd fiw, t.t2j off n piecet;; then agiuis, the wcind in tara tbe attacker, as tiis ouemy becatao ex. huueted with tho ;ur;ibie exertions required in the (•■easfiJoKB ftorm of blov-s, ii (untumed until Glyndwr at las-t. wilh a.tcruble downhanded blow broke Pe Grey'B swerd, and the blow, do^ poorid'tg upon hit shoulder, canned him to real and fall. GJyndwr eprarg forward, Rod with hia fiwordatDe Grey's throat, demanded bia eur- render, which was sullnniy pivon, the Welsh chief elivalronsly lent the araistiincc of his band to ifcite his fallen foe to bia feet, while the creat- fallen followers of De Grey threw down their arms in iofcej* of submission. Th»s fight had, however, raised in the breasts of bc-th a mutual admiration which perhaps nothing V could have so thoroughly secured, and their subsequent intercourse as prisoner and captor became fiiendly, each developing sotne new ciai.md to the 01 be8 regard and esteem, a.nd es-oh beoom- it jr aEhf.rr."d of his former ill feelinea. Being admitted to the fami-y oijv^e of Glyti rl vr, Do Grey became struck with the beauty of Jane, the eldest daughter of the Welsh chief, and she became equally enamoured of hia courtly graces, handsome person, and chivalrous character. The consequences may be guessed. The knight who entertd Glyndwr's family as a prisoner, lett as the but bar d of the daughter, and the firm friend of the chief. Before this event happened, Henry had paid the sum of 10,000 marks UB ransom for his favourite. This sum Glyndwr gava to his daughter as her èowry, this dowry, whan her husband Ttceired it, be returned to hid father in law, desir ir g bim to use it in the defence of Wales. Tae Croetau wa.s settled by mutual cuneent upju the second child which might come aa the frnis of union, and thus was the quarrel .v hioh iMd widened into a national war houoarably settled between the parties chiefly concerned. The war meanwhi e continued. We Bhall, how. ever, only britfly sum up ita chief events. Henry convened a large army again at Lichfield on the 7th of July, 1402, but here information reaohed him that bir Edmund Mortimer had been defeated and taken prisoner at the battle of Brynglaa, Baanorfchire, on the 22nd of June. Glyndwr contained his victorious career through South W ales, meetirg with no cppositon worth recording, except at some castles, which, however, ha goon compelled to submit. Henry collected again, by the 27th of August, an army of 70,000 men, which marched in three divisions, enterii g Wales at three different pints. Qlyndwr wisely avoided a. pitched battle with such an overwhelming force,retiring as before to the mountains,, driving before him all the oxtn and sheep he ceuld gather, and denuding the country behitd him of all provisions which might eelve to support the enemy. From his mountain- ous retreat he made frequent unexpected sallies, Btriking a succession of blows, which, though unimportant in themselves separately, amounted in the aggregate to a very serious loaa to the Ejglieh. Henry, enraged beyond measure, determined npen unearthing Glyndwr from his retreat, and nnwisely allowed himself to be lured to, and entangled in the mountains. It seemed a3 if the very elements hid combined with Glyndwr against the English. While Henry and hia army wera in the moat dangerous passes of the mountains, it almost invariably hap- pened thlbt Btorme, fierce and euddeu, of blinding sheets of rli-in, cr titingii g bursts of hail, accju- pariedby the most terrific thunder and lig'itniag, occurred, or when on dangerous paths where a single Jaiee stop meact death, they were eufolded h mists which prevented them perceiving any cbject a yard in advance. Thousands of the Erglish thus miserably perished, and Henry at l&Ftdifcheartened, and hia force reduced by disease und death almcst to a moiety of the proud araiy with which he had Bet one, returned, and the Welsh were left once more in peace. The Eagliah failed not to impute Borcery to Glyndwr, asserting that" fcy witchcraft he had caused such horrible Btorme of wind, rain, snow, and hail, to torment tbe aimy of the king, as never was heard the like Pt." The Welsh, however, imputed these to direct Divine interference and hailed it ai an augury of complete success. All things having thus been so favourable to the Welsh cause, and Glyndwr's consequent elation being 80 evident, Gruffydd thought it now a favourable opportunity to sAek his father's per. mission to make a formal olaim for Bronwen's hand. Having consulted the Black Knight, he was encouraged to do so, the knight begging Gruffydd as a personal favour to permit him to be present at the interview. Thia Gruffydd, in considerable surprise at so Btrange a request, consented to. The Welsh ohief was seated alone in one of the apaitmenta of Caer Drewyn when his son entered accompanied by the Black Knight, who, as usual in Glynowr's presence, had hia vizor down. Gruffydd advanced to bis father s side and made his usual reverence. Glyndwr courteously invited tbe Black Knight to be seated, an invitation which he with a low bow accepted. Then Gruffjdd, turning to his father, said: "My father! here, in the privacy of your chamber, and with no ears but ours and those of this brave knight who has proved so true a friend to us, we may, I think, speak without restraint." Speak on, my son," replied his father. I would ask thee, father, if since the day I aeked of thee permission to strike the first blow for Wales, I have pleasured thee?" asked the son. That hast thou ever done, my Bon," replied his father. But methinks that from that ing when thou camest to me and eaid. I Father, it is thou hSÐt sxceeded even thyself. though tbou art my son I shame not to say there is not a braver knight in all my army than thou, nor one to whom I owe more." "Iby words, dear father, fall upon my soul like dew upon the parched earth," said the son, aud though it was to pleasure thee, and not to t-eek for payment, that I have done whate'er I may have done to aid the, yet I would now beg of Thee ote boon Thou hast but to name it, Gruffydd," answered Glyndwr, and if it be aught Glyndwr fn ive, thou hast it even before thou askest." Then, father, what I ask, what I pray, ia. that thou grant me oermiesion to ask tho hand of jthrnwen. my cousin, in marriage," said the cuth, tremulously. The chief started to his fnet, exclaiming, sayestthcu ? fronwen P" "Ay, father, Bronwen, and none othar," said 1Le youth, watchu g anxiously his father's twitch. 1ipil.. Oh, say not BO, my aon," said hie father in uvici-nt pain. Abk of me aught else, but ask not this." "And why not thisP" inquired the youth. In rot she d SII juoble bboJ a.;¡ I. and am I not worthy of bet ?' Ay, in t-hfi noble, lad, ay, even as noble as hen! And an for worth, th&ra ia no maiden in f whr-ie wide world ci whom thou art not worthy Tti i. father, whn £ can yon have to object to ter" k>,)- p.o tho yc-utft. ttf Tiut ( ask me not if thou loveth me, Ori.t!jdr, bvt put thifc th-'iogut away from thee," su-t his inther. yell axs 11] 10 pluck the sun from the oavoi ;■ h-i i ln>k the love of Bronwen from my UJt I" taid Gr: ff>dd, paasiouately. ùh, n y Goc murmured (ilyndwr, in terrible perturbation, and walking the room with uneven tdt.ps, clasped bancs, and saddened countenance. "Ot" my Gud why ehould thia be? Why yet a^ain this blow ? and is my Bin^so great that I n>ui-f suffer even to thia for it?" Father, dear father," entreated the youth, let no light thing stand between thee and granting my prayer." light thing, my son," said Glyndwr, II could I but move this thing thou deemest light from hv path, ard thus pleasure thee, I would, heaven knowB, I would gladly die to do so. I l eg t;f lhe, my ton, put away this thought, for it 0,111: ot b(; But," persisted the youth, why should you, father, thus refuse me. My uncle, Madoc, has cotter ted. Be hath given me permission." Pe;mission he!" exclaimed Glyndwr. He 1 ad no right to give it thee!" < No rJiht, and he her father ?" inquired the youth, Her father! No exolaimed Sir Owen. "What saidst thou, father?" exclaimed the astonished youth. My unole Madoo not Bron- wen's father?" what have I said," exclaimed the chief in grief. But as I have said what I never thought to say until on my death bed, thou mayst as well know. Madoo is not Bronwen's father. But, Gruffydd —" he continued anxiously, If thou lovest me, if thou vainest my peace, if thou carest for my eternal salvation, I beg thee ask not this of me, for my earthly peace and my eternal salvation would be for ever fled did I but grant thee this. More than tfcis, I oannot; more 1 will not say. Now leave me, and believe me, my son, could I but suffer in thy stead, and so ettve thee this pain, I would most gladly do BO. But Heaven hath willed it otherwise. Pray thou me as I ever pray for mTBelf, and thank God, lad, thou has not that to bear whioh weighs me èowv," and sinking exhausted en hia seat he motioned them to leave him. With slow and sorrowful steps the younar man quitted the room, accompanied by hia friend the Black Knight, who led him to his own apartment, aad there, having secured the door, he lifted his vizor, and showed the astonished youth a visage radiant with joy. Gruffydd leaped to his feet, exclaiming angrily, And thou Bmile at my pain, and at my father's tronble P Me thought thou wert a better friend than this!" My friend, thy friend, and even thy father's fj iend, indeed am 1," said the kuigh?., and didst hou but know what' I know thou too wouldst emile with joy. I tell thee, youth, 1 know thy father's grief and know its oause, and had he but ..neented to thy wooing Bronwen, there would have risen up an obstacle whioh oould never be temoved but now thy father's gtief and his firm tetusal through his grief, hath, strange as it may ¡1eE;DI, removed the only obataole which oould e*What meanest thou i" demanded the youth With wrtoniubment.. „ That ehalt thou know in good time," an. ?wmd tbe knight, but it is yet too soon. Tne L.b however, is drawing nigh. Bostuaiu thyself Sep up thy heart, for on my knightly r "Vi! t tn thue if thou and Bhe be spared fori fa a«S.th.t which «l« .» ^r.on^°'gare him^e Orowoof pleasure him more than IT a gtt>° t_ Er gland But on tby life, not a word of this to llVThgu8Cnsayi*g, tho Black Knight quitted the roore. and left the youth vainly endeavjuring to find some clue to this Btrange mystery. (To be continued,)

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I Special Eupplemevts, containing the preceding Chapters Two Curious Courtships," may be had, price One Fenny each. TWO CURIOUS COURTSHIPS A tTOEY OF LOVE AND FINANCS. Being an adaptation from the French, and in many parts entirely re-written, BY HOWARD PAUL — linrfTTT~T ALL RIGHTS EESERVED. PART II. CHAPTER V. M. de Brevan guessed this rapidly, and under stood that he had been too precipitate. Do I look like a detective ?" he aBked. I don't know," sbe replied, but, if you are not one, how is it that you come to my houte, without knowing me from a side of sole leather, to ask me a whole lot of questions, which I am fool enough to answer ? "I told you I was a friend of Mr. Brass- cembe's." Who's he?" That is Mr. Marks' real name." She opened her eyes wide. You must be mistaken. I never h ard him called anything but Marks." It is because he had special motives for concealing his identity. The money he spent here did not belong to him; he stole it from the Unlimited Confidence Company, where he was cashier." Kitty atepped back as if she had trodden on a snake. "It's impossible she cried. It is the exact truth; Have you not seen in the paper the case of Mark Branscombe, cashier of the Unlimited Confidence Company r" He took a newepaper from his pocket, and handed it to the girl, savins: "Read." "Oh J believe you," ahesaid, pushing it back with a slight blush. The fact was, and Maxime perceived it, that she did not read very fluently. Tho worst part of Mr. Mark Bransoombe's conduct is," he resumed, "that, while he was throwing money away by handfuls here, he subjected hia family to the most cruel priva- tions "Oh:" he refuEed the necessaries of life to his wife, the best and worthiest cf women, he never gave a thilling to his eon, and he deprived his daughter of everything." Ub, if I had only suspected such a thing murmured Kitty. Finally, he has gone, leaving hia wife and children without bread." Why, what a horrible old aooundrul the man must have been!" she cried, That was just the point to which M. de Brevan wished to bring her. And now," he resumed, "you must under- stand the enormous interest we have in knowing what has become of him." I have already told you." M. de Bievan had risen in his turn. He took Kitty's hands, and fixed upon her a penetrating look which seemed to search for truth in the innermost recesses of her conscience. Come, my dear child," he began, in a persua- sive voice. "You are a kind, good girl. Wjll you leave this unhappy family in despair, who appeal to you Be Bure that no harm will ever happen through us to Mark Branscombe." I swear," she uttered, that I went to the station with Mr. Marks that he assured me he was going to Brazil; that he had his ticket; and that # all his baggage was marked, fRio de Janeiro/ The disappointment was great. At least," insisted Maxime, tell me who the woman was whose place you took here." But Kitty had returned to her feeling of mis. trust. How in the world do you expect me to know," she replied. "Go and askPolly. I'm not bound to render an account to you. Besides, I have to go and finish packing my trunks. So good bye, and enjoy yourself She ran out so quickly that she caught Polly kneelirg behind the door. So that woman was listening," thought M. de Brévan, anxious and dissatisfied. It was in vain that he begged Kitty to return and hear a single word more. She disappeared, and he had to leave the house without learning anything more for the present. Be had remained there some time and he was wondering, as he walked along, whether Alfred had not got tired of waiting for him in the public- house where he had sent him. But Alfred had remained faithfully at his post, and when Maxime entered, whilst exclaiming, Here you are at last, he called his attention at the saiue time with a gesture to two men who were drinking hlf and half out of pewter mugs at one end of tb i bar. What's the point ?". whispered De Erevan. Listen to those two men, but don't take any notice." Alfred ordered two glasses of claret, and he and his companion lit oigars, and appeared to be very much absorbed with each other. De Brevan thought he had Been one of the men at the bar passing through the garden to the stables at Daehiugton Houae, as he had entered. Be wore the dres8 of a groom, and was quite young. The other, an old mac, whose inflamed oottpiexion and hloeeomicg nose betrayed habita of confirmed drunkeniiees, looked very much like • coachman out of place. They were so interested in their conversation, that they paid no attention to what waa going on round them. Then," the old man said, "it's all up." Woree lnck, The houEe ia sold." II And the gaffer P" Gone to America." U What Sudden, that way?" "No. We supposed he was going on some journey, because, every day sinoe the beginning ot the week, trunks and boxes kept arriving; but no one knew exactly when he would go. Now on the night of Saturday to Sunday, he drops into the house like a bombshell, wakes up everybody, and eays he must leave immediata. We harness, pile up the baggage, drive him to the South Western Station, and good. bye, Mr. Marks!" "And the young lady?" She's got to get out in the next twenty.four hours but she don't seem to mind it. The fact is we are the ones who grieve the most, after all." Really ?" Oh, yes. She was a good and we shan't easily find another like her." The old man seemed vexed. Bad he growled. I should have liked that shop myselt." Ob, I dare say And is there no way to get in ?" Can't tell. It would be as well to see the people who have bought it. But I don't think much of 'em; they look a mean lot." Who knows but wbat Mr. Marks may come back suggested the old man, taking a draught from his pewter. No danger of that!" Why P" Because," he replied, Mr. Marks is oom. pletely ruined, it seems. He spent All his money, end a good deal of other people's besides. Polly, tie lady's maid, told me, and she's fly." You thought he was so rich 1" He was. But no matter how tig a bag is, if you keep taking out of it, you mnst come to the bottom." Then she spent a great deal?" "Rather! The money flowed like water Folly, who had been in the house fifteen years, told tales that would have made you jomp. This last one was not much for spending; but some of the others—" Co What others F" asked the old man. That I don't know anything about," replied the groom. But you may imagine that there must have been more than one in that little house during the many years that Mr. Marks owned it — a man who spent millions." And what was his business ?" "1 can't say." What There were five of you in the house, and you didn't find out the business of the man who paid you ?" We were all new." That Polly must have know'd." When she was asked, she said he was a mer- chant. One thing is oerain, he was a rum old beggar." So interested was the old ocaohman, that, per. ceiving his companion's pot was empty, he called for another. The groom could not fail to show his appreciation of such politeness. "Ah yes," he continued. "He was .2 queer old dog for sure. Nobody to see him would think he'd be up to suoh games." The two buried their noses in the pewters and took deep draughts. Just imagine an old bloke, I should say nearly sixty, with a face with never a smile on it, and a long, parson, looking frock coat. So help me as I used to eay to Bill, my mate, he looked more like a bloomin' missionary to the Carriball Islands than a party to go bothering his 'ead about the fair sex up St. John's Wood way." The old ex-coachman let oat a guffaw at thia graphic portrait. "Here's another rum go'" continued the groom, rather pleased with his own description of his late master. Perhaps you'd think he'd oome up here in a carnage and pair. Not a bit of it! He came in the Atlas—a 'bus was good enough for him-and after he got in the he'd take off his old togs and flourish about in a magnificent Batin dressing-gown, with a gold tassel on it as • must have weighed a pound. Then after. my lotding' it in a royal old style, he'd put on hia street dtids again, take the 'buB, and disappear as quietly as he came. Wasn't he a strange fish? I used tooallhim the Shah when he'd got that gown °D" Upon my word you're right, 'Arry. I wonder you didn't foller the old boy, and see, where he W T^be two pots stout by this time were beginning to teU on the groom, and it was with an unsteady wink of the eye, that he Baid: U What was he tome so I. got my wages. That's all I wanted. Ben, my ola flick, will you a"6Idon't mind-you don't see what I mean, 'Arrv If you'd follered the old bloke, you might have found out his place o business, and gone in for a little quiet black-mail, my lad. What they calls 'ush-money." "I see," returned the other; and, having drained tfceir po e and paid their score, they reeUd out into the sunshine, where De Brévan and Alfred soon followed. Alfred was very pale. "What disgrace!" he said So this is the HI < r side of my father's life! This is the way m ;vj-ieh be spent tbe money he Btole; reprivfd bia family of tbe necessaries ot life !—lt ia all over now," he continued in a tone of utter riHOOUragetnent. "It is useless to continue our My father in guilty." ¡ But M. de Brtfvan was n:,t the miE thaa to gird up the game. II Guilty ? Yee," he said; but dupe also." u Whose dupe ?" II 7 hat's what we 13hall find out, you may be eurfi." What! After wbat we have just heard ?" I have more hope than ever." Did ycu learn anything from Mioa Kino, tijfnP" Nothing core than you kno v from those two raket,le; conversation." A cxz-n questions we'c upon Alfred's lips ;but M. de Bievan interrupted him. In this cafe, mon ami, we should distrust app« arar-ces. Let me speak. Was your father a :No. His ability to dissimulate foryears hit- ( oub;e t3.iatt.fcce is abundant proof to the coa- ti ry. How is it, thi n, that l.tterly his conduct Iidf• teen to extraordinary and imprudent? You !(ub!.JeE8 HY it was always s,n. but I answer, No ior laC; it leen so his secret could not have been kept for a year. We hear that other women lived in that houte besides Miss Kino. But what has become of them ? Is there any certainty that they ever existed ? Nothing proves it. o. The eeTvarts having all been changed, Polly, tie maid, is the only one who knows the truth, ard the will be silent, i herefore, all our positive information goes back no turther than five months. ALd wbat co we hear ? that yonr father made his extrtvsgant expenditure as conspicuous as i.-jetiblo. That he did not e, ei take tfco trouble to conceal the source of the imoley he spent; for he told La Kino that he was at the ez o of his tether, and that, after having epent Ids 0" n fortune, he was spending other people's. He had announced hid intended de- par ture be had sold the house, and received the price. Finally, what was he to do? Instead of going off quietly, he tells everyone where he is going writes it on his trunks in enormous letters; and then drives in grand style to the railway station. What is the object ot this? To get caught? No; but to start a false scent. Therefore, everything must have been arranged in advance in his own mind, and the catastrophe was far from taking him by our- prise. Therefore, the scene with Baron vou Pfuhlstein must have been prepared it must have been on purpose that he left his pocket-book behind, with the bill in it which was to lead us straight here. Therefore, all we have seen is but a transparent comedy, got up for our special benefit, and intended to mit-iead the police." "Still," remarked Alfred, "thoia enormous expenses." My Jearboy," said DeB^van, "a great show can be made on ^€10,000. Let us admit that your father has Bpent icflOO,000. fhe loss of the com- pany is £ 250,( 00. What has become of the other ^150,000? It's that I want, and must have. I somehow feel a conviction that your father is oon. cealed in London. We must find him, by hook or by ciook, and make him tell us the truth, which I half suspect already." They jumped into a hansom, and were soon rattling city-warde, to the office of Babble, Birsfc, and Co., money-changers. "I wish to ascertain how far the Unlimited Confidence Company crisis has progressod, and that's the firm in all London to enlighten us," said De Brévan. Thia worthy firm called itself money-changers, but it was certainly not that modest business which turned in the X15,000 that the partners divided year after year. When a company has failed, when it has been wound up, and the defrauded shareholders have received two or three per cent. in all on their original investment, there is a prevailing idea that the certificates of its stocks are no longer good for anything, except to light fires. That is a mis- take. Log after the company has foundered its shares float, like the scattered debris which the sea casts upon the beach months after the ship has been wrecked. These shares, Bubble, Birst and Co., collect, and carefully store away; and upon the shelves of their office you may see scrip and bonds of those numerous companies which have absorbed, in the past twenty years, according to statistics, fifty millions of the public money. Say but a word, and one of the partners will provide you with stock of the" Woe Emma Mining Company," the Steam Navigation to the North Pole Co. the Hard-boiled Egg and Fried Bacon Co. any quantity of shares in the Welsh Mutton Chop Association," or the "Patent Ruby and Sapphire Works," and hundreds of others, which, for the general public, have no value, save that of old paper. And yet speculators are found who buy and sell these rags; and they actually go up or down, acoording to the ordinary laws of supply and demand for there is a demand for them, and here oomes in the usefulness of the firm of Bubble, Birst, and Company. Does a dishonest tradesman on the eve of declaring himself a bankrupt wish to defraud his creditors of a part of his assets, to conceal excessive expesditure, or cover up some embezzlement,, he goes at once to Old Broad street, procures a select assortment of the above or similar shares, and puts them carefully away in his safe. When the estate goes into bankruptcy— "There are my assets," he says. "I have there some thousands of pounds in shares, the whole of which are not worth five pounds to-day but it isn't my fault. I thought it a good investment; and I didn't sell, because I always thought the price would go up again." He gets hia discharge, because it would really be too cruel to punish a man who has made unfortunate investments. Bubble, Birst, and Co. know for what purpose are purchased the valueless securities they sell; and they actually advise their customers which to take in preference, in order that the purchase at the time of their issue may appear more natural. Nevertheless, they claim to be perfectly honest, and declare that they are no more responsible for the swindles committed by their means, than a gun smith is of a murder committed witn a Run he ban ecld. They will enreJy be able to tell us all ahnnfc Unlimited Confidence Co. repeated Alfred. Four o'clock struck as tho cab stopped in Old Broad street. "I hope we shall find Birst at home," said Alfred. He's the man for us." They ran upstairs, for the worthy firm's office was on the second floor, and having enquired— "Mr. Birst is engaged for a few minutes, answered a clerk. Will you sit down ?" Mr. Birst's office was like all other caverns of the sam e kind. A very narrow space was reserved for the public and all round, behind a heavy wire screen, the clerks could be seen busy with figures or handling coin. On the right, over a small window, appeared the word, Cashinr." A small door on the left led to the private office. M. de Brevan and Alfred patiently took their seats on some hard leather chairs, and wiitad for fifteen or twenty minutes. Will Mr. Birst be engaged much longer?" en. quired M. de Brévan. I do not know," replied a olerk. At that moment the little door on the left opened and the client came out who had detained Mr. Birst so long. The client was no other than Mr. O'Flash. On seeing M. de Bre van and Alfred, who had rieen when the door opened, he appeared greatly surprised. Be even turned slightly pale, and took a step backwards, as if intending to return precipitately into the room he was leaving; for Mr. Birat's c ffice, like that of similar speculators, had several doors, without counting the one which leads to the pohoe court. But M. de Brévangave h:n. no time to,effect a retreat. 11 Well," he said, in a threatening voice, and stepping towards him. The brilliant financier actually condescended to take Off hIs hat, which was generally glued upon his bead. a I did not expect to meet you here, Marquli," *laii.u W1.^ a deprecatory emile. At tbe title of Marquis" everybody looked up. T • -o Quite believe you," said M. de Br^van. But what I want to know is1, how is the matter 1 rogressiIlg P" The plot is thickening. Justice is at work." Indeed T, Yes, isir. Barwise, of the house of Barwise Prothers, was arrested this morning, just as he arrived on Change." Why ?" Because, it seems, he was Bransoombe's so. complice and it was he who sold the bonds stolen from the Unlimited Confidenoe Company." Alfred had started at the mention of his father's ^nt' '"th a significant glance, M. de Brevan bade him remain silent. •< 1 oapture," he said, sarcastically. And which proves the clear-sightedness of Jus- tice." But this is not all," resumed Mr. 0 Flash. The editor of the Investor's Bosom Com- panion,' St. Bullion, you know, is thought to be compromised. 'There was a rumour at the olose of the market that a warrant either had been, or was about to be, issued against him." And the baron ?" The baron," he replied, "made his appear- ance at the Stock Exohange this afternoon, and was the object of a perfect ovation." Capital! And what did he say ?" That the damage was already repaired." Then the Unlimited Confidenoe sharee must have risen." No. They were at 96| Were you not astonished at that P" Not much, because, you see, I am a business man, and I know how things work. When they left the baron this morning, the shareholders had a meeting; and they pledged themselves not to sell, so as not to bear the market. As own as they had separated, each one said lo himself, Since-the others are going to keep their stock like feole, I'll sell mine.' Now, as three or four hundred of them argued in the same way, the market was flooded with shares." And yourself P" interrupted M. de Brévan, looking the brilliant financier dead in the eyes. I!" stammered Mr. O'Flash, so visibly alarmed that the clerks could not help smiling. "Yea, I wish to know if you have been more faithful to your word than the shareholders, of whom you were speaking, and whether you have done as we agreed." Certainly, and I am only here tP-" "I think I know what brought you here," re- turned De Brevan and in a few minutes I ahall have ascertained." I swear——1" Don't swear. If I am mistaken, so much the better for you. If J am not mistaken, I'll prove to you that it is dangerous to try a double game on me, though I am not a business man." Meantime Mr. Birst, seeing no client coming to take the place of the one who had left, became impatient at laet, and appeared upon tho thfos- hold of his private offioe. Be was a youngieh man, small, thickest, and vulgar. At the first glance, nothing of him could be seen but his nbdomen-a huge, piuderoua abdomen, the seat of his thoughts and. t ibernacie of his aapirations, o?er which dangled a double gold chain, as thick is a young cable. Above an apoplectic rer;k, as red as that of a turkey cook, Btood bis little head, covered with coarse hair, out short. He wore Dundreary whiskers, j and hia large, full moon face was divided in two by a nose as flat aa a Kalmuck's, and illuminated by two email eyes, ia which could be read the Inc st thorough duplinity. Seeij.g M de Brevan and O'Flash engaged 111 conversation. Why you know each other?"' he Raid. Ye»y well, indeed," replied Maxinw. Ar.d it lie lucky that we should have m9t. I had come on the same matter ae my friend here, and I was juet explaining to him tb?t he had been t-oo hasty, and tb-t it would be beet to wait two or three day- c r. Birsi. just rhst I tolc him," echoed Mr. Birst. Alfred nrdcrBtood only one thing—that M. de Bievan had penetrated O'i-ash's designs, and he rculd not sufficiently gdn ir? his presence of ii ir;d, ard his skill in grasping an unexpected tppc rtnr.it y. KiTULaifcjy, there is nothing dene yet," said Mr. Birtt, "And there is time yet to alter what has been sgreed (n," r-aid M. de Bje?an. "Gome," he Lcccd, f-ddret-sirg himEclf to O'FlatU, well airange natters with Mr. Birat." But O'Flash, who remembered the scene in Toloer Square, and who had his own reasons for i»la-m, '.H;uld collier have jumped out of the v> i cow. I have an appointment," he stammered, "settle it without rje." Then yon give me carte blanche?" If the financier h&d cared But he felt the tLreattnirg eyes fixed upon him, and did not utter a v- ord of denial. Whatever you do will be satisfactory," he faid, in the tone of a man who gives up the game. Arc, t-Ei he went out of the door, M, de Brevan stepptd into Mr. Birst's private office. He ra- n air-ed only five minutes, bond then joined Alfred, whom he had begged to wait for him. "I thick I have settled them," he said, as they walked off. Their next visit was to Mr. St. Bullion, at the office of The Investor's Bosom Companion." Everyone must have Been that sheet, with its ingenious engraved headiLg, representing a bold mariner steering a boat filled with t:mid passen- gers towards the harbour of millions, over a stormy sea, bristliug with the Vocks of failure anil the shcals of ruin. The office of that paper waa, in fact, less a newspaper office than a geaeral busi. nefoS agency. As at Bubble, Birst, and Co 'E. there were clerks scribbling behind wire screens, small windows, a cashier, and an immense black board, on waion the latest quotations of console and other securi- ties were written in chalk. As O'Flash expended some hundreds yearly in advertising his paper in order to obtain tnbsciibers as, on the other hand, it only cost three shillings a year, it is clear that ita profits were not made out of the subscriptions. It had other sources of income its brokerage first, for ij bought, ko-d, and executed, a8 the prospectas said, all orders for stocks-, bonda, or other securities, for the best iatereste of its clients. And it had plenty of business. To the rich brokerages must be acdad adver. tising aid pnfficg— another source of income. Six times out of ten, when a new scheme was aej on foot, the organisere rtent for St. Bullion. We rely upon you." they said to him What advantages have you to cffe: P" he inquired. '.L he n the expected profite of the new company were discutBed. For a thousand poands St. Bullion promises sheets cf jubilee and odas innumerable. He would put tne skarn on fall for that sum. For five hundred he would praisa warmly, but not enthusiastically, and a hundred Becured friendly neutrality. If tha new v?n;ure refused any patronage whatever to the "Bo?o:n Companion, why it had, in the vernacular, "got to look out." From the next number he commenced the cam- paign. Be was moderate at first, and left a door open for retreat. He put forth doubta only. He did not know much about it. It might be excellent, it might be wretched it waa safest to wait acd see. That was hint No.l. If it remained without result, he took up his pen again, ana made his doubts more pointed. He knew how to Bteerclear of actions for libel, how to handle figures BO as to demonstrate acoord- irg to the requirements of the case that two and two made three, or made five. It waa seldom that, before the third article, the company did not surrender at discretion. All the financial world knew him, and he had many friends among promoters and directors, When M. de Bievan and Alfred arrived, they found the office full of people-speculators. brokers, bulle, and bears come there to discuss the fluctuations of the day. Mr. St. Bullion ia engaged," one of the clerks told them. Indeed, his coarBe voice could ba distinctly heard behind the Bcreen. He soon appealed, showing out an old gentleman, who seemed utterly confused at the scene, and to whom he waa screaming: "No, sir, no! The 'Bosom Companion' doesn't take that sort of business; and I like your cheek to come and propose such twopenny rascality." Then, observing Alfred Youcg Branscombe he said. By Jove it's your lucky star that has brought you hers. Come into my room; we'll have some fun no v." Many of the people who were in the offioe had & word to say to Mr. St. Bullion, some tfedvica to ask him, an order to transmit, or some news to communicate. They had all etepped forward, and were holding out their hands with a friendly smile. Ho set them aside with his usual rudeness. "By-and-byo. I am busy now; leave ce alone." He pushed Alfred towards the door of tho inne: oiice, which he had just opened. "Come in, come in he cried impatiently. But M. de Brevan, whom he did not kno;v, was following. What do you want F" he asked roughly. "This gentleman is my bett friynd," sa Alfred, turn it g to him. And I have no secret from him." "Let him vralk in, then; but, by Jove, look sharp." Orce sumptuous, the editor's private room had fallen into a state of dilapidation. If the porter had received oidere never to touch it with broom or duster, he obeyed them strictly. Dirt and J disorder reijrned supreme. Papcra and maim, j scripts lay in all directions; and the sofa was covered with mud from the boots of those who had lourited upon it. On the mantelpiece, in tho midst of half-a-dozen dirty slashes, etood a bottle ot sherry, half empty; and all over the room cigar stumps, tobacco ashes, and burnt matches were strewn in prr fusion. What has become of your father?" a«V.«»d Mr, St. Bullion, in the rudest tone, boltir.g e doer as no spoke. Alfred started. This was tL: latl caesilw- L& cxpected to hear. "I do not know." he replied. Oh, it's all very well to say thai ii the police; it is your duty," said Mr. St. t. But to an old friend like me, and who has reasons not to be credulous- 11 I swear to you that we have no idea where he has taken refuge," asseverated Alfred, with such illncenty that doubt was no longer possible. Mr. St. Bullion looked astonished. What!" he exclaimed," your father has gone without securing the means of communicating with his family?" Yen." Without leaving you any money ?" We only found a small sum after he left." Well, the thing is complete," said the editor, with a gesture of ironical admiration. Brane. combe is a cleverer fellow than I gave him credit for; or else he must have cared mure for those infernal women of his than anyone sup. posed." M. de Brevan, who had remained silent hitherto, now stepped forward. What women P" he asked. How do I know?" he replied, roughly. "How could any one ever find out anything about a man who was as hermetically shut up in his ooat, as a tortoise in its shell PI) "But O'Flash—" Oh, he's another nice old cup of tea! Still he may possibly have discovered something of Bransoombe's life; for he led him a pratty dance. Was he not going to marry Mies Branscombe once F" Yes; but against her will." Then you are right; he must have discovered something. But if you are relying on him to tell you anything you are reckoning without your host." That is as it may be," murmured Maxime. But Mr. St. Bullion heard him net. He was pacing up and down the room, violently agi- tated. Oh, those icicles he growled, "those men with discreet countenances, those close-shaving calculators. What jolly fools they do make of themselves when once they begin! Who can pos. sibly tell what this one may have been driven to by the spur of some mad passion!" He stamped his foot violently on the carpet, from which rose clouds of dust. "And yet," he swore, "I must find him. And, by the gocds! 1 will find him, wherever he may be hidden." M. de Brevan was watching Mr. St. Bullion with a scrutinizing eye. You have a great interest in finding him i" he said. I have the interest of a man who thought him. self shrewd, and who has been taken in like a child-of a man who was promised wonders, and who finds himself in danger—of a man who is tired of working for a can? of thieves who heap thousands upon thousands, and to whom, for reward, they offer the police court and a retreat in quod for his old age—in a word, Ae interest of a man who will and shall have revenge, by all that is holy'" On whom ?" On the Baron ven Pfuhlstein, sir! How in the world has he been able to compel Branecombe to assume all the responsibility, and to disappear r What enormous sum has he given him F" But my father went off without a sixpence," interrupted Alfred Mr. St. Bullion burst into a loud laugh. "And the quarter of a million?" he asked. What haa become of it P Do you think they have distributed it in charity f" Without waiting for further objections, he went And yet it is not with money only that a mFr can be induced to disgraoe himself, to oonfessbim- self a thief and a forger, to run the risk of f -al servitude, to give up everything--oour family, friends. Evidently the baron must have had some powerful hold over Brain combo-" M. de Bievan interrupted him. You speak," he said, as if you were cer- tain of the baron's complicity." I am." "Why don't you denounce him, then P" Mr. St. Bullion started back. s What!" he exclaimed. Draw the finger of the law into my own business ? No. thunk you i Besides, what good would that do me i" I have no proofs of my allegations. Do you supposa that Von Pfuhlstein has nottaen his prwautior.Sj and tied my hands? No Without Branscombe no- thing can be done." "lJo you suppose, then, that you could induoe him to surrendbr himself ?' "No but to furnish me with the proofs I read, to send Von Pfuhlatein where they have already sent Barwise. But I want tbeeg proofs now. to- day, this very moment. Before the end of the week the baron will have wound np the speculi- tion, realised heaven knewe how much and put everything in Bueh mea order that iustioe who in financial matters ia not over olevo?, *viii discover OuhU'C vrvotsg. If he cap c'o that, he »e&f ;s ouv ot reach, and wil.' be dabbed & first- jpifev-f r Tbpu *.i ?w: irey he not &*pir? "He tr:ks already of puttingup for Parliament, n!1d he saye everywhere that he is going to et.rry his daughter to a nobleman who bears oue of -he eldest names in trance—the Marquis de Br^vsn." i«ere ia the Marquis de Brevan ex- clsin ed Alfred, pointing to Maxime. For the first time Mr. St. Ball:on took the trouble to examine his visitor and he seamed surprised. Ficupe me, sir," he said, with a politeness very c:ff?ient frcm his ordinary manner, "and permit ne to spk if you k^ow the reason way taron tor. Pfuhletcir, is so anx;ous to have yon for a eon-in-law ?" I think," replied M, de Bievan, coldly, "that P-e baroi; would 110 be sorry to deprive m'\ or the rigl.t to inveEtigate thu causes e,¡ iLy iV.-o-j ruin." They were interrupted by 8grefitni of eo c-- in ihe &<"j<>iniijg room and aimott imm«di»'ivly t} ere wae a loud knock at the door, aud a vjiue Clieè- Open, in the name of the iaw 1" The editor of the "Bosom Companion" had become ghastly pale. That's what I was afraid of," he said, "Vm Pfuhlstein has got ahead of me, and I may be ruined." Meantime be did not lose bis wit. Q lick as Ihonght he took a paoket of letters uut or a draper, threw them into the firo-plaae and set fire to them, saying, in a voiej made hoarse by emotion and swger- No one shall come in till they are burnt." But it required a long time to make tbem oatch fire and Mr. St. Bullion, keeling before the hearth, was stirring them up and scattering them, to make them burn faster. And now," said M. de Brevan, will you hesitate to deliver up the baron into the hands of justice?" He turned round with flashing eyes. "If I want to save myself, I must pave him too," he replied. Dcn't y. u understand tc.t. ne h'lds E.6?'* Then, seeing that the Wt ebe>-v- if his correspondence were oonsumed, he turned tu A'fred, and Eaid- You may open now." Alfred obeyed; ard a sergeant cf pel'* entered the room; whilst twor.Scera with c.fficulty kept back the crowd in th outer oflic ihe sergeant, who was aL old r;ad, and d-M probally been on a hundred < x,ej.itions of th o kir-d, had surveyed tte '•owiv at a giaaoo Noticing in the fiie-jhce tue CirV.otiis.-d de'.>ri$, uv< a which ttill fluttered an oi.inng "That's the xeseon, tben. n- said, "taat- j-ju vere so long opening tbe door ?" £ r St Eul'.ior. smiled &c.r-asiicj,'ly. "Private matters," he replied, women's letters." "Hie wil! be moral evidence against you, tar: I prefer it to material evidence Without condescending to noj'ce the iai^er- iineico, the eergeaut was casting a Bus^ie.ous gJaco6 at Alfred and M. de Jb.^v«n. "Who are these gentlemen w to were closeted with your" he asked. "Vie-iters, sergeant. This is Mr. 13 e- n combe." '"lhe scr cf 4lie cashier F" "Ex&cr.ly; and this gentleman is tue /A-vqais èe }(; éV&I: "You Ehould bLVe the düu! i.;) I -j 1 beard a knocking in the nau-e ot the 1>sV' protested the sergeant. But he did not insist, taking a p!àpr fro aio jrorket, he opened it, and showed it L) S*. Bullion. I have orders to arrest you," ha s^id. "Here is my warrant." The other pushed it away carelessly. "WhatathetiaeofieaoiBgr he baid. "Wbetl I heard of the arrest of Bhurii-p, 1 guessed u. cnce what was in store for me It is about tne Unlimited Confidence Company iawludle, I imagine." Exactly." "I have no more to do with it than you your- felf. But that is not your business. You are going, I Buppose, to put seals on my papers?" Except on those you have burnt." Mr. bt. Bullion burst out laughing. He had recovered his coolnEss, and was as much at ease as though an arrest happened to him every day. "Shall I be allowed to speak to my clerks?" he SEked, and to give them some instructions f" "Yee," replied the sergeant; but in my pre- Benoe." The clerks were called, and appeared, cinetcr nation depicted on their countenances, but j sparkling in their eyes. In reality, they wore delighted at the misfortune which had befailan their employer. "You see what has happened, gentlemen," he said. But don't be alarmed. In leas thitl forty-eight hours the error, of whioh I am the victim, will be recognised, ar,d I --hall be liberated on bail. At any rate, 1 can re!y upon ycu, can't I?" They all protested that wcrdd be more attentive and zealous than ever, "You, Ftzsnan," he continre^, addressing his cashier, who was his confidential and right hend man. ic-.ti must go to ttt Baron von Piublatein, atd advise tin of whai's going on. Let him have funds ready; fer 8-U our depositors will want to àf;w their aionoy oat at once. Then call at the punting office; have my article cn tbe ytlim.tid Ccncceuw Coalpit.; kept out, and insert in it-s place as article ttat'fc set up cn the Acmiaier-ration of Joint Stock Bstks, Above all, óOD't plenties my arrest, unless the baron specially wwfcee Go ahead ard let the Boicm Cotapanicru' appear su* usual; that's important." be i.ao, whilst speaking, lighted s cigar. lie law rots net trow, h; said to the krigi-Htt, who was fumuii: a^tri in all the cr&werp of; the desk, •' whs\ irrerarable (teethe the a&y cause hy arreari; g h&Btiiy r. r.\va «?hv hai chaise of such imn.ense n.tereets se myaeU. It is the fortune of many small capitaiiste that is imperilled." The ftit&eB&es of the had already retired, Ole ty one, to spreaci the news soon: the ciiy. M.. ceBj^van and Alfrca left toe. "Dou't say anything cf I told you," whicpered Mr. St. Bullion t-A parting I shall leave j<_u caid il..■litr.o w!?r. thty gained the street. "1 know enough to Trt ture to OAiJ at the baron "a, There oniy I be able to see how to Btrihe tue oc;ua,vol r. Re: urn home, and rpJie^e your o:'Qe1." i t>¡ct sisler's anxiety. Ycu'.I set: me in the cw;.# of ihe evening." < Without wailing for a r .p y, i.e intc- u cab, which started c 5. But Alfred did cc-t go hom?. Ue t> fitnt to Bee M&dge, to tell her th; .it« .{ Osy, the busiest d hia eraiu-i.vie; to cell her his discoveries, hiê IStu;6, b,i aLi.i and his bcpeB. To 1: preat- surprise be to f.ud her at riC ]of.-gyz;Cs. Mrs. Gru.,I) eaid, m* ca j gone Out d;ivirgati tbroo o'clock bus iiad notyotretoraed; but ehe could not be .¡;¡L.r;l, ob it W4.8 L gsttiDg dark. Alfred went out again to see if he could not meet her. He bad failed alitvs way, when L-ome distance he th. u^ut he noticed on uuutu»l commotion. Aln.Ort imniedi^r^jy ha hasrd shouts of terror. Frigbt«-ne i ec-ple wore running in all directions, and a csn-irre, toing at full gall: p. passed him like a flash. Quickly as it lad whirled he had time to recognise Madge, pale, and c-iinging desperattely to her eeat. W iid with f. ^r, he rushed after it as fast as he could rtn. It fcea.ed that the driver bad no control ever hiB horses, A policeman ho tried to stop them was knocked èowu. A littla farther on, the hind-wheel of the carriage, catch. ing the wheel of a heavy van, broke into splinters and pcor Madge was fluce heavily into the street' whilst the driver fell over upon the pavement. (To be continued.)

FEMININE FOIBLES FANCIES, AND FASHIONS. BY A LADY. (All rights Reserved.) £ CNNY WEATHER IN THE ISLB OF WIGHT— EGYPTIAN DATK^SSS IN LoNDON-PHANTOHS I: THE FOG—DEAN SWHT'S EXTRAVAGANCE IN CANDLES AND COALS -LONDON IN 1306 A.D. —A GREAT BARGAIN A WOMAN'S Aim-THs VICAR OF WASILFLSLD'B SPECTACLEs-THE "SELLING OIF OF STUPLUS TOCK It BNAILE NEW YEAR'S DAT, A DAT OF LABOUR IN Eao. LAND—"NEW YEAR'S DAT VISITS IN PARIS —WHERE DO ALL THE PINS GO P- WALNUTS AND PEAPODS AS ORNAXJLNTS-IVHOTOGRAPHIC IMPRESSIONS ?OB DEKSSES TH BIBBON I DANCE AT CHILDREN'S PARTIES. A correspondent of mine, who writes from { Yentnor, in the isie ot Wight, tells me it is quite genial and sunny there. Consequently, she is halt inclined to throw discredit upon my deacr%. tion of the Bort of weather the unhappy Londoner have to put up with, When, with the fluency of a person who is airing a grievance, I expatiated on the subject of our atmospherio woss, I got very little sympathy. Miserable grumblers are ye all," was the unfeeling verdict pronounced j upon us by this favoured inhabitant of clearer ekits. So the little bit of cynicism in my oom- position asserted iteelf, and served to remind m of the remark made by the bitter satirical Pope, That he never know a man in his life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian." I have reason to think that tjs personal experience of each one of us goes very tar 10 confirm that of the cynic wbo penned the above. How should thoRe who revel in pure ai* and Buasbite realise what it is to sit, as I am doing, at noon, under three gas lights, which 3an hardly be eaid to illun. ine the Egyptian darkne?8 that wraps the outer world., So dense is the foe that it gives one a sense of suffocation simply to look at it, whilst to breathe it ia to choke. How it creeps about us. and seems to envelop us, like seme ghostly invisible presence, from which we cannot escape. It obscures our ughta indoor and the stieet lamps loom Etruvuiing and dim through the darkening gloom. In short, things are scarcely endurable. Havir g tnoat reluctantly to i go out a tew evemrg* smoe, and whilst waiting fcr an cmmc-us at U^e fs CircoB, Iwasatrtif^ by ti e hug. phantomiike appear- qrice which o-er. ata thiLge assumed in the vapour. Itwi- lite bé.1 in a world uf ghosts, so unreal cid ev t ytbiog ar p^f Tue pedestrians who were e f-nc re.pa,ting the lighted windows of tbe shr pt, ti-vfuy retitileo the lines .of the American pcet. when ho w.-i&ee r That hk?pVa.r.tome srhv av.i-all, Shadows U-IB ti FU! fi ebght, i PI <e UiOE ti e p.rour «aU, Here in *hia (Treat ihorouybfare was an exact j emboeiinent cf the same :d»»a Whilst I cannot easily iruagine anjlhiug nure motistrons. ghostly, and Ez LU, than th, exsggorat^d size of the London gondolae, us tetra one whimsically styled ovr ttetrepo.itswc ccv vcyancea, they loolged like bPle mor.stots e,c _v advacc-rg upon one, whose awtci, urlrepir-tlr.g purpose it was to grind 01 e to powdrr. With small eenae of relief did I find lu^eelf once more with th-* tangible things of hence, about me, and surrounded by familiar foteB atjd furniture I Boon lost that sense of of hence, about me. and surrounded by familiar foteB aid furniture I Boon lost that sense of >css and unreality which had before! >, e<d me, and mode me feel ae phantom-like i'airvr .-Li. h Lid iietn about me. The distinctions between daylight and darkless seem almost lost in the Cimmerian blackness, and when the breakfast bell calls us to that mitu:.nal meal, we are in a state of bewilderment as to what may be the exact hour, for, as far as daylight serves to distinguish thcs-3 periods, it may be n-idnifchi;, cr cock-crow, or morning. In cne of Swift'B letters to St6lla, there is the following passage I will seal up this letter by my morning candle, ard cairy it with me to the city, and drop it into th^ poBt with my own fair hands/' Were London aB dark then in the daylight as it is just now, Presto's candles would scarcely have ei meed for the task of writing the letter, though they were, as he says, good sixes to the pound, IIno now he might well have been angry at the charge cf extravagance for burning them by day, & charge from which he satirically dafenGe him- self by declaring he never burns fewer than one at a time. and proclaims his economy in the matter ot coal by'Baymg hie fires cost him twelve peace a. week, and perhaps something more, which is not unlikely, if the mineral product were as costly a necessary in Dean Swift's time as it is now. ) Blessed in an equal degree with the man who in. vtllted sleep be that other who discovered the properties of coal. I read yesterday that the use of coal became general in London about the year 13CG, but the air was Boon said to be iefected by the noxious vapours arising from it, and for a t me the burning of coal was prohibited. It is difficult to realise that there was ever a time when no coal fires were burning in the great metropolis, whoee oountlesB chimneys now pour forth suoh volumes of smoke that one might rea- sonably suppose there was a smouldering volcano beneath each roof. I cannot help loving a 9food fli e, and congratulate myself that I walk the earth in days when the use of coal is not pro. hibited. Someone who knew na well once uid th "t there were few things dearer to the heart of a woman than a great bargain. Now, as the tradespeople here are most of them selling off their surplus winter stock," as they phraae it, it is supposed ttat we have only to walk into the first shop to 1'. aiify our foudnees for an article purchased » v*icw ito real value. Undoubtedly at some of the b,- o-i ) f ut es of business it is found necessary to tk-ar cut old stock to make way for the new, t,i(-.h must, of course, be bought in advance of the Eeason for which it is intended, and possibly the articles which would lose value by storage are sold at some present sacrifice. A judicious lady, ho knows what she really does want, and is r solutely determined to buy nothing which she doas r.ei wtnt. may find in these periodical sales the tit rgMce Ehe is in search of. Most women, how. evi r, have only a vague ideaof their requirements, ar c buy HCSPE- Of things because they are s..d to becheap, until the purchaser is startled to find »hen the bill comes how much money has been spent on articles which she re&lly did not waut, cr cculd do very well without, burdening herself ith an accumulation of goods which are only to e called so in their commercial sense. Tne things P, I e nearly always found to be damaged in some v ay or other. Laid by for wear at their proper season, when that comes round too fiequently the buyer finds her supposed tree sure as doubtful and vexatious a bargain as the famous Vicar of Wakefield did the acquisition of a gross of copper-rimmed speotaolea in rbagrftn cases, whilst it is possible tne lady may lack the calm philosophy which enabled that good man to bear with complacency the consequenoea of his too easily-duped son's folly. Very orten the sum which was considered too large to pay for a really-needed and useful article has been frittered away upon trifles almost valueless to the purchaser. Without intending irreverence, and quoting it because of its force and simplicity, I would repeat the advice given in the Scriptures with refeience to another pathway, and say to tboee who are in danger ot being enticed into the shop where these sales are going on, Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away." As regards New Year's Day as a working day, I think that English men and women never think of it in the light of a holiday, but go forth to their labour exactly as they do on any other ordinary working day. Happening on the 1st of January to be in a house where there were several foreigners, each one from some different part of the world, I notioed how with one consent they all began to make excuses for not attending their usual occupations. In Franoe, I know it is customary to exchange oongratulatory visits at the commencement of the year, and that these visits are repeated throughout the month of January; but 1 had no idea that the day was kept as a sort of festival, not only upon the European Continent, but also in some places in n tr.erica, and even so far away as the Canary Isles. iiA correspondent, writing to me from Paris, sajs that the toilets for tne "New Year's Day vieits" were unusually splendid; but as no description of them was sent to me I regret that 1 cannot send any to my readers. This, however, my correspondent did tell me. i.hat the I rench ht-ve introduced an extravagant novelty in the shape of gold and silver pins, and describes some 0; them ae having heads made of pearl. The term pIn morey," used with reference to the purchase of these ocetly neoessaries, attains something of its former significance, whilst one of the gTEtet questions of our time, Where do al! the P'T.e gt r when applied to the disappearance of th-se valuable requisites, stands a better chauoe oi so'uiion. As ornaments they will be taken I arfctf 1 ban thr,, cijmmckn pins we toO lavishly i-cw3 witr. no prospect of harvest. I was surprised to heat; a little while ago, that the consumption of pine hi Great Britain alone is calculated at fifteen j:i'Jirn=> per diem, and that there are some >i.*Eu'<»r;«.rieis where every week two tans of wire a»e converted into pins. One might naturally i»t piA.se ths fIDface of the inhabited part of the earth wm CUI!-PLEdd of a thick stratum of pins alone, it saeme to be in the minor etceTeraa of the leiifci ihtre js the most extravagaica A set c,f mace of mother of pearl, ialail with gold, wat Fliii*i. to lie a short time since, and their vo:3 mcderate p-ice was Jt20. Atuouget c-tber carious adornments are copies of I t-on-.e Zulu batglea. said to have been VinpgLt from the Cape, uud at a shop in j IN B nd etree.t I was shown quite a I ian?' election of the anklets, which eo.ne ladies I ot It-rhiott wear net only for full dress, but daring j tte ? c I!i: r part rf %,be lay. Wbateve., is eingultriy "d.. cr remarkable, or picturesque, there is a r¡¡(' [or it, anti effect is tho one thing sought af oer. jicee fashioned after Eastern designs are i v:pt-;ui-y worn to match tbe new anklets, and the v noc! rvr.igti beetles are muoh used todecorate drfcfciiefc they are also made into ornamental i v-ti.!ery, and mounted as pins for the hair; 1 !Lnk there is something barbaric iu tti.,ir i ee. Much prettier to me aeem the taste :al irt ulcc ant'lockets, made in gold and enamel, flic r rfp-etent flowers, sprays of foliage, and Etodieu with diamonds. Groups of tiny roses taVf & jewel w. the oentre of each bloom. A bunch ci viulets in enamel is pretty. Quaint are the gold walnuts etudded with diamonds, and the half ('per-cd peupods, disclosing their treasure, not of & <n.octi;rrt vegetable, but duplicates of pearl. TV *ar.rings 1 saw at the Bond street jeweller's cro n-ostly of small size. Undoubtedly, unob- trusive ear rings are by far the most fashionable juot now. AmoLgst other threatened ecoentrioi- tics ia that of introducing stuffs with photo. feraphic impressions upon them. The pictures of the old masters are, it is said, to be produced. I believe a specimen of this kind of material has already been made by a Lyons silk manufacturer. I should imagine the processes involved in the production of such a material must necessarily be very oostly. I think, there. fcre, these fabrics will not be within the reaoh of many people, and for myself, I must confess I should prefer a simple brocade to a dress that would convert me into an animated picture gal- would convert me into an animated picture gal- lery. I must not forget to mention some very excellent imitations of eeal fur, which have been shown to me. The woven seal is a very good counter'eit, so good that it is nearly impossible to extinguish it from the real skins, and their price is less than might be expected for 80 auooesa- tul an imitation. A large jacket or paletot of woven seal would cost about six pounds. Fashion's dictum is, that no medium-sized jackets shall be worn, they must either be very long or propor- tionably short, and large square silk handker. chiefs are sometimes seen round the neck in place of the still popular fur tippet. If this is worn ladies generally tack some lace round the neck, it gives a far more finished appearanoe, and softens the hardetraight line which, without this addi. tion, appears round the wearer's throat. The laoe is coffee coloured. I will close my letter this week by describing the ribbon dance which has been introduced at ohildren's parties, and affords the juveniles considerable amusement on aocount of its novelty. From a ring in the ceiling there narig eight ribbons of different c olours; eight children, boys and girls, held each an end of one of these ribbons. When the band plays, the danoers go through certain evolutions, which enable them to plait the ribbons. Then a different tune is struck up, and the performers go through another figure, and the plaiting is undone. The children usually tr.cir own ribbons, and are generally dressed in a corresponding oolour. Many of the leaders of fuEhioc have been laying themselves out to enter. tail children, and colour balls, fancy dress balls, and Sewer balls, are the moat popular formB of ntertabment. The flower balls are the latest i:; veniion. Each child is dressed to represent flower; the dress is studded with the chosen bioseame, tbe child's hair is crowned with it, and a bouquet of the same flowers would be carried in the hand. The effeot is highly picturesque, and here let me add, that for lighting up rooms on f-nch occasions, nothing can be more effective than Chineee lanterns; a liberal suppiy would be required, and taste should be exercised in the hanging of the same. Seme prrwre think these amusements are harmful and tend to foster vanity and a love of cissipation in the infantile breast, declaring that bed would be the beat place for children of tender yeers. The late houre seem to me to be the most objectionable feature of this form of entertain. nirnt, though it must be confessed ehil- cren run some risk from the danger of over. eatir g and the consumption of the indigestible focd that is occasionally provided for them by their entertainers. Did we look for a preoe. cent to justify this method of amusing the rising gereration, "Goldsmith's Traveller" would futcith Ü. A) kg7 all tz", denies of ardent dij g BJ" ;1(, bilurf-n through the inirtliful ze; Ai-u t» f grey gs, nc, re, Sialitu :1. Wtic lore. Haa fritk a texxath tne lurdeu of i Tarrc JZ.

RHEUMATISM, Lumbago, Chilblains, Painful S*r.1 u ft'. 1 an b »n Iho Join, Weakness of tbe Limos, tic., IN-CHY < ured 'OY U6I^_ the HAMFIO* OILS. T> onsuide nsve been j juKVecl irjB inteaoe eafr.r ug. ^old in hot.les 7$-j, l6 lfdl 2s 9d, and ia 6d e,c viti, iiwr.inioi.il 1h encjObed t.). all clun»i»ta. Whol<;jale by fend v.n l.ondon. 4724a HOLIOW.AY'8 OINTMENT AND PILLS,—None excei-t iit.c-men-, my hardy oati hope to escape conrh und, guttled, and nnui-aa'ly wet weaiher with cut Rcnit bodiiy discoiafoit or actual disease UO];OW^h rt-m^dies ha-ye won a m.mo e.r-i fa. prtvo ntiknr-wn in lned.ctl beloue. tor TH( I, ability AUCJESSFTLLLT' C..nfaMfeQg 131,-1.. covins, <juiueoy8. rhftuiia ism, and a^iril<ia Thin of aangbroua and paiaf al ag c. ttpletely nnder t-e control of these ices-i^ v'* sproffice wh ch. used according to ;,h->u- aocom^ ivg direction-, will soon nut it- ite the all jiflammsto'y feodencies. and {ec-crA .k 'h health.. The ven moderUe ..r.c, ,L „~ n*vcr-foilfpr euie* places the mo: humble sut-or^r. duomrv-vertye«g|{erat.<-ehifi personal j

( ODDS ENDS. 1; imals tk, always me eame—Pheasants. A ttuck-np .1. r—A bill. Shrew'c men — Hen-p^c^ed husbands. The polk; ett-t d. g jcke-" Move on." Men that drag out an ex fierce—Fishermen. Two tisteiB, twins, have to be told everything together, because they are so exactly alike they cannot be t< Ie apart. A paper beads a personal column, "Men and thirgs "—which certairlj is r t a very gallant or get tie marly wa of refcrri to the other Box. One man asked another hy his hair waa lID white atd hie heard so bro' u. Because," he replied, "one is twenty younger than the otter. A eclcolir.istress eskec a cbild what see" spelt. The child hesitated. Said the teacher, VNhat do I do when i IOCK a jou ?" Squint," replied the pupil. "Jennie, did you divide vat chocolate with your little brother P" Yer 'as I took the chooo- late and gave him the 3 ou know how fond he is of spelling bsletterE r" A Massachusetts lady ij reported to have Bcolded her little boy for taking tit drink of water at a hotel, For." said she, we pay a dollar for cur dinner, and water is very fiiliug." There are signs that a knowledge of English is spreading amongst the tradesmen of Paris. A pastrycook in the Champs Ely seas has the following inscription on his winuow Dianers sent hout. CONSOLING THOUGHT. —A lady who ha3 quarrelled with her bald headed lover, said, ia dismissing him, "What ia delightful about you, my friend, is that I have not the trouble of sending jou back any locks of hair." I don't like these circus performances," said an old gentleman. I became prejudiced against them when 1 was a boy, by the gymnastics of a fly that stood on his head on my custard, and rubbed hie hind legs together in the air." Mamma: Well, Johnry, I Bhall forgive you this time, and it's very p'ttty of you to write a letter to Bay you're sorr)," Johnny: "Yes, ma don't tear it up, please Mamma Why not ?" Johnny Beoauoe it will do for the next time." In a Chicago libel suit which resulted in a verdict ot one collar ana costs the other day the ballots found in the jury room after the trial showed that one juryman voted II giulty," another II (!ihhy," a third "gate," a fourth gilty," and a fifth gene." A Philadelphia mise at Long Branch bothers the young n.en to whom she is introduced by starting off in this way, before they have a I chance to say a word Yes. it is awfully hot. We came here last week. We will stay two weeks more. We are at tuie hotel. I like Long Branch. Now let's talk about something else." This if the fashionable slang of Amerioan girls —"Ain't he a tumbler f" He has a great deal of dog on to-day!" "Awfully first-rate." "Jennies having a circus to-night." "She dances true." "Didn t we have a stationary fling, though?"—meaning "a stupid evening." Quite too awfully handsome." Pitch on your hat, and let's go for a picturesque." I AMERICAN ADVERTISEMENT.—" When you are taking a stroll in tbe dark, denee forest, or amii the mountains' lofty crags and fastnesses, and hear a deep bass voice waking the echoes with its resonance, do not lie alarmed. "lis not a bandit bold, nor a communistic leader drilling his forees, nor yet en escaped lunatic, but only the old man of the woods warning all persons to use none other than Donnelly's yeast powder." A sturdy peasant from the Tyrol, Bays the Fremdenblatt, was Btanding the other day at a shop winoow in Vienna, looking at a reproduction of the fine group by Herr Ranch, The Three Graces." The peasant did not seem inaensibte to the perfection of form, but after a while he bunt forth, What fools women are all over the world. Only to think that those girls have not got money enough to buy themselves a suit of olothes, yet they spend the little that they do pnssnsn in having their photograph taken." It is related that Archdeaoon Denisos was onae closely pressed in an argument, but was evidently resolved to die hard; and at length his antagonist, a virtuous engineer of the Smiles ideal, lost patience at the irregular warfare of the AftIa. deacon. Look here, sir," he exelaiaed deepair- irgly, do you acknowledge that two and two make fOUl?" "lam not prepared to main an admission of that importance," replied the Arch- deacon, "till I have given the subject the maturest consideration. Eametimeao it ia supposed that they make twenty-two." It was a friendly coursing meeting, and not much money on the trials. The dogs were slipped to a stout bare, and the sportive judge, who was mounted, pounded away gallantly in pUØlllit to decide about the performance. Moet of the oourse was out of sight, and when the judge returned to tbe crowd he was besieged with inquiries all to which won. "Well, I can't tell you. Never saw snob a ocurpr i? my life This dog a turn, that dog a turn dog a wrench, the other dog a wrench Ir mldn't separate 'em. No go." Two dcge EO perfectly of one mind had never been seen before—or eo it appeared to the aBtonished spec- tator. When the dogs were taken up, hovever, the wencer vanished. They had been 'slipped couplec There is nothing," said little Mr, Borkingaaie> on entering his club and jumping at thp top hook in the batrack with hie new silk hat. ther< is he panted, with another deacerate jump—"succeeds"—and up he went agcin— ) like"—and ie made a jump that a kangarci might h: e envied—"like"—ne shouted, ae he BlappfcG his hat fairly over he hook, hung on to the brim just a second too long, tore it clear ol, pulled the hook through the side ol his alla then, as the whole hafaok came over on top of him, and he thrust his head through the mirror in the middle of it, he roared in desperate and legitimate conclusion—" a access SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.—Some very few worthy people can never remember tne names of people or places. A lady friend of ours had this peculiarity, much to her daughter's distress. All ia v*ia she laboured with her mother, who smilingly went on m her own way in ppite of her. But there came a time and occasion when her daughter set her heart upon her mother's addressing a gentleman stranger correctly. Ail through the day of the evening on which he was expected the daughter oould be heard to say, as stte followed her mother from room to room, Now, remember, his name is Mr. Ccwdry: to which the mother in every instance would reply, Yes, dear, I am sure I know it— Cote-dry The stranger took his se%t at the table. That blessed woman, with a smile like an angel s, and a self-possession I have never seen surpassed, looked sweetly across the board and inquired, Mr. Dry cow, do you take cream and sugar?" During the O'Connell centenary an English correspondent went across to Ireland with a view to describe the peculiarities of the natives for a London daiiy paper. Be pictured, amongst other things, a little fight which the patriots had in a field where there waa a pond, and he forgot that his remarks found their way back to the Green Isle in print within 24 hours. A day later he chanced to hear that the bhoys wanted to see him, and the next evening was acoosted by a couple of them in the street. Is yer name Mister X sorr?" was the question. "No," was the bland reply, but I'm hepe with the gentle- man you speak of. He'll be at the table d'hote of his hotel this evening at half-past six." Indade, sorr, now it's him as we'd very much like to say, rejoined the glDmeo M theJ walked away, adding, We'll be there to-night, eorr, never fear!" And there they were, with eighty of their friends and a rope at the hour appointed, ready to drag the corresDondeut through th* pond in the field, the only hitoh in the proceedings being his absence, he having taken the six o'clock train to Kingstown harbour that very evening. In Letters of Charles Dickens," recently published, is one in which he gives an aooount of the visit of an infant school to the Great Exhibi- tion. The epistle is nearly as funny as anything in the great writer's novele.. The school," he say a, was composed of a hundred infants, who got among the horses' legs in crossing to the main entranoe to the Kensington gate, and came reeling out from between the wheels of ooaches undisturbed in mind. They were clinging to horses, I am told, all over the park When they were collected and added up by the frantic moni- Tre aUn8ht. They were then regaled with oake. &c., and went tottering and all over the place, the greater part wetting fore fingers and drawing a wavy pattern on every aooeesible object. One infant strayed. He was not missed. Ninety and Diae were taken home, supposed to be the whole oeUeetion, but this particular infant went to nywuwith waa found by the police at night going round and round the turnpike, which he still supposed to be a part of the Exhibition. He had the same opinion of the police, also of the Hammersmith Work- house, where he passed the night. When his mother came for him in the morning, he fAai when it would be over." A TRICE IN FOUR ACTS —Act I.—A gentleman irreproachably dressed goes into a oonfeotioner's shop in Paris, and says to the polite proprietor, I want a hundred and fifty of the nicest cream, tarts you can make." "A hundred and fifty! That is a pretty large order. Do yoa wamt them atonoec"' "Within three hour* at the latest." I oen have them ready in that time. Ahem It is customary to uk a deposit on such orders— say ten franoe." "Certainly, my friend. Here are your ten francs." Act LI.—About twhoure later a gentleman irreproachably dreesed ffoee into a tailor's shop across the way from the pastryoook's and aaM to be shown soma over. ooats. He selects one of the nicest and asks the price. "One hundred and twenty.fitq francs, sir." Very well; I will take it. I have soma money to oc:»ct at the confectioner's the «J. I *">» will have dTTi, "js »" fTrfo.or rtni-To1"^ "J Wend lfc"rS'• Sstfsaft ASSIST hv^f /JjUng rentWn one hundred and twenty- a^d OUe h^ted »ad fifty. I will return mnrJ i ,9 re™^lainfi twenty.five myself in a few ttomentK. With pleasure, sir." Act IV.— lve nunutee i-*ter the confectioner gives the or ti joung man one hundrea and twenty-fife cream tarts, and a bill for balance thereon, twenty- trance twenty-five centimes. Oue minute thereafter a oonfectioner and a tailor's young man are Boonring the neighbourhood in search of an uroproachabty.dressed gentleman with a new oveicout.

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