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Y BABDD CYMREIC. BARDDONIAETE. CEOESAW 1'P" FTD."—Cair yn y penillion hyn lewydd-deb tarawkd 1. y? hyti 1. c-eir and *hfynych yn Eg'ierddi arwjnebol y dyddiau hyn. EIN ErAITH A'N GWLAD FlJit EVER."— Cetdd fach yn gtmiuhioisi o wl&g»?woh y tnae ^biason bob amser yn earn ja yr iaith Seiaoaig, tr hyny, govelsrn fed dan y owbl substratum o gariad I't whld, fel ag y mr.e yn n^halon pot) b&rdd, cas gall iaith, gwla^, nag unrhyw gym- fieitbaa neuydd ei d'iiodd CA'1 ddilea, Mile ja rbai aa^hcrddol; aid 09S leb yc fwy ci sensibility D¿g ef, toiiala'r byw. Hn cataJ byd 6. ei gariad yn fay na c\v.«iad hrsgedd i" pan wy'.a, wyia £01 Dafydd ar 01 4beakm. > CEOESAW ra BYD, Thomas Windsor Tubcrville, p'eatjn lilr. a Mtg. Tubervilla, Eabw Vale. Mil" gwrounid rhjddid Cysiru WeJi go/ O'i: rh\d<id byn, Cnd mse'u henwau fa- y rbyaaiu Hwnw'n swnio o fryn i fryn > Mae eu henwau yn eu hines, MFe en heuwau yr, eu hi*, Enw mawr o'r miwrion cy.y Yayw'r enw Xuborvilie. Yn banesiaeth Sir Forganw- Mae ya enw uchel iawn Eeliedyn y plentjn yarn ito i cdidawgrwjad llawn Y mae lie it,' daflu. blentyn, Fiwredd d'enw lawr i'th fail,— Lie ar ddalen rhyddii Cymru Eto i lawer Tubtrviile. Mce'r baneri we^i'u plygu O awelon G«alia l*n Cocb yw'r ciedd, ond coch o rydn,— Ysbryd ysbryd can Ond mae rhyfel arall, blentyn I Ac uwch baner mewn uwch nen Yiniacd dros dy Dduw, ac ymldd Wnei dies hyddid Gwaiia Wen! EMLYNFAHDP. EIN HIAIrH A'N GWLAD. For Cymru, Cymro, a Chymraeg, k We will unfurl cur bannar; 'Thout fear or shame we ■will exclaim, Kin hiaith, a..Jl grwlad for evet. Y;n hiaith a'n *w'ad let Saxon tongues Derieive speak, no matter "We will reptar, though sneers may greet, iin hiaiih a'n gwkd for evet. Bah, let the Saseuich deride, Ibey think, roo dt uut, 'tis cIsnr Here's to the Leek, it is unique, tin hiaith a'n gwlad for evtr. Ein biaith a'n gwlad our motto still, For Saxon sieers can never Warp Ot charge. cool or estrnuge, Ein hiaiih a.'Jl gwlad for ever, Let cars delight to bark and bite," The bDEd they cannot sever. That binds U8 to In weal and woe, Ein hiaith a.'Jl gwlad for ever. For Cymru, Cymro, a Chymraeg, Up -with our nlJoient banner i Through scorn obliq "P, here's to the Leek, Ein hiaith a'n gwlud forever. Heath. RHIANOS,
ADOLYGI^D LLENYDDOL.
ADOLYGI^D LLENYDDOL. "SEEEN GOMEE": Cylohgrawn Chwarterol UnGeb Bedydawyr üsmru. Mas pwy byuag a awgry niodd yr enw neu y teifcl Jcfccd l'r cyhceddiad triciisol hwn wedi bod yn "tcod offodua yn ei ddowisiad o hono, ot>logyd ^•ae yr eDW" Scren Gomer 11 yn cario Bwyn a èYlanwad mawr at feddwl pob lienor Cymreig hyd ? osdd hWD, Nia gcllir gwrandaw aeinio yr enw Seren Gomer hob fed hyny ur yr uu pryd yn Saiw i bieuenoldeb y moddwl la o'r associations II1"Jaf meluB ac auwyl. Cjhcoddiad inisol oedd hen '• Seien," ao mae yndda gecym am dttai bjdydydd hwn. Cylchyni? y cof am daiii gan fivrhalo o gysegredjgrwydd haner dwyfol. Teiou **n ecmygedd haner-addolgar ta^g ati yn oadi 1n eia cieccwi hyd yr awr hon. Mae yn ughatou fa.wr fci'n ceiiedl feddruu cynhes i'r hen Gomer," a ^ofadail nas 65 rth hVd oni threiglo y mynyedoedd Jr mor, ERO hJ d ot-i anghofir pethau daear, bydded byth neti beidio. Ond oyhoeddiad trimiaol y Keren breeenol, a hwn yw y trydydd lciijn oheni, ao mae yn dda genym alia tyatio ^goroldeb ei llenyddiaath. Y mae hwnw. fel eiddo °Ihoeddiadau trimiaol ereill, yn cynwys yr am- jj*iaeth mwyaf blasus. dyddorol, ao adeiladol «lae yr etthygl gyntaf oddiwrth y Paroh. E Jhoinas, Caexiewydd. Y testyn yw Gweddi." Jegrif wreiddiol, athronyddol, ysgrytbyrol, ft Sspyddol iawn ydyw hon. EisteadaBom 1 lawr a f,6»llenasom hi, a theimlasom ein bad wedi ein "3'1! foddloni a'n llwyr ddiwalla. Mae yr ail etthygi oddiwrth y Paroh. Scth Jones, Biiteoy. Y testyn yw Sylfaen yr Undeb Cristion- fgcl," neu yn fwyaf neillduol yn yr ysgrif hon, Gwahanol adranau y Sylfaen yn en parthyaas 4 0 gilydd." Dengys yr awdwr yn yr ysgrif hon > berthynaa anwahanadwy Bydd rhwng Bedydd a *fydd, a Ffydd a'r Arglwydd Iesn Griafc, &3. gref, olrheingar, a phur argyhoeddiadol. ^»e y drydedd erthygl oddiwrth y Paroh. O. Navies, ni ddy wedir 0 ba le. Y testyn yw Paul $&Athen." Yrgrif yw hon ar ddnll pregethneu Qiaethawd byoh&n, ar yr hyn a welodd, aglywodd, loa a ddjwedcdd Paul yn Athen. Ehydd 1r awdwr "desgrifiadau byrion ond cynwyafawr o "Athen," Eilunod Athen," Y Farchnad," Yf Area- pague," yn nghyd a aylwadau ar Athroniaeth Athen," ao ar Nodwedd yr Atheniaid fel rhai In dyheu am ryw newyddyna y oaolyn bregeth at breeeth Paul jn yr AreopaRUS, neu gasghaaau oddiwrth ei ^egeth ar y Daw nid adwaeuir, aa yn oiaf 011, cyfrM o Awgrymiadau." Cawsom blceer mawr wrth ddarllen yr ysgrif hon y mas Jn »• dyddorol aC adeiiadol iawn. Mae y bedwaredd eitby»l oddiwrth y Paroh. Charles Davies, Liver- pool. Y teetyn yw Gwaith yr YBgol Sabbathol J8erif gyfameerol iawn, aa a ddarlienir gyda "Jddoideb dauddyblyg yn awr pan mae Camlwy- Qfliant yr Yegol Sabbathol ar, neu newydd gasl Sjddathlu. Byddai yndda i holl athrawon ein ^yegolion Sabbathol i ddarllen yr ysgrif warth- ftWr hon, canys ynddi y dangoair iddynt natur £111 gwaith, ei bwyeigrwydd, a'n oyfrifoldeb yn en "Jsjlltiad ag ef, neu a'r hyegoleigion sydd o dan 11 gofal. Ehydd yr awdwr i lawr dri o anhep- ^tion, drwy ba rai y tybia y siorheir llwyddiant ll Yegol Sabbathol :-l. Addyeg effeithiol. 2. **efniad a Doeparthiad priodol o'r Ysgol. J. thOfal am fod pertbynaB briodol Y. oael ei ohadw *hwng yr Yegol a'r teuluar un 11aw, ao a'r teulu L'/glwya ar y Uaw arall. Ceir llawer o gyfar- fSddiadau lleBiol ao anogaethau difrifol o dan y uohod, a ohredwn, pe dygid y oyfarwydd- a roddir i weithrediad oyffredlnol drwy ein ffRlwyei, y byddai i'r Yegol Sabbathol yn fuan gwedd lewyrohuB a llwyddianua iawn. ^»Weddayr awdwr ei ysgrif gyda'r apeliad sobr. y cyfarohiad teUwng a ganlyn :Co5woh ?ai ar eieh Uaw ohwi, Egtwya y Daw byw, y mae |*heuthur yr Yegol Sabbathol yr hyn y dylai fod. f. Sawn ni ddymuno arnoch na adawooh »r ardderohog hwa fed yn ddieffaith eioh esgeuluedod ohwi a'eh difaterwoii yn Sjlch. Gadewoh i ni uno i symud gydag egni ar unwaith bob rhwyatrayddar fEordd rj *hyddweithrediad grymus ao effeithiol. Er niwyn ooffadwriaeth fendigedig y tadau a'i syl- I taenoad ao a'i oy naliodd yn ei wendid deohreuol-" er mwyn ei hanea gogon&ddue yn y gorphenol ondj yn benar, er mwyn y lies anrhaethol ft ft*' Jneuthur yn awr ao yn y blynyddoedda'r oeaoedd ft ddaw, bydded 1 ni oil ddefiroi i wneuthur y jefydliad J^ bob peth ag aydd ddiohonadwy iddo er derotafu cymdrttha. a gogoneddu Daw." Tn y pumed lie, oawnthpyn o farddoniaeth ar y FfynoD, gan D. Mathua (Wrtyd), Llanwrtyd Wells. Darn melus, gloew, a ohoeth vdvw hwn gwir farddonol hefyd. Nid oeB yn hwn na gair 6a Byniad tywyll, on^,Pob fel y dydd goleu Jo aor hawddgar ag Eden ei hun. Canwoh fel hyn "eirdd, bawb 0 honooh, ao yna gwerthfawro^ir eioh RWeithiau,80 ni bydd diwedd WM ar en darUen. y ehweched ertbygj^ oddiwrth Spmther. Y teatyn yw Eglwys y Cymry ao Eglwya Loegr." Mae yn debyg fod y* yB»™ otarfanaoddi yr awdwr fel Ateb 1 Ymholiad y Pregethwr Jetianc, yn "Seren Gomer" am lonawr, er oyfarfod °ffeitiad ei Blwsf." » dyma oedd pwno neu Loga&:r-uV2}.Wrn y.Oymry, dyfodiad Awatyn droBodd 1 i nelaeth yn ymdebygoli yn ex hnrddau a 1 threfn fslwysig i EgIWJI Loegr 1 dJddiall preaenoL Ei fed yn oynwya tair urdd: Offexriftd, Eagob, a ^iftoon; a'i bod yn meddn ftr Ffurf-WMftnaeth 5? nad oedd Bedyddio Babanod yn un o r pynoxau J&ewndadl rhwng Awatyn a'rEsgobxonCymrey. Gwelir oddiwrth y goeodiadau blaenorol fod yr yjB'if hon o aneenrheidrwydd yn gwisgo ffarr wrthddadleuol. Cynwyaa lawer iawn o hanes, ft da ao y mae. drwyddi yn yegrif bur allaog) ond profa y rhan fwyaf o honi yn fwy dyddorol, feallai, i'r Badyddwyr eu hunain neg i neb arall. Mae y aeithfed erthygl at J diweddar Syr Bowlaad Hill." Pe buaaai hon wedi dyfod allan yn brydlawn, gallaaaifod ynhelp >aawr i'r ymgeiawyr hyny ar Awdl Syr Rowland yc Eisteddfod Abertawe, oanyay mae yndalfyriad C!r¡no, cydwaagoi, ao eglur o fywyd yam da ac aawoghwnw. Mae yr wythfed erthygl gan y :PareI1. J. A. Morris. Y testyn yw Beirnfadaeth ar Athroniaeth Locke, '"testyn anferthol, aa un ? Bydd yn gofyn galluoedd Herowlffaidd i'w ^Wn-drafod. Nidyw yr erthygl hon ond meUI »*Weiniad i mewn i'r pwnc, ar yr hwn y mae yr a*dwT yn addaw traethu yn mhellaoh a ohyflawn. ych os aygJmydd hYDY a chwaeth y darllenydd. yr un breeenol. oawn gipdrem ar hanea ?»wyd Locke." Ynneaaf, oawn olwg at'- Bafla « f'Ocke yn y byd athronyddol." Wedi hyny, ^weirur ni at yr ymholiad, Athroniaeth Looke— *>eth ydywF" i-'giutir hyn i ni drwy ddangos feth oedd Pwno" Athroniaeth Locke—ei «< ?".° ymohwilio i'w bwno, ao yn olaf ei Athrawiaeth" mewn 0yBylltiad ar pwno fiwnw, Y mae hon yn yegrif lafurfawr, ond gryno eglU/' ,mewn ^JeyUtiad ag un o athronwyr daneoddawl penaf y byd, ao ar un o'r celwyddonau 5^a;JrJ.3iyla ,°^ynihleth Y eiw yn rhaid droad athronyddol i fiasu hon, ao amgyffredion yn mheU nwchlaw eiddo y oyffradin W defnydd o honi. Y mae fegtif fel hon yn oodxoymeriad unrhyw gyhoedd- 1 eaflu uehel ao y mae ei ha,ldwr yn rhwym J fod yn jegolor nohel ac yn fyfy-iwr dw/n. ioov' V Jornada Athroniaath ^cke, eto ar ol; ond y mae yr awdwr wedi echreu yn ddebenig a da, ao yn or^uynom obaith o?diWenBd lJ ry M erthygl tPKi y PaTC^- T* M' „VaG8' Trefforeat. Y l!,6t5n yw Pcdr yn gynllun o Griatioa, aonid bLka.b,M Testyn newydd a tharawiadol iawni ni sail ^uag. V?edi rhagarwemiad part a pherthyn- a ]'yr awdwr yn mlaen at ei bwno, yr hwn sanddo ar ddull Cynadledd rhwng a&ydd aPhrotc etant. Ceir eglorhad pur ingenious atou1?* y frawddcg y h,on» yn nghyd dg tc lawer o ypgolScigdodneu gynefinedda 0,t ieithoedd gwreiddiol yn ei ymdriniasth ag »w 1*5 €nw Pedr," ac ar y brawddegau » Tydi «sl^€1f' RC y gn»g hon yc.^adaf fy •5SSV Mae y eglurhad, yn ol em barn m, ya a dio«hreoh. Yn wir, y mae yr ysgrif dd«»o# J 'n g^ifgo oampuBrwydd mawr. Mae y oddiwrth y Paroh. David Oliver Y testyn yw v Corph Djrnol." hcn,W St hon o rifynau blaenorol. Y aeihu 1yegri £ ddyddorol, ao yn em oynysg- erih*inW?r.° *ybodaeth ddiffyniaethol. ygl olaf oddiwrth y Paroh. Waldo Jftmea, j ALeiafan. Y t^etyn yw Yr Acbos Canadol a Gwiadlywiaeth Prydain Fawr. Parhsd yw ho i eto o ysgrif flaenorol, a theilynga ddirlleoi^i ystyriol. Tefla oleuni mawr ar wrthnni, 1;\1 argbjfiaweder, a dylanwad andwyol gwl»ily^- iaeth Prydain ar yr aohos cenadol yn Iudij, & Yna. f?aw yn olaf oil, Adolygiadw," •• Y CJJchJnm," e. Chofuodion yr Eawad Ya ol cin belir-d eg yrydym ni yu gaiiu diraad, y raw y Cyhoeddiad hwn yn mhhth y gorfuia o'n 'iiioifolion. Y niao yr iaith yn loew ac eglar, ytr dricir a'r gwabanol fatten a gynvrjea !?ydi BeiBtroJudd neillduol, Nid ooa ni D1;vl na thywyllnioun m^tb, cao ol uuriiyw nrthr?ohn» tbrafiferth ar na brawddeg oa pharapcoff yn un man, yn arwyddo fod yr yn aaashyfar^al i'r datp a ^ym.rai [,!1W iV C'IJ fl'iwvi Mie hwn eto yn g6ffap!?i.d gTf*fbf»w? i'n llen7ddia<tth. Pob llwydd Jdao of vws i'w stajj' odidog o yagrifen. wyr.
THE .FREE LiSCES. 1JiM-
THE .FREE LiSCES. 1JiM- A EOMAKCE OF THE MEXICAN VALLEY. BY CAPTAIN MAYNE REID. CHAPTER XXX. TEE POOR LADIES. Quite a combination of oiroumstanoes had floured the eectpa of the fenr jorzadQs-the baulkirg of thejtorees, the abae^ce of Domiuguea, und the relaxed vigila.nce cf the guards—from their braii.s bemuddlsd with drink. But there WEöS yet another lucky chance tha.t stood them in Blead"~tbe point from which they hcid started. The line of sentr:icd ended at the Alamadaa gate, and, as the one posted there was he who had them in particular charge, once past him they had only to fear a single ballet sent after them. As it turned out they did not even get that, fortune favouring them in every way. Thia sentry, though last on the line outward, was the first er countered by the people returning from the ceremony at San Cosmé; therefore made most of by passing friends, with the bottle oftener pre- sented to his lipa. As a consequence, when the carriage whirled past him he had but an indie. tinot ideal of why it was going 110 fast, and none at P.!l all to who were in it. With eyes drowned in aguardiente he stood as one dazed looking after, but taking no measure to Btop it. When at length eome one bailed the truth into his ear, and he brought his flint lock to an unsteady level, it would have been too la to -had tha piece gone off. Lvckiiy for tkese on the tide walk, it did not; EbiisiEg fire by a flaeh in the pan, as might have been anticipated. Never were eentries more completely taken by enrprke than thoy guardine the cb.<j,in gang. Nor mora disagreeably, 'ihey knew they had been neglecting thoir daty, and might expaot sevefe punishmfnt ? possibly set at the very task they were new superintending? Siiil they made no attempt to puune. They were not cavalry; and only mounted men couia overtake that landau with ite carious load, scon to vanish from their eight. So they stood gazing after icia helpless bewilderment, their faces ehowiog a vaeiesy of cxr.reteioDB, surpriee, BDger, fear, mingled in a meat ludicrous Docsrtifig their posts thpy 11&d gAthered into a knot, and it waa some time before they so far recovered their senses as to thir-k of despatching oaa of their number to the Piaz* Grande after cavalry fcure so be It ftde a fi^e op^ortnniity for otbers of the gaol, birds to m**ke a bolt; bat for tao obitractive ct.uplicg.cbains no doubt some would hive availed birds to m**ke a bolt; bat for tao obitractive ct.uplicg.cbains no doubt some would hive availed tbciii;eivtie of it. These, however, hindered tne attc-XLpt. There were no mora re.v'uvo hOt-lids nor bisnciering t^acaaie-n to bring another oarriige near enough for a rush. But the most iniercEt ng eroup now on the ground was tbut which hAd collsotrtsu arounu the ladiee left ceirageiese j some ofEorine services, others Fpeafcicg worda of sympathy. Las BOlon. tas pobres .1 Pobrcdtos !(",£b,5 poor young ladie» "rocr things!") — w<sJeo cxcl»mat.oii3 ut^ertd ever aud over again. It was a trying situation for the "poor things to be in icne enough. But they acquitted uisra. se»vcs admirably, espacisdly the oonQusa, wno, ycurg though the waa, for. courage and oooiaesB h»d f^w to equal her. In that emergency no man oould have Bhotrn himself her superior. Her look of etill untranquilised terror, the intermittent flashes of anger in her eyes as she loudly denoanoed the ruffians who had carried off their oarriage, was a pieoe of acting worthy of a Baohel or Siddons. He vrould have been a keen physiognomist who oonld have told that her emotions were counter, feit. Little dreamt the eymp*thisiug spectators that while being pushed out of the carriage she had contrived to whiepar biek to thn man so rudely behaving—" LOvk nticer tae ousaions, que.fido! You'll find something. Bios te guard a l" Stililess could they have Buppoaed that the ether young lady, looking ao meek, had at the same time spoken tender worda to the aeoaud rtffiau who aeeailed them. The part the pobrecitas were playing, with the sympathy they received, seemed to themselves ao comically ludicrous that, but for ita serious aide, neither could have kept oouutenanoe. Alone, the thought of the lovers not yet being beyond danger hindered their bursting out into laughter. And lest this, too, might oease to restrain them they seized upon the earliest pretext to get away from the spot. Glad were they when some of their gentlemen acquain|i»BoeB, who chanoad to be paaaing the place, came up and proposed escorting them heme. A service accepted, and, it need not be Eaid, offered with all much alacrity M it was ro. wived. 4 Their departure had no effect in dispersing tho crowd which had gathered by the Alamedas gate. A spot signalised by an episode, 60 odd and original, was not to be forsaken in that quick inconsiderate way. Instead the throng grew thicker, until the street for a long stretch waa packed full of people, close as they could stand. Only one pare of it remained unoccupied, the central list, showing the open sewer with ita bordering of black mud. In their holiday attire the populace declined invading this, though they stood wedging one another along its edge t their faces turned towards it with hilarity in their looks, and laughter on their lips. It waa just the sort of spectacle to please them the sentries in a tow—for they now had sneaked back to their poflta — appearing terribly crest-fallen, while those over whom they stood guard seemed, on the ooatrary, cheerful—as though expeoting aoon to be released from their chains. With them it waa the esprit de corps of the gailcy alave, glad to see a ooaarade esoape from their common misery, though he can- not esoape himself. All this, however, waa tame but the winding up of the spectacle in a quiet natural way. It would soon have been over now, and the sight- seers scattered off to th«ir homes, but just aa taey were beginning to retire a new incident claimed their attention. A scene almost aa exciting as any that had preceded, though only a aingle per- sonase appeared in it. Tnis Dommguez, tile saoler who had been absent all the while at his r.utaueri*. ftnd only jast warned of the event that bad tuTconvulsed the Call<5 de Plateros, breaking throueh the crowd like an enraged bull, raahed along the sewer's edge, flourishing his whip over the beads of the forzados, at the same time re- vUinff the sentries for their scandaloua negleot of duty' To tell the truth he was more troubled about his own, He had received particular 111- JtrucUons to be watchful of four pnaonera-the verv onea that hftd eaoaped. Well might he dread the reokoning in atore^or him on return to the tw. time drunken >pl«" woiUI h.r. scavengers. Some 01 the 101 authority retaliated; but t^ey knew h BnUenly m high places, and therefore many of enduring it. Not BO lie ^^ly, more than whom .knowing, bated him. under hie care, probably, some of them had bee amuee- But to ail he waa now affording mfiMMftmue^ lan(fhed nn?^H?a a/good »a iaughed again, one orying out, tw „ yiva el sS mnh6 ringan°therex<aaim &tonerQS oenor Dominguez* rey de t ws -rrintf n# tho ( Hurrah for the Senor Dommgnez, K"»go Turnkeys!")-» Bally whioh elioited roars 01 applauding laughter.. pnrole .■lL*vp* before he w»a now infuriate^' i a'piJ m thetftoe, he waa making a daah »t thf whom he anapeoted of mocking him, when ^sf°ot p and down he went into the drain a zozemofit* He had altogether disappeared, and waa for some seconds out of sight; the langhter, whicb had become a yelling ohorua, aU the while continuing. Nor did it wVae when he appeared; instead, w»B louder and more uproarious than ever. For {ft0e, late bine Tewer'llqwd M °0W with »limning of the But he was leos mad than Bad, after the ill- timed tumble. The douche had tamed, if not Bobered him; and bis only thought now was how to get away from that place of repeated disoom- fitureB, anywhero to hide and wash himself Luok declared for him at last, in the ftpnroaoh of a squadron of hussars, drawing off from him the eyes of the spectators; who had now enough to do looking out for themselves and their aafecy For the hnssars were coming on at a gallop, with drawn sabreB. A crush and a scampering followed, aa they forced their way through the crowd, shouting, and striking wit,h the back of their blades. After they had passed the people were no longer in a humour tor laughing at the "King of tha Turnkeys," cor anyone else; neither waa he there to be lacghed at. CHAPTER XXXI. A TBAN&FGRMATION. While the ladies set down upon the street were still plaintively appealing to those around, the carriage frcm which they had been so uncere- moniously footed was tearing along the Cali6 de San Francikco, going dirtot for the Acordada But nothing could be farther from the thoughts of those in it than a return to that grand gaol, cr even approaching ita dco?. All of them kuew there V&0 artgular guard there; and instead of a tirflo mupket tBi6Mt-s fire, they would more lifctly be saluted with a lull volley, sanding a ebower of bplistfi about their ears. Bad marfts- rrten as the Mexican eoldku-a are, they could not ail mies But. e?en if they pss«ed through that unscathed, beyond waa the garita of Saa Ooam^, for the country they were aiming. for the country they were aiming. r At. Vinwovo^. there was s differanoe In these gatos howeve ine aQd tho aB to the strength of tleir gn».u uo pcBeibilities of thtir being PaSt D:v&8 wh0 one of the fugitives well underBtood-Rivfi.s, who aa a matter of ocur £ a assumed dire everything relating to their fl ght. When opp the old convent, which gives its name to tne Btreet, he leaned bis head out of the carnage window, and said to the cochero, Take the route by El Nino Perdido. Yon know the way show it to him." The him was Cria Rock, who still had hold of thereinB, and who, not understanding Spanish, oculd not be addressed direot. The result of the order was, that ahartly after the horses were headed into a side street, indi cated to the Texan by a nod peroeptiblo only to bin-Bclf. It would not do for the real coachman to as aiding their escape, though there was 10 danger of the dwarf observing it—the latter fcavicg been crammed down into the b)x-boofc, xvfce.rp nn was hrld wifõ, his head botween Soak's huge thighs, as in a vioa. Tbe ctreet into which tcey had turned waa a r,anow (nil rut ning along a de d wall—that of the arcif nt mora^tery, w'ich ocoupipH 6i"roso' gronnd. And in its strip of eida wwlfe just then t'tare was Dot a pedestrian to be seen-the very tiling Eivaa htd been ashing for. Again speaking out, ha said, Slowly for a bit. I see a serape out there. Tell t! e T< j'ar.03 to put it on." Fof tho next hundrsd yards or so, along the de«d wall, thehoreea went at a walk, they bei:Í9 tbe carriage, aa alao ore on the box, all the while huiyeB bees. And when they came out at the erd (f the quiet stveei entering upon a more frrqupnted thoroughfare, the briak pace was vefUimd, though no ono could have believed it t^e same party seen but a minute or two before criving raoeccurse epeed along the ClilJé de Phteros. Jor-6 alonolooked the same, in hia sky. b;uo livery and cockaded hat. Bat the big matt h, hifedehad so far effected a change that his mnd-ftainel habiliments were hidden under an hIPpIe terape, which covered him from naok to amice, w.tllle the little one wae altogether icvieible, and under a ♦hroat of having hia skull kicked in if lie attempted to show himaelf. Alike quic-k and complex had baen the trans- formation cf tbe insides." There now eat two gentlemen deoently,indeed rather stylishly,dresssd — one wearing a blue cloth cloak, with velvet collar the other a scarlet manga," with gold bullion embroidery from neck to shoulders. About the equipage there was nothing nov to make remark uton, or cause it to be regarded with suspicion. Some rich hadendado, who had besn at the layicg of the foundation stone, on return to bis country house, taking a friend along wish him. The strapping fellow on the box might ba the trajor-domo of the estate-they are usually tail men—who had taken a fanoy to try his hand at driving, and the coaohman had surrendered him the reina. All perfectly natural and en regis, even to the rapid øpeed at whioh the horses wero put. The driver not accustomed to handling the ribbons would account for this. Besides, the sun was getting low, the cata de campo might be a good distance from town. and saoh a splendid turn out, belated on a oountry road, would be like tempting Providence, and oertainly the salteadores. How little would its occupanta have regarded an encounter with highwaymen. Perhaps just then they would have welcomed it. Nor much did Bivaa anticipate further trouble in the streets of tbe city. tie waa familiar with those they were nOw drivirg along, and felt no fear of being ob- structed there—ac least by the people. Had they hutg their ohain cut of ihe oarriage window and exposed the prison dress, no one in that quarter would have cried "Stop thief!" The man who should so cry would run the risk of having hia clamour suddenly silenced* For all they had apprehensions of the keenest. If they were in no danger while in the streets, they would be when parting from them—at El Nino Perdido. That gauntlet had yet to be ran. But while thinking of it, they had not been idle, instead all the while planning and preparing it; Bivaa instructing the others as to how they should act. A garita of the usual hind," he said to Kearney, making known the nature of the antici- pated obstruction a gate aoross the road, with a guard house alongside. There's sure to be a sergeant and eight or ten filee in it. If, by good luck, the gate be open, our best way will be to approach gently, then go through at a gallop. If shut, we'll be called upon to show our beat diplomacy. Leave all that to me. Fating to fool tbe guard, we must do battle with it. Anythmg S better than being taken baok to the Acordada. That would ba sure death for me; and, if I mistake not, for yourself, senor." I'm sure of it. If we can't get through with- out. let us fight our way, whatever the result." Take this pair, then, they seem the most trustworthy. Yon Americanos are more skilled in tie nee of fire arms than we. With us steel ia pre- ferred. But I'll do the beat I oan with ths other pair." This had reference to two pairs of pianola dia. covered under the carrkgo cushions. Nor were tley the only weapons there; besides them were two long bladed knives, and a pearl handied stiletto-the last a tiny affair, whioh looked 80S though taken from the toilet case of a lady. See that youra are loaded and in firing order," Bivaa added, at the same time. ooking to his own. The injunction was not needed, aa the Irishman was already examining the weapons pat into his hand, with a view to their efficiency. Both pair of pistols were of the old-fashioned duelling kind-flint locks, with barrels nearly a foot in length. Like as not the oondesa'a father and Don Ignacio Valverde, in days long gone by, had vindicated honour with them. The inspection was quick and short, as had been all that preceded pans sprung open, shad- ing them filled with powder, rammers run into the barrels, then drawn out again, and replaced in their thimbles. "Mine," said Kearney, firat to report, are good for two lives." "And mine the eame, rejoiced Bivaa, "unless I'm laid low before I oan pull the second trigger. Now to dispose of the knives. My countryman, the cochero, however trustworthy, mustn't ahow fight. t That would ruin all afterwards. But, if I mistake not, your colossal oom. rade is the man to make play with one of them- in a pinch." You may be Bore of it. He was in the Alamo with Bowie, and at Goliad with Fanning. Don't fear patting a knife into hia hands, he'll make good nae of it if we're driven to close quarters." Let him have it, then. Jon give it, and teU him all." I IT. • 1 -u-earcey, getting hold of one of the two knives, that Eeeming best suited for the hands he designed putting it ini pasBed it on to Cria Rook. Not through the carriage window, but a hole out in the leathern hood by the blade itself. Speaking through the same, he aaid: CriB! we've got to run a gate where there's a guard of soldiers-maybe a dozen or so. You're to drive gently up, and, if you see it open, pass through—then lay on the whip. Should it be abut up approach more briskly, and pull up im- patient-like. But do nothing of youraolt— wait till I give yon the word." "Trust me, cap; ye kin do that, I kilk'late." I can, Cris. Take this knife. and if you hear pistols cracking behind, you'll then know what to do with it." I'll gie a guess, anyhow," rejoined the Texan, taking hold of the knife in a hand passed behind him. Then bringing it forward and under hia eyes, he added, 'Taint aeoh a bad sort of blade eyther, tho' I wish 'twas my ole bowie they took from me at Mier. Wal, oap, ye kin count on me makin' use o't, ef oa'sion oalls, an' more'n one yaller-belly gittin it into his guts; not'ithstandin' thia durnation clog that'a awingin* at my lege. By tbe jumpin* Geehosophat, if I ked only git shet o' that I'd—" What he would do or intended saying had to stay unsaid. Bivaa interrupted him, pulling Kearney back, and telling him to be ready with the pistols. For they were nearing the plaoe of danger. CHAPTER XXXIr. AN UNLOOSED FOB SALUTE. In a strict military aenae the capital of Mexioo cannot be called a fortified city. Still it has defences, one being an enceinte wall, whioh en. velopa it all round, leaving no atraggled suburb, ccaroe 10 mnoh aa a house outside. Compact and close stand the dwellings of the modern oity aa those of ancient Tenoohtitlan, whose aite it ooon. pies, though the waves of Tezouoo and Xoohimiloo no longer lap up to its walla. The enceinte apoken of is a mere structure of adobes," larlle sun baked blocks of mud and straw—in short, the brioks of the Egyptiana, whoBe making &0 vexed Moaea and the Israelites. Here and there may be seen a little redoabt, with a battery of guns in it; but only on revolutionary oooasiona—the wall, so far as defence goes, more oonoernicg the smuggler than the soldier. Aud lees contraband from abroad than infringement of certain regulations of home oommeroe-cbief of them the tax oalled aloabala," corresponding to the octroi of France, and the corvee of some other European countries, Thia tax ia collected at the "gMitaa," of whioh there ia one on every road leading out of the oity, or rather into it; for it ia the man who enters, nob he making exit, who is oalled upon to contribute to the alcabala. It ia levied on every article or commodity brought from the oountry in aearoh of a oity market. Nothing eaoapea it; the prodnce of farm and garden, neld and forest—all have to pay toll at the garitas, so losing a considerable percentage of their value. The brown aboriginal, hia" burro" laden with charcoal, or skina of pulque, cr himself staggering under a load of planka, heavy enough to weigh down a donkey, which he has transported from a mountain forest —ten or twenty miles it may muloted in thia blaok mail before he can, pasa through a gaNotnnfreqnently he ia unable to meet the de- 4:11 he have made sale of the taxed oomme- 0n Buch oooasiona he hypothecates hia hat, dltJ- ;7" leaving them at the gate, and going on ^T i or bareahouldered, to the market, to the Pawned artiole on return. redeem ine *»" w there ia no aooeas to or Save through tbese^ates at each, A1 R "°TSI %2H.TH «*> besides tne euard ia stationed, revenue matters, a :ded their daties being of with a gnaxd-houBe p ettat0mB, police, and a iLixed thiee-comeiea _OBta there are on the military. Five or "X euoh poata^ five or eix roads lea^ftarfi4h and one of these tbe radiating arms of a 'lifcerally the gate is the garitat Ei Nino Pe T0r# on0 through of tbe "Lost Child. It w>, imoortanoe, sinoe which the traffic is of secondary Pf trftTel> That it iB not on any of the communicating which it bars ia but a oountry roa^ Qoyoaoaa witn the oountry viUagea g rural and San Angel. Still. tbese beiDg P incipUs residence, where Bome of the Jam -± through have oountry houses, a oarriage pasEicg B the gate of the Lost Child is no ranty. from the gate itself runs a oalzada. wide and straight for nearly two miles, with a dou 0 e JOW of grand old treea along each side, wnose pleasant shade invites and often receives viaica from oity excursionists out for a stroll, ride, or drive. Near the end of the second mile it angles abruptly to the right, in the direotion of San Angtl— a sharp oorner, the writer has eoodreason to remember, having been shot at by Halteadores, luckily missed, while passing round it on his way from country quarters to the oitv. A horse of best blcod saved hie blood there, or this tale would sever have been told. Afckirg the roader's pardon for a personal digression-with the excuse that it may throw light on the scene to foUow-it will be understood how easily the guard on duty at thia gate might bo thrown off guard by a carriage passing through it, especially on that day when there were BO many BY reaaoii of the grind doinga in the city. L Several had juat paeeed, going oouutry.wards, for it was the Beason of rural sojourn among the "IÍoos." So when another appeared, heading in the same direction, the guard sergeant at Nino Perdido saw nothing amisB or to be snspioioua of I instead, something to inspire him with respsot He had been on guard at tho PaUo-3 aoorea of times and by appearance knew all who were t accustomed to pass in and out, more especially those holding authority. Liveries he oould dis- ticgr-iish at any distance and when he saw a carriage approaolrng along the Btreofc, with a coachman in eky-blueand silver, cocfeaded, he did not tfed its being near to recognise the equip- age of cne of the Cabinet Minister. Tfccugh a non. commissioned offiai3?*, he was a mar cf ambitious aims dreaming of gold bullion in ths ehepe of epaulottes and Ve belong had hi» rye on tfco ejiBulette of ai o1 Jerez; "fibers of thie raisk b. ireg allowed only ono. T*.e good word of & Cabinet Mii-iater, whether war, ssvy, or Hacienda oould give him what ho was wishing for, f uf ht a nod. and here was an opportunity of wit» n. Culo he cried out to h!s corporal, in a flurry or fxoitesaent, throw open the gate— qaici; F i! iD, men Dress t:p—r«»ady to present arms, bee you do it haudeointly It was in hie favour, pnd 83 b1; congratulated hicpelf, tb«t the c?.rriare cmo on -ath^r slowly, so that tie had amplo time to get hh half-dozea files weJlsot up, and dressed for tho sahte. There was SOnie battoaing of jaaketp, stocks to be adjuctftd round Hhirtlnes r.eck«?, with sb.?.koa to be rearched for intide the guardhenae, find hurriedly clapped of. Still it wae a'1 got through in gcod time, and, when at Jecgth the carriage mine abreast, the cunrd wa' found standing at "treeent arms." tl;e pergsant himself saluting in the most gracious manner. They inside, knowing how, returned the salute in true soldier style, though with a surprised f xpreseicn npon their laeea, No wonder. Where they had anticipated difficulty and danger, they were rece'ved with more than civility—accorded military honours! (To be continued ) A ..m ..1l1li"-
CAlEB BOOTH'S CLERK.
CAlEB BOOTH'S CLERK. BY MRS. LTNNJ3US BANKS, Author of "God'a Providence House," "The Manchester Man," "Under the Scara," &Q., &0. ¡ r ALL RIGHIB RESERVED J PART in. CHAPTER III. THOBISS, For a moment Caroline Btood rigid, as from the touch of a tcrpedo. She blanched to her very lipa. Then leve, and memory, and reason oame to her aid, and she repelled the aspersion on her lover with passionate earnestness. "How dare you—how dare you insinuate ao vile a calumny ? It only proves how little you know of Frederiok Mareden. And do I need remind you that he sailed quite three montha before that girl disappeared!" and Caroline drew herself up proudly, as she put the question in vindication of her lover's honour. But the subtle individual at her elbow was pre- pared for this. Equable and unruffled in demeanour, she replied, "You are too haaty, Caroline. I quite appre- ciate your spirited defence of the absent; bat do not care to be mYBelt misunderstood. Remember, I oeme into this house a stranger from a distance, barely three days before the young man run away from home. Rumour and analogy are all on which I can base conjecture." "And very insufficient grounds," responded Caroline, indignantly, plucking at the tuitrfof tha counterpane as she spoke. Co PClbaps not, my dear," aaid her stepmother, calmly. But you had better sit down while I txplain myself—you tremble all over with agita- tion andeho placed a chair for Caroline, who was glad of support, herself remaining Btanding in the faint shadow of the dimity onrtaine, and talking all the while. You see, my dear, there are generally faulta on both sides, and when young gentlemen run away frcm heme we may take it for granted there are reasons which do not always come to the sur. face Fred bad reason esongh in hia father's il'-utage," promptly put in Caroline. "That might be his version, my dear," drily observed the other. But Sophy and hia mothereay the same," was tbe defensive answer. That waa information for Mrs Booth. A peon, liar motion of the dust-coloured head acoompanied the I see. Partisanship in a disunited family! Who shall know what Bide to believe? The menj speaking with masculine knowledge, who call him disobedient,' indolent,' wild,' and a vaga- bond' ? or the feminine, known to be ever moat attaohed to the scapegrace of the family ? Caroline was silent. Harriet went on with fluenoy, very unusnal to her— Bnt, my dear Caroline, do not let me bias you in any way." (As if she were not doing it!) "It is certainly possible that Mr Frederick may have had some entanglement with this girl, and run away to avoid her, and she have followed him; or he may Dot have sailed at the time he represented, and the birds may have flown together (as I have heard they did). But all this ia mere oonjeoture, called up by an odd earring; and very likely. after all, the letter may explain ita presenoe amccgat those lovely flowers, of which I quite envy you. Perhaps you would rather read your love letter in private, so I'll leave you. But don't be downcast: it may be things are better than they aeem:" She went qnietly, as she oame t but, like the first serpent in the first paradise, she bad deso. lated Eden, Never again could Caroline Booth rely wholly I iincf unreiikvedly on "fvàä Lor love and her faith, the "little leaven" of doubt had been introduced; and who should stop ita aotion ? They were not tears of joy which fell upon the letter ao long before ehe dared to open it; and even the loving, sanguine words made their way lees surely to her heart. But as she read of Buffer- ing at sea, of the Laura beating about for three day a without a galley to cook their food, or a rudder to steer by, reaching Melbourne only by a miracle, her feelinga got the better of her doubts, and she rained kisses on the paper, M if to dry the previous tears. It went on to tell, with many a grateful phrase, how, to Fred's extreme surprise, Captain Dambrill had handed him fifty pounds, before he went aahore, on behalf of Mr Booth (to whom he sent his thanks), and -now it had strengthened him to persevere and ahow himself worthy of the trult. But there was nothing aaid of any earring en- olosed with the flowers, and the omission per. plexed her; Fred'a letter was at variance with deoeit or wrong-doing she could not think the earring oculd have been Nelly'a. But the very doubt troubled her and her stepmother took care to water the root ahe had planted. Moreover, Harriet Booth cautiously impressed upon her the neoeeeity for silence respecting her discovery, leat it ahould come to the knowledge of Scholes and the vindiotive man ahould follow Frederick Maraden murderously. The Laura had also brought a letter of thanka to Mr Booth, and a long epistle to Mra Maraden, recounting her son's adventures at sea, and his gratitude for the weioome funds Captain Dambrill held in store for him, a brief description of Mel- bourne, and the glowing aocounts received from Ballarat, whither he was about to proceed with a partner he had picked up-a Mr Pipe, from Man- chester. Of COUlle this letter passed through the hands of the Rev John Hay to Mrs Marsden, but it previously passed through the Leigh Post-office and as Mr. Caleb Booth's manager pretty generally managed to be in the way when the letters were sorted for morning delivery-after taking the bleaoher's letters to the works himself to save the postman the trouble "—it came about that Mr Thomas Maraden was ere long apprised of the olerioal envoy hia brother Frederick had found. It had long been a puzzle to Tom how his mother and sister contrived to sustain hia brother's absence ao philosophically, and how it was he heard ao few anxiooa yearnings for tidinga of the wanderer. Bo I ho !-that's itJ ia it ?" drawled Tom, with a complete fusillade of oraeka from his bony finger, joints, adding, for the benefit of his informant,, Then I think the sooner we stop that caper the beth,r 1"-an observation whioh met with Mr Daniel Dent's full acquiescence. Very wonderful to see waa the friendship growing up between Mr Tom and Mr Daniel, who oontrived to drop in upon each other at the bleaoh works, or the ootton mill, or the Flaming Caatle, and might be seen walking arm-in-arm after business hours with a frequency which boded no good to others. They often found their way together to the Booths' drawiBg.room. which the new wife did not keep for state oooasiona, when Mr Dent distinguished himself by his delioateattentions to Caroline, and Mr Tom rallied her on her melan. oholy; on the folly of wearing the willow for a lover at the antipodes, who had, in aU probabi- lity, oonsoled himself with a fresh sweetheart where he was, and half banteringly advised her to do the same, telling her that he and Mr Dent were, either or both, ready to throw themselves at her feet. Caroline bore it as well as she could, generally taking refuge at the piano, where the battle be- tween loyalty and doubt going on in her heart caused her to seleot songs and melodies so sentimentally sad that even her father took up the thread of raillery when they laid it down. BeJ since his marriage, had surrendered much more power into his manager's hands, was much more frequently at home with his favourite hobby, and just at the time was all engrossed with the arrangement of the wild flosvera, mosses, and seaweeds William had oolleoted so perseveringly in the neighbourhood of Southport. For thia nurpoee he Bet aside his experiments with the tassels of the ootton graaa, bushels of whioh had been gathered for him both on Chat Moss and Carrington Mosa when they were in full blow in JlNow too, thorne began to grow out of the Rev. TnVm Hav's pulpit ousbion, and to bristle around the pathway of biB love. Anonymous letters, nnrnortins to emanate from parishioners, or members of the oocgregation-all in disparage- ment of the hitherto unimpeachable curate- ES way to the vioar. There were objeo- SITS, TO his orthodoxy, to his 1 i.'0 lonV of zeal, to flis oratory»any ^of which alone might have served as an apple ^• /v^ hnt heaped, as it were, m a bushel, .filmed the vicar, shook hia confidence in overwhelmed tbejicae^ heartburnin(?a thfl bis curate, o eeQ tjj6 two clerics; and congregation and anticipated, in the 5SS tt. Suot to prevent dismissal. this shower of anti-clerical through the Marsden's hands as he post, into pondering a weightJ -MSRSES SSS^-ISA • gave way before the yarn spun in^ tb hand tory cf sciechicf— the irritating letter labia hand. In a towering patsion he got eff h*a high stoo end, as fast as hie logs wt,. c«?ry h'm, harrisd r rrces the road to find the lis v. John Hay iiiare before him. Be had cme to acquaint Sophia ",ith hia inability to fed Nelly Scholes, though he had tcarobed all the purlieus of Boltoa and its envircnB, qufsticniEg aliko earahca, Scripvaro leaders, buorstern, atid pVioeeaefl, leaving no stone untuin d. Y<ji tbe rc-port ol ins ut»su<io',ss- ful mission was only one of hie errands to Tyidaa- Icy that brown October afternoon If hie mkiste.rial cirt-w in L¡;vh was about to close, a fttsh cure h&d been offered to Lina in Mat cbester, in one of its cacs1: densely populated cistriots, where there was a wider field for the gofid man'a labours. But he was 101b to go-taithsr alone, aa-5 had beer, endeavouring ;o persuade Sophia so ruotbtr 81 d father, asa to take him far better or worse, and wan in the act of crossing tho hail to acqubint Air Mar«dtn with hU proapoots ftad wifches wlfcu tbe lattvr cutis wiib lung strides up the drive, without his thk- dr»i ov«tey.it, and contrary to cuetorn, annonuced hia presence aad bis pftBfcion by a thundering I,JttOl "at the frsat deer. Hia hand w»B etni'CTi tho great knocker when tbe door opened for hiai as if by lioma magic, fcnd be Pieid face to fnfn with tie feey. John H*y. No ccLtraet ccould huvb been more complete. The one—ta!l; 1):10, elisi, grave, compodod, and gentlemanlike cn the upper step, looked c.Vimly down en the big, burly, blustering, rod f.iced, argry, vnlgar man, whose features and fingers were alike on the work with passion. Be had a cane in the one hand, an open latter in the other, and it rustled in his grip, "Oh, tb&h't here, are ta? —thahsneaking, pale- faced parson! I've oaught thee, have I t" he exclaimed, handling the cane as if hia fingers quivered to lay it about the curate's shoulders. The curate stepped baok to make way for hia entrance (whioh was so rude that, but for the backward step, he might have lost hia balanca), quietly answering him as he moved asida- Yes, flir, I am here; and was at the door on my way to your counting-house when you yourself knocked. But I prefer speaking to yon ander this roof." 1,IOh, thah doet, dost ta ? An' I'va something to say io thee, thah flock-faced fortune-hunter, after I've done!" A slight flesh crossed hi? pale face. "Father, how can you exclaimed Sophia, in pain for her lover's wounded honoar. Before the curate could reply or interpose, Simeon Marsden took hold of Sophia by bosh shoulders, and shook her roughly. How can I, thah brazen miax! Read that, and see what folk have to say of thee, afore thah dare to speak to me again," and releasing her with a jerk, he threw the crushed letter at her feet, just as Mrs Marsden, roused from an afternoon nap by the commotion, descended the staira, and Ann showed her astonished face at the distant kitohen door. The jerk would have thrown Sophia against her mother, but that the curate's arm w»s ready and he caught her, drawing her to him proudly.aa something precious needing his protection. Mrs Marsden picked up the letter, while Mr Hay, Inindfulof the listening Ann, drew his tremblirg Sophia within the pavlour door, not caring to make hia private affairs mattera for a servant's gossip, not that he was Bilent at the time. Stop, Mr Maraden he had cried, I cannot permit that! Miss Marsden is my promised wife, and not even her father shall lay rough hands on her in my presenea." What a gratefnllook Mrø Maraden gave him! Her daughter had found a fitting companion at lut. Mr Marsden stood for a moment confounded by the curate's authoritative manner and his own over mastering rage. Mr Bay took advantage of the pause. Still keeping Sophia. within his shielding arm, he eaid, with the calm dignity which so well beoame him, I know not what that letter may contain, sir, many honourable epistles have been flying abouo of late but I do know this, that I am no fortune hunter, and that I Beek your daughter for her dear self only. Give me tfophia, and 10U cjn do with your money what you pleaae." Simeon Marsden fairly spluttered with pssoion. In his effort to say many things at onoe, he got out nothing but a jombla of broken sentences, the gist of which Mr Hay took to mean that the spmrer thought him a liar, a sneak, ahypscrite, and a detitlcd fortune hunter—in ep:te of hia protest, and that he distinctly refused his con- tent. What care I for your cloth roared he. Do yon think that I am going to give my lass and her nine thousand pounds to any beggaily curate. Not I." "Nine thousand pounds ?" echoed the curate, indignantly. What do you mean, air ?" That's what 1 mean, sir and Marsden, snatching the dirty crumpled letter from his trembling wife's hands, thrust it almost ia the other's face. I owe that insult to sneaking vagabonds like you i" The curate had hia temper well under oontrol. He bad learned to confront oholer with calmness; but his patience was sorely tried that day. It was a clinging arm and a whispered Dear John" which restrained him. The letter, ill-spelled, and badly written, was as fellows :— MESTUR MABSDEN, When mi laBB run away, yo telt me i shud ha' tuk better kare on her, an' yo larfed at me. Luk a whoam, owd chap yo han had two ranawayB a' reddy, and t'others like to foller with the parson chap as hangs about aftar yore dowter's brass. Who'll larf when Miss Sophy cuts off wi' th' luzg. shanked kurate, and he grabs her nine thoueaud pounds ? Yo'n larf o' th' rung soide 0' tb' mouth, pde skin-flint—an' sarve yo reet. There was 110 same attaohed, but that the f»!5!!?*pnr&urte'i emanate from Sjiplei? was evident. The Rev, John had seen toO inanv fehohymOnB missives lately to be greatly troubled by this one. Yet the reference to the nine thou. sand pounds puzzled him. He oalmly folded and put it in his pocket, looking steadily at Mr Marsdec, and Eaid- Until I find the writer, I keep this slanderous document. It is a forgery, air. Scholes cannot write." Be might get some one to write for him," prcmptly responded Mr Marsden. "He bears me no ill-will, Mr Maraden and I scarcely think has the knowledge of your private affairs which this letter would import. What nine thousand pounds are referred to ?" Simeon set up a great horse-langh, and sat down, for the first time, to indulge his mirth. Hearken to him, Marion—as if he' didn't know! The innooent,disinterested parson! Humph! I've no patience with saoh hypocrisy." Sophia came to her slandered lover's defence, but she spoke to him and not to her father, both of whoBe feelings when ahe ended may be better imagined than described. John dear" (she did not seem to oare who heard)," I am afraid I have done wrong in keeping you so long in the dark. But I meant to give you a pleasant surprise on our wedding day. The dear old aunt who brought me up left me nine thousand pounds, payable on our marriage or my twenty-second birthday." What!" John Hav looked petrified. He felt as if he must resign tiophia or his honour. "Yes, John dear, I shall not be twenty-two until St. Thomas's Day; but I am of age now, aud the sum of nine thousand pounds is yours any day you like to take me with it. I blush for the father who has eo grossly insulted you I" CHAPTER IV. THE FOIRTUNK.HUNTEE, The struggle in the curate's breast between love and pride (which he called honour) was sharp and strong. For a moment he strained the generous girl to his tortured heart, pressed a passionate kiss on her forehead, then, releasing her, turned to the window; dropped into a chair, and looking out, passed his long, shapely hand across his forehead in pain and perplexity. Iii. pale face grew white, his emotions seemed to choke him. Fain would Mra Maraden have spoken, but she dared not in the presence of her tyrant. John," whiepered Sophia, going to him and laying her hand on his shower, while Simeon Marsden looked on in d",z,;d. bewilderment, "John, what ia the matter ? Yon surely do not think me too bold P" "Too bold, darling No too generous only. But oh, Sophy, why did I not know of this barrier before P" Barrier r" she faltered. II Yes, barrier. How can I—already branded aa a fortune-hunter—disgrace my lineage by claiming yon aø mine ? I should be said to clutch your money-bags." All thiB was said in undertone; but Simeon a aharp eara were open, and hia eyea opened too. xxow any man in hia senses could call nine thousand pounds a barrier to his aooepta&oe of the woman ne «o dearly loved waa quite b«yond his narrow-minded comprehension. Before he reoovered from his surprise, the curate, white as his own neokoloth, rose, and, still holding Sophia's hand convul- sively in his, said, in a strangely unnatural yoice— Mr MarBden, I pardon your insulting langu&ge to myself. You had, or thought you had, some foundation for your wrath. Had I earlier known of your daughter's expectations, I might have been less presumptuous in mine. I feel I ought in honour—resign my pretensions—to—" "John—John, do not say so-you will break my heart!" cried Sophia, releasing her hand and throwing herself on his breast in a passion of pain, forgetful or regardlees of conventionalities. The parson's right, Sophy—and a better man than I thought him!" shouted her father, half in admiration of a disinterestedness so maoh beyond his own strength. Sophia, my love, do yon hear what your father tayBp" murmured John Hay, bending hia lips to her beautiful ear. Do not add to my torture! I never loved you so passionately as now that I feel bound in honour to release you. Forgive me, love, but I must go home and think." But you will not give me up, John, because of my money r" IlIe whispered. "I will pray for guidance, Sophia, You shall hear from me, or see me again, before I leave." The Rev. John Hay, feeling himself the sport of vindictive demons, gave Sophia tenderly to her mother's care, and, with a bow to Mr Marsden, left the houae, to encounter at the gate Tom, who gave him an unheeded nod in paseing and looked after him with a sinister leer, which spoke volumes. And Copbia-Ifay, lively, sportive Sophia, left behind, threw herself on the sofa in a burst of uncontrollable grief; feelicg her nine thousand pounds as so many golden weights to drag her down to the depths of desolation. ~A fortnight of unmitigated torturo to both followed, during the firat Week of whioh Tom was maliciously exuberant over Sophia's melancholy but Ann, whose occasional tiffs with Jim sharpened her natural acuteness. gave Sophia a useful hint. II Eb, but aw say. Miss Sophia, if aw wur yo', aw wouldn't let Meater Tom see me a-frettin He's as pleased as Punch to see yo deawnoast and malarcholy; an' if aw wur yo. aw'd just briskup, however bad aw felt, ja«t to spite him, that aw wonld." The rough woman's well-meant advice acted as a stimulant on Sophia, though not precisely as intended. She was naturally ro blithesome, and oovued up her cares eo well, that the thought it was qnite time to throw off her doleful dump?," when the domestic .beg&a to comment oa tneai. It, moreover, awaked her to notice bow anxiously her irother's eyes followed her, and she toot herself to taEk for selfish sorrow, Bedubnaiy determined to overcome it. So worthy an fffort never was wholly lost. She became cheerful in her attempts to appear 30. And then Ehe took a step thorecghiy her oira, to rectify tbe wrong. tbe wrote to the Rev John Hay, &l.hov?b he bad not again 66t foe, in the rich nnn'a mti. .aim, IfEt it should appear conclusive tha; ha was vrtoivg the heixeeB. She found a trustworthy courier for hnr bUlei in Btipb, who was ever ready to fierva Fred Mainctii'i: tieier, and thus it ran — Tjldesley Banks, Ootober 18, 185 DPI!? John,— I am not quite aure that yoa drHi rvea ktterS from me, bnt if w?got no m re than we deterva we should get very little geed, and I mtan to give yon some vciy good advice. I have sent "thia by Hl>igb, tbo cabinet-maker, my brother Fred's trusty friend, not having mach iaith in the Leigh p^et-office since Tom has been to fric-fcdly wiih that Mr. Dent who lodges there. I fed ha if they were hatching migchiet together, &);(1 th: uld not by surprised if all those wicked inxfc)iLi<u& Litter originated with them. They Of.j WLiit ycu out c.f their way for Bomething or other, art 1 Iinow Tom threatened long ago to n^ake n iicfcief between UB, and he seems hardly e.ba; to contain hie delight now he or some one (qi;a.ily aniiacle has done it. And now, John ctfcr, i vtieh to call your attention to some linta by Ak-s&cder Pope— Of ail the causes which ossplre to blind erring judgment 1100 l.W.3jtuidethe mi.,d, "What the weak be- d w th strongest biit rules. It price, the never i ailing vice of— I leave you to fill the hiatus, John, if you think the passage pertinent. For my own part, if I thought anything but pride caused you to reject one minute the ycung lady yoa had been eo im- portunately soliciting to be your wife the minute before, and all beoanse she would bring with her a burden of guineas, no pen of mine would traoe this paper for you. Now, Joha dear, yoa wsre not too proud to ask me to share yonr stipend, and to help you to make the beet of it, and I think it ungracious that you will not let me better thtt best— And now, John, this ia my advioe-go to Manchester, and try how you like living alone in a dingy house in a dismal neighbourhood, and don't write or think of me again BO long as JOIl are satisfied aDd happy but ehould you feel very miserable I will give yon leave to change yoar mind, and to make an ample apology any time within six months. And if your heart does not many a time ache for a deeper purse before you have been three months in your new curacy, John Hay's heart and that locality are equally mistaken by Your very true love, SOPHIA MAESDBN." The Rev. John Hay was known beyond the confines of his own parish, and was no stranger to Haigh; but the John Hay he found packing books, and the curate he had eeen ill the pulpit, or met in the green lanes, scarcely seemed to be the same man, eo bent, haggard, and careworn he had become. Bie hard shook EO that he could hardly op?n Sophia's letter, and the paper rattled as ha held it for readicg. Haigh wae not slow to interpret the signs of agitation. With innate delicacy he Eaid- Aw've business ocp th' teawn, sir, and if theer's ancy answer back aw con call in abeawt an heanr." A litter of torn writing paper told Haigh on Ms return bow many an attempt had been made to reply; yet there was "No answer. I will sea Mies Marsden." Proud as Lucifer, in his way, the Rav. John was too proud to take advantage of Miss Mara- den's generofcity. Fhe was proud, too, and considered herself slighted; and so the meeting ended in sending him to Manchester thoroughly wretched, with nothing but hia false pride to SUE tain him, ar.o in leaving her as miserable aa it ( waa poesibie tor Sophia Marsden to be. One paragraph in her letter had, however, made a deeper impression than she had contemplated when she expressed her want of faith in tie post office where Mr Dent Vir-S lodge?, and ended wirli —" they may want yoa out of their way for something or other." From the first he bad suspected a plot; to oust him from hie crracy, but he had accredited or. j or two disaffected paris-hioaers with tbe Boh?me. The bare mention of Daniel Dant's name in juxtaposition with the poet office and Tom Marsden, opened up a train of thought and speculation whioh travelled far from Sophia and her unappreciated dowry. How could he possibly stand in Mr Dent's way r From Mr Dent to Mr Dent's sister was a natural transition; and then memory, flying back. opened up possibilities for bit being" in the way," not so much at the Marsdtnb' as at the Booths'. From the day when he observed the tetanic con. vulsions of the late Mrs Booth, he had had an uncomfortable feeling of that lady's assiduous nurse, and bad found himself, as it were, on the watch for something, he knew not what. And it had occurred to him more than onoe, that the present Mrs Booth shrank from hia observation. Then if Daniel Dent and his sister and Tom Mars. den would plot nefariously to remove one so slightly in their way as himself, what might not they do to any other individual whom they might imagine greatly in their my ? Thus questioning himself, he was moved invol- untarily to take hia way to the Willows, though his tutorship had, of course, ended, and he hai already taken leave of the family. He found William in his low chair in the back parlour in considerable pain with hie knee, which. I within the previous day or two, had begun to swell and inflame, I suppose yon hats your knee dressed regularly now f" interrogated Mr Hay, I Ch, yes," answered William. u)In Booth never neglects me in any way yon have no idea how kind she ie. She will not allow Carry to meddlo wtta tt." Soh I" eaid Mr Hay to himself; then aloud. U Yet your sieter need to drees it formerly." Ob, yeB, before she was ill, and whilst we were at Southport; but it waa not so bad then as it is now, and Mrs Booth does not like to trnst her to do it. Oh, dear, I wish it was a little eas-Vr!" Let me look at the knee, William," and thg curate turned np his cuffs as it to undo tho bandages. Had yon not betterriug for my stepmother ?" asked the youth. No, my boy, we can dispense with Mrs Booth'si servioeB on thia occasion." But as the curate untied William's loose trouser Mra Booth entered the room, Caroline in her wake. Mrs Booth at OEce entered a protest against hia proceedings. Oh, Mr Hay, you muat not do that! William's knee must not be disturbed." y And why not, madam P" asked the olergyman, with a steady glance from which ahe shrank. Dr Ashcroft left particular orders that after the knee was dressed it was not to be unoovered for the day." The Rev. John bowed acquiescence. I defer to Dr Aehoroft's dictum," and he re-tied the loosened ribbons of the troueer. After a little while he said, Good afternoon," without any reference to his departure from Leigh on the morrow. Straightway he betook himself to Dr Ashcroft's, struck as much by Caroline's aspect of lassitude and hopelesBcess as by the unfavourable ohange in William's knee. He was not in the seoret ol the flower. box. He found the surgeon at his bachelor tea by a bright fire, which repeated itself in the old book- case opposite. As he entered, the doctor rang the bell for another cup and sauoer, rather glad of companionship; and with as little oeremony. the other solitary bachelor, temporarily ronaed from his own despondency, sat down to partake. But he did not lose sight of his errand. He introduced the subject casually, after a little preliminary chit-chat. I have just been round to the Willows, doctor, and waa sorry to find William in snoh pain." The doctor looked up suddenly, M if unpre- pared for the remark. Dear me! I waa in hopes the cooling lotion I eent would have relieved him." Without notioicg the interjection, Mr Hay went On— I should have liked very much to examine the limb myaelf, to see whataapeot it bore." Ana why did yoa not?" asked the surgeon, carelessly. "Because Mrs Booth was unwilling. She quoted your particular orders that, after dressing, the kBM was not to be unoovered for the day." Mr Ashcroft put a band on each of his knees, and looked hi8 interlocutor .full in thefftoe. "1 left no such orders I" "So I thought!" I left instructions that the lotion waa to be applied repeatedly. I want to get the inflamma- tion down." Do yon think that ia to be accomplished at the Willows P" inquired the curate, pointedly. The boy was better and stronger when he came from Southport." H'm!" aaid the doctor, and np went his index finger to his high cheek bone, and hia thumb beneath his chin—" 10 he WaI. But why do you put such a question?" Because, doctor, aa a trustee under his Uncle Balph's will I am bound to watoh over hia welfare, and I think it advisable to remove him—always under medioal advice and with his father's sano- tion." The doctor looked eearohingly in the curate's fsce, then at his own knees, and then in the onrate's face again. H'm Ah said he. Well, perhaps it rnipht be no worse if you did." John Hay thought that he was understood. He next put a question whioh eleotrified the surgeon. Dr Ashoroft, what did the first Mra Booth die or f" (To be continuei.)
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FEMININE FOIBLES. FANCIES, AND FASHIONS. By A LADY, (An richtt Ttfzirv-A.} A LAST VISIT TO THE ART GALLERIES—AN IKTIHESTIKG AKECUOTE—THE BAZAAR IN KEMJIJSGTON HORSE-PALE OF THE SURPLUS £ T< CK- AFFABILIIT OF THE PRINCESS OF WALIB—Y*- HAT THE ROYAL VTSITOBS WOKE — BAKDBOSIK CVE'JCMKS—A GKAXD 'VrODIMG — TRESS OF THE BRIDE AND B&1IIEJ\U,!DS. Many cf UP, previous to LESTIU? town, go to take a last lock round the ART PAIIERIDS, and, thocgh we may have \UU«d VHENI often before, we generally ciicovcr SOMETHING wbiih has escaped notice on former occasions. It is always pleasant to review old favourites acd wh"n some- one, more diecernirg than onraelvts, COMMANDS a painting that we bave overlooked, onr mmour- jirtpre IS PIQUED, RLd A^AIA. we go to EAAIC afor th, special be-.uties and EXCELLENCES ^IISOH have been pointed out to Tdl. Smce we heard that MIADFIUIE barah Bernhardt Bicgled cut. as objeo re of particular interest, tne portrait of Mr John Blight and Mr Miilais'A painting Tho Sons of the Brave," I know several persons who have Dean to inspect those works of art afresh though, aa recarde thr, first NAMED, I* think the features of the great Liberal leader are nearly AT familiar TO us ag ate our own. Un the occasion of my last visit to Burlington Honap, I wae told an interest- ing and I believe acthenuo anecdote relating to ere of the pieces of tculpinre exhibited there. I do not think the little (STORY has been very widely circulated, and, therefore, it will be new to THN majority of my readers. IC ia told ia connection with the bust of Mre Hannah BrdWn. the life-long friend of the Baroness Burdett Coutts. The F-ightlfse look of the OYTE in works of art of this kind must always, I think, be painful to sensitive beholders but in tbe particular instance I refer to, the blind expression is both natural and appropriate, for Mra Brown loat her eight many yeara previous to her death. It ia Baid that when the Piitcees of Wales made her tour of inspection round the gallery, she st once recognised the features as those of the AGED friend of the Baroness. HE* Royal Highness, somirentiagupon it, appropriately used the words ot Bartitaeus, and eaidEitEply, "WhereaB I was blind, now I see." A bystander, struck with the peouliar fitness of the observation, wrote it on a slip of paper, and fixed it beneath the dIigy, whsre, I am told; it was to be eceB for some time afterwards. However tine to life the chiselled lineaments may be, it is impossible to reproduce the vital expres- sion of the organ of sight. Like the soul, it ia intangible and mysterious, not to be caught nor defined; when the archetype is living, there is something of GHWE'-LY prospectiveno;-« in the cold, blank stare cf the tightless crba, for they power- fully recall the dili1 fixed look which we see in the eyea of the dead. Of course it is a question of feelirg, but I do Dot thick th9 sculptor'B work wculd be impaired if closod eyes wore invariably substituted for those which, being open, oonrey neither beauty cor expression to beholders. The various articles left unsold &t the great bazaar, held a month ago in Kensington House, Wtre again offered for e..J1' on the 16th inst, bat this time in the Vicar of Kensington's beautiful grennds. Ihe Princess cf Wales and the Duchess of Teck onoe more were good enoagh to act as stall-keepers. The was realty more like a pleaeant garden p&r;y ix&n an ordinary fancy fair. Meet cf the objectionable features of tha former bezaar were hap;y mfssirg. Tiure was no crowding, people J«i*nre!y effected their sales, and then strclied round tnedbii^htfai garden, listening to the band of the fcojal Artiliery, admiring the flowers, or sitting about at tables in cheer- ful groups of two't art. tL.-rto'?-, eatL-.g Iruits and | ices, or otherwise drinking tM, and this with as much ease aiid ocm crt as they wosild have done had they bes>u invited guests, ar*d thtH a private entertainment. Thtie v.'&s very little to reuiicd cr.e cf the differtnce, eicept ihett we knew xcoat of the vikhrrs were self-invited, aiid btd to p;iy for admission, aI?o for the refreshments, wLHh, in the ocher ease, would, of course, ht-ve been provided by the entertainer, lhe band waa stationed under a tree opposite the Bts 11b and was almost obaourad by an cuter circle or high bank of Oriental plants, magnificent ferns, shrubs, and flowers. The I music was both vocal and instrumental; and most agreeably snbdaed. The sale on this, as well as on the previous, occasion, WIUJ held in behalf of the Industrial School for Girls. About 3d of the pupils, very neatly dressed in uniform, were mar. shalled at intervals through the grounds, to keep, I suppose, the visitors in mind of the object of the charity, and, doubtleas, with the intention of Btimulatirg the benevolent to increase their donations or nacltipJy their purchases. Bat the greatest stimulus to buy was given by the presence of the Prinoess. The crowd in front of her was rather great at the time, but several gentlemen joined hands, thus forming a barrier, and enabling the people, one and all, to purchase what tbey wished without the crush and annoyanoe which was unpleasantly manifest at the previous Bale. Of course everybody wished to receive his or her purchase from the Princess's own hands, and after her advent the position of other ladiea as stall keepers was quite nominal. I raustexoept, however, those who were assisting the Prinoess. The Duchess of Teck on the right, a very voluble lady on the left, and two other ladies immediately behind her Royal Highness, who were incessantly occupied handing towers, ohina, and other articles to the smiling gracious lady, who delivered every purchase with her ewn hands into those of the haver. The demand was unoeasiog ard the work must haye been very hot and fatignirg. For nearly two hours the Princess had not a moment's respite, the lady assistants sold^the goods and transferred I them to the Prinoess with no more oeremonious phrase than, Madam, will 7011 give this to the buyer." Right and left incessantly oame that brief request, and that amiable lady, half be. wildered by the conflicting claims on her attention, would then hand over the article and receive the price of it, always, I saw, with a pleasant acknowledgment, China teapots were in groat demand, and the supply WAl very Boon exhausted. The Duchess of Teck was in despair at the con- stant call for them. The expression on her Royal Higbn- ss'a faoe was amusingly tragic &8 lih, cried, Oh, dear, what is to be doneP Won't a sugar basin with a rose in it do as wellP" And then the PrinoeBB of Wales wonld hold it up to view, acd the purchase* waa instantly effected at the cost of five shillicga. I saw a blue jug sold for a guinea. People were reckless as to the price. They only wanted something from the hands of their future queen. I think no Englishwoman could look at these two unaffected, graoious ladies without feeling a strong personal attachment for them. It was pretty to see the caressing manner of the Princess towards her little daughters, who nestled up against her, and at intervals exchanged pleasant oonfidenoes with their Royal mother. I found it diffioult to believe the PrinoesB bore the same relationship to the tall youth who stood behind her. she looked so young, and he is almost a man. Of course every lady will be anxious to know what the Princess wore. Fortunately, I had an excellent opportunity for seeing all the details of her dress. The skirt was made of peacock blue cambrio. In front there werefive kilted flounoeB, each edged with white lace. It was drapad at the baok. Her Royal Highness more a casaqnin bodice of peacock bine satin, with round spots of various sizes, and mixed colours covering the, surfaoe. It was very bright looking, but not at all pronounced. The dresa waa made very high to the throat, round which was a simple liase frilling, Down the front of the bodice, arranged stomacher, fashion, waa a wide piece of dotted net, the dots being uceed- ingly fine and olose. It seemed to me that the arrangement of this trimming had been effected after the bodice was buttoned, for it had a very unstudied appearanoe. The sloeves were rather long, and very close fitting, the ouffa being made ef puffinga of the net The Princess wore tan- ooloured, undressed kid gloves the Snede," aa it ia called; a kind that I have mentioned in a former letter. Her bonnet was of the usual shape, made of ooar»e blaok fancy atraw, with a wreath of mixed flowers, and band of brooade. The strings were blaok ribbon velvet, not more than three inches in width, and were tied closely under the chin. The Prinoess wore a gold bracelet on each arm, and no other ornaments whatever. The little Princesses wore dark navy blue cambric dreeses, trimmed with red cambrio, laige collarettes of yellow lace, and white hats, with white feathers. Their gloves were tan ooloured, and made of the undressed kid. The Princess Mary Adelaide wore a navy blue silk dress, with a foulard top, spotted Kith white. A dark blue straw bonnet, trimmed with oorn flowers of a very dark shade. Many of the stall-keepers wore the same kind of dress. Small bonnets oovered with spotted material like the dress, were very generally worn. All bonnets seem to be aa close fitting as our nightoapa used to be, and are exactly that shape. -The sona of the Duke and Duoheaa of Teok were present, and wore sailor costumes, white and navy blue; the youngest was Belling flowera, and various other articles. It was almost impossible to reaist his oocstactly recurring appeals, Do please have this." Having bought from the little Pricce, at various times, two roses, a carnation, a match box, and a pin cushion, he evidently began to regard me as a very good illustration of the axiom which relates to oertain persona and their money. But when he offered me an infant's rattle and a baby's pur of woollen shoes, I proved myself suddenly invincible. Wherever their elders oongregate children are now very much en evidence" and they seem to be dressed to re- semble those quaint little caricatures whioh Miss Kate Greenway is so fond of drawing. The faces of the little girls are completely hidden away in granny bonnets, of the shape of a hundred years ago. Two sweet little eccentricities were trotting about the vicar's garden with carnations almost as large as themselves, for which they asked 3s each, and what is more, they got it their instigators being evidently aeham&d of making BO extortionate a demand thbmaelres These little maidens wore enormous sun bonnets' made of white satteen, lined wi.h pals blue The front was drawn, and the crown, or back stood up m perpendicular form, high above the fore part. The curtain was very deep. So large were these bonnets, that the. little faces were quite hjdden away inside. The children*,lather wore -fw6!WiUl bl,Qe 84t^n trim- xnxrgp, blaok Bilk stockings, atjd law shoos. They also \?oie bntLonleeB gloves of wash leather or Bn^de ki3. Aa&aggt the most re- markable of the mar,y handsome dresses worn by ladies on thtsoconsion I will briefly enumerate the following DreFB of crimson silk, hat and gloves to match, also sunshade. One stall keeper wore a brilliant cardinal coloured silk dress, a crcam Madras mualin apron, and a bright orange sash, very wide, acd tied behind. I mentioned this fashion in my laBt letter; and I see it 10 becoming very general. The sashes are about hair a yard wide, and very long the locps are well drawn through, and about half the length of the BASH ends. Thick, white cambric dresses, edged with Madeira work, were worn under pannier jaoketa of black brocaded satin, or otherwise embossed velvet of that colour; bonnets or hats of black lace, with bunohes of yellow rosea cn them, aud also at the wearer's throat. A very tasteful dress was made of coffee-coloured silk, and over it a casaquin of gold-coloured brocade; straw bonnet, of gold colour, trimmed wi'.h gold lace, and brown and yellow beartseaee. There were a very great many Madras muslin dreEBee worn over coloured linings; also a number of white Indian muelin oostumes trimmed profusely with coffee coloured lace. 1 here were not a few all whiteloostumes. One lacy were a white muslin skirt with a white satin bcaice and hat. hi or must I for get to chronicle (De very curiously made dress it was round waistec and laced down the back. There iaicthing extraordinary in that, however, for half the dretses one sees are so fashioned the eccentricity pcazed ic the puffed sleeve. I cannot say, for the ^nffirg was not upon the eleeves at all, but upon the body cf the dreas. It went all round the arm holes, reaching on each side more than half w..J across the shoulder blades, and standing up cc the she older points nearly on a level with the wearer's ears. Or course it sounds grotesque :n cescrjption, but singular as the make waB, I I tsrciy found f»ult with it; but the lady herself I ws6 young, graceful, pretty, and earned it off with trrtat eclat. The Duke and Duchess of Con- nangrt were at tbe bazaar, and with reference to their Ef yal Highnesses, I will repeat a oomment I a'cea on them by a lady Bitting near to me, iuouwy, a very nice unassuming young couple." 1 hve not left myfelf much epaos to give an account of & grat d wedding which took plaoe on e&turCay at St. Mary Abbott's Church. The Duke of Argyll's daugher, sister-in-law of the Prinoess Lcuiae. was married to Captain Taylor. The affair treated quite a sensation, though none of the Kcyal Family were present, I believe. Theohuroh was most uncomfortably orowded, and hundreds assembied onttide, who had not the remotest chance of getting even a glimpse of the bride. She were a simply made ivcry satin dress, skirt plain, and the short jacket bodice was merely piped at the edge. The bride's veil was tulle, and coverediher whole figure; fastened in her hair, on the left Bide, was a email bunch of orange blossoms. Her ladyship has vivid ooloured hair. It was arranged with the oonventionai fringe upon the forehead, and in a small clump behind the carried the most monstrous bouquet it was ever my lot to see. I am convinced it would have measured a gcod half yard aoross, and waa by far too large for elegance. The six bridemaids had t n'y one bouquet between them. Their dresses were exceedingly unpretending, made of ivory white Indian muslin, with five kilted floanoeB in ficct, each fiounoe being edged with laoe. The skirt was trained at the back and tastefully diaped. The round bodices were slightly full, laced down the baok, and were worn with a narrow belt. Simple muslin fiohus bordered with lace, and very small close fitting oapa, also made of muslin and lace, which looked like pretty nightcaps without strings. The two sisters cf the brraegroom followed the bride; the duke'a youngest daughter walked next, she came into church with her governess, who was similarly attired. Lady Constanoe Campbell is a very sweet-looking, not to say pretty girL She does not exhibit that strong family likaness wfcich the rest of the members bear to one another. The brothers of the Marquess of Lome, who were at the wedding, might anywhere have been taken for the Governor of Canada, 80 marked is their reeemblanee to him. The bride- groom, Edward Harrison Clough Taylor, Í8 the Bon cf Mr Taylor, of Kirkham Abb°y, Yorkshire, and a captain in the Royal Welah it usiliere. He is a tall, military-locking man, with a good, though not a handsome face. As the bride, with her rather, came into church, the organ played and the choir eang, The voice that breathed o'er E3en," and at the conclusion of tbe servioe, Tbe Loid ulllY Shepherd." I thought there was a great lack of freshness about the dresses of the pocclj company who were guests at the wedding. idacy seemed to have done duty before, not vniikely when we remember it ia the class of the teuton. Madras muslin was quite in the asoem- duntf Two pretty girls wore it over amber satin Ekiita, with coat bcrices of steel colour, and bleck Pekin^the atripea being exceadin^ly fine tfceugh singular, the combination wae effective. The MarchionesB of Breadalbane wore steel cdoured silk, trimmed with satin of a lighter sbaoe; black lace bonnet, atd a cape ma.deot laee, kid row ever row. There were several white tor nets worn with white cashmere Grasses, all fceaviiy embrtidtrei with gold, and a groat deal of gold i jwtilery was woin with these dreares, The prettiest Crete, cr at least the one I thought sc. was made cf dark navy blue silk, trimmed with magnificent Irish iace. The sleeves were entirely made of lace puffed to the elbow, with a fall of iace below. A scarf of lace decorated the bodioe in eome admirable but indescribable fashion, and the ekirt of the dress was also oovered with Irish point. The dowagers were particularly smart and infinitely gayer than the generality of younger women. I thought how much more appropriate and becoming black dresses would have been than the bright blues, piuks, and greens, whioh some ladiea of very advanced sge were wearing. There was something pitifully grotesque in the appearanoe of one ex- tremely aged lady, who wore a large lace hat with roses beneath the brim, and another who wore sieves that did not reach much lower than the elbow joint, which rendered the withered looking arms obtru. sively apparent. There is something very beanti- ful in age when the seciet of growing old graoe. fully has been learned but age decked in the trsppicge of youth is a pitiful and humiliating spectacle. For the information of those whom it may concern, I will just add that the gentlemen of the wedding party wore striped nether garments, the bridegroom included. The atripea were fine, and so close ae to be almost invisible, the oolour being rather a dark grey. One gentleman wore a suit of pepper and Bait tweed, the coat being a trifle darker than the trouaera. RoBS, the duke's piper, dressed in his Highland tartan, was a very active participator in the oeremcnies.
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PICKINGS FROM THE COMIO PAPERS. (From Punch.) JUST OCT!" (At all the Libraries).—First Young Lady How did you like Convict Life," dear ? Second Young Lady: Pretty well. We've just begun Ten Yeare* Penal Servitude." Some of us like it, but- Old Lady (mentally): Good gracious What dreadful creatures 1 So young, too I" (Looks for the oommnnioating cord!) ON A BREAD.PL!.TTEB. Well, Austin, can you read that)-" No, mamma." II Well, it is rather difficult. Those are Old English letters." Are they ? Then no wonder the Ancient Britons couldn't read or write!" WANTED, A SETTLEMENT. If Bend Or they can prove a "crook," As Holker Bays they're able, 'Tie olear that, apite a atable book, Engagements will begin to look Uncommonly un-ltable 1 FRENCH FOOD FOB ENGLISH BABES—AND MOTHERS.—Grigsby (during entr'aote): What! you here, Miss Jones Miss Jones Yell; I got mamma to bring me. She doesn't understand French, you know. Ain't it fun! (Grigsby flatters himself that he seea the fan of a Palais Kcyal play all well as anyone on this aide of the Channel, but he does draw the line somewhere; and does not see the fun of a respectable Mater- familiaa being present at auch an entertainment— and with her daughter, too a thing that ia not even done in the country of Zola.) GROUND GAME. &o.—Squire (rather perplexed): Hullo, Pat! Where did you get the hare ? Pat: Shure, lIun, the or'atur' waa wand'rin' about, an' I thought I'd take't to the "Wanes!" Squire But did the keeper lee you r Pat: Bliss yer honour, I've been lookin' for him iver mnoe I caught it! A WORD FOR HIM. (By One of Thim.) What! Biggar .atiafied 1 Shure—there's a flaw- He'd rnver swallow what was backed by Law 1 POSSIBLY, (Suggested by a Current Inquiry.) All's well! From Etem to stern, no spar lID- sound.— There never sailed a ship more worth her 008t!" If that be 10, and ehe WIioB judged well found," These cheery optimists, 80 pleased all round, Will ten us next that the has been well lo8t MIDSUMMER APPEALS.—Appeals foe ioe, olaret cup, pio-aios, garden parties, and light summer dresses. A FLY IN AMBER.—A cab of that colour. GROUND GAMS.—Lawn Tennis. (From Ptm.) S*T*N BBPBOVTNG S*W.—The Parnell group denounaing Mr O'Donnell! Bi" THE LITTLX RASCAL."—Miss Flirtington; Yes, I like the place very much, major; you have such a jolly set of men down here. The Major; YeB, awfully jolly. You'd better Bteel your heart' Miss Flirtington, in oaee of accidents. Mias F Well, while I'm abont it, major, I'd racher steal somebody elBe's, don't you knowi GAB-TRICK FBYER.—The penny-a-liner did not neglect the chance afforded him by the Tottenham Court road gas explosion. For onoe he had an excuse for Gaa-oouading," and he took full advantage of it. ON THE OFFENSIVE — It is a curious ooinoidsnoe that whilst the railings outside a Ritualistic church virtually form a fence," the railinge" inside tha edifioe are too frequectly a matter of of-fenoe aleo-ot a fenoe," too, which the worshippers often find it diffioult to get over! THE (VOLUNTEER) FORCE OF HABIT.—Gallant Captain (whose civil avocation is connected with an extensive drapery establishment): By your left —forward—cash, A PRONOUNCED CASE OF A-" POT".HEOSIS,— The God "Pan." "MORE THAN SEVEN."— Mabel: Give us a cake, auntie. I know you've got one in your basket. Auntie (an early riser) = No, dear, they are rosea I've been gathering, and they wouldn't like being given to a little girl who geta up so late in the morning. Mabel: Go on, auntie, they wouldn't micd, they lays ic their bed all day when they gets a onance, and nobody don't pic^ ihem. MIDSUMMER MADNESS —Wagmore R Now girls what queen of antiquity surpassed even Titania in Ler fondness for donkeys P You give it qd p why Dido, ot course, for Bhe fell in love with any.ass-- .ti^eae, don t yon see.
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ODDS AND ENDS. Kick your corn through a window-glass, and the pane is gone for ever. No tick here would be a two-edged sword in a watchmaker's establishment. Yoticg Pinkirgton complains of tating oold by leaving off hia winter oans too eoon. The good man Bay "All things are far the beet," end mentally adJf, I am the beat." The Boston Post Bngge^te that it is now safe to treat girls with ocoiiieat— n»?oured with vaiilia. The pitoker that goes often to the beerhonse is I broken at last. It Àb the same way w^uh the catcher. J6eir.p mrkee his wifr ci'-p the etore wood, on the ground teat when ste married him she pro- mised to cleave. CounEel (to witness): You're a nioe sort of a fellow, ycu aie Witnees I'd say the Bame of you, sir, only I'm or. oath. The difference between hoiee-radifih ar.d a reddish hcree ie this One if not a he; f-e a: all, £ &d the other ie a horse ot another o^loar. The cashier of ar eastern batik ran &y with all the funds, and tne oireovDrs placarded the deer—"No Cathier/' I am very mncb afraid of lightning," Baid a pretty lady, "And well ycu maj be," replied a despairing lover, "as your haart is made of x steel." Are you a Home Euler?" WAE ashsd of one of the candidates at the late e.ciiac. AvotTefrom the back seats answered, "No, but hie wife is." As the time for truly agricultural fairs draws cear, the committees are hunting around for lawyers and clergymen to address the larmerll upcn agricultural topics. A Scotchman asked an Irishman, "Why were half farthings ooined in England r" Pat e answer was, To give 8cr>tcnmen an opportunity of subscribing to charitable institutions." Women," quoth Jocee, are the salad of life, at once a boon and a blessing." In one way they're salad, indeed," replied Brown they take so much time in their dressing." A of reporters spent the night in a oell with a man who was doamed te be hanged in Ccnncoticut recently, and in the morning the prisoner was perfectly willing to die. Mother Ehiptcn's famous prophecy says that the end of the world will take plaoe in 1881. This," remarks the, Albany Journal, "cannot but prove a comforting thought to people who have mortgages to lift in 188i." A school teacher in Iowa had the debt of the world all nicely figured up to < cent, when a Chicago man went and got trusted for a codfish and fort ot whether it can:a to 17 or 27 cense. It was awiul mean on the scaool master. A lady lawyer out West always addresses her husband at breakfast as My learned brother at lunch ehe oalls him tne counsel for the defence at dinner time she calls him a brass mounted pettifogger with a cheek like as army ttinle." When I goes a shopping," said an old lady, I allers ask for what I wants, aud if they have it, and it ie suitable, and I feel inclined to buy it and it is cheap, and can't be got for leas, I most allers take it, without clappering all day abjut it ae Bome people do." A jouEg fellow tried to scare a Brooklyn widow by appealing to her as hÐt husband's ghost. Bat, as he was in the house before twelve o'tuosk at night, and didn't appear dru.uk. she deter^d the fraud at occe, acc tl um^ec the intruder on the Et&d with a fire shovel. A nervens Chicago pa had a tooth pulled, snd, as he came bounci g oat of the doruist's chair into a room wi erf half a dozea oshar patients sat, he umpired them with te-ror by anxicucly howliDg "Am 1 all beret W^a some one please take a censue of me P" Will you please p&.pe the milk. Miss Brown?" asked a young man of a fidgetty maid at the suopar table. Do you take cetor a waiter, sir- Ehe answered. Weil," be added, es no one has taken ycu tbus far, arc you've waited so very long, I ehould think yen Y.ere one." Tom, where is that ten dollar oountsrfeit bill you had a while ago?" Well, Massa, I never was pos:tive about dat at.'bill. Some days I tink it war a bad bill; oder GITS I tick it war a good bill: so one 0' dern c^ys when I tinks it war a good bill I jes' dun gone and passed it." Ac old lady heard one of her daughter-in-law's oatlete eay, "My father was an ambidexter." After the visitor's departure theitttenerexpreeeed her indignation by saying, That vtuok up hussy was lying all the time. I knew her father year in and year out, and his name waa Smith." The church was wafm. the minister was doll, and everybody fell asleep except half witted Jamie. My brethren," ahouted the indignant pastor, yon should take the example of that too! there. He keeps awake." "Ay, ay, minister," eaid Jamie; but if I hadn't been a tool, I woidd have been asleep like the ithers." An Irishman who had a pig m his possessi on was observed to adopt the constant practioe of filling it to replation one day and starring it th next. On being asked his reason for doing 80, he re- Elied Ooh, sure, and isn't that I like to have aoon with a strake o' fat and a stroke o' l«.n» aqually, one after the t'other ?" Well, I'm glad my house cleaning ia over," eaid Mre Brown, with a eigh of thankfulness. It must be a relief," observed Mrø Smith, who waa oalling. But then, how eoon you will need to go through it all again." If sbe hadn't looked round in a sort of critical manner all would have been well. That call will never be returned. He was a stranger, but he entered with an air of confidence and handed up what he called a "joke." We examined it, and told him that it contained neither sense nor point, and that it was a pure piece of idiocy. Well," he replied, reaching for his manueoript," I have read yoar paragraphs far seme time, and I thought you preferred them that way." "My learned brother," says the court, kindly, but significantly to a young lawyer who ia about to eum up hie first oase, my learned brother will observe that it is near dinner time and that brevity is the soul of Bumming up." May it please your honour, I will not long detaic you. I am right; my learned friend opposite is wrong; you are a good judge." Judgment in his client's favour with costs. Freehman-u Please, sir, did I pass in—?" Profeuor-" Weil, no, I'm sorry eo say you didn't quite come up to the mark." Freshman— ''Thank you sir," (and starts out, smiling all over ae if highly delighted). Professor-" E to use me, Mr. I'm afraid you misunderstood me. I eaid you hadn't passed." Freshman—"Oh! I don't care anything about that. I've won my bet all the eame." Every man," said Mark Lemon, one eraning at hie club, haa his peculiarities, though I think I am as free from them ae moat men; at any rate, I don't know what they are." Nobody oontradioted the editor of Punch, but after a while Albert Smith asked, Which hand do youehave with, unale?" "With my right hand," replied Lemon. 'Ah," returned the other," that's your peculiarity; moat people shave with a razor." A man lately entered a tavern in Franoe looking dreadfully wearied and with a face as long aa a crescent moon. He seated himself languidly at a table where a previous ouetomer was taking a glass of absinthe. Sir,"8&Íd the latter, Bympatbetioally, you appear much fatigued." Yes," replied the other; "head wo:k, eir, head work!" "Dramatic writer, possibly P" "No, sir, I'm a hair dresser, and to day shaved 29 stubby bsards and out the hair of 10 heads." Mr Faotandfanay will never forget the first time he Bought cover. It was at midnight; the bullets had been raining on ua thick and fast. Suddenly a shell, leaving a fiery trail behind it, came swish! through our ranks. Every man was ordered to cover. Mr FaotandfanoywM stationed securely (P) behind a sapling about two iaohee in diameter, whioh the captain assured him was aa good as a big tree. Perhaps it was, bat the tree would have been more comforting, Eli Perkins' laurels are in danger. Last Sunday one of our Sunday School superintendents, on his way to chnroh, met a boy with a fishing pole. Where are yoa going with that pole P" asked the Superintendent. He had not semi the boy sinoe the last time he filed up at the donday School pic-Die. Please, air, I've got a wioked father who sends me out to fish every Sanday morning, but as soon as I get out of sight of the house I am going to play hookey and oome to Sunday School." A lady missed a quarter of a dollar and charged one of the cherubs that it had token it fortha purpose of giving an impetus to the candy and fruit trade. The cherub put in a eeneral dnnia.1 but the mother in Bis ted he was guilty. Not i^nr after the In188mg money was found in the mother's pocket, and the oherub was exoulpated. lie was disposed to be triumphant about hia vindioa. tion, but his mother suppressed him with v J?16 my bQ»- Yoa *ee, if you had told me a lie, if you had owned up that yon had taken the money and bought candy withi I would have found you out and punished'1 vou severely." A bright eyed three year-old was seated ia his 8i^r mt dmner-tabie. Mumma had placed Wm snugly up to the table, pinned on his v? Buooeeded in getting me mischievous little hands quiet, and making him" hash," when father proceeded to ask the blessing. Wail* this was in progress little ohubby made a discovery. wf A!, Plates on the table except his own little plate were in one pile at "papa's plaoe, and, as it Memedtohim. were put theri to get the benefit of the solemn ceremony. So, scarcely waiting for the Amen," he held out his own plate in both hands, saying," Please, papa. Pray on my plate too." (This is an old story, but very funny. A little girl one day said to her mother PiJ)a oalls me good, auntie calls me good, and every, body calls me good; but I am not gooo." "i am very Aad eo am I said child, but I have eot s .n«, naughty think." A naughty what ?" •• My think is naughty inside of me." And on W mother inquiring wnat ehe meant, .hVLri "Why, when I oould cot ride vaster^ not cry cor acythink but when ? wished the oarriage would turn gjDfi. horses wonld run away and u-a w je Nobody knew it; but God knew ^1?^* call me good. Tell me, inammi oauUUII good inBide of me ?" mma, how can I be of "th! S^KatfoJoTFu^A^?^ aa broeial. an Trnmn Abbatross Van Am. College for one^^ UtS^ BtQdent in Harvard bowed Ar^lyear Miss Tank said as I Wrat £ f? ? ^^Ut or an idealist?" rejoined 4» ^ephed. "I'm so glad," she you T 'nnr, j too much pleasure, I assure SlilW Don't you think Daisy B too overdrawn to be the typioal repre- ntation of the beet aesthetic production of -Boston culture, or do you prefer the ideaa of Joeeph Cook?" she ventured farther.Yes, James is quite too awfully clever, yes, indeed, I added. Do von attwd the Summer school of philosophy at Concorc. ?" ehe murmured confid- ingly. No, not to-day, no/' I stuttered, getting a little flurried. Oh, I SM. you are one of those interesting atheists," fee continued. Y••>», I will get you some." I uttere.188 i slid away.