had a string of similar select witticisms with which she was wont to entertain her company. Frontenay was the worthy companion of the Viennese adventuress ; they had met at Homburg one evening that the Parisian was having a run of luck at trente-et-quarante ; they became ac quainted over a run of eleven, and had never parted company since, except dur ing the intervals necessary for the con duct of iheir private affairs. Frontenay was no longer young. He had set foot on the Paris pavement as he alighted from the Poictiers coach, with a hundred thousand francs for his fortune* and had lived on that for nineteen years, gambling in private hells, and betting at the Champs Elyse/s, sometimes in his brougham, sometimes on horseback. Frontenay had the entrei of the opera ; he knew several journalists, and patro nized the debutantes. It is to him that the gilded youth owe the parody of a celebrated poem, which he has called "An Ode to Bignon,» doubtless because inspiration came to him in a cabinet particulier. The " Ode to Bignon " went the round of the papers, and Frontenay acquired a sort of reputation as a man of wit, the world to whom he addressed his poetry being neither literary nor fastidious. " It is one o'clock," cried, Wilhelmine • " if we don't ring for supper, we shall find ourselves fasting at cock-crow." "To table, then," said Frontenay. " How tiresome to think it will be day to-morrow," continued the Viennese; " What on earth is the good of day time ?'» Frontenay shrugged his shoulders. " How could you race without it ?" "Of course! I forgot that," said Wil helmine, struck with the wisdom of the observation. At that moment, the key turned in the lock, and the waiter effaced himself be- Fore a young man with a piercing black eye, who let himself fall rather than sat down upon an armchair by the side t* Ludka, It was San-Vitale. Ludka trembled. " What is the matter with you ?" she asked, her voice quivering ; " how pale you are !" San-Vitale imprinted a kiss upon her forehead. " Don't be uneasy," he said in a low voice ;" I have been unwell; but that is of no consequence. I promised you a name and a fortune. I bring you both." And ringing the bell: "Bring some iced champagne," he said to the waiter. " You know I drink nothing else." He added, turning to Frontenay with an indifferent air : " Anything new in Paris ?" "Everything is always new," replied Frontenay, with conviction ; " when they play the * Marriage de Figaro,' doesn't f seem as if one was present at the first night ? The three hundredth represen tation of' Robert the Devil,' the two hun dred and fiftieth of the • Prophete' are Still novelties. Nothing grows old under this enchanted sky, not even the women. Why even the ten-year-old Bordeaux, if we did not drink it up so fast, I believe we should find it in the cellars of the Cafe" Anglais just as new as on the day h was first laid down. Well, amongst •undry items we have the failure of Moses and Co., and the return of Count Rouzoff. Amongst the accidents, little Mathilde has broken her leg, the Duke de Ville'gier has lost his case, the Baron j de Francastor has been posted at the clubs, and Riazis-Bey has lost three hun dred thousand francs at piquet. " Has anyone asked for news of me ?" "We have always replied that you were in London." " Yes, I've just come from there," as tented San-Vitale. " Have you done any business ?" 11 We will talk that over later." The supper was somewhat silent. Ludka had read in her lover's face that he was contemplating some extraordi nary coup, which he wished to disclose to her in private. Besides, what could this name and fortune be, which he had an nounced when he came in. Chance alone had brought about inti-1 mate relations between San-Vitaie and Frontenay. The Count de San-Vitale, compelled to quit Rome after several scandalous affairs, had stopped for a few days at Milan. One evening at la Scala, he was struck by the singular beauty of a Hungarian debutante, whom the play* bill announced simply under the name of Ludka. He made inquiries about this young girl; he was told that she had come from Vienna, where she had left behind her the reputation of the fastest jgirl of the day. San-Vitale presented himself at her house unceremoniously, and after a liaison of several days, mu tual confidence united these two peculiar characters. : : '..:■■■ <,j ~u. - >' ■ " Who am I ?" Ludka had said to him; " I haven't an idea. I was brought up jn a convent at Ligny, where, once a year, an old man used to come and fetch me, and ■take^niej^p^enjd.jhe.vacation in a dismal house in a suburb of Vienna. He spoke very little to me, treated me harshly, and never once did his lips ap proach my forehead. Wfio were my pa rents ? Who was this man ? I have never known. He called himself M. Clavel, and I was called Louise Clavel. Convent life was intolerable to me ; and when I reached my sixteenth year, I was terrified to learn from the lips of the only being who interested himself in me, that, for family reasons, I was to take the veil. Well 1 I was young; my companions told me I was beautiful. I felt at work within me curiosities and longings I did not understand, and yet because I had committed the crime of coming into the world inconveniently, I found myself condemned from my birth to perpetual imprisonment. I rebelled against the dea, and, come what may, I formed a determination to free myself from the hateful tyranny of this old man, who ar rogated to himself rights which he never explained. ______

SThat very evening, a black mantle thrown over my head, a thick shawl round my shoulders, I quitted the house in the suburbs, and made my entry into Vienna, full of trouble. At the hotel of the Golden Lamb, where I passed the night, I met a young man. who spoke to me at break fast time, and questioned me closely. " I am an orphan, and I have come from Prague to look for a governess's place in a school or in some private family." " Are you a musician ?" he asked. * " I have learnt music.' 1 " Have you a voice ?" "At the convent, they often made me sing at the services, and my voice would make the windows ring." "Then," said the young man; "why think of becoming a governess. It is a terrible life to doom yourself to, Made moiselle. As you have no family to op pose your inclinations, go on the stage." "But how can I do that ?" ( "It is very easily managed. I lead the baritones in Signor Caucari's com pany. Here is a stall-ticket for this evening. Come to the theatre; I will meet you when you come out, and if the profession pleases you, I will make it my business to procure you a good engage ment. This baritone was my first friend; I have no complaint to make of him; he did not beat me much, and did no 1 rob me of my earnings. I had very great success at Vienna ; to-day, I am travelling with the company. Caucari taught me all my work, and here I am a star." Whilst the actress was giving him a faithful account of her debut, San-Vitale was thoughtful. " Yes," he cried ; " you are a star, Ludka, and I want that star to become mine!" I have spent my fortune; my father died cursing me ; I have had to quit Rome because I killed two men in a duel; but nothing can deprive me of the idea that I am called to some lofty destiny. Why have I so much fiery energy ? Why do I feel this irresistible ambition ? Why this scorn for all the common herd holds valuable and sacred ? I was born a hero or a convict. Will you share my luck, be it fortune or fetter ?'* Ludka trembled beneath San-Vitale's ardent gaze. He was as handsome as a herdsman from the Roman Campagna, his features having a beauty that is only bestowed by absolute perfection and purity of outline. His eyes full of fire, his glossy hair thrown back from his brow, and disclosing temples where the tiny blue veins throbbed nervously, his dilated nostril, his black moustache tha followed a curve that might have been traced by the pencil of an artist, all Issued a challenge to woman's indiffer- I ence. Novice -or lorette, peasant, or great lady, they all had to acknowledge I the power of the man, and bow before it. Ludka replied simply : " Do what you will with me." And some weeks after they both ar rived at Paris. They had met Wilhelmine and Fron tenay at Wiesbaden. Fvontenay had the appearance of a man of the world. Wil lielmine adroitly alluded to Ludka's debut at Vienna ; the acquaintance was soon made, and the same carriage de ! posited them at the Northern railway station. With a mental reservation that he would only accept San Vitale as a partner as long as he proved profitable, Frontenay shared with him all his know ledge, good and bad, of the turf. Ludka, on her part, made a great sensation with her beauty, and our company of adven turers speedily established themselves on a secure footing in the fashionable world. Ludka became, as San-Vitale had de sired, his " star." They both retired after the supper, and took a coupe % which deposited them in the Rue dv Colysde, where they had apartments. A big fire was blazing in the sitting room adjoining Ludka's room. She threw her hat carelessly on a chair, and, half reclining on a sofa, asked : " Have you found a diamond mine ?'' " Perhaps," replied San-Vitale. " Lis ten, and be edified, On quitting you, I went first of all to Linz, and presented myself at the convent, where your educa tion, now so complete, was begun. Mother Barbara, the worthy superior of the house, received me sufficiently coldly; but the respect I showed her, and the Christian sentiments I expressed in my very best manner, speedily won me her confidence. " Madam," I said to her ; "I am en trusted by a bereaved mother with the | task of finding her daughter. She knows that the child, who was stolen from her by a relative of her late husband, with the object of securing for himself the in heritance, which was to come to her, was placed by the robber in the holy house, which you rule so well according to the tenets of our Lord. Was not this young girl, whom they called Sister Louise, to have taken the vows ?" " Yes; at least," replied the Superior, " that was the arrangement with the per son who brought her to us." "And what has become of her?'' "We were expecting her, as usual, after the Easter vacation; every one here thought that she was going to take the veil, but we have heard nothing more of her." Once started in a confidential mood, Mother Barbara told me that the old man who so ill fulfilled the duties of father to you, had disguised his identity under a false name, and that the details he was obliged to communicate to her to obtain your admission into the convent, all indicated that he was a Frenchman, from a department in the West, whence I have just come." " Then what have we to do now ?" "To begin with, we leave this to morrow." "For long?" (To be continued.)

*Hfi A&HBttItTON GrtUßDtAti, II6NOAY, JTJKffi 1% 18M.

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WALKRRH BOT FJLY REMEDIES TITARRANTED TO CURE ANY HORSE AFFECTED WITH DOTS, IF GIVEN » IN TIME, and to Improve the Condition of the Horse, whether he has Bot« or not, given in two drenches. LOCAL TESTIMONIALS. Gray's road, Amberley, in all stages of transformation, I became September 6,1892. much alarmed about the rest of my stock. Mr Walker, Sir,—Your Bot Fly I used your Pot Fly Remedies on one Remki>y reached me in due course. I that was very bad, and had every symp gave them to one that was very bad, and torn of dying, and in three duys 6he was as I had lost a splendid yo»ng horse, I completely curvd, and is doing well. I got very anxious, as the stomach presented believe it m the proper thing, and if one mass of bots in all stages, with the given at the proper time we shall have no coating eaten away. I am glad to tell more deaths from the B"t Fly. you that the one I drenched according to David Brown. your instructions got quite better, and is —— / now at his work attain. I would highly Brookside, December 12, 1892. recommend farmers to use the same in Mr Walker,—Sir, —1 wish to add my time, as lam satisfied that they will save testimony to the wonderful effects of your and greatly improve the condition of the Bot-fly Remedies. 1 had a valuable horse. Send m« some of your Bot Fly horse which got very bad and gradually Preventive for the summer, and oblige, got worse, I quite believed he would —Yours vevy respectfully, have died. He kept losing flesh, got a Edward Watson. dry coat, tight skin, careworn expression of the eye, a cough, running at the nos- Killinchy, September" 14, 1892. trils, and could scarce walk, I got your Mr Robert Walker, Christchurch, remedies and gave them as directed, with Dear Sir—Your Bot Fly Rimediks have the most beneficial results. The second proved a complete success with my horse, day after getting the last drench he began He had been very bad for some tima ; the to pass bots in handfuls, some of which coat dry, a tight skin, got very low in I herewith hand you. Immediately after condition, and got scarce able to walk. I passing the bots he began to mend, and quite expected he would die, as he had all is how as fat as butter, hearty and well, tbe symptoms of one that my neighbour thanks to Walker's Bot-fly Remedies, lost with the bots. I gave your remedies Any who doubt them send them to me, as you directed, with the following re- and I will convince them that your reme sulta :—The horse, after gettilng the late dies are a boon to the community and the bottle, became very pained, lying down suffering horse. Every horse should rolling and groaning with pain, in the have them in the season; as lam conn paddock. He began to cough very hard, dent if used there will be no more deaths each cough bringing away a thick humor- from the bot-fly. ITfle this as you please, ous matter from ihe nostrils, the like of H. Lovell which I never saw before coming from a horse. This continued all next day, Greenwood Farm, which I am cerain were the bots burst- Sonthbridge, August 2, 1892. ing from the fleets of the Remedy, and Mr Walker, Sir, —I am glad to bear coming up through the nostrils by the testimony to the wonderful effects of your effects of the"cough. After this ceased, Bot Fly Remedies. One of my best thejhorse began to mend, and in six days horses became very bad ; the skintight, I had him at work again, heartyjand well, the eye lifeless and a bad colour, and gob You should make these Remedies public, low in condition. Anxious to finish so that farmers might know there is a ploughing a paddock I did nob want to remedy for this destructive pest. 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