THE STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT.

AUCKLAND, N.Z., DECEMBER 16, 1882

MEMOIRS OF MONSIEUR CLAUDE, Chief of Police under the Second Empire.

TBANSLATED BY MARY NEAL

SHERWOOD,

CcurrEii xxiv.

THK CONTINUATION OP THE MYSTERIES OF

THE COTTAGE AT ATJTEUIL,

Til« Duchess of whom Mine. X told nn had nardly left France and the cottage at Auteuil, when she was succeeded by the Princess. This Princess, whom I shall not designate, even by an initial, because she is still living, has been as fatal to the Emperor as the Duchess was falsa to France.

Both of tboso ladies were Italians, and are well known in Parisian circles. During the Empire the Duchess was always spoken of under the name of " The Prussian," and tho Princess w»3 called " The Mazzinist." As will be seen, tho Princess played a most oonspicaoiu part in tho manrouvres of the disaffected. Mazzinists, at the head of whom was Or-ini. It was in consequence of a disappointed plan far the abduction of the Emperor, that Orsini planned in London, with a man named Bernard, this attempt of January 14.

I learned from Mme. X .that it wa9 she herself who checkmated the plan for the abduction of the Emperor, under the most extraordinary circumstances, which enabled Mme. X to gratify her own desire for revenge as well as to serve the Emperor.

It may readily be imagined, therefore, the joy with which she beheld this Princess establish herself iv her cottage at Auteuil under the protection of our Sovereign. Strangely enough, chancescemed to throw in the path of Mme. X every oppor tunity of revenging herself on those who had injured her. After her lieutenant was poisoned and Fieri arrested, it was time to attend to the Princess.

If Mme. X— had not already accom plished her wishes in regard to the Princess, and if the Duchess hud slipped through her fingers, it was because of the Emperor. On the 14th of January, the arm that directed Orsini and threw the bombshells under the feet of the Bmpcror's horses, was the arm of a woman. Later, the threats uttered against Prussia were also caused by a woman, for the Emperor's indignation was great when he fancied that he had been deceived by'the Duehejs. The Princess played a less dangerous role for France, but a more dangerous one for the Emperor, because she had certain scruples which were foreign to the nature ot the Duchess. Scrupulous as the Princers professed to be, she succeeded the Duchess in the cottage at Auteuil, where, iv spite of the ominous events that had takeu place there, the Emperor gladly went again six months later. It seems most extraordinary that the Sovereign, who had incurred sach dangers in this new Tour de Ncale, was willing to expose himself to similar perils in the same place and under almost the same circumstances. When one takes into con ssderatiori, hovrever, the character of Jlapoleon—his "gentle obstinacy," to use the expressionof Queen Hortense—one is not astonished at seeing him fall into pre cisely the same pitfalls. The Pontiff of Italian democracy, Mazzinl, thorouhly underetood the character of his " brother " Napoleon 111. He knew him to be as passionate in temperament as he was obstinate in character. He always laid the same snares by which to entrap him, be cause he fully comprehendjthe natpre of the man, andknewthat in love, as in diplomacy, he always liked to play the same game over and over again. Not only did he copy himself, but he copied his uncle in his most passionate caprices. He married Mile, de Monti jo, a.parvenue. because his uncle had married Mme. de Beaubarnais.

. Napoleon 1., throwing himself Into the arms of Austriaj brought on Waterloo; Napoleon 111., through the machinations of the jealous rivals of the Empress, brought on Sedan, more fatal to France than "Waterloo.

The fatal 14th of January, the'Declara tlon of "War with Prussia, was occasioned by a battle among women, the proiogue of which, took place at Auteuil. It must be said to the honour of the Prin cess, that (he loved with a sincere affection Mazziai's lieutenant, Orsini, and when she finally consented to taKe up her abode in the cottage at Auteuil, it was not until she, after disdaining the homage of the Sove reign for a year, was assured that the inde pendence of Italy would be the recompense for her complaisance for Napoleon 111. After many discussions, during which the Princess consulted Mazzini, who advised her to receive his Carbonara" brother warmly, she consented, for the sake of securing Ita lian independence, to inhabit the little house at Auteuil and receive the Emperor there, incognito. After the tragic events which had taken place in this same cottage, the Emperor feared the jealousy of the Em press, in whose veins ran the hot Spanish blood of her ancestors. It was therefore agreed bstweejn the Princess and the Sove reign, . that, in order t.o turn aside the sus pic'ons of the Kmpress and (blind the Argus !eyes of her spies, the gallant Em peror .should, with his coachman, assume at these interviews, the livery of his lady. By a stroke of genuia worthy of Figaro, Napoleon 111., whenever he went to this cottage.put on a chassenr livery, and moun ted behind the coach, driven by his faithful Griscelli, whose leal, however, had not been wisely demonstrated when he stabbed some six months before one of hi» con freres, © The Princess, too, had taken all her mea sures. Yielding to the advice of Mazzini, but, loathing bbc Emperor, because she loved Orsini, she wrote to the latter and told him of the necessity she was under from her patriotism of receiving favourably the Carbona-ro brother of his master. Orsini fell into a violent rage when he learned the decision to which Mazzini had arrived, and that the idol -of his heart was to be sacrificed. Bat it wai necessary to obey. Orsini, therefore, wrote to the Prin ces? that he would ,be in Paris the same day that she had agreed to see the Emperor. In this better he sent a narcotic, which he directed [her to put into Napoleon's glass whenever the gallant Emperor should sup with the fascinating Princess. The leave given this lady that she should receive "this perjured Carbbnaro had sug gested to Orsini an idea that had delighted his far friend. It was none 'other than that of putting, his Majesty to sleep and then placing him in a< carriage Jand driving him across the frontier. The idea was as preposterous on the part of Orsini as that which orginated the notion in the silly brain of his august rival of dis guising himself as a chasseur. It [compromised Mazzini as well as the Xmperor. . For Mazzini would no more forgive this impudent strategy on the part of Orsini than the latter would forgive his chief for thinking of giving the woman he loved to Napoleon 111, The consequence of this division of ideas and opinions was a rupture between Oraini and Mazzini. It burst out openly when Mazzini appeared to have made terms with the Emperor, and when dissen sions took place between France and Aus tria, the real meaning of which was the love of Napoleon 111. for-Orsini's idol. It was the hatred that Orsini felt for his lival which caused the double tragedy of January 14th, which Mazzini stigmatized as a useless crime conceived by a madman. WbenHhe Emperor's carriage parsed the barrier driven' by Griscelli, and having as chassenr the sovereign in the livery of the Princess, a number of agents, disguised as street-cleaners, were watching over the safety of Napoleon 111. ACorsican in the same livery,.as foot man, was by the side of the Emneror. Ashaip whistle informed the coachman, Griscelli, that the road was safe. This was eiven by the faithful Zampo. Thecaleche rolled toward Auteuil. When it was fairly on its way to the cottage, two men in the dress of day-labsurers lounged up

to the Champ Elysee's. «Oae aaid to the other:

"If this thing is a failure, the Duchess is lost, for Griacclli will stab her through the heart just as he stabbed tho lover of ' the Prussian's1 maid-servant,"

"You freed not be afraid, Orsini," an. swered his companion; "we are sure this time, and Mazzini will laugh." In fact, as my readers will see, while every precaution had been taken by the po'ice of the.cbAteau, thq Mazzioiats la their ] turn were watching the road to Auteuil.

These Mazziniats were clever enough to deceive our police, as a rule, they affected the grossest possible ignorance aud the most stupid vulgarity ; they wore Cala brian costumes, and loungod|along the road like vaaabonds, who, after playing in front of the cafes, were returning with their violins under their arms to the dens in the Quartier Mouffetard..

Griscelii was not duped by these beggars, howevor, and drove more slowly; all the time thinking that if this were a bit of Italian treachery it could quickly be ended, and these scamps put to flight by_ his men, whom he could summon by a whistle. lie feK certain of the servants of the house, of the concierge, and the gardener, who were Corsicans like himself.

Had he not brought every living soul in the house down to the femme de chamhrc of the Princess.

Griscelii had notified Mme. X , the owner of the house, of what was to take place that evening. He had told her that the Emperor was to sup with the Princess that night, "When the Emperor reached the house he was in the boat of spirits, and was greatly amused because the gardener, taking him for a lackey, had said that he could not enter the vestibule.

This colloquy went on for some time to the great delight of bis Majesty, who ea joyed practical jokes. But the Princess appeared/ and on seeing Napoleon IIT. iv her livery, began to laugh, declaring that it was the best thing she had ever seen. The Emperor had never thought the Princess half as lovely before.

They went tothetablc. The repast was a Ray one. The Italian, usually so quiet and melancholy, was now wit itself, astonishing the Emperor more and more. He did not notice tho movements of her soubrette.

This woman had been in the room all the time, coming and going, and speaking occasionally in a low voice to her mistress, all this to the great annoyance of the Emperor, and yet he did oot think it at all strange that this woman should be obliged to come to her mistre-s for orders so often, more particularly as the man-servant who usually officiated in the dining-Joorn had been dismissed for the evening. If Griscelli had still beea there, he, how ever, would have been greatly disturbed by seeing this woman go so often to the buffet, where the dessert was laid ready.

Griscelli, however, was in an adjoining room, waiting until the soubrette, having finished her duties, should join him there.

At this she left her mistress alone with the Emperor. His Majesty was by this time embarked in a long conversation wih the Princess on the subject of Italy and its independence, of Victor Emmanuel, Cavour, and Mazzini, all supporting, under different titles, the Democratic cause. But at dessert, under the influence of champagne, politics were laid aside and the Emperor, was only the lover.

At thi3 moment they were dining in the tno rooms—Gris«ellt and the soubrette in the ante-room being also seated at table.

■Napoleon rose from his chair, but fell on his knees before the Princess, for it was a9 if a mantle ot lead had fallen on his shoulders and weighed him dowu.

The champagne, instead of exhilarating him, had nude him deadly Bleepy ; his eye lids drooped, he found his ideas confused, and bis tongue heavy. He was on his knees and could not rise ; he was as if touched by a magic wand. By a last effort he lifted his eyes and looked at the Princess. He fancied that he detected an expression of hate and triumph in her face; her lovely lips were parted with a smile of scorn. Then Napoleon, gasping for breath, stretched out his arm, which seemed almost paralyzed, and taking, with a feeble grasp, a glass from the table, he threw ii with all the Btrengtk he had against the door opposite, behind'which Griscelli was supping with the maid. At this moment the door wa? throwD opea with a crash, and Griscelli appeared with a dagger in his hand. He leaped over the table, but the Princess sat mosioaless but perfectly mistress vf all her acts. A new prodigy now took place: Hardly had Griscelli executed this perilous feat than he fell like the Emperor an inert mass upon the floor. The Princess,who had quietly raised a re volver, now leaned over and placed it against Griscelli's forehead, when the soubrelte, with a wild shriek, caught the arm of her mistress, crying: "Do not kill him I Ah! do not kill him 1" As if the agent had been awakened bj this despairing shriek, he started to his feet with one bound, but not to fall again by the side of Napoleon, who lay without the smallest sign ot life. " Then," said the Pt'ucess, coldly, band ing her woman the revolver, •' Then kill him yourself 1" As the woman made no movement to take the revolver, the lady said, at she drew a dagger from her belt: <• No—this is better, for it will make leas noise." Ths soubrette took the dagger with some hesitation. She finally dashed it away, crying loud : ; " No—l cannot! I caunot 1

" Coward!" exclaimed her mistreas, " you love him I And youc guilty love for the assassin of our iathers and brothers will be our ruin!" ~,■''' While she was speaking, the door was thrown open. The Italian recoiled ; she recognised Mmc, X—, who, warned by Griscelli, had secreted herself in the vicinity of the house/ She crossed the room, and, standing before the JPrince-s, said quietly : " No, maritime, you shall not carry the Emperor away. You shull not kill Gris celli; I have watched you, and, in spita of your pntiing alt the servants in tui3 house to sleep, you will find that, other agents than yours have also watched the Avenue d'Auteuil." " Oh! that woman 1 frhe is here again 1 cried the Princess tearing her hair with rage. She had ■ just recognised Mine. X , who bad known her ODly too well and too long. " Yes madame, "added the avenger, "you are light, I am ' tbat woman I1 —a woman whom you caa deceive no more, as you did, when you alienated my lover's affections and inspired him with your diabolical ideas, He is dead; his death lies at your door, for you brought him into communion with one of your Mazzinists, a certain fieri, who has not long to live.. Yes, madame, you triumphed over me once; it is my turn to triumph over you. You have played a most daring game to-day; but wait until I kill your lover, your Orsioi, as you killed mine. In the meantime learn that I kill you because you have tried to kill my Emperor 1" *_ ■ . As she eaid these words, Mmc, A wemt nearer to the Princess, whom she ordered to leave the room. The Princess hesitated, and then glided away like a serpent. On the threshold of the door she turned and cried to her maid: ~, , ... " Leona, if you love hip, if you are faith fol come with me, leave this woman here with these men. It must be that all my people are asle»p or Madame X could not have been allowed to enter." The door closed. The spy, Mmc, X-- , uttered a cry of rage when she heard -the soubrette lock the door, and knew that she was left alone with her unconscious Soveieign and with Gnscelli, who had ThenLeona followed the Princess. They went all through the house Bnd found that everyone was as sound asleep as in the chftteau of the Sleeping Beauty. As soon as the servants in the house were put to sleep by the same process which bad reduced the Emperor and his improvised coachman to unconsciousness, the Mazanists had quietly plaeod fine

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horses again in the coach in which the Emperor had arrived,

When the Princess and LiSona drove away in this carriage, driven by a coach man who was a Mazzinist in the livery of tho Princess, the guard that had been stationed around'the house never dreamed of arresting tho caliche, because they recognised it as the same in which they knew the Emperor h&d gone to the cot tage.

Tbo caleche, therefore, went on unques tioned as far as the Kue de Chaillot, but the Mazzinist who drove knew little about horses, and a catastrophe was imminent. Ojsini, who was watching, beheld this carriage coming like the wind, and also saw that the coachman had lost all control over the animals, he, without the smallest hesitation, shot one of the horses through the leg, for, cost what it would, the persons in that carriage must not bo detained by any accident.

Around Orsini, theie were only Italians in disguise; the square was then only a vast extent of open ground. Orsini had hopoil that no police agent would arrive before he could remove the Emperor from the carriage. then was his disappointment when Orsini beheld only the Princess and her maid. In a few hunied words, the Italian told him that the abduction of the Kmpsror had been prevente 1 by the sudden ap pearance of Mme. X—.

The Princess told Orsini that she would not have hesitated to administer a dose of cold poison to this lady had she suspected her vicinity.

As the climax of misfortune, tho police now appeared on tho 6cene, having hoard tho report of the pistol. One of 'irdini's accomplices answered tho agents who questiourd him. He said to them:

"It is Sir Henry Blackett's carriage; he is an eccentric, original person, sir—an Englishman. When his horses aro trouble some, he always shoots them. This is the fourth animal ho has shot in the year that I have been in his service.'.'

The carriage diove on with the wounded horse. . JJut Orsini was not iv n happy frame of mind, for his plan had fuiUd.

During all this tim», Mme. X — was in a state of utter desperation. It was not until the next morning that she was able to summon anyone to her assistance. Then the gardener heard her, ho having been less heavily drugged than tho others. When this man entered tho room, he cried:

"Tho E-nperor! He and his agent are poisoned I"

Mme. X — bade him hold his tonguo, and persuaded him that this man in the costume of a uha-seur was not Napoleon 111.

The gardener know bettor, however, the soubrette having made him notice the chasseur the evening befoio, and laughed at him for not recognising the Emperor. His silence, therefore, was purchased by Mme. X only with gold. This'lady at once dispatched to the Prefecture tho de tails of this' nocturnal adventure. A carriage and guard wers at onco sent to the cottage.

It was not unlil six o'clock in the evening that tho Emperor regained his senses, long after Griscelli had recovered. The Sove reign, already debilitated, needed violent remedies to rouse him from, his lethargy.

Oraini went buck to London, alter tho failure of this scheme, there to mature the infernal plan which led to the catastrophe of the Htd of January. The details of this adventure, which were as ridiculous as they were extraordinary, appeared in a'l the foreign papers. The Emperor and his agents found unconscious in the livery of servants (in a cottage at Auteuil, became the subject of a story iv verse, called, " The Sleeping Beauty ; or. the New Mysteries of tho Tour de Neale."

As to myself, I can only sjy that I tell the whole story as it waß told to me by Mme. X , who claimed to have pre vented the abduction of Napoleon. She could not, however, save him from the vengeance of the Carbonari.

Napoleon Jit. who, on tho 2nd of Dec ember, took possession of the nation, could never throw off Mazzini's yoke since hia assistance had beon required to usurp in the name of the Republic monarchial power.

Exciting Encounter with an Octopus on the New Zealand Coast.

Anothbb octopus story comes from Flax bourue, and is told in southern papers. Mr Vavasour, a well-known seUle'r in Taranaki, was recently a visitor to that district, and being at the boat harbour, determined upon having a balhe in the sea. The water was clear and deep, and after enjoying a swim he was returning to the shore, and had just placed his hands on a ledge of rock which runs ont seaward, and was about to leave the water, when a cold arm was swiftly thrown over his shoulder, and the extremity as quickly fixed on to his chest with a gnp somewhat resembling that of a capping elas3. Almost simultaneously a second' arm encircled his waist and obtained an equally strong hold, and immediately he felt himself being dragged downwards, and then he knew that he was in the embrace of a powerful octo pus or "devil fish." He was in a desperate plight, for he had no foothold, and all that he had to oppose to this terrible tugging from the depths of the tea was the comparatively powerless hotd which his handa bad on the rocks. However, he did not lose his Eceaence of mind, but called out to a shep erd who had been his companion, and was standing not far off, and bo. without a moment's loss of time, ran to his assistauoe, saw at a glance what was the matter, and drawing nis sheath knife, stooped down from the ledge of the rock and sevored, first one, and then the other, of the arms of this horrible monster of tho deep, and thus re leased Mr Vavasour, who in another minute or two mast have succumbed. After fa narrow an escape most men would have had quite enough of a devil fi3h for one day at least. But not co Mr Vavasour. After a few minutes' rest, he became curious to know what had become of his late enemy, and, peering over the side of the rock, he saw him lying sick and sorry from the lo?s of two arms, at the bottom of the sea. Mr Vavasour is a splendid diver, and a strong swimmer, and without a moment's hesita tion he determined to become tbe aggressor where he had so nearly been the victim, ffaviog obtained a hook and a rope from tbe boat-station, he with these plunged into tbe water, cautiously ap proached the bruie. whose recent expeii ences of cold steel had produced a most depressing effect upon him, aod contrived to run the hook into his gelatinous body, aud having secured a firm hold he returned to the rock, and, with the aid of the shep herd, who had been viewing the proceed ings with astonishment not unmixed with alarm, succeeded in dragging the monster ashore. Satisfied with thus having had his revenge, he did not make any minute examination of his vanquished foe, but de scribes the body as being some four feet across, and the suckers "as big as my hand,"

A Model Love Letter.

DCTKING a case latefy decided at the petty sessions of a Midland town, the following letter was read from tho fair plaintiff, and is worth preserving :•— Oh, my lovo of loves glorified honey of citron, double refined sugar of my expecta tions, the sun is dark as midnight, Ihe moon and stars ara olack when thou art absent. Thy atepg, oh, dear Alfred, are the music of the harp ; and the ground thou walkest on are the spring time and early flowers. You have been absent from me the whole week. You kissed me, dear Alfro<3, when we last parted, and oh, my whole frame was filled with sweetness and delight. Oh, spico of spices, bower of delights, send me a lock of thine hair, or anything thy fingers have touched, and I will go raving mad with ec stacy. One look of thine will send me into the third heavens, your words, dearest, are as molten peails dropping from your mouth. My heart blazes at the thoughts of thee, dear Alfred, my blood burns and scorches my brains as it passes through them. I should like to see thy dear face once again, but when you come bring that two sulllingß you borjowed of me,

The Blind Man's Story.

When I came to Swansea as a pastor I did not believe in ghosts any more than did Honsor himself; but after living there for two years I was truly converted otherwise through the following : — In the year 1828, at»out ten years before the death of Mr Evans, the good-wife with which I was lodging was staying up very late ono night by herself in the kitchan. Between one and two o'clock in the morning sho heard the door opening, and saw six persons carrying a coffin into the house,and as the w*y up-stairs was through tho kitchen, she heard them maiciug much noise in trying to got tho coffin into the room where I was sleeping, tho passage being so narrow. As she had to pass by tho door of my room to get to her own room she was afraid to venture from the kitchen ; at last she ventured, and when she camo to hot husband she was nearly fainting with fright. After coming to herself she told her husband about the vision she had seen, and they settled that it was a forewarning of my death, and they thought it would be better not to mention a wotd of what had occurred, because if I would believe it, it would make me miserable, and if I did not believo it—which was the more likely —that I would only plague her, and chide her for entertaining such thoughts. But they were not so wise as to keep it from a young man who was working with the husband, and ho oould not withstaud ie voaling the secrot to me, ' 1 took tho thing lightly and troubled the poor woman a great deal, aa they exptcted I would, through asking her questions and cross-questioning her, and tryiug to make her believe that it was a mistake, and that it was only a chest of drawers that was there and not a coilin, and that it was a sign of my wedding —not a sign of my death,

I made the thin? a jest for sport, until the woman begged me with tears to loave her alone, which I did when I saw that she was bo sincere about it, aud let it out of ray mind altogether. About six weeks after, I went from home to preach, and stayed nearly a week from borne, and returned on Saturday at twelve o'clock. After having my dinner I went to lie down, when word was sent to me that a gentleman was waiting to see me in the kitchen. Upon going to him, he introduced himself as a Mr Phillips from Nowtown, and said that he was a collector for the association, and tllat he bad been dis appointed in some place tho following day, and that "ho had come to Swansea in hopes that he should have a collection with us, 1 said that nothing would stop him only that the people did not know of his coining. He begged me not to send him out to lodge, as he did not [know anybody in town but mo, and that h8 was very low hearted amongst strangers. I let him have his choice.

After we had had a cup of tea together, I told him that I wanted to go out to fetch some tobacco ; if he would like he could come with ma, and after we had had a smoke in the shop where I buy, we would return homo together. Ho said he would like to come, and when we arrived at the shop I went in beforo him. The old woman, who had not teen mo for many day 3, took me by the hand to a little room at tho back of the shop.

" Stay," I said, " where is tho stranger ?" " \ stranger," she said, " I dian't sec one." Upon goiog into the sbop, wo found Mr Phillips leaning against the counter, aud saying— "Oh, lam bad.' I asked him what was the mattor. " I am going to die," he said. " Oh, don't give in, Mr Phillipi," I said, "you will soon be batter." " Yes, I will," he said, " after I have gouo through the valley." I tried to get him in, but he fall bativeen my bands to the floor. I sent for a doctor at once, but before he arrived all was over, and as there was no place at the shop for tho corp3c, I in-isted on it being carried to the house where I lodged so in twenty'minutes after we had left the house in Galubrious Passage, his corpse had. rotumed and was laid in my room. I sent at once for an undertaker, and told him that 1 must have tho coffin to put the corpse in that night, that I would remain up until they came. About half-past ono in the morning, the coffin was brought in by six person?, and they came through the kitchen where I was sitting, because there was no other way to go upßtairs, opposite tothadoorof my room; we heard them have much trouble and such a noise in trying to turn the coffin to go into tho room, because the place wai so narrow by tho door. When Mrs Bidder, the woman of the house, heard the noisu she said to me :—

"Now Mr'Davies, what do you think of what I told you I saw and heard about six weeks apo ? is that a cl-est of drawers or a collin, and is it a s'gn «f v welding <>r a funeral I"

I had nothing to any l>ut to bj quiet, because I felt that tVrj was soirething that I could not explain in any langu lge that I knew, and 1 am not able to do v now, although having had nearly fort;, years to think over it. Thero are the fncts for the reader, make what he can out of them. To me facts are stubborn tinghs.

Marriage Brokers.

Two Viennese hare started a marriage brokerage in Now York. For a small fee they agros tec introduce men and women to ■each other who want to marry. Thgy c'aira that on the Continent of Europe there ara many such agencies, and that they fulfil a useful purpose. Many Marriageable men and womon lead isolated live?, and while they may be anxious to secure life com panion?, are often so situated as to be un able to do so. In ordinary society match making women perform a useful social function, but still they do not cover the whole field, as there are many persons in every community who wonld willingly marry if they could find suitablo partnors. In New York State, however, the law dis countenances marriage brokers. Ve.y many years a?o Su«au Crawford helped her friund Christina Koe to marry a Wfaltby gentleman named Russell. Christina signed the contract agreeing, in caso she maried Mr'Russoll, to pay two thousand dollars in ca9h, give her a piano and gold watch, as well as to educate her daughter Kate Crawford. These payments were to bo made after the death of the husband. This did not occur for twenty years, but when Susan presented her bill Mrs Russell declined to pay it. Upon triia a suit was commenced and the contract put in evidence. It was proved on the trial that Susan spent time and money in bringing about the marriage; but the judge decided that according to common law, such bargains were immoral, as they had a tendency to degrade marriage by bringing pecuniary considerations into play. la such States, however, as recognise the civil code, this kind of brokerage would hold good. In country districts there is little need >of these agencies, every Jack in timo finds his Jill, and that too without brokers or pro fessional match-makers.

A French Dog Story.

NOT long timo since a gentleman was re turning from Paris to his home in Neuilly. He was In his buggy. The night was very dark. He went slowly, for he oould not see his horse's head. Suddenly his horse rear ed, A man who was lying on the rond had felt the horse's nose touch his face and bad startod up. As soon as the gentleman saw what had oocurred, ho said, " You ttupid fellow I You camo within nn ace or being killed." " I wish I had been 1" Why so?" "lam a poor workman. My master order ed me to go t» Neuilly to collect a bill for 400 francs. It was paid in gold. 1 put the money in my pocket, I did not know there was a hole in it All the gold has fallen out. I cannot hope to recover it again in thiß darkness." " Have you one coin left ? " Yea, here is the only one left me." The gentleman untied his pointer that was un der the buggy, held the coin to his nose, and said, '■ Go fetch, Tom." Off Tom bounded, and every miuute oame back with a louis dor in his moutb. In half an hour the workman had again all the money. The master was so pleased that he next day bought Topi a new collar, and had the date of the incident engraved on It.

The Broken Down Beauty.

Thi broken-down beauty is as melancholy an example of having known better days as is the decayed gentlewoman, She is even more affecting to look at, Tho decayed gentlewoman is touching when one observes her effort* to presetve some personal dignity and command a certain respect, on the strength^ of having once possessed money and position. She clings passionately to the memory of the past, and iancios that the halo of wealth and gentility still surrounds her, even to com moo eyes. But the little delusions and fond recollections which gladden her existence tit cheerfully and with grace upon her, compared to those which ninke the broken-down beauty so sad a spectacle Unfortunately, also, the latter is the more frequently met with of the two ; indeed, it ia almost impossible to enter a drawing room or a theatre without encountering one of these shrivelled sirens. The evening is naturally tho time when they are most often met with ; daylight is too trying for the appearance. Though inhuman creatures may find something laughable in tho aspect of these old girls, the sympathetic soul cannot but feel that a woman who has nothing to live for except that beauty which she no longer possesses is pitiable indeed. In going about the world one sees this out-at-elbows queen at various stages of her decay. She is a great theatre-goer, though she seldom under stands the play, and is generally much bored by it. An excellent and most antiquated specimen of the o'ass was heard to remark ono night at tho St. James's Theatre, after yawning through tho second act of The Squire, '' Well, I don't sco why taa steward should say anything, if Kate's willing to have her man there." Evidently to her blase moral sense tho story ot Kate's i-truggle of feeling was no story at all ; tho man being there was very nice for Kate — she could send him quietly away through the window, and say no more about it. And yet, though romance is a word she cannot spell, and lovo a sentiment of very simple character to her mind, she haunts tho theatres, and may be observed con stantly at these places of anvu-cmont. She is no longer a drawing-room favouiito ; her invitations are few. Conse quently she regards a box at tho opera, or a stall at the theatre, as a nigbtly necessity of her life ; she must have something to dress for, somewhere to go, where she will find much gas and many young men. When she is beginning her downward course of decay, and has still some vt«tiges of youth about her, she always has some staid dame with her, who ncfther has, nor ever had, any pretensions to appearance. This lady is part of the toilet, as it were, of the over-blown beauty, Her presence gives an air of youth and innocence to her companion, and her uncom promising face and dress add to the effect of the beanty'selaborate make-up. If a gentle man is with them, he must show himself, certainly ; but the lady who plays the part of ducnui in this little comedy is put well in the fropt of the box, while the beauty herself peep 3 shyly round tho curtain. Screened like thi», she may yet look very well; and *otne of tie gay young creatures in tho stalls, gorgeous in spotless shirt-fronts and incipient mount aches, are protty certain to bo taken in by her, and ogle her through their opera-glasses. This admiration is food and wino to her; it makes her sleep that ni>ht. The friendly shadow of the box-curtain gives her elaborately made-up complexion a cbancc of looking like nature, and the stephanotis on her head fcorns to ne-tle most naturally into the artificial coil and curia upon which it is pinned. Her neck is young enough still, and needs no crane when fho wears tho very low-cut drees, which is her idea of tho correct thicg" to wear at the theatre. Her day is not quite over yet, she says to herself, when she finds a csup'c of very young men out of the stalls waiting about ou tho theatre-steps to sec her get into her carriage. She drives homo a. happy woman. <\t this stage, theugh she v unmista kable, she is not absolutely terrilslo ; but as tho years pa«s ou she becomes more ai.d moro alarming, Strange to say, as her youth ruoro completely vanishes from every memory but her own, the illusions which support her grow stronger, Sho begins to fancy herself quito a giddy girl again; sho gets herself up in a much more youthful stylo, and sho flings discretion to the wiods. She is seen out now without her duenna ; mass often we meet her leaning on the arm of some very young man indeed ; Heaven knows how these young men are pressed into service; sometimes they are known to have assured their friends that tho is their mother or grandmother, even when these respect-id relatives have long been laid in the grave, or aro quietly living in the coun try. ProiaWy the ancieut brnu,ty pays her boy lorer's debts., and ties him to her heels .in this way ; at u'l events, it is certain that a young man she will have, and docs have -lii makes him take her to her beloved theatre ; sh'j noes tlicro in a very, very low neoksd drcs--; on her head she wears a golden w:g, in imitation of the hair of a giil of fixtcsn ; on the top of that is pinned a red, red rose which looks as old and n« crushed as its wearer. But she is happy; her illusions ocver d ssrt her. She emirks with pleasure when p:ople turn to fix a-unieed looks upon her. It 'is certainly kind of that fate, which takos from us quickly all that we value most in life, to gi-iiut these happy hallucinations to sup plant what is KOnu. But the worst feature about the shrivelled siren U that she so steadily makes it patent to all men that she' has known better days. ' The'decayed gentlewoman and the ruined millionaire cannot bore us with their sorrows when we go to see the play; whereas the woman who once was a beauty, not only does not conceal her face—that melancholy relic of the past—but invariably wears a low drees, in order that we may see for ourselves that her wealth is gone indeed.

The Power of the Past.

"Shall wo nevor, never get rid of this Past?" cried he, keeping np the earnest tone of his preceeding convertation, "It lies upon, the Present like a giant's dead body I In fact, the coco is just as if a young giant wore compelled to waste a'l hU strength in carrying about tbc corpse of an old giant, his grandfather, who died a long while ago, and only needs to be decently buried. Just think a moment, and it will startle you to see what slaves wo aro to bygone times,—to Death, if we give tho matter the right word 1" "But I do not see it," observed Phoebe.

■'For example,- then," continued Hol gravo; " a dead man, if he happen to have made a will, disposes of wealth no longer his own, or, if he die intestate, it is dis tributed in accordance with the notions of men much longer dead than he. a dead man sits on all our judgment-seats; and liviog judges do but search out and repeat his decisions We read in dead men's books ! We laugh at dead men's jokes, and cry at dead men's pathos I We are sick of dead men's disease?, physical and moral, snd die of the same remedies with wbich dead doctors killed their patients I We worship the living Deity according to dead men's forms and creeds! Whatever we seek to do, of our own free motion, a dead man's icy hand obstructs us I Turn our eyes to what point we may, a dead man's white, immitigable face encounters them, and freezes our very heart I And we must be dead ourselves, before we can be.4in to have our proper influence on our own world, which will then no longer be our world, but the world of another genera tion, with whioh we shall have no shadow of a right to interfere."— The House of the Seven Gables.

The Last Paris Scandal.

The most recent social sensatiou in Paris is the flight of Mrs llichard Hennessy, the wife of the senior partner in the great Cog nac firm, with a horaebreaker named Earlc. As she has a fortune of about ten thousand a year, the horaebreaker doubtless thinks that he bas done as good a stroke of busi ness as the footman who ran away with Mrs Young some years ago j but Mrs Hennersy cannot be divoroed, and oannot therefore marry him. The position of the children by her marriage with Mr Hennessy is all the more pitiable because the husband, who is in a great measure responsible for the un happy oconrrenoe, has for some time been the cavalier servant of-the Hon. Mrs N— and has abandoned his home for her sake,



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TTITCHENS'S BLOOD RESTORER, FOR CLEANSING, PURIFYING, AND THE BLOOD.' .' Seven Years' Test ia Auckland. rTNIIS Medicine differs from ordinary pro- X prietary preparations, inasmuch as it was the product of years of study and investigation by an emiaent physician of the Army Medical Staff, with whom Mr • Hltchens served during the New Zealand War, as Assistant Dispenser to the Im perial Forces. . - . ■' " On its introduction to the public as a specific for the cure of Rheumatism, rheumatic uout, Scrofula, Skin Diseases, Blood Impurities, and General Debility, ii quickly attained great celebrity, and soon was sought after from every part of New Zealand. Its curative and depurative properties' have been fully testified ~by the numerous testimonials received by the proprietor from patients who had long suffered from the above distressing maladies, who had ap plied in vain to physicians for relief, and in whose cases, Turkish Baths, Hot Springs, and other popular remedies had been re sorted to without effect This celebrated medicine Is compounded from products of the vegetable kingdom, is palatable and easily taken, mild, but effec tual, iv its action upon the animal econ- '•' omy. It is, in sooth, a veritable Blood Restorer, cleansing it, and thereby restor ing diminished vitality. It presents, un questionably, a purer, safer, better, j and more reliable alterative medicine than any ' that has hitheito been available to the people. MORE TESTIMONY! Not a SURPRISING CURB To those who know what . H itchens'Blood Restorer HAS DONE. In the Auckland Bvuning STAB of the 27th April last, appeared the following local, which explains itself :— The brig Bella Mary, from Melbourne in • - ballast, bound for Kaipara, put into har bour yesterday morning to obtain medical aid for Captain Owens, master of the vessel;' who has been very unwell during the latfer part of the voyage. Captain Owens, who has follawed the seafaring profession for > many year*, and had never until leaving Melbourne on Apiil lOlh last, suffered from illness of any severe nature, was suddenly seized on that date with violent pains in the back. Since then he has been swung up in a hammock -1. in the cabin quite helpless. The vessel was off Kaipara at noon on Thursday last, but the weather being thick and foggyj it . was deemed advisable to come on to Auck land for medical assistance. The barque arrived early yesterday morning, and Dr Moore having been sent for, visited Capt. Owens, and gave instructions to the mate of the vessel regarding treatment. The invalid is suffering from a species of rheumatism of a severe nature, and the1 doctor considers it advisable to effect a partial recovery before attempting the re moval of his patient to more suitable quarters on shore. Capt. Owens is well- Known ia Auckland, and many residents will be eorry to learn of his affliction," Referring to above, Captain Owen has ■ this day (Ist December), stated:" After being treated for about five weeks by two medical men successively, with very little alteration in my condition, except that the" pain, in my hands and back was made somewhat easier through the effect, of the galvanic battery. I felt a gradual .sinking : chat told me the dread end was not far off, and ene of my visiting friends suggested that, I should try what Hitchen's, Blood Restorer would do, as it was being so talked about far and wide. Withont much - faith in it, I consented to try it, bug did ' uot notice any good effect until I had taken about the third or fourth bottle, when my ■ appetite decidedly quickened, and I folt that my strength was coming back to mci I then ceaswi to take the medicine, and allowed nature to take its course/but, finding my appetite going, I stimulated it by fmall doses of the Restorer, using no other medicine, but applying the ointment. freely. By degrees my. whole system. seemed to be invigorated; and now, after a treatment of six months, I am, able to re-. ' sumc charge of, my_ veEsel,'and ram only,: waiting her arrival in port to do co. ",' I can, easily walk four miles a day without' the slightest inconvenience. I consider my friend's suggestion saved my life, and that . it is a duty that I should publicly testify to. the extraordinary power of Hitchena's Blood Restorer over the severest cases of rheumat ism." ; '' w. m. Owen; ;,. 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