STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT

AUCKLAND, N.Z., SATURDAY, APKIL 7, 1883.

THE HOUSE OF White Shadows.

'ay B. L. FAEJEON.

AUTHOR OF

*' Blades •d 1 -Grast," "Joshua Mm-vcl,' . "Bread and Cheese and Kisses," , " Grif," " London's Haul,' i itC. etc., <£c. I ( _ « j (. Hft ITKK XXX X.-(CONTINUED). I "Hii "row Lot .^' this. 'I decline to be ■ present jwv tonucr,' lie *oid, 'nt an iuter- j ;,..w ;:--iiii-.i ili'd in mi li ;i manucr,' and he ] atterui-tft wiler,\pm : tint I stood i.i his ,vav atidwi-aH n t permit him to paa°. •■ • !•■,.)(,■ !iinuiiimi" it,'; •« •'.' 1 fiweharse ' mvss-ll "' »il <1,-y io«nrds you «« ?»«' ' so <t you u'i- no loimcr my gi.i'-s.t nml you will"remain ..t llr.s iatr-rvi-.-w during my t iilcHßirr.' , , l •• He mule .isioiiit-r sttemp;. to lenre Hip , room, ..ml «* '"• iieui.iaiiM i it it- by violent •■ \ M-viA M* nnn- »"l Hikw him to the J ;;r,ru.l. He -wo and i-U«d (rambling "■ f miika n« •■sense, madam," ' said lo my tvif-\ 'for ilie t»r<i rbis> MC-m-hHStaken, it i* 11115..1 mly for mru to l.r«*l in the niewiic^ i-f« J.-niv. but tliore no occasions ■ who, of t»n c^!,, .he !e».t - m«.l he < chosen. JShfiil.i i linil my.«i"f niis'akt-n 1 sball give to s'.. U .lvi ! ijieamp ("•"' npniogv be could d-»ir« Lei in iveflll to vimr i taml ik> d;ty oo winch \T. Gabriil ftr-t entered my g'-sten »s «ny g«fst. 5 brought ! liitn to you 9,'ui' presented him 'o yon ua h iriend 'whom I esteemed, ami whom I : wished you also toes'omi. Voii receiver! ' him m» a stranger, and I had no reason to bnspuct chat be and you hr.d been iiuima't? fi-ieud-, mid that yon were already well known to cicb. other. You allowed me i i-tniain in ignorance of tue lai t. Was ii ione-r." "' It was not Lonr-fl, »ba replies. '"It made me luppy,' I coutinueri, Mr see, niter the lap c of a few days, that ynu found pleasure in his society, and i re. garded him in ihe light ota brother to you I trusted him implicitly, ana although, madam, you and I have b-en most un happy, I had no suspicion that there wa« any guilt in this, as I believed, newly formed friendship.' " ' Thi>re was no guilt in It,' she said, very firmly. '•' I receive ynur assurance, and believe it in the sense in which ynu offer it. But in my estimation the word I use is the pro per word. In the concealment from me of a fact which you or he i-hould have hastened to make me acquainted, in the secret confi dences necessarily involved in the carrying out of such an intimacy as yours, there wos treachery from wife tohu-band, from friend to Mend, und in that treachery there was guilt. By an accident, within tbe past month, a knowledge has come to me of « shameful scandal, which, had I not nipped in tfcu- bur?, would have brought open ui grace upon my name and bouse, bnt the secret di-giae • r.-m.Jn-, aud you have brought it into my family.' "'A pham-fcl scandal!' she exclaimed, and her white face grow whiter. ' Who has darc<l "'The worlil h'S dared, madam, 'lie ■world over whose tongue we have nu con trol. The nature ol the in imacy cxis'ing "between you and M. Gabriel, far exceeding the limit i f friendship has provoked remark and coir meat from many if your guests. ;inc we who should b.ave been the first to know it have been the last. From v lady St inping i» my hou=e I learnt that you and M. Gab ie! were lovers before you and 1 !ne ( that you were affianced, madam. Had you informed me of (hi* fact yon would have i-psred yoti'self the deepestuckappiuess under which any human being cm suffer. for then you und I Would not have hepn bound r» each other \y a tie w>iich death nteue can stver. ■ ha' c, ar ail events, th ?olaec which ri^bt-doiny sometimes shedf) upon a wounded beaits that tolac.t: cauuot anbapp'ly'be yours. You have erred coo -ci.ii t> ,'ar.<l innncent though yo'i proclaim yourself, ypa have brought utiiuua ujiwi yonrselt >-n 4 me. f pity you, but eauup< help you furtu'vr than by tha acii-.n I mtarid to take of prev< nting th« (•Rcurrerico i>l a deepar'shame and a deeper didjfrace M'lng upon me. For M. CJ bri-.l 1 have no Itcli ings but those of bitti-r abhorrence. I request him to remove hiinseif inimediately Xrom my prraence >v <i from this hou.se. j/iiw evening ho will .-ejd for his |,ainttig*, which «ill be di lho'eil to his order. Theji sviil he placed in ihi- numniet bovhe., ' bJ in sour presenc.?, m.-.dum, J give ilt. Gibaol ihfl waruing that if uc tiny time or uuder any circiunntance^ be iu(rud<s biouvji witbiu uu*~ wall', he will do so at bis uwn peril. The protection wliiih my houor—not safe in your keeping, madam -needs, T shall whi'icl ilve be able •» supply, "Tliif in substance/ is -.li that to'>k place ■while my wife w«s with us. When Jic was con i Kave insTuctiußs 'bat M, Gabriel's paintings aud piopprty should b« broucht to the summer house immeili4t.-ly, and i informed him of my iDteniibu at noon of the following day to bum it to tht "round. He replied tint I would h«ve t<. givg him b more sati-factory ex[ikmati-,n of my conduct I t, ok on notion of thetlireat. At the hour I had appointed I executed my resolve. With niy own hands I »p; fire to the summer house, and did not leave until it was io ashes. "On the evening of that day my <wtfe sent for me, and in the presence of Denite, our faithful servant, heard my resolve with reference to our future life, and acquainted me with her own. The gates would never again be oppned to friend». Our life was to be utterly secluded, and she had de termined never to quit her rooms unless for exercise in the ground* at such times as / ■was absent from them. 'After to-night,' she said, ' I will never open my )ips to you ; nor, jvillinply will I ever a»ain listen to your voice." In the interview I learnt the snare set by my wife's mother into which we both had. fallen. I left her and our new Hfe commenced-a life with hearts shut to love or fnrgivmoss. But I had done my duty, and would bear with strength and resignation the unmerited misfortunes with whicii l wa* visited. .Not my wife's, I re peat, the fault alone. I should have bcei; wiser, aa>i thould have known, apart from any consideration of M. Gabriel, that my habits, my character, my tastes, my age, were entirely unsuitable to the lair t;i.l 1 bad married, I come now to tbe event which ba* rendered this record neoegsary. "The impressions leit upon me by tbe tragic occurrence I am about to narrate have, strangely eoougb, given me a con lused idea aa to the last date upon which it took place, but 1 am correct in saying that it was within a month of the agreement entered into between my wife and myself that wo should Jive separate lives under the same roof. " I expected to receive a challenge from M. Gabi id, a challenge which for th- resson that is given, that I would not afford the world an opportunity of Mscussinj; my private affaire, I firmly resolved not to accept. To my surprise no such challenge reached me, and I indulged the hope that M. Gabriel had amoved himself from us. It was not " The night was wild and dark. Tbe wind was sweeping round the house, the rain was falling. I had resumed my old habit?, aad was awake in my study in which I urn row writing. 1 did no intelli gent work in those sad days. Jf 1 forced myself to write, I invariably hie top the sheets, when I lead with a clearer mind, If 1 read it was'fcurfiely with intelligence, aud with no piofil or relief; and in tbe occupation that ehniu-.il in", und would not ).e diverted, stii-e as I might was that of brooding over circumstance-" attendant 'i|iou. my wooing pud my maniu":. I'or i;vr broudiuf!. Walking !o and fro, dwelling ■upon f :icli little detail of my iutimncy with n»y girl-wife, and revolving in my mind whether I could Lave prevented what ii&d ocourrod—whether if 1 had done this or that 1 could.hava avert.d tbe'mfeery iv whin'i 'our livea were wrapt, v was a iprofitli'HS buowpat'on, bnt I wmld not- t?ai myself from it. Tbeie wa» >< morbi'1 fa-ci nation in it which held n.e fa-t, ThaU' harrowed in', tortured mr, in^rie me smart andbl<-ed, mattered v r. it pliin^tome, and I io it, ' lina fo we bng our misi ry to 'it bop'onißand inAie't bpon oiweilwwi the ost iatole.ab.e 1 j

" I strove to escape from it, to fix y mind upon some difficult study, but lil'a ' demon to whom 1 had »old my S'mlit wcln not tc denied. There intruded aly"■ j tbis one pic lire the face of a baby-y, j mmc, my dear son Aithnr, lying aslet!u| hi-* mother's arm* Let me say here til i | neve hll hor. d the thought of deprivin ny i wife of this precious coapolation ; that * -r by the elighte*t eil'ort nave 1 have e;ea vonred to estianjps him from her. Tlic.c heboroto me-aud I thank (!od th to! to love r/.e—sprang from his owrfiart which also must havo hpoi sorely perpced, j and have endured great pain iv 'he. esta;.- ment that existed ne \v.:en his pini.s Well, this pretty babyt«ce alw»y« inided itself. This sout which 1 bad brollginto life lay ever befnre me; weighted th ,i myriad mysterious and strange sunf>iioi:--. It might live to accomplish treat aiiiot'1 *- | deeds'; it might live to inspire to >rthy deeds ; it might become a savi iur olcn. ■ patriot, an emancipator. And bupr liio it would never have been. El the supreme tribulation of his parcn lives might be pioiiuctivo of some gredctn n nliich would bring a blessing up man kind, Iv that case it was good suit;.. For but for me he would nover hai>eei> " After some lime-not in tbose-yß,biu later on—this thought he nine a coilatiim to me, although it iroubled and plexed in« ;o think whether the biith o SOiil, which was destiued to snine sa star ainoii'i meu, was altogether a tter ot ohiiuce , " daik .-.t'lrrnvni'.-ht. I ere* voice" intliesw*«t.i:.j}of the wiuJ. T' flWjto t" me hi i roti»,i" whi-ii.er-.'u loi-niiek?. Wn-. it fancy ilia* iu«p.ip.l eh,: i.,1 To night, to-nyht. Ii ill bo y >ur uu iti - Miiini.Kiit t u,:ic. l paced and fro, listening t^> lii« *oic. - of i Wind. Pn-seniiy another kmi-"l—a nd not ereatoo by my imagii'aiwn— & to my B !'M 1' was as fho'uK'u i>ometg heavy had f*H<n in tiie Rrouods. Perls a tree whiob had ben> <>lown ilownOr from uuotheireanscj tthioh warned ofnger. ""I hasnn-.« i«i: iiatelvnto th. nronwls. ibe sonw of ijowjjotWlorated me t «aa :.u .i moud which cted death ass 10-,u. \Vlu»,ly w.»ulil lave gone nut to mcc: it, »a a ncrtaiu ■« »'. tne »i,gni M h of my soul. Thm I"iov6 it is sumetiiiu-K with auldiers, acidJy become h>. roes by furca of. desperation, " I «uuld «o nothiug. i ' al)Ollt to return wheu a u.ov.i.g objccfKsted my purpose. I sprang towartln threw my self upon is. and iv my aj I. clasped the li'kiv of a mini jusc rvenug con acionsQ'.si from ft phyaicil h. •' I i-itl n*t nmak ,\ word I'f'ed the body in mv armp-it haflt sufficient gtrniwtli to repel mv «nn nod it into mv -turly. 'I ho luomeot t'^ht of my lainpshone npou tbe face tbis man, I rec,i!ni««i 1.i.... X was Mabnel. "t laiitlied «i:h swnj; e»Sb.t as. ' place- him ••upon a cwchVoa vil am, jou vil am ;• 1 m irere). our last hour or miii« has come. This it one or both of ua shall die/ "ldrew my chair bcf'he couch, so that his eyes, when opened them, should rest upon my facale was recover iu» consciousness, but ' plowly. '! j could kill you here,' 1 m'oud. ' and i o j man would be the wiser Jut I will hr,t have fpßich v.ith ye His eyeli.i. quiverert, opened, and were easing ai each other face to face.be sight ot me confounded him for awiil'ul presently w realised thti pnsi'iou atlal s and b, strove to rise. 1 thrnsH back fiercely. " ' Stay you there,' *L ' nntll I ten: n your purpose. You h*"ter. dmy hons as a thief awl you haY" " your life tut. mv h.nds. 1 lold yo' veryou intrude! youwelf within these t*. that you wonl.i ii so at your peril bat brought you here. Are you a »o"0 ' lllef "r ml ' dcrc. You foul bet, audcowuril s., you C'irr.b walls in tn'k iv pur.uance 11 j your villainous schen answer me-.l y,,u come bete by jintment, and nvc you devil enough to .-c to make me »' ■ lieye that a po.r nndsuided Bid wouli I bo weak eoouijh to tf herself mo yom arms? Till up the sure of y.'ur ba ne-s nnd dtelaie'is i>'■ "•No 'he replied,am alone culpable. So one knew of ruyii'g- I*o one su- pectedit. 1 could njJs'. " I interrupted hi/ 'ftfter to-mght, . said gloo.nily, ' yoa' Mtqmetly. Men suchysyou mnstbrfo^d trom thee.irth You steal into uJnse, you thief an coward, wi'h no r^ fo> the fair fame < t the woman you j- cs to love—rcckh— what infamy you hf,^ 1' and ot the iif t -loi»K*bame>o?vld deliberately lliir.' «p..n oiio who ha-a (ioubly betrayed \,,ii h.ivH not tiicirngH to pufl.fr m -il«i■<«. but you wlprnclairu to all t'te world thai you areWtyr to love, the vfry ni'iii' A which lmsdegraded who placed in association luaturos like yours Voii b'.lmig to the ctif miserable senti mcutnlbtfi who brutia up >v the unhappy women whom thev.augle with their auudlin theories', fcbitf erion::li have you iiecunipliiheu. ? uiuht -m 1 put an i,A tii your p iwtr to'k further ill." "' >\ i. ;l : d» you ii! to do with me ?' . he>kc<l. 11' j ii tead to kill ' I replied ; ' not io cold I)' oil - wit jihciirdcrer, -but as an av>ii(.'p'. Stand n "|].f ob.-yed me. fall bad stunned bim foe v t;a.e ; ba 'not otherwise in jur d. "'1 will take no ptsge of yon,' I »-M, 'thera it wi"e'{ivo yon a f*'se conrage. Ddok oti;i nare yoii'self for -.» hat if to r.i.mr. A« i j,.. you have de livpred ymrsj; into hnuds, so surely .'iiall you die.'

I CHAPTKL;

THE HIDOEItIMK " H« drank the winnt wisely or tem perately as a1 co i|-h...man wno«e life nanatiutake wnnld tuouc, but hastily, feverishly, hi d with miof desperation. : ■'' You are a a<od fer,' 1 said ' the be among ail the fiiewho visited me i during ilib d»y< of \<eeachery. Yon were proud of Khowinyir skill, as you were of exhibiting everjmirable quality i with which you are gifl .•"omething of . the mountebank in this. " ' At least.,' he taid, ring his courage, ' do not insult mr." ' "'Why not? Havei not outraged : what is most honourable, sacred ? Here i are rapiers ready to our lls." i "' A duel , here and i?' i "' Yes," I replied, 'ael; here and now. There is no fear of irruption. The . sound of clashing of steell nit fall upon | other ears than our*." '' It wili not be a fair tbat,' he said i ' You are no match for ujith the rap.ci. | Let me depart. Don^tccsl me to lie- I c une your murderer,' '"'You will never rrn'foot outsit..1 these walls,' I said ; 'hc.ou will find giavi;.' "It was my firm beli I saw him already ljin^' dead at my f •'' If I 'hould kill you," said, ' how i sball I escape ?' i "'As best you may,' 1 lie 1. 'You are au adept at climbing wi Ifyoukili , me, what happens to mbereafter is ; scarcely likely to lnttres'- m But do not ; allow that thought to troutyc-u. What : will take place to-night has n ordainc.;.' ! "'I commenced to movie furniture trom the centre of the room is to afford i a clear space for the duel, be tone ii' which he next spoke convin me that i , had impressed him. Inde my words i were uttered with the certa' of convic ! tion, and a fear stole upon hthat he had i come to bis death. "'I will not fight with i,' he paid, i ' the duel you propose is batons, and 1 ; decline to meet you uulegstacsses are pnsent.' . "'So thatwemayopeDly ilve the fair i fame of a lady in our quarrel retorted, quietly. 'Wo, tbat will not. Before witnesses it is 1 who would dnc !o mccl . you. Are you a coward ?' " ' 11. matters little what ynall mo,1 he : said, • :is no other person iiear. You. (;;i!iii.it foiue ilio'to fiyJit you.' "'I think I cao,! 1 »a d, ntruck him in ihe lace, and proceeded »i iy work. "My back was toward 4 hi a loiided ' gun wp.-i li;«)j;i;jg ou tile v.'iiii jiprticciveiJ i. by aic he. unslougil, and fire-ime, " f did not know whether I -hi; ot not. ■ Maddenerl b\ Vie cowardly ;\ I turned I aud lifting him iv the air, dbd bim to I the ground. TTiis head atrudiaiDSli one ! '-A ibe legsof my writing tablet (jtcaned ■ but once, sad tien lay perfeii, still. It i was the work of a moment, i the end i bad cpaie s oner and in a <*,rent Avay t'lati I pxprcted, fl^ lay deadrore me, 11 I bad no pity for him. and as neither startled l.or deeply move,l, g punish ; ment * a- n just punishment, aniy honour wa Sifeitom tue babble of iillnd niali > .ions r.ingiieH, All thatr!cvulv|upon me . now w.is to keen the events (ids night from the ktuwkdge of mt

. " Iheid waa however, rr.ie (';tn,i; r. > ' ~iii had been Bred. The scmnd uiij-'titiiuvj iii'oused my wife or some of tiie servants— j i ■ wflich cisc an explaua'ion would lino jvi )id given. ,\r, any momnnt they might! I iiujicar. What lay ou Cue llcor iuii.it, uut b; 1 i aaen by otl^or eyes than mine | i " t dragged a. ciosli from tha table utia : threw it over the body, and, with as Hale ! noiia as possible, swiftly replaced the j J furniture in it* ori.,iml unsitiou. EJicn 1 tat in my cliair and wuited. For a tVw j lui-.'.utes I was in a i.r .v. at. c of ugi'.ation, j j bit after I hud sat far n Ii nr in i>unc«, , I without being di-iturhtd, 1 kuuvv tint my' secret was sate, " I removed the cloih from th. faci; of ilio do.nl man. and g .znd at it. Strftcjje tc say, tho featu es wure an expression of peace ti.i.iess; death mu-t have bien in Kin- Itan'ous, tiradunlly a^ 1 gazed upon 4.lns formoi the man I nad killed, tile selufh coofempla'iou in which 1 hait biiim < n<ra<^t'." during tl.e last houroi suspeusa -aconlrni platioa devoted solely io a cmsideration oi tliu consequences of discovery, so fa> h. j I \\.vi concerned, and iv whicii (lie fate of th1 deud man formed uopirt. —beciime mersc.i in the contemplation of the act itself, apart from its earthly cou--eiiue!;ce-i. "Iha 1 takim a human lifo. I, whose nature had been proverbially humane, was in a direct sense of the word, a murderer. That the dee*! was done in a moment of passion was no cxcubc ; a mau is rcsponH'olu tor his act?. I ho blood I had shed shone in my eyes, " What hopes, what yearnings, what ambitions wero here destroyed by mo. In netting aside the unluppy sentiment which had conducted events lo this cud. M. Gabriel was a man of geniu-, of whose career higQ expectations had been formed. I had not only destroyed a human beini;, I had dcstroyc'i art Would it havo been better had 1 allowed myself to be killed. Wore duatli preferable to a life weighed down by a ciiii.c such ns mine? "For a short time these reflections held sway over me, hut presently I steadily argued them down. I would not allow them to unman m», This coward and traitor had met a just doom ; and no Kuilt lay on ray soul which I could aot justify to Uod and mau. A clap-trap phrase, us though the Supreme ncedeu for a just estimate of human deeds, the arguments supplied by human sophistry ! " What reniainoi for me now to do was to complete the coucealnieut. The body must btf hidden. After ti'-uight-u-l■•*> chance or the hand of Providence led to it discovery—the life'esa clay at my fsec must never more be seen. "There wa-»apartof my grounds seldom, if ever intruded upon by the servants th»t portiou in which for the gratilioation of my wife, I had ac the time of our marrijK' commeuccii improvements, which had nover baen completed. There U was tlnit my wife's mo her hud nut with tliu ncculpi' that resulted in l»ri ii.ath I t'aougbi of a pit deep « n 'ii.h for tbe C()!:CC'ilm«ut of [li« bodies if titty men. Into tbis pi! I would throw tbe body ■f M Gib iet, ami >*uu .1 cover it with I? r h ami sioues The Uck nccompliahed there would bo lit-le leaf of discovery. "Just snticfjins iuv*t-lf ihit nil »v« I jniet and sti.l in the villa, and ihnt 1 *«' | • o! bciDj; wntiihod, I raised tin i.oily i*f M | Uabriel io my Brma. - r 1 di I to a horrm md loathiug > f myse f too'« |K>-«»(sion t f I tc. I fchudd<ired in disgust t>iu >>"iK i a:u> performing seemed to I>j t..>- .o>k of a huicher, Tim meaner < lenient* of th : c n-1 l;.ionsof life havo the uioit powt'itul in j tlueuce over us. Ihe deeuo: stoirvwi wi inline With couipar.i'ivo tquahimity. 'However, wlut I re 01-eJ to do w.is dr. ■(>. In the dead of p.i;>lit, «"i ii darknt;---1 Mmvouudiugmo, wit > the iai . i.ciiuur upon j me, and the iccusius «i ,d -In :. iv !>;■ in .n>- : ea:«. I consigned to it-- las' ri*-=;» • i ■•<;'. ttiK body of tne man 1 hai kiiitd. It li>">| Stiu-re now, and uu Dun but ;.-1>i.:*f tht i V/i- ur. •'Years hive patsed s'nee Iliat ni^i-.i | V, ; name h:'.s not bejn diau^«d iato the ii,'ht for scandal-mongers t" i:,ii:-j *t■ •-1 or. u'|'ien shame and derision uuVv; huen avnidei) • -tut at what a price. r:><\n the day f.'JiiJwing thar u;ion w'.w't 1 f r uio W. Uabriel my hous", no; a sin>lf wora was oxuhauypd between my w fo and mystlf. Sln> sent for mo bfoie she died, but >ht kue-v she would bedeid bofuro 1 univeJ. A tearfnl glnoni Fettled nuoii our lived, uu i sill cover me to my la«t hour. Ibis (i.'iuestic Cj'rau<!emfnf, this myst-ry of si^-uce. between th'ist' whom he to love anil honor, weighed heavily upon my sou Arthur. His child's soul must have suffered much, and nt lira-s I have fancied I see in him the germs ot a combination ot sweetness and weakness wtncli may lead to Kufferinjj. But suffer as ho may, if honour bo his guide, lam content, 1 nlmll uot live to -cc him as a man ; my days are numbered. "In time to come-in the livjht of a piin-r existence —I may lenrn whether the deed I hive done is or is uot a crimo ! '■ Bat one thing is clear to me. Und it not bjcn for my folly, shame would not have threatened me, misery would not have attended me, aud I should not have taken a human life. Tim minery aud the shame did uot effect me alone, thry waited upon a yauiif,' spriog life, and blighted its promise". It is I who am culpable, I who im responsible for wh»t has occurred. To chain me to a jarl, le?s thin half my age, to delude myelf with this buliof that Bpring and autumn can bo fitly mated, without re llectin^ (hat spring ripens into summer, when summer's sun l! needed for life's pro toctirm, and ihat autumn merges into winter, when nun's grave lies open for him —for all the consequences attending this error I am answerable. It is impossible without courting uoluppiuesJ, to divert the currents of beinß Irom their natural channels, youth needs youth, i 3 attracted to yuutb, seeks youth; as flowers seek t!ie sun. Koses do not tjrow in ice. " Mine, then, the sin -a sin too late to exDiate. " I would have my pou marry when he is young, an in the course of nature he will love when he is young. It is tho huppier fate, because it i 3 in accordance with natural laws.

" If hu into who«c hand< these pagos may fall can di'Cfim a lewm appliciihle to him self in the events I nave recorded; Jot bun profit by them. If tha cironmsUncost of bis life in any way ie°emble mine, I wan him to bear ' with wisdom and patieiico th« penalty lie lias brought uyn hinis'dl, mul not to add, in tin: person of another beiii^ to whom ho i' bound, anl "ho i'-. bounil \o him, to an uuhappincus—tr.Oil un»Uably a, secret nnbappine.»s-uf hi^ own creating. " An.l I u-k him to cnniidor well whether any gooil purpose will bs seived by ot:ig ging into the opeu day the parliculnrs of o. .■'nine, the r.ubli-hiiigof whi.-.h c ,n"i>t i»,j iru the dead or beoefit toe living. It caiinol all'iirdhim i-ny consolation to t.iiink, if my srm be alive, that nuedeas siitlbring will by (•■ought io the door cf thf iv o""«t, Lot him, then, be morcfiul and pitiful."

casPrEE XL'

FALSE WIFB, FAT.SK FKIE -1).

THUS abruptly the record olo.«cil. To the last wdttau page there worn Ee.V. nil added, a« though tbe writer had more to aay iiud intended to pay it. But the p»g«s were blank. Tho intention, if intention there were, had never baon cirried out. The reading of the record occupied the Advocate more than an hour, aud when ho luid finished he n\t gazing with attentive eves upon the manuscript. For a quaiier of an hour he did not move. Then he rose —not quickly as one would rise who was stared by a sudden impulse—but slowly, with the air of a mun wlm found a difficulty in arranging his thoughts, With uneven steps he pic->d the study, to and fro, pausirg occasionally to .handle in an aimless way, a iaro vase, whicii he turned about in his hand and gazed at with vacant eyes, occasionally also, he paused before the manuscript an-.l Bonrehed iv ils pages for wordc which his memory bad n»t conectly retnined. Ho did this with a consciousness whicii fo-cod itseif uuon him, and which he vainly strove to ignore ; that what he s u"ht was applicable to himself. It was not compassion ; it was not tender ness, it was not honor that moved him thus strangely—for he was a njiiu who had ben bui rarely if ever moved as he was at the present time. It was the curir.us and dis quieting association between the dead man wb.u had written Mid the living man who hud iced the iecord. Ami yet, although he cmild, if he had chosm, hive reasoned this out and placed it moutnlly before him in parallel lines, his only distinct thought was to avoid the compirison. That he was successful in this did not tend to compose him. , .. . Upon a bracket lay a bronze upon which his eyes invariably rested. It waa the model of a woman's hand, taken from life. A beautiful hand, slender hut shapely, It reminded himof.his '■"■

H" look it from thf brick t and examined it, the words came involuntarily from his lips, "purfeci', but coki.' Thn tpokftii wumls annoyed him; they vece tlie evideucfl nf a loss of solf-nontrni. i f£u leplacsil iho br'inz! hnstily, and when Ihe passed it again would not look at it. bu'i'ionlv h« left ibo study, ":il weut towa.ds his wife's room . lin tial not po cseded more than h.»|i n «''.zb t yunis befoie his parpuxe, wliat,;v,'i' it may have been, was iiliiupii.s'uid a* -Avilt'y m it md been jioriu.'d. Ha retraci'd hfc '■lep*, am) I'uigurH.d 'ii resolutely at tin; dour of the study, Wuh au iii.pitieut movement of hia head—it was riic action of n man who wrestled with thought, :t- b<) would have (tout: wi'h a palpable beiuy ■he oucu more proceeded in t.hH direction of his wife's apartiuuntit. At tho coiumeiicem«nt ot the pns.<n2e whic'i luil .-ii iliosiii'ly »•«? ii lobby, opening fruii tlie principal euti'ttiico. A. uui.lo **mir caw ii tliu enure of the lobby Ifld t;> tlie moms ocoupleil oy Arthur Baloomlie and I'i'.rre LaiuoiU, On tin- same Iliior us (,!:■: study, beyond the staircase, wre his wife's boudoir aud private rooms. This portion of ttu: house was but dimly light, d ; ouo rose-lamp only was alight. On the landing above, where the staircase terminated, three lamps* in v cluster were burning, and shed a soft and clear light around. When ho reached tha lobby, and was about to pass tbe staircase, the Advocate's progress was a.retted, not by a mental im pulse, bnt by the sound of voices which fill upon his ear;', l he-<c voices; proceeded from the top of the st lircase, 110 looked up, and sa*, standing ciosu together, his wife ami Arthur Balt'ombe, Insiiuctivcly he retreated into the deeper shadows, and *lood there in i-ilence with bis eyes fixed upon the figures au<>ve him. His wife's haul was resting ou Bnlcombe's shoulder, atid her lingers occasionally touched hia hair. Sho was Bpeaking almost in a whisper, and ber face was bright and aoinuted. Bilcombo was replyinc to her iv monosyllables, and even iv the midst ul the torture of this discovery, the Advocate observed that Halcnmbo'nface wantroublad. The Advocnte remembsred that hia wi'r had wished him good night bofoic tin o'clock, »nd that whci he niaile the nb Bervntiou that was sotiriiig early, she npiuil tbat siie was ho overpowered with faiiiir; that she coold lict keep !ier ey«-s i|ie:i iiik! minute longer. Ai.a h'TC. ncur'.y two hairs alter th;.« sr.itrment, lie found :,(:■• wjiiversir;; clando-itinoiy with his fiuiui iv nndiaf:U!s. d p ivly ol s,nrir.». Nr.vi'i bad be -.-on. her look so happy. Then; v/ 3« ii teniitr ex^rusaion iv her o>fs as sl>' j.i/..d upun Balcombe, which uhe, libd never beaio-ved upon hua from the b-st iiav . i t'jei rouru.l ip. i \n;\,, ili.nifled cinrtehip, in wliic'a oach whs stnd)»a.il.v kind nml couru.ms lo die otbar. X court.h'p wi'ijioat romnnee, in wnich thurt! wii- ;i i spring. •". bit r mile rottid np"ti his lip-n-f. is ruiuem bnuce impwtiied itself biguificamly upon him. L'heve rueurri ito him a cjeo in which he h.ij b.'on '..•.",'■ d who bo was ;i much youngei uidii iTiitu he *»< now, •• v old iiuui -v..:. lichij for - ilivuifn tom a young vifi', "11 tb>! yr-u-i' •" irlidelity, and tho Auv.iait.' iv h'» p cli i-.vx --iii-, " Even if the uvideuei were o-'ii«l«-ivo. which i. is not, it might be rumarkud oi tin- (lenuon. r, bntWi'rii whom mil I.i-- wife -trotc'iml a tifhlgn ul 1" rtv year-, tint if » lov.-lms lifi: were .:or wimt lie dcervid, it v.a- ar lea t vhiulu' migi.t h.i.e i.\p<?i-i' d." Aliiiou^li ho imiignaully rotused i' " Imit that, (litre w*s an aun ugy botweeu hiin.s-li uu<i ii ifiiii), the wnriis io bad v ..1 bTuck liiin nuw Ik..- »liarp-(>oiiittil ar.-.wj. ft! v,':it.lHil (mil v>.iil'.i motio: I" -a- » fituo. Midnight struck, niul still the ~,.,..•,..>„ ri..:..-tii;i'V" luiijcred. Presently. !, ~v.rr. and n, ,:.w-<\. on Ra'.onibiiV uiai consenii-rt I -'lt-.»v- him Snu'l ii^ly «h.« olff rfri him i-i-hiii"l, anil held Irs for w lo ::•■< tmio t an fri-lnl-h |i »m n t-ii. ilk y i:, i. ■, hi! i.KCcriiin" i.j b s m ni, :,' i; ' .-. rci.(iii'S t.. he.'«. VVUoi Sic «ti,.i ;ir I.!, ■ [not in ill! HtainiHse, sip looked up, :i'i>i t'srew a ki-s to U ■'■i\ mi»-. ad her taw v. it it llin lip.ht ol fie rni< iaaip lipuii i. »ai incxpr« «bi. liouititul I'i-ie next iniuute tbe Advmiit" wa« a o ie. Ho l:steued f- r the fhuttinj! Nt iheii clianiher door?. >o xo'tlv «as t'!i v done b i'li In Ihieoiiice w il liii wlc, that i. w.ie .liilicult to catch iho faint sound, hi-siiiiled iijiiiiu—a bitter °milo ot confirmation. It was ii hi- legal miud a f ital item of tvidonce acnicst them. Slowly ho reiumcl to h.s siudy, aud tbe tir.st act of wnich he was conscious was tt al of btmidiiig ova certain spot, and (ay ing audibly as ho looked down. "It w.ii> here M. Gabriel fell." He. knelt upon the carpet, and though', that ou the boards be neath, eve iat this distance of time, ,«tnins of blood miubt be discerned ; tbe blood of a treacherous friend. It was impossible for him to control tho workings ot hU mind ; impus-ib c to dwell upon the tiam ot thought it was necessary he shouid follow out, before he could decide upon a line ot action. One o'clock, two o'clock gt.rcck, and ho was still in lh'B condition •II bd could think of was the UU of M Gabriel, and over and over again he in uttered, "It was hero he fell—it was hero he fell." There wjb iv harmouy in the Htorm raging without. The penh ot thunder, the lightning flashing through the windows, were, in c-.nsonanci! with his moot). J" knew that he w.is stnndinj; on tbe Iviuk nl« a fatal prec pice. " Wbich would be Oct,' be ask.d meutally of fim^elf. "that !i c ;(!t. ning should dfstros ih'C'- bcincs in tbi- un happy home, or that rhfl routine of :i rio» dsjs' wonder should bo allowed lo lake its course? *ll ihutl)' wnntiugio complete tno wreck would bn som« eviiencetn damn mi in lonncctum vi;h Uon'ran uuri the nr. bapj)'.' g.il he foully murdered. A* it iv answer to liih thoughts, he hoard ii distinct lapping an pne ni hia etndy win nows, Ha hailed it with cngcrocfs; any tbiug in the fhspe of octiou wus welcome to him, lie stoppsd to th ■: window, anri drawiujj up tho blind saw, darkly, tha form oi a nnli without. " \Vh<nn il > you seek?" he asked. "You," wf>s tb« tttisirer. " Your miwioo mart barm urgent onf," said tbe Advocnte, throwing nn tin; win dow ;" I" it murdtir or robbery ?" "Nflither. Something o( iar greater im port.iucp," "Coiicoruing me ?' "Moat vitally connernios yon." "ludoVdi Then I should welfome yon." Vt iih strang!- reckl.ssne-i- ha held out his hand ti> a»irtt. h.n visitor iiio tho room. The man accepted i'uc a'swlnnce, nnd. •■>n;ib:ir; OS T t'.M will'law-siil, fprair; int'-. the Hludy.' He wafi bloody, and splashed fiom In- iO lit in it ni mud. " il :>vi'youan;uuel!'enij,iiir('.d th-J idvo catfi. ] " N&turAlly." ■'Knvom hi ■ with it," '• JoUu Vaubru{?b." CHAHTEti XLlt, John- VASintuau and tub Arvocatk, "A STORMY night to s-eek you out," said John Vaiibruyb, " auii to rcue.v au old frietd^hiii." "Stop th?rc,"intortiiptarl thr- A ; dvoca fe. "liidmil no idea of reuowal if friendship betwenn in." '■You reject my friendship," a«kpd Vu brugh, wijUDK tho bio d and diit fiom hit face. "Distinctly." "SoIr! it Our iuterwlew slinll ho en diwtei without a thought of friendship, Itaoujfh some ie criiucc to tho old days cannot ba avoided, l make uo apology for presenting myself in this condition. ~ Man can no more rule the ntorni than he can the circumstanci s of his life. I havo mv pome dictooce through ibe rain, aim I bsve been attacked and almo-t killed. You per ceive tbat I am exhausted, and yeJ yon do not oiler me wine. You havo it I know, in that snug cupboard there. May I help myself? Thank you, Ah, there's a smack of youth iv this liquor. It is life to one who his passed through mch dangers as have encompassed me. Yoh received the letter asking for. nn interview. I gave it myself into your hands on the night the famous trial was concluded." '■ 1 received it." " Yet you were nnwilliug to accord me an interview." '• I had no deaite to meet you again. " It was ungrateful ot you, for ie ix upon your ovsn business—yours aud no othei man's—lhat I wished to speak with you It was cild work out on the hill yonder, watching the lights in your study window, watching for the simple waving of a hand kerchief, what would mean infinitely more to you than to me, as you will presentlj confess. Dreary cold work, not lilce'y tc put a man like myself in an amiable mood. I am not on good terms with the world, as you may plainly perceive, I have had lough times vino iho days you deemed it no '''" "<o shake hauch

with me. I havj Bank very low, by e:uy denoent? ; you liave risen to a sillily heiylu. I wonder whether you iiave I i^ver in >n d the fall. Men as. great as you I have met v- h such a misfort'ine, Thioga iID i,oJ \ltt lor i:Vtr, Edward. Pardon me, t W:ia a lip uf tin l ngii ■." j " Do yot: come to beg ?" i "No, fora reasou. Ii I onmooa ucb an" I might .p'.ro myself the troilblo." •' Likil.y iuough," said the ft dvocate, who was to; \v::ll acquainted with human nature not to be convinced from VaabrugU's man j ujr thp.t hia was no idle visit. I "You werenever renowned for yourchnri | rie\ And "n the other hand I am poor, but I I.in no, a beggar. I pm frank enough to tell you Ihat 1 would prefer to steal. It is more independent and not half so disgracp -1111. ■( nrny happen that the world would take an interest iv a thief, but never iv a b«gK«r." " Not 'o favour me with your philoso phies that you pay me this visit." "I should be the veriest dolt. No. I will air my opinions when I am rich." " You intend, poor as you confess your self, to become rich." " With your help, old friend." "J>ot wi h my hep. You will receive none from me." " You are mistaken, Forgive me for the contradiction, but 1 Speak on sura ground. Ah, how I luve heard y.m wpoken of I With whatadmirat'o i ar.desteem 1 Almost with awe by some. Your tab nts of them selves coull not have won this universal eulogy, it U your spotless character that Ims cot the seal upon your fame. There in noi a >tain upoa it; you have no weaknesses no blemishes ; you are absolutely pure, other men have somethiui; to conoeiil— some family difficulty, some d'.iuo'.ti:; d;* grace,some slip ia the path of virtue,which, were it known, would turn thu cuireni against them. But asaiust jou, not n breath ; rcandal has never soiled you. 1 this lies tho otreni/ih of y^ur poHitiou—in this lies its niimjer. Let fhime, witii cause, point it"i fiuijer a.t you—yid frioiid, the renal', is uapicipant to cuntempliti'. ; For whan a man, such uu ytu, niitr, li iloun not fall gradually. H« topples uvm t;ii<i deuly, and ou Tiwdayia a- low as the gut f •', as on Monday ba wan high in tho islnud?," " You iiave sni'i enough, T do cot care to listen ti> you furthttr, The tone you nsMiiv i^ oft'eilMvo 'o me—such as 1 would brook fr 'in u<> man. Voi can go the way you c;nii"."' Aml with a scornful gesture, the Advocate jo'iitud lo the window. "Wlien 1 inform you in what way 1 came," wiM Vanbruih, with easy insolence, "yen *,l! a ob: ifiidv to till mv to leave ■n"n ef r! you loam th.: firraud which tirouyht .uc."" " Iv wlm'. wnv, then, did you come," iiskcil the • dvocate in a ume of i:ont«mnt. •'Tu>' way Giiuriin cnme-wimewlMt .arlier than il is, it i» tru , but uot earl';r ihiin midnight.1' The Adi'ncaie ptasjicd tho hack of a chair; it was a alight action, bill BiJlioicul to khow ihxt ho wuh lakec i ll' hit guard. "You knu)* thnt." he mid. "Aye, 1 know that, and «lso fiat you feasted him and cave him money." " Are yon ace mii'ieei. you two knave? ? " " If so, I have at present iho te-t of Hit bargain. Hut Viiir (.uriiiisa is not ma !•• with Kbrewrue-M. I i uver i-ot eye* nn (.i.uitran untii afitr ho w,» p'ouoiii'i'.Hil in uuceiit of the munler cf M.i'.k'linp, On that niii't I—.iliall wo say piovideut'a'ly—made hi" aenti'iinmuce." ' Yuii have ni«t him .'lire th'H''" '• V*'", tlii- voiy iiight ; our interview w;i- .n■ii v rio b* tor-oH-n, Comti, I foivo ben frank with you ; 1 havo um:.l i o .;i- .ii;hs. I sjj oyou huneu'lv, the woil.i has »nnc bald with me; i have klliiWu wan! •ml pnv itioi, and I .an in a stale ot d<-K ---titntion. Jluit is a condition of affairs «ul!iciui.t n-t only toilepiefs a iuhii'x spirits, bit, 'v in ike him disgusted with the world I and mankind. I nave, however, pome I c.-ipaoitv left in me for enjoymen', and I u-.>u..! s ye ibe world aaoiber trial, n't as a u< nuilu-.s roKDe, but as a gentleman." • Hard io accomplish," observed the ilvi uite, with a cynical smile. " ,\.u with a full purse. .No music like the jinking of gold. Woll, I present my suit ■<> you, and ask you who arc rich, aui civ .■pare what will be tha m.ikiu« of nio.tn baud me from your full store ns much as will convert a poor devil iuto a respectable member of s.'ciety." "I appreciate jour confidence. I leave you to supply the answer." '•You will (jive rremthini;?" "Nothing." " AHnd. I did not a-k it of your charity ; I ask it of your prudence. It may bo worth your while " " I bat has to be proved." "Good. We have made a commencement Your reputation is worth much—ln sober truth, as much as it hah brought you But lam not greedy. It lies at my mercy, and I shall be content with a shnrc." " That is generous of yon," s.iid the Ad- Tocate, whooythi* time bad regained his composure, " but I warn you. my patience is beginning to bo exhausted," " Only beginninz. That is we1 1. I advi«p you to keep a tight rein ov. r it, unit to Hsk youraelf whether it is liknly considerina thediOercncegin our positions, that I shonW bo here speakinu in this holil ton?, unless 1 held a power o<ht you. 1 put it to yoi a; a lawyer of eminence." " I her- ii' reason iii what you say." "L.;r i,i. H.p. What have I tn rell ? I The security of your reputation. The power to p»event name heing uttered with horror. Your fiime—ycur honour ? Yes, 1 hn=e rjulfu ilia1 to dispose of, and as mun of Dnsinu'i', which I never was ontil now, I r?eogni«e tha imp^rtaoco nt being precise. First—l havo to sell, my koowle'lge that, uf;cr niidn'ght, ton rec ived Gautran in yni- xtiiily, that you 'ruatcdhiraasafiiend, aud filled his picket witn gold. How much ia »l>at worth?1" '• isothi"'.'. My w.irdagu'nsUii', against yours, ajuia.4 » hundred *ucU as you and ho " " You wou'd deny it ?' "Aflsiitcdly, to protect my-elf." A.i he made tli«» auuwc, it necmed to tho A«ivc cite. h» if the principle* or hmionr hy which I in ndions bin) been guided, un'il within ihe hut few days w "r« slipping from him iilni us if the vilest wretch that ever hieithi.il had n right U> call him hisequiil. (7"u4" continued.)

The Notary's Bible.

Some few ><vr<> j<_'o, tho o «'ii a public notary in \> a;biiitoii, nn old mid highly respected gou.tk.ii tv, why bud held Y.U otiice through nil ib« pnlitical RvlstluesaJid Himiigs ot the wpitjil tut neailj twenty years. A yimnt: frioml «m- in lii« offi'iH onn iliy, allcl while tilting \y ibe livble, picked up a Mnmll ol I Icit'ti't-ii'vo.-ci! book, which, upon being opened, prowd to bo "Thfiddeus of Warsaw," llooasuilly rouiwked to Mr Smi'b, the uotu'y — " I sre you hava a copy of Thaddeus of Warsaw here." 1' Thnddeus of \Tnr.-aw ?" was the reply, " What ilii you mem?" 1 Why his is a ©py of it." '■ Tba."ileus of Warsaw 1" exclaimed the old atnleinan. Hu snsitflhcd the look, gave one glance at it, and ihfn cried ou—■ " For twenty yoag I hdvn been sweating pno'.ilo on that bock thinking it was a e.i»le ! The oa'hs lint worth the paper they aro written on I 1 Ihat very day hi patronised the ISibte , Soc: cty's Jigency, aid gnt a finely bound copy, which could by no possibility be mistakeu for a novel

Followed Directions too Closely.

A YOUNG actress vho had betn told to study her part very cirefully and follow the stage directions Ouilic'tiy, had to do a . "fall"' in a fainting It for the fir t ti.ne in i her life. 'ihe st'tgc direction read, i "Helena falls pron| across the body <it Theodore " She pncU.-ed it a hundred i times on a bolder unt.l she thought she had i got it pKif-ct. The aitor pointed to a ku"t hole iv the llmr where he intended i<i tumble, andeve'ythiii? wasinreadiness. hv i th.) time approached,however, s!u* Ii to «et nervoiu, and heartily v ished thai she bad the bolster iistead of tht: actor to i fall upon. There wm no help tor it, and .' she let go accordinc o the author's diicc tion', exactly across Theodore, ivi she did , with the bolster. Th} uctor was in abun , dant bodily conditional!.! when sha struck • him he grunted so lojd and dfUW U]) bis i short leus so e>mic«)y that tbo curtain ■ went d'iwn nroidst p. ttsci- roar-i and storms ) of laui'htsf fi'O'u the liskled aidiouce, The . fat actor was boiliusjwi.h rage, aud the s manager swore aid lueatened her with I dismissal for spoiling be beat scene in the l p'.av V'y followiDg diriitions too closely.— j Detroit I'ft&Hfa*

A LADY'S LETTER FROM LONDON.

Social, Theatrical, Musical, and Fashion Gossip, with Hints about Household Matters, and lit Bits of Scandal.

(SPECIALLY CONTRIISUTED TO THE " STAK ")

By "ELISB."

Londo ~ Fe.ruary Oth,

Dear Mr Editop. -i felt, oh ! so flattprerl wben 1 leceived your d .v- knd letter, asking me to scud you a liT'pt of girl's HORsip and titti.-tattle about clre.-s and ta'-hion occasionally, We certainly have treat opportuni'ies ot enjoyina; life here m London, and when I think of you poor darlings in New Z aland, who live for years and years in a kind of chrysalis con dition, ignorant of Elise, and without even seeing the charming oo tumes created by Wortl) and Madame Valentine, my hear', ia full tif pity. Tom (that's my tiiesome husband) 3iys tbis is bosh, cud it I can't wiite a letter without '4ii'i)itj>', I'd better put the pan down. Tom's manners are still odious. I did hope coming to Kn«» land would polish him up a tiit, but he insists or. sneaking out, his thoughts the fame as nvir, and the troubles wb have got into conse.queuC'1, havo been some thing awful. Jar example :— We were at di ■ Coloniil Insiituie the other evening, wh-n the Secretary ruad a long, drearypjpi-i, by • r Williuu Fov, abusing the Maurii s. lalsvay* like-to attend !h^.-.e,er vices, foi iiiib never knows wnat old friends ope may meet. Miss ulilt'nrd w-s th'-re with •:ii.' Obarlca on this occasion, and I >'.!ho enjoyed ■■>■ gossip wi'h iiir John Conde. Weil .it- i was -aying. Ton: will speuk out bis mind, and so when Mr 0 • (of the Abuiiyilies i*rotecliun Society) wi)» iiir\de Hiu'.b :: ridiculous fix abnut Sydney I'aiwbaDga and his mock mi'sion, cinue up, (really laitquitu iright^ned lest he should fjiy somethinj; rude. Tom was awfully angry nbant tlientatiuwin which Taiwhansn fo1 over evi:*yrnci b« c, and 1 know be c >u iihli'md C to biu'iie. "Good even in,..," fjuolh Mr C blandly, " A most iiißtrmjUvu pimor, that of Sir William Foxs, inn rather hard on the Maoiies don'i ynu think ?' " >'• i at all," i-plicd Tom sluutiy, "ii is <|i:iit! true, the utitivus bouclitei) couiidarßbly by our ml tlint; amongst them." :: row do you kn«i>v rfiiuiriued Mr i . " i had t-evcrnl long tiilk- with the iui'mb.'.isoi the mission '.vim ca.pue ae>'i list HUiumo: ■>•■<' ihe viuws tiit-v oxprusFr-d, wore untirl ly dissimiliir to ir VViili in F«x'.«. "on UlhiiiJii mink"saiil Tun .-igmtuiiii'ly ' :tis roaliy .-urjii-inji Sir, ih.it. uiimn oi i.i'rcep'ioii mcli >■$ yoi, I pre-ii.ise, culiHiiier voi:vmoI! Io he, ~liun d liave «llowed T«i*h-i ga '■•> hinuiiut; miv c." be HeLiiH to have dim*. Why in •ucklnuii or JJunndiu, :•• r.-.-p c abla liiademiuitn w«uld ai i-onu -v down o e.it with tnat mawi as with a strict begKnr, and «>t bf'.o he dined Ait!> Hi br>,j» uuu rcbri.sK ■.]>•, aud bub nobbed with the tiiid 'Jlni:ioollor, 1 cau quite iiniiginn it is occasiouoly a»ce>siiry for ilirt Abcriginea Protection Society to pub iicly sl.ow tho reason of their cxittence by entertaining v nigger or two. If they did nut do so the suuscripiiond of the charitable would cea'i>. and the line fat salsiie^ of secretary aud nilicials collante. Some cure should however be exercised inthatelictiou of aborigines. It would peril up ibe safest to import them specially from Zanzibar or Timbuctoo ; you would then be secure aaaintt "eutettaiiiing an angel unawares like Taiwbaoga." Mr C—'s face was a pic ture, and I tugged Tom's ana and moved across the ro mi.

There Ecver Keom to he any very new dre.nas nt the Col,mil 1 institute meetings, though the tact of their being held at this Wrosvenor, naturally Live* them a elijrtiuv jc-thetic (one. jllavo the Lousdale bows reached your part of the world yet? They are a very becoming head-dress to women whose forehe; ds are not too broad. Tlie bow is made if lithcr very broad rihbiin velvet or '■:>.t!u and ■» shaped ti) tho coutnur of the head. It always soomx to nid parti rul vrly Hiii'table for a theatre or derui-toilette and can bd made to match the dress if de siicd. Gliv.s for the cvonicg arc worn longer than ever, black ones hiavily and elabor at.-ly nmbroidered up the ;iriu in gold or silve1', seeming the moat, fashionable, Tom tella me that at the Gaiety, Phyllis Brongh ton puts on a p:.ir of white gloves in " Valentine and Drai>n," -.vliich touch her shoulder?, and are exquisitely 'broidered in dazzling beads, Sho ulso wfars the £1501) diamond pendant which that notorious old wretch, the l'ukn of Beuufoit, gave he: iho other day. Like most women I detest BCandu), unit always tiy to looic tho other approaching mine, iv the Park. Tome d;.y I know I shall ceo Tom driving one. Ihe worst ol it i?, these dameuse women <fo dross i-o petfo tly. Such furs as Kate V.nii'lru: poss"B'es I never in my life before saw. They aro too bcautifn1. 11-'al pfthies, my ileiir, right iliwn to her tci t, and iri.v-losj i:i value, t doubt if a.iy Ducneiss could match them. •li- uunibcr of wi-ddi; ■<; (>r'«ents girls ■jr+ ir. Kn^lauil ndwudats i- i xtraordiunry. Mms Wiim, whn married fjorri Dloncurry thsoilu- day, rrccivtul liiioutr'i j-weltery to htock .i siitip. i.it.r- is a li»r. f'"in the ■'World." TM-<-«i'\--two brooches, 17 bncelitt!) and bunei- h (ma»y of th.-ni pairs), 7 clocksi, six ui-cklHO-t", six faip, six can dlesticks, n'ld t'V.i WJ.I-, nor, to meition a number of 'be silver h""c- unw sn fashion able. I" thn stunu papar, I observe, a Rotaoia wxraing a^nins-t netting the -little piilln known KH "pompous" The writer ?ay« trio epidiniio ha>> xr-read feirfully, and is'vorv catcbiu./. " Nothing" she add", " i-ecniM mora (jrotcque iv a modern ball room, thaa the siuht if Itdios wening wearing cnloured powdci'-pulls at the edge of every tab ami available end." Further on, tbo i)>uiii)oii cruse at thn 13 ighton Ball lust week, in desf.ribprf :— "l^aw a white g'-wn oiii! mass of jowellwy !'J»I ribbon, win at ev«r,v.boband bend swayed tboinevitable '•pompou.' A lila.k gown bad yellow " pompons " a white bad pink • np«, blue, crenui nn.^f, »ud «o on.—A dark Ted gown mill » moss-greeu with scsr'et poppiis we:o very > ll'i'iivc." I untie1- Madme lima (who SRmnn rm excel' lo.ir judge) icinarli- thai uiilor-nwde gowns for out door wear Bre s'iil nuito the thing. Tbi» is ulna my opinion and i'om wys tho men declare nothing looks bilf to neat or ladylike. I'laids and checks nre still favourites but I much prefer a self-colour or line hoino-piin mixture. Braiding is not quite io much the rage as it was. Steel appears likely to hold i'sown during the coming season. Atone ot the comedy theatres tl.o other night, I saw a _ most striking and extraoidinniy ricini-toi'etie. 'Ihe skn t an.l t-leeves were an original com bination of black and pile lavender silk the body being a cuirass of glittering stee! chains or be ids so closely knit as to loo"k like dazzling armour. Save at a garden party or on ti race lawn such a dress would of course ha too showy although it has not the "fast" appearance you might think. The costume was completed by a email block and lavender bonnett with steel orna ment'", gloves and pa'asol to match. The wedding of Archer the jockey (Tom call* him ''The Tinman") seems to have been quite a grand affair,—The dresses of bride and b'iilosmaids were specially designed by Worth in Paris and looked perfect. The former was a creamy com bination of white fsatiu and silk daintily trimmod ®with orangeilowers and tiny iilamcnts of feru and crowned with a superb bridal veil of price less lace. On her b"som flittered a horse shoe brooch, of (mo brilliants (the char.-.ctrr i tic gitt of the b idegroom) her necldnce was of pearls and conspicuous upon the right arm shone a diamond bracelet in the centre of which glimmered a superb red [•earl a« big as a h-zel nut. Tho brides mnidV dresses did credit both to the great Worth's inventive geniusand bi-^ delicacy of idia. "It ii easy enough'1 says the ye porter of a London pnp.T sent down to New market tor the occasion " tj s.iy, they wro in nic of pink satin and that over the skirt foil wave after wave of creamy lac«. Equally easy is it to sa\ •■iv'li btideamaids wore pink sutiii • 'iude.oliix shoes, pink Princess bonnets trimmed with lace and pink and white cbrysantbenums, white kid gloves and the bracelets ot diamonds and pearl* which were tlifi siftuf the biirtegroow. Still more easy is* U to nute tbe fact that bouquets of pure vu'ik ami while blo«unms, were earned :md hnriuonisi d i xquil itely with so tasteful a costume, but what is not < iisy to convoy au idea nt the subdue I lightness and soft toae vi 'ho whole ell'ect."

Tho ledy who s'ylcs herself " iVTadgc " Bsrl does that clever cclnmn of giiW gossip iv Truth often gives «cmie <\ipit*,l household reoti1 *v **«i>» ons I have just cus out.

Madge says "we had a Cinderella dni.es the other evening and our dUh of trifii was extremely popular. Maud and I mad^ it ourselves. We eoakei the spong mk s for 12 hours in some very old find very Jamaica rum and u-e.l strawberry ji»iu iu- ' stead of the orttiudcx raspberry, which we [At nn life.? because thp seil« k t b tw>»>n nn i,4 lie h. V i ii».d« t<• cim'ard vci.y tniek a d whipped tin crei.ni witu sucii ■■it'tern liia'ion that We eici h v ■ a liliatei oi mi fi» tliii^o.. Af er hi aping up the " wh.p " in !imig like ui.iK ••>, we cur. up som« preserved gingor i>i tiay | i ces and scatiereii them lightly over lhn fi.ji," I i the samp ie.ter "MaJg«" leiuaiks (and i| quite agrea v/ifh her) tiiac Hiinolectes a-e | not wora in nood sic «\, " Pay r.nattntiuij t.> the Fashiiiu Plata-," sho adds " ihey ; r • ■M drawn in P rir. and 1, ilin an i it is really irupossitii- to uO'iuce fiom ibe .i wba,i is the correct ihiug iii Knglaud," Thi» i« a point you my dears wh:i iiie awy from the busy hauuts nf mun ought sp'.-uully to bear iv miuU. Wommi who i osiume tluni selves after those, dismal d.fgns in tbo j "Young Lady"« Journal" are nt'ten 111 . ! reverse of well-dresfed, in fact Wuiuingb ' j not thing-i of beauty.

Do yon want to read ii really nil1.; story-if ro, my doar, send round lo ..be book-aellarn tor Miss Uutt's new (h'.k " Guraidiue Haw thorne." It is iv one vvlame and not par ticularly dear so the *h>ipi a-v tthmy *utj U. h:iva ir. I suppose yoi went tlir. ugb Mi Puyne'd " Kit" when it »p:iua:t;d in the " Graphic." For my part i never can read ;i hook in that way ; as Tom siy* uU "such a bijie" lo have to lay a novel do>' n jus? as you no^ia to yet interested. "Kit" how ever like ad Mr Payne's later ivorks U awfully nice and so i-, '• Thicker thuu Wale" now runaing through "LoagmanV" " Onida" menus to >jivb v- another of hei pe^nliiii1 sto.ies shortly. It will ba called " Sabran,1' rather a mcdicevalua up isn't, it 5 Mis.*. W. Hunt has ft novel in preparation entitled "Self-condemned." I only-hope it may be half as good a^ her "Thomcrofts Model." You will soon have an opportunity of buying the bite Mortimer Collius' stories cheap Ohatto iind Windus are about to n;-i-sue them at 2a. each,an immense boon to per ton a who live where circulating li'irnrics arfl not available. Tom snys Mortimer ('ollins was emphatically a girls uovehat and "rtwe^t Anne Paae" is hi* best work. Of course you take in "Temple l}ir." Is and " Bdjiravia" and " Harpers" am no v lar the b s; of tbe Magazine". When we liver! iv Auckland I never could get '•JtMsravia." Colonial book-sellers lira tiiemo'tiinonterprisinKof tradesmen an ) have r«ally n geac veal to answer for, Jt, ir, piiucipaliy through their apathy iv div. provioing a higher class of literature, that such a-Sid t.ise fii abrurd trash of the ' London Journal" and " VVeridiug Bells' type prevails. Hera in England the circula tinu of these " break-all-tho-comiuaijdment'1 periodicals is coniincil to servar.t-girls and Jim! shop-boys, indeed when I remember niticiiig presumably well-educated ladies reading them iv ArewZealand, I iji.ite blush for the colony. Do please all uf jou try bard and stamp out thi* pernicious liieratnra or at least relegate it to it.n proper place—'he kitchen.

I know you like to hpar whatever muiic ;1 gossip happens to he going. L^arn th n, my dears tbat the English compo^era Mie hard at work for the coming Leeds ftstiv.il. Mr.G. Macfarren supplieH au oratorio mi the subject of ''Kii'g David" and Mo Frederick Clay acanratu with the sirnificaut. title " Sardauapa!u»." Mr Barnby i« writing newmvjKicfor the 97 h fmba "The Lord is King" and as Arthur Sullivan coudncts there may also be sofiieibim; from bis pjii. Talkiuj; oi Bnllivan reminds mv of " loin' he" wliT.h d'Spiic ib pro^uottica tionsi tfxprrtsst lldnwf i'.ly gout houses. vVhi n it "eases to «;t-ac. " l'>ie Sorceret " will lie revived. ) met Gilbert out at. dinner a f ■■■>' nijyhts sjjo. H-, d:d I/O. t« k much ar,d I il'iii't think en be initicularly Kinii.-'iliy in pnval !itV—,Vlri U Ibvd w,.s tli-'rc too. She is s d'tud'ully stalely little woman ;in fui po r tom who sa* next hr-c mi^i! .-bo r z; his mntrow I nave been introduced to rome of iho ladj nrtidtes at tlie Snvoy Theatre. Mir< rinni who acts under the uameof i.eou.T.i Braham is ohurmiug. ishe was tbe milkmaid in "Patience" youknowindniitiiialiy tkoaplit Gilbert, would tive her ovea v bett.r part iv "lolanthf." f las ! lie d'd nothing ot the sort. '• fhyllia "1* a silly charac terless creature and oh I my dear, she-that is Mrs B»rnes had beautiful s Iky black hair down to her v/nin niid Gilbert lias made her dye it in order to Bllh tue Wiit teau cottume. as I said, " Not all the dramatic authors in C!irii>ten<l(/iii t-honld huve made me mutiJato myself so." We went to Drury Lane iig.in la?t week, anl enjoyed "Sinbad" it;ote than ever. The great procewinn of king< ;tud qncoiw gives one a lot of hinta tor tancv hill drts-O", only I fear everyone will Im copying them. By the bye, the fairy ballet iv '■ Sinbad ' wear sweetly pretty costunie j. Tlia usual muslin and tulle have been oi-r.-udud io favourl of a deliriously loose garment'of pesch bloom ?ilk looped up with fco bouquets of a new and ideil :ed which has the brilliance of veriiiiliion without its C"arsunesa, md the warmth ot crimson .md cardinal v.itlwut their dullness. I don't know whit they call it, but fetl sure tbis colour will bo immensely popular before long.

FOR THE LADIES.

Extracts From All sorts of Papers.

Growing giils suffer much from weak sight; hence this delicacy is relieved by having their ears pierced.

A celebrated grande dame of Paris ap peared the other day in the Bois de rjoulogne in a tight-fitting cuirass-bodice made entirely of tbe skin of tiger. The etfect waH startling rather than becoming.

Mm Langtry astonished the New York public by not having gold in her cars. Kar-iiugs were always regarded as a portion of dramatic attire until Mrs Langtry's time.

Women, as a rule, are honest and tiutb ful. Kut we should li^e to me»t tnat Worthydamo who,upon bein^c'inpiiu'eoted upon her boots, will not im mediately reply, " Yes, but they're two sizea t:io big for me.1'

Madame Alexandra deGtrardin has some magnificent diamonds, -he appi'.arcd » f'W nights a«o at th« Opera Comijuc, in Patis, arrayed in a robe of pale gol* .-ariii, the oorasffo «f which was fastened tvah tiueo ciamonda as hr^e as h^ze'-uiuu.

Tf i< now considered very (al style to vvf;r a "deerstalker" hat, except in com pany with a Kewntarket coat and a vi.-i n wi'ici arip'ftiet in liegent-^trtet the oihei morning catm blue sutiu and tne above heud-g ar. I. okuil unwhol.s uu ij the extreme.

Ear-rings ara worn hi-the cleryof the Church of f oine, an.i four most distin guished cardinals have had rints of ?"li) in their cars, even as conclaves l('em-ile novices always wear '■ s" ia tlteir ear lobes until final urofnafion, whea they are removed wilh ymut form,

At a recent divorce trial Ho wife wa~ asked a question, to which sho nude the following reply: "When 1 was firs' married f was po jealous < f my husband that I thought e»ery woman I saw wanted him, and now t wonder liow 1 ever couM have been such a fool as to have wanted him myself,"

THE HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE.

If I should die before yo'i, iovi\ 1 pray you do rot keep Your woo beyond, 'tie first few I ears The world will have you weopj Hut say, " I make his heaven less Jiy moaning thus in dreariness." And plant my violets white ard bins Ahovo my plueo of rest, And tend ibom with tho.so dear l:iui haul, 1 have so oft carest. Andaay, " These flowpvp «rerphi3liistwl!J, And for liis sake I wunih them Bttll." And when the sprint tlint I no loved Shall Hush the land with life, I pray you seek my quiet grave, (Hit not with tears, s.ve.'i. v.'ifV.: And, it the flowers in bloom shall b», Say, " Lo! he sends his love to mo." " Temple Bar." The latest novelty in Pa'is bonnets is made of wash leather, and a ladies' paper hopsa that the twiQe-trimminf; which was fashionable some time ago will be revived to adorn them with. ihere would not thfii the writer thinks be any really bad stock. The shapes could be used to clean windows with and the uuraval'cd triramirig c v. fl.Vw 'or tyirg up ps - r

Tin Spanish custom of piercing the cais of babies ot both sexes i* becoruing very common m English sociotj -tv preserve I weak eyesight by this means.

" Ali ? Genrge, isu l it deiiebtful that we. art t-i b< married so soon? To be sure, we aifili nt rich in this world's good-., hut with tU;;ll lova as ours we can ai-.io'-t live on bienci nnd wa'O" ; can't we deiu■ ?" " Easily," said George, with great emotioD. i'Yon • famish the bread, lave, nod I will skiciii'.ih about a:id find the water,

I "he la:csl craze among 1 dies in Eng | Uiid, is a "har.-ilbnin"—gentlemen's hair. llt Uuo paiticuiai- uompliiuiiiit, if a youaf lady in those days «sks you for a lock n your ntiir. If you pr.mt tlie request Uu< io-.'c >)..'.'l).; lied with a blue ribbon aid ;io into the " havr album " along vith the hair ot j orowd ./f other fellow?. Over ii wi!) bo written your name, age, colour o1 yom- -'yes, date oi receiving the lock, a>i". general iuiii;irks as to your personal appear I am.-c, &a,, which may or may noi be eum i pliuii ,irrt,-y, .' IC: the album is never to i.c j seen by uther than feuiiniuc eyes. J.HC i-.t.VOiii A'vU THS f'HirjOSOPHER. Ah :Cate went tr'ppivg ua iSo town (\<: 'ivs'u ■:.'.-r iJul'o owtsiert. *.£i ";j'i;iooi'!<"i," )n '-ap a:-.<) airxvo ( Vo n-.mtrA ".-'fir lODk'.-. i?ri.ttlorl, Ar«j9ted Kiety i« iiw Btraat. I s.s h).'.' w,i3 go'.'.'Z io croeii over, ji;vl i-01.-.b'd !>-;• of ti kin»_-h«. nh-^t I— :'ny<vj. ' X •.'.fii v. philosopher!" " A vfiif, J" mid Kuiy. biushiiiß rarl, .■Mid ,:;«.'. ,-ils yin a '.o ,i over. ''A-.-fi/on? Vh.phir an.-.-iff fhiKCvl, whio lie bswuU'd thi— loss oph her! j I must describe to you one or two of the Court dresses which "were ordered for the B irlin totes, ;l< they are marvels of costly spleudour. <."ne train absorbed 401bs o"f i;o?'i tliread, and several reauired over 30ibs to c-jinplete them. A well-known grand dame ordered a dress of glaring red satiu, profusely embroidered with copper coloured gold and irridescent bead trim ming of renaissance pattern. The train of this dress cost £230. A Silesian Princess ordered a train of eky-hlue velvet, over three yards in length, oorerfd all over with miniature escutcheons, bearing her quarter iegs embroidered in silver; and a Couattse, who is one of the beauties of tbe Courr, a train sprinkled all over with rose-leaves worked in silk. Mr Biggar's Breach of P.omise case is at length about to be heard. All compromise has been rejected hy the fair plaintiff. f'bn <V'ir\ 1» propured. the lawynrs ara met, Th<* Judßaa a;e i<*hKi&— a, torrin.o BOOW. And. wba^i is worse, 1 hear the clevereat ilraugliu men of the weekly pictorials are de tailed to make reliing crojuis ot the in niiieiitii aod pcMocs coucariicd, and especially lo imuoitulise Joe and hih Ariadne, On dit, that a Uoyil parsonage with ;.. strong ser;se of humour uas com missioned one o* ths; bust; comic pencils in question to make sketches for bin alrium of the scene in the new Courts <if Justice. Mr Ban will ot aiming the witnosnas ox amiiud for ihe iiluintifF, but tho "bouquet 1: will be tin iuoiui vivbeetion of ttu dc-xend aut him-tlf.

THE BABY'S DIMPLE.

Over the ci-ndle thfi mother hung, Sofi ly cooin« a slumber song, An i these were tho simple words she Buna All ihe evenni!? long:

" Cheok or chin, or knuckle or knee, WheiM sha 1 the tiaby'a riiinpio be? Whei-c shall tbe angel's tinner rest Whuii hit comes duwn to the baby.-: nest J Wliero shall tho un/ida touch 1-cnv.in Wliuii he awakens my baby agaiu!"

Still, .13 Bhe bent nud sung so low, A luui'tnui' ien hey miifie b™ke, And -Hm unused to he,u', for she could not know Tho baby's ;uigel spoke:

Check or chin, or knuckle or kner;, "'/lore ghiiU the baby's dimyie be? Wn> 1-p i bull my tinker fall and lost

When I com.)down lo th» baby's iuvit2 Vv'h :i-.: shall my Iliigei-'s linicli n-nifiiu 'A'lieu 1 awaku i our baby air.'iiuj".

Silent, tho mother aas nud dwolt i, iff nn Ua; shvol d.lay of ciioie.o. And ibuv: by hnv baby's oiile .sliu knelt Aul asuit; wiili jjluasaut voice.:

Not mi tho, limh. 0 angel dear! h'oriha charms wilh its youth will disappear; Mot on tho ohcek tihall the nimple be, For i.lie liariiouriiiK smile will lade and flp; ; liiti, touch thou tlie chin with impress deep, Aiid my baby the :m<»ei's seal shall keep."

■"•iiiiig" wri'cs ia htr letter of " Girls' Gossip" i'> "Truth" :—"The Fuchsia" has turned up again. You remember the American girl I told you we met while at the (ircys ? She wrota asking uu if we Would mind puttfner ber up for a night or tv. o, n" she wanted to do .some shopping, and miiie of her friend* happened to be in town. ,S:>kbk arrived with her "sheep-dog" on Friday, aud. stayed till Monday. The dutnu.i is? a mild little creature, a clergy man's a. liow. "SLie k.iows her business ihovoughly," said The Fuchsia, "never seems to see or hoar anything, but always , remembeM exactly what I want to know. When callers come, she knows precisely whom to take off my hands. Possessing th" invaluable qaality (in a companion) of eelf-eti'acaraent, she yet manages to be 'sufficiently visible and audible to keep th1! wulve3 away from the fold." Rather like Becky Sharp's sheep-dog, wa thought, in all but the last particular. To napa's hoiror, The Fuchsia retired inlo the conservatory to smoke a cigarette after dinner the night she arrived, inviting us to join her there. She looked so pretty and girlish ia pale mauve satin aud quantites of Mechlin lace, tbat the cigarette business was quite a disenchantment. So was her appearance the next morning at breakfast—her hair ill-arranged aud scanty, and her dress all points. "It isn't worth while to dress till afterward?," she said; ''so my bonny brown hair is in a box on the dressing-table, and I'm never equal to heinu lacert io a corset till I've had some breakfast." So it seemed, thongb she ate but little. 1 was glad tbat papa had left before i-he came down. He thinks so much of neatness.

Hints for Married People.

now to iiroir. a wife. Suub her in company. Domineer ovei tier nt home. Kind fault with her in public. Tr\ har-i to keep the house uutidy. He i xir i cross when she i? tirso". .• Un>> have the last word yourself. Bow about her own fiffairs. * iNeviH h.nve fuel to cook your meal*. Never allow her to think her sous ia her own. Never give io, even if you know you are wr >i!g. Quarrel wMv her one day aud humour her the next. Never lend a hrljiuj band in hr work when you know she icsick. Never otter to »tay witii Hio children so ah ' cari wjlk out with a iriend. Run bills for cigars, whether she has a decum dre^s on her back or not. Vow vengeance on all her feinalj friesdc, an-1 si ui> ail her male fiiends Pay nn attention to the household neeiis, ths-u fcold because, tbe butcher's and grocer's bills nre so large. Give as much for billiards io a month as it would take tn fu'nisb. the parlour ; then tell her yon enn't atFbtd it. Toll her as plain us possible you married bcr to help make a liviug.

H OW TO SPOIL, A HUSBAND.

Ueupcck him. Snarl at him. Wad fuuli, wif,h him. Keep nn untidy house. tinmour him half to death, Uos' him out o! his boots, Always liavc the last word. lie extra cross on wash day. Q,uarrcl Aviih bim over trifle?. never have meals ready in time. Kirn bills without his knowledge. jiiit him f<ow the, buttons oil his shirts. Pay no attention to household expense?. (jive as much as he can cam in a month for a new bonnet. Tell him as plainly as possible that you married him for n living. liaise urow if he dares to bow pleasantly to (in old lady Iriend. Provide any sort of a pick-up meal for him when you don't expect strangers. Uot everything the woman next door gets whether you can aflord it or not. Tell him the children inherit alt their meau traits of character from his side of the family. Let it out sometimes when you are vexed that you wish you had married some otter fellow that you used to go with. Giro him to understand assoon a? possible after the honeymoon that kissing is well cnoQsb for spooney lew 'nt that for t -=*• folks it is very



|D. F. E v AN s> HST-VS®, HOUiJK. AND LAND AQSN'X. llflOa SALE OH LEAST? a Few «orl ISJ Commaiii,)n'< Ke;i<Se9Od nun amanca l-ie Into Oapt. Symonrtvi, sltnn«a in Q'e-c-.-trter, Onchanns, TS« botue oontalnj 13 rooms, a^snda n:gli, a'ni ■iofnm .■ ile n ;urtijfl:fl.wnt view of I M»»uKau Rlsb w, v'wd>- rj. ur.d turrovnili.a , districts. The immndß are 'jisteially Into but— j a loj rii lawn, (V»n i r >.u..-.lf:a, orchard, &c .'t- I tM)h"i'i 'n V.m sfi')v u a.call *;h»np<iet.ears" r'it [hutl ■i>-a ». uTit r..nrabl<i re:idi»neo for a «nf'«r...i;'- v'Rtuir}-. ~!"i\ :•.■',;• f) via<v arii ft" r tr ilcu a'= dom j. if. J-.vhim,:Kotate A^vit QiKfn atr» t. "'«) •jOE tmtnariiate Sale, a great I'srftuD, ' -vra■link: ' otime. s -i- ■« rcrnv intnti with rnelbWi a efr, ;;«'-.>r.i»l -jvwi. x>od sveU, (age her with Six r ■.-!(.»• Allotmant*. to in numb-tr* t{8.1«4,'t89 113 n&fusillll sltnateln Won-i-pt.-eo'. 'iiio ft. \+ .itr-iv'l f..r i3ii(l~s [;nat bargain. — D. F. Vv.-.jf, Estatii Jge> t, yu:cn- Htceii. gj'UE ir.lMoiJivi'-; S-Vljjs—Srosesa j ' Point, t.'ci'ihunio- A Oornor ; Allotmout, main ra.i.l, about one mile twin whni-1, with n fmiitiei-. o." SiVft to fia.il N.irl.li Koa.i. I'riw only Jt'l.so. M.•:•! l>« sold :it s.uco. A great liaii»i>.in. -D. J:'. Evar s , Estate A,;'jut, Quoen-3tre>;t. PROSPECT TERRACE.-Handeome Villa of j Rooms and Porch: fitted with Cui-hisril*, Dresser, Registered Grate, Oven.&o; i>vod veil and tank, nico garden, ■well-stoehi'd. £300. ' (720' MARY-STREET, MOUNT EDEN.—Cotla.-.i! u£ 3 Rooms, Bnkehous -, Stable. Cartsheil. Src; allotmentiOxo9. £300. C\i) COMMERCIAL ROAD, off Great North Rond. —New Verandah Cottnge o£ a Rooms, Resia tered Grate, Cupboards, &c. Allotment 9J s 150. £100. (728: AWHITU, Manukas Heads—tSl acres flrat clasa Land; G acres in grass, 30 aores surface sown, ]20 acres level ploughable land, house of i rooms, &c: run of 2000 acres available; ample water supply. £ mile from steamer landing and Telegraph Station. Price only £400. (701) PITT-STREET, comer o£ Cross-street-Hand- Bomo Villa of 5 rooms, verandah, bow win dow, gablo end, gas and water laid in Price, only £.170. SPRING-STREET. —A Bargain.-! Building Allotments. No.'s: 12,13, H, and 15. 153 pci1 foot. MOUNT ALBERT—New House of 5 rooms, stable, piggery, &a, together with about 1$ were pood volcanic land; situated close to Mount Albert Hall. Price, only £«73. GEORGE AND WILLIAM STREETS, PON SONBY—Brick House of four rooms and scullery, outhouse, &c.; allotment, 33 x 132; £400. BROWN-STREET, PONSONBY - Verandah Cottage of 5 rooms, register grato, connial oven, dresser, &c; two tanks; allotment, •10x10!). Price, £310. Easy terms. GRACE-STREET, PONSONBY-New and well finished Villa of 5 rooms, pantry, wash house. &c; register grates, colonial oven, 600 gallon tank. To be had a bargain. RAZORBACK—IB Acres Good Land, 26 ncrea in grass; cottage of three rooms, cow-shed, piggery, &c: never-fuiling supply o£ wator. Pi-ice, only £250. TB MATA, KAGLAN —280 Aore« Splendid Land, level and well watered; Blhiatod between Whaingaroa and Aotoa i! arbour. Kor absolute sale. HACKKTT-STREET, PONSON'3i.--A nice Gable-end Verandah Villa of a i'Ooihh: bow window; well finished. No reuoiiu bib offer refused; must be sold. CLA KKN'CB - STREET, PONSO. RY. - Foiir roiijiiud Veraudah (^ottafc't) (abnust n*w>; good w.-U: ;:lloimem»)x'B7. £:«!>. <721!> NOKTHCOTK.-Jlandsome New Villa nl live rooms: bow window, &c; allotment 50 3200, wi'h water fronUiije, 3 minutes walk from Stokes'a Point Wharf. Price, only £.'!25. (720) MO'-v'T-AaUn-STriETST. NEW'TON.-Naw Six raoinud Vurandah Cottage, fitted v.'itu re^i»:»r RrHtu?, colonial oven, cupboards, &■.-. Vrice, %KO. (7U») MONTAGUE STREET. NCV.TON.-- 1-rumued Vorandiih Cottage; allotirit-at 33x9(1. Price, oniy 81S0. (718) PBRCIVAL PABADB, PONHONBY.-Brick House of Grooms; allotment 41x100, I'rice, IKEIiAND-STEEKT, ALMA PLACE.-Veran dan Cottage of t rooms an:i svul'.cry, kitchen ranso, sink, »:is and w.ucr laid in from main, woodahtd.a.n! wash-bou-x; t,ood view of '"•harbour. fIMO. (720) WAKKWORI'H.- Hon-nof G rooms and large allotment. No ivaiouable oiler refused. (7221 MAHURANGT.-43 Aero fir3t-class Land, SO acres ia bush, cori?istin|' of kauri, totara, pnrlri, &o.; nil pluugiinble. To be had a bargutn. <723>- PAPAIiOA. — Lots 101 and 102. 150 Acres, situated about lj mi'.es from Paparoa vil lage. Price, oul> 3i.i.s per acre. (475) 3l,vi ■• K> .n.~tv-i .i...it il-tti t,oreg bivb, ;iri>Ki;-aUy fea-rf :h- a::<!t:<i on one aleo by a (fflPo.-Klt; ti'm»'..r.d 1J in'lC!" froi'i town- Biiii) of MaSKkuhe. I'iJoj, £1 10a Wt 1 cc. 16U) OV* i-aTaKKT, Pnf o-bj—Verindnh Cot ♦aee. i rooms, ecuH«ry, mvi celiar; ono b.jArf. rf ai'bOTfl nven, eto Only £3i)o, (652 c K^3--T»B-T. uir Hrea-Nnrth K> ud—Chaloa Bn Id'ns! yv!l -tnioi.rs iS'oa. 7\ 7?, 77, aud put "s, i> :i xIW tavi l::i-r.:<\ : i.* to K.*-<r<-ntreat and, ' Howa-^trtec; cultifateJ. 'Vriw for th« Ib£ PAS,). (8511 ' KAU-dSGASAPB ROAD, n^ai' SymonJe nn>et, vary desirable Houaa, 6 roomu; kockJ well, tar.k. out-baiifm. &o. Freehold allot. mentj about 30 >: 132. The hoasa is well bnllt, and lv ru»t-clasß order. (SS-ii KING-aTKBKT, PONSONBY-- New and '.Vnll-flp.i9b.cd Oablo-cndod Villa, C rooms mvi sooileiTi fitto.l with colonial oven, register grates, onpboards, Sco.; good well; pronntl nlcalp laid out; brlok bathe, &o.; (rood view; i, really pretty place. Prloo, £100. (811) OA.HLKTOS GOKE RO4.D —HaodaOTue Villa coniJilninK 7 rooms, bathroom, large ci-ller. waebhonse, &c, &c, fitted with copger. onwhoards, and many other comforts situate onrner of Carleton Uore Road snd Soaflfld Viow Head; giand allotment: sp'endtd Uttla garden; in nil a very deair&bln and pretty plaon. (629S HOSStI.L-3TttKKT (.lffGroit North Hoanl-S Ailotmont?, each 33 x 100. Prize, £70 for tha let. COnRINfJTON.STSEIIT (off Gftto Vorth. Road)-?. Allotment", each X) x 116. wltd frootuKoa to 3 Btreotp. Prife, £80 for the lot NOR?-"'v-STKKKT — Verandah Cott»ne, i room', cupboard, oven, gratee, &c only £220. <559™ FKANKuIN ROAD (near College Road)— New c»l"! weU-linlhhod Shop and ISwolling of 7 rooias: water laid lv. Good business posi tion. Terms oisy. trice. £600. (490) OTaHUHU — Verandah Cottage, 4 rooma allotment S5 x 11. near Public School. Price, £100. Terma: £5U cn»h; bal»nco on Baild intr Society Drincipleß. (Utt KLLBRBLIK—Solendltt Villa Slta, planted with nrnamental trees, and partly fenced. PONBONBY—Honse. 7 rooms, pantry^ store room, &c, tto., together with 5 aorea. Inid oat In orchard, garden, paddock, &o; SDlendld sea view. (611 LINCOLN-STRKKT-Very Comfortiilile Hoaw 7 rooms, bath-room, pantry, stable, tow I honae, &c, &o,; about half an acre laid out In flower-garden,orohara,&o.,with entrance to Uraoe-Btreet; could be Babdivided to ad vantage. £500.- . ■ ■■ (ISOi WOOD-STKKKT-Comfortab'a Bealaonoe of T rooms, fitted with gas and almost every convenience; splendid allotment, aKout 140 x 150. all tastefully laid oat w.rh flowors, frnli-treea, &o. i grand view ot harbDnr, &c, W» AYONDAYjE (W hau)-Nico little I*>X of 9 sores near the Station, good land. Price, only £15 per acre. 1533) KUWN PLACK, off Kyber Pass—Double Unnte of 6 rooma and cellar, good will. Prloe, £200. SHKKHAN-STRKKT, PONHONHY—NIoe C'OU muo : 4 rooms, verandah i•■ f r , t. and vary i-om'orortbla: ne»t the H«ll. B:!30, (3Gfl) BA»L»Y'3 PAUDOiJK (NewiOD»~New fot t&-"!« of three rooma: aw?, well; C.-'whold I titotcent 33 x 100; only filSO: emy term?. I (63JJ ?ONSOSBY TEURAOK - Now Donna; 7 rooms (iir.-'. .vii- fliii-liefl); good weji, \vowt:<h«(3. Wo,; Rood »Hotmont, 80 x IM) ii!l feni'cii find ulauted. &160. !447) JOH ■■•HTSIKA!', )'ODBonny — Cbesp Co-.tu*e, 1 ro irii'j &iiO KuiUary, fi-e^t.olii allotment, 10 a 8i), prlo» "i;ly HIM). (1721 KAOKKI'-S'<'KBKV, »<:ik sMpa to b««ch, loot of ■-'•'.. Marj'B Rond—Viatinsa<i>e VJUn. KMble onoß, hoor-windciwa atd atlei wi'.h ri;«le- Kr str.itc, oven, cmb'iariis, etc.; ttilDinmot K3v'.B; pHoonlr £ii\3. (1C» CLAKKKOHc^PhhEr— A New and «Vo'J flr.i-iud Vormuuh Cottagu, l rooma ud scullery ;. fiirai wiih reglste!: grato, oveo, enptuaiiis, tanks, etc, j prlco £250, 'asj wriMP usg\ PKOfiPitCr T^RRKtlK—nandeoroo «md v#t> dtrMraule H.ou-m., fi tcoms, souiiery, etc: rtißfster irrate. nvon. oopboard, ehelvoß, gas and water laid In, 9t0.; allotment Sj xIM j epieudid htUo iwrdcu. ohoico trues, eto. 487 PAPAK'JUA—Now lloisra and ontbaildiDSW, and 37 aoms r-jal y.^'ti land In orchard, etc., in Valanble nosltina list at railway ste.tloc TUKMMW*. oUKBK (near Howlel>)-A v*r» oit i'.n Uitla Farm ot ICS aorati. .H,r« oiiitl vat"d, ulonty of tioitar awl water: good houin. ko. (about 17 miles from Anckl»i.d), <>ul» £r2o. (J3c) RAZOH BAOK-fflJeneiaHttieJarmfSSabreß, iar^j Homrfltiv.d, ftna every convoolmob ; übom 3 nilh-8 fror.l S'iUonu pitoti'iu, (V<4l UU^i.MßishiOM—OompaotUttla FiCDiiit 100 acrea; pirt in calrlvatiun; RBißiidld orchird ; uood piec>} ct tuvb: oreet;. *:n. l\oai>t. and outbuil'ijnas almoss i»;w. £!iW). PAl'AfvUß*-— A rieelrabte Fttna at :j .6aaoreo, pj,rt (v ouUtTattoa, plenty of wstfcr. Minbor, and ijeautif uUy ohelttrcd; Kood Tlomastead, 7rooms, ftniinwtcaary outbultriin^H^arclnn, orchard, &c and atoak a: valuation, <t do gh-6d. <'->17) TUaKAU— SplondM flrcle Lot of oOaorcf. uiea piece'basa, p.'un^y of water; near stsi:on. BOMBAY—NIoe little Farm of 20 ncres, xood Homestesd. *o. Price only £220. TK akai—Farm SSU ocres, wicn aonse and all improvements for £1000. MOUN11 HDKK.—Handsome Villa Residence, containing 5 Kooroa. besides F&ntrr. Scullery. &c.; all in flrst-olasa order, with Stable, Bn£K>--house. Oow-shed.&o., so., tojferhcr with 9 acrea Vnloaolo Lunrt, »ut» divldod, ana a portion planted. Tsims uusy If rieOred. • 6C{ WAIKATO—ITica Ilttlo Farm ot 27 acres. Im proved; :.:oo.> poßition; nice hoUEe o£ live roosiß and om-bowea. Om> £210. (23D WHAKKHINH—IBO acres ot very vi'.uabla Bash-tctara, paciri, kauri. Sco.— iu goad U-Bitinn. cheap. (821 NGHTHOOTK—nplendld Building Allotments atirom£3sosch, PAFAUOA-160 aoros good Hush Land (ohoup), «75) AND NDMSROOS OTHKR PROPKRTIKS- Bu^h Lands, Improved Forms, Building Sites, Business Premlaes, &»„ for Sole, m applloation to D. F. EVANS, J?9n, LIND, AND * •"?*.*t AGENT,