THE THREE TRAVELLING BAGS.

Chapter I,

There were three of them-, all c? ciilning Wack leather—one on the top of a pile of trunks; one in tho owner's hand ; and one on the ground; all going to Paris—all ■waiting to be checked.

Tho last bell rang. The baggage man hustled, fuminj.', from ono pilo of baggage to another, dispensing chalk to the trunks, and checks to the passengers. " Mine ! Paris !" cried a stout, military looking man, with enormous whiskers and a red face, crowding fonvn'jjL as the bag gage man laid his hand on ti?? first bsg. " Won't you please give me a check for mine now?" entreated ft palo, slendor, well dressed, young man, for tho ninth time, holding out bag No. '-'. " I have a lady to look after."

" Say, be you agoin' to give me a check for that 'ere or not?" growlsd tho proprie tor of bng No. 3 : a short pock-marked fellow in a shabby overcoat. 11 All right, gon'l'inon. " Here you arc," Bays tho functionary, distributing the three ehocke. "Paris this?" " Yes, sir, 1092— 1740—1020, all right." " Whoo-whew," whiatied the locomotive* nnd 'the train moved slowly out o* tho Htation. Tho baggage-man meditatively watched it as it sped away in the distance, and then, as if a thought had struck him, slapping his thigh, he exclaimed, " JMoBt if I don't balievo —"'

" What?", inquired a poitar Cio-o by. "That I've gone and guv them three last fellow* tho wrong checks, the little black things wore all alike, and thoy bothered me."

" Teletrraph," suggested the porter. " Never mind,' replied the baggage-man, "they was all going to Paris, They'll find it out when they itet there.''

Thoy did, as will be seen

Chaptkr 11.

The scene shifts to tho Continental Hotel, Paris. Front purloin- up>t lirs.—Occupants, tho proprietor of blaok bag No. 2, alluded to in Chnpter 1., and a lady. 1 n accordance ■with the fast usages of the times, thu twain hare been mado ono in holy matrimony at 730 a.m. ; duly kissed and congratulated till 8.15; put aboard tho express train at 8.45, and deposited at the Continental Hotel, bag and baggage, by 12.55. Thoy were seated on the sofa, the black broad cloth coat-sleeve encircling the slender waist of the grey travelling dress, and the jetty moustacha in equally affectionate proximity to the glossy curls. " Aro you tired, dearestl" "No, lore, not much. But your aro, arn'tyouJ" " No, darling." Kiss and a pause. " Don't it seem funny t" said tho lady. "What, love." "That we should be married." " Yes, darling."

"Won't they be glad to sea us at ©eorge's ?" "Of course they will." " I'm bubo I shall enjoy it so much. Shall wo get there to-night ?" "Yea, loto, if " Rap-rap-rap at the door. A hasty eeDaration took place between man and wife—to opposite otids of the sofa ; and then— " Coma in." "Av ye plase, sur, it's a policeman is waiting to seo yez." "To see me ! A policeman !" " Yes, sur." " There must be somo mistake." " No, sur, it'i yourself, and ho'a waiting in the hall beyant." " Well, I'll go. No, tell him to come here." "Sorry to disturb you, sir," said the policeman, appearing with great alacrity at the waiter's elbow. "B'lioTO this is your black bag." " Yes, that is ours, certainly. It has the lady's things in it." "Suspicious circumstances about that 'ere bag, sir. Telegraph come this morning, that a burglar started by the 8.45 train, with a lot of stolen spoons in a black bag, spoons marked T.B. Watched at tho forry —saw the black bag—followed It up here. Took ft poep inside. Sure enough there was the spoons, marked T.8., too. Said it was yours. Shall have to tako you in charge." "Take me in ohargo !" echoed the dis mayed bridegroom. "But I assure you, my dear sir, there is some strange mistake. I was married this morning, and I am on my wedding tour." "Oh, come now," said the officer, " I've heard stories liko that before ; might as ■well go peaceably, 'causo you'll have to go." " Charles, this is dreadful! our wedding ni^ht in tho station-house ! Do send for somebody. Send for tho landlord to ex plain it." The landlord was sent for and came ; tha porters were sent for and camo; the waitors, and chambermaids, and bar-room loungers, without being font for, came, and filled tho room and adjoining hall. Somo to laugh, some to say they would not have believed it, but nearly all ta exult that the unhappy pair had been " found out;" no explanatio* could be given, and the upshot was they were marched downstairs, en route for tho police-office. And here let tha curtain drop while we follow the fortunes of black bag No. 2.

Chapter in. When the train stopped four gentlemen got out, took a cab, and were driven som» miles out* of town. The driver was not dis mused, but told to wait until the quartette returned. On leaving the cab the gentle men struck off into a feotpath leading to a secluded grove. Of the first two, one was our military friend in a blue coat, apparently the leader of the party. Of the sacond two, one wag a smiling, rosy little man, carrying a black bag. Their respec tive companions walked with hasty, irregu lar strides, apparently ill at ease. The party stopped. " This is the place," said Captain Jones. "Yes," said Doctor Smith. The captain and doctor oonferred together. The other two studiously kept apart. " Very well, I will measure the ground, 'and do you place your man. Now for the pistols," whispered the captain to the "They are all ready in the bag," replied the doctor. Tho principals were placed ten paces apart, and wearing that decidedly un comfortable appearance of a man has who is in momentary expectation of being shot. "You will fire, gentlemen, simultaneously when I give the word," said the captain. Then in an undertone to the doctor, "Quick, the pistols." . The doctor, stooping over and fumbling in the bag, found something that surprised "Why, what on earth " "What's the matter f" asked the captain, striding up. " Can't you findl the caps ? "I'vl found this." He held up a lady's m " Look P here—and here-and here !" hold ing up successively a hair brush, a cologne bl^rfo dund C°tt- luck," ejaculated the captain; "if we haven't made a mistake and brought the wrong bag. •' Well, what's to be dene ?_ " The duel can't go on," said the captain. "Evidently not," responded the doctor, " unless they brain each other with the hair brush, or take a pop at each other with the nnlot?n6 bottle. . e ,\_ ° We shall be the laughing-stock of the town," consolingly remarked the doctor, « ;f this sets wind." "One word with you, doctor," here in terposed his principal. They conferred At the end of the conference with his principal, the doctor advancing to the caDtain, conferred with him. 1 hen the X n conferred with his principal. Sly, it ™ S agreed between the ™ntendin<r parties that a statement should be dW> "• in wit**. whereby fJTKI No 1 tendered the assurance that the offensive word3 "You are a liar," were not u=od by him in any personal sense, but solely as an abstract proposition in a gene soieiy a» ar( j t0 the matter of fact ra 7 To which Principal No. 2 a ppndd Pte statement of high gratification fttthfc candid and honourable explanation, H unaoalifiedly withdrew the offensive w Dords " You we a B coundrel," they having Wn used bv him under a misapprehension of the i£t and purpose of tne remark of duelling pistols.^

Chapter IV. Is verv good spirits the party returned to WWSi mmmm •■Oh, a couple oi burglars caught with a bag full of stolen p *&&*">

" A bag ? what kind of bag'?" " A black leather bn~. That's it, there. " Here * '(slop ! Hallo !. Policeman ! It'B all r(ghfc; that's my bag. They got changed at the depot. This lady and gontleman aro innocent. Here's their bag with her night cap in it."

" Then you say this 'ore is yourn J" said the policeman.

" Yes, it's mine."

"And how did you come by the spoons." "Spoons, you • jackanapes I" said the captain. "Pistols! duelling pistols !" "Do you call these pistols?" said tho policeman, holding up ono of tho silver spoons, markod T.B.

The captain, astounded, gasped, "It's tho wrong bag again." "Stop! not so fast! If so be as how yon'vo got this lady's bag, slid'a all right and can gn. But in case this is yourn, it comes on yen to account for them ar' stolon spoon?. Ilavo to take you in charge—all four of yc."

" Why, you impudent scoundrel !" roared the captain; "I'll see you . I wish I had my pistols liore; I'd teach you how to insult a gentleman I" shnkirg his list. At that moment an explosion, followed by a heavy fall, was heard in an adjoining room.

Tho crowd rushed to the scene oE the new attraction. The door was fast; it was soon burst opens and the mystery explained. The thief who had carried off the captain's bag in mistake for his own had taken it up to his room, and oponed it to gloat over tho booty ho supposed it to contain, thrusting his hand in aftor tho spoons. In so doing ho had touched ono of the triggers, and the pistol had gone oil', making a hole through the sido of tho blip, and a corresponding one in the calf of his leg. The wounded rascal was taken in charge, first by tho policeman, and then by tho doctor; and tho duellists and wedded pair .struck up a friendship on the scoro of thoir nutual mishaps, which culminated in a supper, where the fun was abundant, and it would bo hard to say which t.is in the best spirits—the captain for recovering his pistols, the bride for getting her night-cap, tho bridegroom for escaping the station-house, or the duellists for escaping each other. All re solved to " mark that day with n white stono," nnd henceforth to mark thoir names on their black travelling bags in white letters.

A Romance of a Billiard Cue.

A STOUT OF TMK FIIEXCU OaMK OF

Billiards.

A (iKKAT deal has* been written about the odd superstitions of gnmblors, but nothing concerning those equally intereuting mono maniacs—billiftrdists. Tho other ovening, as the writer was impatiently brushing away one of those moths called "millors," no frequently found buzzing around billiard hall gaslights, and which was seriously dis turbing the accuracy of our caroms, Uio proprietor of tho saloon adranc- d, aud care fully catching tho fluttering insect in his hat, put it outsido the window unharmed.

"Excusomo, gentleman," he said, "but I'm very superstitions about those little fellows. I would not hurt one of them for the world. They bring tho place good luck."

" What makes you think that ?"

" Well, you see, goutlemen, I wasn't alwayi as voll fixed as I am now. Fivo years ago I was a professional player. Not a n'rfit-class player, remember, but simply a sort of second-rato. All the same, I had got tho billiard fever, and in spit* of every thing my poor old mother and my wifo would say, I spent my time in trying to bo a lint-rat* player, when I ought to have been working at my trade. Tningg >v«nt from bad to worse. Every tim« I'd manage to scrape up a stake, and got a match on with soma of the big cugs, I'd gat beat, and we'd all have to fact starvation again. Well, after a while I took to driiikinj; through misory and desparation, and I got about an low and seedy and broko up a* you aften sco a man.

" I was sick of the balls by that time. I hated them with all my heart; but what was tho uso of a starving man trying to brace up and reform ? I'd forgotten most of ray trade thon, and nobody wanted to hire a man who wasn't ' eteady.' So 1 kopt away from my miserable homo, and was just aboutready to jumpinto th« river, when ono night, when 1 \> as moping in a billiard-room, one of tho big profcseienal players, who had just mado a lot of money hippodroming, camo up and Dojjan to chart' mo on my playing. I didn't look up or pay any attention, as I was used to being mado gama of in thoso days, s« prudently ho said :

"'l'll tell you what I'll do with you, Bob ? I'll bot you fiv« thousand to ono hundred that I can beat you 50 points in 500. French game.' "Of course, he knew tkat I hadn't five hundred cents or oren ona hundred, but just then up came a half-tight sporting man, who had overheard the bet, and slapping down th« money, he said : ' Well, thorn's pretty good odds, and I guesa I'll tako 'em, and go shares in the winningß.1 "The exp«rt wouldn't be bluffed. Be sides, he thought playing me was about the same as picking up the hundred in the street; tiere wasnt th» least danger in playing a poor player like me ; so tho match was made to come off the next night, and the money put up—every o«nt of it— on the spot. "I didn% sleep much that night, and the next day I was almost crazy with nerroua oxciteinonfc. Somehow I got the idea in my head that perhaps after ail some thing would Happen that I could win. There didn't aeem to be the ghost of a chance on the merits of the thing, because my opponent was a champion, and beaten men who could almost discount me; but still I couldn't help hoping, don't you see. I couldn't eat no moro than Bleep, and I OTen forgot to driok, I was in ouch & fever.

" VTell, when the game began, at the very first shol; a moth flew into the light, and fell down on the table. It had burned off half of one of its wines, and as it fluttered off th« floor the marker raised his foot to crash it. Somehow, something made me stop him, and I picked up the moth and Eut it out of the open window.. You see, I ad a kind of fallow feeling for tho poor, friendless little thing. It was in hard luck, like me, I knew that If that game went against me it was my last en earth ; that I should kill myself in the mprning, eure! and I—well, I wanted to think my last act had been a kind one, if only to an insect.

" Well, they all laughed at mo being so soft-hearted—thought mo crazy, I suppose and the game went ahead. I never played in such good form in my life as I did that night, but it was no uao, all the same. Before" 1 had scored three hundred tho other was within twenty-five of going out, and when ho slipped up at the end of a run of ninety-six, and I chalked my cue f»r the last time, I knew he'd never give me an other chance, and tho next time he was bound to run out. I fired away, and my shot got the two reds in the jaw. As I had to play clear down tho length of the table to count on them, I expected, of course, to knock them apart the next shot. My hand trembled like a leaf, and I could hear my heart beat as I playod. Bless your soul, tho reds stayed together in the crotch, as though they had been glued there. I kept playinc on them, somotimes tapping thorn a little harder than I meant in my nervous ness, but still the balls didn't move. I kept on and on ; three hundred—twenty-five— four hundred. And so on I crept along the string, one by one, until ' Four ninety nine,' said the scorer; and as my eyes failed and my head spun around, I made one tinal shot and fainted-five hundred !— and fainted! , . , "But let me tell you where tfce luck came in. When the stakes had been paid, and the crowd gone, I went back to the table and examined tho balls, and, gentle men, I hope I may never stir, if right under one wasn't that very same Binged moth. The little insect must have fluttered in a^ain and got mashed under the ball in aSch a way as to prevent its rolling, and, but for it, I wouldn't have been here to nieht I set myself up in this saloon With the stake I won that night, and have made money ever since. But I'vie never played for coin since, and I never will.'

EXPLORATION OF NEW GUINEA.

(Extract from tho " Melbourne Age," June 13,

. . "In connection with the Walthaji Wvtch Company it may be stated that when the pi oprittors of " The Age" desired to present Mr G K Mokkison (the Explorer to New Guinea) with a reliable Chronometer, acting upon the advice of Sir R. L. J. EUory. the Government Astronomer, two _Waltnain YVatchM wove, however, procured for Mr MoiLtiisoN i! stead. These wore kept at the Ma^Hiurr.i! Observatory for a fortnight, and itioioinh'y i-nd lan-filly I<*'«!, and were i.rfimiiiiiJ'ti: )>7 Mr J-.i.CTy. at Uiu end of that limn tn 'i • '-('ll.-v Sllii'^ '"'"" "ll JIORKIBON'S !iquirct ): en ;s than any C;,ro:,o. !l ctcr."-[ADVT.!

THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND.

The Australian crickotors commenced thoir sixth match on May 29th, at Lords Crickot Ground, when thoy mot an cloven composed of gentlemen of England. After an exciting finish tho game resulted in a victory for the Englishmen by four wlcketsi Tho Austra lians were unfortunate in losing Spofforth after about an hour's play. Mr W: W, Read hit one of the " demon's" balls straight back and struck him en tho wrist, bruising it so severely that Spoft'orth was obliged to finish tho over with underhand balls and then retire. The Gentlemen won the toss, and commenced batting with W. G. Grace and Lord Harris in tho bowling of Spofforth and Boyle. Huns camo quickly till Grace, after making 21. was caught by Boyle. Lord Harris mado ;J1 before ho was bowled by Palmor. Just before this Spofforth, as I mentioned above, had to retire. VV. W. Itead was b'owlcd after scoring 31, antt Stiidd retired for a duck's egg (four wickets for 75.) Mr A. G, Stool and llidloy now got together, and put on runs rapidly till the former was beaton by a "rippor" from Palmor, after scoring 44. G. F. Vornon now joined Rid ley, and runs camo faster than over. After making GS Vernon was caught and bowled by Palmer, and tho remaining threo wickets only putting on about 15 runs, the innings closed for 277. ThoAustralianinningsoponed vory badly. Of tho first live batsmen, McDonnell was tho only ono who succeeded in getting into double figures. HU score was only 13, five wickets down for 42. Till Blaokliatn and Bonnor got together, tho state of the game looked bad for the colonials. Those two, however, played out time on the first day, Hio score at tho end boing 83 for 5 wiekots. On the second day Blackham and Bonnor continued their innings, and in a short timo raised the score to 116, when tho former was out, lbw, for 42. Directly after this, Bonnor wa? disposed of for 44, and the ro maindor of tho cloven doing nothing much, tho innings only roached 1&5. Beinft' 142 runs behind, tho Australians had to follow on. The first pair to bat were McDonnoll and Bannerman, but the score had only reached 11 when MoDonnell was clean bowled. Murdoch was next in, and runs camo slowly, till With 23 totalled Bannerman wo* easily caught at covor point. Gill'm now joined his captain, and rapidly increased tho score till at 57 he was bowled by Robert son for 24. Midwinter was next in, but at 73 Murdoch was bowled by a aplondid bailor from Steel. Bonnor camo in, nnd hit vory hard, but at 105 ho was run out by a bril liant pieo of fielding by Steel aud Robert son. Scott now joined Midwinter, and at once cominoncod to hit freely, but the Utter was «oou after bowled aftor playing care fully for 38. (Six for 135.) Thonow-comor was Blackham, and he, too, began to hit with vigour. He did not stay very long, as with the scoro at 169 he waa giron out lbw, aftor putting on 22. Palmor now joined Scott, and a long partnership followed. Change after change of bowling wae tried, but the pair of Australians defied all the bowling and rapidly raieod tho score to 265, when Palmer was well caught at point, after a dashing innings of 47. Boyle was quickly run out, and the innings terminated for 2UJ. This loft the Gentlemon 128 runs to get to win, aud Grace aud Studd commenced. Tho latter was quickly out for 1, anJ \V. \V. Read camo in, and tho pair played out timo for tho day; score, 17 for 1 wicket. On Saturday play was resumed, and tho scoro was rapidly raised to 30, when " W.G." was splendidly caught by Blackham. Lord Harris was noit in, but ho did not stay long, for at 52 he was cloan bowled by Palmer. Stool now came in, bat soon lost Road, who was caught by Boylo at CO. Kidloy and V«rnon were each quickly dis posed of, and with 45 runs wanted to win and four wickets to fall, Diver joined Steol, and now came the exciting part of tha game. Tke now-comer at first played rather norroußly, but soon warming up ho batted confidently and hit hard ; Steel, too, wan playing grandly, and between tho pair hit off tha runs required, and the English team thus won a most exciting match by four wiekots. Too much praise cannot bo given to Divor and Stool, for, if elthor of them had gono, tho Australians must have won, as lions of tho three remaining bats men woro to bo relied upon. FULL SCORE AND ANALYSIS. GENTLEMEN. \V. O. Oracn, o Uoylo, b Suoitorth 21 • Jllackhnin, b Palniur .. -.20 IjOrd Harris. b Pttlmor .. ..81 b Palmor .. .. 1 VV. W. Head, b Ciif fen 31 o Boylo, b Gillun ..27 C. T. Studd, b Palmer .. ..0 c and b Palmor .. 1 A. O. Stoel, b Palmer.. _ H sot ont 35 A. \V. llidloy,« and bGilfbn .. .. GS bGiffun . .. 1 O. F. T ornon. c Mc- Donnell, b Glfftn 5S • Scott, b Palmor .. 8 E. J. Wirer, b Palmor .. .. 1 not ont 22 J. Robertson, b Palmor .. ..1 J. A. Busb, b Palmor .. ..8 8. Chrlstopherson, not out 0 13, B.lb. 5.. .. 13 B. 11, 1b,2 .. .. 18 Total .. ..277 Total 129 AUSTRALIANS. A. C. Bannorman, o Robortson, b Chrlstophorßon .. 9 otteadbßludd .. 17 P. 8. MoDonnoll, 0 Ro»(f,b Studd .. 13 b Christopuerson .. 1 . \f. L. Murdoch, o Rldloy. b ChrU topherson .. .. 0 kßteol 18 G. Glffon, o Stool, b atndd .. ..X b Robertson .. ..21 W. Midwinter, s Bush, b Chrlrto- ._._,. . ._ pherson .. ..5 b Chrlßtopherso* .. S8 J. MeO. Blaekhara, lbw. b Ridley ..42 lbw, b Steel .. ..22 6. J. Bonnor, • Bush.batudd .. M runout t H. J. H. Bcotfc, not out 7 notent 82 a. E. Palmer, b Studd .. -.8 o Graoo b Robertaon 47 H. F. Boylo, run out 3 runout.. .-. ..I F. R. Spofforth, absent .. •.. — absent — B, I,lb, 2.. .. 8 B, le.lb. 1 .. 11 Total .. ..135 Total .. ..26S Umpires: Farraads a»d west. BOWSING ANALYSIS. Gentlemen or Enßland.—FrnsT Innings. Ovors. iWns. Rons. Vnt'ts. Bpoflbrth .... 20 1 29 1 Boylo .. .. 26 V 62 - Palmer .. .. 9J 12 »2 8 Mldwlntor .. 10 1 3« - Giffen .... 18 9 Tl 3 Second Innings. Boylo .. ..12 2 20 - Palmer .. 3i 10 59 4 Gfffen .. .. 22 12 23 2 Australians.—First Innings. Studd .. 323 12 61 I Ridley .. 14 8 17 1 Grace .... 2 — 7 — Christophorson.. 13 5 27 3 Robertson ..5 — 20 — Second Innings. Studd .. .. 43 18 69 1 Chriatophoraon 25 9 42 1 Robortson .. 281 10 SI '2 Btod .. .. 31 8 87 2 Ridley .... 7 2 15 - Grace .... 4 1 11 — Theseventh match of the Australian season is hardly worth describing, as it was against Derbyshire, one of the weakest English counties. The match was playod at Derby on tho 2nd and 3rd of June. The Australians went first to tho wickets, and scored 273 run?, all tho batsmen except Alexander getting into double figures. The principal scorers were : Palmer, not out, 57 ; Banner man, 46; McDonnoll, 36; Scott and Bonnor, 25 each. In their first innings Derbyshire only made 106, Sugg and R. P. Smith being the only members of tho team who could play tho bowling with any confidence. Thoir second attompt was a little better, as they managed to put on 127. Docker played carefully for 34, not out, and Shack lock hit hard for his 20. The Australians, as will bo seen, won easily by an innings and 40 runs. FULL SCORE AND ANALYSIS. AUSTRALIANS. P. S. McDonnell, c Sugg b Chattorton .. 36 A. C. Bannerman, e and b Chattorton .. 46 W. L. Mnrdooh, c Mycroft b Cropper .. 6 G. Giffbn. c Sugg b Chatterton 14 H. J. 11. Scott, c Emith b Cropper .. .. 25 W. Midwinter, c Sugg b Cropper .. .. 17 G. J. Bonnor, c Platta b Walker .. ..25 G. E. Palmer, not out .57 G. Aloxander. b Walker 1 F. R- Spofforth, c Docker b Chatterton .. 19 H. F. Boyle, 0 Mycroft b Platts 15 Byes, 8; leg-byos, 4 12 Total 273 DERBYSHIRE. R. P. Smith, c Banner man, bSpoflbth .. 23 c Boyle, b Giflfen .. 1 Platts, b Palmer .. 1 c Boyle, b Giffen .. 0 Footer, c Giffen, b Spof forth 2 c Bannerman, b Gif fen 11 Sugg, e Giffen, b Spof forth 58 c Scott, b Bpofforth 0 L. C. Dooker, 0 and b Boyle .. .. 6 not out 34 Chatterton, 0 Mid winter, b Giffen .. 1 bSpofforth .. ~ 7 Cropper, not out .. 3 0 MoDonnoll, b Spof forth.. .. .Vl2 G. G. Walker, Bt> Mur doch,'b Spofforth 1 b Spoflbrth .. ..6 Shacklock, 0 Boyle, b ' Spofforth .. ~0 cand bGiffen ..20 Mario w, b Spofforth 0 Bt. Murdoch b Giffen 11 T. Mycroft, 0 Alexan der, b Spofforth .. 1 bSpoflbrth .. .. 0 810,1-b6.. ~}6 B2i, 1-bl „25 Total ••■ tI Total „ 37

BOWLING ANALYSIS. Australian.—First Innings.

Overs. M'd'ns. Runs, W'k'ts. Walker .... 20 1 51 2 Marlow .... 18 7 32 — Shaddock ..13 3 33 — Cropper .... 19 10 7G 3 Chattcrton ..31 13 CG i Docker .... 21 1 1 — Plaits .. .. lO'l - 2 1 Derbyshire.—First Inninos. Spofforth .. .. 27'2 12 31 7 Palmer .... 10 3 31 1 BOylo .... 11 I 22 1 G. Oiiren ~ .. 2 0 0 1 SKBBND INNINGS] Spofi'orth .. 2f> 9 52 5 G. Giifen .. 21 1U 50 5

A Story of the Goldfields.

I was always fond of the science of physi ognomy. From my youth up I was noted for my proclivity for reading the character of a man from his face ; and I finally be came such an adept in the art that I could occasionally guess tho very thoughts of the individual whose countonance I was study ing. Soon after tho gold fever broko out I went to California ; and there, I must con fess, among what elso there was to intorest mo, I had a grand opportunity for exor cising my skill on all sorts of facos, seen under all sorts of circumstances, from the highest triumph of succosh to the deepest despair of failure I iirst tried my luck at digging gold myself; but soon tired of that, and believing that 1 conld make money faster and with less labour, I opened a kind of grocery and provision shop, disposing of my wares at a tair advance to miners and others. My shop consisted of a rudo Hkele. ton of polos, with a suilicioncy of choap muslin drawn over them and pinned down to the earth, and was stocked only with tiie most saleable artielos—of which Hour, pork, and \niisky found tho most ready market especially whisky. In the dry season it was very dusty, and everybody seemed to bo dry with a thir.it which more water would not quonch. If a man was successful he wanted whisky to bring hia body up to tho altitude of his spirits ; if unsuccessful, he wanted whisky to bring hi* spirits up to tho altitude of his body ; if it chanced to bo n littlo cool, he wanted whisky tc warm him ; ho noeded whisky in the morn ing to mako him bright and active ; ho needed whitky at night to rest him and and1 mako him sleep well ; he wanted it when he bought nnd when he sold ; when ko won and when ho loat ; whon he stood up and when ho sat down. In short, \vbisky was the great regulator of all human fooling—tho gonuinc elixir twte-nnd oon- Koquoutly 1 did an immonso business in whisky. Now this, though bomowhat irrelevant, brings me to my story. One day a man came in qiiiotly, unobtriwivoly, purchased! quan tity of flour, pork, and tea, paid for tho samo in gold dust, and went about hi« business. Ho ropoutcd his visits at different intervals, perhaps somo half-dozen times, before ho attracted my attention to any thing peculiar in his appearanoo, and then I should havo been at a loss to say what I naw moro in him at laet than I had at first. He was apparently about twenty-tivo years of age, of medium height and slender figure, of a dark complexion, rogular features, with dark straight hair, dark eyes, and a beard that covered the lower part of his faco —in all of which there was nothing remarkable —nothing striking. Ho was quiet, not talkative—hud nothing to say except about tho business he came on—got what he wanted when I was disongagou, paid for it like a gontlom&n, and generally retired with an ordinary " Good day," or somo similar civility. And yet, as 1 have said, ho began to attract my attention at last, and I bogan to wonder why. Was it boeauso ho was so quiot, reserved, and gontlomanly, and did not purchase whisky hko tho rest, and oc casionally got oxcited and boisterous! or was it boeauso thcro was something about him I could not really fathom ? At all events, ha had bogun to interest moiußOino w»y; and tho very fact, porhaps, that I could not tell how or why, led mo to a closer ■crutiny, a deoper study of tho man. One day, I scarcely know how, I touched upon tho general superstitions of mankind, and to my surprise I how that at last he wos interested. His eyo changed expression and brightened, and emitted a strange and . peculiar gloam; and my attention being thus directed to his eye, I now bothought mo that I had novor seen ono exactly like it —ono capable of boing so apparently ojien down to tho eoril while concealing so much. It was off its guard now—the door was roally open down to tho very soul of tho man— ' and I looked In at that door, that opening, and saw that the soul of that man was a dark ono. |A nanioloss foar came over mo — n strange thrill passed through me, like an electric shock — I felt an internal shudder of dread. No won der I had not been ablo to read him bo fore ; tho man had boon wearing an impene trable mask, I now had tho key to tho mystery and to him, and I used it. He was interested in superstitions—ho was superstitious himself. Why? Good men I may bo suporstitious ; bad mon always aro, because they carry a world of wild fancies with them. Thus it wos with this man, as I could seo by hi* oyo, and I made his fancios work »pon him. I told him storios of sorcery, witohcraft, tnd magic, of ghosts, and hobgoblins, till he became palo with fear, broatliod witli comprosscd lips, and trombled in spite of his great norve and will.

But let me haston to tho denouement. It chanced that no other person was prosont when this conversation occurred about the superstitious fancios of mon, and as eoon as wo wore interrupted by tho entrance of another customer my dark visitor loft some what abruptly. Aftor that ho did not come as often has before, and novor seemed ho much at oaso, and never renewed the conversation that had so agi tated him, and never, in fact •ntered into any other that ho could possibly avoid. I kept my thoughts to myself, bub made some casual inquiries abont him, and learned that he had been so fortunate as to eocuro a capital ■ ' l»«d," from which-with his partner, another young man, he was taking out gold in quantities that promisod to enrich both, and that both had the good will and estoom of all who knew them.

One dark night, about three or four weeks after this, I was startled from my aleep by wild, prolonged shrieks and cries of " Murder I mnrder ! holp ! help I" I jumped up, seized my revolvers, and darted out into tho open air. Tho cries and screams still continued, coming fr»m a point on the bend of the river about a hundred rods below. In a minute I was joined by five others, all well armed, and together we ran as hard as we could to the place from which the alarm proceeded. When we arrived thero, at least tHrty mon were collected in and around the tent of the dark man I hare been describing, nnd he himßolf it was who had given the alarm. His partner and compaaion had booh murdered and robbed, and he himself had been slightly cut across the face and gashed on the loft 'arm, and he was all excitement!, lamenting his dearest friend, and vowing vengeance against the assassin. It was some timo before we could got at the particulars, and then wo learned that both had been been sloeping side by side, when an unknown robber had crawled under the light canvas; stabbedonototheheart, and taken a large bag of gold from under his head. With this he was escaping, whon tho present narrator awoko and soized him, and received the ■wounds which had compelled him to re linquish his hold. I ehall make no attompt to portray tho intonso excitement, the wild rage and con sternation, which this daring murder occasioned. Every man felt that if the asßossm escaped without his just punish ment, there would no longer be security for any one in our hitherto quiet and peaceful valley, and solemn oaths were' taken to hang the wrotch, if found, upon tho nearest tree. A largo reward was offered for his detestion, and every gambler that had ever been seen about there was more or less sus- Eeoted ; and I believe that, had any man een arrested on the following day, he would have been hung first and tried after ward.

My superstitious friend grew moody with grief. He refused to work his " lead " any more, and proposed selling eff his rocker and tools, and quitting the country al together. I think he would have gone at once, only I told him it would not look well to leave without an effort to discover the murderer, as some people might be malicious enough to say he knew some thing of the matter, and so get him into trouble. He turned very pale, and declared ho would stay a year if by that means he could discover the assassin of his dear, be loved friend.

One day about a week after the tragedy, almost every individual in the vicinity, the friend of the murdered man among the rest, assembled at my shop at ray particular request. I had told them I had something to communicate concerning the foul deed, and that I thought it not unlikely I might give them some clue to the assassin. When all had collected and arranged themselves, as I had directed, in a semi circle before my door — eager, expect ant, excited—l came forward, holding in my hand an egg. Then I. made a short Breech on the various superstitions of man kind »»«3 J mentioned how the ghosts of

their victims would often haunt their murderers, compelling them to reveal their crimes ; how land and sea had been known to give up their awful secrete j and how it had" boon asserted that if the guilty wretch were to place his hand upon the body of the man he had secretly slain the wounds would bleed afresh.

" And now, gentlemen," I continued, " I hold in my hand as sure a test as any I have named. This simple egg, so fair to view, contains tho murdorer'a secret. Let him but take it in his hand, and tho frail shell will crumble to pieces and show to all that it is filled with the blood of his vic tim. You will excuse me, gentlemen, for putting you all to this test, We do not know each other's secrets—tho murderer of the young man may be amongst us ; but only the guilty need fear tho trial—the innocent will surely pass tho ordeal un harmed."

As I said this I fixed my gaze upon my dark visitor, my suspected man. I never saw a more wrotched and ghastly counten ance, nor a greater struggle in any living boing to keep a calm and unmoved exterior. Tho egg began its round. Some took it gravely, Homo lightly, somo turned slightly pale, and somo laughed outright. But on it went, and came nearer and nearer to tho man for whom it was in tended. I could see that ho was trembling —that his vory lips wore getting white. "It is your turn now," I said at longth, in a cold, stern tono. "Mine?" ho answered, with a ghastly attempt at a smile. " Why—why—should I—l take it? Poor Wilson was my—my friond?"

&" Prove to now I" I said. " All oyos aro upon you." Ho glanced hurriedly around. All eyes were indeed upon him, and with looks of awakening suspicion. Ho made one de spairing effort to bo calm, gulped his breath like one choking, and seized tho fatal egg with trembling hands. Tho next moment it was crushed to atoms, and his hands were wet and etaincd as if with human goro. A wild yell burst from tho crowd. A wild shriek camo from the lips of tho guilty wretch, and falling, rather than sinking, down upon his knees, he cried out, "God of mercy forgive me! I did kill him I I did kill him for his gold ! hi* gold I Oh, God of heaven, forgive me I" " And how many before him ?" domanded I, in an authoritative voice. "Throe I three! Oh, God of love and moroy, forgivo mo I" Thsro was another wild yoll—or rather howl »f fury—a rush liki wolves upon their proy—and the poor wretch was seized, almost torn limb from limb, and dragged furiously away. In l»sa than ten minutes from hia confession ho was Jangling from a neighbouring trco - swing ing by tho neck. So died tho murderer, whose name I have suppressed because ha had many respectable friends who aro still living. I will only add thut, bcHoving him to bo gnilty, I tad prsviously prepared the agg, putting rod colouring matUr inlo it, expecting to see him crush it through his superstitious fsars ef a supernatural dis covery. They offered me the promised reward for the detection of the murderer, but this I declined. Justice was all I hud sought, and this I had obtained.

THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF EUSTON.

Extraordinary Proceedings,

" ONE who Knows " writes to a London paper as follows :—I daresay most poople imagined that, with tho recent attempt of tho Earl of Euston to got rid of his wifo by trying to provo that she had contracted a bigamous marriage with him, there would bo an ond of all legal proceedings. lam in a position to state that thoro is every reaeon to believe that Lord Euston is about to mako another effort to rid himself of tho lady to whom ho pre tended to be devotedly attached, and that era long Sir James Hannen's Court will bo occupied once moro with what the "Times" justly described as '|tho most extraordinary caso on record." Should the " noble lord " persist in what I understand to be hid expressed intention, nanioly, to apply for a dirorco on the ground of his Countess's adultery, I am enabled to state that tho attempt will bo strenuously resisted by tho lady, who, in tho natural ordor of things, will yet be Duchess of Graf ton, Lord Euston ia greatly mistaken if ho fancies [as I hoar ho does) that tho sicrificc of a fow thousand pounds will facilitate his wish to got a divorco | for I can safely soy that tho Countess is just as much indis posed today us she was two months ago, on tho eve of the trial, to "eottlo matters." It is stated that Lord Euston is most anxious to marry again—this time an heiress ; y«l it soems to bo incrcdiblo that any lady could bo induced to look favourably on such a suitor. On good authority, I board it said, only yesterday, that the Earl would willingly give (or' "find") £15,(KK> to bo quit of his countess for over t Tho lady has, however, beon pronouncod by a jury to bo tho actual Countess of Euston, and I shall bo greatly surprUed if she do not live to bo Duchess of Graftcu. " Lady Euston is of medium height, very fair, with almost golden hair, dresses well and in good taste, and has _ agreoable manners. In faot, to converse with her you would imagino sho had beon really born in tho purplo. Any way, sho is moro of an ornament to tho Peerage than the individual who left no stone unturned to show luh wifo up; and thoso who know her arc strongly prepossessed in hor favour. At tho head of a dinner table sho shinoi, and (if I may bo allowed to say it) is quite as "good form" as a hundred aristocrat* whom I could name. " Should (as Lady Euston has been led to believe) the petition for a divorco bo really presented to the Court by her gallant hus band, it would not surprise me to hear that Sir Hardinge Giffard had been aaked to " lead " in the case.

A Happy Change.

M* Matthew Arnold will be delighted to loam that the oharms of "sweetness and light" are at last coming home to fcho mi»d of the bold burglar. Tho old taint of brutality remains in him still, but his aspira tions «re beginning to reach toward higher ideals than "lash, grub, and swag." A member d the profession who was caught in the act «t /Sheffield tho other day afforded striking proof of this moral motamorphosi?. Whon run to earth by the police in the yard of the premises he had just plundorod, certain property was found on his person ; to wit, a bottle of whisky, three eggs, a packet of letters, and a geranium flower in his button-hole. All of theso articles be longed to the owner of the house, thus for bidding the supposition that tho burglar had the letters and flower with him when ho broko in. It follows, therefore, that aftor he had satisfied his requirements in " grub and lush," by appropriating the eggs and whisky, his new-born craving for culture impelled him to lay hands on some food for the mind, and on something which appealed to his icsthetic instinct. His happiness would not be perfect without theso additions to tho creature comforts he had stolen, now that his nature has learnt its deficiencies in sweotness and light. We almost regret that he was caught; a literary burglar, with a flower in his button-hole, is such a distinct improvement on tho old typo, that society might derive some advantage from leaving him at liberty to spread tho new cult among his professional brethren.

ORIGINAL POETRY.

A BAND OF HOPE RHYME.

The annual gathering of our Band of Hope, With joyous lays wo welcome onco again ; And pray that we may bo sustained to cope With drink's tomptatdons and life's naddor strain, WWle round us hope and moinory pleasures cast To mako our future brighter than the past.

Wo passed tho summer, shared Its luscious sweets. We broathed in sunshine the ambrosial air; We danced with mirth in Nature's gay retreats, And bounded 'mong tho myrtles fresh and fair— Our silken banner waving in the breeze, Above the grass and under sheltering treoa.

We twined the wild, red roses in a wreath, Which, childlike, we had gathered by the w ay Tho scented violets and the rustling heath, And saw their colours changing in decay; These beauti<Sa perished, like all earthly gems, When we had plucked them from their parent stems.

Far richer blossoms, therefore, we have sought, Sweet flowers unfading of the heart and mind; And trust the simple cnaplet we have wrought. Hath living buds within i's leaves enshrined ; Whilst white-flowered Hope still sheda her

lustrous light, Enhancing pleasures, free from sorrow's blight JOHN' BLAOKMAN.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAB, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1884.

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Land and Estate Assents. > W. L. MITCHELi HOUSE, LAND ESTATE, AND COMMISSION AGENT, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AVI) TOE. No. 3, MERCANTILE CHAMBERS, QUEEK STREICT (Next Blvxic op New Zealand), j rents and interests collected Securities Found fob Investors With out Charge. ;j the care and management of estates! undertaken. . | MORTGAGES AND LOANS NEGOTIATED! Bank Stocks \ \ Insurance Slocks f T-»nTTnuT n- rNATIrI Mining Stocks igOUGHI &. gOUH Timber Co. Stocks & I All kinds of Stocka. ) ■ ' H FOR SALE: ff LINCOLN-STJREET, PONSONBY-5-rcromfc<^ , House and Grocer's Shop attached, viili ».. fixtures; also, 2-stalled Stable and shed. The JEj whole lot a bargain at £550, witli terms. SB VERMONT-STREET, PONSONBY - New 7-jt jiw roomed Villa with verandah front and bock. H ■ City water laid, The house well built and ■■ standing on corner section. £150. iloß ST. MARY'S ROAD-2storied Villa on com- Of manding marine site. Shop and Arash-houfe mm detached. Allotment 50 x 100. Price, £600.' |I UNION-STRKET. CITY - 4-roomed Cuttago §l| and. Scullery. Wator acd gas laid. Good i i cellar beneath. This ia a handy propcrtyj MM always commanding a ready rental. To bols xjßj sold for £330. Part cash, the balance on eapyffl Hn CLARENCE - STREET. PONSONBY —' 5-| if rooreed House, fitted with every convenience, |]| for£3Bo. ■ . 1| KINSSIiAND—A pretty Suburban Rcsiduwse 111 of 7 rooms, with 2 register grates, situate on iftla the main road to Mount Albert. Price, £550. «| CLARENCE - STREET, PONSONBY - A HI Good Allotment, 10 feet by 90 next to Mr HI Dalton's, Surveyor, for Cl3O. Terms to suit, j MB MOUNT JCDEN Inear Railway Station)—A first- HI c'ass Villa Residence of 6 rooms. Allotment, 6 ffll 60 by 120 feet, with2stalledstable, workshop. Hi and fowl-house. The ground is almost rreo of ■■ stones. The rooms are large and lofty, fitted H| with register grates, and the property is now IMly offered a decided bargain at £551), upon favour- Ml able terms. tji KAKANGAHAPB ROAD-C-roomctl Dwelling- g| lioubo, situate on corner section, frontage of l||| 40 feet to main road. Property in this iiu- ;BJ| portant thoroughfare ia now commanding JU| great attention, and for a business site its mm certain value in the immediate future cannot mm be over-estimated. Price, £1,150. • ■' i HI RUSSELL-STREET, off Great North Road-4-" Ml roomed Cottag* and scullery. Price, £215. HI CLARENCE-STREET — Cottage of 5 rooms, «m ' ■■ . STOKES'S POlNT—Dwfilling-houso of rooms, within 3 minutes' walk of the wharf. £350. MOUNT ALBERT—A grand Hew Houje of 9 rooms, with one acre of rich volcanic land, on the main road, handy to both omnibus ond rail way station. Price «850. To an approved Eurchaser £50 cash will be accepted, and the" alance may remain for 5 years at 8 per cent. OMAHA—Freehold Shop and Dwelling, with Goodwill of a nice litile General Store. Thei'e is regular steamer communication, and the property is within 200 yards from the wharf. Prico £250, with stock at valuation. 3 ;20 ACRES—£4 5s per acre. Splendid Farming 2 Lands close to a railwav-station. The pick of. the Richmond Block on the Ilotorua line of railway. No better agricultural "pr: pastoral land can bo chosen in tnis Pra-v . vincial district. Title, land transfer. Thci soil is a rich deep loam, well watered, and in addition to railway advantages., thero is a good road to the Farm. About 120 acres down in grass and crops, divided into 7 ■ paddocks, fenced with good posts and barbed ; wire. The land takes surface Sowing exceed ingly well, and in a fow years will give good crops of wheat Terms easy. ; .".,,„ TUAKLAU—A nrst-rate little Homestend ot 110 acres, allin cultivation. Price, £1,100. NORTHCOTE—Seven Acres, all in culti v.ilidn, and new 8-roomed Dwelling-house,to be had a 91 bargain for £80», part caah, the balance to ro- II main at six per cent. _ . ill WHANGARKI— Dwelling-house and Cabinet- Ml maker's Shop in this rising township. Pnco, lj £jOO. The Btoek can, if necessary, be tokcu on I valuation. About £450 can remain on Build- HI ing Society terms. II ALEXANDRA— Large Storo and Dwelling-. HI house on 1 acre of freehold land. Ihis pro- ..< Ml porty can either be bought or leased on very. HI favourable terms. ' ■ \im\ ALLOTMENTS FOR SALE at Mount Eden, Birkenhead. No'rthcotc, Mount Albert, Kings land, Ponsonby. and other Districts. » I GRA.NDCO"R.NSR SECTION, Mount Eden, on 5 easy terms. 1 PROPERTIES BOUGHT OK SOLD TO OBDER. " MONEY LENT ON MOBTOAGB ON GOOD FREE--- . HOLD SECURITT. ' I W. L. MITCHELL, 5 8, Mercantile Chambers, Queen-street. | SAMUEL VAILE.] . [JOHN DOUGLAS. YaILE & DOUG LA S ; (Late Samuel Vails), _ ■ .'...' HOUSE, LAND, AND ESiTATE AGENTS, "' LAND ANB ESTATE AUCTIONEERS, REAL ESTATE VALUATORS, BROKERS UNDER THE LAND TRANSFER act, '■■ ; . Sn yiiO?LAND STREET ' (Nb t tue Post Offiuh). : U ANKBRS: • . 8.1..c ov Nll w South Walks.; \ See also oae aivdifMeinent in "N.Z. Herald1 and " WeeMy News.") MORTGAGES BOUGHT SEVERAL SUMS OF MONEY FROM £5 . UPWARDS TO LEND ON MORTGAGE. WOODVILLE, MOUNT. EDEN—Plans of \; this property can be had on application. £5 PER ACRE—Cheap and Convenient FARM of 80 aor'ea, all fenced anfl In gratis; . good, level, cleared bush land of superior quality; house of 4 rooms, dairy, stable, oow shed, other sheds, &c; 18 miles from Auck- : land.—Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate . Agents. Shortland-st 1314 £300—NEW HOUSE 0! 5 rooms and bath room, oren, grate, 2 tanks, &c with allotment 33 x 118. Terms-£IOO cash, balance weekly paymente. — "Vaile and Douglas, House and | Land Agents, Shortland-street. 1353 s £600—DEVONPORT, NORTH SHORE, House of 8 rooms, with out-house, orchard,, good well, &c: Terms as agreed.—Vallo and ": Douglas. Estate Agents, Shortland-strepu r.S £630—NEW HOUSE of 6 rooms, with out house, tanks. &c, and allotment 66 x 193, , volcanic soil: convenient situation.—Vaile 1 and Douglas, House and Land Agents, Short- *a land-street. , 1271 ,;* 6300—HOUSE of 5 rooms and scullery, ffl out-house, tanks, &0.: allotment33 x 100, vol- 'a conic soil. Terms—Half cash, balance 8 per cent—Vaile and Douglas, House, Land, and : Estate Aeents. Stortland-Btreet. 1302 i £600—NBW HOUSE of Six Rooms and ■: Soullerr, Bathroom, "Waahhouse, So. j large Allotment (56 x 250), volcanic soil; rapidly improving neighbourhood. Terms, £200 cash, : balance on mortgage.—Vailo and Douglas, House Aacntß. Shortland-street. 1273 - < £h 5s PER ACRE—Farms at Pakekohe, ■:■ varying in Bize from 50 to 100 acres; well . situated, in good district. Terms, Quarter cash, balance 6 per cent, in 5 years.—Vaile and .: Douglas, Land and Estate Agents, Shorfkujd- ■ street. • > " ISIO'V £260—TWO ACRES of LAND in;one of the most fashionable suburbs.- Terms, 1 caabj balanee, 7 per cent., 8 or 5 years.—Vaile and Douglas, Land Agents, Shortland-st. 1248 s: NORTHCOTE —To Let or.Xease for,^77 , years, at a rental of £40 for first 2 years, then £50, New House of 6 rooms and 4 acroa of Land.—Vaile and Douglas, House and Estate :. Agents, Shortland-Btreet. ■■' _ :: £150—Seven building ALLOTMENTS, | each S3 x 113, situated in Newton South.— -~ Vaile and Douglas, Land Agents, next tie / Post-office. ShorUand-streoU 1245 ' £200—HOUSE of 5 rooms with two sheds, Allotment 40 x 100, 20 minutes from Queen- .; street.—Vaile and Douglas, House and Land J ' Anonts. Shortland-stroet. 1243; M Several Convenient FARMS of from 30 to ;| 400 acres, situated within 30 miles rail from | Auckland, part bush, part open land, good A soil, well watered. Price, from SX to £4 per vl acre. Terms, i cash, balance 3or 5 yearg IJ! 7 per cent.—Vaile and Douglas, Land and II Estate Agents. Shortland-atreet. 1299.. * £500—Capital Waterside FARM, of 98 Jj acres, abiJUt half rich alluvial flat, 30 acres in a! grass. H«use of 1 rooßia, dairy, sheds, &c.— nj Vaile and Douglas, Land. Agents, Shortland street. 1227 m £48 10s—ALLOTMENTS at the North ,-B Shore, near the Big Dock, 55 x 132 feet, from Jj £18 Ms each. — vailo and Douglas, Land |] Agents, next the General Post-ofßco. ■■? S £2 10s per foot—ALLOTMENTS in Sen.., tinel-street, Po«sonby, 132ft. by 2JOJH, deep.— Vaile & Douglas, House and Estate Agents, ■ Shortland-street 1033 m £900—Handy FARM, containing 90 Aorer, \ all good land and well improved. Dwellinu- 1 house. Storo, Barn, Sheds, &c, attached to V tfiis Farm;)^?l.6 lsa profltablo business, \ requiring but Hitle capital to work it. Thia : Is a splendid opportunity for an industrious. - family. CBurch and school close at hatd. , Prico quoted includes good-will. Terms, £400 cash, balance 7 per oenf.—Vailo and jj Douglas, House. Land, and Eatato Agonte, If Shortland-stroet. ■ 1258 M Iss PER FOOT—A number of Allotinenlß S in the Mount Bden District, mby mfoet. at M, from 15s per foot upwards. -■ Vailo anfl « Douglas. ShorOand - street, next tho Post M £m-NEW HOUSE of A- rooms and § Poroh, fitted with grate, oven, safe. &o v Al- 1 lo tmeni 33 x 60.-,Vailo and Douglas, Land # and Estate Agents, Shortland-streot. r ,M ■ynrr ILL IA M GULLIVEB, I JTOUSE, LAND AND ESTATE AGENT. i QUEEN-STREET.. • ;| _~■■ ALLOTiuafis: • ..■;■■ . || Churoh-Btraet, 38 x 100.6, £31.2s per foot !! Mount Roskill Road, 50 x U3.6, *,2 5s per foot J Surrey Hills, £1 and £5 per foot Wharf Road, 40 x 100, £2 per foot Bulwer-ftreet, 40 x 168, £2 6s per foot <•■..■ vl Arthur-street, 56 x 100, £6 per foot Prospectstreet, 80 x 100, £4 per foot Wallace-street, 80 x 218. £4 per foot , \ Argyle-street, £3 per foot .■ ■ : * Richmond^Road, 100 x 117, £215s per foot - :":M Ciirran-street, 73 x 130. £410s per foot - Tweed-street, 50x130. £1 per foot 'is Shelly Beach Road. 60 x 100, £4 per foot '■ •m ga Proapeot Terrace (Mount Eden)—LotssoxlTS, :,•>* at 25s per foot ~,.,„.„ John-street, several lots for £G0 each ; ; Cox-street, 40 x —, for £80 each" Stuart-straet, 27 x 110, for £80 each W. G UILIVE K, QUBBN-STRKET. 1 ■ ... -. - .-^^SiJk