DONALD'S PLOT. A STORY OF An Unfaithful Guardian.

By SYIVANUS COBB, Jr. GHAPTEK V. AT SKA-AS ALABM. «iosc how greatly Doris needed the cheer d support of his continued presence in rt-.eeawn of her bereavement, Goorgo Berf " m sought the advue of Dr. Bloom. Would there bo anything out of the way ,n njarryin" with the orphin at once? Then he couW be with her all the time, and stint her as she might need He was "foe °nt 0 cx Plain flirthcr when tho dortor stopped him by laying a hand upon ft shoulder, and bidding him to make his arrangements for the marriage ceremony as quickly a'P°ssib!e ---..0r" said he, after a moments retlec tiWt .'I will take it upon rnywlf to make B U needed arrangements, and do you and Doris be ready for thecoremony when I call

upon you. The youth w»8 moro grateful than ho could tell, and Doris, when ho hadexp lamed f! her what he had done, folt a heavy burden lifted from her heart. It was the S she would have asked had she dared. The kind-hearted doctot lost no time in ml king good his promise, and early in the evening of that first d« of their bereave ment in the presenco of a ton dear friends, feoreeand Doris were made man and wife. Their joy, though marked by sadness, was L D and pure, for they had loved one another for years with a love that had grow stronger and stronger with the Saisine of time. It was the Bishop of Calcutta himself whom Dr. Bloom had called into perform the nuptial ceremony, and as the (rood old man camo to join thoir hands and bless their union, he particular}'blessed them for the noble devotion which had mads that union necessary. This was an especial comfort to the youthful pair, for with such authority on their sido they would have little to fear from the carping of a critical and captions public. The bishop also officiated tho funeral obsequies, the deceased having been one of hiideartst friend*, and when the last solemn ritehid been accomplished, and George and Dsris could get away from the busy throng, they etit down in calm and quiet conference upon the situation. Until now Doris had had no knowledge of bar m»ther'B exact pecuniary situation. Ehe bad known that there was but little re niiinnij? in bank, but she had not suspected how little. She knew that tho last two or three letters which had been written to Mr Donald Owen, in whose care hor father had left hi* estate, had not been answered. Sha had written for money. In her laat letter ehe tad stated her need very plainly, heing careful to set forth that the money asked for was solely for the use of Ralph Owen's daughter-not for her own. But noreturn had been made ; or, at least, none had been received. "Of one thing," said George, "1 am wry sure: There should be-aye, there mnit be—property over there belonging to you. I have read carefully tho letters which your mother gave me for my perusal, and from them I learn that the property left by your iother was real estate. Now it am matter not what wickedness may hare been done. If the estate, in land or houses, is T° arßin0 illegal sales can rob you of it. But we shall know."

"Yes,"returned Doris, "we shall know when we g«t there. But, George, I want job to toll mo truly—tell mo honestly— fien your very heart: Po you go to Amer icaof joor own glad free will ? Do you go as much for yourself as for nw 5" "Darling," he answered, prefacing his tordiwith sbief, "I am anxious to go. I go fat tte tame reason that you go—to make the good promise your Mother gave : tfronr father; and, moreo\er, that we my keep faith with her. So do you borrow 10 more unrest on that scoio. 1 tliMk you lad something else to say." "Yes, George. I have thought much ci( o'nr mysterious enemy. Wo must go on koard the ship without his knowledge. 0 ! mjdetthnjband, eineehearingfrommamma tteitory of Jack Clearstar's strange dis- •ppßarance, I have had more dread of that ma than ever before. Wo must mako no dgns of departure that he can discover." ■f I have provided for that, Doris. It was me df the first things I thought of in con nsction with our voyage. Only Captain Donw knows of our purpose, and ho has pointed that he will not speak of it, even to hit own officers. We shall rend our 'luggage by an indirect way, and not only jo on board ourselves at night, but we will mike at least one false move on the tc^v. . WrtbtUget away without hlg knowledge, you may rest assured." After this, their arrangements for depar ture were made aa rapidly as possible. Doris would have gone out into the harbour and viiited the fhip, but ehe did not think itaafe; or, at any rate, it would bo less un safe if the did not fro. (Japt. Darrow called upon her, and ehe liked him much. Ifo was an American—a New York man fifty year? of a(|«; a perfect gentleman in appearanco tod in manners; of medium Bize, but mus tnlarand ftrcng; with a handsome face, Ind a piir of bright grey eyes that were full of kindly light and intelligence. Their liggage-trunk.", bogs.boxes and bundles - TO (ent at different times to the Htorehouso cfa friend ; thence taken to one of the largo ttopoteon the Strand, whence, a few day 3 £ later, it was conveyed on board tho ship. | On Friday evening, December 7th, George • and Doris, having seen ths last of their per § Mnal property safely on board tha ship, and ,i taring also bidden adieu to the dear friends !,wlram they dared to trust with a knowledge of their movement, rode down to tho land-' tag in a clofe carriage, where a boat was in readiness to take them off. Two of George's trusted friends—Alford «nd Votting-who had been on the watch all ™ erening, holding a beat from the door which the carriage would leave to the point « embarkation, were prepared to report as OMkero mads his way from the coach to the ™*W They gave solemn assurance that we coast was clear. Not a livine soul hid jMy wen In.king anywhere. If there had wen a spy on the way they could not havo "owed seeing him. J'J° B may go/my dear George," said W« Alford, as they moved towards the .mat, 'with perfect assurance that your B°«»S a not known beyond the circle of Jfoor tree friends." * The .youthful adventurers received the »»Mance with much gratitude, and thortly jweaftar the U,t word of farewell had ■rfS'pwn, and they had left the land be "w them., , ■ ■

fc? had felt BDre he "hould know the Ttoost man o( •*« ruflhns if he should Sf to meet him, and neither he nor Si li d Rive 0V!!r tllfl waWl "ntil tho iSi ,lailed- "If l llave tho least wow of a rea»on to believe that an enemy ■*.»?Oll». track' be suro you shall have . """rag, bad been hi? eloriDg word?. V™'<« had left with a conge of 2»mi from tho B^il they had dreaded, ■"wlr yto-tI one another that they might WoMorward with hope unclouded. nnt!L CVents hlui transpired vhich had •, *a «M their attention. Tho bdufe by \i v been tlle apartments occupied wdant'w^ 011 w»'thelaston tbawosUrly dmir "e!lln?ton Square. Ths adjoining SV" on the north side of the E »-° the QCC»Pilnt of the residence vo n S?!' ane<J 'w»»leepin K -rooin. They KLtI! 11 "Parlmf at overlooking the tosni™ .f heoTCncr char-.ccd to have, and eaS ? a very room; deHro-1, and it was x'-tTnVvivr 1^18 payins a of Ten,T 81 uaie. b«t also eomtnanded a view o^S P thawho!e flont of thehonre SMti»k fc * .V^Papfirs and letters lying JP* tho table atirhich theao two men Pat ' -of»Ij-^'l'^-newr fifty than forty »»i t 5 tT hfs ght i l"»vily and .toekily fcjAft 6ho«lt!eM ami deep chest; ■• (ill hi! I'? 13 mn^«]"; black hair, and •Cu..M a-rfl; hiß cc""Pl«ion dark have £ * Moos' ■' with a face that might f tt pllate'a or a politician's—a Or Profejsioa 0' 3' W OT SU ownet' a calline weSl- Ht^ f 7u 9 a youn g°r IDM tban saaller, bejl' O' V -T ySr?- Porhaps-and a 8», b ■hilt ?°" aderably below the arer ' n «'y U\ll lg,ht imd Bizs: I)ufc ho wal a b^ck lik°\- andmU3'"ul"r- "'a hair was .UH sn-tfi.7 {s C)mPln'on'«; his eyes were •■ 'iWp^SS*l^^ and regular. In fbM re o«tlmo, the face was {rood awiad-er .« cx P»e««wn was einisier, : P Ecar> extending from the tip of

the right ear to the corner of tho mouth, did no* add to hiq attractiveness. These two men acted curiously. Thoy first presented themselves to the landlord in their own proper persona, but after that, when they had occasion to go out—never but one of them went at tho samo time— they assumed different forma and appear ances. They had a store of masques — white wigs and silvery beards; -vigs of auburn curls, with board to match ; and garbs of various kinds in keeping. Another curious thing :—Scarcely a moment of the twenty-four hours pissed without finding ono of them at a window watchful of tho movements of the occupants of the adjoining house,

One evening, about a fortnight after they had loosed the premise?, Herter repjrted to, his comrade that they wore " packing up over tho way." Wenzell had brought ill some cold bread and meat, and a bottlo of! wine The twain pat at the window and cat their frugal auppsr, after which Herter assumed tho garb and appearance of a de crepit old man. At ten o'clock a dray with one horse attached appeared at the door of tho opposito house, into which were loaded .■•evoral trunks, and other iJemR of luggage ; and when it was driven away Jonas Herter was ready to follow it. lie returnod at midnight, reporting that ho had seen the goods which had been taken away from tho widow's residence and .'afcly dopositod in a «tore-houso on tho Strand. On the next morning Jacob Wenzell went forth, leaving hia confrere on the watch, as usual. Ho proceeded directly to tho store houso whero the dray had been unloaded on thj previous evening, there finding a man, well known to him, who was entirely will ing to serve him so long as he was asked to do nothing criminal. "It is only this," said Wenzell, with an affable smile, at the samo time pointing to the trunks, boxes, bundles, and other bits of property which had been taken from the dwelling noxt his own : " Yonder luggage belongs tv one whom I have promised to watch over and protect—ono in whoso well faro I feel tho deepest interest. I simply wwh to know whither it is to be convoyed from here. Can'you tell me?" The man of the storeroom shook his head. " It is only hero for safe beeping at present," ho said. " When it is removed you shall know." Throe days later Jacob Wenzell, upon calling at the storehouse, was informed by his friend that tKe property in which he was interested had been conveyed to an export depot on the Strand, neir the Bank of Bengal. Bo went to tho depot, and found it; and he there engaged a stevedore, and kept an unwavering eye upon the baggage, and to make sure of its destination when removed. Three more days passed, and Wenzoll was informed by his watchful stovedore that the property had all been taken on board the American ship Wanderer, then lying out in tho river, ready to sail. That was on tho morning of Monday, De cember 3rd. On application at the office of the shipping agonts, Wenzell learned that ho Wanderer was to sail, if possible, on the following Saturday. On the next day he and Herter went on boo.rd tho ship, and offereu their services to assist in working her home. They would either ship as able seamen, or they would work their passage. They were Americans, and wero anxious to return to the fatherland. Capt. Darrnw chanced to bo really short banded. He had men enough to work the ship ; but not a man to spare. He had remarked to his first officer, only the day before, that he would ship two or three good ■ men it he could rind them—strong, ablo men, and evidently seamen of experience. When asked what thoy had been doing in Calcutta, Wenzell answered that he had been engaged for several years on board a, ?team-tug on the river. His companion, Heitor, hod been his friend andshipmatoar.] home, and having comoout before ths mask on board an American Indiaman, had been hired by him. They had laid up a littlo money, and had had enough of this life in Calcutta.

A few more questios? wero asked, to; which Wenzell gave direct and plausible.' answers, and in the end the twain were taken, and permitted to sign the ship's book?, after which they were given four i and twenty liouh in which to feMle up their: business on shore, and set their trapa on board. ■ Tho Wanderer was an old-fashioned ship.; r! eight hundred tons burden, staunch and true; and had thus far brr'n entirely fortun- ] at-. Sho was a goor! sa r, nnswcrlng her1 helm easily and promp.iy, running on ai taut bowlinn with but little leoway, nnd carrying as dry a deck in heavy weather nsi any le^onable man could wish or expect. 5 At noon on Sunday, Dec. Sth, hor anchors." were hoisted, and, with the assistance oi a steam tusr of goodly power, eho made her! way down the river »3 fnr ns Boiroand Harbour, where, tho wind being fair, sho' bade adieu to the tog, spread her whit*? canvass, below and aloft, and sped gallantly f on without let or hindrance. j

On Sunday morning Oeorgo and Doris>'i were on deck in season to see the last of the 1 Inrii^n shore. During the afternoon nftb<)i: previous day, while tha tug hnd been along- •] side, (hey had rcmninrd in tho cabin, j thinking that a spy might, perhaps, hav«' come off in her; but they wcro free now.' Calcutta and all that belonged to it hndS? been left far behind, and they need bi<sr*>* thHr bends do more.

I) iris drew in the fresh breeze from o(£ Hirer ocean with a sense of inspiration, and tne»o| was, moreover, something in the motion wf j. the shin that was exhilarating. _ ; Tho Vfandorer had a poop caSin, the deck '; of which, six and a half feotnliore the main,. [ or quarterdeck, extended forward t:> the j mizzen-ira«t ; its bulkhead, however, was i| very ncnrly four feet abaft tho mast, the.1,; break of the deck thus left affording a con- | venient sheltor fo' tho wheel and ilio men.]! at it, besides shielding tho c.ibin doors.;. from the direct beating of storm and ter- < Dirii was upon the point of rcipondinp < to the last ppcech of her husband's, when, upon looking down from tho forward edge-. • of the poop, where she had been standing, • i-he saw a man going away from tho vrhoel. j Hii back was towa'de her, but tbeie watt something in his form-in the breadth and.', roundness of his shoulders—and in 1m slouch ng gait.thit particularly attracted . 6"Whst aro you, looking at?" fjeorgo a«kod, his attention having been called to her seeming abstraction. " That man !" sh& replied, in a whisper. " Who is he?" .

"How should I know?' " What is it, my dear lady? put in the captain, who harl caught a portion of their speech without undersvnndiDg it. " That man-there by the main hfe rail. He just left the wheel. Uori-s wonders who he is," the husband answered lor hia partner. . ~ " O " *aid Darrow, as the man in quo3tion turned to cro;e over into the weather gang way "that is a now man I shipped only three or four days ago; and I ™ very for tunate in getting him. He has proved him self a thorough seaman already. Did you ever see him heforo?' .... ~ Doris was trembling violently. George looked at her, and (her. turned another look towards tho strange penman, lie had stopped in tho gangway, and turned with v elance toward, the poop, and when ho «w that he had attracted the attention of the youthful couple, he dropped hie eyes and started ouickly forward. In exclamation of alarm bant from Bertram.- lips. As tho man started for warrTwith a long .winging .Up. to rccog. nUed him. He had never be ore seen tho fice but he could not mistake tho form, f™,rely their mysterious foe. But was ho alone ? Tl.o question was put to tho 01F. fcNo. Another shipped with him. A man calling himself Jonas; Jtcrter. TI.-b rrrnN nume ia Jacob Werzeli. . <> What? .eaaon did they give for wishing tO' BThJy were sick of life in India. Wen ,4l had been in Calcutta several years ton "t least, I should judge, from his report of himself,-hia companion not so long. ° Before George could s prai k further, two other passenger? came npoii *be poop, and ?oincd tl«n.r«o tho subject wae dropped, »?••.•?*• Md gW° walked away by themielm, * tha^ w« have been tracked and followed. af'?Le" M not borrow trouble, darling. Forewarned is forearmed We> rnu t be guarded, Doris-" ( n •'lh"h i Bl tdo not believe wo have any thin" o fear. If they ore our enemj* « o shall be sure to discover ; and » hen w..Are thus assu.-ed, we can easily guard o aisles against them. ,Only, as T bf o.e, they must not know that we suspectfcem. And after all, darling, they may notba he m..n we have :o fear. Let us wait and «a, eh At that moment the head of the «ewara appeared above the Iptk of the poop, with the wo. d that breakrM was «ady.

CHAPTER VI, SHADOWS. Waits the conversation to which we havo alluded had been going on upon the poop, Jonas Horter had beon upon the lookout in the foretop. Wenzell, on going forward from the wheel, saw him. In that elevated place ho would havo his friend alone, and be far removed from possible eavesdrop pers. " Hi! .Tack, is that you ?" " It's myself, Joney ; and IVo come to havo a bit of serious talk. Lot me get around here, where they won't see me from tho quarter-deck, and do you stop wero you are and listen." Wenzoll snugly ensconced himself forward of tho heel of tho topmast, after which ho went on : _" ljook'e, Joney, I've got a load on my mind that bothers me, and I'm willing to take a bit of your advice. The young'uns know us !" " What d'you mean ?" " I mean just whnt I say. Young Ber tram has got hia oyo on me,: tho gal twigged mo lirst, and ho followed suit ; and you may bet yor life that they won't rost till they havo satisfied themselves. You'll remem ber, my boy, that they have had ogood look at us before. To be sure, our faces were covered, but thero'a other marks by which men like you and mo c.in be spotted. Any hoiv, they havo spotted me, and your turn'll CJmo next," " Well," said Herter, after a brief pause, " we'll have to play ehy for a timo, that's all."

Wenzell picked up a bit of ropoyarn, and picked it into oakum ; and the oakum he picked until it was as fine a* taw. " Jake, what are you thirkin' of '!" After a time Jako answered : " I'll tell you, Joney : We've got a board a good ship, with a good skipper, and n good crew—one of tho best crowa I ever sailed with, so far as I can read 'em ; and I gene rally read men protty clearly. As I said before, we'vo spotted ; or, I am, aid you will bo, so our game will bo on the watch, and the skipper will be warned against us. Just look at it. Now mark it down na I spin it out: Tho way and manner in which tho young couple moved thoit- duds, and then moved themselves, i? proof thoy wero guard ing against us, wasn't it ?" Herter considered for a little time, and left himself forced to answer in the affirma tive. "There's ono more thing, my boy, as im portant as that : It isn't at all likoly that they've como aboard in the fashion thoy did without telling tho skipper their reason for doin' so. I twigged the old man's eye, just now, and I know 'at they'd p'inted me out. So d' ye see, we'll noc only havo the young 'uns a watchin' of v«, but tho skipper hia self will keep a weather eye open. As it is, we've got into the right side of him. I be livo he likes ub ; and, d'you knofv, 'twould be kind o' pleasant to make out the voyage without any muss." Here eilence fell, which was broken by Herter : " Well, old chap, I've heard what you've said ; now just toll me what ye'r drivin* at." •

Wenzell laid tho dexter finger of hia right hand into tho palm of tho left, as though tho subject, was there plainly laid down, and spoko very slowly, and very seriously : " Jonas Herter, I know what tlia boss wantr. Ho wants tho gal, but he don't want t'other ono. Weil s'poso'n wo let young Bertram land in New York, whoro we're bour d, ?nfe and Found, won't it bo easier to ditipose of him after that, afore ho can get into old Virginia, than it will be abourd this phip ':' Herter was evidently startled. Such n thought had never before ontered hU mind. "Well, old chap, what d'you think of it?'the other asked, after waiting a timo without response. " Ilcally, Jack, I don't know as I catch your full meanin'. D' you mean that wo '11 let 'etu keop on, and land in Now Tork. nnd we not make a movo against 'am, any way ?'

" That's it, exactly. Look at it: They'll land there, perfect strangers, and must make their way to the middle of the State of Virginia as best they can. Wo must be a precious pair if we can't contrive to get that youn£ ch.ip out o' tii« old man's way oforo hecau liiifl the end of his journey." " And you'll stick to this ? We'll go tho woy'sze all smooth, without makin" any fuss J".

" Yee, we'll do just that." "Giro us your hand on it." " Y^ou're ngrced, are you ;" said Wonzcll, as ho i;avo his comrade hig hand. " Ye«, ami I rathar liko it. Ab you fay, \ tho fkippsr likes u», and he's a good'un : and it's a good crew. And more, too, wo couldn't Tory well ."print; n trap on Bortram: even if we took him a?horo at Capo Town, without moro risk than there's any need of. " Egad ! 1 like it." "All right. Leave the rest to me. I'll find a way to set tho young chap at his caso. Hero comoj yer relief; and we'll go down and get our breikfast." In a moment moro a top-man of the othor watch appeared, and our two friendl made their w»y to the deck, whore, in a comfort able houso forward of the cabooso, the meals of tho crew were served. During the day the man Jonas Hertor was pointed out to George and Dori.«, and they were confident ho was tho sccjnd of their enemies. They had no doubt that tho pair had shipped for Hie folc purpose of follow ing them. What was to bo the result only tho future could dotermine. Not only tho Ciptain. but tho two mates, both of whom werogeot'emen. promised to keep a faithful watch, a:id report any suspicious sign that sholild appear to them. One evening, while Doris and George sat in tho cabin, convorjingof the two suspected seamen, Capt. Darrow came in, catchirg the last remark of the husband as he entered. " Jly doar Bertram, " he said, drawing up n light camp-chair and "eating himself near them, "I am beginning to think that your suspicions of thoso two men are entirely groundless I wa3 talking with Mr Mcadon'B, my fir.?t officer, about them this very afternoon, when nil hands had been called to reet topsails. They are truly the best men we have in our crew; the most prompt at duty, none more ready and will ing, none moro capable. MorooTor, Wenzell can take an obsnrvation of sun, moon, or star, and work it out; al?o, ho can correctly keep dead reckoning. 1 havo watched him very narrowly, and not a sign have I de tected that could lead mo to believe that either he or Herter has any object in Ticw in nny wny concerning you. " George was still inclined to be doubtful; but Dori?, luoking for tho brighter side, was willing to believe that she had been mistaken Sho would hopo, at all events. On the evening of tho very next day, as Bert*amstood on tho lee-sido of the quarter deck, ho was addressed by a man who had been coiling away some of tho running rig-

gins. "Mr Bertram, you will pardon mo. I have been told that your beautiful wife wa« an Owen-that her father was Kalph Owen

of Virginia, "

It was a very pleasant voice, earneft and respectful. George turned, and beheld - Jacob Wenzell ! For the moment ho was too wondeistricken to reply ; and 'rhon he had recovered his sense?, he thought rather

i f what in tho world tho man could mem than of returning an answer. " 1 trust, my dear pir, I do not offond," the feaman added, as he caught the other's eyo. " I formed a very strong attachment for Rllph Owen ; find I know his wifo—her tha.fc was Mary Stanton—very well. A curious combination of circumstances brought us together." }li paused aaain, bui as Bertram did not re^por.d, ho went on : 1 was second mato of The Morning Star— Captain Stanton's ship—on board which Ralph and his Touni; wife sailed from Marseilles to Calcutta. That was sixteen years ago, and more. During tho trip, Italph Owen saved my life ; and I may »ay that I was tho meana nf saving bis wife. You will not wonder, thjrefore, that I feel an interest in the daughter."

" Did you ever vUit Mr Owen in Cal cutta?' George asked, not quite free from Fufpidon that there was something sinister in this. "No ; I had not the opportunity. Cap tain Stanton saw his daughter Eafely lon-Jed, and then proceeded at once to Honcr King On nur return voyage, we dropp:d isiwhor in Diamond Harbour, while thn captain ■went; up, by stage, to sac hi* child, and his newly born grandchild. He only remaned two days ovny. On oar return to the States, the Morning Star was caught in a tonitic gale on the Jersey coast, and lost; t of ether with half iior crew, Captain Stinton beTns among the unfortunate number, I ehipp id next on board the ship John Spencer only for tha outward voyage to 0 ilcutti, a Men 1 who had money having agreed to join with me in running a good eteam-tug on the Hoogly. When I arrived at the end of the voyage, Ralph Owen was dead. He had been accidentally shot b,y a native Shikaree, while hunting tigers. It was a sad piece of intelligence to mo, I assure you.".

" Did you call on hia widow 1" " I called once, and she was Bick—con-: fined to her bed, they told me—and I did not call again. I wjs veiy busy, and before another opportunity occured, she had taken a second husband. After that 1 ruther shrank from presenting myself. You can readily understand the situation." " Certainly," said George. And that was all ho could say. Not yet was he satisfied. Was the man tryiDg to remove his fears in order that he might have a clearer field for operations ? But Wonzoll did not appear to take the young man's silence as an offence. With a smile he went on, this time with a question direct: . " Were you ever iv OwensvHle?'1 " In Owensville ?" "The Vi/ginia .town in which Ralph Owen was born and roared." "No, sir; I never was in America at all" " Ah, oxcu»e me. I thought you wore American." " I am an Englishman, sir." " And you may b proud of it—la proud as I of being a Yankee. However, I suppose you will visit Owen's birth p'aoo. If I mistake not, ho owned property there which he never sold." Ah ! this was interesting. " Your namo, I think, is Wenzel.l ?" " It is - at your Barvice." 1' A reyou acquainted in the town of 0 wnos vil!e?" " I am ; or, I was, not many years ago." " Did you know anything of Ralph Owen's property there ?' " I knowthatheowned a farm of consider able size - a hundred acros, or more—with good buildings thereon." " Have you any idea of its Value 1' "It was worth, I think, somewhere in the neighbourhood of four thousand dollars; but I understood from Ralph that he had drawn, from a relativo whom he had left in chargo, a considerable portion of its value in money. Ho had been obliged to do it in order that ho might meet his travelling ex aontos. If his widow, howevor.drewnothing after his death, there should bo something remaining for the child. Really, I hope she may succeed in obtaining it." This appeared reasonable to George. He knew that Ralph Owen had had several remittances from the agent in chargo of his property; and he knew, further, that the widow had received ono or two in answer to her own draft. Was it possible that she had drawn all there had been to draw ? He knew that said agent had failed to answor her two or throo demands la«t sent. Had ho done so because there had been no funds? It did not seem possible. Ralph Owen had certainly given his wife to understand that ho had property sufficient for her support through life, with something besidoa tor his child. Ho was thinking thus when Wsnzell took a new tack.

"Ralph was not always wise In his ex penditures. I remember his purchasing, in Paris, a trinket for his wife, which I thought, at the time, he could ill afford. It was a crucifix, cf solid gold, heavier than any lady could comfortably, wear. What could have possessed him I never could imagine. However, I suppose the widow found its intrinsic value a comfortable thing for her. Doubtless it had been sold ere thia."

George opened his oyes. Several thinga were exercising his thoughts First, bo had liear.d this man, in conversation with his mates, use languago uncouth and un grammatical; but now he was speaking like ono well educated He had been thinking for some little time that ho was acting a double character And now como this question about tho goldon crucifix. The story of Jack Clcarstar'a mystorious dis appearanco flashed back, upon him, and tho particulars were clearly remembered. Jack had told Sidney Ashton, when ho save tho crucifix into his keeping, that ho nad scon tho face of a man peering in at a window of tho room in which his dying master was lying whon the jewel had been given into his hands. Might not this bo the very man ? There had been an eagerness in his speech about the crucifix not to bo overlooked. Surely, ho wished to know whore it was. Ayo— he would liko to get track of itl

These thoughts flashed through tho youth's mind in a Tery few seconds, and when ho answered he had concluded that a bit of righteous dacop'.ion could not be wrong.

"Mrs Oncn, I am very sure, let tho crucifix go," he said, looking straight into his interlocutor'o eye.

"Sold it, I suppose !'

" Really, I c >u!d not toll you." Wenisell for tho moment seemed troubled, but tho shadow quickly pissed, and, with a polite inclination, ho sMd : "You will exciuo mo for having thus intruded upon your time and attention, I trust j but I was anxious to apeak with you. If you nro going to Owensville, I may be able to render you naMetance. That is not my destination, but I nm well acquainted there, ni.d can givo you direction that might boot service"

George thanked tho man, and told hia that ho would not hesitato to claim hi* services should he require them. And with that they separated, the seamun turning forward, while the other walked aft.

Half an hour later' Gesrgo and Doris were together in their state room, where the story of tho meeting with Jacob Wen zell was tod.

" And what do you make of it ?" asked ;ho wifo when she had heard the whole.

" First, darling, is tho crucifix convenient to your hind ? I would like to look at it.'

Without a question, Doris arose and went to tho hoavy steel-bound trunk which occupied a place near the head of the bunks. It was not a large trunk, but made for Bprvico, and proof against thioving chambor tnaids and unprofessional thieves generally. Sho unlocked it with a key which fhe carried in her purse, nnd was not long in finding the article sought and giving it into her husband's band.

He took it and balanced it in hi? palm. Then ho allowed it to rejt upon his open fingers, and " helted " there, as the Yankees %I)oris, I have been wondering if this th^ro might not be hollow, and contain a paper, or papers, of vitml importance ; but 1 nm satisfied that such cannot bo the case. It is altogether too weighty for any such use."

Doris took it, and tried it as he had done,, and she came to the game conclusion with himself. That it was* solid mass was very evident.

" And yet," said George, with a wistful, longing look, «nd he took the crucifix once more into his hand, "I cannot rid myself of tho desire to got at the inside of it. I remember, whon I n as a boy, that my father gave mo, amongst my Christmas presents, a wooden drummer. It was a very nontly and prettily painted bit of toy statuary man, drum, and drumsticks, with uniform completo; and by turning a little wire crark the figure's arms were raised and let fall, at the Csamo lime producing taps like those of a drum. 1 took tho toy with delight, and for a titno tho mimic drummer gare me pleasure; but by and by tko thought struck me that I would liko to know what made those arms rise and fall, and what mode tbe music of tho drum. And I found no more comfort «n*il I had got away by myself with a hatchet, and had found the inside of my mysterious drummer. The result was a lessen. I found a whittled stick, two or three bits of quill, and two or three bits of coarse linen thread. I had solved the mystery, and lost my toy." "I doubt if you would gain so much as that from finding the in.'ide of thtj sacred emblem, my precious husband. But I do not beliovo you ov«r thought of cutting it open. It would seem to me like sacrilege." " Yot, darling, if you'had r«a?on to believe that it *as hollow—that thoro was within a repository for papers -yon would not hesi tate tG open it, would ysu!" " 0, no—that would bu different."

" Well, tho feelings I have had havo bejn based up in tho possibility of such a situation, or what I thought the possi bility. But since we havo decided that Chero is no such possibility, we will allow tho blessed momento to remain intact. Yet there is a mystery connected with it; and, do you know, I should not wonder if Jacob Wenz)U could solve it."

"Georgd! Do you think co?" " If he is the man whoso face Jack Clear star saw in the window of the bungalow wheu the ciucifix was being given into the hands, the thing is not only possible, but highly probable." "And you think he is the man ';"

"I think he may be. "0! Corge what a situation ! What nhall come over i. ? Do you think tkese two men will try to harm us ?"

" Not personally, precious wife. The situation may bo thus-and I do not deem it a wild supposition : You are heiress to more property than has already appeared, and your father's cousin, who now holds it in charge, would like to keop you out of it; and ho will do bo if he can. Wenzell and rferter are hia agents, hired to keep watch over your movementß ; also hired to remove you if poesiblo, that is, if it could be done without making too much noise. That has failed, and will cot, I am sure, be attempt d again -at leaat, not no board this phip. As ! for the crucifix, it is in some way a proof of ; your identity. But of that we have proof enough. Captain Darrow and Mr Meadows

will give testimony whenever they are wanted ; and that, together with thonumer ous affidavits wehai'o, under legal seal, with answer every purpose.

" There ! Put away the crucifix, and we will keep it sacredly. I havo dreamed of JackClearstar twico already—hays droimecl of meeting him in tho body, and taking him by the hand ; and once he spoke of the crucifix. I shall dream the third time, by and-by." "And then';"

'■ Then I shall believe he is living, and that we shall see him. He will seok us and fulfil the dying injunction of his dear master. And now to bed. Let us find the bright side, if wocan, and trust that tho right will triumph."

And having raised their voices in humble supplication and thanksgiving to the Heavenly Father, they sought their re3t. Days and weeks passed with no further sign from Jacob Wenzoll. It was near the middle of January, IS6I, when the Wanderer roached Caps Town. Hero they met an American barque just in from New York, from the captain of which our friends re ceived startling intelligence. The signs, when he loft, were of war. Captain Darrow could not believo such a thing possible.

"Give it not a moment's thought." he said to George Bertram.

But, later, the young adventurer vieited the barque, and, from conversation with her officers, he was led to believe thar the war was possible, Capt. Darrow to the contrary notwithstanding. Ah ! little dreamed ho then how much that war meant to him !

(To be Continued.)

The Lost 1.0. U.

Some men seem to take naturally to what ever pronjiees to be unfortunate to them, and it'must havo been in blind obedience to this law that Charles Day insisted on regarding Jones Torry aa hia friend. There was nothing in common between the men but a love for Josio Merritt, and such a circum stance is not usually conducive to friendly feeling. Both wore young men of some fortuno and position, but Jones alone was in business. Charles lived upon the rents of his property, . and devotod hia time to the ladies in geDOial, and to Joeie Merritt in particular. One oveningin Juno thoy pat together in the library of Charles's fine house. Thoy had been discussing some eummerplans, anil Charles said, "Leavo oft' grinding at that money mill of yours, Jonas', ami oome with mo; we shall have a pleasant month's cruico." " I cannot possibly do it. To tell the truth I am in a very tight place, and it is a bad time for raising money.'" " Dow much do you want ?" " About twelve hundred." " Will a thosand do ?" " Yoa, that would put mo out of straits. In fact, one thousand now might be worth ten thousand to me." Charles walked to bissccrotary, and unlock ing it, counted out the amount in notes and handed them to his friend, saying :—

"Juet givo me your 1.0. U., Jonas, for three months afterdate. Will that be long enough 2"

" You don't mean this, Charles!"

" Why, ye.«, I do, old follow, It is not much of a kindness, after all. You see, Merritt paid me my quarter's rents ta-d.-iy, and I shall bo euro to spend all before the quarter is over if I keop tho money whoro 1 can got at it In three months i'shall bo out of fund?, and badly in want of money. It is a plan of mine to securo a thousand for a clearing up in fcoptcmber."

"Thank you, Charles. I will accept the loan with pleasure, and if you should need it before, why, just drop mo a line. I shall be out of trouble long before September."

Tho young mm then drow a pen and somo paper towards him, wrote out the 1.0. U., and handed it to his friend, obscrv ing, as he did so, " Allow me to pay, Charles, that it is foolish to keep so much money here. Put it with your banker."

"Certainly. Merritt paid we tin-" after noon. It was so hot when he left 1 thought

[would not go down town until the morn inc. There if no danger. Xo body but you and Mtrritt and myself knows any thing about it."

Then ho lifted the 1.0. U., glnnced at it, and rose to put it in bis secretary ; but n? ho was crossing tho room Jonas ?.iid, " ] hoard today that 'oslo Morritt is to marry Lieutenant Pierce."

In on in't.int tho young man's thou<rht. weredivertcd from his money alliirs. He w.is much excited nt tho information, refused to beliovo it, and went over and over, with a passionate earnestness, his reasons for being certain that such a thing could not be.

"Why." he kopt repeating, "I have known her ovor sinco sho was a ntiio bit ot a girl. I carried her books to school; I went with her to tho dancing class ; her father has been my lawyer nnd advisor ; I have been as much at home in Merritt's house as in my own. Pooh ! the thing i.« impossible. Josio would never treat me like that. I won't believe it." "Go md ndk her a straightforward question." " I can't It is too late to night, and I leave by (he noon train to-morrow. I in tended to havo that ii.al.tcrfully understood this summer, but I was in no hurry. A lovo afliir is nil spoiled whon papa and mamma and tho lawyer and tho world como into it. I have told Jojio that, sho and I understand one another. Will you bo calling thero soon, Jonas?' " I will try, if you wish if." " Thoy leave town in a few days, but call before, i'you can, and send mo word if you see anything of tho lieutenant." Charles was much annoyed nt what ho had heard, but ho did not forget his secretary. It had a secret draper, nnd was strongly fastened by three intricate locks. Ha care fully secured all three, and then sat down to smoko and think over again the absurdity of Josie caring for anyone but himself. In half an hour ho was satisfied that tho thing was impossible, and ho ro?o rather wearily, determined to sleep upon his faith in her love. As he passed tho table ho saw a piece of paper that attracted him ; it was Jonas's 1.0. U. Ho had forgotten to put it away, and it was too much trouble to unlock the secretory ngain. Ho hesitated a moment whoro to secure it, but almost instantly se lected a place ho considered singularly safp, deposited it thero, and then went to bed and to sleep.

Tho next cay ho went to Brighton, and there waited impatiently tho advent of the Merritts. Before he got any letter from Jonas, losie herself had satisfied him.' They had o charming stroll together, in which everything was talked over, nnd which loft Charle3 in what ho considered a very happy and enviable position.

Nothing marred tho hejiven of their next two months. At the end of that time the reckless lov»r began to bo in want of funds, and as ho had heard nothing from Jonas, ho determined to go to London and collect his 1.0. U. Ho had not a care on his heart about it until he had searched his secretary again and again, and failed to find tho paper. Ho lit a cigar, and sat down to think. Then ho suddenly remembered that ho had found tie paper after ho had locked his eocivtaiy, and that ho had hid it. Ho even remem bered tho little laugh of delight with which bo had put it in such a capital t>Ricc. But *hnt place? Ho could not romemlci' that.

He tried to tWiuk that it was of no con.-io quenco, but somehow his heart failed him. Early next day he went to tho office of Jonas Terry, and found him there. Jonas was busy writing, but he lifted his head with a smiio, and roso heartily to greet his friend. "Jonas," s:iid Charle?, with a puzzled, eager look, "that 1.0.U.—1 havo lost it. Searched 'everywhere i> I 1 night for it, and can't lay my hands on it. " » What tO.XT. ? "

" Tho one you gavo mo for the one thous and pounds I lent you in June. After you wont I sat d > tra to t hints about Jos io Merritt, and when 1 was getting sleepy I found it on the tablo. I was too hzy to unlock my secretary again, and I hid it somewhere ; or elso I thought I hid it, and left it about, and the esrvnnts have swept it away. How ever, I will give you an acknowledgment tbat will cover all possible claim if ever if should turn up. That will do, you know. " " You must bo dreaminu, Char.ea. I know nothing aboufc an 1.0 XI., and I don't at all fgo what you are drifting at." "Jonas? you could not be such a scoun drel? You are joking, of course. "

"Mr Day, I request you to leave my office at onca, sir. lam not to bo bulll dor black moiled in this way, I assure you."

Then Charles struck tho Kcnundrtl, and there was such an uproar nf words and blow* tbat the police weru calkd in, and the affair became sufficiently public, and indeed went into the courts. Of course Charles got the worst of it in eery way. He bad no par tie!e of evidence to show for his claim :ha vasfast.jashionable, and extravagant, vhik Jonas wtis universally spjken of as " e^ti mable and reliable." Society .turned the cold shoulder towards him, and mothoifl forbade their daughters to ride in his com pany or accept him for ft parfcntr at a dance.

" But then," as Mrs Merritt shrewdly said, " his engagement to our Josie has become i »i known.

It was remarkable that after this quarrel Jonas Terry's business grew with an amazing rapidity. Socially, too, hia succoe,; was very great. He married a beautiful, utylisb. woman, who fully shared his antipathy to tho Day.?, and who nover lost an opportunity of mortifying them; and social slights are bitter enough to those whose wholo lifo turns upon social success. In fact, Mr and Mrs Jonas Terry, with their grand house and exclusive entertainments and fins turn out, were the Mordecai sitting in the gate of all Charles's and Josie's happiness.

Many a time the two had gone together over everything in tho room, taken every book from the shelves, and examined every crevice in tho cases, but all in vain, The 1.0. U. w.i3 evidently lost, and Charles said, after every fresh search and disappoint ment—

"No uee, Josie ; I tell you everything goes against honour and virtuo. If you want to bo pointed out as a pattern of all excellencies, you must be in secret a natural and practical villain."

So the years went by—fifteen of them. The 1.0. U. was not forgotten. They lived in a society where people havo little else to do but remember the antecedents of its member?, and Charles Day and hia wife often folt tbo inlluenco of Jonas'a accusa tion. The two men never spoko. If they passed each other in tho park, Jonas erncked his whip offensively, or Mrs Terry looked scornfully at tho shrinkiog couple, but they had long ago said all to each other that it was possible to Eay.

In the fifteenth summer after the loan Charles went yachting, and on one memor able night was shipwreckel. Almost by a miraclo, and after he had sunk thrice, he was roscued. Tho first words lie uttered to hia wife were : "Josio, I have found tho I.CLU. Writo down just what I Eay: SliaKospero, Knight's edition, vol. iv., page 213, fourth compartment, fourth shelf, fourth book."

Josio wrote it down ; but he was so rest less lest anything should now happen to the library tbat he returned to London as soon as there was tho least safety in doing so. When he arrived at home he went straight to tho library, and putting his h^nd on a certain volume, opened it at the pago he had indicated, and thoro was tho lost 1.0. U.

" When I was drowning, Josie, the last time I sunk everything I ever did becarno in a moment's flaeh cloar as day to mo, and I ?aw myself putting the note in the place I found it. It was wonderful."

Tho clearing of his namo wa? Charles's tirft thought, but after it came tho very eati^fnetory ono of making Jonaa pay the principal and intorest due to him. "And after thU is done, Josie, 1 shall cue him for defamation of character, and make him pay for every insolence." This was no idle threat. The roxt morn ing Charloe'a lawyer confronfed the false hearted scoundrel with his 1.0. U., iind ontered proceedings at once to recover. Jonas at lirst tried to compromise, but this offer Charles indignantly rejected.

And perhabs the social and commercial world iii which theao two men moved never had a more vivid illustration of this truth The business that had been built upon a fraud and a wrong crumpled away as if touched by somo withering blight. Tho court awarded Charles Day principal and full interest, and a subsequent action forde fiimation cave him, in reparation for his fifteen years' slanderod namo, ton thousand pounds.

But by that time the firm of Jonas Terry was unable to meet such a claim. Ho shut his doors in dishonour, nnd tlod in the dark ness of night from thousands whom ho had robbed.--" Prize Tit-Bit."

Sir Byron's Wit

Heue aro a fovv flowers culled from tho dia logue of " Tho Shuttlecock," tho posthum ous play by Mr Byron, which is now being represented nt Toolo's Theatre, in London : —"She shall bo mine, and n valuable mine too," . . . " After all, tailoring ianotan uneeamly employment." . . . "He hosculates between the pawnshops and tun public." . • . "Talk of n ' palace lift in' to eternil summer'! I'vo heard of shop liftin', but never of palace liftin'l" . . . " You sive me. No, you will liavo to shave mo." . . . "I'll take a littlo hide and -eek (rfcidsicck)." • • • "This is so superior a lobster it may be called an upper crustacean." ... . Lady roading "Mor ning I'ust1') --Hero's an account of Lady Winifred Wallflower's wedding." Gentle man (rending tho " Time 3") —" Who's Lady Winifred Wallflower?" Lndy^"lf you wero better po.«ted you wouldn't bo 09 you ■iro now, behind the times." . . "There's not much 'jiU'orcnco bolwoen n gardener and a tailor. Tho ono sows seeds, tho other sews buttons. The seeds como up, and tho buttons como oft'-so it seems (sow It seems)." . . . " I'm a hypersonsi tivo ( I mean a three per conts itiye) lever." . . . "Why not? (wine o'fc) " "No, nhampngne cold." . . . It's Melnotte y bit it's nice." ..." Don't bo a buf foon." . . . " Well if you like it bettor, I'll bo a blue foon, or a red foon, or a greon froi." . . . '"I can't sing—l've sue!) a catarrh." . . . "Oh, never mind your guitar." . . . " He shut you up liko a telescope." "That's just it—l couldn't • tell his scope." ..." Ca'l this Uocdorer! It'e liker Tottenham Court ■•nad "erer." ... ■ "You'll have to wear a two-wrist-suit (handcuff--) " Ob, como !'' " Yea, you'll soon bo picking oakum" . . . " That's tho Poet Laur ea'o." "Oh lor he ato such a lot." . . . " That's a great cricketer." "Ho seems a bold man." " Ye.", he's a wicket person, but he'll soon moot his match." . . . "Ho you know his valet?" "Do you mean his vally (value) as estimated by himself?" . "Yes, we'll have t^o country seats —(asido)—two penny chairs in tho park." . . . " We'll have a rural cottage-four rooms and a water-butt." " Yes, but where shall wo put mamma?" (Aside)—"ln tho water-butt. (Aloud)-She can go to an hotel " " Ho, tell her nat so." .. . "My soul's in arms." " Most people havo theirs on their foct, though some prefer them fried."

Curious Case of Credulity.

Crbdclity, a bolief in somnambulists, and so on are to be met with not among the un oducuted classes alono, as is proved by a case connected with tho authenticity of an alleged historical document which latterly engaged tho attention of the Palis Tribunal of Correctional Police. Tho complainant, who described herself as a descendant of n Governor of India under Louis XV., had in her possession a document showing that in 1737 her ancessor had deposited a troasuro of 40,00^,000 francs in his castle of Vilcoq. Sho took a certain M. Robert into |jer confi dence, and neither of them having moan 3 of their own to'carry on researches, two persons woro persuaded to advance money on condition of receWing a portion of tha treasure whon recovered. M. liobert set to work, found tho pteciso spot where tho CM tenu de Vilcoq had formerly stood, md obtained tho consent of tho Marquise Jo Civtio. to whom tho estate now belongs, to dig tho ground, it being understood that sho was also to receive a portion of the property supposed to be hidden thero Digging went on for a long time, but noth ing was found. Three somnambulists wore then consulted, each of whom fixed on a different spot, and in each spot excavations on a very extensive soalo were raado Briefly tho search was carried on with such energy that tho property of tho Marquise was completely devastated, and that lady, quite disgusted, h,\d to cill the polioe to turn tho explores out of her estate. Debts, however, had been in urred by M. Hobert, who, beginning to doubt whether tho al leged descendant of tho " Govornor of India under Louis XV." was not an impostor, refused to restore hor tha "historical docu ment," had it examined by oxports, and learned that it must havo been drawn up within tho last fifty years. Tho Tribunal awarded him fifty francs damages, but tho Marquiso has obtained nothing for the dam agedongtoherestate.—"LondonStandard."

A FRENCH CAUSE CELEBRE.

The Pel Poisoning Case.

Extraordinary Story.

(FROM OUR LOXDON CORRESPONDENT.)

Loxdox, June 13. It is not often that a French murder case attracts much attention. The Pel poison ing cases have, however, unusually interest ing features about them. The Paris corres pondent of the "Daily News," writing on the eve of the trial of the prisoner, soys :

The Pel trill almost brings us back to the time when Morok, Rodin, la Chouette, and other villains; of Eugene Sue's novels were believed in. If tho jack of all trades and sciences, tho watchmaker, the dabbler in chemistry and electricity, the ex-manager of the DelassomentsOomiques, &c , who has been several days beforo the Assize Court of the Seine, is guilty of the murders laid to him, there is no. doubt that he not only lacked sent moral, but the perception of what show of it the world required of him. It is also shown that he never told the truth. He did not swindle, but ho often attempted to get on through false pretences, wore decorations to which he had no right, gave out that he had been rewarded by humane and scientific societies with medals and diplomas which they never granted. Was his absence of moral ssntimont a part of lunacy ? He was once under treatment for that species of insanity which French doctors term La folia dcs grandeurs, and which often is tho forerunner of paralysis. Certainly he looked out for a wife, to use the words of a witness, as he might have looked out for a domesticated animal that he wanted to buy. Money was his sole aim in both his marriages, which were negotiated through matrimonial agencies. Yet ho was satisfied with dowries that were hardly more than pittances. Hia want of sociability was oddly combined with levity of speech. His tonguo was as lightly glib when ho notified his mother's death to an acquaintance as wh-sn he spoke of the disappearance of a bonnt. He worked for nothing but wealth, was intelligent, had business habits, and scientific tastes and acquirements He was also stingy. Still he failed in all he put his hands to, and £1,000 which his father left him was swallowed up in a theatrical venture.

A theory of the polico which had been only hinted at in tho prosecution was that ho weakened his victims by arsenic and then finished them by a strongly charged elec trical battery, ilia mother had been ill be fore sho died, as if from arsenical irritation, but he said sho killed herself in meddling with his electrical apparatus. The amount of arsenic found in tho body of his first wife was not really very great, and he accounts for it by tho frequent use she made of Fowler's liquid. On the day of her death Pel announced the event jocularly to an old Savoyard friend, also a watchmaker, and on being asked who watched tho corpse said, Nobody—there not being any danger of its escaping through door or window. Pel has the head which Tony Johannot gavo to Morak in his illustx'ations of Eugdne Sue's novels. He has high cheek bones, phenomenaliysunkenand sharp eyes, which look out abovegold-rimmed spectacles at dis tantobjoctß.alongaquiline anddipping noee, ; thin moustachio?, neatly trimmed and .dip ping at the ends, and a goatee beard. The linos about tho mouth have a sardonic ex pression, and the chin shows weakness. "Catherine do Medici's chin almost ran back into her neck," it was remarked to mo when I noticed this last peculiarity of Pel. Monstor or no monster, his answers wore cool and to tho point. He did not shufilo or seom nervous when n fresh wit ness came up. Tho pieces tie .conviction wore not of a naturo to strike the imagina tion, they being all in phials. Phial 1 con tained soot from Pel'b stovo, phial 2 soot from another stovo in which a carcase was burned, and phial 3 arsonic extracted from tho body of the first wife. The absence of cocottos and cocodottoa from thia sensa tional trial was duo to the refusal with which their applications for ad mission were met by the presiding judge. Even when the Savoyard watch maker who had been his fellow-apprentice and lifelong friend advanced to depose against him, thoro was no wincing. This witness only gavo evidence us to disposition, mendacity, absence of moral sentiment, as *hown in lovity in tho presence of death and, on the day of the first wife's decease, in a chat about a collection which Pel had made of the hair of past mistresses. Pel's mother ; Eugenic Meyer, an old maid who, with a little money which she had made as a theatrical dressmaker, who went to stay with him as housekeeper, servant, and po-sible wife ; and the first Madame Pel, died of colic—for there is nothing provon about the electrical battery. A burly woman of 50, Mario Mahoin, who was also servr.nt of all-work and companion, had when taken with a similar illness tho happy thought to insist on being sent to the hospital. Sho was there asked if she had not been trying to commit suicide by poison, which sho stoutly denied. While she was under treatment her box, which sho left at Pel's, vras opened, and the lock of a cofFret in it forced. A certain Eugenic Hnmbert, who had amassed a snug sum, and had whon yountr, obtained a rosifere's crown, was in vitoa by Pol.to replace hia second wife Madarnu Pel No. 2, who ia still alive, but has not come forward at tho trial, is a woman o; good family, and ia supposed to bo ir. England with her mother, Madame do Murat. Sha quitted tho conjugal domicile bocause her husband made her wretched with his crofts grained temper and eccentri city. He had married her to get hold of a few hundred pounds, which he repre sented would enab;e him todo agood business asn, watchmaker. Eugdnie Humbert declin ing hia invitation, he inked Elise Boehmer, a Belgian servant, to como and place herself at thoheadoihisforsakenhomoas his "friend," housekeeper, and shop-assistant. She had saved a little money also, and it was proved that Pel nogotiated for he -arente dehonturo for f>OOf. She lent him -various small sums to onable him to movo from Nanterre to Montreoil, near Vincen \en. At least sho said sho did. Apparently she was a girl of some education, A letter read by the pro secution, which she wrote a few days before th'o illness that precoJed her mysterious disappearance, ia remarkable for tho eleganco of its French diction, and haa no faults of spelling It was addressed to a Madame Maiiotle, who knew about her savings, and thus ran : Daar Madam,—l hope to call on you on Monday, Jaly7th. I hare, alas! much to tell you about myself, but I cannot tell you all my trouble?, because they are too many. My oosition is precarious, and not a good one. * I shall let you know what it is when I call, because you are the only person whom I know to whom I can confide my sorrows, and who will try to spoak to ma consolingly. I sought for frendship here, but have only received bitter words. Still I try to bo resigned to my lot, though it is a sad one. Don't tell anyono my address, and I beg yon not to write before I have seen you. I am very much cast down.— Elise Boehmbb On the 7th July Bhedid not pay the visit, because too ill to go out. No doctor was called, but a woman living in the house oarao to look after her, and on the following Saturday told tho neighbours that Eliso vras on her last logs, and had hardly a spark of life in her body. When this volun tary nur!e went again to attend to the sick domestic she was told that she had gone away bag and baggage. As Elise was a good-natured soul, it was thought odd that she did not leave a mes'nge of thanks at least with the concierge for tho kind neigh bour. It was deemed still more strange when the porter and his wife said they had not seen her go. Her personal effects wore discovered at Pel's afterhiaarrest; and his be haviour mbfequently to her disappearance, coupled with othor circumstances, gavo rise to tha suspicion that she was murdered and her body consumed by tire. On the Wed nesday after the day on which sho was last seen ;i stench emanated from tho watch maker's lodgings. Pol no longer opened the door when anyono rang tho bell, but looked out from behind a small sliding panel. The stench was succeeded by tho sharper one of chloride of lime, in combina tion with an odour of burning flesh, which went on for a few days and nights. Thick =moke j=sued from tho chimney of (he stove. A watcn of Elise Boehmor wm lastly given by Pel to Ma apprentice. The donor said to whom it'belonged, and added, ' It'a ever co much prettier than its former

owner." .- Eugenic Meyer disappeared lrom Aan terre under circumstances analogous to those which marked the disappearance of Blise Boehmer from Montreuil Aobody hasVen hcrfince, and «ho has given no ei^a, .Effects of hers remained with Pel. FKeehas been Fought for ail o"er Fiance, Germany, Belgium and Lnxembur^. No cabman remembers having taken her from Montreuil. No stockbroker ba»9:ncinego tiated for her ary of the debenture? which »he was known to have popsesscd. Her rs'ime is not registered in any hospital or t'l-e deadhonse of any mayoralty. Nobody baa come forward to establt-h that *he was alive after the Sunday of herdi-t-ppearaice. Xhe soot of the etove was produced by

animal fat. There were blood i>\s.ins on the floor, but no conclusion can be 'rawn from that fact, Pel having been subject- to bleeding at the nose. The second Madame Pel (nte Boislisle (.'••> Murat) only returned to the conjugal domi cile after her hu-band's arrest to sell the furniture that he left ibere. He had a passion for art-funiiture, and paid 2,003 franca for a» organ, the woodwork of which was admirably carved. The strange being used to play on this instrument for hours at a time. His musical genius was derived probably from th/i same hereditary source as that of Berlioz, who was bU cousin. A scientific library and electrical appnvatue were also sold by the wife, who has gone to join her family in England. They had been victims of terrible' atalities. Madame Boislisle do Murat, tho mother, is fifty, but looks seventy-five. Sho is intelligent, highly accomplished, and was rich, beauti ful, and the belle of Perigeux when young. M. Boisliele de Murat was a country gentle man near Btivea, and lived there in fine style. He was so unfortunate as to let himeelf be drawn into a business which he did not understand, and got ruined. He quitted France. The wife, who had four children, made over tho greater part of her own fortune to the creditors, and with her daughters came to Paris to try and supple ment asm^ll annuity with an income derived from work. Madame Pel learned watch making. Her eldest sister was married before the family disaster, and her husband, M. deToukac,went outof hismind on learn ing of it. The eldest son enlisted. An old friend one day met him, and treated him to champagne. On returning to barracks his captain accused him of drunkenness, and he dapped him in the face. For this he wasshot under a military sentence. Another son got drenched in seeking on a wet day tor employment, and died of consumption. The crowning misfortune was the marriage of Angfcle, the youngest daughter, with Pel. . She thought she could with him profitably exercise her handicraft, and is now the mother of a little girl six months old.

After midnight en Saturday Pel was found guilty, and sentenced to death. He was not indicted for many of his suspected murders, but for that of his first wife. On this count he was acquitted. The medical experts, although arsenic was found in the body, declined to Bwear positively after the great lapse of time that she was poieened. Ho was found guilty on strong circumstan tial evidoncs, of murdering his servant and intimato companion Eliso Boehmer. He possessed himself of her savings—l,soo francs. Sho was last seen in his house, ill, emaciated, and suffering great pain. H>' told many contradictory stories about her disappearance, saying to some people that sho was dead, and to others that she had gene away. Pressed by the Judge of Instruc tion, he mentioned some very distant cab station, from which ho said at her request he fetched a cab for her, but could not explain why he did not get one nearer-. The driver cannot be found, and none of the many neighbours saw any carriage approach the house on the day alleged. For three nights after thegirl'selis appearance fierce fires wero seen blazing in Pel's stove up to eleven on hot 'uly evenings. Several people complained of the intolerable smells, liko burnt putrid meat, emanating from his apartment. The floor wns found thickly Btrewn with chloride of lime, probably used to counteract thestench. Exports found it quite possible entirely to incinerate a dead body in a few hours in a etovo the counterpart of that of Pel. Public opinion endorses the verdict. Never theless, several journals argue that, al though it can ecarcoly be denied that Pel cremated the girl's body, and concealed the aches, thero is no proof that he murdered her. The jury probably were influenced by the groat suspicion attaching to him in the other cases,' and by the annotations in his chemical books, showing that he had greatly studied the action of poisons.

OUR LONDON FLANEUR.

Social, Theatrical, and Literary.

London, June 4. It is very etrango how few Englishmen really seem to know anything of the works of the late Motor Hugo. Some, no doubt, have read translations of "Notre Dame" or "LesMiserables," but there, as a rule, their acquaintance with the great French man seems to ond. The majority,! imagine, first woke up to the fact that Hugo was a mastermind of two generations wnen they perused the obituary notices in the news papers, and read of the magnificent tributes paid by all Europe to his memory. Paris, possibly, has overdone matters a little. Your true Parisian is nothing if not hysteri cal. Dignified grief is an impossibility to him. In this case, moreover, there bna been something of a suspicion that many of the most vehement mourners have been paying tribute not to Hugo the patriot, poet, and romancist, but to Hugo the Freethinker, and Hugo the Red Republican. The great British public is vory crooked minded in many respects. It deifies success, yet passes over the efforts of numberless meritorious men in absolute silence. Take the case of Fargus—"Hugh Conway" I mean. His main claim to fame was that he wrote a short story which accidentally—not because it possessed any transcendent merits—achieved a prodigious success. Well since the poor man died the other day, obituary notices literally columns long have appeared in the papers about him ; a public meeting has been held to vote him a statue, and the Bristol people have resolved to found a Fargus Scholarship at one of the Universities. All this, boar in mind, com ing about simply through Mr Labouchere writing a paragraph in " Truth" about "Galled Back." But for that, Fargus would nevor havo been immortalised. At the moment the puff appeared in the columns of the much-abused society journal, not 500 copies of " Called Back " had been sold. Had the par. by any accident have been struck out, " Arrowstnith's Annual " of 1882 would havo faded into oblivion like its predecessors, and Fargus in all probability died unknown.

In tho samo way that " Truth " made Fargus, the " World " made Mies Florence Warden. She had struggled on as an un successful authoress for years when she sent Eilmund Yates a copy of "Tho House on th 3 Marsh." Ho was pleased with tho book, and wrote a favourable notice of it under '' What the World Says." From that time Miss Warden novor looked back.

That there are many novelfits as clever aa Miss Warden and Mr Farguj, who only require the necesfary fillip to becomo famous, all students of current literature know only too well. Their eflorts are swamped in a sea of mediocre rubbish. Even favourable reviews do them little good, unless they appear in the " Times " or the '■'Saturday Review." A lino paragraph signed by a flaneur liko Labouchere, Yates, or oven Joseph llattor, is indeed worth a Column of reviews.

Those who doubt their being many people capable of writing a sensational brochure like "Called Back" should expend a chilling on a littlo hook entitle} "Tinted Vapour?," by aMr McClaren. Tho " Pajl Mall" and "Saturday Review " agree that it 13 one of the '■"■y best of tho kind that have as yet appealed. The advent ot the warm weather has, aa usual, made a great difference to the theatre?, many of which would save money and show wisdom it they followed the example of the Parisian playhouses and closed for Juno and July. At the present moment the Lyceum, the Savoy, the Court, and tho Criterion are alone doing good business. Irving's revival of "Olivia" (Wills's version of tho " Vicarof Wakefield") is deservedly a tremendous hit. Never has Ellen Terry achieved a more legitimate triumph, or Irvine appeared to greater advantage, Terris too, as ThornhiU, acts with picturesque force, and tho jninor characters have all been most carefully cast. As for the scenery, it is just perfect. The secret of producing sunlight effects seemn at last to hava been successfully solved. The vicar's garden at noon in August ie one of the most realistic pictures the stage has ever seen. The apple trees loaded with tempting fruit must alone have taken a world of pains to make. To-morrow evening Mdlle. Van Zandt initiates a season of French opera at the Gaiety, appearing as Lakmo in Leo Dellbe?, a successful opera of that name. She will be followed by Mdlle. Jane Hadig in "Prince Zilab,' and then we are to be permitted an opportunity of worshipping the divine Sarah in " Theodora."

Mr and Mrs Bancroft have, after a brief run, shunted "Ours" for revivals of Gil berts " Sweethearts" and "Good for Nothing." Their final farewell appearance will probably be made one night early next month in "Caste."

" Maison Neuve," ono of Sardou's onrlier comedies', is being prepared for tho St. James's Company.

By-the-by, I wanted particularly to ask have you hai the new machine for playing the piano out in New Zealand yet?* It is really a most wonderful invention, can bo affixed at will to in.strumer.ts by any maker, whether " grand" or " upright*," and

executes (the performer pimply turning a handk.) dance music, accompaniments, operatic (selections, &c, with the accuracy and expression of a skilled artiste. There are two pstants exhibited at South Ken sington—a Fi ;'ach and American one. The -rinciple ia the ssme in both, but the latter, Cm Vdtho " Miranda Pianista" seemed to me ; '■« simplest and least cumbersome. In appetu 'ice the "Pianista" is just a polished wooden case with a keyboard of woollen tipjxsd hammers, which answer tho same purptw as human fingers, and are regulated by perforated cardboard music which passes a ■■'.>mat!caiiy over tho tips of the instrument. Xhs cardboard is put in motion dircrfcly fch*> hanci:-o bsgiuv to turn, and does no!; require .raiding, fora>i:.g itself reporto're oi the " Pianicti " ii3,'-:t.>d-'« about into a book again as it moves along- "ha I 000 pieces, which csn ba -olected from ./t will. The ~aisic costs 8d pi.- yard, eicix piew comi :f> to about is 6d or .'*— in fact, the 8;. mo c.w ordinary sheet manic. In Eng land ti>s PJanisiLa has so far bsen p_ri;>c;oally used for dance music; its timo is per'.cct, more reli.sbV, in point of fact tiwn huma;: playing. Dancing clubs, q>:adril!a societies, mvsichalls, and casinos in c-maU towns, country villages, &c, are vapidly adopting tho indention. Members taUo it in turns to turn ths haadle or get a lad to play for them, thuu saving two guinaas for the hire of a professional pianist, I can't help thinking ;r>.any of your small up-country cocjnianifcifia would find a Pianista an extraordinary boon, whether for concerts,dance3,or church music. tftf.B. —I should have explained the machino can be affixed equally easily to a has monium or church organ). The cost is £20, a.ud about £5 spent in music would provide ;.b.e pur chaser with all the newest and beat eongs, dance music and hymns. To this.of coarse, shipping and insurance charges would havo to be added. My Exhibition catalogue says the " Miranda Pianista" may be ordered from " The Automatic Musical InstrumentCompany,"3Copthallßuildings, CopthallCourt.Londcn, E.C., or the French patent from J. The-bonville Latay, 10, Charterhcuse-street, Holborn Circus, Lon don, E.C.

Many grown-up persons in your part of tho world, not to mention a whole host of boys and girls, will be sorry to hear of tho death of lira Ewing,whose children stories, "A Flat Iron for a Farthing," "Six to Sixteen," " Jackanapes," &c , &c, were amongst the brightest and most wholesome of their class. Sirs Ewing was a daughter of Mrs Alfred Gatty, the author of tho osquisite " Parables from Nature," and tho founder of "Aunt Judy's Magazine." Most of Mrs Ewing's stories appeared serially in " Aunt Judy," which, since Mrs Gatty's death, has been conducted by Miss H. K. F. Gatty.

Henry M. Stanley's "The Congo; a story of Work and Exploration," lies', before me now—two heavy volumes literally studded with illustrations and map 3, I have not^read far as yet, so. I will only venture to say that the narrative seems un necessarily detailed and spun out. I scarcely think many colonists will caro to pay two guineas for the privilege of pos sessing it. Mrs Harrison, the lady who published a very successful novel under the norn dc plume of " Lucas Malet "twoyears ago, has just brought out a second work almost equally as good, entitled, " Colonel Ender by's Wife." The hero is a middle-aged Bayard of the Colonel Newcome type, the heroine a beautiful but soullees animil. The story of the Colonel's conrtßhip, of his rapture at securing a beautiful lovely young girl for his wife, of their honeymoon, and then of the gradual awakening, is very powerfully told. Soon after themarriage Colonel Endor by has an attack of heart disease. At the first symptoms of illness the young wife shows not love or sympathy, or mere pity, but anger, horror, and repulsion most un mistakable. Her whole idea of life is health, happiness, and perpetual sunshine. Slw shrinks with unreasoning dread from con tact with suffering, feels only an over mastering horror and desperate inclination to fly from it. To the dying husband, whom a few days before the girl seemed to lovo, she becomes cruelly callous imploring to be set free, to be allowed to leave the grief laden house gloomy with the shadow of coming death. Mrs Harrison has drawn this character with rare skill and tact. In some hands such a sketch would have become repulsive ; in hers it is simoly very skilful. . '

At Denny's (the big booksellers in the Strand) yesterday, I found the counter littered with a long string of new two shilling novels—some of them first-class works—forexample, "Mehulah' and "John Herring," which have so often been re commended to you in the more expensive form; Miss Mather's "My Lady Green sleeves," a passable tale of the Rhoda Broughton type; and Mrs OHphant's " Car ita " and " Within the Precincts."

Turcoman Covetousness.

"Turcomans ask you in the most direct manner for anything you have they happen to fancy or cast covetous eyes on," writes a London Standard " correspondent. ''I have been asked by Turcomans, before I have had a dozen words of conversation with them, for every article of clothing 1 had on, from my boots to a sheepskin hat. Greedy as they are sneaking, they havo no concep tion of honour in fulfilling an ordinary bar gain. They vary their prices in the most extraordinary manner, and rofuse to give— if they think they can gain anything by it ■what thry have engaged to sell. Generally, the Turcomans are more stalwart than tho Afghans, but they have not tho martial look of the Afghan races, and they have not the fine sense of honour many Afghans and many of our subjects in India have. It is im poß«ible to believe that there can exist among people so greedy as either Sank or Salor the tine sense of honour in adhering to prom ises which exists among some of the races in India. The martial races in India need not fear comparison with the Turcomans wo have seen. I have in a previous lethßr re ferred to the extraordinary Celtic typo of face of many of the Turcomans, many of whom are very fair, withredcoloured beards and freckled by the sun as Europeans would be. They sow their wheat as it is eowa in the country parts of Ireland, and generally plough with a pair of horses. It is very ex traordinary how quickly the Turcoman un derstands what it might be supposed ho would have some difficulty in "understand ing : he poses himself in tho most natural way for a photograph, and assumes any attitude with the greatest ease. The Sarik and Salor are free from prejuduco in regard to eating from and drinking out of tho same cups as Christians, which nost Afghans are imbued with. A Turcoman asks in the most easy way for the glass tho European has been drinking out of, and. if there is any thing in it, drinks it. This has occurred to me more than once during an early morn ing cup of tea outside the tent while tho •camels were bsing loaded."

Fruit as an Article of Daily Diet

One of tho most salutary tendencies of domestic management in our day is that which aims at assigning to fruit a favoured place in our ordinary diet. Tho nutrient value of such food, in virture of ka component starches and sacchari'ie material?, i 3 generally admitted ; and whilo these substances cannot be s.-iid to equal in accumulated force the more solid ingredients of meat and animal fat, they are similarly useful in their own degree, and havo, moro over, the advantage of greater digestibility. Their conversion within tho tissues is also attended with less friction and pressilro on the constructive machinery. The locally stimulant action of many subacid fruits on tho mucous membrane de=ervea mention. It=s control of a tooaotivo peptic secretion, and its influence of attraction exercised upon the alkaline and aperient intestinal juice, are points of more than superScial impor tance. To this action further effects, which aid the maintenance of a pure and vigorous circulation, are indiretly due. Dyspeptic stomachs, on the other hand, are usually benefited by a moderate allowance of this light and stimulating fare. It must bo remembered, moreover, that every fruit is not equally wholesome, let the digestion bo as poweriul as it may. Nuts, for example - consisting as they do, for the most part, of condensed albuminoid and fatty matters —cannot compare in acceptance, either by the palate or the stomach, with othur succulent kinds, even though they contain in tho same bulk a far greater amount of nutriment. A little of such fruit is enough for digestion, ar.d that little is best cooked. Nevertheless, if we take fruit aa a whole, r'.pe and sound of o;urse, and consider tho variety, its lightness and nourishing proper ties, whether eaten alono or with other food, and its cheap abundance, wo cannot hesitate to add cur voice in support of its just claims on public attention. In former articles we havo shown why vegetable pro- * duce of all kinds should enW largely into | tho food of children. Well-chosen fruits | aro consequently for them as safe and bene ficial as agreeable.—"Lancet."

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1885.

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Woman's Fkiknd.—A mother's advice to mothers: ' K.cn by you, for yoiir«ives and daughters Mrs JJr. Stuart's Kcnn c Remcdu-s. I have never rott wl'h nny mcdlciies so well meriting then-iron of ' Woman's Fiiend.' They ar» tnv.i i:;iVile for the wc-knca°os. headaches, ..nil other troub!o3 experienced by femaJ< B. Rtad.-[ADVT.I "WICKED FOItCtEUOVMEV.— "I bcliOTO It tO h5 all wrong and even wicked for clergymen or 3|.Ji.;t public men to be lrd into (thing tcjti moniaisto ■juack doctors for vi! o stuffs failed medicines, hut trhon a really meritorious article Is niarlo up of common valuable remesits kuo-.vn to all, and that nil phJßKiana nee and trust In daily, w* shon!<l fr?*ly commend it. I thercfcrccliocrfullr \aA heartily coir.mend Hop Bitters for the good .'-sey havo done me and my friendn, firmly belintlng they have no eqttal "(or family use, I vrfll not be without them. — p. oT ._^. Waahiheton. V. G. Head. CATARRH OF THE