THE MYSTERY OF HADDON'S FERRY.

(By E. D. E. N. Southworth.)

tin order that readers of the Stak who have not followed this story may begin with the following Installment of "The Mystery of Haddpn's Ferry," and understand it just tjie eanio as though they had read it all from the beginning, we hero give a synopsis of that por tion of it which has already been published:— Gertrude Haddon, the heroine, Avas the adopted daughter of Gabriel Haddon, of Haddons Ferry, Wilde County, Yα. Gabriel Had<]en raa well-educated man, and took great p? in etrnct Gertrude in solid branches o rnlnft She assisted him inhis ferry work, am U.i ho J delicate and reflned, she self-reliant that slid could row a P,°^ Wilde River in dstotm. Germidoapareniase was unknown. She had been'found, when a Tbabe, by Gabriel Haddon on **? baqks of the on, she took a dcop interest in little Gertrude. Many years before, Gabriel had mamed laly, Valof tic heiress of' General Hiram a brutal old aristocrat, who had Gabriel imbils oned. and carried Lily off to EnK and.-Hei-hus band never taw her again. WyW* ■wards General Slaughter. On hie death-be 4, told Gafti Q t£Stw m&m «A saifflfig while she waa in London, and furnished such clues as he could for the discovery of the-ohlW. Gabriel at once mado preparations tqgp. tp Lon dTn in search of his daughter, but The search was then entrusted § th? Rev Dr Goodwin, Gertrude's Ruardian. , B . u . tJ V;l H nV>?Prt ho sees out, Co!. Gerald Fitzgerald the betrothed ofGeraldine Fitzgerald, who was his cousin .and the heiress ol General Slaughter, having been rendered frantic by Geraldine's jealousy-she had given him boos the engagement nn X , and told him .never to coiue. into her .presence again-suddenly asked Gertrude.to marry him Gertrude, who was only fifteen year 3 olcU'and worshipped the colonel, readily con sented and thoy were married, and all went fo Europe together. Geraldine. jho-was de termined to win Gerald.away-from'hw child 5 soon followed, in company with the Baronne de La Valette, who had been her Mhoorafat* in Paris Gerald, and Gertrude left Dr Goodwin in London ■searohtoer-tor- Gabriel Haddon's daughter, and made the tour nf the contihent On their return, as they were Gerald came upon, escape from sheriffs offlcors, who were trying to arrest him to compell him to testify a»amst a fr end-Adam Lackland-who was., on-trial for mSrden Sallust had just met Geraldine on tlfe"stca-mer. and supposed eho woe Geralds raised that the ship was onflre, and a scene i J ter?or ensued Geraldine and Gertrude wc.# -o"safely into one.of the boats, which^vere 6 with women and children. Uera d and Sallnst jumped overboard with planks to sup portthem. While swim miner round the ship Gerald heard a cry- that the boat with the women had been capsized He.swam loivards the spot and found his wife in tion holding up a baby which had been on her lap when tfie boat capsized. The fathero the child swam up and claimed it, and Gerald. .- Btincted Gertrude to hold to, him. At this Zmcnt Geraldine came a plank, and on securing Gerald she relinquished her hold and shrieked to Gerald to save her. The plank swung around and struck Gertrude away from her husband. Geruldino ugaiu shrieked tor help, end ho towards her and bore her to an approach ng boat, while Gertrude, seeing herself OD&ni O ed to Her fate and her rival rescued b J * l «>v " v . 3 : band, closed her eyes and sank .beneath 0 waves. The ohapter following takes up the sequence of tho story.

CHAPTER LXIT. AFTER THE WRECK. When Marmion'3 lato remorao shall wake. Scorr. "Here, sir, here !" cried the sailorß in.tlie boat, as Gerald Fitzger&M, supporting Geraldine, swam toward it. Then the men, leaning forward, held out their hands to receive the almost lifeless form of the lady, whom they lifted and care fully laid in the stern, where sho reclined in her cold and wet clothing, shivering, shuddering, gasping, fainting, from the terrjble ordeal of the sea. Then they assisted Gerald Fitzgerald to climb on board, where he dropped into his place utterly exhausted; speechless, over' whelmed. ....

The boat, one of the four that had been sent out by the relief ship was now full of rescued passengers, and ns there was not another living creature to bo seen on the surface of tho flame-lit sea, and not an other voice crying for help to be heard, the oarsman turned and pulled swiftly for their S One man on board, that seemed a little less' Worsted than his companions, found strength to inquire of the man at the tiller: " Whkfc is the name of the craft that has Bent out the boats to pick us up ■?" ■ "The Mary Jane, Smith, master, with a oargo of silks and velvets, from Havre to London." , ••• "We shall be taken to London, then. That is not so bad, after all. We might have been bound for Yokohama or Hono lulu," said tlie first speaker. , And the conversation dropped. Meanwhile, Gerald Fitzgerald sat with his chin upon his hands, oblivions of all around him, gazing out upon the now lonely sea, lighted up by the flames or the burning ship, and groaning in the depths of His spirit: ' , , " Oh, Gertrude ! Gertrude ! Oh, my lost love! my meek-eyed darling ! Oh, my true hearted, loving wife! My betrayed and abandoned wife ! I failed you at your ut most need. I failed, you, traitor and mur derer that I am ! accursed and dishonoured that I am ! How did all this happen ? What happened? Gertrude—let me think—Ger trude was holding on to a part of my cloth ing in a way not to embarrass my motions, and I was swimming to reach one of the the relief boats. Then Geraldihe floated by, clinging to a plank that she had lost. She cried to me to save her. What ' happened then ? All my senses seemed in a Whirlpool. I lost my self - possession. What next ? Was I so cruel, so mad, so idiotic, as to drop her? Or did she let go her hold ? How was it ? Heaven help me, I know not. I only know that I saved Geral dine and left Gertrude to drown, accursed traitor that I am !" Geraldine, seeing his absorbed, despair in °- look, roused herself from her benumbed weariness, bent over him, put her arms around him, and Whispered softly, fer vently: . ' . y.[ i , ~ "Gerald ! my deliverer ! my preserver ! you have saved niy life ! I owe my life to you.!" ', ... -. "'. •■,'. . . ■ He did not answer her or even seem to see her, but still groaned in the depths of His wounded heart': .j. "... "Gertrude? GertrucU ! Oh, nay little, dove-eyed darling! Oh,, irty ; betrayed, deserted, angel! How could I have leibyou to perish/? How could I, accursed wretch that I am ?" and more bitter unspoken self reproaches, .of the same sort, While Geraldine contemplated him in dismay. . , t! - At length she again bent over him, keep ing her arms around him, and whispered earnestly: .„, ~. ,• o , "Gerald, de>reßb Gerald, why do you not speak to me?" "Be silent, Gjeraldine 1" he answered in so deep and stern a tone that she shrank backaghaifc. . . .■ _ Their boat had by this time reached the of the Mary Jane, whose captain and mates were standing at the stai board main port, eager to welcome and succord this boat-load of shipwi'ecked sufferers. ' Many Of tM rescued passengers and crew of the burnt steamer were already on board having been picked up by th 6 three other of the four boats that had been sent outJ by ihQ Mary Janefof fcheir relief*

Among these were to be seen Captain Grey aud his officers, Monsieur arid Madame do La Valetta, .Tubal, Meta, the earn est Methodist preacher, the benevolent Catholic priest, and the poor bereaved husband, still Carrying in his amis the motherless babo whieli had been, rescued lay Gertrude and which was now well wrapped up in a large woollen shawl.

On seeing Colonel Fitzgerald and .Gera.l dine come on board, ho at on.cc recognised the former, but mistook the.. latter for Gertrude, and. he hurried forward to con gratulate them on. their .safety, and to thank the. young lady for her preservation of his child..

But in tlie'midst of his warm expressions of gratitude, ho suddenly looked up and perceived, the ■ i dis.treß3(J.d und ..humiliated expression x>l .Fitzgerald's face, and. the be wildered and perplexed countenance of Geraldine when, viewing her more atten tively, he .«aw. his mistake, mid gazing from one to the other, said very de_precatingly :

"But I beg pardon. 1 really supposed that this was-tho young lady who saved the life of my motherless child. lam sure you are the gentleman who was with her, sir." Colonel Fitagerald bowed, silently. "Where is the young lady, that I may thank her properly, sir? I hope, I iruefc, that she is in safety?" he anxiously in quired. . . . ... " Yes, she is in safety.. She is in safety, fqr she must, by this time, be— in heaven :" xeplied Colonel Fitzgerald, solemnly. , "In heaven 1" sofyly,rev.emitlyrepeated the man, pressing his rescued child closer to his bpsom.. ~;.

" Yes, iv heaven, as sure as there is a heaven !" earnestly repeated Fitzgerald. " The young lady was a hear relation of yours, sir, I suppose," said the niaii, in a tone of respectful sympathy. "She was my belovod wife," replied Gerald Fitzgerald, solemnly, tenderly. "Ay, ay ; ' one event happeneth to all,' you see, my motherless little bairn," murmured the man, dropping a tear upon his child's head.

Colonel Fitzgerald eighed, but made no other reply. " ISiiS lam sorry for you, nob for her, for she was an angel fit for heaven ; but I am Sony for you, sir," murmured the man; bending his head over the face of the sleeping babe. " Yes, sir, I beg pardon, bub I am very 9orry for you !" "You may very well be so, friend," replied Gerald Fitzgerald, in a grieved, and humbled tone, as he turned away his head. Geraldine, with a gesture of wild impatience, turned and followed the stewardess down to the cabin.

Colonel Fitzgerald and hie new acquaint ance were left standing alone in their wet clothes.

"Come, sir," said the kind-hearted stranger, " the cabin is choke full of women ftnd children. lam going to the cook's galley. We'll find a fire there any way, and can dry our clothes, if wo can't get a change. " Thanks, friend. Goon. I will follow, presently," replied Fitzgerald. il Poor follow, he takes his affliction very hard," muttered the stranger, as he moved oft:

Gerald Fitzgerald, regardless of his wot and dripping garments, and his cold and shuddering form—scarcely conscious in deed, of his physical-condition —went to the stern of the ship, leaned over the bulwarks, and gazed out upon the scene of tho great disaster—the midnight sea, strewn with fragments of the wreck, and redly lighted with tho flames of the firo-ship that hod burned dowiinearlv to tho water's edge.

" Whero did she siuk % What part of the sea holds her. , 3tfy dc-vo, my angol child ! Oh, never, never while I live, shall I forget the look! Ah, Heaven! the last look of her swoot, dark eyes, us. she turned them on me when she sank beneath the waves. S/ie did not scream for help ! She saw mo rescue her rival, and sho closed her meek brown eyes and yielded up her youug life."

CHAPTER LXlir.

gkhald'h soot sickness. Out of tho day and niKl't A joy hua tak6ti nlsrht ; Fresh spring, bright summer, winter hoar, Move with delight my soul no more, O)i, uovor vnoro! ■ Ob, world! OH, Bft 1 Oh, time! On whoiM* hard hill I climb, Trembling at Unit which! had' scorned before. W hen will return tho gloiy n.f thy prime I Oh, never more 1 P. U. Snrcu.y. TiiE Mnry Jane set sail, and steered for tho mouth of the Thames. Gerald Fitzgerald stood leaning , over the bulwarks on the stern of tho. vessel, gazing on the scene, of the catastrophe, the sea strewn with fragments of tho wreck, and luridly lighted by the dying fires of the burning steamer, now shining redly on the edge ot the horizon, like a setting harvest moon. Soon tho murky crimson glow faded all over the sea, and .nothing whs to be soon bub. fine long, blight lino of light from the burning wreck on. the, horizon, as it weut down, drawing after it the light and leaving all in darkness. : , . ~ ».. • gtill Gerald Fitzgerald stood leaning over the bulwarks, gazing on. the scene, but seeing none of .the changes taking place around him ; seeing nothing but the sweet, meek, dark eyes of Gertrude, as she closed them and sank beneath the waves.

''Oh, my Lord!" he mentally groaned " How suddenly a sinner may find himself to be a devil! Yes, a devil most accursed ! How could I let her perish—her; whd was without spot or blemish of selfishnessor sin ? whose love and trust Was pure and perfect? Ugh ! What is the use of thinking ? I am a devil and my proper place is—" . ■ A soft -hand was laid upon his shoulder, while a tender voice murmured in his ear :

"Gerald, come down arid change your clothesj for Heaven's pake." • " Well, well, Geraldine ! what do you— what do you want?" he inquired, in tho bewildered manner of one only half roused from a hideous dream;

"I want yOu to come down to the captain's cabin and chahge your Clothes." "Why should I?" ■ " ' Why,' Gerald ? Because if you stay here you will get your death of cold;" "I wish to Heaven 1 could!" he answered, with great bitterness of spirit. "Gerald, why do,you act so Strangely and speak despairingly? What is the matte? with you ? Tell me, I beseech you," iaid <3eraldihe, in an imploring tone. "What, Great Heaven! D6n't, you know that I let toy Wife. drown ?" he groaned, clutching and tearing his black Beard.

"Tempted by tti9?" iiiquired Geraldine, in a strange, low, ; de^ptone. "I know not! I only know that I was mad, drari6urs6d; ( or both !" he exclaimed, with a Sfcatnp °f despair. " will you go down in the cabin and bhange your clothes ? For that is the first thing you should do." "No, IwUlnot." I "Theri, ; will you listen to me?" . ; " I must, if you insist on talking ; but I : would you left me to mys6lf," !" I will noi taTte offence, Gerald. You are not in your right senses this higjit.; you are mad. Yet, if you will listen to me; I h&ve to pay to you." "Go on, go oh. One torment is no worse ihkn another." " Hedr me, theft, first in my own defence. When the boat .foundered, I caught a float ing plahk, apd feept myself up until I met yott.- I fsh4%M K,ave kept afloat by tjie plank until the' boat from this, ship cowld have picked m& up if it had not been for hut"

~" yes, herald; for you ! You came near drowning me."

"I tell you, yes!" " And how, pray ?" . . -•■•,■• "Very naturally, Gerald. I" throwing out your arm' yoiv stnick the plank away from me, and I could hot recover it. * ] "Ponie, Oeraldmb; I struck the plank away from you ?'} . ~. i " You aid, indeed ; arid I could not re cover it, I say. You striiek it with so much force it whirled away from me, and m its turn struck—" " Yes ! yes ! whom ?" " Your companion. :, " GettrudoV" "Yes. :,

"Idid not drop her !" ." Most certainly not. You would be in

sane to imagine so." " I thank Heaven for that, at least! " Now listen further ; Gerald : When you struck the plank away from me, I thought it but right); thab having deprived me of my only support; you should give nid yours; and so 1 called out to you to save me.

"Yea, you did." " Bub listen further still. I did not know that you had any one in tow when I called out to you, Gertrude was on the other side of you, and. of course, only her little , black head was above the water. I did not see her until the plank struck her and threw her behind you." " You did not ?" " No, Gerald, on my honour. Even then I did not know who the drowning girl was, or, that she wile anything to you, much less did I suppose that she was your wife, and that you were in the act of saving her when the fatality of the plank parted you. .

" You did nob know that, Geraldine? V Heaven knows that I did not, Gerald. I never knew till I learned ib by the con versation between you and the Btranger on deck to-night. Of course I could not speak freely before him." " I have "wronged you, Geraldine, arid I beg you to pardon me." '' Dear Gerald; your great trouble excuses ever v thing, "said Geraldine affectionately. " You pardon me; yet I can never, never pardon myaelf. For I might have saved tier, even after she wae stricken off the taianlc. I ought to have saved her then," he groaned. ;...-. "Gerald, hear me., I have something more to tell you ; something that will mitigate, your self-reproach, if it cannot soothe yowr.sorrow. You linow, though I did not see Gertrude until the plank struck her, yeb { saw all that followed. You could not have saved her. The blow from the plank was fatal." "GehamunJs! What is this you toll me V" cried Colonel Fitzgorald, in a pierc ing voice. . " The.truth, ph, Gerald. . The blow from the plank killed Gertrude. I saw the wound, it was mortal. Ah !it seems cruel to tell you, yet, indeed, ib is merciful to do bo. The back of her head ivu.f crushed in I Oh, ib jh horrible. But, you ccc, you have no causo for self-reproach." , Gerald FiUffomld groaned and covered his face with his handc. , ... " You have no cause for self-reproach," repeated GoreUtfne. "It was a fatal acci donb, but it teas un accident. No one could have foreseen it, or prevented it." Gerald groanod, with his face hidden in his hands.

"(iriove, if you must, dear cousin. Grieve,, but do not reproach yourself, since you really have no cuuse to do tso," said <<oraldino", pontly. " Oh my poor child ! my poor, week little Gortrnde !" murmured Fitzgerald, but more tenderly, less bitterly Limn before. " Cejtakl, dear, let me implore you to go down to tho captains cabin and dry your clotljes. Will you do so ( now?" pleaded Geraldine.

"i will go," said Fitzgerald yielding to anothor'ri will rather than following his own.

He then arose and walked wearily to the gangway.and wont slowly and heavily down into the cabin.

Geraldine, well wrapped in her water proof cloak, lingered on the deck looking after him.

"After all, the sting of griof ia self reproach. 1 think I have drawn all the venom out of hie wound, and by and by 1 will heal the wound," she addod, nodding slowly. Then she, too, turned and wont down into the ladies' cabin.

Early the noxt morning the Mary Jane entered tho mouth of tho Thames.

Very few of the rescued passengers ap peared on deck. Prostrated by the temble events of trio previous night, all the women and children, and most of the men, kept their berths.

Bub Gerald Fitzgerald—perhaps the most unhappy man on board the ship could not rest.

Ilia bitter remorse and virulent Relf-re proaohes were somewhat mitigated ahd softened by th 6 communication made to him by Geraldiho concerning the manner 6f Gerfcrtfdb's death—the earnest assurance that she herself had seen "Gertrude struck an<J killed py a violent blow from the whirl ing plank, and that, therefore, he cpuld not possibly have saved her, aiid was in no de gree responsible fbr her sad fate.

All this, I say, mitigated his bitter re mprse, but it could noj; assuage Ins deep Borrow for th'o dreadful death of that gentle wife whom he loved much more than he, had known, and whom death had only made dearer to him.... > , ~<•' ; He was among the. first to appear on dqck, and therq he found the father of ii\Q ,chiid that had been , js'ayed, -lay Gertrude, aiVl h<s entered into conversation ■wiijh him. .• ,; d ~„ . ; -■,- The stranger was the first to speak, who said : . ; .-,, .;,;, ; - ~, ... '•By,the way, my name is Fitzgerald. Will you tell me yours V" v ; ; , . sir,—John Robins, at your ser vice, carpenter by trade." „ : • ,'.; Have you. other children besides this one, Mr Pobins ?" , , . " Lord bless you, no, Wβ had only bepir married—Mary and I—about two years." ~ ~..,,,• ..•;•■ r/.u v,: \i ■:■ 1' "Is your child a boy or a girl; and how old is it r

"A boy, sir, aged three months." "So very .young qn ipfant U} be mother as. Who will take oareof him now ?"

" Well, my old mother will, sir. She has noyoungopes ; of her own. " "Mr Kobins, 1 aiji. going to ask yoii a very great favou.n .Allow me, in memory of the young angel who saved that child's life and lost her owrt, allow me' to become responsible far hisv maintenance and, edupa. tion,". said Gerald Fitzgerald, with a tone find manner a's gentle as Gertrude's had ever been. <- •■ •»■-■ , ■ .-...,

Lord ;b}eas you, sir !" exclaimed the astonished carpenter, "you are asking my leave to do me the very greatest benefit in tho world, only, much too f»re.ati a benefit-rrthat is all! ,J.am world.s obliged to you J sir ; bOfc I" don't ktiow as 1 ought to take so much at your .hands; sir ! But let's see now.- Your honour eaid it was to be In-memory of the angel that saved him— didn'tyoti, sir?" "I .did," replied Gerald Fitzgerald, gravely. . ■ ■ • "In that case, may be it might bo a sort of domfort to yourself, sir ?". ■. ... '' The greatest comfort, Mr Robins.'.' k .>.. " Then I agree to it, with the mopt grate ful heart over beafi in man's breast, sir. Your sweetj sainted lady saved my child, sit-! And, because she did as if that was not enough, yoii will maintain arid Educate : it. To thihk of that now•■! But would ndt wish to take ft away from its gfaridhiother, sir 1 ; At least not in its in fancy?" • '..;>/ ~ ....:_,

"By no.means. . Now, .Mr Robins, I want you to give me your London address, that I iiiajf know wlief©. to find the boy When. I -wisK to look after him.??, said Colonel Fitzgerald, as he took from his

pocket some cards, envelopes and a lead pencil with which ho had provided himself from the captain's store. "John Robins, 27, Fish Lane, Strand, London East." . Colonel Fitzgerald then loft his new protege, and walked forward and stood lean ing over the side of the ship, gazing ab stractedly on the south bank of the .Thames. Geraldine did not make her appearance on deck until the Mary Jane drew near the London docks. Then she came up, still wrapped in the waterproof cloak, with its hood drawn.over her head. She found Colonel Fitzgerald seated in the stern of the vessel. She was deeply shocked to see now, by daylight, the change that a few hours of anguish had made" in his appearance. He seemed to have grown twenty years older in a night, sp weary, worn and haggard was his aspect. He—the most) accomplished among gentle men—seemed to have forgotten the common courtesies of life, and .Buffered his,cousin to seat herself beside him without a word of greeting. Geraldine did not really sympathize with him. Sho felt embittered against him, say ing to herself as she looked upon him : " He grieves more for the death of that ferry-gin than he ever did for his estrange ment from me. After all, he must have loved the girl a little. For all that, he must forgot her. . '"Where will you go, Gerald ?" she said. "To the Royal Cambridge, Hanover Square, where we stopped when we were in London some" time ago. But, iio ;, I cannot step there," he actctod, a'ftei' a moment* bitter reflection ; for the thought of going to a liouse where he had spent so many peaceful days with hie lost Gertrude ap palled liiiu. ~..''. «< \y e _ our party —Monsieur and Madame de Lα Valletto, are going to the Alexandra, Hyde Park Corner, for v day or two, until the baron is officially received by the He is the new French Minister to St. .lames, you know. We are going to the Alexandra until we can get settled. I am still tho guest of rnadame, who thinks she cannot live without , her • cAere O'eraldine.' Well, I am content. I like, the life. You had better go to the Alexandra with Us." ••Thanks, Geraldine; no, I cannot go there. Ido not yet know where I shall go. Not to the West End, certainly. Pro bably to some centrally located houso, and possibly I may take lodgings with my old friend. Dr. Goodwin." A few moments later they were joined by Monsieur aud Madame de La Valotte and their suite. The girl Mota stood beside her brother Jubal at a short distance off.

" I think, Gerald, that you had better let mo take that girl with us. I have no maid, and she has no mistress. It would be scarcely convenient for yoii to retain her," said Geraldine.

i' Very well. If the girl has no objection, she can go with you while we ttay in Lon don.

Soon afterwards, a messenger came up to tho group, bowed, and reported that the carnages that had been ordered for Mon sieur were waiting for tho party on the dock.

Then Colonel Fitzgerald, with a feeling of great relief, bowed, and took his leave of the group. Leaving Meta in attendance upon JUiss Fitzgerald, ho beckoned Jubal to fol low him, and stood aside to let the French party pass on to tho gang-plank before him. . . :„ Unexpected ipcontres seemed to be the order of tho day for Gerald. He had no sooner stepped upon the dock than he came face to face with the Rev. Dr. Good win.

Both gentlemen started back in sur prise. "(li-oat Heaven ! Fitzgerald, were you in this shipwrecked crowd T hastily demanded Dr. Goodwin, seizing Gerald's arm, draw ing it through hie o»;n ( a,nd hurrying him to one side, where they could not hinder the progress of the people still passing to and fro Between the ship and shore. " \Voro you in this dreadful crowd. of shipwrecked sufferers, I aak you, Gerald '!" anxiously repeated Dr. Goodwin. ■ , " I was," answered Fitzgerald, in a voice so broken as to be so scarcely audible. " What, Gerald ! Good Heaven ! You alarm mo ! Why do you look and speak so? YourwifoV Gertrude? Where is she? Ido not see her. I hope—l hope—" He paused in the most painful suspense, and he could finish his sentence only by a look. ;- r

But, it was a look that Fitzgerald under stood and answered with mute eloquence by wringing the doctor's hand and turning away bis own face. . , " Qh, my <kar'friend !"■ This waa all Dr. Goodwin could say in the first hours of. a bereavement like that of the sufferer beside him,

The two gentlemen walked on in silence for, a few yards, and then Dr Goodwin, seeing.an etqpty cab,,hailed it, and turning said to Colonel Fitzgerald: " You will come home, with me at once, Gerald. A fe,w days,, r,est in my quiet lodginge v/ill do you gOQd." .Gerald Fitzgerald did not reply evon to express the thanks he felt and the doctor understood, but he silently suffered his friend to guide him for, tb.9 present. When the cab drew up the two gentle men entered it, and then Colonel Fitz gerald ordered bis servant to mount to a scab beside the cabman, while Dr. Goodwin directed the latter to drive to Hollis stroet. ■ .., .■. , Gerald Fitzgerald fell into silence and reverie.

t)i; Goodwinwatched him with increas ing anxiety, saw the shadow of memory dftrkqn over his face, the lines deepen ,on his brow, and he determined to distract his attention from his great afHictio?v by in troducing a new and interesting sub ject. . . .... ~. 1,.. ~ . " You heard mo say that I went to the city on business connected with my search for Gabriel Haddon's daughter, Gerald ?' ( . , '.'.Yea," said Colonel Fitzgerald, ab stractedly, ... ■ ..,, ~...... , ... , .V You, know I wrote to, you that I had found another clue to this .woman,? , . ..

..'•yes,'! said Colonel Fitzgerald, in the same manner. .... . . ~,, ~..,. " And doubtless you regarded this last clue as no better, than its predecessors, which wero false lights, like Jack-o' lanterns, leading their unfortunate dupes into all sorts of quagmires and bramble bueljes.... Now,doy,ou not ?', "At least I know, my dear Doctor, .haw often you have been misled -by-false clues and suffered -loss and disappointment in your generous search." ■ • » you think I am again on false scent ?' ? "Most probably." " Then prepare youi»eelf for a great sur prise. I have followed up this last clue anditliae led md to the fact of tlie actual existence and present' abode of Gabriel Haddon'fi lost daughter—tho heiress of half Wilde country* who will dispossess a dozen wealthy landed proprietors of their manors."- Great Heaven ! she lives, then!" ex claimed Gerald Fitzgerald, thoroughly aroused from his apathy. " She lives, and you know her /" "I.?". : " Yes, Colonel Fitzgerald, you ; and you will be astounded you hear who she is.: v But ; until wo g-et home to piy quiet firesjde., w sHpn | will telt yoii all. Titen you may expect an amazing revela- ~ ; *\ (To be, Continued.)

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Long Faces. . ItisvevyamiisiriK to notice the long moos or those to. whom tho doctor has very wisely for bidden tbe use of tea. If they only knew what a delicious arid dotnf biting Doverafee " Cadbtiry s Cocoa Essence " is, which tho medical profession and wees bo strongly.recommend, they would gladly bo In.for health when offered on such easy and pleasant terihe,







Land and Estate Agents. TT fH XfWIMG'TOK * *ESTATE AGENT, Queen -sxbeet, Auqelaxd, [Established 21 yqars.] TO BE LET. those Premises known as the "Sailors' Ttest," tin the Wharf, opposite the Rail way Station G ateu, ... TO BE LET at very low rentals, Shops in Lower Hobson-strect. ■ TO BE LET, cheap. Cottages in Lome-street. . TO BE LET, a Large House in Karahgahape Itoad. suitablefor a Boarding-house TO BE SOLD in one of the best positions, be tween the Asylum and the Avondale Station, a compact little property comprising over 11 acres of land, house, stables, dairy and ouHionses. There is a never-failing creek running through the land; the property is well fenced, sub divided, and commands a lovely view. Price £690, ou terms. . u:V ->. , ■,-■.. SHOPS AND OFFICES TO LET in Coombes's Arcade at low rentals. . F. G. EWINGTON. JOHN "OOLLARD Begs to inform his friends and the public gen erally that he has commenced business in - Auckland as ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT, \ VALUATOR, ETC., And trusts no will, merit a fair share o£ public patronage. J. 8., having many y ears , experience as a VALUER OF REAL ESTATE, LIVE ~..,„ STOCK,. ETC... '~,. ( '," Is in a position to advise buyer and seller for their mutual benefit. Jiß., also; having received a thorough agricul tural and pastornl training in the United King dom.and having 25 years' experience as a fanner ih Aucklahd, is uipablc of PURCHASING ALL KINDS 01" STOCK. FARM ARTFIICIAL MANUKX . , AND IMPLEMENTS, ETC., • For his farming friends who live at a distance fvom the principal markets. john"bollard, ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT. Oittce: Durham-Street West. Auckland. FOR .IMMEDIATE SALE, Cheap, the Interest in Lease of a really good Farm, haying 19.J years to run, at a very" low rental, together with crops and improvements.—Apply to John Soppct, House and Land Agent, 6b, Queen-street.. . ' . f IMMEDIATE SALE, as the X}" leave, for England, a really good Farm oi 238 acres, 130 acres of it in grass, and f fenced ptti-fc with thorn hedges, and th,o balance in b\ish; orchard, house, and building*; and a ; very law price will be taken.—Apply to John Soppet, House and Land Agent, 05 Quoon Street.: . ■ ■ FOR, SALE-α bargain—s acres of good Land, all wbll fenced and in good grass, 3 4cres of it ready to cut for hay; a substantial 6 l'qothed Cottage ahd outbuildings, and a never* failing supply,of water; closo to. Railway. Station, and poly 3 miles from town, fronting on tb main road. Terms very easy.—Apply ro John Soppet, House and Land- Agent, 65 Queen street. , . FOR SALE, a really nice little Farm of 100 acres, all in grass and Well fenced;, a pood 7-roomed house, fltted with every convenience; also, farm buildings; snugly situated in a pretty little bay, with good beach frontage, where steamers pass daily; only 25 miles from town. Will be soldcheap, and terms easy,-Apply to, John Soppet, House and Land Agent, 65, Queen-atroett .' -. .:' .- EOR SALE,, Farm, ,135 .. wres, House,' Cow-sheds, Stock-yards, and other Outbuildings. There }s a large alluvial Flat, with gobd grass, which has been fenced into six paddocks; Would make one of the best dairy farms in the district. There is a running stream of water close to the house. Several well-sheltered gullies, suitable for fruit grow ing, a quarter of a mile from the Tauma rerq Railway Station, closo to Post'Offlce and Public Schools. Bounded by a navigable river. There are two steamers running to opua every iWeek, Inspection, invited* Terms easy. Price, £5 per acre.—Apply, on the farm, to J. R, Osborn, Taumarere, Bay of Islands.



Business W<£tlces t _ , ,/ YOU~AN'T AFFORD TO waste your money on TRASHY,LOW PRICED SOAPS. Practise Thrift, and study true ECONOMY by using only BURNS' 3 Al SOAP. The effort made to improve the homes of New Zealand-must fail to secure their full effect unless they succeed ininducing every housekeeper to use BUBJTS'S Al SOAP. Itis asimple but useful article. Thosowhotail to use it are still more simple, and not half as useful; Yon may have hoard of it a THOUSAND TIMES without using is ONCi, 11 yoa will reverse the position and USE IT. $$$$& You will praise it to others a THOUSAND TIMES.—I have spent hundreds of pounds in convincing the women of Now Zealand that their labour caa be greatly lightened by-using BUKNS'S A.l SOAP.(the World Cltcansek!>, but I have fallen short o£ my am bition if I have failed to CXWN'VIMIE YOU. WHOLESALE AGENT— A. BUCHANAN, CUSTOMS STREET EAST. rp peacock, -i-o OPTICIAN, . Mathematical and Nacticat, Instrument Makek, shobtlaki-street. Always in Stocks i ~... .■■■ Spectacles and Eyeglasses of every kind; an accurate flt guaranteed Opera Glasses of superior quality ,„. ■ ■ Telescopes. Binocular Field Glasses, and Micro scopes, powerful and cheap . :.' '- -<- Theodolites, Mining. Cpqinasscsi, Abney Levels Drainage Levels, Plasmatic Compasses .\ Drawing Instruments, Scales! Parallel RulerS Ships'L)sre. Sextants, Compasses* Binnacles Barometers, Thermometers, Dydrornetera Electric Balls, Batteries, and Fittings . ; Magnetic hnd Galvanic Medical Machines. Majfic Lanterns and Slides, Hand Magninere Stc:cO3copr-sand Slides. Graphoscopcs ■ Steam Guages and Tubing, Salinometers , ;-. .Just Received— Settlers Telescopes, powerful, portable, and cheap,lls ■■ ■.■■.,.' ,-,< ; . ;•: ; Settlers' Aneroid Barometers, strong and good, 25s 6d Settlers' Microscopes, magnifying 1,750 times, 2?S-6d ■...■' ■>■ .■t- • -■'■-' ■"■:::■> ■ ■ r>;vr Also, Steam and Electro Motor Working Models and Steamers. Instruments of every kind Repaired. Opposite mit PosT-opfcicfe. UTO'TICE- " ' ::> 'ji&^ |^^^3CUSTOMERS C. C. BE OWN (Late of Cook and Hobson streets) , -• . . HAS • , I R E M O T ED TQ QtIkEKT-STREET (Opposite Auckland Savings Bank), And wishes to notify that he lias a large stock of first-class FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTERY At Low PRicfis, Which he will SELL PRIVATELY AND BY AUCTION At dates which will be advertised. Goods sold on comriiisSion. No work but of first-class makers accepted. USEFUL* DURABLE, (3HEAP. AT McLfeOG BROTHERS , , Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers of Wiokeif Furniture. Perambulators, apd every description o£ Basketwuro. THE AUCKLAND BASKET FACTOSY, ALBERT SfRIEI? Inear y;M.C.A.) HOME JEWEL WASHING MACHINE IT WASHES. E¥ER>'THING, from LACE TO A COALSACK; CLEANS TROUSERS without wetting a finger or knofcking'oil.a button.,•. —; _...; ..... ■£ 54J . It does away with wetfeot, pains In the arms, back, and breast, and does a big day's washing in two hours. \. H 6 HI jjj t^Lj/y / HUNDREDS OF TESTIMONIALS ,-• '~ M M. ■ L'iJV.Y, t . . BOLE AGENT, ALBERT HOTB^v OTATO Co.'sj £810 a, Of all merchant*



m I," . ' "'' I ECLIPSE -HiAl^JioSijSi J. his Preparation eclipses all othew 1 1 ; ' whatever cause,' it natural vigour. § Christchurch-can testify: to thoXttw7 Hickman was years; and after tryini? evW ktoal «S without eflect, -he.aisftoS RSS| OOLOUK. It .has alsd proved number of other einiilar cases <\n wlSlft had fal en from eorofula and oteffiMS tnescalp. i., I; ,= ~, ....,: ..,...„; ,-_~ v ™"»w Each bottle contains exipttv- for nn« &s£ : Price, 4s, o< [Q*™*mMsu3®& 1 . kz; r>Rua coApanst. - „ A T LAST OU|B RHEOMATISMI BHltJMiTisai j)i PARKER'S ■. ! "PULVIS RHEUMATIOON, 1, relief and speedy cure of .Rheumatism; Sciatica! Neuralgia, I'oothache,,and .all.aem anSS cuict pains. Severe attacks Wtitim MW* hours.-It supersedes aUbttiwaraapniicaitJe' fee?, ciroularst ior! nrQluittißey tesaaoteM remarkable.ciires,> ■ > ■■' s>; ~;•(- t-, *-- .m£s' ! > 3s.Bd per bottle; SalQcL by post. Sole agent for Auckland j •S. GLLBERt CHEMIST, .QUEEN^SI-HEET.' '■i' ! '. '?' 'i<<" '■>'■'''' -"■ '*-■■ i ! '-i^- v -Ti;^ ELLISDGN'S NEORALGIO JDRTJPSj '■■■'■■■.',/";- i>iJ.-,'i- FOR THE; hi'f.{ Vi-Yf'S" THOROUG^.CURB 0 NEUBiL&Ii : From the Rev. C. J. Mertbn, St. Join's Pom "-'• age, ITeriyßciad/Bieoeinbeif; 1878; . - "Myi dear: Mr iCUisdon,—>l'ft*?9.'teiiißßJt years past froip time to time. friim Neuralgia, tttid h'jive found n6tlirog|Prt| Have me so speedily or soi eflKbtively taftkt 'Neuralgic Drop.' I can mend it.—Yours truly, C. J. Mbktok. Numerous ojh'er Testiidonals ia my aion. '■■ ' ; ''" :■ ■ ■ '"'' *•*■ ; "" : "' ■"■■ ■■' -■'■■' : ' ■ Prices: 2s and 3s:(jd per botfle. BIGG S'Si T/Q.Q tJEE.^p.^ti'iM.pNCHl' 1 Gives Instantaneous Eellet Price, Is. Prepared.^pniy'byF. P&GS:(iato MM® Chemist, High-streot,! Chilstcliurcb, ~|i»cl W allChemiste. Wnblesite Mettfa:" V.-1 , ! "Vf KEMPTHORNE & liplai :i ■ ' ;>,;.;..■.'; "■ ... , „:,. .. -i.'t ; .'li t.|?\ l ,;^.j.iJ4i ; j,ti!{iJßflSf - FEMALE PIK, 2s 6d afoi. A greatbodn. Ppvmtffifipawe ANTIBLLIOUS i Utm^m, Is 6d pCTibox.^BraMsaf^e^roenaMfflfecttTe FEMAtIS' TQMG, 3s and 4s 6d per boiUWJA iplendid appetiser, nerve-soother, and generjajnvteorator. j Apofr WcureforaUdebilitiespepuUartofemalw. ' --■■-■•■ •■■■ ' ; - *M&- it»R •■"'-•■ ■■■ iJ ! v ' ! ;- ; ; f poid ff . !d jp« OOD. 'NEWS *os:fßßiUHtffflffi QUEEN ANNE'S RHEUMATIC OIL SpIATICA, mwm c* never be wih ° * '-■■'•■ -'•'" '■■ *''.. *"~ ' - 1 ,-" ;.;*.' i 1..) ***" P* *?* Oueen Anne s W eT >a!Tr^'jl ( »t I Jiti§ji, and sffl suits %« SH 65b. 88 -. | 3 SI i % : tf!» «Ik., h:bobinsok,.t« Jj