THE MYSTERY OF HADDON'S FERRY.

(By E. D. E. N. Southwortii;)

CHAPTER XLVII,

gekaldine's madness,. ' Twas grief no more, or grief and rage were one Wiihin her soul; at last 'twas rage alonor Which, burning upwards, in succession dries The tears that stood unfallen in her eyes; Her colour changed, her face was not the same. And hollow groan* from her deep spirit came, She started up; convulsive rage possessed Her trembling limbs, »'id heav'd •tterlabouring breast Dbyden. Colonel Fitzgerald was not far wrong when he said that Geraldine vvas uiad There are many varieties and degrees of madness, and Geraldine, sane on all other subjects, was certainly mad on one. That is the only palliation that can be of fered for her indelicate, undignified and un womanly conduct displayed in her interview with Gerald Fitzgerald's child-wife, Ger trude.

Firmly believing in all the principles in which she had been educated, and holding heir'betrothal with Gerald Fitzgerald to be a sacred bond, indissoluble except through sin or death, she considered his marriage with Gertrude Haddbn a sacrilegious union, fraught' with perdition to them, as well as ■with misery to herself—a union, .therefore, which it would be not" only meritorious but obligatory to break--by-any', legal means whatever. And she: resolved to shrink from no means of breaking it. •;•■ One o.f those strange accidents by which the devil tempts to their destruction those already tempted to sin by their own evil passions, afforded Geraldine the opportun : ity she longed for of making her first desperate attempt to sunder the newly wedded pair-' T> ®n the Evening of their arrival in Wash ingtofl'tOTy, .Geraldine and her party had not at once left the hotel, as Gec'trudp supposed from their non-appearance in the ofhce.

They had, on leaving the stage-coach, gone directly up to the public parlour, where the two ladies waited an-hour, while Father Dubarry walked out to see a Catholic widow who was the proprietress of a very select private boarding-house, and to ascertain from her whether she could accommodate his party for a few days. It was while Geraldine and her com panion waited in the shadow of the half lighted room that she saw Gerald Fitz gerald enter hastily, accompanied by a young lady dressed in mourning and closely veiled.

He did not see his late fellow-travellers, who were the only occupants of the room, and from their dark dresses and their position in a shaded corner of the windoyv, were invisible, and so he naturally supposed the parlour to be vacant.

He tenderly placed his companion in a chair, saying : "Sit down here, Imogene, and rest and calm yourself. Of course I will go with you, but I must first step into the reading room and write a note to Wt my" wife kjiow that she need not expect me home before some time to-morrow.

'• ? c Oh, for the love of mercy !" pleaded the veiled girl, clasping a pair of small, white, ungloved hands—'"for the love of mercy, do notstop for that ! One minnte of dplay may make'us too late! Oh, hasten! hasten !"

And in her eagerness she threw aside her veil, revealing a face of marble whiteness and ot great beauty, notwithstanding the visible ravages of.some awful sorrow. He paused for 'an instant, and then said : " Very well; my poor girl, i*wift*|jo \yith you this, moment. 1,, pan find a ines sengejaiy} "sencj qr a note,,l |up« " Oh, yes, yes, I will find one myself; pnjy come at once, i Gome (juickly ! ! panted, in her "" - Gerald Fitzgerald took her quivering, whitehand in his, raised horto and supported her from the room. Just" then Father I)ubarry entered and told them, in answer to thiir anxious in quiries, that St. JajneV receive them into herhouse with great j.>lensu,re. He added that the caiTiage was at the door tocorivey them £6 their "new'lodgings. ; Geraldine said nothing of tfyesfcrangp con versation she had overheard. She" scarcely even wonderedwhat it meant, for her mind was completely occupied With' planning how it might be turned to her advantage, and made to serve the one purpose of her life. First of "all, she resolved to seize the oppor tunity of Gerald's absence from his little wife to go to Gertrude and work upon her heart so as to produce an estrangement or a total separation between the parrl'-'" , " The next morning, after an early break fast, Geraldine ordered a carriage and drove to '< Fuller B,'*'resolved, if possible, to see Gertrude, and induce her to fly before the return of Colonel Fitzgerald. And giyjmg her card to the porter who opened the doori she asked if Mrs Fitzgerald was in. Oh, How it galled her pride to be'epm pelled even once to give this title to Gerald's C^ild : wife. The man answered, however, that he believed the lady was in, and he called the waiter whose duty it was to take up. cards.

.'.' You need not take up my card, how ever. If the lady is in, just show, me up to her room. lam a neat" relative," said $iiss Fitzgerald, with the .easy assurance that (enforced ptedience.

The waiter bowed tP the visitor, and politely requested' her to follow him. Miss Fitzgerald cbchplied. | As they passed the B door of'the office,.) however, a young man came out with a letter in his and delivered {t to the ■waiter, saying, sharply: "Garry this letter up to Number 202. It ought to'have been delivered last night. Jt was unpardonable.neglect." ■ " I Wasn't pn duty; |ate last night, sir," answered the waiter, apologetically, sis he took the letter and'passed on. When they got pear the"door' rmafked 202 Miss Fitzgerald inquired : "■'"''■ r ' ! " Is not that note for Mrs Fitzgerald ?" "Yes, madam." . ■' ._.,: ¥, Give it to me, then, J am going to pall on her, and will take it in. My name is'also There, yoja need riot announce me- Just open the door," said Geraldine, With confidence,' Secretly re joicinjj in whatfsbe called r the happy chain of events th>t had taketf Gerald Fitegerald suddenly, unexpectedly, and without a, M?or4 of adieu, a-way from his young wifel leaving her-'alone in a strange hotel s ; thai had made her,: Geraldine, a witftess to departure ; that had detairiM Bis note pf,sx-. planation ; and that, finally, had delivered the note into her hands; for the unsuspicious waiter, without a moment's hesitation;.' qraye, her the note and opened the doer for her to pass in. ■ ■: "How easy to persu.ade, the girl now,'! thought Geraldine, ie ' r thWGerald ha&'ieft; her for ever—that' she 'will never see 'Ijim more/ And if she will listen to reasoii, slie, herself will make my words, {ppd. §he. fyjjl, never see liim more. ''' With that interview and its' total failure,, thrpygh the young wife's simple fidelity, we are already aiJq(uainfe(i. J ' * ; After leaving Geraljd fihat morning, she' returned tp herbpajrding-h J ouse,in a stjate'of mind bbrderirig on insanity.. - ■ She had' Scarcely' settled, $pw,n before there came «vrap<at the door. ; , '.< .f * :' t'Come inj" she §aidj ydttdering* who could "have, any , wi$ \'hop fh a stjpange cifsy'-tb which had .only arrived the night before. ' "' ~ , ; J •"' A' servanten,t£r#d' fw,i|jh\,.a' dandi upon a § JEftJl Jl & 'Ms.iookifcupand reaa?:' " Madame la Baronize dm : iih^jfaijtfyt,'*! Her BMprii&utibrwßo as sheanswered;

"This cannot-be forme. Iknownolady of thatname." "But,>yes. Pardon' me. I think you do! ma belle," said a sweet, bird-like voice a£- the door, as a beautiful, little blonde fairy fluttered into the room. "Veronique! Is it possible-.? ex claimed Geraldine, eagerly rising and ad vancing to welcome , the visitor, whom she now recognised as her favourite sohoolmat6 in the convent of the Benedictine nuns at Paris, where they had both been educated, and where they had shared one room for a dozen years. "So you 'did not know any lady of that name. . You did not remember Veroniquo de l'Ande under her new name ?" gleefully laughed the"littje lady, when the lpng sevored friends had joined hands and lips in a warm embrace.

"I did hot even know that you \vere married, dear Veronique," said Geraldine, as she placed her visitor in her own easy chair and kissed her agajn. "Ah ! then' you did not get my letter; and I wondered why you did not answer it. But alas ! You are in mourning 1 I am grieved," said the baroness. '"For my uncle and guardian. He was an aged man," said Geraldine, as if throw ing off useless condolence. "Ah, yes! I see! But Monsieur the ? The brave and handsome Colonel Feezgerald ?"" rattied on the little lady. ' "Veronique, it has come to nothing be tween us. Ho is wedded to another woman," replied Geraldine, with an assumed air of supreme indifference, "lladame la Baronne shrugged her pretty shoulders. " " ' : ! v oh, well," she" said " you do such bhingf'iii ypur country. With us it is "un lyibvvh to break" a bptrothal." '' l Tins' in ji" land of liberty, you know ;) But teil me about your own marriage, saui Geraldihc, anxious to change the sub ject of conversation. , * "Was it a match t" f A love-match ? What is a lovo-match ? I jcnow not yet all your Engleese," com plained the little beauty, shrugging her shoulders. "Jfeyer mjnd, tell me all about your marriage." ' "Very well. What would you have? MonsieurTe Baron saw me at my hrst ball nt the Tuileries in June. ' The next day he attended Monsieur my father, and these £wo arranged the marriage. On the third day madame my 'mother told me that Monsieur Ie Baron de La Vallette was to be my husband, arid in the afternoon shp pre sented him to me. The next month we were married. Monsieurle Baron's presents were magnificent. " There was an India cashmere shawl that had been made for empress, and there was" a set of enieraids—-" Here the voluble little lady launched out in a full description of India shawls, jewels, velvets,' silks, etc. M fiiut, my dear, tell me how it is that 1 have the happiness to meet you hero in Washington r inquired Geraldine, who had gro\yn weary of the descriptive catalogue. " (3h, well, Monsieur Ie Baroh was sent out as bearer of despatches to our ministers here in Washington. We loft Paris on the fil-st of August, arrived in Washington on tlie twenty-third. So,, you perceive, we nave been jjere a month. Monsieur took a furnished house hear Lα" Fayette Place, but only for «. short time. Wo return in October. I looked in the papers this morn ing. I see your nutne'in the list of arrivals. lam here. That is all." '' And you are wol66me ! I am so rejoiced to meet you, clear yoroniquo !" said (J oral dine, kissing her visitor with effusion. Other explanations followed. Geraldlne had told her friend that she had reached her majority about three weeks previously ; that she was now mis tress of her own fortune, with liberty to go where she would ariel do what she "would.*

Veroniqite expressed, much surprise at this , .■■■: l>; ■„.,"' '*■ ' :"•* ')M '..I' 1 - "It ie never, so, in France,", she sukL "A demoiaello is never free until she is marridd!" ' ' ■"*"

"'*' l am sure she is not free even then, here," sneered Miss Fitzgerald. , Theliitfcle t>arpncss lifted her eyebrows, but said nothing in reply. * f And now perhaps ypu will wonder to see me in Washington "r said (fcraldiue. ,";Ali, .well ,1 They say it is,not .the season antil your.—parliament—" «5 Our <Jc,ngr.es.S," amended Geraldine. ..Yes!, ?<YonrCongress, in peceinber,eon veueg." , " Well, I did not come here for the sea sqp. I caino up with a religieme, who is about to enter the Convent of tho Visita tion in Geprgetewn, jn order to bocome a n«n." Veronique shrugged her shoulders. " Tfta got enough of the convent in our school day,':' she said. "Did we not, my - * H Yes," said Geraldine, forcing 1 a smile. " Yocy Welt You are npt going into the convent with the holy roadame, and you are not going back to the country. You are freejto go where you will. I 8 th' 3 notso ?" "Certainly." .... '? Good I You will pome to me. lam ennugee in this Hull city.. Ypu wpl come home with me, and stay with me until we return to France. And we will talk of the convent and the nuns and our school-days in Paris. That will be happy. You will not say no. You will say yes. You will . say yes. You are free, you know. You will say yes. Say yes !" eagerly implored the impetuous little lady, as she seized both GeralcUno's hands and cazcet into her 'eyes. ' •VYes, then.. Yes, I will go to yon," promptly replied Miss Fitzgerald, who quickly made up her uiind that this would be the most convenient and agreeable ar rangement that she could, make. ■"" Well, then, at two o'clock I will be ' here to you bq,ck to us. And, ah, perhaps you will go back to France with roe ?" pleaded" Veronique, looking long and wistfuliy into the eyes other friend. • " Perhaps I may. It is quite possible," said Geraldine, smiling... -\ /'When' Gpraldine ; was jlefb alone, she wheeled her chair *up 'to a table where writing materials lay ready for use, and g he WTOte a hasty letter to Mrs Doy Fitzgerald, Enclosingjph'Vitp requesting that the French, maid should be sent to Washington, jchargied .with all the ward : 'rpbeJelt hehpdjby Miss Fitzgerald. Then she rang .a" waiter and despatched her * as she reseatpd herself in her oasy-chair, "i will go to Madame de La Valette's' an,d try ancF 'amuse myself as well as lean in now scenes, lest I grow melancholy mad oyer all this.. Afterward, Jmay accept her''ioy\tatio'n, andgo With her 'to Europe. depends.' LrGorald my should remain here,! Shall'stay as long as he does. If lie should £o abroad, I shall' accept Veroniqfue's inyitation and go also." Gp-alldihe explained the inyitation she from friejnd. „"' . ■ ,f ' v Tfiis lady to'whom 1 shall go is, as I to|dy6u 1 an old schoolmate, educated with meaty tbe isairie donven % "where we spent j»6r| than a dozen years together. She is a J dutif|ii daughter of'the CJtiurch, too, as yo,u" may judge.".' -V * "\So the next day the good priest took his sister to tjicj Convent of the Visitation to enter upon tjie/postulate. Hp returned to (£er#}dirie about halt-past four, and after a slight' luncheon, waited with her to sep Madame de La Valette, • ,' XhP pnest gaye them bpth his benediction, and so' dismissed"'them? 'Geraldine Fitz gerald wept home as .the.'guest Of Veronique, Madanie la Bardnhe de LaValette. . CHAPTER XLVIII. v ' SOME BRIGHT GERTRUDE. hoarce'y She'knew that showas-goddor fair, fVOebtrW ibexphd -Wblti otbet;W._hten aw,.' Or.fwhiph isvbetter) knewbut fceVer durst com pare. "„..'■ ..WBYDBN,

If seriously I m<iy convey my thoughts In this my light deliverance, I have spoke With one that in her sex, her years. profession, Wisdom and con tancy, hath amazed me more Than I dare blame weakness Shak9peke.

Thk mutual explanation, that had been to Gerald Fitzgerald only a painful discovery of selfishness, and a compassion ate recognition of Gertrude's devotion, to the young wife as the opening of the gates , ' of heaven. Her husband had told her that he loved her.and she believed in him utterly, and was happier than words could express. Ho told the truth ; but there are various manifestations of love, though only one love. " Gerald Fitzgerald pitied, admired, and loverl Gertrude with a tender, apprecia tive, paternal affection. Gertrude loved.honoured,and worshipped Gerald with her whole being, giving her entire self to him. That was the difference in their love.

"Well, now, dear," said Colonel Fitz gerald, after they had talked some time longer, "I think we will have breakfast. It must be near eleven o'clock. These are not like cur wholesome hours. What can we have been thinking of?" "I told thewaiter to set the table, but not to servo the breakfast until your return," answered Gertrude!

" You were so sure I should be back. You did not think I had gone to swell the number of mysterious disappearances, Gertrude?' said Colonel Fitzgerald, smil ing, as he arose and pulled the bell-rope. "I knew you would return," quietly answered the young wife. A waiter answered the bell. " Breakfast immediately," said .Colonel Fitzgerald. "I mean to take you out to show you something of the city, my dear child," he said to Gertrude.

She smiled her thanks. After breakfast they went down and entered an opeu car riage that was awaiting them. Certainly thy edifices oil each side were nod, as compared with those of other cities, very imposing ; but to the inexperienced child from Western Virginia, who had never seen any town larger than Wilde ville, Washington was a wonderful city and Pennsylvania Avenue a stately boule vard.

Colonel Fitzgerald took her to the capitol, and through its grounds and its principal rooms, and ho admired the grave admira tion with which she gazed upon what were, to her untrained mind, wonders of architec tural grandeur and artistic beauty. " You think all this so grtind and beauti ful, my little Gertrude ? Ah ! art with us is but in its infancy, ray child. You should see the churches, palaces and galleries of the Old World. It will be a rare delight for me to take you ovei , Europe," said Colonel Fitzgerald, kindly, as they stood together in the rotunda.

**■ Shall wo go to Europe ?" inquired Gertrude.

"Yes, if you say so. lam at your orders for twelve months, my little lady. I have been a very hard-worked man the army, my little Gertrude, for the last fifteen years. I have earned a year of holiday, and 1 mean to take it with you. Whore shall we go, little girl ? Shall we go back the 'Summit' and dream away the winter among our nutivo mountains ? Shull we stay here in Washington and attend the sessions of Congress and of the Supreme Court, and show at the Presidents re ceptions and afc the Cabinet Ministers' parties? or shall we sail for Europe, and spend the cold months in France aiid Italy, and fcho next summer in Switzerland and North Germany ? Come ; you shall decide. What do you say ? " Gertrude raised her brown eyes in de light, surprise, and some perplexity, to his face. He had given'her such a choice ! Either plan would bo pleasant to her, since each promised the constant company of her husband. But how could aho -venture to take the responsibility of deciding"? Yet she knew he wished her to mako ttia choice, and she thought that he 'preferred toflpend h year of idleness in' Europe. So, at length, she answered : "If you please,' Gerald, I would like to goto Europe." Arid as soon as she had , uttered theso words, she felt "that they really expressed her tine preference.' " You are sure ?" asked Gerald. " Oh, quito pure, ii|dcod," she replied. ««Very well; we will go. I shalf write to New York and socure our passage in the next steamer."

" It is strange," said Gertrude, musingly. " What is strange, little girl f' " Thin ie. For do you kn6w, Gerald, that I should have been in Europe now, and sliould never have seen you, if dear grand father had nob passed away so soon as ho did ?"

" Indeed !" exclaimed, Gerald Fitzgerald, turning and looking at her in some sur prise. "Oh, yes. I meant to have toUl you all about it, and I tried to do sp several times, but always something prevented." " Sit down here, Gertrude, and tell me now," he said. They both seated themselves on a bench opposite the " Baptism of Pocahcntas," and Gertrude told him the whole story about Gabriel Haddon's lost daughter. "Good heavens, Gei'trado !" exclaimed Colonel Fitzgerald, as she finished, "I do riot think you can estimate the greatness, the magnitude of the interests involved in what you tell me. Was it to go in seai-eh of this lost daughter that you and your grandfather were going to Europe, my child ?"

"Yes," murmured Gertrude, a'little abashed at the earnestness of Gerald's words.

"And so tho child was utterly aban dpne'ci ■?**. v,i Yes."

•' And yet, that child (that middle-aged woman,. rather), if living, is the; direct heiress, through her mother's family, of Italia Fitzgerald and Al van Vale, who, in their daj", ov/ned between them three-fpurths of the manor land in Wilde county, t>he is the direct heiress, also, of Hiram Slaughter, and, lastly, of Gabriel Haddon, whose little ferry estate is destined to be worth as much, or more, than either of the single manors. Ghbd Heaven, Gei'trude ! the discovery of this heiress would cause a social and finan cial eaithquakein Wilde county. Poor Geral dine ! -podi , , proud' Geraldine !" he mur mured to himself; then, raising his Voice a little, he inquired: "Rid your grandfather depute to anyone the duty of seeking out this woman ?" "No, 4par Gerald; It wa? only a fen days before his sudden death that he'heard of her existence ; then he resolved to go himself to England in quest of his daughter uiid to take me'with him. He had iio time. But the day after the funeral I found the memoranda of which he had told- me, and wliichl afterwards gave to my guard/ian,, l>r. Goodwin. Ybu know Dr. Goodwin's parish is sending him to Europe this autumn for the benefit of his health, "and he intends to go directly tp liondon to* prosecutei the search for the missing wonmn, and to dp. this on his own responsibility; and for the love honour ho felt fp'r his Pld friend; Gabriel Haddon. Did Ido right, Geral(| ?" " Perfectly'right, little girl. You always dp, I think. But poor Geraldine! poor, proud Geraldine ! How, little she suspects >yhat may be before her ! Cotaie, Gertrude, hjave you had encugh of the capitol fPt one day ?" he inquired. ' She put her krm in his, and they arose and left the building. 'They afterwards Visited the severargoverWneht! depavtments; and returned in the eyehihg to a late dinner.

The next morning, after an early break fast, he took Gurtrude dpivri tP th'o Gity Hall to the Office of an eminent lawyer and cbnveyancer', and there he execiiljeii aideej settling on his little wife an annual income that he thought only suffibient tot all. her f&ninine / needs,' but thdt J she about ten tfmes -as • much us , she* CQUId possibly spend,

" Gerald laughed at her modest estimate, and that when she knew a little more of. the'fenimine world she might think h6r ii pin.money "- not one-tenth as much as she wanted. ; ■ . j They went fcotheir hotel to luncheon. Afterwards, Colonel Fitzgerald-sat down at a table to write letters — one, to the Canard shipping ;agent in IJew ,Ybrk, to secure bertha "hi Jtie first outward*bound steamer, and one to. his 'steward at the Suninu.t. Manor. . - "Qeitrude, I am abput to send to the Summit for liny valet. '.You will also require a maicl. my deaiv Now, you spent a week at' the Summit, saw the. young, coloured girls of the placed Let me know if you have any choice among " Gertrude paused, with her needle in ne,r hand, and'reflected.' She. had never been .used to a maid in her life ;,a maid would be in embarrassment inconvenience to her ; and, besides, a' girl possessing all the strong local attachments .common to the coloured people, and taken from the Summit Manor, would probably be home sick and miserable ; yet if Gera'd thought conventional propriety required his wife to have a personal attendant, why, a maid she must have. But she'would take the maid as she would take a dose of physic. "Well, my child, well?" impatiently inquired Colonel Fitzgereld, pen poised in hand.

"Gerald! please will you leave it to the young house-girls themselves ? I have really no choice. I mean! would rather not choose, because I do'not know how they feel. There may be some girl who would be delighted to go abroad, and others whose hearts would be almost broken by leaving home'arid friends," she answered.

Colonel Fitzgerald looked at her wist fully for a few moments, and then said : '•Gertrude, do you always consider others —the humblest of others — before your self? Well, I suppose it is your nature to do so. I think, however, I can meet your views in this matter and provide you with a bright, handy little maid, who will be ' delighted' to attend you abroad. Do you remember Meta ?" " The ifirl who waited' on Miss Sue and myself at tho Summit? Oh, yea." !'Sho is the sister of my valet, Jubal. They have no other ties, and are all-in-all to each other. They would both suffer in being separated. They will" both rejoice in being taken abroad together. So • jour phcenix of a happy little maid is found, my child."

Gertrude's sympathetic face lighted up witli pleasure ; her brown eyes sparkled. " Oh, thanks, Gerald. I shall really like to have Meta. I know her, and like her !" she exclaimed.

"Quite right, then; Jubal shall bring Meta up with him," said Colonel Fitz gerald. . . He wrote and sealed his letters, and rang for a servant to take them to the post-office. "And now; my child," said Gerald Fitzgerald, gravely, "I must leave you for the rest of the clay, and perhaps, Get trude, for the night also. You will not bo afraid to stay here V

"Oh, no, Gerald," she answered, though her heart sank under the pain of parting with him, even for a half day and night. " You know, Gertrude, thero is a house keeper afc the head of this establishment; so, tf you should need any attendance that tho waiter or the chamber-maid cannot you, you have only to send for the housekeeper, and she will supply your wants ami make you comfortable. , '

'? Yes, Gerald." " And mind, keep your door bolted as well as locked."

"Yos,l will."

" Now I am sure that you can trust me, Gertrude, although I do not explain to you the cause of my departure." "Oh, Gerald how could you doubt it? Trust you? I trust you as I trust my Lord," saicl Gertrude, earnestly*

" Very well, my confiding little darling, be sure that I shall never abuse that trust," heanfwered, as he stooped and kissed her. i( li I a.ni not here by twelve o'clock to night, dear child, you may know that I have been detained, and cannot pet Here before morning, in whichcasol shall return to breakfast with you between nine and ten."

So saying, he took leave of her and de parted. (iertrnde sat where he had left her, and quietly went on with her needlework, hem-stitching a ruffle. She felt lonely and desolate, although sho was sure her husband loved her, and that lie would keep his word and return to her the next morning at latest: bat her eoul was so bound up in Jiioi that his presence seemed more than life to her, and his absence almost death. Sjhe sat and. sewed patiently all the after noon and evening, with only the interlude of her solitary tea. Gertrude had told her husband the simple truth when she had said that she trusted , in him as she trusted, in her Lord.

And this perfect trust was not inconsist ent with the questions that) came to her in the solitude of her chamber on this night— the second occasion oi his, unaccountable absence. *

What was the cause of these absences ? Was it the same, or connected with the cause, that detained him from the side of Geraldine on the day first appointed for their marriage ? Was ib in any way con nected with that dark secret claimed by Magdala, whose threatened revelation had been the immediate occasion of Maurice Fitzgerald's death, and whose publication to the world, it had been said, would bring the great house of fitzgerald to ruin, the proud name of Fitzgerald to shame V But no. That question was put away at once as an impious "'doubt. No shame or ruin could come to the house of Fitzgerald by.onyono bearing the name of Fitzgerald. Of that she was sure. . Such questions wore not for her to enter tain. . It was for her to endure, and love, and trust. ■ „ ' ■■• -. {To be Continued.)

THE AUCKLAND EYENINa STAR. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1887.

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Highly Popular Fiction, i most important announcement. a great work BY \< A GREAT AUTHOR. Specially Illustrated. It has been our pleasure to announce from time to time for publication in tho Star Works by' Novelists of the highest eminence among Authors of Fiction, and Wβ have nowva more than ordinary degree of satisfaction in stating that negotiations have been concluded whereby tho readers ef tho Star Fiction wil have supreme enjoyment of A NEW AND BRILLIANT STORY by "William Black, Author of "Macleod of Dare," "A Princess Of Thule," &c. This is the first occasion on which Newspaper readers have had the advantage of a Seria] Story written by this great Novelist at first hand, and in anticipation of the customary Publication in volume form—an advantage which, we are confident, readers will not bP alow to appreciate. THE TITLE Of tho now and admirab'e story, written by WILLIAM BLACK, to appear in the STAR SUPPLEMENT ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, ■ IS SABINA ZEMBRA, Which will be a work in every way worthy of the enduring fame of this Gifted Novelist. THE PLOT Of the new and thrilling story, entitled "SABINA ZEMBRA, "written by WILLIAM BLACK, Displays the genius of a master mind, develop Ing Intensely captivating situations, and unfold-ng-experiences of rare aud thrilling interest. THE CHARACTERS In" SABISTA ZEMBRA," l,he. NEW and -,'{ ' •SPLENirtb^TOßy;^by : -;/j YWTILUAM I>LACK,- Are creations showing great originality in con ception, and fine skill in treatment. The Author's realism is so vivid that tho men and women whom he introduces seem to live their lives before tia and we are spectators not only of their public acts, but of the inner motives which inspire them. We see clearly when noble and gonerous sentiments, "or, selfish and mean considerations, actuate. Wei>ehbld the inflated vanity of Sir A nthony Zombra, M.P., as ho surveys the success of deft artifices, to popularise his name, and varade the status of the Zembra family in the fashionable circlee of. London society. Wβ follow with* an ever-in creasing fascination" the fortunes of Sir An thony's discarded daughter, whose penchant for works of philanthropy leads her into niany spheres of beneficence, but whose utterly un conventional habite and thoughts, haying free play ii)i a world full of conventionality, bring about most critical deve" opments. Fred, Foster, a sporting man. with nature so. wholly absorbed in the turf treat racing evonts seem to be the media through which ho thinks, is a marvel' Wely well-drawn character; while Salter Lindsay, a young artist, is never likely to be excelled as a representative ot. the bewildering madness which comes of love-sickness. . These are only central characters met with in £he opening of the story; but the little we have seen of them is enough to warrant us in saying the personages in Mr BLACK'S NEW NO\TEI> once there, will live many a year in the ro Collections of its readers. THE DESCRIPTIVE PARTS Of the NEW STORY, entitled ZEMBRA," "by, ':..'■ I ■ ■ ■ - - : '-■'■. "W" IL L 1,411 U L A.OK, , Are written in the Author's best style. Whether in tho whid of London life; with distinguished artiste at the Royal Academy; amid; the gaietie a of the ball-room; among inyaiids seeking health by the sea at Brighton; or with hones* Irish. nature on the shores o! the Shannon , everywhere tho readeris perfectly carried; away witli the charm of- tho Author's descriptive power. * ——— - : ■ ■ ' * Each WEEKLY INSTALMENT of the story, will be J.LLUSTRATED. The " Athenaeum," writing of the story now nnnotinced, says:—"Mr Wii,uam Blaqic ha 8 completed a now Novol,.the chief spenes of which are laid in London and Brighton. The story deals in some measure with artistic life in the Metropolis, whilst. 0116, of tho, characters i's of a sporting turn, nnd. a good doal'of racing is introduced. The heroin.9, Sabina, whose name' gives tho tjt]e,to the story, is the daughter of a tiich M.P., who quits hoc father's house and lives in lodgings so as to devote herself entirely to laboue ajnong theJjondon poor. The Novel* it will bo Been, Iβ a. departure from, the run of stories to which Mr B&ack has accustomed his readers. Mossra TiitOTSON and Son, of Bbl ton, have secured the story, and it will be simultaneously publishod in the autumn in Newspapers in all quarters of the World." In fine, wo lmvo tlip utmost confidencq that •the NEW STORY by" Mr BLACK will aflbrd the readors of our Fiction a source of exquisite delight; and wo very respectfully urge al 1 present subscribers to respond to theboldeh" terpriso which is involved in procuring the work of this Great Novelist, by making known to their friends and acquaintances the announce* ment that a NEW STORY by "William Black, The Eminent Novelist, wii! be published in THE STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, COMMENCING Otf SATURDAY, Nov. 12.



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