A CORSICAN VENDETTA.

By C. A. GUNTER,

The Successful American Playwright.

BOOK lI.—AN EPISODE OF THE

PARIS SALON.

CHAPTER V.

A CURIOUS PICTURE

The Paris Salon of the year succeeding th e one made memorable by the occupation of Egypt by the British forces, was a fair average of those brilliant displays of art that annually attract so many who pretend to o r io really admire the modern French echool of painting and sculpture. Nearly everybody that was in Paris at the time visited it ; and Paris was very dull of people one morning early in the May of that year, consequently the exhibition had more than the usual heterogeneous masses of cosmopolites who come from the four quarters of the globo to worship at the shrine of pleasure in the gay capital of the modern world. In one of the larger rooms of the baton a mass of people are striving to see one of the pictures of the season. "French, Eng lish, Italians, Americans, Austrians, Cier mane, nearlyeyery nationality of the world, are grouped together in the crowd, while from its depths pours out a confused variety of tongues, accents, dialects, and languages that, massed together, make a lunacy of idea and babel of sound.

" Marjnifiquc , .'"' " Disappointing!" " Sphndida .'" " It will get a medal!" " Ich hcdte nicht viel davon .'" •• Mon Dieu! QueMe joule .'" *• I prefer GerOme !" "This 'orrid jam is worse than Picca dilly !" "It reminds me of ' Iα Cir/ale!" " Je-rue-sa-fero.' It looks like Sally Spotts in swimming I" This last comes from a cattle king from Kansas, who makes the remark on the edge of the crowd, but now excitedly forces his way towards the picture ; and as he has the form of a Goliath and strength of a Samson, Mr Barnes, who has been most of the past year in the United States, but has run over to Europe to avoid the American summer, concludes he is a good man to do the push ing and squeezing for him, and quietly drops into his wake. " Cracky ! It is Sally Spotts !" repeats the Westerner. And he is right; the belte of an Ohio village has wandered to Paris, and is now as celebrated for her beauty, though not, alas, for her virtue, in this capital of nations, as she once was as Sally Spotts in her rural American home. Her old father and mother mourn her as dead, and are happier than if they knew that the little innocent child that knelt and prayed with them each night, before sleeping, lived as "La Belle Blackwood," that celebrity of the demi-monde, whose eccentricities they had read of and shuddered at, and whose beauty makes so much of the attraction of this famous picture, for which she has con sented to be the model. Stimulated by this discovery the \v estern giant makes a determined attempt for a nearer view, and crushes into the crowd reckless of tho effects of his monstrous ex tremities that are clothed in boots wrinkled into tremendouß valleys and mountains of polished patent leather. As he does so, a miserable " Sarce! or anguish comes from a little Frenchman whom he crushes ; a groan or two from an Italian art critic ; and a " Be careful, car nt you, now !—oh Lord !my bo)t r ," from an American dude, who, even in his agony, does not forget his beloved English accent and pointed varnished gaiters. The misfortunes of others are generally amusing to a looker-on, and Mr Barnes rather laughs at the recklessness of his giant advance guard ; but now the smile leaves his face, and he glares in indignant rage at the creature whose bulk has so far made his path, even in that crush, an easy one ; for he has just heard little subdued feminine shrieks, and a pathetic murmur in the softest Fnglish voice, "Oh ! Mrs Vavassour ! He has trod on them again !" " What ! twice ?" this from a rather buxom English matron beside tho complain ine beauty. * Y es >_no !—o—oh ! That's the third time now ! I shan't be able to walk ! And j-oh mercy! the brute's torn my new dress !" this last in the voice of abject de epair. Looking a little ahead, he sees what is to him the picture of the season. An English girl, whose lovely eyes beam with righteous anger, through their tears of pain, at the ruthless American vandal; as she whispers to her companion, " I could have forgiven him the assault on my feet, but—on my dress—never !" and with that sho pouts a little laugh that makes Barnes think a moat in some women is the most beautiful thing in nature. The gM draws a little out of the press, end stooping down to inspect the damage done tb her toilet, assumes so graceful an attitude as she draws her skirt about her, outlining her exquisite figure, that her admirer forgets his indignation for the vandal, in his interest for the Niobe, whose tears have new passed into a smile. The toosition the girl takes—bending down Slightly 80 as to examine more closely the damage wrought to her costume — as she raises her skirts a little for ex atnin&tion, displaying a perfect foot admir ably booted—permits Mr Barnes to take a long and strong glance at her; without her seeing the interest with which she is The lady with her is also study ing the dress, which gives him an dppor tunity fdi , inspection without appealing itepertib«ni/, of which he takes full advan tage ; consequently when the young lady raises her eyes again to the general world, &he £a 8 been ac well looked over and criti cised as any picture in the room; and, if Barnes were the committee, would receive the gold medal of the year. She is about twenty—this he guesses —and is one of those most lovely things in the world—a thoroughly pretty, refined and gentle English girl—there is no guess about the last Her head is beautified by a great mass of golden hair that is natural in both coloar and substance. Underneath this is a- grand pair «f honest blue eyes that are generally quite soft to those she loves; but, when she chooses, can flash on those she hates, or shine very coldly on those she despises. Her whole face, though by no means frivolous, hae enough piquant' levity about it to show that her life so far has been thoroughly happy, and there/ore thoroughly good. Her face has no traces, of past feut" immense possibilities for future love. Afc present,. sji ; e> fe a beautiful girl—not Simple enough tb'thinlt isn't plenty of em and the world, but.too pure not tp portion of it is thrust before ber. her, Barnes, finds hirh eelf wondering if the girl, has a-pretty name, he hears-it.,

" ; Ei}J4,"- Bays ; . the, old, la,cjy, "is, the disas£er to. your, dress, bad. enough to mak© you return- tfythe hotel, ?" *Xo v ' (reflectively), '' only a gather gone; and in theHundrnd thisgo>vnhas.one>von't be BekMes, I want to show you that cuj^i|i|,pictttr.e f ; aDd ( to;day is my last isrit the one, I hope?" say*her CKjmpanipn- " : . , itl "No! I dqtest st;c|};, paintings and the pnljlifefty they give a , certain plow of womdtf fike ' Lα Bella .PiAcJuwmki"

" Oh, Enid ! you shouldn't talk of such people," says the matron. "Why not? They exist, don't they? I'm not blind—l have ears. I can't ignore that picture, and say it isn't there against that wall; but though I may not admire the art that stoops to dignify suchwomen and make heroines of them, I can't say I despise the woman in that picture so much as 1 do that man there who is talking about her." She indicates by her glance the Cattle King, who is eagerly asking tlie ad dress of " La Belle lilaokwood," and tolling the man nearest to him that he'll " look her up. He's an old friend of her family's, he is ; and he'll spend the price of a thousand steers to give her a high time, lie's in Paris for pleasure, he is. This is his week oft. Mrs Ruggles is in London." Barnes knows tiiat queen of the demi mondo, and as he hears tho English girl's remark he feels ashamed of himself. But he feels much more ashamed a moment after, when the cattle magnate, who has found his French rather unintelligible to those near him, turns round, and reccgnis ing him, cries out in English: "Hello, Barnes, of iNew York ! You know everyone wicked in Paris. Tell me the address of 1 La Belle Blackwood !'"

For a moment Barnes has a surging in his ears, as the blood rushes to his face, and he thinks he catches from the English matron the words "Depraved wretch!" not made much more palatable to him by the girl's ' Who would have believed it from his face ?"

But summoning up desperate assurance, he replies nonchalantly : "Everyone knows that who lives in Paris ; it's 42, Rue dv Helder. You'd know it too if you could read French, Baggies. I saw it in this morning's 'Figaro.' '' "Ah ! much obliged," says Buggies. " You young bloods are always a leetle ahead of us old boys!" He gives him a leer (for which Barnes could have killed him), and jots down the address.

If mental curses could destroy, tho Cattle King would have a stroke of paralysis on tho spot, for the would-be innocent Barnes sends him to the lower regions, under his breath, with a vigour and earnestness that would settle a much tougher subject, as he reflects on the probable pleasing effect this little passage may produce on the young lady's opinion and reception of him, when she first meets and knows him, as lie has now firmly made up his mind she shall do. " Egad, I'm glad I've given the beggar the right address," ho thinks to himself savagely. "If 'La Belle Blackwood' gets her clutches on the old fool she will avenge me !"

Hβ does not dare to turn round and look at the girl, but has an idea that she ia trying to see if he has a very wicked and depraved face behind the back of his blush ing neck, 'fhis idea becomes a certainty as he hears the British matron say to her : ''Enid, don't look at that modern Fauat any longer '"

A moment after she is addressed as Miss Anstruther, by a gentleman who stops to apeak to the two ladies. I knew she had a pretty namo, thinks Barnes, for ho had been putting two and two together: and two and two in this case produce Enid Anstruther. He moreover catches her saying to the gentleman something about meeting " Dear Edwin" in Nice. "Dear Edwin" makes him meditate. It must be the chap she's engaged to, is the unpleasant thought that cornea to him. She's too nice a girl not to have half England running fifter her. In any other case he would not have made this mistake ; and would know that the last man a girl of her typo would call publicly " dear " would bo the man she loved j that " Dear Edwin " might bo a friend, cousin, brother ; but love —never ! But philosophy has left Barnes ; for the first time in his life he has become temporarily insane—tor he in now in love.

Common courtesy forbids him to lingor longer so close to Miss Anetrufchcr, for her bright eyes are beginning to notice his glances ; so he moves a little away, making sure that ho is in the path tho iadies are taking—bub in advance of them ; so that apparently they are following him, not ho them.

To do this effectively, he has to perform a good amount of scientific skipping and hopping about, for the ladies seem to have but little time to epond in tho place, and fly from one picture to another, as birds do from cherry to cherry. Barnes fears this will attract tho young lady's attention, and is delighted when she points to a smaller apartment saying, " There's the room of tho curious picture When I have explained why it is curious to me—l'll take you to it."

Knowing that he will meet the girl there in a few minutes again, by apparent acci dent, the American promptly enters the room of the curious painting, suddenly gives an exclamation of astonishment, and .stands petriiied—for almost in front of him is a picture of the duel on the beach at Ajaccio, as vividly true and cruelly life-like as on that fatal morning a year before.

{To be Continued.)

WELLS'S HAIR BALSAM.

If grey, restores to original colour. An elegant dressing, softens and beuutilles. No oil nor grease. A Tonic Restorative. Stonß hair coming: out; strengthens, cleanses, heals scaip.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1887.

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Business Notices. "WaLLIS & CoATES, CROWN BUTCHERY, KARANGAHAPE ROAD. PRIMEST MEAT PROCURABLE. CASH PRICES. Five Shilling Orders Delivered to any Part of the City. RFF'T* I '—. Rump Steak .. .. « ~ 6dperlb Steak 4(1 „ Sirloin .. .. 4d „ Best Ribs, Boned and Rolled .. 4d „ Best Ribs •• 3d » Other parts Idto2d „ Corned •. Ijdto3d „ Ox Kidneys 5d each OxHearts .. .. .. .. ■• W „ Ox Tongues ... .. 2s and 2s 6d „ Tripe . .. „ Mperlb J)ripping „ ~ W „ MUTTL'ON- Chops 3d „ Sides , .. 2d „ Legs 2Jdto3d „ Loins 2id „ Fore-quarters lfd „ Fries .. ~ 2d each Kidneys l<l .. Tongues r 1 ! 0 ™?? Pork and Corned Pork .. .. 3d to sdperlb Veal 2dto 4Jd „ Our well-known Beef Sausages .. Zd „ Pork Sausages 4d ~ German Sausage, retail 4d ~ wholesale .. .. 3sprl2lb CUSTOMERS C. C. BROWN (Late of Cook and Hobson streets) HAS REMOVED TO QUEEN-STREET (Opposite Auckland Savings Bank), And wishes to notify that he has a large stock of first-class FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTERY At Low Pricks, Which he will SELL PRIVATELY AND BY AUCTION At dates which will be advertised. Goods sold on commission. No work but of first-class makers accepted. y/ The A-Merican CORN BROOM CO. EXMOUTH STREET. BONES.— Our price, delivered at the Works. Railway Wharf, in quantities not leas than half-a-ton, ig £4 16a 6d per ton.; or. £5 per ton at Chemical Works. Westfleld Siding, Otahuhu. Bags supplied or returned to Port or Rail Station.—Freezing Company, Auck land and Westfleld J. BOTCHER,j . [J. GROOM X OCAL INDUSTRY. Everyone Interested In the prosperity of Auckland should purchase OCALLY-MADE SHIRTS AND UNDER. CLOTHING. And not imported jjoode. See that your draper supplies you with the best articles, which are made by THE SHIRT AND UNDERCLOTHING MANUFACTURING CO., GREAT NORTH ROAD \ USE \qlosebros; •PIP \ BLENDS OF ftg \PURE i/idT 2/-\h / PER LB. \ HHii Pronounced the best value\ in Auckland. \ ■pIREWORKS ! ■piREWORKS ! piREWORKS! D. EVITT OfTera as usual a large stock of James Pain's Fireworks, imported direct from the maker. Selling cheap for oaeh. CHINESE NOVELTIES. Guns, Rifles, Revolvers, axd Ammunition ' Of every description. PISHING TACKLE. A New Invention for Sportsmen :— John's Patent Automatic Sporting Shrapnell Shell FOR FOWLING-PIECES. WILL KILL AT 140 YARDa REPAIRS and every description of Gunwork done at the lowest possible prices, end i satisfaction guaranteed. D. E" j t t - GUNSiTAKER 8s IMPORTER, 264, QUKEN-STBEET, AuCKLANB _ <>ppo»ite the Mafiet HoUb6). ...



Business Notices. HOME JEWEL WASHING IVJAGHIi IT WASHES EVERYTHING, from LACK TO A COALSACK; CLEANS TKO USERS without wetting a finger or knocking oft a button. It does away with wet feet, pains in the arms back, and breast, and does a big day's washing in two hours. - CX is \. HOMEIdI JEWEL-y/^ Hβ $^C HUNDREDS OF TESTIMONIALS. M. M. LEVY, SOLE AGENT, ALBERT HOTEL. Iron Curved for V erandas (ANY PATTERN) SHORTEST NOTICE. '■ '■'' . George M c caui. Manufacturing Plumber, AND IMPORTER OF ALL TRADE REQUISITES WELLESLEY STREET EAST (opposite New Library), and BROWN &DAVY STREETS, THAMES, HAS FOB SALE— 200 Corrugated Galvanized Tanks (assorted) 500 Colonial Ovens (all sizes) 60,000 feet Lead Edge Ridge Cap (ail sizes) 60 000 feet O.G. Spouting (all size?) 60,000 feet Downpipes (all sizes) 50,000 feet Galvanized Water Pipee (all sizes) Lead-head Nails. Lead Washers. Portable Ovens, Furnace Frames, Copper Boilers. etc., etc., etc. Awarded Three First Prizes for above lines, at Auckland Agricultural Show. Largest and beat selection of Gas Globes b> Auckland. As G. McCAUL is a direct Importer for cash, he is in a position to supply the trade at the lowest remunerative prices. Liberal discounts to the trade. Country Orders punctually attended to. GEORGE RftcCAUL, ifannfaotnring Plumber, and Importer of all Xrade Requisites, Wellesley-Bt East (opposite Mew Library), and Brown and Davy-streets, Thames. "\T EGRO HUMOUR.—Read article i.l thereon in this week's " TIT-BITS." ■'■ - ■-' itf - (USEFUL, DURABLE, CHEAP), AT McLEOD BROTHERS', Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers of Wicker Furniture, Perambulators, and every description of Basketware. THE AUCKLAND BASKET FACTORY, ALBERT STREET (near V.M.C.A.) y\ ij cj ci ration. C H A S. E. CARTER, SIGN AND TICKET WRITER, GILDER, &c, TRANSPARENCED WINDO W DECORATOR 58, GREY STREET, Auckland. r^RION. |~\RION. VIRION. WHAT IS IT.' ! " I ! MESSRS STONE BROS. (My Agents) WILL RECEIVE ORDERS FOR ABOVE. Supplies in any quantity from Store or Works. F. ANDREWST Otahuhu.. p. 0.13. 284] [high-street & customsst. w. A R T H U R TIT A S V, MANUFACTURERS' AGENT AND WHOLESALE GLASS MERCHANT. ORDERS INDENTED. GOODS IMPORTED DIRECT. QUALITY GUARANTEED. Window Glata Plate Gloss Wire Nails Portland Cement China ware Havanna Cigars, etc. FOR SALE, 1,000 CASES WINDOW GLASS (assorted sizoj {GROUND LIME! GROUND LIME Fob Sale, SOUTHGATE'S MAHURANGI HYDRAULIC GROUND ROCHE LIME In any quantity, foi- Concrete Paths. Floors. Collars, etc. Next to stone-nagffing it is «n ---rivalledfordurabHityandhard-settinggualities. For tanks and othet- wet work it is a first-class material. B, K:KANK,~SOLE AGENT, CUSTOMS-STREET. W T. ■ E V * BOOKBINDER, PAPER RULER ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURER, Wyndham-street. MERCHANTS' ACCOUNT BOOKS, Insurance and Mining Register Books Specially Ruled and Bound. , Music, Magazines. Public Librarlcg. and Sunday School Books Well Bound. Bakers' Special Ruled Day Books, Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books BAND AND CHOIR MUSIC BOOKS RULEft



™ NEW zl^ m bating purchased thn .v l . Private trade «8S *he largest and beat stock in i e f r o m|no^^ c A^ dtl DeUverie BMMIl altvrice aailyljyoiircttti he BEST IN THK mSK? TOU"~Ci.l't AFFORD homes of New Zealand must fail f*? proTe «• BURtfS'S Al SOAP. Itis a simple but useful article. Thosewhii(»n touseitare still more simple, MWfflZ useful. ■■.; --rr" t ou may have heard of it a iHOtJSAVn TIMES without using it ON0& If reverse the position and ; USE IT ONCE rlPPrrX 111 J"^ 0 lfc t0 0&m * THOUSAND llMlm*.—l have spent hundreds of tom&ii convincing the women of New Zealand y»t their labour can be grcatlylightened'bvMlw BURNS'S Al SOAP WWoßtt> REiS Cleanser!*, butl have fallen short &Mm bition if I have failed to COJNVIiNCfi tfttt WHOLESALE AQENT-; A. BUCHANiN, CUSTOMS STRBili IBASIv Xji D.G A R . AND Qo.| DYERS, ESTABLISHED 188 L . ,; Still Dying to LiVKANDLfraeTdjbTBJ Ladies' and Gentlemen's W«ng ,App«rt Ceaned, Renewed, Curtains or Table Covers Cleaiiea, KeDW Dyed. Feathers and Gloves Clearfedasaure any shade. Lace or other Curtains Bleaewa Dyed " EDGA&, Bfts, 1 ; WELLESLEY-STREET EAST,, AST) RK® MOND. COX'S GREEEr TP E A C 0 0 % • OPTICIAN, Mathematical and , ... Maker,,.. . :: ■".■;/' SPQBTI«AN T )-STEEET. j Aluraj-s in Stock- .y; Spectacle and Eye-glasses of every h-.» accurate tit suaraateett > Electric B.IIS. Battenes^nd^to^ Just Received-- - .. SetUers Telescopes, powerful, portable,^ AI S o 2 Sfe d amandßlectroMotorWor^^ | and Steamers. Opposnn thu PosT-oFFica^ SoldV^ New ffii: 5 i "Thirty-two y^^jTV^li---^—^^i