A CORSICA-VENDETTA

By C. A. GUNTEU,

•rhe Successful American Playwright.

CHAPTER XIV. (Co-Ctisced.)

ARRiviNO at, the Corsican's apartments, she is astonished to find old Tomasso, ap. parently greatly excited, engaged in pack ing his mistress's baggage and preparing for her departure. His expressive face, which lookslikoanetehingfrom afourtecnth century picture, is wrinkled by smiles as he mutters to himself : "Cod is merciful ! I shall live to see Antonio avenged !" For Marina lias just been reading to him this telegram from Gibraltar : — I am almost certain th.v. I have fouucl him. Mccl me ill Nice nor Inter than the day fitter to morrow. DANS-LA. Marina receives the English girl very coldly, but. gives Tomas-0 an errand that takes him from the room. " You aro going?'' says Enid. " and you did not toll mo !" She can't help wonder ing "Is it because Barnes has loft thai Marina goes also ?" " Yes !" replies the young lady addressed. «' I have received a telegram that takes me suddenly away from Monte Carlo on business. I intended, however, to bid you good-bye before I went. ' "And is it this business that prevents your being my bridesmaid V '' \ es. " But my wedding is six weeks off. Your business will bo finished by that,

time." "I hope so : but if it is, I shrill be unable Still to accept your odor.'' This is said coldly, but with a very sad aigh. Enid is certain it is one of regret-per haps for Barnes. For a moment she is jealous : but ns she looks on Marina and sees the hopeless misery of this beautiful woman, to whose lonely lot she has perhaps added its most cruel pang, there is only pity in her voice as she replies: "I am exceedingly sorry to lose your presence at jnv wedding; but perhaps it is bettor thus."

" You are glad I refused you ?" whispers Marina, giving her a reproachful glance. Then, seeing a slight suspicion of haughti ness in Enid's manner—for, though she strives to conceal it, the thought will re turn to .Miss Anstruther that her friend is in lovo willi her lianc--the JCor.-ican sud denly cries: "Why do you look at me sp coldly? Ah !he has told yon.'' •'He! Who':" returns Enid, drawing away from Marina, whose hand is placed appealingly on her arm. "Signer Barnes! My Heaven! you despise me '" These astounding words arc very bitter to the English girl: they tell her that there is a secret between her lover and Marina one in which she has no part—one that tho Corsican fears that she may know. She looks at the almost perfect beauty before her, and is at last thoroughly jealous. Though she forces herself to be calm, her voice is cold and haughty as she says : " I do not despise you. 1 am only sorry you have so little' self-control Wo English girls do not expose our passion to our rivals. I have the honour to wish you adieu, Mademoiselle Paoli." She turns to leave the room, but Marina cries, "Jiivall" strides up to her, seizes her hand, and says, resolutely: "Not yot ; not till you havo explained that word." "I beg of you not to insist upon an explanation." " I have as much pride as you. I insist." "Very well, since you force mc, I will. You yourself aro in love with my affianced husband." As the English girl says this with a very very angry but contemptuous glance, the Corsican opens her great eyes in surprise, gives a little laugh that is almost a sneer, and cries, " In love? With idhiT' " Don't you dare to deny it in that way !" returns Enid, very savagely. "Oh! I thought you were too noble to love a man and then sneer at him behind his back !"

" Love him ? You must be crazy !"

" Xo ! it is you who are crazy - you treat me coldly because I love l.im : you look at us when wo are happy as if you envied us !" " And so I do ?" with this Marina gives a sigh .so piteous that it would conquer any one but a jealous woman. "Ah ! you confess.. You followed him last night; you came to him and begged for his" love, and when you could not with your beautiful eyes and pathetic Southern graces win his true heart from me, you came tip here and cried in agony !" " And lie told you that lie ?" "He? Burton? Never: He said no thing ; he is too noble to disclose a woman's humiliation. But I know it all the same !" . " Stop !" cries Marina in an awipl voice. But Enid Anstruther comes of a race who have stood and died in their sturdy Northern way against many a wild charge of Southern chivalry. She is no more to be stopped than her ancestors were at Ciecy or Agineoiut, or later on at Ramilies or Waterloo ; and she goes on : " Oh, how can you look at me so boldly after your treacheries to me : when I loved you so because you saved my brother for me! Why don't you blush and be ashamed, and fall on your knees and ask my pardon ? and then I might forgive you, because it, is co hard to keep from loving him ! Ah, now you are softening—now you repent;" for tho mention of Enid's brother has made Marina tremble and her eyes till with tears.

"Stop!'' the Corsican cries. "Give mc justice. You cold, phlegmatic Northern p< oplc always boast that you give justice ! Listen, and "do the same to mc. I love !' "A-ah !" This is a snitf of anger from

Enid. "I love—not the man you say I do, but another—as well, perhaps even better, than you ; but I love without hope !" " Without hope? Oh ! how terrible !" murmurs Enid, who within a second lias changed from an avenging woman into a sympathising one. "Can it bo possible he does not love you in return ?" •' Ido not know, I dare not know: I thought for one sweet moment that per chance he might, and then I lied from him because I have avow upon my soul that would make it an infamy in mc to let any man love me."

" A vow !—oh yes, you are going to be a nun." At this Marina gives a most unholy laugh and says : "No ; mine is rather a vow to Bell than a vow to Heaven ! It was this of which Mr Barnes spoke to mo last night; he said, while I had an assassin's passion in my heart and an assassin's oath upon my conscience, I was pot worthy to associate with you." "All, you are a Nihilist?" says Miss Anstruther. eagerly, and then having awful visions of Marina in subterranean dungeons undergoing the knout, she gasps: "Give it, up—-for Cod's sake." " No, I'm not a fanatic," replies the Corsican in scorn, for she thinks her vow a perfectly natural one ; such is the force of habit and association.

" But you yourself acknowledge your oath is a wicked one. Turn from it and. be happy, dear poo '." and a pair of soft arms go round Marina. But she shakes them off and cries: "No J no ! for the love of Heaven don't yon tempt me ! I have so longed to put it from me and be li]s& other women ! But some times I thipk I am -worn to a holy mission '; and flicp I pant to meet him. fchft. I may do

my duty." This last is uttered as if she were inspired, but not from tied. After a pause Enid says: ''And Mr Barnes caused you to write me this note ':" "Yes.". "You poor darling!" Hero Miss An struther. arms again surround the Corsican girl, and this time they conquer her and stay about her. " How cruel he was to you. He'did not think you should be the com panion of his angel who loves you. But consent to be my bridesmaid and I'll show him lam not alfangel; for I'll fight for you. Promise, dear one." But Marina says determinedly : " Never. I cannot put away my vow I Your lover is right—you are too good tor me ; but though I shall not see you a bride, I shall always love you because of-of your kindness to me when no friends were near. But lam going away, and you may never sco me again and—!" Hero the two girl crya over each other. They are interrupted in this work by- Miss Chartris, who calls through the floor : " He.'.i come back again, Enid !" "He? Who?' erics Miss Anstruther, springing; up. Thou she says :"I will see you before you go, dear one," gives Marina another kiss, and darts out with a beating heart, thinking that for some unknown reason Mr Barnes has returned to her. She pursues; Maud Chavtris to the door of her mother's parlour, whore that, young lady, turning to Enid, whispers : " He's in there alone waiting to clasp you in his arms," and give? Ii playful littlo laugh. Miss Anstruther opens the door ; and the blinds being drawn on account of the hot sun, sees fitting in the shadow, with his back to her, a man she imagines to be Mr Barnes. She darts upon him softly, puts her arms about liia neck, whispers in his car: " Burton, darling, you couldn't leave me, could you !" gives him a most dGlicious kiss, and then starts back with a scream of dismay, for a great-bearded creature who has returned her kiss very cordially, says with a laugh : " So ' Burton, darling,' has gone away, has he';" Here Enid gives another cry : " Edwin ! My brother !' and flies at him, not so bash fully this time, with many aiieotionato kisses, (hough they are scarcely so tender I as the one intended for ' Burton, darling.'

Edwin <<erard Anstruther is a worthy type of tho manhood that has supported the British flog against, all kinds of odds, in all kinds of climates, in all sorts of perils, for so many generations by land and sea, ami who have generally given their country littlo cause to regret what has come to her honour or her safety at their hands. He is a brave, educated young English man, and though Enid looks upon him as almost a paragon among men, she is nearer right than the generality of .sisters ate in regard to their I rather-' virtues. Ho is not quite so fair as Miss Ans truther ; perhaps because lie has passed so much of his life exposed to wind and sun. There is a frank look in his eyes and a noble bearing in his figure that makes one take kindly to him at once. His smile, curiously enough in so young a man, is not so merry as it should be. Enid notices this ; and their first greeting being over, says : " Edwin, is anything tho matter with you ? When you were in Nice I did not speak of it because our half-hour was so short; bnt now, what has become of your laugh ?" "My laugh ! didn't you hear it when you mistook mo for * Burton, darling ?" " Yes—but your old laugh the one that used to tell me you were happy ?" " Oh ! I'm afraid 1 left that bohind in Egypt." "In Egypt?" " en ; a man can't see suffering, misery, war, and death all about him, and for ever bo a boy, and have a boy's freedom from the cares and sorrows of life ! However, I am pretty much my old self again now. and you !"- here ho draws her to tho light and looks at, her in a critical way "How does being in love agree with you, Enid ?" "Pretty well, thank you," says the young lady very demurely,, but giving a big blush. "Yes; I see it brings a nice colour to your cheeks." At this Miss Anstruther checks him with: "How and why did you come here '?' " First, to see you, and ' Burton,' dar ling.' Second, because I fortunately got leave, and thought it would be pleasanter to return with you both to England by rail than knocking about for two weeks more on ship-board." Here sudden joy comes over Enid, and she cries : "Oh! how magnificent. He is but one day ahead of us. We will leave to morrow, and I shall sec him in forty-eight hours." "All right; and tho sooner tho better," says the sailor. "I suppose 'Burton, darling,'will not bo sorry cither. What a wonderful tender kiss that iirst ono you gave me was, Enid." "Tease mo as much as you like about ' Burton, darling-only take, mo to him," says Miss Anstruther. " But if we leave to-morrow I must see that my maid packs, and tell Lady Chartris. You'll excuse me for a little while, Edwin—you can run over to the Casino and kill time for an hour, you dearest of brothers." With that she runs oil' on her errand, thinking to herself, " Only two days audi shall be with him once more," and trembles with expectant happiness. Her brother looks after her, and mutters: " Love has mado her a new girl," and then, with a kind of weary sigh, " and me a new man." And, after a few moments' rather glum consultation with himself, suddenly cries: "What's the use? I might as well knock what enjoyment lean out of life;" lights a cigar, and wanders out of tho hotel into the Casino gaidens, where he lounges about in a listless, heedless sort of way ; not even giving much attention to several pretty girls that pass by him in the light, graceful summer toilets appropriate to Monaco in May.

He gets to tho terrace, .sniffs the sea breeze, sits down, and goes to day-dream ing again. Soon his eyes, which have been wandering absently about, fix themselves on a young lady who is standing at some distance, from him looking out over the Mediterranean, her beautiful form drooping like a lily crushed by the storm. The help less, hopeless misery in her attitude attracts his notice, and he mutters to himself " Poor devil ! Jove ! she looks more clown in the mouth than I do." The next instant he starts ami stares at her, his whole soul in his eves. His strong limbs trouble for a moment, but his strong will forces them to do their office. He rises, and going near to her whispers, pi a voice tremulous with hope and love, •' Marina ! At last !" (To be Continued.)

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1887.

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BAND AND CHOIR MUSIC BOOKS RULED (JLEDIIL L'S /PRATED WATER AND CORDIAL FACTORY, VICTORIA-STREET EAST (Late Sharland's. ! SCHNAPPS isloUl by every y v respectable publican. Accept no Other. DISSOLVED BQNE MANURE.. _____£_?_________ ___ _____ merchant-. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS and water make the best and most jigrecwhle drink in hot leather.



Business Notices. SALSALINE TS the best Food Preservative; keeps Milk, Butter, Meat, etc.. pure and sweet, and Ib without an equal for general household purposes. No home should ho without it. " j<_-Ta_.-(_.~U-0 iq_a. GEE & POTTER, COACHBUILDERS, ' LORNE and RUTLANp-STRBETS. Coaches, Carriages, Waggonettes, Buggies, Pony Carriages. Carts, Drays, and every de scription of Vehicles kept in stock, or built to order. The trade supplied. N.B.—Traps lent to customers whilst repairs are being executed. JTT 0 W D E N, • JO WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, QUEICN-STREET, Has now convenience for making and repair ing of Jewellery and for the repairs of every description of Watches. Chronometers, &c, &c, and lo further increase hla repairing and manu facturing department, ho is disposing of tho remainder of his PIANOS at and under co3t. Persons having old gold jewellery can have it' made up into now and fashionable articles to order, mid ad the bettor class of watches and chronometer-rrccivo ids personal supervision. ; English Lcrci.iu stocL. l-.0.8. 284] [HKIH-STREKT & CUSTOMS ST. W. ART " v T> " MA* v ' MANUFACTURERS' AGENT AND WHOLESALE GLASS MERCHANT. ORDERS INDENTED. GOODS IMPORTED DIRECT. QUALITY GUARANTEED, Window Gkus Plate Gins. Wire Nails Portland Cement (,'hinawaro Havunuu Cigars, etc. FOR SALE, 1.000 ASES WINDOW GLASS (assorted size.) piIAFF ! /-WAFF ! £JH-kIT » MESSRS STONE BROS. ;£ (My Agents) WILL RECEIVE ORDERS FOR ABOVE. Supplies In any quantity from Stor_ or Works. F. ANDREWS. Otahuhu. GO TO BATH to ROTH'S PUBLIC HOT. COLD, AND SHOWER BATHS, Vi<noniA-STitK_r Bast. Charge-ONE SHILLING. Opmall weekjdays from 6 a,m. to 9 p.m., and SUNDAY MORN INGS from 6 tilt 10 a.m. Tlie bath-rooms are all private, and supplied with every convenience, Turkish Towels, flesh and hair brushes, combs, respirators, soaps, etc. Select Bath-rooms (i rfvato) for ladies every day at all hours, with female attendance. Ono Shilling and Sixpence. Please note the address -Victoria-street East, above the Greyhound Hotel, and noxtthe Cheap Bedding and Furniture Mart, Auckland. N. 8.: Barber in attendance. "T R V ROWE'S gUPPLY gTOKES, KARANGAHAPE ROAD, FOR CHOICE TEAS GROCERIES. Late ROBERT NEAL. TB. HEA TH, • BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURER, Uppek Symonds-strkkt, Makes it his pr ncipal aim to supply Boots and Shoes of the best material and solid workman ship at the lowest Ca*h Prices, thus giving real satisfaction to his numerous customers. T.B.H. does not make or sell the lowest grades, which are dear at any price, but keeps on hand a largo and well assorted stock o English, French, and German goods, together with Colonial goods of our manufacture, for quality and price unsurpassed. QRION. /"\RION. QRION. WHAT IS IT Hf & (JO-, IMPORTERS OF EARTHENWARE, CHINA, & GLASS, Queen-street, Auckland, HAVE ON HAND: A LARGE AND WELD-ASSORTED STOCK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF EARTHENWARE. Consignments of New Good 3 every month. Now Landing, ex Star of the East, — MASON'S PATENT GLASS FRUIT JARS. Ex Piako,— ASSORTED CRATES OF EARTHENWARE (Suitable for Country Storekeepers). W M - MCARTHDR & (JO. J. B. Q*™*m«- COMMISSION MERCHANT, SHIPPING, CUSTOMS. AND GENERAL AGEST, Firth's Buildings, 75, Queen street, Auckland, New Zealand. SOLE REPRESENTATIVE IN NEW ZEALAND FOR BROWN AND POLSON, CORN FLOUR MANUFACTURERS, PAISLEY. AGENT FQR Novcllo, Ewer & Co., Music Publishers, Lon. don. Sutton and Sons, Seedsmen, Reading. T. C.'Hayward and Co.. Canvas Smnnors, etc., Loudon, and other Loading Firms. ONE SHILLING PACKET of SALSALINE will preserve TWENTY SHILLINGS' worth of food. To he obtained of all Chemists and Grocers, in Is and 2s packets. Wholesale Agent. RICHARD A. CARR. Fort-street, Auckland. __i„-F(Jll- wm b___ __& SB>< p asR INVENTIONS and TRAPS MARKS registered in all parts. All drawings, etc, a ccura toly pre pared at the International Agency, Office.: Hill's Chambers, Queen-stmit.



Business Notices. - USEFUL, DURABLE, CHEAP, AT McLEOD BROTHERS', Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers of Wicker Furniture, Perambulators, and every description of Ba.ketware. THE AUCKLAND BASKET FACTORY, ALBERT STREET (near Y.M.C,A.) T_> "|T VITT ' pUNMAKER And Importer of every description of Firearms, Ammunition, and Shooting Appliances by tho best makers. CAKTRIDGES.-^fiag^ are carefully loaded on the premises, and BUar nisl^ m _fG a TACKLE. FIREWORKS.— A S 8 %£s-& Fireworks, imported by the advertiser direct from J. Pain, the celebrated Pyrotechnist. 1 > L'T> A fL? <3 GUNS RE - STOCKED. 1.t1.l /VXlwO. — Barrels Browned, and every other kind of repair done to Firearms, Guaranteed equal to tho best English work, (■vices reasonable. Breechloaders and Muzzle loaders chokeboied. D. EVI TT, Gunmakerand Importer, 254, Queen-street, Auckland (opposite the Market House). [Established 1859.] Price lists free on application. HOME JEWEL WASHING MACHINE IT WASHES EVERYTHING, from LACE TO A COALSACK; CLEANS TROUSERS without wetting a finger or knocking otl 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. \" HOME fcj JEWEL J/ HUNDREDS OF TESTIMONIALS. M. M. LEVY, SOLE AGENT. ALBERT HOTEL. Iron Ourved for Verandas (any pattern) shortest notice. GEORGE McCAUL, MANUFACTURING PLUMBER AND IMPORTER OF ALL TRADE REQUISITES WELLESLEY STREET EAST (Opposite New Library) and BROWN & DAVY STREETS, THAMES, HAS FOR SALE SCO Corrugated Galvanised Tanks, assorted 500 Colonial Ovens, all sizes 50,000 Feet Load Edgo Ridge Cap, all sizes 50,000 Feet O.G. Spouting, all sizes 50,000 Feet Downpipea, all sizes 60,000 Feet Galvanised Water Pipes, all sizes Lead-head Nails, Lead Washeia Portable Ovens, Furnace Frames Copper Boilers _/__ ■ , Jam, Fruit, Honey, and Batter Tins on the latest American principle, in quantities as per agreement Eta. Etc. Etc, Awarded Three First Prizes for above lines at Auckland Agricultural Show. Latest and beet selection of Gas Globes in Auckland. As Mr McCAUL is a direct importer for cash, he is in a position to supply the trade at the lowest remunerative prioes. Liberal discounts to the trade. Country orders punctually attended to. . GEORGE McCAUL, Manufacturing Plumber, and Importer of all Trade Requisites, Wellesley-st. East (opposite New Library), and Brown and Davy streets, Thames. RECOMMENDED. by the MEDJCAL PROFESSION. Sold in tins Is each (sample tins 6d each) by the Patentee. RALPH ROBINSON, Chemist. Hobson-street, and by Chemists, Grocers, and Storekeepers. Wholesale by Messrs L D. Nathan and Co.: Kempthorne, Prosoer, and Co.; Sharland and Co. ; F. and C. T. Ronshaw. etc. ■pNCOURAGE LOCAL INDUSTRY. CHARLES SMITH, *___ \_____E_t MANUFACTURER OF BASSINETTES. PERAMBULATORS, INVALID CARRIAGES; AUCKLAND PERAMBU .Vv/rW$-_l_3_. LATOR FACTORY, * k Vv/Vji' Victoria-street West (near Freeman's Ray). CHARLES SMITH, Tho Largest Maker in Auckland. My prices are as low as possible consistently with quality and workmanship, The fact that I guarantee and keep in repair for one year is a sufficient proof of their excellence. 'Perambulators of apy make repaired or takon in exchange. Country orders recoivo my special attention. Price lists post free. Buy direct"from the Faotory, and prevent mistakes. EDWIN JONES (Late E. and A. Jones), lIOIISK, FORNISIUKG, AND QeNSBAI. IRONMONGER, Ponsonby Road and Pompime. Terrace, * Auckland,'N[Z. Tf Agent for the Pho-nix Fire Office. Advertisep4?nt for. _2.yßNi.jfO. ■Post-office Savings Bank, Money Order Office, Telegraph Station. Telephone Bureau, '



mn AFFORD Ml I* _f IS "VfetraeECONOMY\.™Er_l_____W I . {nil A?3!_tet , g^^ , «• housekeeper to __l y it « • SOAP,' 4 ' I > Use. qhjiv hcatd oiflt'a',__fiif__r''l : USE IT (mm v?Si i.v m , p . alse uto others' a ' nSS t___«iiJsi_ff"«*Sßß IDJN vlnce you. ■ fireifeWttf W-: *c -=-^3_W "'^'L A. BUCHANAN*'f CUSTOMS STREJET. |kn. ; nn PEAoo : o*] -*-* OPTICUS, Mathematical and Natjticai, Maker, ' " ' ' Always in Stock- Speotaclos and Eye-glasses of every kind;«_ accurate lit guaranteed - < ?pera,Gla__es of superior quality ", ",'H j ■ elesoopes. Binocular FieldGlaiife __<3W scopes, powerful and cheap .• ■ Theodolites, Mining Compass®}, Drainage Levels, Prismatic Compasks *z.f~-' Drawing Instruments, Scales, F<p_el Rolen • Ships' Logs'. Sextants, Corapifc-MJ. BlkmW U aro meters, - A Electric Balls. Batteries, and .miMm "™. Magnetic and Galvanic Medks&l Machine. ■ Magi: Lanterns and Slides. Hand Magnifier! J St- oscopcs and Slides, Grapto«<_}peg : '' f Steam Guagea and Tubing, . Jpt Reeeif p<L-** , ..,.',". j _ Settlers Telescopes, $q_jgsft,' §-. cheap, lis " : . ' • Settlers' Aneroid Barometer., strong attisjod, l 25g6d •'■■ " :■■■" ;il; "• '•■'■'^*7*l- i Settlers' Microscopes, magnifying l.MtimM,: 22s 6d ■' ■' ' ;, " 4 ; t Also, Steam and Electro Mo tor Wor-ingMOM-l and Steamers. ■' ■. '■ *_%?§ i Instruments of every kipd B§ppin_lj Opposi .■ the Pobt-op'i.-.': ; j , • ■. ' ■'■ ;[;'" r i'ri't*' "*".. MoLEOD BEOS. ; j Are now prepared to make, at low rfttefc jßfgjj} ffiXin Straw; Rush, Wh>*,'*Wfij» S S Handles andllMMg wed _s elegant McLeod Bros, are M«t Renovate Picnic Baskets and Ladies ftetmdA and fitT them wij_._Patept fas^intt;* B_s_ets from -J; Wicfeer Wp%MikMt from 2s; other lines equally cheap. ™»Jg assortment of Fancy Raskf |s vi w choose from. . ... , MoLEOD BROS., THE jAUCJILAND BASKET jiafpty 1 Albert-street {near g_jM_Ja ;i __. a a 3sown : ;! (Iftte pi Cook and Hobson#_*_). ~-...: has . . ; v_. R E M OTJP TO QUEEN-STREET " ; (Opposite Auckland Savings Bank), . And wishes to notify m* & t #^ N " pf first-class , ; .-■■•■•■- i FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTBI|| j ';' .Low ■ »P!S;9ff> *' ''"[[ WljichhewjM SELL PRIVATELY ANP W ■&??** At date? jyhich wU! be #v?#P ; f Goods sold on commis*io»' No *j* * , of first-class makers. aeqep^' cpbn bboom ea str|^ Wgmrnm