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The Sphinx of the Red House.

BY MAY E. BRYAN,

Author of "The Bayou Bride," "The

Fugitive Bride," &c.

CHAPTER XLV.

Hazard's lease of the old dwelling joining yards with the Red House on the rear, though facing a different and narrow con nection-street, had nob yeb expired. He opened the gate leading to this rookery at noon the day after receiving the cablegram from Heidelberg. He wore a blonde wig and moustache that old Caleb might not recognise him as the person who had so under various pretexts, tried to pass the iron gate of which he was guardian, and who had accompanied the officers with the search warrant. And once before he had deceived old Caleb when he won his way to the Sphinx's presence under the guise of a legal official taking the census. Since the search of their castle, it was reason able to suppose that the inmates of the mys terious Red House were on their guard. He must try new tactics. He had pro vided himself with a light folding ladder which he carried in an artist's portfolio. Entering the old house, he went to that upper room, at the window of which he had stood with Honor Montcalm on the dark and rainy night when she had seen the golden-haired woman embraced by her betrothed. He had never entered the room since that night. He had believed the mystery of the blonde woman to be explained by the presence oi Kildee in the Red House. Now he felt that he had been duped. He went to the window, and through the turned blind he carefully reconnoitered the Red House, building and yard, or that rear portion of it visible from the pointof view. He could see no one; the windows of the secret boudoir had their Venetian shutters closed to keep out the heated air of noon ; but as he listened he heard the sound of a piano lightly touched in the drawing-room situated somewhere in the centre of this big, shadowy, isolated house.

From the side of the stone basement pro truded the pipe of a stove, and from the mouth of this issued a thin volume of smoke. Patsy, the one woman-servant, was cooking dinner, probably assisted by Caleb, or per haps that old watch-dog was asleep on a bench somewhere in the shade.

It seemed to Hazard a favourable moment for entering tho Enchanted Castle. He made his way down by means of a back staircase, and slipping along through the neglected shrubbery, approached the spiked brick wall dividing this yard from that of the Red House. Taking out his ladder he unfolded it, and deftly adjusted it to the wall in the corner where tig bushes growing rankly on the other side would conceal his movements. He descended the frail - seeming but stout little ladder and leaped lio-htly° on tlie soft grass inside. He went around to the side of tho house and found the door of the basement room, from which he had seen the smoke issuing, An odour of cooking told him he had not been mistaken in thinking that this was a kitchen. He knocked and the door was opened by Caleb- The old negro, had been gnawing a bone from the soup pot; he Eeld it now, in one hugo -wrinkled paw, and his face was shining with grease. He dropped the bone to the floor in amazement. " How you git in here, white man ? Who dat let you in de gate ?" "Hush ! Don't speak so loud. Aye you Caleb Johnson '!" "If I is, what dat to you ?" "Mayor Heathcliffsent me to you. He gave me his key to the ©ate." " What make you neber go in by front way, stiddy comin' roun' here, slippin' up on coloured folks. Dat no way for gentl'inun to do." . , "I did not go to the front door because my business here is to be kept secret from Miss Faust; I was not to see her, I was to come to you. tteo here, here's Mr Heath cliff's note to you ; I presume you know his seal and his handwriting ?' ■ Old Caleb didn't know his writing or anybody else's from a hen scratch, but he felt a great access of self-complacency as well as confidence in his viator when he took in his greasy fingers the big envelope with its immense round seal of red wax. The old-fashioned negro had a super stitious veneration for writing, and a letter is to them like a law edict. Its instruc tions must be obeyed. He examined the envelope with great gravity, and with so much deliberation that the woman who had left her pots and approached the two " Why doesn't ye break dat red sticking plaster and see the insides, Caleb ?" He gave her a dignified, rebuking look and slowly broke the seal. While he gazed at the hieroglyphic words, Patsy on tiptoe spelled out the line :

"Do what the bearer of this tells you to. It to all right

" Hkatjicxikf, " Mayor of Wullport."

" Well, I ain't got nothin' to say. Ef Mayor Heathcliff sent you, and he must, acause he's de onliest one what's got a key to de gate, 'sides me; and ef he tells me to do what you say, and dat paper ses so plain enough, why it's all right, in course.. Mayor Heathcliff is de hen' of de lady of de house ; Tell me what you wants, sah, dat you mus be so secrecy about." "It is just this: Miss Faust has a rela tion in Germany—an uncle, her only.km, who raised her. He thinks a great deaLol her and is anxious to have her picture. But ohe always refused to have one taken. She will not even let anyone see her without her veil." ~ ~., " Dats so. I never see urn wihout it my self long as I been livin' here. Mighty good reason for keepin' kivered up too. When beauty been giv' out, Miss Faus wasn't dare." ■ , "But her uncle cares nothing tor that. She is of his blood, you see. She is his sister's only child,.and heisanxidus to have her picture. lam ah artist. I draw pic tures as fast .as you can eat hominy. Mr Heathcliff has intrusted me to take Miss Faust s picture for her uncle if I can get a chance. 'Go to Caleb,' he said to me. < Consult with him how to get to Miss Faust and sketch her without her knowing . it. Caleb is smart as any lawyer I know of. Caleb's greasy mouth expanded at this compliment. •, "De mayor knows a smart man when he sees him," he said, complacently. Then with a gleam of suspicion : ' ' "• " How Come you so eagersome to take de old woman's pickture ?" he asked. "Why? Because it's money in my pocket. I get fifteen dollars for it. That's a pretty good sum toa poor chaplike me. But 111 tell you what, Caleb, 111 go halves with you if you can get me the chance to draw the. picture. Get me into her bedroom, and I'll sketch her while she is asleep." ' - • Her bedroom," repeated Caleb, slowly ehaking his "head. " Why, young man, flhe'd—•» "■- •"' '" ' : ' ;'"'""'" : ' , -'_ y'.i. "She'll never find it out. And at,will be just like picking up this five-dollar piece in the Look at it^gdld^ou^ee—. ■ 'bright and new—none of your paper^rash. ; . JUII ask of you ; is ;to get mo inside her bed room. I'll manage to get out. She is in.- Me parlour now, playing on the piano.,,,: After awhile she will pome ■• AUt a_d_JO lllto . her room, will siie.not?"

" Yes, she will," said Patsy, who, at the sight of bhe gold, had become keeniy in terested. " She'll go into her room and take a baf and a nap." "Very well, I must be in the room before she comes. You must let me in, Patsy. Where does she keep the key ?" , '' In her pocket. I gives it to her soon as I cleans up." " Well, you must go and ask her to let you have it a moment. Say that you have dropped something belonging to you in there while you were cleaning up. Your Virgin Mary medal, say." "Good sainbs ! I never geb forgiveness if iflsaydat." " Yes, you will. You can buy dozens of candles with this," and ho held up another gold piece beforo her greedy eyes. "Isn't it a good plan, Caleb?" he said, discovering that the old darkey looked glum at being left out in the consultation. " Y-a-s, I belive it is," cautiously as sented Caleb.

" It is a mighty good plan, and I'm goin' right now to git de key," exclaimed Patsy, hurriedly wiping her hands on her apron, untying thab garment, and throwing it in a corner.

" Yes, Patsy, be quick beforo she is done playing," said Hazard. He looked after her impatiently. He beat a tattoo with his restless fingers until he heard her returning step in the hall. He rushed to the door and smiled triumphantly, as he saw the key held out "in her hand. She motioned to him and he followed her quickly and noiselessly. Up the stairs from the ground floor, up again into the story above, along the corridor, and through the outer chamber to the door of that inner sanctuary into which, thought Hazard, tlie Sphinx retires to undergo her transformation. Patsy unlocked the door and Hazard stepped quickly in. He gave a hurried glance around the room, noting its neat ness and elegance. The tall mirrors re flected his white face and burning eyes.

" There is a closet ?'' he Said

" There's two on urn," returned Patsy in a whisper. " Git intodat furdest one and hide yourself 'mongst de clothes what's hangin' up." He lost not a second in doing as she directed. The closet was :iot locked. It had garments hanging thickly against the wall. He could hide among these if need be. Patsy went out and locked the chamber door. Not an instant too soon, for tho music in the parlour below stopped sud denly, and presently Hazard heard a light step just outside the door. CHAPTER XLVI. The key turned in the lock; tho door opened,"tho Sphinx entered and closed the door behind her. She wore a black silk gown, the loose corsage bound at tho waist by a cord. The short grey gauze veil which she always wore in-doors hung over her face, fastened to a black jet band worn across the crown of her grey, nearly white head. Sho came in with a languid step and stopped an instant, leaning heavily against a corner of tho dressing-case. Then she turned and faced the mirror. Her back was now to Hazard, but he could see her full reflection in the tall clear glass. How ugly, how old, how grotesque her face was, how queer her hunip-shouidercd figure! No; that could never be tho woman ho sought; Laura Montcalm could never bo made up to look like that. She took off the veil with its jet head-dress, and rest ing her hands oh tho m_vbl<? slab, looked at her hideous image—the largo hooked nose, the purple mark, the furrowed cheeks. A strange, sad, self-mocking smile flitted over her lace. She took oil tho pale-blue spectacles. , Ah, hero was something of a change. The eyes were certainly not ugly —they were beautiful—large, darkly blue, and bright. But they shone under a bushy peuthouso of grey brows. And still Hazard shook his head. Once more t)ie lady raised her arm. The full black sleeve hid her face an instant; when Hazard saw it next his heart gave a quick bound. Here u-au a change. The great, grotesque nose was gone. In its placo was a delicately shaped feature, cer tainly resembling that of Laura Montcalm, as shown in her picture, lying now against Hazard's throbbing heart. But still there was the red mark, the white hair, the bushy grey eyebrows, the wrinkles in cheeks and forehead. These were there when she moved away from the mirror. She went in the direc tion of the small dressing and bath room into which Hazard had looked when he took his survey of the chamber. This room was not within his now limited range of sight, but he hoard the door open and knew she had gone inside. Presently he heard the plash of water. '" She is taking a bath," he said. " May she come forth as fresh as Venus from the Egean." He took the picture of Laura Montcalm from his bosom and held it in his hand to compare the faces. He heard the door open; he gave oue glance at the lovely face of the miniature ; then looked up as a light step gave token that tho inysteriouß lady was crossing the room. He came near uttering a wild exclamation of delight. There stood before him tho living original of the pictme he held in his hand. No longer the deformed and disligured Miss Faust—but Laura Montcalm—the beautiful —the impersonation of grace. She wore a diessing-gown of creamy white muslin, just outlining her lovely shape, her skin was glowing from the bath, her bright hair hung in clamp half-curls over her shoulders, and little wet rings lay against her pearly brow. Her little white stockingless feet were thrust into black velvet slippers. In one hand she held the grey wig -he had worn. She put it on' the dressing-case beside the false nose, the spectacles and the veil. Where was the great red mark ? It had probably been a sort of gluey, coloured plaster easily washed on\ She looked at the instru ments of disguise, lying there in a little queer-heap with that .same curious, sad sardonic smile; then she turned to the mirrOr, and ohce again Hazard saw a form and face reflected in the tall glass, but how different from the other. He could hardly believe such a transformation possible, for. all he had some knowledge of stage dressing rooms and the mysteries of " making up." As the lady contemplated the fair image in the mirror, a gleam of pleasure touched her mouth and eyes. It faded quickly. Her facie darkened. She lifted her arms and put her clasped hands on the top of her head, as though to crush down some memory that maddened. ".What does it matter. Oh, what does it matter ?"

It was almost a wail. Hazard understood it to mean: " #hat does it matter that I am, fair? Love-is no more for me ; nor hope, nor any pleasure or prospect in life."

She walked to the cage of the canary and chirruped to the bird. It had fluttered away from her when she first came in, and sat now, a moody bunch of feathers, on its perch; It turned its head, saw her, and flew towards her, uttering a joyful chirp. ''Ah ! you'know me now?" she mur mured, as she pressed her face to the gilded bars and kissed the delighted bird. "Tothink that you are the only creature I can be my true self before-—you and ■he;". ■

>She .sighed -heavily and turned from the cage, walking the floor a few moments, with her hands again pressed on her head as ■though to crush down iSome s painful -thought. As she -passed back and forth Hnzarcl had :glimpses of her .whitfiiaqe, her shining hair, her trailing t K>be. Once he could have ;put out his the shell-like foot in its velvet owing.

Presently he saw her take a book from the table and turn toward the bed. He could not see her. but he knew she had lain down. He heard the slight rustle and the faint crelik, as she sank on the silken coverlid and soft pillows of the bed. Minute after minute went by. He could hear her occasionally turn the leaves of her book. Once he heard her sigh. He had found a banished footstool in th « closet, and he softly raised himself from i 8 Touching position and seated himself on tho footstool, leaning his head back against a soft silken mass that had a faint odour of jasmine. The softness and perfume affected his impres sionable senses. They were her clothes he felt sure. Perhaps thab graceful blue robe he had seen near her when her lover came to visit his bird in her gilded cage. Curse Heabhcliff! How came that old grenadier of a man to win the love pf two beautiful women ? Well, it should not do him any good. He would never possess the one, nor should he longer enjoy the other. " To-night his star shall set," said the passionate boy, to himself. " I told him we would have our Philippi." The leaves of the book had ceased to be turned. Hazard lifted his head from its silken-soft resting-place and listened. Ho could catch the sound of Boft, regular breathing. The lady of the Enchanted Castle was asleep. He opened the door of the closet and crept softly out. Noiselessly he stole to the side of the bed. He stood close to it, and looked at its sleeping occupant. Was this the face of a murderess ? A nobly, delicately-moulded face, with an unutterable pathos about the mouth and in the closed veined lids and the pale blue shadows under the long lashes. There was sadness and the trace of repressed suffer ing ; there was a touch of pride and de fiance in that face, but of crime there was not a sign. And how fair she was; with just that mellowing, moulding touch of time and thought which gives beauty its ripe charm. One curling lock lay across the white swell of her bosom. Hazard lifted it lightly and thought of the sharp journalist little scissors in his pocket, but refrained from tho temptation. But when he noted the rose-tinged snow of tho round arm lying across the pillow, he impulsively bent down and pressed his smooth lij.B (the blonde moustache was in pocket) to the cool soft skin.

She gave a little start; a tremor ran over her; bub her eyee did udb unclote. Hazard drew back aud watched her.

" A Judas kiss, my sweet," he said to himself. " Did your inner sense warn you of it ? I shall betray you before tho cock crows, despite all this appealing beauty. If I were a knight of ye olden timo I might champion your cause. I might keep your secret and help you to escape. But chivalry is a played game. lam a product of the nineteenth century. Love and chivalry count for something in tlie life of to day, perhaps, but not for much. Money, power, luxury leave them limping behind. By trying to save you, my beautiful Laura," 1 should got myself into a scrape. By betraying you, I shall get seven thousand dollars in cash and a strong hold upon the favour of a prospec tive governor, to say nothing of the chance to crush an opponent and a rival. The odds are against you, Laura, though I own I hate to think of that white wrist wearing tho iron bracelet. Ono more kiss." ' "

Once more he bent and pressedhis daring lips upon tho sleeper's soft white arm. She stirred again, and ho drew back for a second, a little frightened. Presently ho began, t-o fan hor . slowly and softly with a fan of white feathers he had picked up from tho floor. In a little while tho frown passed from her forehead, and her features settled with the quipt rest fulness of sleep. * As he plied the fan he had been think ing: "How -hnll I get out of here? To slip into the dressing-room,, ggfc the key out of the pocket of her black silk gown and unlock the door will be probably to waken, her. Even if I succeed iri get ting out without her, she will know by the unfastened door tfyab she lias been spied upon and her secret discovered. Sho will make inquirio and find out from old Caleb, and ,1 shal. have alarmed my game before I am quit ready to bring it. down. I'll see if some other plan is not feasible." , Ho remembored the groat trees that grew close to the house at the back. Tho door which opened into the secret boudoir was slightly ajav. He stepped lightly across tho chamber and entered this little sitting-room in which he hud first seen the Sphinx from his post of observation at the upper window of the old house. Here was the window which had framed the picture of her in the blue dress. He looked through the turned slats of, the Venetian blind. There were no limbs or trees near enough to this window to be available as a means of descent. It was tho other which had been so hidden by foliage he could never see into it. He went up to this window and made the discovery that a limb of the large sycamore stretched beforo it almost within amys - length, lie might grasp this and swing himself down to another stouter limbhplow it, and thence it would be easy to re*ch tlie ground. . He softly opened the shutters, got into the window, succeeded in grasping the limb, and in a few minutes had leaped the soft tufted ground as lightly as his prototype—the jaguar. His wide satchel, containing the folded ladder, -was safe by its strap around his neck, and he wn3 safe on the other side of the Red House wa before its mistress had ended her fateful .siesta..-i.

He walked to the office of "The Rattler " as though he trod on air. Rosy visions danced before his eyes. Heathcliff un masked —a little fortune in his pocket; the promise of a lucrative appointment, and iri the dimmer perspective—Honor Montcalm as his bride. These were the mirages that made his dark cheeks glow as he Walked swiftly along the sunny pavement., To-night at the torch-light meeting he would make his grand coup.

(To be Continued.)

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1887.

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Saddlers and If arnessniakers. mENNIS RACKETS^^ Restrung and A largo . su P er ior assortment of Ladies' and Gents ' SADDLERY. 165, QUEEN STREET. /tfl - F, Hl£L,-i Saddmeto, i%, Queen-st. \JCo • (next British Hotci), bogs to announco to his Mends that he hus.op.ened up a splendid and well-assorted Stock which he will offer at greatly Reduced Prices, to meet the times. Gents.' SaadJea, complete with mounts, from WlWvj L.ulies' Saddles, complete with ipwnts.from 70s to £12 12s; Buggy Hnmees, trom 46 to £12; Spring Cavt Harness, from £6 6s to i1fl; Curt Harness, from £410s to £10 Plough mtpffi, single set. from 37s 6d to &?. 2$ i Cart Callart, all sizes, from 16a 6d to£l; J*r. from J8» to £1 6p; Pack Sadies, strong _»d serviceable,' with strong leather flaps and h»avy strapßJug, raw-hide'Seati, from £2 17s 6d to*4 10a,' Alargoji.BsorMiiei)tof Bridles. Whips. Spurs, mjmtm. Bags, HOrfcc-Cowera, &c, Ac, at ©anally lew prieea. EBIPAIRS Neatly and Promptly Executed, at the rates. Fu* allowj«i«c £iv«n for Second-hand }lSvj|W» t»K«* In lu-tihange. »_____. ' i ' __________-__»»_«------------- 11 ■ ii- Business Notices. Ci O TO BATH \yr to ROTH'S PUBLIC HOT. cold, and SHOWER BATHS, Vic_oi«a-street Bast. Charge -ONE SHILLING. Open all week days from*6 a.m. to 9 p.m., and SUNDAY MORN INGS from 6 till 10 a.m. The bath-rooms are all private, and supplied with every convenience, Turkish Towels, flesh and hair brushes, combs, respirators, soaps, etc. Select Bathrooms (private) for ladies every day. at all hours, with female attendance. One Shilling and Sixpence. Please note the address—Victoria-street East, above the Greyhound Hotel, and next the Cheap Beddinar aad Furniture Mart, Auckland. N. 8.: Barber Id attendance by »» T to HIS _XCE__&NCY THE GOVERNOR. THAMES CARRIAGE AND DRAY FACTORY, VICTORIA-STREET EAST AND HIGH-STREKT, AUCKLAND. Telephone, 308. JAMES MACKIE, Coachb.ildeb, MANAGER. Builder of every description of Vehicles. Repairs in all pie branches of the trade faithfully executed. "Vehicle- Bought and Sold on Commission. Coachbuildere' Requisites in Stock. The Trade Supplied. Country Orders punctually attended to" Cash Customers liberally dealt with. ttiisher * cd. JC SHIPPING AND ' B V T OH B R S Established 1864. By Special Appointment to Hia Excellency the Governor, Sir Vf. V. Jervois; Hia Excellency Sir James Ferguson; and H.R.H. the Diiko SI Edinburgh; also. Kosha Butchers to the ewa.. QUEKN-ST-tEET. AUCKLAND, N.Z. Families waited on in Town or Suburbs, POULTRY of all kinds DRESSED to ORDER DealeralnGace .._. Home-cured Hams and Bacon Corned Beef in Large Quantity. Importe of Sausage Casings The Trade. Supplied ■ 111, N.B.—Calves? Rennets. 't% Customers Supplied with lee. Telephone No. 368, P.O. Box No. 434 pAPERHA N G I N G S. 1 W. PHILJ-IPPS & SON Have receivedi ex late arrivals, ; 185-PACKAGES—IB6 Containing 55,000 ROLLS OF PAPERHANGINGS. Consisting of NEW PATTERNS For Drawing, Dining, Bed Rooms, Hall and Staircase, suitable for the Mansion or Cotcage. Beautiful Designs, and best value ever offered in Paperhangrh(»B. 916—PACKAGES—916 SC R IMS AND H B'.S SIA NS, Plate and Sheet Glass, White Lead,. Oils, Turps, Varnishes, arid all Trade Sundries. W. PHILLIPPS &SON, 95 and 97, Queen-street. j g jrOTirinrL~A~NT COMMISSION MERCHANT, SHIPPING, CUSTOMS, AND GENERAL AGBhVT, Firth's Bm„niNGs, 75, Queen street, Auckxand, New Zealand. SOLE REPRESENTATIVE IN NEW ZEALAND FOR BRWn AND POLSON, CORN FLOUR MANUFACTURERS, PAISLEY. AGENT FOX Ewer & Co., Music Publishers, Lon dflhi '•>■;■■.' Sutton and Sons, Seedsmen, Reading. T. C. Hay ward and Co.. Canvas Stunners, etc. London,.a„d other Leading Finns. AGTENT-'OR THE SALE! A<N© PURCHASE OF PROPERTIES, Agent for ... . TRUSTEES AND ABSENTEES, ..'■'. fSHORTI.ANt)-STRKKT, : . U :* hpUCKBR'S V?SFH S A TE N XpOOD FOR PORRIDGE, &0., &c, Specially prepared, consists of; tho eleraenta fdr the perfect nutrition of the human body.' Has had high commendation in England from Hospital Authorities and from Physicians, J, Deutiste, and the Public. J. BYCROFT &> Co. Have now completed the erection of costly plant, and having made arrangements with Mr W". E. TUCKER:to produce this artielfi. confi dently recommend it as more, suitable than oatmeal for this'climate. ";."_. AT A ;PRtOE WITHIN REACH OF ALL, tn 71b and2slb bags. To be bad of all Grocers and Storekeepers, ' and Wholesale of the Manufacturers. T AND V^ 0 -* C.I TV tp" LO U R Mlli L 3, Shortlhnd'street, '- X ] ' ," ,'^.u^klarid., '" '111.,."■"■ '■;''' "' ... V, , ■ ..■;. • —' "i ' '- TUCKER'S '* , FAMILY BAKING POWDER. TUCKER'S |i>AKING 'TpOWDEIi For JOwiiOleSomfeX Bread TUCKER'S OOWDER TeaGakos JE> PaMry A Scones TICKER'S "OAKING TpOWDER Ask your JO Groetu? JL ' for, it. Onoo Tried, Always Used.



Business Notices. Iron Curved for V erandas (ANY PATTERN) .';.'■. SHORTEST NOTICE. -~ i'/ , 8 P George H g caul Manufacturing Plumber, AMD IMPORTER OF ALL TRADE REQUISITES WELLESLEY STREET EAST (opposite New Library), and BROWN & DAVY STREETS. THAMES, HAS FOR BA_E~r SOO Corrugated Galvanized Tanks (assorted) f»00 Colonial Ovens (all sizes) 60,000 feet Lead Edge Ridge Cap (all sizes) 50,000 feet OG. Spouting (all si_e?) 60,000 feet Downpipes (all sizes) 50,000 feet Galvanized Water Pipes (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 best selection of Gas Globes la Auckland. - . As G. McCAUL is a direct importer for cash, be is in a position to supply tbe trade at the lowest remunerative prices. Liberal discounts to the trade. Country orders punctually attended to. ! GEORGE Mc-CAUL, Manufacturing Plumber, and Importer of all Trade Requisites, WellG-ley-at. East (opposite I New Library), and Brown and Davy-streets, Thames. HOSVIE JEWEL WASHING MACHINE IT WASHES EVERYTHING, from LACE TO A COALSACK; CLEANS TriO USERS without wetting a finger or knocking off a button. It does away with wet feet, pains in the arras, back, and breast, and does a big day's washing in two hours. \ThOME flfi U ' HUNDREDS OF TESTIMONIALS. M. M. LEVY, SOLE AGENT, ALBERT HOTEL. __RV "JTOBSON-st. j^^ A FEW DOORS HIGHER UP THE STREET, AUd wishes to notify to all customers and the public that he intends to confine himself to the supply of ALL .DESCRIPTIONS. OF TT P'lOL STE R V Tit O R __, Including BEDDING, &c., &c , SPECIAL LINES: SPRING MATTRESSES in Hair, Kapok, FlS*, and Flock , ORDINARY MATTRESSES in Hair, Kapok, Flax, Flbcfc, and Feathers SUITES in Utrecht Velvet, Tapestry, Leather, and Haircloth OCCASIONALCHAIRSiri Variety of Corcrings c. c. "b m,,v HOBSON-STREET. J. BUTCHER.] [j. GKOOM T OCAL. IN D U STR Y. Everyone interested in the, prosperity of Auckland should purchase OCALLY-MADB sHirtTS AND UND_}Rt .CLOTHING. .; Arid not imported goods. See that your draper supplies you with t_e\ / best articles, which are made by THE SHIRT 'AND UNDERCLOTHING . MANUFACTURING CO., GREAT NORTH ROAD Established 1859. GEE & POTTER, COACHBUILDERS, ' LOKNE and RUTLANB-STRfiiETS. 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 exocuted. ■■-.■-,■ ' : QYMONDS STREET FAGTORT. T. B. HEATH, "Beingabout to remove .to his New Shop fend Factory, will contiriue jfqr a fortnight Specia, : Clearing Sales of his valuahle and Varied stock of Ladies', Gentlemen'- arid Chiiireri's Boots and Shoes for Cash Only. , { J." "H° vu E * WATCHMAKER AND ■JEWELLER, QTJEENSTREET. ilns now'convenience for making, and repair ing, of Jowcllcry and for tho repairs of every j description of Watches. Chronometers, Sec., s?c,i j and to further increase hisrcpairlng and manur | factoring dopartmont, ho is disposing of the • : remainder of hi-PI ANOS at and Und-rco3t. Pefsops having old gold jewellery can have it i riic.de up into riow and fashionable articles to oricr.and all the bettorclass of watches and ■ chi'QUor_etcr_rcccivo|hi3 personal supervision. Rotherham3' Guauine English Lovbmin stqok. WA RN OCX "" B R OTHERS, j Established 1862 _ mi --, w _, a ' SOAP AND CANDLE .MANUFACTURER* UA DOX'S CREEK, AUCKLAND Mantuuciurers of the Celebrated l^^- 0 Sdiaii, Dlsititectant Powder, First Prize fellow , iilu. Mottled, Double Crown, Economic, ana Household, Carbolic, and_ other Medicm*.! ana Toflet Soaps, made from tho purest pf laiiqwa, K Offloes-r.DURHAM-STREETi Auckland. _ N.B. - Cash Purchasers o_ TaUoWk Wool, Sheepskins, andßohes. ■■> ± —. rffeE Best GUt. for Home friends -v JL Brett's Auckland A'manac, mbm Rlpresentation of S_rlptl6n ot the Prdtinoial District. NeW« a, H* to Hot Lake, &c,» &c



THE NEW zfig Swing purchase the .w REGISTERS THE ft jo7 ? tfft3 S^TH I3WEL^^ QUEENB^T^i The largest and best stock tni r o ffi . a o^^ d ,: Deliveries asUB-altwiceOaiiyt-^^ rXtPM AFFORD ' Al bOAP Iho effort MadaVSSK full effect unless they sncQeedM_«_S_ffi housekeeper to Use -A ■ ™V%«t] BURNS'S Al SOAP. Itis a simple but useful article. Ti_wm'-f ---to use it are still more simple tod Mthw. useful. " "*** You may havo heard of It a TH6S_i» TIMES without using it OSCE, Ujur reverse the position and USE IT OM You will jpraise it to others it Tfilfilir TIMES.—I have spent convincing the women of Nevr Zww ti their labour ca_ be Neatlyß____aiM>ii BURNS'S Al SOAP'(TIiE WoCTtfteJjKj ,C__a-_eb!», butl have fdlle_s_()^Bl_y -iticwa if I iiave f ailed to CO.iVINCE-|w -: l!__it_i_s_t__S WHOLESALE AGENT- ' A. BUCHANAN.,; CUSTOMS STREET EAK , ~UI DG AR AND fjlj DYERS, ESTA_i_sgw_BiffJ| Still Dyixg to Liv_ and Livma id Bit. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Wearing ijp.' Cleaned,Rene\vcd,orL'»edany«qte^^ffl Curtains or .Table Covers CKjjtaM, IWj« 3 "j( Lived. Feathers und Gloves 9^ fle Sjß!v ,' , any shade. Lace or other CurtiuaSs*-^ WELLESLEY-STREET EAST, -«-• OPTICIAN, ' MATHEMATICAIi AND NAUTM-T' ISS«V*» r SHORTLAND-STREET. Spectacles and Eyeglasses of erery ti| accurate lit guaranteed Opera Glasses °f Tele-copesißinMularMeld^ses. 80 ' , ' ite^lu^^;J?^| • Settlers :•TeiW»l»»r , -P OTWftA P*gl , cheap. Ha tj itrtaf W*l§ ' Settlers' Aneroid BarO_letew,.^w^M ; SetUcrs'Microscopes, B Bgnifri*V»»? Instruments of Collars, etc. ■'■ N^# a^a<«^jSSi r_K»Sr"'^ Best. Rata.««." tape Roads. «