Brandon ball was one of the oldest and most magniï¬cent of the great halls of Eng land As Brandon loJked upon ii it rose before him amidsn the grove of six hundred yeérfl. its many ambled roof riring out fr: m am dab a sea. of follage, rp nking of wmhb, luxury. Splendor, power, in fluence and all that men hops for, or struggle for. or ï¬ght for; {rum all of wbvch he and his bad brrln one: our. ; and me (one who had done this was evm now occupying the old ancestral seat 0' his family. Brandon entered the gate, and walked up the lung avenue till he reached the hall. Here he rang the bell. and a. smvrmt. ap- peared. “ In Mr. Poms at home f" “ Yea.†said the man, bruaqncly. " I wish in see bun " " Wbum shall Isuy ?†“ Mr. Heuur cku,from America." The man showed him into the drawim room. Brandon seated 'ulmnrlf and wamd The room was furnished in the muht eleg 1n manner, most of the furniture bring old, and all familiar lo him He look a hurt] uluno around. and cloned hIS eyes as If Lo shun is all out from sight. In a sh In; time a man entered. He upperser to be lame-n ï¬lly and Fixl) yems of age. we ium slze. broad shouldered and ~t mt Ho hu )1. molouznly planmu nlr ; he was dressed In black. and bad a bnnvh 0! large seals dangling from beneath his Wu 9-- ooM. Hist ca Was round and flabby, lus eyes were small. and his head bald. Th general rxpresrlioll of hm face was than ul good natured simpllchy. As he caught Blgh‘ of Brandon 3 flank smile of welcome mouse on his broad, far. has Brandon arose and bowed. “ Avn [ nldreaelng Mr. John Potts ?" “ You are. sir. John Patna or Puma hall ‘ “ Putts of Polts ball I’ repeamd Bran don. Tnen. drawing a card from his po'lkel he handed i0 to Potts. He had procured some oftheae in London. The card read as Iollows: The Turning of the Long, Long Lane. BEAMISH & HENDRICKS, noun MERCHANTS AND PRuvstoN DEALERS, 88 Front Siren t, Cincinnmi, " I. air." said Brandon, †am Mr. Henâ€" dricks, junior partner in Beamish & Hen~ driGlgj, and lrhope you are gums erl.:' “ Very well, thank you,†answmed Poxts, amilinn and sitting down. “ I am happy to am you †“ Do you keep your health, air? " “ Thank you. 1 do." said Poms. “A touch of rheumatism at odd tunes. that’s all." Brandon‘s manner was stiff and formal. and his voice had assumed a Shng nasal intonmion. Potts had evzdemly looked on him as a perfect stranuer “ I hape, air, that I am not taking up your valanblu time. You British nobleman havâ€" your valuable lime. I know. as well as we busmesa men †“ No. bir. no, sir. not at 31L" sm'd Potts, evidently greatly delighted at being consider- ed a British nohluman. “ Well, Sir John â€"or is ii my lord? " said Brandon. inwrruguï¬ively, correcting himself, and looking inquirineg an Pans. “ Sir John’il do,†said Pntls. “ Well, Sir John. Being in England on [mains-es I came to ask you a few unsllons about a. matter of some importance to us " ‘ Proceed. air!" said Pours, With great dignity. “ There’s a young mat? that came into our employ lust Ocmber whom We took a fancy to, or rauhrr my heuior dxd, and we have an idea. 0! prumutlm hlm. My senior thinks the world of blm has ‘he young man at his house. and he is even making up h his daughter. He calls himself Brandonâ€"Frank Brandon." ALLbls Pom started from an easy lnuna ing amilude, in Which’ he was trying to do the British noble, and with startling intanshy of gaze looked Brandon full in the Inca. “ I think the young man is faivisn.“ con tinned Brandon. " but nothing extraordinary. He is industrious and sober. hm he ain't quick, and he new-r had any real bu~iue-a experience till he came to us. Now, my semur 1mm Ihe very ï¬rst was infatunt d wnh hum. gave bun a large salary. and in rpne of my. warnings that he ought to be cauliuua. he wants to make him head clerk. with an «ye lo mikmg him partner nrxtz year. And no bum on this is he that I know he would dluuulve parbuerrhip with me it I refused. take the young than, let him marry his daughter, and leave him all hls money when he dues. th's no small sum. for old Mr. B-ami-h 1n wunh in real estate ruuud Cincinnntt ovar two millions of dollars. So. yuu see. I haw- a riuht 10 feel anxious, more esPeoially as 1 don‘t mind telling you, Sir John. who under- stand mese mattels. that I thought I bud a very good chance myselt with old Beawish‘e daughter. ’ Brundun spoke all this very rapidly,‘and with the air 01 one who was trying to conceal his feelings of diulike to the clerk of whom he was r0 jmlous. Putts looked ht him with an encouraging smile, and asked, as he stopped. ‘: And how did you happen to hear of me ? " -‘ That’njust what. I was owning to. Sir John I " Blundon drew his cuuir nearer ap parently in deep excitement, and in a name nasal tone than ever, wwh a conï¬demial air, he went on : “ You see, I mistrusted this young maul who was carrying everything before him With} a high hand, right into my very teeth. and I watched him. I pumped him to see if I couldn't get him to tell something about him- self. But the fellow was always on his gum, and always told the same story. This is what he trlls : He says that his father was Ralph Brandon of Brandon hall. Devonshiru, and that he gut very poor â€"he was mind in fact, byâ€" I btg your pardon Sir John. but. he says it was you, and that you drove the family away Then they came ovur to America. and he got to Cincinnati. The old man. he says. died before they left, but he won’t tell what became of the others I cou- fess I belieVrd it was all a lie, and didn't think there was any such place as Brandon hall. 80 I determined to ï¬nd out. naturally enough. Sir John, when two millions were at flake." Potts winked. " Well I suddenly found my health giving wav, and had to come to Europe. You see what a delicate creature I am 1†Potts laughed with intense glee. “ And I came here after wandering about. trying to ï¬nd it. I heard at last that there was a plac - that used to be Brandon hall‘ though mast people call it Potts hall. Now. I thought. my ï¬ne young man. I'll catch you ; for I’ll call on Sll‘ John himself and ask him." " You did right, sir," said Potts. who had taken an intense interem in ï¬bis narrativu “ I’m me very man you ought to hav cume to I can tell you all you want. Tnis Bran- don is a miserable swindler," " Good I I thnught 50. You'll give me that. Sir John. over y ur own num». will you ?" Brandon. in an an appareng exu-ilemem. “ Of course I will,†said Potts, ‘ and a good deal more. But tell ma. ï¬rst. what that young devil raid as to how he got to Cincin- nam? How did he ï¬nd his way there ‘I†“ He would never tell " " What chumï¬ of his mother and sister ?†“He wou1du‘t any.††All I know.†said Potts. “ is this, I rot gï¬icial information that they all died at Que- ea.†Brandon looked suddenl) at the floor and gasped. 1}] a tqueughe refmvexfld. "-Guree hlm! then this fellow is an impos~ hr 7" “ No." said Potts, “he must have GFCRDGd It’s ponslble. There was some cuufurion at Quebec about names †“ It. murt be," said Potts, “ AJyhow. the others are all right." v “ Then hm name may really be Frank Bran don?" PlTCHERY-BIDGERY. BY MONSIEUR DEMOULIN. OHIO “Are what 1’†" Aal vig'un; dead you know. Thurs why ho dnn’L |iku to Br.“ you labour. Lheqm." "I know he wu~t be, and I'll tell you all abuut. mm and the whole cursed lot. In the ï¬rst. place," continued Poms, clearing hip mum, “old Brandon was one of the comed- est old hole that ever lived. He was very Well ufl our, wanted to yet richer, and so by upeculatrd in a. tin mum in Cornwall. 1 was m-qu ‘iuled with him at the time and used to respscn hlLD. He pwrsuamd aleâ€"1 was always off-handed ahl-ub money, and a careless, easy fellow «be persuaded mr to invert m in also. I did so, but av. the em of u few )ears I found out that the tin mm: was a. when 0 norm. and sold out I sold ul a Very high prlCa for people believed it. Writ! a Splendid properly Aher this I (nund another mine a! d madn mom-y band over ï¬-t. l wamd old Brandon, and Bu did ewrybod‘x, hm he mduH cure n ï¬g for “but We said, and ï¬xmlly, “me ï¬ne mmmng, he waked up and foul d mane f rui‘ ed. “ Well, now, Sh John. could you tell mv “hat you knuw about. this \ouug man, ~since you think he mun-t be the same» one f†“ He was mum utterly ruined than an) man I eVrl' kmvw of, and all me estates wen sold. Ihad mad» lome money,few ml at: m the count!) ha l‘ny rrzd- (in-b. and the sale was forced. and Ilmughi lhe whole Pstubliah- maul, ht u remarksbly low ï¬gure. I got 010' Brandyâ€"Brandy was a nickname I gave lbe old fellowâ€"I gut. hlm a house in lhe village, and rupported him for a while with his Wifr lle anuguler aud bl! grrm lubberly boy. I can found out Why.» lerm they were file all turned MIMI)!“ thur brnb'facï¬ur. and dined m. ray that I had ruinnd lhvir father. In fuch. mv only tau 1: was in buying 1118 plac- , and that was an advantage, to old Brand.- r thu‘ than an injmy. 1t. snows, though. what. human nature Is. -‘ L‘uey all got sick at Junk, and as thev had no one to Lllllflh than, [ Very cousideralely sent them all no the almsh- uae, where then got good beds. good stuuudnuce. and plenty no 93' and drink. No matter what I did for them, they abused me. They reviled me {or aendmg Iham so a comfortable home and old Bxan »_v was the worst of all. I used to Ho and Visit them two or nhree times many, and he always cursed me, Old Brandy did ; el awfully profane. that's a fact The reuso was hls infernal pnde. Look at me. now! I‘m not prnud. Put. me in the mmshouse, am. would 'I curse you ? I hope not." “ At. last old andy dlud. and of course I had to look out. for he tumi y. '1‘tu seemvd |hrown on my hands. you know. and 1 Wm» Loo good nMured to let them sulfur, although they lrrmed me so abomiuub|y The bum ming I could Hunk of was to rbip than a] nff to America, where they could all get lich‘ So I took them to LIvrrpool.†“ Dld they want to go? “ They didn'c ream to have an idea in ‘hei: heads, They looked and acted just like threw b .m fools." ‘ Strange !" “ I let a friend of mine see about them, as 1 had considerable to do. and he go! them a passage." " I auppose von paid their way out." “ 1 did. sur."aai‘ Pmts. wivh an air of mu- uiï¬cence ; "but, between you and mo, it. didn’t coal, much †m“ On no! Clark saw to that. Clark got them placesras stgerage passengers." “ That's his curséd pndï¬e. He went out it, the average, and a Jewish hard time he had loo." r r " I should think it must; have cost a. consid- embln sum.†“ Young Brandon “nah me Bnoe that hr came out as cwhin passenger." ‘- Why 1“ " Oh, he was a little crowded, I think! Them were six hundred emigrants on bouru me Trcumseh 7â€"†‘~ Tue what ?†‘- The Tecumseh. Clark did that business neatly Each puseeuger had to take his own provxeious, so be supplied them with a 101» Now whun do you think He gave I.th ?" “ I cm‘u imagine.††He boughn mem some damaged bread at one quarter the uuual price. It. was 111' mrxuldy. you know." sail Potts, trying u make Brendon are the joke. " [declare Clark and I roared over it for a c mple of months thinking how surprised they must. have bern when they sat down to eat. their [i at dinner " " Tum. was very neat,†nâ€"Jomeu Brandon ‘* They Were all Elle when they letn,†min B m ; " but 0. I :re they not to Quebec they were nickel, I‘ll bet. " Why no 7" “ Did you ever hear of shiprever ?" mid Puma. in a. low voice Whloh sent a sharp urn-ill through every ï¬bre uf Brandon‘s being‘ He couvd only nod his head. “ Well, the ’l‘vcuwreh, with her six hun dred pun-men. afforded an u :comm n ï¬ne ï¬ ld fur rhIp-favrl‘ That's wuat I Mr gen]; .0 absurve. Tuey had a great timu at Q Iflbrc lusl summer ; but it, was unanimoual) voted lbut the T cuerh was the worst ablp J the mu. [sent oucan fluent. to see what hm) become of mv three friends, and he came back and told me all. He said that abuuv. [uur hundndni the Tecumseu‘s passengers med durmu tue voyage, and ever so many alter landing. He obbalued a list. of lb» dead fr‘ 111 the quarun ine lecurds, and among them were muse of the-e three yu-utbfun Bluudons. Yes. they jo ned old Cognac pretty soon lovely and pleasant in the-n lives. and in death not divuird But this young dewl that you spank of must have escaped. [ dqu say he (11d, to: we cunlusiou was awful." “ But couldn’t there have been another son ? †" Oh no. There was another son. the eldest. the worst of the whole lot.so internally bad that even old Bruudv himself couldn't stand it. but packed him (if to Botany Bay It's well he went on his owu accord, for if hr hadn’t the law wiruld have sent him there at lushtrmsporlrd for life.††Perhaps this man is the same one." ’ " Oh no Tun eldest Brandy 15 dead." “ Are you sure? " " Certain bear. authority. A business friend of mine was in the same ship with him. Brandy was 00111ng hams to see his friends. He fell OVel'bonrd and my frirnd saw him drown. It was in the Indian Ocean " ‘- When was that ? ††Lust Septembv r," “Ou‘ than this one must be the other of ‘coursu l †' “ I'll tell bun so." auivl Brandon. “ and if he is alive, pvrhaps th'll come here.†“ Hal ha l he» l " lowed Putts. " Hu 1 [ml " lnuihed Brandun. and pretend um um to we Poth’u outstretched hund, he bowed and left He walked rapidly down the avenue. He felt anfled. The horrors that had been revealed to him had betâ€"n but. in part anticipated. Could there be anything worse? He left. the gates and walked quickly away, he knew not where. Turning into a by path he went up a hill and ï¬unlly am down. Brandon Hall lay not far nwav. In “on: was village and the Sea beyond it. All the time there was but. one train of though†in his miud Hii w o gs tlok shape and fund themselvrs imo a law She. pl» drï¬nexl ideas. Ha mutterrd lo hum-1f 0 er and over the things that were u h s 111 nl: ‘ My self dh-inherned and exu ed 1 My fathl-r ruined and broken hearted! My lather lulled! My molhvr. brorher and elder banished. staxved and murdered l" Brandon rose. " If~el much obliged. Sir John," said he, smfliv. and with his usual nus d tune, “ for your kindness. This is just. What I wmt. I’ll put a stop to mv young man's game. It‘s worth coming to Englund to ï¬nd om this.†-' Well, when you walk him out of your vï¬ioe. give him my r'spects and ‘ell him I’d be very happy to see him. For I would, you know. I really wou'd." " No doubt of ‘hat, I think," said Potts cbrevfully. 39.100.“ far as Potts’s will was com- uerned, bud been slain. He was alone and had no hnpe that any of his family could Flll‘ v1ve Nu . as he sat lbere alone. he medad to make his plans for the 111 me. Ont- thug stood out promiuemly bdore him, which was hut he must go immediatrly to Q leer to 3 mi out ï¬nally and absolutely the law of die in u-ly. There remained the family of Despard. Bran. Ian was awave that the Uulouel had a hruLh»r in the army b t where he was he Ln w notmo: ml no care. If he chose to look i; lhts army vegisler he. might very etwily ï¬ud out; but. wuy shoukd be? He had never known or [ward much cf him in any way. ~bo had been the most intimatc friends of nh father â€"Tburmon, Larghetbi, Deupurd. l‘boruton nad neglncwd hisfathrr in his hour or need He had merely sent a clerkto make nqmriaa after all was ovar The elder Lang- mni. Brandon knew. was dead. Where werv the others 7 None of them, at any rate. had tutu-fend. lhéu could anything else be done in Eng- mnd ? He thought over me names uf those Thane remained Courtenay Deipard. the mu of Lmnel. he to whom the MS of am land In ght b» cnnsidpred after all as chiefly Jr‘volviug of him Brandon knew abs ll'llml) umhiug, nor even whether he was alive or drad. For a time he discussed 1118 question in his mind whether it, might not be Well Eu see“ him out so as to show him his father’s law and gain his cmopvraclon. But. after a few mom. nta‘ considrraiion be dismissed min thought. Why should he seek his help ? Courtenay Duspard, it alive. might be veiy unti. fur the purp )39. He might be timid. 04 indifferent, or dud, or indolent. Why muk a my advances to one whom he did not kuow? Afterward in mighh be Well to ï¬de him, and see what might be done with or through him; nut as y« t hbere a lull be no reaaun whatuvui why he should take up his Mme in searching for him our in Winning his conï¬dence. Only one ox mo persons in all the world knew that he was alive, and they Were no; capable, under any circumetanc' s, of bmruy- 11g him And whare now was Bealricle ? In the power of this man whom Brandon bud jun left. Had she seen hum as he came and vent ? Had she heard his voxce as he spoke In that assumed t me? But Brandon found w necessary to crush down all thoughts 0! her. Thn end of all waawmat. hr- (unculde what.- evu‘ he dm to do it. by mmself, with no human uripg as blB conï¬dant. One thing gave him profound satisfaction. and this was that Putts did not suspect him for an instant. And now how could he deal with Potts? The man had become Wealtln 4nd powerful To cope Wlt’l him needed wealth and power. How could Brandon obtain these ? At. the utmost he could only count upon the ï¬fteen thousand poundr~ which Compton Would remit. This would b as nothing to help him against the enemy He had wrilteu to Compton thut he had fallen yverboard and been picked up. and had told the same to the London agents under the stvictest secrecy, so as to be able to get the uoney which he needed. Yet after he got it all. what would be the beneï¬t? First of all, wealth was ueoessa-y. N :w msre than ever there asme to his mind che unoeslral ltt er which his fax-her had im- closed in him -lhe message from old Ralph drsndon in the treasure ship. It was a wild, mad hepe; but was is unattainable? Thus no lels was now the one object what lay befnrr viim ; this must ï¬rst be sought after. and nothing else could be attempted or even h ugm of ï¬ll] it, had bean tried. 1f hefailed, then other lhings might be considered. Sltliug thrre on his lonely height, in sight f his ancesvral home, he tiok out his fuher‘s last letter and read it again. after which he once more read the old message from the t ebbing-ship: “ One league due northe of asmalleislet northe of ye I‘let of Santa Cruz uorthe of San Salvador I R Llphe Bra-don in my 3 tippe Puueulx um beculmed and surrounded by u. Spunu-h flvete Vly shippe is ï¬lld with s oyle the Plunder of III_galleuus wealthe w‘ myghce put 1339 m kynmom -â€"tresure equalle n x m Empyr',‘ revenue Gold and ieweles in 00 nt- less act-re and G Id forbydde hhut itt shull fulle into ye hands of ye Euemye I there- fore Ralphe Bandoh out. -f mlue ownu good wyl and intents and what of all mv men sink this shippe rather than be taken alyve â€"I Send thi< by my trusty Seaman Peter Leg Jr who wi'h IX “chars tome off by lot will trye t-n escape :1) ye B has by uighteâ€"â€" If this cometh h-tply m‘o ye ha .ds of my sonne Phil p let him here- bye hnuwe (sh-w in hi‘ place )5 )3.†this tresure -wh huply may yet 6 gathered from ya seaâ€" - ye Islet is kunwue by HI rockes that be pushed up like III needles fr nu ye stmde “ Rulth Brandon†Five days afterward andon. Wlt'l bi< Hindu servant. was nailing out. of the Murray the! on has way to Q ubrc. “ Are you the superlntendent 7" he asked. bowing court oualy. “ No'," said the clerk. “ He is in Quebec ju-t now.†" Prrhaps ynu can give me the informa- non than I want." " What is it ? ' " I have been sent to inquire after some psflmâ€"ngbl’a lh-Il owmw uumere last year." “ 0b. 393. loan tell all that can be told.†-aid the clerk. readily. “ We have the regisâ€" ua ion books here. and you are m libexty to look up any names yuu wish. 8 ep this way THE DEAD ALIVE. It was early in um m mm uf August when Brandon vmted the quaranuue stunion m dosse Island. Qurbrc. A low. wooden build- lug stood near the landing, with a sum over Lhe dour coutuinmu only hue wnrd " OFFICE " [‘o \nia building Brandon dlrected his rtrpd On entering bu saw only one clerk were. phase.†ofï¬ce, “ ‘What year did they come out in ? " asked the clerk. “ Last year.†“ Last year-42m awful year to look up 1847 â€"yes, here is the book for that. year a xeu which you are aware was an unparalleled one.†Brandon carefully ran his eye down the long list, and trad each name. Those for which he looked did not appear. At last he came to the list of those who died on shore. Afler reading a. few minutes his eye was arrested bv one â€" “ Brandon. Elizabeth.†It was his mother. He read on. He soon came to another â€"- " Brandon. Edith " It was his sister. “ Do you ï¬nd any of the names 7" asked the desk, seeing Brandon turn his head. " Yas,’ sail Brandon ; “ this is one,†and he pointed to the last name. “ But I see a mark upposite that name. “ What is It 7 B and A. Wha: is the meaning? " Is that. party a relative of yours ?†“ No," said Brandon. " You don't mind hearing something horri- ble. then 7" The clerk drew a lomz breach. " Well, sir those letters were written by the late superintendent. The poor man is now a lunmic He was hvre last year “ I have heard so.†“ Do you know the name of the ship? †“ The Tecumseh.†“ The Tecumseh! " exclaimed the clerk. with a. startled look. " that s an awful name in our records. I am sorry you haw not another name to examine, for the Tecum- seh was the worst of all.†Brandon bowud‘ “ The Tecumseh.“ continued the clerk, turning over the leaves of the book as in In) on the desk. “ The Tecumseh, from Liver- pool. sailed June 2. arrived August 16. Here you see the names of those who died at see, c 'pied from the ship‘s books. and those who died on shore. It is a nightful mortality Would you like to look over the llsl ? †Brandon bowed and advanced to the desk “ The deaths on bonrd ship show whether they wrre seamen or passengers, and the passengers are marked as canin and steel-age. But after landing it was impossible to keep an account of classes." “ You see this is how iv. was : The ship fever broke out, The number of sick was auful.:and there were no preparations fur them he re. [‘ne diseaseiu some rrdchLs was worse than ohulwm, and there was not ling btn con- fusiun. Very many died from lack of nursing Bun the wort tenure of the whole wing was lhe hurried burials. “ I was not here lasc year. and all who were be-re then have left But I’ve hmrd rnongh (0 make meaick with horror. You pcrhaps 'And he ‘led the way t6 an inner CHAPTER XIX. Tue clrrk paused. Brandon regarded him steadily for mmoment. Then he turned and looked varnently at the bouk. " Tue burials were very hastily made.†-‘ Well ‘2" are aware that in this ship {ever were soma Limes occurs a total loss of sense, which is apt to be miatuken for death 1’" “ And in is now believed that some were burn d in a suite of trance.†-‘ Burma alive ?" “ Buried aliVe X †Tbrru was a. long silence. Brandon’s eyes were ï¬xed on the book. At; last. he pointed to the name of E 1'1 h Brandon. “ Then. I suppow." he said. in a. steady voice. which. baaever, was in a changed key, ‘ these letters B and A are intended to mean somrthiug of that de~cription ‘I †" Suméï¬hing of mag son," replied the Clark. “ One morning. acc‘rding to him, the superintendent came in. looking very much txeited dud alterei He went to this bunk, where the enmes of bulisls had been made Brandon drew a long breath. “ Hun \here is no cartuiuty about it in this pnrvivuiar case. I will tell yull how ler marks happened to be made. Tueclcrk that was here last told the.“ on the [mo ding evening l'his name Win-l third from the lust l'Welve had been buried ‘ He panelled these leiters there and lelt. People did not noiice him ; (-Vrrybudy Wm- sick i r busy. At 11st in the evening of the next. day. when they were to bury a new 1);. they found the superintendent digging at the the third from the last. They tried to smp him. but be shunned and moaned ‘ Buried alive 1 ’ ‘ Buried alive l ' In fact they saw that he was crazy, and had to conï¬ne him at once †" Did they examine the grave? " “ Yrs The woman told my predecessor that she and her husband â€"who did the bury- ingâ€"had examined it, and found the body not only d87d but corrupt. So there's no doubt of it. That party must have been dead at‘any mun." †Who was the woman ? " “ An old Woman that laid them out. She and bar husband buried them.†i “ Where is she now? " “I don't know." “ Does she shy here yet ?†" No, She left last year." “ What became of the superintendent? " " He was taken home, but grew no bet'er. At last he had to be sent. 1; ) an asylum Some exemiua i in was made by the authoritivs, but nothing ever came of it. The papers made no mention of the uï¬air, and it was hushed up." Brandon read on. At last he came ' to another name. It was simply this: “ Bran- don." There was a slight movement on the olerk’s part as Brandon came to this name. “ Well," said the clerk, “ there's something ueculiar about that. The former clerk never mentioned it to anybody but me. That; man :iJn’c die at all." †What do you mean ?" said Brandon, who could scarcely soak for the tremendous .truggle between hope and despair that was going on Within him. " It’s a false entry. " " How ? †“ The superintendent wrote that. See the handwritingis diï¬'erant from tho others. One is that. of the clerk who made an vhese entries; the other is the superinten- dvnn‘e." “ There; is no Christian name here.†'suid Brandon I suppose‘th‘ey do not» know it.†Brandon looked and saw that this was the 03.88. “ What was the cause of that 2" “ The clerk told me that after making these next ï¬fteen entries of burin paniesâ€" buried nhe evening after these last twelveâ€"he went away to see about «om thing. When he came luck the nrxt morning this name was written ll] the superintendent’s hand. He did not KnOW what to think of it. so he concluded to ask the superintendent, ; but in the course of the day he heard that he was mad and in (south): ment, as I have told you " ‘- Then you mean that this is not an entry of a death at all.†“ Yes, The {not is, the superintendent for acme reason got it into hls head that this Brandon " and he poimed to Edinh’s name â€"“ had been buried alive. He brooded 0V8! the name. and among other thian wrote il -luwn here at the end of the list for the day. [‘hat’s the way in which my predccessor m:- c~nnwd for it." '- It. in a very natural one,†said Brandon. “ Quite so. The clerk let it stand. You see. If he had erased it, he might have been overhauled, and there would have been a commiuee. He was afrnil of that ; Bu I]: thought it b: that to say nothing about it tle wouldn't have told me, only he said that a puny came hvre once for a, llrt of all the dead of lh~ T 'cumsvh. and he copied all out. including this doubqul one. He thought that he had done wrong. and thvrrfura told me. so that If any particular inquiries were made I might knuw what to say.†“ Are there many mislalies in theSe records 7" NFORVIATION of any one of the name of “ ï¬rmndou," who came out in the \hip TecumSt-h in 1846 from Liverpool to Quebec, is earnestly desired by friends uf the f.» uily A lib-Aral reward will be given to any one who can givelhe above inform tiun Ap IV to HENRY PETEns,22 Place d’Armes. Brandon waited in Qa bee six weeks with- out any result. He then went to Montreal and inserted the same notice in the papers there. and in other towns in Canada, givinu ms Montreal address. After waiting ï¬ve or six weeks in Montreal he went to Toronto. and advertised again. giving his new address. He waited there f 11' some time. till at length tue mumh of November began t) draw to a olosa. Not yet de p )ndent, he began to form a plan for advertmmg in way city of the United States. " I dare say there are a good many in the list for 1846. There was F0 much contusiuu that the names got changed, and people dled whose names could only bc ‘7njectured bknowing Whe had recovers As some cl those that reoowrad or t It not bwu nick slipped away secretly, o sourse there was inaccuracy.†Thurs was a faint hopv, then, that Frank might yet be alive. On hi< way up to Quebec bu deemed when. to do. As soon as he alrived he in-Aened an advertlsument in the chef papers to the foliowing effect. : ,y Branden hid nothing mo: thanked the clerk and departs He arrived in NW York at the end of December, and immediately began to insert. his notices in all pans of the country, glving his address at the Astor House. One day. as he came in from the street. he was Informed that there was some one in bi» room who wished Io see him. He went up calmly. tuinkmg that it was some new person with intelligence. Meanwhile he had receivsd many commu- nicwii -ns. all of which, bower, were mide wuh the vague hopeofgmtnngarewurd oN me wens at all reliable. AI length ue thought that it was useless to wait any long»: In Canada. and cousin led Io go to New York as a Gamer of action. On enï¬urmg the room ha saw a man atand~ ing by the w1ndow. in shirt sleeVes, dressed in coarse clothes. The man was vesy tall. brand whoulden-d, with large, Roman features, and heavy beard and muubuche. Hm face was marked by profuqu drjection, he looked like one whose whole life had been one long misfurtune Louis Brandon had never seen any face which bore no deep an impress of auflermg. [u l.th meeting between the ter brothers, after so many eventful )Para of separatm. each had much lo tell Eicb had a Mary no marvelous that the other mlgm have doubted “ Slr," said he, in a. voice which thrivlad through Brandun, “ are you Hoary Peters ?" A strange Ieeliug passed over Brandon. He stepwd forWnrd. ' “ Frank 1’ †he cried, in a broken voice “ Ml‘rclfll| Humans!" cried the ubuer “ Haw you too come up from the dead? [mun-I I †l‘ue stranger turned as he came in and looked at: bun with his and eves earnesdy NOTICE. ask. He it. had not the marvels! of his own experience been «qu Ally great. Frank’s story, ho never. is the only one mat me reader w.11 care to hear. and that must be reserved for another chapter. CHAPTER XX. FRAnK's BTURY. “ After you left," said Frank. “ all went to conlu~ion. Putts lorded in with a higher hand than ewr, and an father was more than ever‘infaluntwl. and seemud Io feel that it was mceasary to Jumfy his harshnnas toward you by publicly exhibiting a greater conï¬- deucn in Potts. Likn a thuruughlv vulgar and base nature, thus man could not be c m- ttnn wnh having the power, but. loved to ex- hioit that power to us. Life to me for )enra necume one long (hall); a hundrrd time-B I Would have turned upon the so )nndrel and taken venguance for our wrongs, but the; tears of mother forced me :0 use self control. You had been driven uï¬: I alone was left, and slw unplored me by my love in her to stand by her. I wished hear 1: » take my own little prupelty and go w1th me and E‘litb where we ‘might all live in S'Glusiuu together: but this ‘ube Wuuld noL do for fear of .snuinmg the proud Brandon name. “ Potts grew worse and worse every year There was a loathe vme son of his whum he used to bring Wllh him, and my falhr'r was lufu‘tuuted enough to treat the younuer devil with the name ciVIllj.y which he showed h the elder (ma. Poor father! he really believedI as he afterwards told my, Ihan these men were putting millions of money lute: hid hands and than he would be the Bsckford of his generatinn †Aim-r a whlle anothvr sooundrel, called Clark. appvnred, who was simply the coun- terpart of Poms. Of this man something very singular was even made known to me. u. .__J _,,,,.,7 , "One day I WM anrollmg thrr ugh the greuuds whvn suddenly. as I pinged thrnugh a. grove which awed by a. ï¬ahxond. I heard voices and saw the two men I hated mast of A“ on earth standing near me. They Were both naked They had ‘he audacity to g1 but) ing in tha ï¬uh pund. Clark had his back turned toward m». and I saw on it, below the neck. three mzirks ï¬ery red. as though they had been made by a brand. '1‘th warn Lbese ; “ am taking a pencil. Frank made the following marks :t, “ You have been in New South Wales," said Faank. “ and perhaps know whether it is true 'or not that these are brands on con vieta ? †" Ir. is true. and on convicts of the very worst kind.†" Do you know wha: they mean ? " u YFBJV “ What 1'" “ Only the worst are branded wish a single mark, no you mayimagine what a triple malk Indicates. But I Will tell you the meaning 0! each. The ï¬rst is the king’s mark put on horse who are totally irreclaimnble and inaub~ ordinate. The second means runaway, and is put on those who have a tempted to es- cape. The third indicates a murderous at tack on the guards. When they are not hung. they are branded with this mark ; and show who are not branded in this way are condemned to hard work, in chains, for life.†ment “ That’s about what I supposed,†said Frank. quietly, “ only of course you are more particular. After seeing this I told my father. He refused to believe me. I deter mined to biiug muttvrs to a crisis. and oharged Potts, in mv father's presence. with associating with a. branded felon. Potts at once turned upon me and appraled to my tather’s sense of justice. He accused me of bâ€"iug so far carried away by prrjudice as not '0 hesitate to invent afoul slander against an honest man. He said that Clark would be WllllDE to he put to any test ; be c )uld not. howuver. ask him to expose himself it Wm: [00 outrageous. but would simply assert that my charge was false. 1'My father as usual bï¬lieved every word and gave me a stem reprimand Lou-a. in the pres euce 0! my mother and aiswr I cursed my fmhw on that day. Poor man 1 the blow soon fell. II was in 1‘45 that the crth came. I have not the heart to go 'into details now. I will tell you from 1imeto lime hereafter. It is enough to any that evrry penny was 1050 We had to leave the huli and took a. little out. huge in the village. “ All our friends and acquaintances stood aloof. My fwbs-r’s oldust {Hands newr came near him. 01d Lunuhetli was dead. His son knew nvtbing about this. 1 will tell you moxe of him prrtmly. “Colanec Lionel Deapard was dead. His son Courtenay was Ignorant of all Hus. and was awn) in the north of England There was Thornton. and I can’t account for his in action. Hr- m4rried Lnngbem‘s daughter, tool Phat. is a mystery.†" They are all false, Frank.†Fr nk looked up wmh something like a smile, Frank drew a. long breath. " We got sick there. and Path nm In taken to he alm+ house. There we all prayed for death. but only my fuher‘a prayer was heard. He died (f ’1 broken bean. The rest of us livad on. “ Searcvly had my father been buried when P we came to take us away. He insisted that We eh nuld leave the country, and offered to pay our way to America. We were all indiï¬erem; we were paralyzad by grid Pue almehouee was not a. place that we could cling to, so we let. ourselves drift. and al- lowed Potts to send us whrrever he wished We did not even hope for anyihing beb‘er. We only hoped that some where or other we might all die. What, else could we do ? Winn. else could I do? There was no friend to whom I could look ; and ill ever thought; of anvthiug.it was that; America mighx poeelbly afford us a chance to get a living till draih came. ' †So we allowed ourselves to be sent where ever Potts chose, since it could not posmbly make things were than they were. He avail- ed himself of our stolid indifference. put us as passengers in the staerage or board of 9. crowded emigrant ship, the 'l'ecumhth, and gave us for our pruvismne some mouldy bread ' " I believe there was only one in all that ship who preserved calm reason and mood w1uboutf~ar during those nwtul weeks. Tum one was Laughem. He found the ofï¬cers of the ab p panic stricken, so he took charge of the s eerage, organized uurfles. watched over everythingebcoumged everybody. and lab- ored nium and day. In «be mdst of all I Ml suck. and be nursed me blck to life. Mout olnll.t.bu man insptr-d tonimde by we hope lhat. beamed in Ms eyes. an! by the radiancy of his smile. 'Never mind. Bran- dun,‘ raid he as Ilay. l Innung do -med. ' Dcnth is nuthmg Life (nee on. Yuu will ‘ wave the pest-rh p fur a realm of light. K-rp' up your heart, my brolhel immultel, and prairie God will] your latest. breath.’ “No. not all; wait till you hear me through." " You look amazed. It was certainly an amazing thing that he should bu on board mhe same ship with us. He was in the cabin. He noticed cur misery Without kuowmg who we Were. He czme to give us his pity and help us. When at last he found out our names he frll on our necks,and kissed us. and wept. aloud. " [‘her« were six hundwd passengers. The plague broke out amnng us‘ The dermis everv day increased. and all Were ï¬lled thu de~ spur. At last the seniors themselves begun no die. “ We simply liVad and enlisted, and were all waiting for death, till one dav an angel +ppeared who gave us a. short respite. and saved us for a while from misery. Thin angel, Louis, was Paolo, the 8-H] of Langhemi. " He gave up his room in the cabin to my mother and Slater, and slept and lived with me. Most. of all he cheered us by the lofty, spiritual words with which he bade us 10nk wmh contempt upon the troubles of lite and aspire sf immortal happiness. Yes, Louis ; Laugh tt gave us peace Louis looked at this with intense excite- “I recovered. and then stood by his side as ‘ h s'. 1 might. I found that he had neVer told my mother of my sickness. At last my mo her j I heard of it lnl i-iStt'l' in the cabin fell sick. some dms sftpr. and was prostrateu agqin. I grew better ; but just as we reached qnarnn~ itine, Langhetti. who had kept himself up “ thus far. gave out completely, and fell before ' the pluuue." “ Did he die ? " asked Louis in a faltering voice. -‘ Not on ship board. He was carried ashore sensel-r‘ss. My mother and sister were very low, and were also carried on shore. I. though Weak. \vus able to nurse them all. Mv mother died ï¬rst.†Thtre was a. lung psuse. sumed : , " My sister gradually recovered ; and then. through grief and tongue, I fell siek for the third time.. Ifelt it coming on. My sister At last Frank re- nursed me : fur a time I thoushtl was going, our own mole and all the suï¬â€˜erings of the past 1 Do you think I can endure this ? "g “ No we must have vengeance." “ No; not vengeance." “ What then ? ††Justice 1 " cried Frank. starting to his feet. “ Jusliceâ€"strict. stern, mercilrss; and that justice moans t) me all that you mean by vengeance. Let us make war aguinst him from this time forth while life lusts ; let us cast him nut ungj get back our own ; let us put him into the power of the laws and let that take satisfaclion on him for his crimes; let us cost him out and fling him from us to that power which can ï¬tiingly condemn. I mspise him, and despise his suï¬erings. His agony will give me no gratiï¬cation. The un- guish that a base nature can suffer is only disgusting to meâ€"he suï¬ers only out of his base-mess. To me. and with a, thing like that. vengeance is impossible, and justice is enough.’ - "Not on ship board. He was carried ashore sensel-r‘se. My mother and sister were very low, and were also carried on shore. I. though Weak. WAR :1th to nurse them all. Mv mother died (in-t.†" My sis‘er gradually recovarnd ; and then. flirougb grief and tacxgue, Ifall uiek for the third ume.. Ifult 1L coming on. My sister nursed me ; fur a time I thought] was going to (he. ‘ O. E ltch,‘ I mud, whcn I die. dvvote your life while it. lame to Langheni, whom God sent to us in our despair. Save his life even‘if you giva up your own.’ 1,, “ Aim-r that, 1 bmame delirious, and re mained so for a. lung lime. Weeks passed ; and when at last I revived xhe plague was stayed, and but few snck were on the irlnnd. My case was a lingermg on“. for this was lhk mild attack of the ftver. Why I didn’t die I can‘t undernmnd. There was no amenâ€" davce All was confusion, horror and death “ When I revival the ï¬rst question was after Ltughetti and E rich. No one knew any Ibing about tnrm. In the confusion we had been srpnrMed, and Edith had dud alone †| m. .V._ _ râ€" “ Wuuiiélidr'you that she died ?" asked Louis, with a troubled look. ‘ Frank looked at. him with a face of horror. “ Can you beat what I am going to say ‘2" ‘- (hm you beat what 1 am gulng I0 say 2’" " Yes.†“ When I was able to move about 1 went to see if any one could tell me about Edith and Laughétti. I heard an awful story; that the superiuvrndem had gone mad and had been found trying m dig open a grave, saying Lhut some one was buried alive. Who do you think ‘2 oh, my brother!“ “ \peak I" “ E huh Brandon was the name he named.†“ Be calm, Frank ; I made inquiries my self at the island regiatry ofï¬ce l‘he clerk told me this story, but said that the woman who had charge of the dead asserted that the grave was opened. and it was ascertained that absolute death had taken place.†“ Alas I †said Frank. in a. voice of despair. “ I saw that woman â€" the kteper of me dead- hnuse -tne grave-digger's wife She told me this story. but in was with a troubled eye. [ swore vengeance on her unless she told cm the truth. Sho was alarmed, and said sh~ would reveal all. she knew it I swore to keep it to myself. I swore it. Can you bear to hear it. Louis? " “ Speak I " “ She 'only said this: ‘ When the grave was opened it was found that Edith Brandon had not been dead when she was buried.’ " It was a long time before either of them spoke. At last Louis, without lifting his head. said: " Go on.†" When I left the island I went to Quebec, but could not stay there. It was too near the place of horror. I Went up the riVer, working my Way 8.5 a laborer, to Montreal. I then sought for work. and obtained employment as a porteriu a warehouse. What mattered it 7 What was rank or station to me? I only wanted to keep myself from starvation and get a bed to sleep on at night. Ijouia gimanrord. and, falling forward, buried his head in both his hands. “I bad no hope or thought of anything. The horrors though which we pismd were enough to ï¬ll my mind. Yet ab Wu them all one horror was predominant, and never through the days and nigh s that. have since elapsed has my soul ceafld to quiver at £11“ echo of two neurible words which have never ceased to ring through my brainâ€"‘ Buried alive 1 ' “ I hved on in Montreal, under an assumed named. as a common porter, and mlghb hav» been Iivingthere yes ; but. one dav as 1 came in I heard the name of ‘ Brandon.’ Two of the clerks who Were discusaing the news in the morning paper happened to speak of an advanisemem which had long been actors lhe public. It was for informaflon about the Brandon family. “ I ruud the notice. It; seemed to me at ï¬rst that Home was still Irymg to get control of us. but a. mument‘s rrflecniun showed that to be improbable. I‘heu the m~nlion of ‘ the fliendu of \he mmin ’ made me mka of Lau gh tei. I concluded that he had escaped death and was unimuo ï¬nd me out. “ I went '0 To onto, and found that you had gone to New York. I had sand much of mv wages, and was able to come here I expec‘ed Langhebti, but found you.†“ Because I heard a. threat of Potts about vou. and took in for granted than he would succeed in carrying iu out " ' “ When was the threat 7†“ He found out. somehow that my father had written a lxtzer t)y-.>'1‘ I supnnee they told him so at the village post ofï¬ce. One day when he was in the mom he said, with a laugh alluding to the letter. †I‘ll uncork tuna you g Braudyflaak before long " eyes " Wellâ€"she notice of my death appeared in the English papers.†Frank looked earnestly at him. “ And I accept it, and go under the as~ aumed name." “ So do I. It is better." " You thought, Lunghetti alive. Do you think he is ? ' " I do nut think so now.†“ Why not; ?" “ The efforts which he made were enough to kill an: man without the plague. He must. have dikd.†“ Vongeancn l†repealed Frank. without emoli ~nâ€"â€"“ Vengeance I What is that to me? D D you hope to uive peace to your own heart. by iuflwting suï¬eriug on your enemies? What can they possibly suff. r that can atone for what they have inflicted? All that the) can feel is m nolhmg compared with what we have felt. VungeauCo l" he repeated. musing ly; “and what sort of vengpnnce? Would you kill them? What would that ffl ct? Would he be more miserable than he is ‘2 Or would you feel any greater happiness? Or do you mean something more lat reaching man dean; ?" “ Langhrtti; or perhaps the fact that I three times guzad upun the lace of death and emod upon the threehald of that place wheve dwells the Inï¬nite Mvstery. So when you speak of mere veneemce my heart does not re pond. But there is still something which may make a. purpose as strong ue vengeance." “ Name it. †“ Tue reuse of intolerable wrong 1 " cried Frank, in v~ hemem tones; " th presence 0! that. foul pair in the home of our ancestors, After hearing Frank's story Louis gave a, full account of his own advent urea, omitting, hnerer, all mention of Beatrice. That was something for his own heart, and not for an- other‘s ear. " Have you the letter and MS?†u Yes.†“ Lrt me read them.†Louis took the treasures and handed them to Frank. He read them in silence. “ la Cato with you yet ?" “ Yes." " It is well." “ And now, Frank,†said Louis, “you have something at lent to live for.†“ What is lhat ?" †Vengeance l" cried Louis, with burning “ Death," said Louis, "is nothing for such elimes as his " “ You want. to inflict auflering. then. and you ask me. Well, nicer all, do I want him to snfln‘? D.) I cue for this In :n's suffer ingn? Wuab are they or What can they be to me? He stands on his own plane, far he- nuulh ma; he 18 a cause amm‘l, who cm, perhaps, sufler 1mm nothing but physical pain. Should I iufl~ct that on him, what good would it be to me? And yet there is none other that I can luflicu.†‘I Why diajyou do: think this it might be me ?" “ Lauubetti must have transformed you.†said Louis, “with his flplritual ideas.†“ At any rate you will have a nurpose, and your purpose points to the same result as mine †V 758117: how 18 this pospible 7 " said Frank. “ He is: strong, and we are weak. What can we do? †“ We can trv.†said Louis. “ You are ready to undertake auvunng. Ynu do not. value your life. There is one thing which is before us. It is denpembe- it is almost hopeless ; but we are bolh ready to My in." “ What is that? †" The message frnm the dead." said Louis, spreading before Frank \he leher from the measure-amp Which he himself had so often read “ And are you going to try this? †“ YHF." “ How?†“ I don’t know. I must ï¬rst ï¬nd out the resources of science †“ Have you Cato yet 7 †“ Yes‘†“ Can he dive? " “ He was brought. up on the Malabar coast. among the pearl ï¬shers, and can re- main under water for an incredible space of time. But I hope to ï¬nd means which will enable me myself to izo down under the ocean depiha. This will be our object now. If it succeeds. then we can gain our pur- pose; if not, we must wink of something else.†One dav in the years agone a. stranger, ar- rived 315 Dearborn. in this county, and in- qmred for a c tizen commonly known as Uncle Ike. The old man was soon found in a grocery, and afaer the usual " how-deâ€"do," the stranger said : “ Do I address Uncle Ike Barlow 7 †“ You dew." was the reply. “ Well, my name 15 Thombum, from Ann A FLUCTUATING CHURCH MEMBER. Arbor. " J ass 50." “ They tell me that you are a great horse trader " ‘~ Wall, I dew make a. trade now and then. What ye got ? ’f “ I’ve got a horse I brought along on pur- pose to trade with you. Let us ï¬rst undev- nmnd each other. You are a. member of the church 7 †“ Y-e s ; I expect I be.†" lhen of course I shall expect you to be honest. with me. I've been looking at your old nag over there by the post. How old is he 7 " “ Look a. hers misterï¬â€™ said the old man, after a. long imza at. thé stranger " I never trade host-es but one way." “ How‘s that» ‘2†“ When I’m buying of a boss I’m a putty good member of the cnuich, When I’m selling of a boss I reckon on skipping about Iwo pm) at meetings. When I’m a. trading bosses then I calculate on backsllding a. 110- gether for a hull month. or until I know the vicmm won’t. begin no lawsuit. Now. stranger, that’s me, and if you come to trade bosses don‘t reckon that. Matthew, Mark. Luke or John ewr writ a line advismg a church mem- ber to come Iighh down and give away the ring bones on his own animile!"â€"Dutroit Free Press. †That ‘ere hoes, slowly replied Uncle Ike, as he puckered his lips and squinttd his left eye, " let's see â€" let’s see ! Wall. now. I quite forglt whether he's nine or ten years old, but we’ll say ten.†7 “ Unéle Ike. isn't that horse all of twenty years old ‘? Come, now. as a member of the church, give me an honest gunmanâ€? 7 The Times publishes over thirty columns of reports from points in thirty-sewn States, four territories, cownng over 1,500 c more of agricultural activity. The repo t rhuws lbal despite the floods. frosts and the buck- ward spring. the RBI era] condition of the crops. with few exceptions. promims an abundant harvest throughout the country. The winter wheat will give an in- creased yield in nearly ewry Slate except Indiana, Ohio and New York. The last named only Wlll produce much less than the average. Spring wheat is much more flattering in its promise, the increase being 50 per can in some Slates west of the Mississippi river. In some old grain States other grains are replacing wheat, barley, oats and rye especially In all these a large in- crease of acreage is reported. Corn shows a very large increase in nearly every State where it is cultivated. Cotton is expected to give at least an average crop. The sugar cane crop. except in a few cases, is in good condi- tion. Rice will probably be an average crop. The tobacco does not show much change. Alight hay crop is expected throughout the country, but there will he an increase in the acreage of potatoes. The fruit crops Will be the chief sufferers. The from-t has about destroyed the peaches and small fruit! in Virginia. Maryland. and the Hudson Valley. Other fruits will yield an average crop, ex- cept, perhaps cherries. The dairy interests in the nmth and east are receiving more attention. and with fruit raising are replac- ing cultivation and grain The cattle growing interestsin the west. are in a. most flourishing condition. â€"The new pet name of Cincinnati is Tri- chinsmpohs. - Girard college is to have a complete ma.- chine shop, w1t.h a workbench. forge, and gas amine for each of the ninety pupils in prao~ tical mechanics. â€"â€"The families of two men lynéhed for cattle stealing at. Pueblo, 001., have sued the county for $50,000, on the ground that the men were not properly protected by the of- ï¬cera. â€"“ Where are you going in such a hurry 7" “ Only back imo the house a minute to chunge my p ‘cket book. ’ “ Change it, 1" “ Yes. I had no idea the day was so hot. I started oux with my sealskiu pocket book." â€"A Swiss experimenter is reported to have manufactured artiï¬cial mother of pearl which cannot be distinguiehed (tom the genuxue. Dr. Tanner played with a. lion cub in a. circus at Covingtou, Ky., to demomtrate his mesmeric cumrol of the beast. He lost. one (at his hands. â€"â€"The library of the late Ferdinand Frelil- grotli, the German poet, has been purchased by an American. and is nowin Boston. It. con- sists mainly of editions of the German and English poets, and me large proportion re- presentsd of the latter will scarcely be a surprise when it is remembered that the uollecior passed many years of his lilo in exile in England, and had from his youth bean a. student. of English poetry. His translations of Burns, Scott, Moore, Tenny- son, Longfellow, and other Englibh and American poets are numerous. and in the main admirably done. The library anmpris- (MR 67 editions of Goethe, 6†ol Schiller. and 20 ot Lemma ; 40 of Byron, including single p. ems. 22 of Millon. 24 of Burns, and rare, early editions of Shelley, Colsridge, Pope, Scott, and Johnson. â€"Wbere to ï¬nd the in try cases of the lawâ€" In the court room. Crops 1n the United States.