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The first thing was to induce Anthony to come to Horace street at an hour suit- able for the development of the plot. Cenneri made his preparations; gave his instructions to his oonfefleretes, and then wrote to his nephew beggging him to call upon him that night and hear his explana- tion of matters. Perhaps Anthony mistrusted his relative and his associates more than was suspected. Any way, he replied by declining the invi- tation, but suggeseted that the uncle should call upon him instead. Then, by Macari’s advice, Pauline was made the innocent means of luring her brother to the fatal house. Ceneri expressed his perfect indif- ference as to where the meeting took place, but, being very much engaged, postponed it for a day or two. He then told Pauline that as business would keep him from home until late the next night, it would be a good opportunity for her to spend some time with her brotherâ€"she had better ask him to come and see her during his absence. As he also wanted to see Anthony she must endeavor to keep him until his return. Pauline, suspecting nothing, wrote to her brother, and, saying she should be all alone until late at night, begged him to come to her, or, i! he would, take her to some place of amusement. They went to the theatre together, and it was 12 o’clock before he brought her back to Horace street. No doubt she begged him to remain with her awhileâ€"perhaps against his will. Awful as the shock of what followed was to the girl it must have been doubly so when she knew that her entreaties had led him to his death. The brother and sister sat alone for some time; then Ceneri and his two friends made their appearance. Anthony seemed displeased at fine encounter, but made the beat of matbers and greeted his uncle civilly. Macari he simply turned his back upon. It was no part of Ceueri’s plan that any act of violence or restraint should take place in the presence of Pauline. What- ever wss to be done should be done when Anthony was about to leave the house. Then he might be seized and conveyed to the cellar ; his ories if needful being stifled. Pauline was to know nothing about it. Arrangements had been made for her to go on the morrow to a friend of her uncle’s, with whom she was to stay, ignorant of the purport of the business which suddenly called the plotters_away. “ Paulin'é,” said Ce'neri, “ I think you had better go to bed. Anthony and I have 30mg afigira yo spegk ybqut.” “ I will wait ufihil Anthony leaves," she said, “but if you want. to talk I will go into the other room.” So saying, she passed through the folding doors and went to the piano, where she sat playing and singing for her own amuse- ment. "It is too late to talk about business tar-night," said Anthony, as his sister left the room. Anthony did not oondescend to reply. He turned from the man with alook of utter contemptâ€"9. look which, no doubt, drove Maoari almost beside himself with rage; _ _ __ _ “ You had better take this opportunity. I find} mus; legve Eugqud rtozmqrpow." _ Anthony, having no “wish to let his uncle escape without an explanation, resented himself. . “ Very well," he said; "but there is no needle have stranggra present.” “ They are soaroEly ail-angers. They are friends of mine, who will vouch for the Srth of___th_I am goingnjiq say.’.’_ V “ I will not have Yny ti'ffairs 'talked about before a. man like that,” Bald Anthony wig}; a. motion of contempt tovgardMacez-i. “Before we talk about anything else,” he said to his uncle, “ I shall insist that from now Pauline is placed under my care. Neither she no: he: fortune shall become the prey of a. low-bred. beggarly Italian like this man, your friend.” The two men were conversing in a, low tone. Pauline was not far off, and neither wished to alarm her by high words or by the appearance of a pending quarrel; but Macari heard the remark and saw the gesâ€" ture. His eyes blazed and he leaned for- ward toward yqung_Ma.roh. _ “ It: may be', in avfew days.” he said, “ you will be willing enough to give me freely the gifg you‘remged} thrt‘gime ago_.” . Ceneri noticed that the speaker’s right hand was inside the breast of his coat, but this being a favorite attitude of his. thought nothing of it, These were the last words the poor boy ever spoke. Maoari took one step toward himâ€"he made no exclamation of rage, hissed out no oath which might warn his victim. Grasped in his right hand the long bright steel leaped from its lurking place, and as Anthony March looked up, and then threw himself book in his chair to avoid him, the blow was struck downward with all the force of that strong armâ€"the point of the dagger entering just below the collar- bone and absolutely transfixing the heart. Anthony March was Bilenoed_tor ever l Then, even as he fell, Pauline’a song was stopped, and her cry of horror rang through the room. From her seat at the piano she could see what had happened. Is it any wonder that flhe sight bereft: her of her senses ? Even the ruthless Macari was staggared at my entrance. It was Ceneri who, fol- lowing the instincts of self-preservation, drew a. pistol and cooked it. It was he who understood the meaning of my passionate appeal to their mercyâ€"he who, he averted, saved my life. Mscari was standing over his victim. Generi was stupified at the crime which in a moment had obviated any necessity for carrying out his wild plot. The only one who seemed in the possession of his wits was Petr-off. It was imperative that Pauline should be silenced. Her cries would alarm the neighbors. He rushed forward, and throwing a. large woollen sofa- cover over her head, placed her on the couch,_where he held her by force. Ab iihat moment I mafia my frantic entranceâ€"blind had helpless, but, for all the; knew. a. mapsengqr of yengeanoe. Macari, as soon as he recovered from his surprise, insisted that I should share Anthony March‘s fate. His dagger was once more raised to take human life, whilst Petrofl, who had been forced by the new turn of affairs to leave Pauline, pinned me down where I had fallen. Oeneri struck the steel aside and saved me. He examined my eyes and vouched for the truth of my statement. There was no time for recrim- inations or accusations, but he swore that another murder should not be committed. Of human signs it sees alone The distant church-spire’s ti p, And ghost-like, on a, blank of gray, The white sail of a ship. A notelesa stream the Birchbrook runs Beneath its leaning trees . That low, soft ripple is its own, That dull roar is the sea's. No more a. toiler at the wheel. It wanders at its will ; Nor dam nor pond is left to tell Where once was Birohbrook Mill‘ The timbers of that mill have fed Long since a. farmer‘s fires ; Bis doorsteps are the stones that ground The harvest of his sires. Mg}: negpasnagd hgre ; ‘put Nature lost Petroff supported him, and Macari at â€"fIB figlfu of her domain ; She waited, but she brought the old Wild beauty back again. By day the sunlight through the leaves Falls on its moist, green sod, And wakes the violet bloom of Spring And autumn’a golden-rod. Its bitches whisper to the wind, The swallow dips her Wings In the cool spray, and on its bank The gray song-sparrow sings. PAULINE. BY JOHN GREENLEAF WEITTIER. Birohbrook Mill. last sullenly yielded, with the stipulation that I should be disposed of in the manner already related. Had the means been at hand I should have been drugged at once ; as it was. the old servant, who as yet knew nothing of the tragedy which had taken place. was roused up and sent out in search of the needful draught. The accomplices dared not let me leave their sight, so I was compelled to sit and listen to all their actions. Why did Ceneri not denounce the mur- der? Why was he, at least, an accessory after the crime? I can only believe that he was a worse man than he confessed himself to be, or that he trembled at his share in the transaction. After all he had been planning a crime almost as black, and when the truth as to the trust money was known, no jury in the world would have acquitted him. Perhaps both he and Petroff held human life lightly; their hands were certainly not clean from politi- cal assassinations. Feeling that a trial must go hard with them, they threw their lot in with Macari’s, and at once set about baffling inquiry and hiding all traces of the crime. From that moment there was little to choose between the degrees in criminality of the three men. - Now that they were all sailing in the same boat, they had little doubt of success. Teresa perforce was taken into their con- fidence. This was no matter, as, devoted to Oeneri, she would have aided in a. dozen murders had her master decreed them. First of ell, they must get rid of me. Petroffâ€"for Generi would not trust me in Maeeri’s handsâ€"went out and found a belated oeb. For a. handsome consideration the driver consented to lend it to him for an hour and a. half. It was still night, so there was no difficulty in carrying my senseless form to it without observation. And now for Pauline. Her moans had gradually died away, and she lay in a death-like stupor. The great danger to the accomplices would be from her. Until she recovered nothing could be done save to carry her to her room and place her under Teresa’s charge. When she awoke they must decide what course to pursue. Patrofi‘ drove off,a.nd having deposited me in a. by-way a long distance from the house, returned the cab to its owner and rejoined his companions. Bah the pressing thing was, how to make away with the dead body of the murdered man. All sorts of plans were discussed, until one at last was adopted, the very audacity of which no doubt. made it a. suc- cess. They were now growing desperate and prepared to risk much. Early in the morning a letter was des- patched to Anthony’s lodging, saying that Mr. March had been taken seriously ill the night before, and was at his uncle’s. This served to stop any inquiry from that quarâ€" ter. In the meantime the poor youngiellow had been laid out as decently as possible, and with everything that could be done to suggest a natural death. A doctor’s certi- ficate of death was then forged. Ceneri did not tell how the form was obtained. The man he got it from knew nothing of its object. An undertaker was then ordered to send a coffin and a deal case for the same the next night. The body, in Generi‘s pre- sence, was simply placed inside it, with none of the usual paraphernalia, the reason given for such apparent indecency being that it was only a temporary arrangement, as it was to be taken abroad for interment. The undertaker marvelled, but being well paid, held his peace. Then, by the aid of the forged certificate, the proper formalities were complied with, and in two days’ time the three men, in the garb of mourners, were travelling to Italy with the body of their victim. There was nothing to stop them, nothing suspicious in their manner or in the circumstances of the case. They actually took the ooflin to the town where Anthony‘s mother died, and they buried the son by the side of the mother, with his name and the date of his death recorded on the stone. Then they felt safe from every body except Pauline. They were safe even from her. When she at last awoke from her stupor, even Teresa could see that something had gone wrong. She said nothing about the scene she had witnessed ; she asked no questions. Her past had vanished. According to the instructions given her, Teresa, as soon as possible, took her to join Oeneri in Italy, and he saw that Macari’s crime had deprived the brother of life and the sister of reason. No search or inquiry was made for Anthony March. Carrying out his bold plan to the very letter, Ceneri instructed an agent to take possession of. his few perâ€" sonal efleots at his lodgings, and to inform the people there that he had died at his house and had been taken to Italy to be buried with his mother. A few friends for a while regretted a companion, and there was an end of the affair. Nothing having been heard of the blind man, it was sup posed he had been wise enough to keep his own counsel. DOES snE REMEMBER? It was time to bring our interview to an end. It had lasted so long that the civil captain had more than once peeped in with a significant look on his face, as much as to say there was such a thing as overstepping the limits of even such an authority as I held. I had no desire to protraot the con- versation with the convict. The object of my long journey had been attained. I had learned all that I could learn. I knew Pauline’s history. The crime had been fully confessed. The man with me had no claim upon my consideration. Even had I felt inclined to help him I had no means of so doing. Why should I linger? _ But I did linger for a. while. The thought that my rising and giving the sig- nal that my business was finished, would immediater consign the prisoner to that loathsome den from which he had emerged, was mexpreesibly painful to me. Every Months and months passed by, whilst Pauline remained in the same state. Teresa took charge of her, and lived with her in Turin until that time when I saw them at San Giovanni. Ceneri, who had no fixed home, saw little of the girl. His presence did not awaken any painful recol- lections in her mind, but to him the sight of his niece was unbearable. It recalled what he was eager to forget. She never seemed happy in Italy ; in her uncertain way she was pining for England. Anxious to get her out 01‘. his eight, he had consented that Teresa should take her to Londonâ€" had, in tact, come to Turin on that partic- ular day to arrange as to their departure. Macari, who, even with a brother’s blood between them, considered her in some way his property, accompanied him. He had been continually urging Ceneri to let him marry her, even as she was now. He had threatened to carry her off by force. He had sworn she should be his. She remem- bered nothingâ€"why should he not wed her “I Bed as Oeneri was, he had recoiled from this. He would even. had it been possible, have broken off all intercourse with Muceri; but the men were too deep in each other‘s secrets to be divided on account of a. crime, however attrooioue ; so he sent Pauline to England. There she was safe from Macari. Then came my proposal, the acceptance of which would take her, at my expense, entirely off his hands and out of his com- pagion’s way. Henoe our strange marriage, which even now he justified by saying that should the girl grow attached to any one, should any feeling corresponding to affection be awak» ened in bear clouded mindâ€"that mind wo_u-ld gradually be built up again. This, not in his own words, was Ceneri’s tale. I now knew all I wanted to know. Perhaps he had painted himself in better colors than he deserved ; but he had given me the whole dark history freely and unre- servedly, and in spite of the loathing and abhorreuce with which he now inspired me, I felt that he had told me the truth. CHAPTER XIV. moment I could keep him with me would be precious to him. Never again would he see the face of a friend or acquaintance. He had ceased speaking. He sat With his head bent forwcrd ; his eyes resting on the ground. A tattered, haggard. hopeless, wretch ; so broken down that: one dare not approach him. I watched him in silence. ~f’resently he spoke; “ You can find no excuge for mg, My. Vaughan ‘1” “ None,” I eaid. “ I? serum to me there is little to choose between you and your associates.” He rose wearily. “ Pauline will recover, youfhlnk?" lie_a.aked_. _ ’ u I thinkâ€"I hope I shall find her almost welLon my {ghuppf “ You will tell her how you have found me; she may be happier in knowing that Anthony's death has indirectly brought me to this.” I bowed assent to this dreary request. “I must go back now,” he said, with a. kind of shiver, and dragging his weary limbs slowly toward the door. “ Shop a. milfient.” I said. “ Tell me if there is anythmg 1 can do to make your lifgany gasi‘erA?” He s'miled faintly. “You may give me moneyâ€"a. little. I may be able to keep it 8.119 buy a. few prisonerq’ luxuriesfl I gafve him- several notes which he secreted on hiaperson. " They are taking us right to the end of Slberiaâ€"to Nertchinsk. There I shall be drafted off with others to work in the mines. We go all the way on foot and in chains." ” What an awful late I” Ceneri smiled. “ After what I havu passed through it is Paradise opening before me. When a man ofiends against the Russian law his one hope is that he may be sent at once to Siberia. That means going from hell to heaven.” “ 1 do not understand." “ You would if you had lain like me for months, untried and uncondemned. If you had been placed in a cell without light, without aid, without room to move. If you had heard these next to you screaming in their madnessâ€"madness brought on by soli- tary confinement and cruel treatment. If every morning as you woke you had said, ‘ I, too,shall be an idiot before nightfall.’ If you had been frozen, beaten, starved, in order to make you betray your friends ; it you had been reduced to such a state that your death warrant would be welcome ; then, Mr. Vaughan, you would look forward to and long tor the gentle rigors of Siberia. I swear to you, sir,” he continued, with more fire and animation than he had yet displayed, " that if the civilized nations of Europe knew one-tenth part of the horrors and deeds in a Russian prison, they would say, ‘ Guilty or innocent, no human beings shall be tormented like this,’ and for the sake of common humanity would sweep the whole accursed Government from the face of the earth I" In Epifie of his sins I could not let the wretghed belng go wiphPutra: worg __ “I expect these will be stolen from me befoge I spend them." “ But: 15 there no way of leaving money with__a.ny opg fgr your use ?"7 “ You might leave some with the captain. It may, be, it he is kind-hearted and honest), a portion of it may reach me. But even that is doubtful.” I promised to do sq.aud knew that, whether it reached him or not, I should fe§;_laagaie1§ for l_1_z_wing {nade theymbjmpt. “ But what will yofir future be? Whére are they linking you, and what will be your life ‘2" " Will you Have more “I” I asked. He shook his head. - - Then I found my interpreter, and ordered horses to be at once procured and she tarantaas brought out. I would start Without a moment’s delay for Englandâ€" and Pauline! “Bub twenty years in the mines! Is theripo esoapiqgj” " Where could I escape to? Look at the map and see where Nerhchinek is. If I escaped I could only wonder about nhe mouumine until I died or until some of the savages around killed me. No, MLVuughan, escapes from Siberia. only occur in novels.” “ 'l‘lie‘u you must eluve until you: In half an hour all was ready. Ivan and I stepped into the carriage; the yamsohik flourished his whip; the horses sprung for- ward ; the bells jingledJnerrily, and away we went: in the darknesshcommenoing the death ‘I” “ I hope not‘ I once gathered together much information respecting Siberian con- victs, and, to tell you the truth, was rather disgusted to find how incorrect the common opinion is. Now I can only hope my researches showed me the truth.” ” The treatment is not so bad, then ’2” ” It is bad enough, as you are always at the mercy of a petty tyrant. There is no doubt but for a year or two I must slave in the mines. It I survive the tell, which is very unlikely, I may, by finding favor in the ruler’s eyes, he released from further work of that description. I may even be allowed to reside at some town and earn my living. I have great hopes that my professional skill may be or use to me. Doctors are scarce in Asiatic Russia.” I turned away sick at heart, perhaps regretting I had added anything to his shame and punishment. I sought my obliging friend, the captain, and received his word of honor that any money I left with him should be expended for the con- viot’s benefit. I placed a. considerable sum in his hands, and can only hope that a part of it reached its destination. Little as he deserved it, my heart echoed his wish; but as I looked at him I felt sure there was small chance of his endurmg even a year’s tell at the mines. The door opened and vhe captain once more looked in. He was growing quite impatient. I had no reason for wishing to prolong the conversation, so I told him I should have finished in a. moment. He nodded his head and withdrew. He saw that I did not respond to his action. A flush of shame passed over his face; he bowed his head and turned away. The soldier took him roughly by the arm and thrust him through uhe doorway. Then he turned. and his eyes met mine with on expression that haunted me for days. He was gazing thus when the heavy door was shut and hld him from my sight forever. “ There is nothingâ€"Stay I one thing. Maoari, that villainâ€"sooner or later he will get his deserts. I have sufferedâ€"410 will he. When that time comes, will you try to send me word? It may be difiicult to do so, and I have no right to ask the favor. But you have interest, and might get intelli- gence sent me. If I am not dead by then it will make me happierl" Without waiting tot my reply he walked hastily to the door, and with the sentry at his side was marched off to prison. I followed him. He hesitated a moment and then held out his hand. The door was now open. I could see the throng of repulsive, Villain- ous lacesâ€"the faces of his fellow-prisoners. I could hear the jabber of curiosity and wonder. I could smell the foul odors com» ing from that reeking den crowded with filthy humanity. And in such a. place as this, with such associates, 8. man of educn. tion, culture and refined taste, was doomed to spend his last days. It was a. tearful punishment! Yet it was well merited. A8 he stood on the threshold with outstretched hand I felt this. To all intents mid purposes the man was a. murderer. Much moved as I was by his fate I could not bring myself to grasp his hand. My refusal may have been harsh, but I could not do it. “ If there is anything more I can do let me kgpw,” midfiprning to Ceneri. As the oumbroue look was being turned he paused. “Farewell Mt. Vaughan," he said. “IfI have wronged you Ientreat your pardon. We shall meet no more.” ' “ SB far as I am concerned I forgive you “9215?” _ return journey which counted by thousand of miles. It was only now, when burning to find myself at home, that I realized the fearful distance which lay between me and my love. A turn of the road soon hid the gloomy oantog from my sight, but it; was not until we were miles and miles away that my spirits recovered anything like their former bone, and it was days before I ceased to think, at nearly every moment, of that her- rible place in which I had found Ceneri, and to which I saw him again consigned after nay business with him was finished. As this is not a book of travel I will not recapitulate the journey. The weather nearly all the time was favorable, the roads were in good oondition. My impatience forced me to travel almost day and night. I spared no expense ; my extraordinary passport procured me horses when other travellers were compelled. to wait â€"my large gratuities made those horses use their best speed. In thirty-five days we drove up to the Hotel Russia at Nijni Novgorod, with the tarantass in such adilapidated condition that in all probability another stage would have finished its work in this world. 1 bestowed it, a free gift, upon my guide, who, I believe, sold it immediately for three rubles. From Nijni by rail to Moscow; from Moscow to St. Petersburg. I only married in the capital, long :‘enough to pay‘my respects to Lord â€"â€", and onee'mo’re thank him for his assistance; then, having collected What luggage I had left there, away for England! On my road back from Irkutsk 1 found letters from Prisoilla. at Tomek, at Tobolsk and at Perm, also more recently written ones at St. Petersburg. All up to the date of the last was gomg on well. Pris- cilla. had taken her charge to Devonshire. Having been reared in that county the old woman had a. gtmt belief in its virtues. They were at a. quiet, but beautiful little watering-place on the north coast, and Priscilla averted that Pauline “ was bloom- ing as a rose, and seemed as sensible as Master Gilbert himself." No wonder after hearing this good news I was eager to reach home-longing, not only to see my wife again. but to see her. as I had never yet: seen her, with her mind restored. Would she remember me? How should we meet? Would she at last learn to loveme ‘2. Were my troubles at; an end or only begun? These were the quea- tions which could only be answered when England was reached. Home at last! How delightful to stand among one's countrymen. and hear nothing but good, intelhgible English around one. I am bronzad wioh exposure to the wind and sun, my beard has grown to a. great length ; one or two acquaintances I men when I reached London scarcely knew me. In my present trim I could not hope than I should awaken any recollections in Paul- me’s mind. By the aid of a. razor and fresh apparel I was soon converted to a fairly good sem- blance of my former self, and them, without: having appraised even Priscilla of my return, I Started for the weenie see what fate had in store for me. What is a. run across England after a. man has made such a. journey as my recent one ? Yet, that pitiful hundred and fifty miles seemed to me as long as a. thousand did a month ago. The last few miles I had to go by coach, and, although four splendid horses spun us along, each individual mile seemed as long as a. Siberian stage. But the Journey was at last ended, and, leaving my luggage in the coach office, I sullled forth, Wlfih a. beating heart; to find Pauline. Breathing a. prayer that her prophecy might come true, I reached Pauline’s side and held out my hand. She took it with- out hesitation, and raised her dark eyes to mine. How did I refrain from clamping her to my heart I r Pauline had not movaaf but; Priscilla mm to meet me and almost; shook my hands off. “ Does she rememberâ€"~doea she know me 7” I whispered, as I disengaged myself and walked toiwardrmy wife. 7 “ Not yet; but: she-will. I am sure she will, Master lebert." I went to the address given in Priscil- la’e letter. The house was a. quiet, little building, nestling on a. wooded bunk, with a. sloping g'erdeu in front, full of late sum- mer flowers. Honeysuckle twined round the porch, great sunflowers etered fiercely from the beds, and oarnatione sweetened the air. As I waited for the door to be opened I had time to approve Priscille’e choice of. a. {eating-place. She must in some way have remem- bered me. Were in but as in a. dream my face must have seemed familiar to her. She dropped her pencil and sketch-book and sprung to her feet before Prisoilla’e exclamation of surprise and delight was heard. She stood looking at me as though she expected I would speak or come to her, whilst: the old servant: was sending words of welcome across the noisy stream. ‘ Had I wished to retreafiit was now too late. I found a. crossing-place and in a. milnutg or tyvkoas on the ogppsihejafnk." I inquired tot "Ml-s. Drew. She was not at; homeâ€"had gone out w1th the young lady some time ago, and would not be back until evening. I turned away and went in search of them. It was early in autumn, but the leaf showed no signs of fading. Everything was green, fresh and beautiful. The sky was oloudless, end a. soft balmy air fanned my cheek. I paused and looked around me before I decided in which direction to go. Fer below my feet lay the little fishing vil- lage; its houses clustered round the mouth of the noisy, brswling stream which ran down the valley, and leaped joy- onelv into the see. On either hand were great-tors,end behind them inland hills covered with woods, and in front of me stretching away and away was the calm green sea. The scene was tsir enough, but I turned away from it. I wanted Pauline. Hard as I found it to do so, I resolved not to make my presence known to them. Before I met Pauline I wanted to talk to Priscilla and be guided by her report as to my future method '9! proceeding. But in spite of my determination I yielded to the temptation of drawing nearerâ€"from where I stood I could not see her faceâ€"so I crept on inch by inch till I was nearly opposite the sketcher, and, half hidden by the under- growth, I stood watching her to my heart’s content. She turned and looked themes the stream. Carried away by my joy I had entirely emerged from my lurking place. With the river between us our eyes met. It seemed to me that on such a. day as this the shady woods and the running stream must offer iresistible attractions; so I found my way down the steep hill, and began walking up the riverside, whilst the merry stream danced past me. throw- ing its rich brown peat-stained waters into a. thousand little cascades as it shot over and foamed round the great bowlders which diqutsd its passage. 1 followed its course for about a mileâ€"â€" now olambering over moss-grown rocks, now wading through terns, now forcing my way through pliant hazel boughsâ€"then in an open space on the opposite bank I saw a. girl sitting sketching. Her back was toward me, but I knew every turn of that graceful figure well enough to feel sure she was my wife. If I had needed extra assurance I had but: to look at her companion, who sat near her and appeared to be dozing over a. book. I should have recognized that shawl or Pris- cilla’s a. mile away~ita like has never been known on earth. There was the hue of health upon her cheekâ€"there was the appearance of health in every movement, and as she turned and spoke a few words to her companion there was that in her look and in her smile which made my heart bound. The wife I returned to was a different being from the girl I had married. “ Pauline, do you know me '2" She dropped her eyes. “‘ Priscilla ‘has talked of you. She tells me you are a friend, add that until you came I must be oontgut a._nd ask no questions." ' “ But do you nol: ‘remember me? I fan- ciefi yoq lgnqw m9 just now." She sighed. “ I have seen you in dreams â€"strange dreams." As she spoke a. bright blush spread over her cheek. “ Tell me the dreams,” I said. “ I cannot. I have been ill, very ill, for along time. I have forgotten muchâ€"every- thing that happened." “ Shall I tell you ?" “ Not nowâ€"nob now.” she cried eagerly. “ flail}, end it mgy all game back.” Had she an inkling of the truth? Were the dreams she spoke of but the struggles of growing memory ? Did that bright ring whlch was still on her finger suggest to her what had happened? Yes, I would wait and hope. Signs \Vhich Careful observers May Spe- cially Rely on. A communication to the Southern Planter deals with the subject of weather prognos- tioe. Few intelligent persons can have, any sympathy with the so-eslled prophets whovoruculapl'y‘announee phenomena, giv- ing dates, ooeasionally making lucky hits. but as often firing their random shots alto- gether wide of the mark. That there is, however, something in weather philosophy, intelligent persons will be quite ready to concede, and they will be in accord with the views of the writer when he recom- mends the habit of observation of natural phenomena, which has been long practised. its results being handed down to us in the homely weather proverbs with which all are familiar. In some parts of North Carolina. candles and kerosene lamps are still considered articles of luxury, while resinous torches are to be had gratis. If one could read the signs,each day lore- tells the next; today is the progenarator of tomorrow. When the atmosphere is telescopic and distant objects stand out unusually clear and distinct, a storm is near. We are on the crest of the wave and the depression follows quick. It sometimes happens that clouds are not so indicative of a storm as their total absence. In this state of the atmosphere the stars are unusually numerous and bright at night, which is also a bad omen. It appears that the transparency of the air prodigioust increased when a certain quantity of water is uniformly diffused through it. Moun- taineers predict a change of weather when, the air being calm, the Alps, covered with perpetual snow, seem on a sudden to be nearer the observer, and their outlines are marked with great distinotness on the azure sky. This same condition of the atmosphere renders distinct sounds more audible. “Wife, you know I always tell you the truth and I have no reason to tell a. lie to you now. You see I was paid some money last night and on account of the lamps not. being 111; I was afraid to venture the home- ward trip as I was soared of being robbed.” The wife forgave him on‘ the spot. (The husband attended a “ poker party”) The husband sat; motionless in his chair, while his wife, in sledge-hammer style, laid down the law of the household to him, and when he got a. chance to get a. word in edge- wise he said: There is one redness oi the east in the morning that means storm; another that indicates wind. The first is broad, deep and angry; the clouds look like an immense bed of burning coals ; the second is setter and more vepory. At the point where the sun is going to rise, and in a. few minutes in advance of his coming, there rises straight upward a. rosy column, like a. shaft of dyed vapor, blending With and yet partly separated from the clouds, and the base of which presently comes to glow like the sun himself. The day that follows is pretty sure to be Windy. “ I don’t know whose fault it could have been but yours,” retorted the vexed wife. “ Let me explain,” begged the husband. “ No explanation is wanted by me. I tell you for the last time that I will not tolerate your late hours any longer.” It is uncertain to whet extent birds and animals can foretell the weather. When swallows are seen hawking very high, it is a good indlcation, because the insects upon which they feed venture up there only in the moet auspicious weather. People live in the country all their lives without making one accurate observation about nature. The good observer 'uf nature holds his eye long and firmly to the pomt, and finally gets the facts, not only because he has patience, but because his eye is sharp and his inference swift. There are many assertions, the result of hasty and incomplete observation, such as, for instance, that the way the milky way pointsst night indicates the direction of the wind the next day;also,thst every new moon indicates either a. dry or a. wet month. “ It wâ€"as not [fly fault; because I stayed out: so late,” answered the trembling hus band. The Windom palace in Washington, for _which J. G. Blaine will pay $300 a. month this winter, is only three blocks from the White House, which will be in full View from Mr. Blaine’a library window and will suggest, no doubt, to the political historian’s mind the familiar line, “ Thou art .80 near and yet so far." A “This is a. nice time for you to come home," said the wife of a. wellâ€"known citi- zen to him as he entered his house at 6 o’clock yesterday morning. Prince George, son of the Prince of Wales, was a popular and smart middle on board both the Bacehante and Canada, and he is now proving himselt an apt student at the Royal Naval College, where he enjoys no special privileges over other sub-lieuten- ants, and by his frank, genial ways is quite a. favorite. He tool; a first class certificate for seamanship, and is rapidly qualifying himself for appointment to one or the ves- sels of the Mediterranean fleet. In the Bleep-walking scene, while playing “L Ldy Macbeth," Sarah Bernhardt always apggara on the gage barefgotied. A The present Emperor of Russia. In his earlier days was noted for his feats of strength, and is still one of the strongest men in his empire of giants. Lord Lorne is still desirous of becoming Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and there is some probability of the place being, given him next spring, should Lord Spencer reme. Five out of the twenty-one Presidents were of Sooteh~Irieh lineage-Jackson, Polk, Buchanan, Johnson and Arthur ; two of Scotch, Grant and Hayes ; one of Welsh, Jefferson, and one of Dumh,Va.n Buren ; the remaining twelve being of English descent. Frank Henry, keeper of the Preaque Isle beacon for sixteen years, has resigned. He saved fully 1001ivee from drowning. During the days of the underground railroads he was one of the conductors and ran off more negroee to Canada, it is said, than any other one man. She prevailing melancholy that oppresses the mind of F. C. Burnand, ediuor of Punch. is accounted for by the announcement that he has eleven unmarried daughters on his hands. General Russell A. Alger, the Governor- eleot of Michigan, was a. farmer’s boy, who read books by a. pine knot in an Ohio cabin. He was a, dashing cavalry officer, the associate of Custer and Sheridan. He was fortunate in lumber speculations and rail- road enterprises in the seventies, and is counted a. millionaire several times over. FORE’I‘E I; LING WE ATIIEK. A Poor Excuse Better Than None. Personal Paragraphs. (To be continued.) What He Does, What lie (‘osls and How He Is Cured Fgr. In a. recent intervieW, Robert Bell Superintendent of the Detroit City Rm- way Company, said: “ Well, to-day we own 675 horses. Sometimes we have more, sometimes less, but that is about the average. We buy more than half of our horses in Censde,where they sure better boned, better footed and staunoher than tho-e raised on this side of the line. The compmy is always in the market for horses. We pay $140 to Q5150 for large horses suit- able for drawing bob-tailed CNS, and for lighter horses, to draw large one in pairs, from $110 to $120. The duty on Canadian horses is 20 per cent. Oar 675 horses represent snAinvestmeut of $82,000. “ Average life of street our horses ? Some play out in ayesr or two ; others last more than seven. We have used one horse for fourteen years ; several for twelve years The average term of service is seven years. But we do not use up horses so that they are only fit for the knacker. Oh, no ; when we are done with them they are still good horses, and quite in demand for ordinary farm work. What they lose by street our service is swiftness. The hard work stiflens their tendon-s ard muscles, and they cannot trot fast. But they are perfectly adapted for slow worh,sueh es teaming and ploughing. President Arthur extends the hospitali- tlee of the White House to President-elect Cleveland while preparing for inauguration, and at the same time President-defeated Blaine will occupy ex-Secretary Windom’e Washington residence and can himself pose as Secretary of the Exterior 0! White House. "No, we have no horse hospitalâ€"no need for one. It a. cautagioua disease should break out, we wouid improvise some- thing of the kind, but we have had no occasion as yet. If a home is running downIsbop his work, change hxs feed, or give him medicine. If ms trouble bufflaa me I call in a. veaerinary surgeon. If he dies I dissect him for my fuhure guidance. I depend more on nursing than dragging. “ What does it cost to feed a. horse? I figure in at about 20 cents per day. This consists of 10 pounds of hay, eight cents; eight: pounds of 08.129, seven cents; five pounds of corn and cans ground together, five gentsâ€"altogether 20 cents. “ Yes, it is the strain of starting the car which breaks down the horses. We have tried dozens of so-oalled oar-starters. The main principle of these machines is storing up power by means of springs when the ear is being stopped, and releasing this power when the our is started. But they were all failures. The most promising were the most liable to get out of order. Every humane person would like to see some m )th9 power other than horse flesh applied to street railâ€" ways. No practical steam our, however, has yet been invented. The cable system is very good. “ The best roadway {or street car horses? Well, you wouldn’t; think it, but oobble~ stones are better than wooden blooks. The stones. it is true, are quite hard on the heats, leading to sun ayiug crooks. but they do not injure the legs and shoulders as wooden blocks do. The latter become uneven by wear, and are very slippery in wet weather, so that the horses have to strain their mueeles and cords to keep their footing. We work each horse four hcurs per day. end he draws a. car 18 miles. Yes, the work is very hard, and the horses’ feet are always feverish from the nature of their work. Every horse in dry weather has a poultice of a certain kind applied to the hollow of hlB foot ; in wet weather it is applied every second hour. Our equine mortality is 2 per cent. per anuum. includ- ing accidents." are the words used by a lady, who was at one time given up by the most eminent physicians, and lets to die. Reduced to a mere skeleton, pale and haggard, not able to leave her bed, from all those distressing diseases peculiar’to suffering females, such as displacement. leuoorrhoe 1, inflammation etc., etc. She began-1 baking Dr. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescription,” and also using the local treatments recommended by him and is now, she says, “as good as new. ’ Price reduced to one dollar. By druggists. l Mr: Bell repeated the question, smiled intensely, but said nothing. A London special says Gen. Woleeley has invented the Mudir of Dongola. with the Imperial order of the Medjidic second-class. Flve other native officials have received decorations. 7‘ Do you take better care of your horses thgp ygur; drivers 7"_ â€"â€"-No woman can live without some share of physionl suffering; bun many accept as inevitable a, great amount of pa“) which cam be avoided. Lydia. E. 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Large battles at any drug store, only 25 cents. And perhaps in the distant future when the ages have grown old, and move with slow and failing steps down the corridors of timeâ€"when the adjuncts and appliances that now make life endurable are forgotten -â€"-how gladly will the people hail there-dis- covery of Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor, the great and only sure pop corn cure of this age. Without a rival for effi- cacy or painless action, certain in every case and yet perfectly harmless to every other part, surely its loss would be felt in future ages as keenly as its value is now appreciated by all in this. Try Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor. Sure and safe. N. U. Polson dz 00., Kingston, proprietors. A mild winter -- School Inspector: " Can you tell me of a mild winter in your recollection, my boy ‘2” Scholar: “Yes, air. The winter of ‘81 was a. mild one. Our teacher was sick for six weeks during that term.” Reading, Pm, colored people are excluded from the roller rinks of that city. and will go no law about it. Mr. Blaine made a. speech at Augusta. on Tuesday evening which shows more ability than anything he did during the campaign, proves that he accepts the result of the election in a. manly spirit, and Vindicatee his title to be regarded to-day, and in spite of the result of the election, as one of the foremost, if not indeed the very foremost, of the leaders of the Republican party.â€" N. Y. am. THE STREET CAR flflRSE. Winn 10 Cents will no. “It Knocks the Spots” History Repeats ltseli ‘ As Good as New,” “I [lave Suflered!” With every disease imaginable for the lent three years. Our Druggiat. T. J. Anderson, recommending “ Hrvp Bitters" to me, I used two bottles! Am entirely cured, and heartily reoom mend Hop Bitters to every one. J. D. Walker, Buckner. 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