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aina Unatielisteraed tra ;0fficieet he had a lieltneste for a.grandmother 'Don't
oentillied to eittoll the: althiln*Olosing the ilreehnli4tmod' .04.ialdoe'iteti!?Vr° what d° You,
Oneft sefflnient pain' to make her
start and burl*? ' "Obl: see her as soon and as often as a
r, at have -hurt you -I havahurt you!" he osai. She goes to Albany Street every
exelatitteda detmair ; • and following an Thursday and.Saturday ter It muala.:eteute.
iirresietiblelnniuleea pressed tie lips pee- and the day after to -morrow , ;waylay
sionately bathe fair, retied exile.° • '' her in the Park. If she has any •old serew
()elite,* thaille I" cried; the Startled,' to accompany tier, I will merely bow. If
etaiteeect shrinking back, half fright- not -and probably thie friend of hers will be
epettatith gloteing eheeks. • , with her -1 will feel,my way. She is a chanxi.
;
when
MCI" Neyille•, was beginning, ing ereatnrO. Heiress•or no lieieestaI ehould
:Wire Frederik,' Ciainptohcall, feel very much inclined to ren away with
;at a.distantie-" ;•• 4. a • ..• her. BY the war is •she a ward of Chan-.
aaNeville '-tlretiten. and, Mies Del- cery ? ' That would complioate ;matters."
vigne •,;are inexorably ,sneinioued home. " No ; iny grandfather is her only guar -
Permit me..." • - •'Alan, and I trust when the old boy, returns'
And then' 'attriproaohing the heiress, • he he will find , all things 'Progressing ,to our
offered her his sem with 'a deprecating satisfaction."
glen,* at , bis comrade. Mine Delvigne "'HieW seen, after a first meeting might,
&coal ,netirtnured.' a soft 4" Good- a Nilo* to. propose ?" ailed Neville thought -
'14.0.10 1", Off paeaing from:Neville's confused full? . r.
ninon, left hiaa suddenly -deeply, passiciii. a Can't telt! Suppose it depends. Never
ately .love. • • • proposed to any One, Neville ?".
,
;CHA.P,TER III.,
0 iieert aa Neville - and , his friend:0011A
*mike it•they eiioaped from, the festivities
0wlth orange W-4, of Saratoga Ledgea. : • , a . , ,. - . . • ,
:"IeWeata lovely night. : :."TheYeang.May
ea ; _ On .,. eteet"Wee beaMinga,les thinigh.eepemally.
1 a
WeteIllYtiati :Saar ;$ teta e ken for the isiiinieton, ,and the .geOtle-
gabraeriehotiditie 't and lone, tInkatheie.eigate, 'iataalled.. along
"ikiiiflill"*I'l be ' . *giant gardens. Wined'. adorn:
a it ' ‘, the iten Of , the.Evangehet;" in
tbeili 0 .hettitvii - . , ., ' , • - . '
Sir -,;'„Fie erle,'Weethe 'fleet tei,epeek-a- .
."; Whet* you think Of .the.ventere now,
NeYiller.-._
PO3feii 0,44k.1..„liWY.e anY.P4anee,.?"' WO
theceneteroatiestion.;.a;a..a
- Yotill. go inandtvinir suppose. . 'Gad!
you are in great luck! ..laitte,Ya old fellow,' I
ear more than half 'aorrtI.40444 to lie.stoer
itheheireeitinayetr; elle tit•a delightful iiretie
lurekenet..6 ' bow. fclent Of .ii.' girla SO frank
et: lan;d11thalinto*nati°.YnOt regret your ar;40'%ien
otaanetneritet will 0;0..4 the seheine."
"Nonsense!a I: was in inet, :. It ;liiiirtbel.'
, '.6.24rakt*oe•,'iiii .aharnsing, /leak 'Upon
eXataneoiiiPletelY, . year property that I.
:.;a,*•44,7i.'146eV:iahaemtea' ':ii7, 9DtieglhY:fi' f:orL:418,teolif;.: 6'6:4:
'ern:irk ?;seibetliIng . peculiar about that
.., ttlecitiiiiagiea I was dancing with,. and by
1.,•,: Spike . .ta. . her ...end .Y40 • • beauty
0 '0'''1 .Bat aaweragtaan&.theit. Mrta', Coleman -yes, .it '
lateoa . a , Coleman -said . rather' atifily,
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dir
„...ide ii. fit t -O. My, little partner, '1 mean thir
was _itiaiieltagain: ,-giss Delvigne."„,, '.' .„.... - '. . ..
#. ,2;'#01enee.untit , ,'.„ ,i,it is ourion.ii Devilish 1” 'repeated
ere . .. , , ' *teloy,a.:tgiadrine iyieti,ille,ihbughtfully. ' .:!i,! Ay .40e I ' I dial'
Whiii4Jidiinntierit With an nIt ,finatiaditto out. zity • throat ' if MY belle' does
cifi.000,10isiiiiirt,,00,41y4k:`;,::: ..•!,,, net. prove the right :piety? : But there is a
.. ' ::telr'yott ',lute Supper ;"-.4. ; haniterniet ris'heilit."fl' , ' '• '-
MO. ' ! =11:0.44,- net AitiptiteTIOrilicurt, ,..'AreiVel,at Marb3y's* Sir ..Frederiies first
- :toi he itanera' she, tocike,Nevilleal iikiitrY was for lus valetaatid Simmons
artet..aski so?"
*bright sMile-.. 'soon made - his appeenanoe, but With a
re
neeltailteor. ,.:•••-',..:;.. • : • ..' ..-.....; i'. meat fallea air..:•
clap ir.•forgisiOi;intaandlimityAititifeareff ' , ".Did you iteeAr. Feaster when celled
liiineYott.' a ,.; , •..: -, . . • : •,,„C.::•`.', , a 'heed to -day?" .aaked his master.
'Deltigneleaeft cheeks', glowed, and ,•',..;64•Yee, Sir Frederic." . . a; • - . .
' 0,-.;. 'I' agi lit NeVilleat with an "What he Want With ,me so partied:
Sequel 'fp wk. : a '' , . 4 - . larly 2" a' a ; ' , . ; ' . •. • . ''
aailtn, aaearlareleast rough fellese," he said "Can't say, sir; - but -1 ; beg pardon, Sit
artlitroalYtng littcOmenously to the one!. Fiederio, itas. very sable* as I forget, a
fimit.:::glahotta "but,',..YOU. 'aiaked ;:ree,juat /Wipe .yoti'll look Over it Vint:time; sir, hut
' it. !My :Irma; Crampton was .true. I in my a hum .going 'coat I quite forget to
I eittatirieWee. for myself that. I tian. leave this note for, you. • Mr.. Foster gave
at leilite.„4. ala,,,,, ...• ,. l' . . it to me the . last. time he eareeasir, and I
"1 did* notithubt- you," she saikliying just put it. into .my picket to make elate
toretitunethe light, tone of their firet con.. of it, and it quite eeoaped--.---"
ieraittenue for there was a tenderness in ' ' "D. --d cerelees of you," interrupted his
Itevills'eaocentethat. :•halt, frightened her. Demeter, angrily. " It 'might have been of
atud,then.theY reaoheilathe supper.roote, the last • importance ; there, say no. More
Waeteaoirer thee nsuatindigietible mixture about it; leave the zoom:"
-cinchona iiiiigais,lolisterets,lad, 100,,i telly, ; Neville . had Sat down dreamily in an
, ad treehy.,011,tmPsflkiii they. set:More and MOW -Chair during this short colloquy, and
tiriiterailler-,,tilkingof feelings andiend- lock ,ed on with, a sort of lazy,' curiosity
trientei*OdeXOPtithy,',and a .00gen topica at While Col:tiptoe peeueed his grandfather's
Arhiohlteielltefileferthotighthelforc And as epistle.; it was of some length, for a Minute
'tiettaiiiked.,the tintaiiitakable Sincerity', the or two elapsed, and then Sir Frederio bier.
earnest siMplicity. thiWinarked hie coai rily laughed. ' Throwing himself orca,eafo,,
*2itinil tonothefelt pante and'ineirefatioinea he hold out thenote to his friend, " liere'e
ledbYlkOetritest typeof tvonienhedialiehad a rimiantio dodge, Neville,' he said, "road
,aiterMit. Shave/iamb cultivated and reheat that.",
Lod., yeteri',.niturili that his own difiliOties ',. ' "Reid yourself," said Neville, drowielY
•:nit& traittraite honte. ,etUnned •te Melt away " 'MY; dear hey,' ". began the •Pareinet
*der -the :geeial influehein of her frank' oliedieiatlya" q aril a good,deld annoyed' at
iiiiiiineOuid::*it tacit. ' .• not finding you, aii I am obliged moot unexa
Itin the iinnanstanmoinal the loiterers. pootedle VI leavo /or Patio this evening ;
"Lot , tisarolit (Moe ...mete in this quiet, you Muet therefore,. preeent :yourself at
Iv' it4LtleValle, Wising at theetaiseta tiltseCeilercian'e alone. 1 hatea however, a
tetaantirtdrawing his oompiiiiion into ite hint to give you. My retnantio ward, Miss
. shade.- a . , ,. ' .; , . Delvigne, has a favorite , conipatiiim, the
'”- Areyou ShUt lip alt at that who'd?" Frenclateaoher at .Mi1311 Redoubt's school,'
auititinied. "Do yeti never walk or Of the same Mane an her own, and she
• a eia goanywhere a folio* might see intends, in order to test you, to pass her
. ...aliet tatilvigneshocik her heed -the sMile '°thftel,14Pitehfithhelgriesi, Eind'ovThti3enaradh.etrha:lpfrtpboe-
r?' ' ' -. --- - .' .
04.0aimiqfpnp.,lip and eyes. .. - ; sition myself, as I entered their Bitting -
; 'Pray, give Me .some ale* toyour move- room ' this, morning. This is an excellent
nents. lanniefsee yeti again," • opportunity for you, and I, lost no time in
. ;‘,Airt:Cepatitia Neville, do. not "talk in endeavotipg to give you warning, but tear I
*at Way.' ' Welave, bed a pleasant even. shall not be aale. to see you before 1 start.
*tigtegethar,And 'tote 'I" suppose our roads You can hardly make any • mistake, how -
fir AN Will sintronOtheitagatn." . • .ever, as my. Ward is much More distin-
" They intuit! .tbey, 'shall I" cried Neville guished and, refined than the girashe has
' tneratilteaa " But / , date not go to see selected to fill her plebe. ' I hap° to be back
.
-.. • . , , in a fetv days, when ,./ shell, no doubt, find
03.- a!" eitidhietionipaniee, all progressing as I cetild wish.•
- • ,ie bare idea; yet laughing Very sincerely.your°, - Jolla Foarsit'"
'---"ta 'Conjured ',up. ; . "Mise, , "BY jove l" was all the thoroughly
at the eight of you P. roused; Neville' could utter, "Thea which.
...ioweltt riiii ktitv,iier go out:oeoltAlen?g" 15*ioeugi:"7ahit°0h21:uligehaelititid onre%ariimidC9;inthPet°1tetcteur..
Kg Artta 2r naulliseom 9j 'n 16491
' 'Mill 1°16°91 di .. ta t aataatalta."00.1 yotie. alise ,Deleigtie . give• you any
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Vivog-111-1:-13-01`n-- na,,-,,-,Inci, mg ;0 Itioa .410 ertti: 0 was•rather silent, particularly
.,,,e,,-4-7,,-;-.4 " '-'-'` ----`1-4, p0A0,13 oil opuottm, :31 diiiid I Was net Captain Neville.
a,aaaaaaa 4213air 11,19441%1u tolnria paaatalati she did not, think it Washeoes-I
'tta'-^4 ; i'llg) '"-gIP.r. s claA64, lo, we& 9 much in the talking.line. 1 Oa i
nati jo XtitiaSci fUSO 1
' P ' 4- . . . • g khe little, quiet, pale thing must be
-tte .at "eateat pe. latimoueetatreauttai otesa ,. .
, --a- a„-,, • renoh . teaeherehii is a .oWeet girl*,
' . . ' • ' d - -''' gh,, Neville I I took 6. faney to her
Ir° °I 9"°"P 9" '411E4' PL4t146 9 eri and Ould like to Meet her again.,"
!to
*114 "111'1°1514 X911 V°P('194" "tm'eql°14* haw t.; tuff 1,=yeu eetita net Marry
Pnin' it'alti P6' 'PP '11*4 4' t‘89u111291ct eeh tette ' 1" Said Ilia more Worldly
Xining ,req.loj 02004 SUOM Ott& Ow& Fame , . . , . , ..
esti JO 1090 V ..PAII# I °Sit 63191° ° 1 ' . t‘• Mit?" returned the. young Balm -
Owe 4patp ono lotions eNs infeaki..eturrht .0 tit do ootWatit to marry any one,
'tittilmistti 2!atil IMO-- klasotio Pig clille atierat
,,I.t1.°699 !H sin- a.'cl"161' 'fi 16"66f). `1/1 % no doubt the two gar. wer
i. asataisgeele 'Owens);
, iiisi;ii tipip,
,..i. 11,1tro eta jo ono ti ; o Fat' i eabh other's hands,' keetimed
. , . , „ . ..,
t wpm sitt ,utispivitti .-- tiling to the Mere interesting
op:. piosistioo "1 Carrara s. '101? My pitatnera thought I. WWI
tgiOSOk .10 spursi 2 x arid Cletopteet„ and. ,Itheii, When she
t tte?"-•40i ed !Mind' her Mistake,. othee-exitmined. me
atl
Obl Go&
ocie.„anclite
i
,
where i St. john's
eorest the Regent'e
tier'
leyi le, geeing nib the
jea,", mad Mee Delvignei
ite;her brseelia,-one ot at*
aa—teu frobe her etra, a a
pretty closely as to your disposition, Fred,
your temper, .eto. Oh, yea! it is clear
enough and I am- confoundedly glad your
old pieta& liaa given us a' hint, for it
Wing& never do to get 'into the heiress'
black books; aaTWould not like to marry
a foreign nobody. 1 do net care for money,
bizt I like race, .though, it I meek met a girl
Shat could tate a Platill head, atal Make
him forge his resolution, that girl Is bliss
01 t 11 proceede4 to clop 3)!Elvwigene
it oue'very nnah to his taste 1 And*
%fuer all, your New Orlearia gal' may have
, , •
e No, not marriage," said that gentleman
gravely. "1 feel as if I could ask Mary
(her name is Nary, she pronounces it
Marie) to-niorrow 1 You see if I was rich,
and eho had not a penny, I would marry
her. I would, by Jove 1"
• "11 elie was really the French govern -
esti?" put in Sir Frederica slyly.
"That is a different matter and would
not suit. But it is abeurd to talk in that
way. Look at the differenee of the two
girls -one had dependence stazziped on her
whole bearing."
"Yes, poor little soul," said Compton
kindly. "I suppose she hasn't an easy
life of it. 'Gad. I'd lila, to take care of
her." •
" Fate fOrbids swab things to be," returned
his mentor. But let us th bed; this is a
capital hint of year grandfather's. I'll not
fail to profit by At."
ha (ciiight bravely for :self-dentrol and
with feminine instmet changed the oonver.
tuition.
"What a dreadful -looking man!" she
exclaimed as one of those ragged, dirty,
sullen types of humanity, which too often
equie between the wind and our nobility"
in this luxurious oity, passed them after
they had walked some way.
"Yea," said Neville; "an ugly customer
for you to meet atone; by the way -though
I am detwedly glad of it -why do they let
you walk all 'this way by yourself?"
" Ali I" said Mario, her ;heart sinking so
low that she thought she felt it beating in
the soles of her feet. "You think I am some-
body ! You mistake me for my friend ! I am
but the French teaoher-'nobody at all,
except to myself I" and she trembled.
"-Oh you are the French teacher, are
you?" said Neville, quite unmoved -with
a kindly sort of smile in his eyes -you
could''not see much of it or his lips, for
like Esau, he was a "hairy man" -"but
that is no reason why you are not to be
taken care of."
"Perhaps," said Marie, laughing, while
lier heart sprang bulk with a flash of,
eleotrio joy -then he did not care -it was all
the same to him-" but you know it is
nobody's business,' ho continued aloud.
4' Willyou let it be mine ?" asked Neville,
hall in jest, astonished at his own fluency;
but this was going too fast, and Marie
began to wish him away -to have time to
recover herself and think.
'You have plenty to do, I auppose ; you
cannot "smoke *ars here every day," ehe
"1 can always manage one in Obi locality
on Thursdays and Saturdays," returned
"No, no; you must not I"` she exclaimed
hastily, "it would not do! it would not be
right I" and she stopped suddenly, her
cheek flushing, and feeling really anxious
CHAPTER IV. to get rid of him -for they were now
- almost at the entrance to, Albany Street,
The anticipated Saturday rose clear and and Marie felt she could not be seen at
fair. It was an exquisite morning, worthy Signor Carrara's door with eo distinguished
of the month ot May, with life and Ira- an escort.
granee, and verdure, and antra , & loveliness "Good by, Captain Neville," she said
lending beauty (hen to what had none in with sudden decision, and palleingabruPta3t-
'itselt. "Must it be good by so soon?" he replied.
Neville atter looking in all direotiOns in
vain, took refuge'in & cigar, and ',placed
himself under on4 of those islands of strip.
ling trees which dot the Regent'ei Park, near
the broad weak. It was now close on two
o'clock -what if she would not °erne I or
curie escorted by some dueana-like gover-
ness! perhaps the awful Redoubt herself
As these uneasy thoughts; perplexed hire, a
light, active step approached; he turned
eharply round, and she was before him -
herself -fresh and. bright as ever. Her
cool looking muslin drees and scarf, so
exquisitely beaming and appropriate -
the quiet bonnet with its dentate white
ribbon, bouquets of wild roses and artistio
mingling of black lace, was enchantingly
becoming and " coquet ;"'and from the neat
parasol to the dainty boots idle was every
inch a woman to be loved -a lady to be
respected;
And Marie Delvigne was marvelously
moved. She would have been scarce mor-
tal, and certainly not an ilateresting mor-
tal, had eo brilliant a hero as ours made no
impression on her mind. To tell the truth,
thie speoimenof Malikilid.80 different from
all shoaled hitherto known, had scarce left
her dazzled eyessince they first met. He was
the "ocean to the river of her thoughts,"
and studies and exercises had alike been
obscured by impotently pondering the ques-
tion-" If; after all, 1 were to meet him in
the Park?" / ,
The encounter was each an wiexpected
fulfilinent of her resisted lioixia and ima-
gininge, that for a moment her heart was
stilt, and her cheek paled -then the color
flushed quick -over cheek and brow, and
her heart beat vehemently. '
The eight of eo inuch irrepressible emo-
tion gave Neville a sudden sense of hie own
impottanoe and superiority, like a true
man as he was, bonus° the fibre of
brain and nerve in him, of stronger and
coarser texture, vibrated with -less delicate
accuracy to the proniptings of the spirit,
than in winnan'e finer organization. It
was therefore with tolerable seltpossession
he raised his hat, and throwing eiway'hui
cigar, smilingly addressed her-- ' ,
"You have °hewn the hotted part of
the day, Mien Delvigne. It was much
cooler an hour ago!"
"Ab, Captain Neville! I am surprised
but it is a pleasant place to lounge in with
a•cigar on go 10401Y a morning."
"Is it? Well I never found it out befote.
Let me carry t'his for you-musio, I sup.
pose.What a thick roll -you don't intend
to sing it all to.day ? You'll be frightfully
done up."
"Oh: no ; I imuld sing more than is there
without much fatigue. You see a good
deal of it is the accompaniment."
Is it really ?" as if she had announced
,a wonderful fact. And whenmust you be
with this singing fellow'?" .
"At half-pnet two." ••
--
"Well, it is now only two=tito you need
not quicken your pace -you, are not afraid
of a rowing, are you?" \
"A rowing!" repeated Maty, puzzled.
"A blowing up!" explained Neville.
"He would be a; flinty sort of a•felloW that
•could be down On your naisaleeds 1" And
he glamied tendetly• let° hie doMpankinas
eyes. I , . • , ;
t Ah I you Mean that ,Signor Carrera
would scold me. Yesotredeed he would;
his minutes are very predioate ; but on the
whole, 1 ani a favorite with hi m -he is Very
good to me.,"
, "1 should think 'ticii" Said N ville Male*,
with another eapresnive le le, from hie
grave, gray ,eyes, which ;thank into his
bearer's heart, and °ailed the color to her
&cake. -
It was wonderful how' Pith their rela.
titre positions had °hanged si oe the peevi-
otie Thursday °veining. Then, he Was the
"But why?" he was beginning, when
with uncommon astuteness for a John Bull;
he reflected that it might pain her to say
she must not be seen with him:, and he was
She held:bather hand -a little, daintily.,
gloved hand -and he took it in hie, where
it lay, lost to sight; but certainly "to
memory , dear," when a moment after,
Neville stood alone, the last wave of her
dues floated round the turn info Albany
Street, out of eight. He steed alone, and
furious with himself for losing her so soon,
without Borne arrangement for a future
mee tin g,without some.link being &stoned in
the chain which Was to bindthem together.
What A sweet frank creature! What a
graceful lithe figure? Surely she was not
indifferent to, him 1 and ,thus added the
merit of disorimination to her other
charms. •
A second interview in the same looality
on the following Thursday was aeoured by
Neville's watchfulness; it, however, fur-
thered tus projeots but little, for Miss Del-
vigne was less at her ease, -more timid, and
apparently anxious to get rid of her admi.
rer, even while she listray,ed her growing
interest in him. Neville'fearful of start-
ling her by too sudden an advance, was left
in a painful state of perplexity as to his
nextstep. Time was pressing, too, and to
stave off present neoessities he was obliged
to let his friend lend him five hundred
pounds. How he dhaffed under this aim.
',Hastier', of worry may be imagined, with
his strong, impatient -temper, and proud
unyielding nature; for Neville, though
popular among his comrades as a fine
fellow, was not an amiable Wan.
He followed up the game, however, with
so rouoh'skill and perseverance that Marie
Delvigne seldom left the house without
encountering him. Were she accompanied
by any of the governesses or young ladies
he merely lifted his hat with. grave Cour-
tesy; were she alone, he managed to join
her, his quiet, respectful manner putting
her at her ease for the Moment, yet ',not
blinding her to the indiscretion of which
she was guilty, in listening to him, and
allowingherself to contract a certain
degree of familiarity .with a man of whoa°
antecedents she Watt SO ignorant. She
knew she ought not to let him assunae a
sort of right to meet her, and yet it soon
came to be a Ramifies° too great for her
strength to bid him farewell.
Yet if their conversations had Veen
reported very little that could' be defined
ae" love making would have been found
therein. Nevertheless, day after day Neville
parted from her with mere and more of
reluctance, and a constantly increasing
conviction that he was gaining ground,
though Marie was very shy, and liable to
panics, and fits of coldness that, so far
from allaying her loyer's feverish imps.
tienoe, added fuel to the fire. Sometitees,
too, the had pensive, almost melancholy
robeds, that nearly set him wild with an
overpowering desire tg clasp her to his
heart, and implore her to trust herself and
her future to his gUidanoe.
To Marie it was a most treing' time ; she
never bid Neville good -by without telling
herself it was most' probably forever,
as the whim whioh made him seek her
might at any moment either fade away or
be replaced by a fresh fancy. It was this
ever -recurring doubt which gave an uncer-
tainty to her manner, her • tilairitien, that
Neville did net understand, and by which
he was at times chilled and repulsed; still
she grew every day moro. dear, more neces-
sary, and in' moments of excitement he
could scarce keep back the declaration he
feared', to teak° prematurely.
'6 Miss Delvigne has already saved me
Rome hundreds, I fancy," said he to his
swindler. But if she will leave nie, Fleeing'
never repent it."
. "No, of counie riot; and you must never
let herfind out that you knew she was the
heiress till you have been married a good
long while, and then get over it the best
way you OAR. 1 realty ,see no other line
open for you -I mean as regards her.
After all, your debts are a mere trifle coni
pared to her fortune. However, don't
grow sentimental. What shall We do next?
I think you had , better, at the present
stage, shell the fortress with a few rounds
of fiery love letters."
"1 do not fancy I should do that sort or -aa...
thing well, Conapton- / do not mind writ- '
ing straightforward, asking her to be my
wife, and telling her I am a poor devil in
debt and difficulty -suggesting that we
should fight the battle of life side by side -
that's a good idea; but then we must
reconnoitre the premises, and see how we
could get a letter conveyed. We must be
careful. If Saturday is tolerably fine, I
shall endeavor to eee her once more before
I open the battery."
"Perhaps it would be as well," returned
tiro stanch counsellor; "but I should like
to have the natter finished, and you
away on your wedding expedition, •
before my grandfather returne. It will be
a treat to see the old gentleman open his
eyes when he hears the news." .
How to open communications with some
of the funittionaries of Miss Redoubt's
estallishm.ent Was now the diffioulty ; and
even if this eould be done there was a great
reluotatice to ooixiproo:ase Miss Delvigne in
the eyes of any servant.
(To be continued.)
610.006 Damages for u ilas She.
The Rev. George W. Baker and his wiN,
Hrs. Caroline H. Baker, have instituted
suit against Mr: W. A. Huff, proprietor of•
the Markham House,for $10,000 as damages
for several bites from a rat whioh M
Baker received while a guest of the Mark-
ham, in June last. In the petition, whioh
ie filed by Mr. Baker; he sets up that he is
a Baptist minister, and is engaged in the
sale °fleas of a religious character, and
at the titne of the injury for whioh he seeks
damages his wife was selling a book,
on every subseription to which
she received from a dollar and a
half to two dollars in conareiesions ; that
her average Monthly earnings were $200 up .
to the thrie she was bitten by the rat, and
that without that iDjury she wouldhave
continued to ` earn that amount. In the
month of Jiine Mrs./Baker in the prosecu-
tion of her work, came to Atlauta and be-
came the guest of the Markham, of which
hotel Mr. Huff is the proprietor. She was
assigned 'to a room on the second floor,
which she describes as one of the highest -
priced rooms in the house. At night she
retired after extinguiehing the light, when
suddenly ehe felt the cover 00 the , bed
move. She reached out her left hand, when
her arm was eeized by a large rat, which
she says was eo infuriated that before she
could take the bend away she wasbitten in
eight places. The wounds hemline inflamed,
and the arm became badly swollen, and
erysipelas set in. The arm appeared as if
it would mortify, and it seemed that Mrs.
Baker would lose it, and perhaps her life.
Mr. Baker recites the trouble, expense and
pain whioh have been calmed to himself and
wife, and puts the damages at 010,000,
0600 of which is eta down as an actual loan,
as what would have been hie wire's earn -
logs for three months, and 6500 as an
expenee for medical attention. Mr. Baker
says that Mr. Huff should have kept his
beds free from vermin. -A titian Constitution..
, . The CoartNoNflstnke
Judge Davis used to tell some adeeirrhie
stories of an old Illinois judge, one of whioh
we chance particularly to remember. One
of the judges wati rather remarkable for
conveying to jurors in his ._charges to them
his own opinions with regard to the merits
of the case. In one ease he bad done so
with, great plainness, but to his amazement
the Jury hung out for hours without coming
to an agreement. The judge ibquired of
the bailiff what was the matter,and
learned from him that one juror washang-
ing out against the other eleven. He sent
for the jury at once,
and stating to the
inters that he had plainly intimated how
the case ought to be decided, said he
understood one juror was standing out
against the other eleVen." He eirocieeded to
rebuke the juror sharply, The obstinate
juror was a nervous little man, and aa soon
as the judge was done he rose and intial
"Judge, may I say a Word 7" •
"Yes, sir,' said the indignant judge,
"what have you to say 1"
"Well, what I Wanted to say is, I am
the only feller that's on your, side,"-Peclea
Sun. •
Sir Gemini's risaaamUlleault•
Sir Garnet Wolseley will be pleased to
learn from the French journals that While
he was in Paris the other day on his way
home" from Egypt he had a touching inter-
view with a Frenchman whe saved hie life
in Zululand. This men, Pierre Lettrez by
name, had enlisted as a volunteer in the.
English army on the Capp, and Sir Garnet,
having heari- bim very favorably spoken
Of by the ofaceee of his regiinerit, made
him hie orderly. At Udangue he killed a ‘'
Zulu soldier who was just about to throw -
his assegai assegai at Sir Oarnet, who,failing to
indite° him to coree to England* lent him
01,000, with which he set, up a email • shop
in Paris and prospered exceedingly. When
Sir Garnet passed through ParieaLettrez
called at his hotel and paid him back, with
interest, the money lent. Sir Garnet was
compelled to accept repityrnenitt ao
earnestly aid Lettrez plead, and °mild not
even induce him to accept an invitation to
diviner.
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