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ifieco
aloas.ens AVFICg '10 Otrli GALLANT DETEC,-
. TIVES.
de.i'pe[trea and policerrien and members of
constabolary, •
To you 1 sing my Cr 88 in language tintinna-
- bulary, ,
(Which last wora.I discovered in, a very old voca,-
" bulary), .
hoop dark.
If a burgiary'S nom:milt edin a manner somewhat
mystical, ,
And all you havo to go upon is utterly sopuis-
tical, 1 „
Don't say a wi51d to any one, in a way character-
- But keep dark.
If a meMber & tho Tq'ess, in his professional
capacity,
Steps up and asks you questions with his natural
audaelty -
Tell him anything that f>uits you, sacrincing your
veraolty, '
So long as you keep dark.
When f*inao 1 beef t perpetrated, a reporter with
81.1.1tbt,3;.11"Cli.L1yartliculars -With .his usual
Say "You've got s, certain °hie to the criminal
who did it, li, • '
dark.
But you know exactly where he i, but if you give
To gosaltedectiolginideo papers, why the scoundrel's
own am iculars
Will surely hoar the news, and then the thing
would belridiculaus, '
' • So -keep dark.
' _
Though "twolxkl ahi• this: ends of justice to give
the news publicity,
And have it flashed 1l'QI.C1 place te place by means
Thero'd L e no glol.'y in it on aOcount of its 'aim -
1811)
' .1 So )cap dark.
If cit zees' weold eaten) aou, assume an air mys-
terioue, , • •
Look, it rogsv.)1.0; prof oun4, at least be very
Say, "Do. zoi', with 'your 'questions so bother us
and Nc.eary tze,
We 70,4st keep dark." ,.
Aiwart, Jo,; around_ I I) a bush and 080 a great
deal of o)2(,001 3, • - -
But don't give Way to "anything approaching to
Endeavor to itepross them with a sense of your
And keep dark. '
A detective, should be solemn and lacking in
And wear an air ef lay'r,tory, commingled with
p10110113 ity,
And lo making till CXG11'40 should have remark-
able fecundity, ' - •
And he must keep dark.
His conscience, should be callous, at the samo-
. ti3ne e elastical,
His speech tO an Outsider. be a little peripluu.s-
And in s.peakii ig 61 his °facers be quite encomia.s-
. Ent be's got to keep dark.
.And now ru. 'say Good-bye, and wish you ill
auspaciousiiess,
And hope this little poem has, no savor of
• malici sness, •
It is writtcf: as a pastime in a moment of capri-
ciousness, -
:Without a thought that it contains an item of
derniciousness. Swtz.
LOOK BEFeRE YOU LEAP
By MI'S! Alexander.
'CRAFTER. I.
. . .
• The great currents :Of bueineas and:Plea-
sure were eettiOg strongly 'Up and •dewo
the Strand, with their adoustomed even
roar, on e, bright APril. morning, some
: tatenty years 'ago. • The season Was at its
, prime. Half -past eleven had Ohimed from
:Martniti„ and the relieved guard: of
• Mews -had tiitned into Waterloo Place on
their honaeward WaY to Albany Street: ,e
In , one of the • best rooms ili 111terleY'io
,, Hotel leoletbg-On Trafalgar Square; an eleie
beeate ,bioaltfast wee,. laid out, including,
among.etnet s,Coeseeriee of ,a„ later meal, a
bottle- of cognac, whiletwo or three of seda-
'Water 1b,7 rnodestly.:0ii their ablee in the
. 'Cavity' of the sideboard. • . , -• •
'Throe eback 'on a :sofa, near an Open
with. one ;heelresting on the back
Of a olittie, Mat a YOOng, man, of 'perhaps
teVo-or-theee-andetwenty, in 'a Persian silk
' dressing -gown„ embroidered elippers,-righly-
weiked arnekii*Cap, and ail the appliances
of a mast. luXutieue morning
One of White hands .heli a naive -
paper, the rother SUpPotted his head -a
very handsome head 1 email, with delitiate
ears, eurieo bloca hair, and -bright, happy
dark eyee„ a trifle- too bead-like; perhaps.
Downy tr;UStacbcsdarkenedj his upper hp,
Without connealing. the red, youthful, unde-
cided Mouth, slightly ,itpartiwith,4 Pleasant
amile . - ;•
A staid, solemn, :evell-drearied man was
attending; eeda-Water" bottle in bind, at the
'opposite 'eicti ol the breakfast table.
Hold hived, SitennOtes'" saidtheloungere
"before, oon opeO that ace -using bottle -I
want to iroprees uPen you that -I drink it
in co,mteuenco. of...,.presetit huiat-not past
' excess-.,z6ti feelecouvinced,„Sinteinotes
«Y)1. iiif ff.rederic,".„
hard again -get the •some
cieYetolartoreeetraatleerbtandy-miteofetitglite
eu.t o tesolo 'Paiod,youl that tello*
Neville Will' be Ibex° directly; a;oel,
.sing Cut for it. Arley letterator him
"Yu SF, Frederic "
" thef
The p2,,,1e1 preeelited a' salver, on Which
lay lialFatatiozen noes and three large let-
terer eta:ea Sir Prederto picked out. e . •
"Got me the cleret, Sim ;"-the Valet
vanished,. : • „ • , , • e . • .
Said t Le young exquisite; " theao
two .are ti 118, .00 circulars, and) this e-ohl
• this meet he from our sovereign, lord and
'bro.thea how Neville will avvearl I
wish 1'0, bad a •good. 'Old father instead Of a
crabbe:l kfklle half-brother Neville
is a evei,i tat leliceart he'd be a first-rate
fellow, t .--e--- • '
We . exe itot destined to know Why, at
present, .fee the' door was horst open, and a
map:tit:10°6e individual appeared; a
broad-niece:littered man, in edark-blue uni-
term, bleyoug.eteith gold, ,and lighted bete
andthote eve thegleaans of • crimson; BpUr,S
tanglitee, lik'ete..s rattling, he ettode into the
room Iii.c,i1,0,10..pa:17Sonation. of pomp
and oieeittestenee glorioup war." -
out a Noel ait 13 mired aside his het Messer
pelisse etre,' AL' s',1, diecloeiag a sun -burnt,
- broad-beoweti Tece, a somewhat heavy jaw,
. large, OtE,76', eyee, wavyorellOW-
, brown, IA .or, long mbstaches, a shade
" How raw j t„ Compton?" were his first
.word.f' 'L,\,").kure.'..,s the brandy?" alas! Were
theso. •
. "Try ..etene alevet instead," returned Sir
Frecieele ;; "1 vill cool you better -I ani
' jest going to low eonee."
No, 1;61 Beteidy steadies you more,
-and it ie OatoemLlly hot! M band shakes
like a gielte 1 Olo no PI in answer to a' leek
froth hie tiriend, you•ktioW,Inever,deink,.
and it waiald take =u hogehead to bevel nio
over dd. Dat Her Majesty is an early
ifirdrGeid bless hell . and I had Hoare° time
after We broke up fcit a bath, and to Herein-
ble into ,noiferno before We ' were paraded
•Mid off at Nit trot to the etation-.-now-
'tiny letteis?",
Hato you ate," was the ungrammatical
.reply Of his ftieueL "I have been.specu
gating %men them .while waiting for you,"
and he tossed over the three large ones.
Neville meantime had compounded a
mixture of brandy, soda -water, and ice in
a huge tumbler, and drained it off ,thirstily,
setting it down with a deep eigla'of enjoy-
ment ; he took them, and selecting one,
looked „intently at it on air sides; then
glancing up with a sudden, frank smile,
which brightened • his rather stern face
marvellously, said- a
"'Gad! I never was in such a funk,
either at Meerut or Lucknow, as at the
sight of 'this confoundedly clear, accurate
penmanship, Don't laugh, Compton! Here
goes!" and the seal was broken.
A few minutes' silence, while Captain
Neville's eye 'ran hastily over the even
lines. Gradually the strong jaw closed
with a fierce expression, and the hand,
which had slowly pulled his long neusta.chee,
dropped aud clinched by his side. Then
he looked up, and said quietly-
' " It's no go, Compten."
"The devil it is!" replied that ingenuous
youth. "What the deuce wilkyou do?"
"Sell out," was the rejoinder.
" And then?".
Mercury, the god of vagabonds, alone
-knows"-returned
"1 am fit for little but a barrack;
yet I tell you what, Compton, I must eat
and get cool, and think, man,fot out of this
151059 I most find a way."
He rang the bell, and on the appearance
of a waiter asked for his man.
" Heis in your room, sir."
" Go on with your breakfast; I'll be with
you directly," bald the Captain, and van-
Sit Frederic drew a chair to the table
and shook his head, made a deep incision
into a pate de Strasbourg and transferred a
portion of it to his plate, then shook his
head again, and, holding his knife and fork
inactive, fell into deep thought: ,"
' In a few , minutes Neville re.entered,
looking fresher, having doffed the glories, of
his uniform for a dressing gown, etc:, like
those of his Companion, Only more subdued
in color.
Without exchanging many words, he
commenced a serious onslaught on the good
things before him,andwhile thuilengagede
an explanatory word or two. Neville was
a oaptain in the -th Hussars, the cadet of
an old but decayed north country race.
The letter we have seen him read was from
his half -brother -the son cif his father's
first -marriage with the daughter of a city •
magnate-whosesiortune had Propped up
the house of Neville. He had inherited
his mother's share in the famous banking
house of Foster & Co., and also the father's
estates. He was a cool, shrewd rnan of
business, and his shrewdness was at once
strengthened and regulated by a, certain
sorabre,,",Puritanical' turn a mind, which
suited Well with his narrow but deep intel-
ligence. Indeed he possessed ,more of the
traditional "roundhead" -charateteristios-
stern'resolve and unyielding conviction -
than is often -found in this pliant age. .
Guy, our fried, now deep in the Stras-
bourg pie, Was, as I have said, of a different
stamp, though not without a family like-
ness. His mother was a bright coquette,
noble and penniless, with warmer blood in
her veins than that which flowed strong
but slow through, those of the Cumberland
Nevilles ; so, in addition to a certain tena-
city of purpose, Guy- had a strong dash of
passion arid perversity --troublesome- in-
mates for a soldier of fortune. '
' Now, his weakness was not wine nor
women; though he bad his love aftairs-
mere trifles -he never cared sentimentally
for any one, it Was the love of gambling
which was too strong for him. And he was
long a keen ''and a successful gen:meter, at
firat within tolerable, bounds, latterly, espe-
cially, since his luck turned somewhat
egoist him, he had gone deeper and deeper
and now, having Put off all other creditors
as long as he could, -in order to meet his
debte of honor, and his last hope out off by
his brother's refusal to assist him, he felt
almost Stunned by the sudden pressure
with which the knowledge that he owed
nearly three thousand pounds. weighed.
upon him.: Five hundred he must pay
before seven days were over, and all he had
to pay it with was the price of his commis -
Bien -of his gay jacket, his horses, soda
few personalties. These once gone, " Othel-
lo's occupation would be o'er ;" the future
a "slough of despond." To what could he
• Nevertheless he had strong nerve and a
stout heart left ; besides, he :was not yet
thirty, so he ate to strengthen himself,
that he might fight his way out of the cor-
ner into which he was hemmed. . .
His friend, Sir Frederic Compton, was
lieutenant in his regiment -rich and gay,
and generous -beloved by all -a trifle wild,
but that Was only more endearing.-a,Thet
sole drawback to his,' sunny lot was the
fact that his father had decreed by his will
that the heir to his broad Devonehire lands
and Cornwall mines should not be Of age
till he was five -and -twenty, till which time
he was under the severe but loving guar-
dianship of a maternal grandfather, agrand
.old city Craieue. As if -this was not bother
enough, the grandfather's heart was set on
marrying the young baronet before he was
out of leading -strings; and, kind, busy, old
manoto save the boy trouble,, had found a,
wife -for him --ward ofhis.own-to.Whom_
no reasonable man could make any objec-
tion. But boys, and -girls too e are ever
Neville and Compton had become known
to each other preivieue to the latter joining
the --th Hussars, through the businese
connection of old Mr. Foster (Sir Fred-
ericli grandfather) and Neville's brother;
who constituted the Co. in the famous
establishment of Foster & Co., and Guy
had been at once the young baronet's "fides
Aohates," and, notwithstanding his own
tutors,' his mentor. ,
By this time tbe first edge of appetite .is
blunted, and the two young [nett began to
Said Sir Frederic, kindly, "Try the
fratello once more, old boy?"
" Ncifte-Teove my soul," returned Neville,
fiercely ; "besides, I have no right -we
never were friends, and," -a, - momentary
pause--" I have no choice -al have been
"thinking while I eat. I must speak to
COX% people about my_coratnission, to -mor-
row, then think of the future afterward.'4
"Don't be in .sueh a hurry; for God's
sake. Look here, I -could easily raise you
seven or eight hundred by ray name, and.
that would stave off matters for a while
and—' ,
. "flow am I to repay you? It would
come to the mond in the end. My commis-
siott must go. A thousand thanks to you,
Fred, all the same. You are a good fellow
No, no! the Sooner I make tlae wrench and
disappear the better, or I'll be going deeper
in the mire. I must vow against cards,
dice; betting, everything, or Pll end by
being Croupier or billiard -marker in spine
hell, by jove I Talk of something else -
yourself --what are you going to, do to
?" • ,
Sir Frederic looked at his friend, and
saw he had better' Ituneoe him, so he grum-
bled out, " goch a sell, but I 1111213t do W.-,
Another elicit° of ham, Neville ?--Graeed-
papa is in a worse fidget tban ever to have
me tied to that heireefi he has been saving
op for me, and tceidgfit she is to be trotted
out for my inspection; at .a dernieemi eort
of a jutenite party in St. John's Wood -au
awfuIty elow place. The MEW Of the hods°
is a ohuni Of theareVerecrgiiindiatliiir=i-
mighty man on 'Change. I have dined
there at magnificent spreads; but oh! ,so
heavy. However, , I havepromised to go.
It will keep the old gentlemanii
quet a while.
.
I wish you'd come with me, Neville?"
" Pahaw 1" said that gentleman courte-
ously."But who is this girl, and why is
your grandfather so anxious to nearry you
to her? You are rieh enough."
"Why, yes! But you see he has a mania
for landed property, and she has about a
thousand a year, almost in a ring fence,
lying right between my Devonshire and
Cornwall estates. Then her father was a
sworn ally of the old governor's; his cor-
respondent at New Orleans for •centuries.
-
Ultimately, he came over here, bought this
property, invested his little savings, doubled
them (I dare sky ehe-leas thirty or forty
thousand in the funds), brought up hie only
child in a half savage, half philosophical
manner, and left her a ward of My grand-
dad's. ,I suppose she is about eighteen or
nineteen now. He says she is handsome -
black eyes, and all that fiorb of thing.
Mother a darky, probably! Now I admire
blondes; besides,' lie added, feelingly, " it
is cruel to take a fellow's .freedom from
-him-just_a,s_he_begins_to_enjoy it, and. I
can't be bored with any other woinan now
but Totums. Totums is such a nice, bright,
pleasant little thing."
"That's all very well; but don't you get
into any roisohief with Miss Tottuns," said
Neville gravely.
The young lady in ,question was a dis-
tinguished member of a distinguished bai-
lee, and famed for a succession of rapid
pirouettes on the extreme point of her right
great toe, which had gained for her the
fond but familiar appellation of " Teeto-
tum," abbreviated as above-
" Oh, I'll take care," said Sir Frederic.
Then after a moment's thought, he
exclaimed, with sudden energy--" Neville
I have the primest idea -help yourself and
me! Make love to the heiress -marry her
-get the tin -reform your ways -wind up
in high respectability -brother's pleasing --
virtue rewarded -eh?"
"Pshavv I" said Neville again.
" Why not?" pereisted the youn g Baronet.
-"You are olcler than I am -have sewn
more wild oats. You are a good fellow;
not averse to matrimony -would make her
a deuced deal better husband than nine
tenths of those among whom she will pro-
bably marry! Now, do think, my boy! It
is not every day I have so bright an idea!"
"Compton," returned his friend, speak-
ing slowly, "you are ridiculous." ,
"That's right -take your time, old fel-
low," said the other gleefully. "It's just
the thing for you. Come with me to
the tea -fight. Go in, and win. If she
chooses to prefer you (and of _course he
will it you make love to her and I don't), -
my grandfather cannot blame me."
" 'Gad ! if she is a darky, all the cash in
Christendom- will not make up for it,"
cried Neville, half carried away by his
friend's enthusiasm. " But if not, if she
is nice girl, by Jove it might be a grand
throw. Yet to owe everything to a wife is
to play rather second fiddle? Eh, Comp-
ton ?" '
" Pooh ! nonsense! Your fine old usenet
and social standing will be a grand feather
in the eyes of a New Orleans girl. I won-
der does she drawl her words through her
nose -that would be dreadful." '
"Compton," said Neville thoughtfully,
"I'll go with you this evening; though by
heavens, I feel ashamed of myself. I feel
like a common adventurer, by George 1 and
no gentleman."
!Won't talk like an idiot. You are all
right. You try to get up the steam, and
fall he love with her. Make her very
happy,. and nurse the estate, and all that
sort of thing. By and by I'll marry sonee
pretty blonde, and we will be first rate
neighbors, fit to point a moral or adorn a
Neville rose from the table, and paced
the room two or three times, took another
tumbler of eodaewater--this time without
brandy -and ultimately said -
"There is no harm in having a look. I
will go with you, Compton."
"01 course you will be reasonable,"
returned his friend. "I dare say she is a
charming, fresh creature, utterly free from
knowledge of the world. She has been at
school with some awful old, woman at St
John's Wood for the last yeettrand a half •I
believe; and yell are heat the sort of a Don
to want the first of a woman's heart. So
you are all right, if some faeoinating draw-
ing Master or music -master has not been
before you," he added, with a touch of tens-
- "What right have I to look for the
cream of anything?"' said Neville, with
some -bitterness. e" I wish -but why talk
of -wishes? Where shall we meat?
Ob, here, here," returned the Barone5.
"And Neville, do hear ma. If you want
to play thie' or any game, successfully,
you must haveyour • wits clear. So let me
lend you the , seven hundred, and you can
pay me when you sell your commission, or
-marry." _
" Hum ! a pretty way to spend the poor
girl's money." ,
"If I know anything of women," said
the young Lieutenant, with, a pretty "air of -
conceit, she will think it Well spent if you
love-hereatid-showeherattention.L_
"Suppose she ie a. woman' who will talk
of my house, and my horses?' Eh, Comp-
.
"By Jove! there are few would try that
game with you, I fancy," -
"God knows! What's her nametall this
time ?" . ,
" Mary Delvigne."
" French ?"
a No, South American."
Well, I'll have a look." -
" We meet, then, here at dinner. Sharp
eeven. So good morning and success."
Sir Frederic nodded to his friend, and
left the room':
- CHAPTER II.
Neville was not punctual, howevece and
it was nine o'clock before the friends were
,e'n route for the festive scene. I.-. •
"I wonder what new vagary my grand-
father was up to to -day," said Sir Frederic
Conopton, as they began to get clear of the
noisier etreets. "The old boy , was three
times at the hotel this afternoon; had not
long left when I returned, and said he'd
have waited longer, only he had to start
for -Pa -tie -by -the night mail, so there will
be an impediment the less to our scheme
to -night.' '
"Ours? Say yours," returned ,Neville.
"Well, mine, if you will; but I dare Bay
that stupid waiter did not give me the right
message, and Simmons was out; be eo eel.
adom asks leave 'of absence thet I let him
a‘ sone° men can't say no," growled
Neville.
Then they must be pleasant fellows,"
said hie good humored companion. "Don't
be down hearted! You are on the road to
love and riches. Nothing venture nothing
have!' Here we are!"
Mrs. Coleman's reception had progressed
to a culminating poitt of success when our
friends reaohed Saratoga Lodge, St. John's
Fled of sensation, ddWa Or VP,. through the
fat and dignified hosteas to the insignificant
French teacher -asked- in deference to the
heiress' whim of friendship. The Baro-
net's ,air Of fashion and the soldierly bear-
ing of his companion were alike superior
to the =ninon standard of Saratogie-LodOe.
Sir Frederic); aecording to his genial habit,
was soon perfectly at home with his host-
ess, whose soul he satisfied -with compli-
ments; while Neville listened with a half -
suppressed smile. '
After hearing Sir Frederic's explanation
of Mr. aoster's absence, and pronouncing
a warm eulogium upon his character and
merits, Mrs. Coleman led her guests to the
claocing-room, where the company having
gyrated madly for half an hour in a giddy
waltz, were now completing the performance
by trailing in couples, with solemn absurdity
round and round ,the room. Two or three
boys in jaokets, and half a dozen prim little
girls bristling with flounces, entitled the
gathering to the name of a juvenile party.
Through Oleo conflicting couples did Mrs.
Colenaan wind her devious course, followed
by Sir Frederic and Neville, in Indian file.
"You're nearly across the Rubicon now,"
whispered the former. "Cen you dance?"
not .,:ifo,eayeees years.
1:73Ea't lie?Pyle triTe-vi 1 .07" u
"Must I 'Most imperatively." ,
Mrs. Coleman paused here before a pretty
group of three young girls. One, fair, tall,
handsomeewith full', light, languishing blue
eyes, was sitting in a window -seat; beside ,
a slight, timid, quiet -looking brunette,
whose unobtrusive paleness scarce justifies
an appellation -which always conveys the
idea of brilliancy; at the other side of 'the
" belle blonde," and bendizig to speak to her,
while the crimson drapery of the window -
curtain formed a very effective background,
stood the third -tall and slight, but round
and pliant, with a soft color mantling
through her clear, brown fair cheek, :and a
half smile trembling on her rosy, kindly'
lips. Her own glossy dark hair was plaited
into a coronet, but no other ornament
interfered with the graceful outline of her
head: A snowy cloud Of white 'muslin
seemed to Neville's rather nervous vision
to, float about her indistinctly, save that
certain easy folds were gathered from the
creamy sloping shoulders by a sash of black
velvet to her waist, and among them rested a
bouquet of fragrant flowers. She turned to
Mrs. Coleman as Blie approached, with an
indefina,ble expression of joyous' life -an
expression • which our neighbors' word
" spirituel" can alone convey; and then her
eyes met Neville's, her color deepened, and
her bright glance involuntarily drooped.
"Sir Frederio Compton -Captain Ne-
ville," said the hostess. " Mee Delvigne
---Miss Weston."
The gentlemen bowed.
"Allow me the honor of the next gal-
lop," said Sir Frederie, with prompt
decision, addressing the fait beauty. ,
The lady at onoe graciously assented.
"Will you dance with me ?" said Neville,
to kis bright particular star, 111100O8Ci011a
earnestness rendering his deep tones less
steady than usual, and feeling a nattrvellous
attraction to the fair girl he addressed.
"11," he thought, "fortune is to come to
mein soh a guise, I am the luckiest fellovt,
on the globe." -
Neville was not a ladies'man, and knew
nothing at all of gay, innoceutyoung girls;
net could Miss Redoubt's shyest pupil feel
more ill at ease under the awful inspection
of Madame Pirouette, the treble-x.dancing
mistress, than did this bold Dragoon, as he
thought, "What shall I say? How can I
teller that she is ebeautiful darling, and
I wish myself an Earl, with 250,000 a year,
for her sake?"
Meantime Marie Delvigne was stealing
shy glances at her stalwart admirer, to her
a totally new specimen of mankind. Hith-
erto her experience had been limited to
long-haird professors, more or less severe,
while school life had proved somewhat
tame,' lonely, unsympathetic; nevertheless
she was enjoying that glorious springtime
when "the hght that surrounds us all is
all from within." - - •
"What is it to be?" said Neville, after
an uncertain pause.- "1 ought," he con-
tinued, plucking up courage, "to warn you
that, having been little in civilized life, I
shall make but an indifferent partner."
"How ?" asked Miss Delvigne, looking
up at him with frank curiosity. "What
are you, then -a soldier ?"
" Yee," returned Neville.
"1 am glad I ver met an English
soldier before. But why are you in these
clothes?" .
_ ot` You would_ not h ve_me-appear-in-uni-
form ?" ' • -
" Yea : it must be p ttier than this cos-
tume."
"Well, perhaps so But shall we begin?
Promise you will be lenient to my errors."
A bright glance and smile, and they
started. The music was well rnarked.
Neville had 'sufficient. ear to get on tolera-
bly; and moving rapidly to the inspiriting
strains of a good band, with a little soft
figure in your arms, and a pair of bright
eyes sometimes glancing up to yours, is not
an unpleasant mode of advancing one's
fortunes,
"But you do very well indeed," ' said
Neville's fair partner, as they paused for -
breath after a long continued turn.
---ffereasy tone reassured- Nevillt3O-andhar
"Having succeeded so far, I fear to peril
the reputation I have gained -and you
mud be tired:, I feel your hand trembling,"
-he half involuntarily pressed it to his side.
"11 is hot, too. Let us go into the conser-
vatory, or get an ice, or something ;" and
with a vague idea that he must keep out
of Mrs. Coleman's way, he led his partner
to the conservatory.
The subdued -light, tlie-lieWatiterthee
stillness, the distant Mtlei0, made up a deli-
cious atmosphere.
"This is pleasanter than all that row,"
'Judd Neville corepl'acently. Sit here,
Miss Delvigue. You look like a white biog.
som yourself, with that back ground of
green leaves." _
"Do I I What a charming idea! Aeld
where have you been if you have not been
much in civilized life ?"
There was an indescribable charm o
innocent boldness,. of frank, fearlessf
equality" in her maniter that delighted
Neville. Though refined and gentle, it was
so fresh and unconventional, that he
thought within himself, "1 never dreamed
those Southerners could turn out such a
woman. I could feel more comfortable
and at home if I was not so desperately
inclined to hies het when she looks into my
eyes.."
"Well," said he aloud, "1 have been
a good deal out of England -in India. at
the Cape, and out -of. the -way places. Aud
how do you like parties, and dancing,and
all this sort of 'thing?" ,
"Very much indeed: but I like sitting
in this pretty, quiet place, and feeling I
shall be out of school for another hour or
two, alnaoat better." -
"You don't likerschool then ?"
"No, indeed! Did you. like being at
school?" ,
yete=no," returned Neville, hesita-
what alone, though I never 'think of it
much."
Ah you must have many friends,
Frederic 1"
"You mistake me," said Neville, amused.
"My friend Compton is whirling away with
your lair friend."
"Oh -then you are Captain Neville I how
strano 1"
"Why strange?" he asked, looltiog into
"1 can hardly 'telt, only I thought you
must he Sir Frederic Compton, because --
because you looked the oldest. How bright
and pleasant he seems to be."
"You admire him," aaid Neville with
some pique. I
"1 do," she returned candidly; " he is
not like what I expected."
" Then you had termed sotne expecta-
tions," resumed Neville smiling, though still
piqued. "And you expected to find him a
morose old fellow like myself ?" ,
"You," said Mies -Delvigne, looking up
into his face and speaking slowly-ancl
thouglatfully-" you are quite different."
This did not sound. very complimentary
-yet Neville never felt so complimented
by any speech before. It implied so wide
easgulf-Inet wean -himself -atidelnafrienclothata
for a" moment he felt a superior being, and
then Miss Delvigne asked- "
" But he,is a great friend of yours? Is
he nice and geed and true?"'
"What the deuce does she want to know
so much about him for ?" thought Neville.
"How bold all thie would sound from an
English girl; yet it seems right and endue
ral from her. She evidently. knoves old
Foster's schemes, and is not indisposed
toward ,them: 4 Oh, yes," he said aloud,
"Compton is a capital fellow -and true as
steel; at lease to men." . •
"To men" she said, musingly, and inter-
rogatively. e
" A.nd to women too, probably," added
Neville, "only I have had no opportunities
of judging." •
"Have you then no lady friends?" asked.
Miss Delvigne.
"Not many," he returned smiling
"you know I told you I have beeti but little
--
in England of late years."
"Tell me about India," said she, With a`
pretty air of command.
Neville found it a little difficult to begin,
but once launched. found- it, easy to -con-
tinue, the sweet attentive- eyee, so frankly
raised to his, inspiring a degree of eloquence
that surprised himself.
"And you have been in real battles--
and.seen men killed or, worse, lying help-
less and 'suffering ?.- r never talked to a
soldier before. How horrible war must
"
Most e horrible and brutal," . replied
Neville. " When the battle is over, one
feels half ashamed of the fierce excitemetit
it rouses."
." Ah II could listen long to your stories,
butl have. stayed 'too long ; 'let us go batik'
to the . dancers • - '
. So Soon?" eried Neville, " you cannot
be missed just yet ,
She shook her head.
" Well, then,' give Me a flower, oi• even a
leaf," he continued imploringly, for ' eh°
Md -taken -her bouquet, from its resting -
place, and was thoughtfully playing with it.
"Do you want one very, very much ?"
she asked, playfully, and with such a win-
ning emile that Neville, surprised at his
own feelings, and fearful of saying too
much, contented himself with a glance,
but one so expressive of admiration, that a
sudden revelation flashed across his fair
companion, who with a dim, uneasy, yet
delicious sense c'd danger, said, less frankly
than before, "Let us return ; perhaps Mies
Weston will be looking for me."
Neville silently presented his arm, but
checked his 'companion on the threshold
of their leafy retreat.
" Audrey flower ?" he said, " do not cheat
Miss Delvigne hesitated, blushed; and
shyly took a spray of beliotropefrom her
bosom, which Neville eagerly appropriated,
and led her in silence bleak to the place
from whence they came.
Here they found the pale- quiet girl,.
whom Neville'S partner addressed . affeca
tionately.
"Have you been dancing, dearest ?"
" No," said the pale girl, smiling with a
pleasant arch expression; "lent I have
been much amused." .
, .
"That is well," said Miss Delvigne, and
batwing to Neville, eat down.
He lingered a moinent,. loath to leave
here.yet feeling himself dismissed. Pre-
-sently -Mrs.-Colemitn-touched-his-arm—
" Come, Captain Neville," .she said, "let
me get orou-a partver. I must take better
care of my friends. I see Sir Frederto
Compton, by some stupid mistake, is dime-
ingewith Miss Weston instead of Miss Deb
vigue."
"Pray do not inflict me on any more
young ladies," said Neville, "1 have dis-
gusted Miss Delvigne."
"Miss -Delvigne ! Than you have been
dancing with her?" cried Mrs Coleman, hi
dissatisfied accents. "Al!you must not
be lazy, Captain Neville. I want recruits
for the Lancers." -
That is quite beyond me," said Neville,
-bowing; and a .waiter addreseing some
communication at thattnoment to the lady
of -the- house, - he eseafed intie -OT-iftdaaer:
From. thenoe he , the satisfaction of
watching the beautiful heiress go through
the. intricate figures with Sir Frederic,
veho eeemed to -make himself uncommonly
agreeable, and to be on the happieet.terms
with his partner. Not even his memory of
the tone 10 which she had said, "You are
quite.diffetent,7' could silence the whispers
of the green eyed monster. Gradually old
thoughts crept back to Neville; the gnaw-
-Mg -sense -of debtaand- difficulty-thexon-_
tention betvveen his sudden passion for the
fair American and his shame at reckoning
ou a wife's fortune to pay-his-debte. Yet
it was not fair of Compton to suggest such
a, pleasant mode of liquidation, and then
make love to the ledy himself. It was not
fair by Jove He (Neville) would make
her a far better, steadier husband than a
boy like Comptort. -
(To be co ntinued.) '
- Grumblers -never work and,woe kers never
g .unable. -Dr. JViWamo
An ounce of real mother Wit is worth a
pound of book learning. ,
P. el'Barniatia• istogive Bridgeport a
52,000 public clock. e-
Seetetary Shankin, of the "Ex -Union
Prisoners of War Association," has' a
echeme to erect a monument over the graves
of the 13,000 Unknown deed "at Anderson-
' Lieut. Ponsonby, late of the Royal Navy,
whose -misconduct last year toward a bar -
Maid led to her suicide, and so incensed
the mob aa to imperil his safety after the
inquest, has been divorced from his wife=
a lady Of higti connections whom he had
deserted -under circumstances deeply
disgraceful to him.
Assemblyinen Watson and Beck, of the
Georgia Legit3lature, are expert in handling
Wood, a ' substantial- house, substantially_ tingly. "1 witih I, was 'there once More," the fiddle. Henry Grady declares -that
furnished, with a wide 'entrance and hand.- he ccifieliffied, with a sionardirsati e. nay fiddled their -war-intosofficeetlecelaera
sonic, rooms. Those for reception were, all, ' Miss Delvigne looked at him eueprised..., orite tunes .being "Mississippi Sawyer"
on the lower floor, and the hall ended in a "Perhaps you are like myself, without and " Yeller 'Gal Come.....Out• To -night."
conservatory of tolerable dimensions, prat- relatives or friends, and in a strange land? ,Young Taylor, of Tennessee, got into Con-
tily lit up, and well calculated for flirting. but no, yOu are thoroughly English." gross by bus good fiddling two years ago,
Tlett entrance of our -Hussars -sent -a faint- ae "4-arreEnglish-: -nevertheless-I-am yaw-- -b'at_thignionth-he -was defeatedo: _
Hew Frank iilddn1101,171lide FIkt *Inner.
Prank Siddells tells me that all the money
he has ever made from his famous soap
was by advertising in, the newspapers.
He has never spent a cent for posters or
for circulars, other than those in which his
soap is wrapped. He intends, as Boon as
he is at home in his magnificent new
quarters, next door to the Chestnut Street
Opera House,. to invite all the heavy adver-
tisers , of ftlie,ctiontrYto 4 reception there,
where -11W liktaYstem of advertis-
ing. He will offer to pay the railroad ex-
peuses to Philadelphia of those gentlemen
residing out of the city. Newspaper men
will also be present, and his talk cannot
fail to include many new points, for he has
made a careful investigation of the prob-
lem of advertising. What he says will be
all the more valuable eines it comes
directly from his personal experience, and
he is known to have built up an enormous
business, as he frankly states through news-
paper advertising, though of course having
a good artiole to -start with.-P-rogress.
A. IIIIIetteless Pupil.
There is no subject, says the New York
-Graphim-on--Nvhich-women-are-more-hope-
lessly at loss than on matters relating to
marine architecture. Such knowledge_
don't impress itself upon her. A sea cap-
tain who atteMptedto teach nauticalisms •
to a party of ladies on a yacht not long
since fared as tollovvs
Lady No. 1-" Now, captain, what is a
aloop ?'
"Captain-" A sloop has but one mast."
(Pointing to a schooner,) " Is that a
. sloop ?"
"No ;. that is a schooner. A 'sleep has
but one mast; a schemer has two, as you
see. Now, remember- sloo,p,„ one mast;
schooner, two." • ,
"Certainly. • How many masts has a
ship ?"
"Three."
"How many masts did you say a sloop
had?"
"One. Sloop, one mast; schooner, two;
ship, three." .
" Well, what's the difference between a
man -o' -war and a smack ?"
(Groans, and -is intent.)
a What are 'those sticks across the mast
of that schooner, paptain?"
' " That's not a schooner. , Schooner, two
masts ; ship, three ;' sloop, one. That's a
'ship. Those are the yards which hold the
sails. •
"Oh 1"
(Encouraged.) "Now, the first yard on
the foremast is the foreyard ; the second is
the foretopsailyard ; the third is .the fore-
gallantyard."
" What is that, yard sticking straight out
of -that little schooner?"
" That's not a schooner; it's a sloop.
Sloop, , one mast; schooner, two; ship,
Lady No.. 2-" Certainly, .Jane. How
stupid you are! Captain,. what are the .
names of the other masts'on that schoon-
er's yards you Were Pointing out to us ?"
"Isn't that a -pretty ship sailing along?"
" Ship !, That's an old tub of a schooner,
ma'am. ;Schooner, two masts; ship, three ;
sloop, one; I tell yen." -
"(Jan a sloop have two masts?"
"Sloop, one mast; schooner, two; ship,
Lady No. 3-" How many masts has a
ship, captain?" "
Skip, three meets; schooner, two;
sloop, one." ' '
"-Yes, I know. Schooner, one -nee two
masts; sloop, two -no, three; ship, one.
There!"
Regulations' as to 'rebate°.
The Department of Inland Revenue has
decided that leaf tobacco shall be placed
under lock, and key in onstody of an officer
,of the department, who will Lame it as it.,
may be ;- required , for manutacturing pur-
poses. A minimum standard of production
will be fixed, on which 'duty will have to be
, paid' whether the quantity is turned out or
not. Liquorice, molasses find sugar _enter
. largely into, the manufacture of tobacco,
and as manufacturers have to , pay a cus-
toms duty on 'them and an excise duty on
tobacco, it has been decidedthat in future
those articles stored with the leaf 'and
issued for manufacture shall be free from
custom duty. The order has --been issued
from the fact of a large difference being
noticed in the returns of the amount of
tobacco leaf from thefactories and' the
amount ' of manufactured tobacco. The
new regulation may give_ a "little more
trclqble,but-itis believed will --go smoothly.
, New Post-Olitcee.
The following new post -offices wereestab-
hailed on November 1st 13irdsalls, Peter -
bore', Ontario; Broadview, Northwest
Territory; Clareview (reopened), Adding.
ton, Ontario; East Angus, Compton,
Ontario; Harden, Lisgar, Ontario ; Harold,
Hastings, Ontario; Indian Head, North-
west Territory ; Latour Mills, Pontiac,
Quebec; Moosonain, Northwest Territory;
Nyanza, , Victoria, N.S.; Regina; North- '
west Territory; Reuniter, Cardwell; Sewell,
Selkirx. The followingleave been changed:
Clandeboye to Mollinlfft Goose River, N.S.,
to Linden; McGillivray, Ontario, to Clan-
edeboyeeRontleau-to-Bleoheinie______
Faitlitalnee4 of Reporters.
.dovernor.elect Butler is not one of those
orators Who.complain because the,reporters
do net get hate print every word they utter,.
or because they sometimes ehange'a word
here and there, for the better or the worse:
"You workingmen of the prose," he said at
a dinner of a Boston reporters' Club,
"always do your duty thoroughly, and
-that L have_reciejved_aoy , portion 'or the
applause of my fellow-citizehic:iitilitidicfeetto°
the foot that I have received -from you
atecuriee and truthful reports of what I
have mod. And for that fidelity, which
has never, faltered, whether from men
opposed to me or in my favor, I beg to re-
turn to each and all of you my meet grateful
thanks." -
Wendell Philips ,has given 1,300 volumes
to the Boston public library.
A girl of Waukon, Iowa being eXCeB.
sively fond of babies, borrowed one of a,
• neighbor for the day. It fell into it fire
ansi was burned to death. The girl was
not inamedia,tely the-eause of the accident
and yet she was eo grieved and frightened
by it that she died within an hour.
Mary Anderson is an exception to the
„oft-tepeated rule that nobody can attain
excellence en the stage witliout beginning
to climb at the lowest round. She made
her debut ill leading tragic roles only a few
yeare ago, and began to awake mbuey and
fame at the very , outset. She is now very
wealthy, and ae for gtory, she was pub-
licly crovtued with a laurel wreath the -
other night in her native city of Louisville,
by theaMeyor and Editor Watterson, et
the 'Courtereleithica. The Mayor assured
her that she ,possessed ""eideeding level;
pees of person, purity of heart and beauties
of mind." ,
Mrs: Wilson of Oregon; got a ail/tree' •
-froneeeher-hus aud-on-the ground of int-
delity and cruelty last year.- He reformed
and wanted to marry her again. She eon. ,
sented, but he afterward changed his mind,
and she is now suing him for breach of
_promise.-