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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1887-6-2, Page 6OF HE LE ogArzoP, yw. The flint eat in the Oran% was about, to be played—the pappete alt arranged, all eating fig themselves, never heedteg the hand of at iu it, Hector le Geutter eehilriphant, huta troubled oeeeeionellet by the loeh of lite device yet trueting ti Inc Iiee them Shaw' their mettle now" Where ie anee. the Aret place, I eM 991414)46d Ti Ali'D 0-ENgRAL WO. new mellaberte neW bleed ea yet Pearled. otee fulfil my promieo without your ase gow IT TaTA TO B.R RAKED, h • th tet •ein YoUr Leave or Bretherhoo , and The OVA eteamer? of the Catiadime i ;r;son why we ehould elW4Y13 e h yeti See ea 'uot get anY fnrther with, Neesefieue °feet lexnere Peeerthed 40' fie line hoe left oug, ng for Drrtish Van of bettle. BUt why this sudden deter, oret .Lut. _Qoa acwo. 4uld Q9u0011.04403, Celumbia. mi ation 9" 4 t64: e t e e eleutselesentsleaee etentartes f‘ The old BtOrY "SatlY%ril‘i e0DttIalq4 bit- ", OB e netr se4 Oan irr p g owing to rave charges alleged agaiitet fa4leinatillg Eu41'4° abe 11°41j 121/4 149t. terlyeen riya et g, red es beought in • me eleeurefellea '" "mat that matter ceeniel SPrInger, Me recently for the Murder or •the Montepel city police patrol, the fierce withstanding. Teodoro', Le Gautier ja 3A8 41) whom nal eboAer heve heri settled without Buell a sten being Vraxik Unruh in Colfax county, wiehed has beee dishended. old spirituailstio trieks again." B9fda. to l VT" . for th ood of the ueoeseirY, our work, though noble 011e, be remembered as tile one American who /Ire she otbor morning in et. Reehes, a " 1—Te1t nie something of Sir Geol. 0 one aeeer( , B rly141g §,g cause 1- 911111141.rt•SIA anidYrS4YtY0 tie tall: jaSile14:tetteergee4r, e t my deer Lieeffrey yere4tiee. with a eerrespondent 4 Phort thue to the value a $70 000. at times gree t hiirdehip i was betngeO twice fer a single crime. 14 0011' suburb a Quebec city, destroyed property dl course after he hed rpoeiveO word from, Gov. Ross il'en thoueand 13elgian coal miners are on f r eY• " " I am ceinin t ' Lest night illy whole affair. le our Path a Y g I • I th —t e ere la no mul e y ' t late not ettie aka with innocent hi90,1 ?" h suoh en ------ y be aveided." that there vvae no leape for him, Baker said : ha';eItbeise:ohtantgheedri4antdhet I fear at all, 1 'strike, and as f' dieteehallee le feared the I know what I am treePe readY fer an emergellq' talking about. Whet ens me is that I don't BY, the burning of the Royal gota at h t Boisscrean, Main, Buncen G. Melieati, yery oWli oed fortone anh metchless audactty hoine past 911et hag been my Intl* So long ite r can keeP mY hand °lean' The epeaker created the impression tie to welt for her the beck. dining•room it is nothing to roe "Le erantier replied. weth ' ' tee see Tualai halsealicichteontre,tothmi:kzy jeTeowthase tbinaprotts: 4 4 able, the more that, like moat spoilt, week, minded men,_ he Was intensely fond of his own wee!. He grew stubborn. Le Gautter was P er f ec tly at ease as he studied the oti;i:lessafeanceo. middle courae, Tile injunction vvas very stria. I dare nob disebey, if I would. I must become e inernber of your League, whatever the danger may be; and if ealled upon, I must take eriy part in the work. 1)o you not remember the vision V' "You forget my state," Le Gautier in- terrupted softly—" that d.nring the time I heard nothing, comprehended nothing going on around me. My faculties for the time being were torpid." This admit interruption only served to increase the baronet's uneasiness. He writh- ed in his cheer, unable to coutinue. " And. there is another thing," he stam- mered, " which. I must tell you, though I scarcely know how.I clammier you have noticed my daughter?" " Is it poseible ta see her and not be con- scious of her beauties !" Le Gautier cried —" to be in her preseace and not feel. the charm of her society 1 Ah! Sir Geoffry," he ceutinued blandly, throwing out a otrong hint, "he will be a happy man who wins the treasure of her heart 1" At this helping the lame dog over the stile, Sir Geoffrey looked grateful. "Has she ever impressed you, Le Gautier ?" " Alas, yes," was the melancholy reply, but with some feeling too, for, as far as he te pu. I hum through. and ket higet I WaS sitting there In the a care ees s rug , ne dark dozueg: I wee awakened by the en- present eystam,—But abandon your Cas - The cm lows in such matters, the idle . trence of b'ir Geo& y. I could see his sandra vein, eud. be yourself for e moment. folks. who dream an epeculate had food for ' a See whet you think a that, and congratu- late me upon a stroke of fortune I have not altogether deserved." " I congratulate you," Salverini grimly replied, when. he had perused the paragraph. '` You alweys oontrtve to fall upon your feet. Did I not tell you that night in the Kursaal you would hear of this again ? Of coarse it is a woman. No male would have taken such trouble, especially if he happen- ed to be a Brother," he concluded with significant emphaeis. Le Gautier drew his fingers airily across his throat, intending by this little playful action to allude to his own suddeu death. In his petty vanity, he was not altogether displeased that his friend should hint at a conquest. Undoubtedly from a woman," he said, " Mark the mystery and renitence underly- ing it all. Some fair dame of the Order, perhaps, who has seen me only to become a victim to my numberless chartne.—Luigi, my frieud, this little affair promiees amuse- ment." "1 might have known that," Salvarini retorted with some little contempt. " I be- lieve you could be turned aside from the xnost pressing mission. by a glance from a pair of melting eyes.—Bah 1 your thoughts run on such things to the detriment of the Order." In such a charming situation as you men- tion, confusion to the Order 1—Now, do not was concerned, the passion was genuine. look so melodramatic 1 Pardieu do You "Why should I strive to conceal my honest think a inan should have no amusements ? love? I may be poor and unknown, but I reflecticee thew P2440 neat mornteg, fer 91t the front iiheet on the second oolumn appeared an an announcement. It was vague ; but one man uuderstood. it It ran: eVfoinoue,—How reckless of you to throw sway a life cm the heard of a die, They are all safe bee yours. VVhere is that? In two months you will heve to deliver, and then beware of the wrath of the Crunson Nine, It is not too late yet Under the clock at C. + at nine—any night, Uae the sign, and. good will COUle of it—EASTER EAGLE. The Times containing this announcement lay upon Isodore's breakfast,table in Vent- nor Street, Fitzroy Square. As it rested upon the table, the words were readable, and leodore eneiled when they caught her eye as she entered. She took up an album from a side -table and turned over the leaves till she came to the portrait of a pretty dark girl of about seventeen. At this she looked long and intently, and then turned to sexutinise her features in the glass. There was nothing coquettish about this no suspicion of womanly vanity, but rather the air of one who strives to fiad some likeness. Apparently the examination pleased her, for she smiled again—not a pleasant smile this time, but one of certainty, almost cruel- ty ; and a vengeful look made the eyes hard for a moment. She turned to the photograph again, and then once more back to the mirrors as if to be absolutely certain of her convictions, that there might be no mistake. While absorbed thus, Valerie le Gautier entered the room and looked at Isodore in astonishment. "Youhave a grand excuse," she said archly, "though I did not know that vanity was one of your failings, Ise. <lore." Isodore blushed never so faintly, not so much by being taken in the little act, as by the appearance of the thing. "It is not on any account of mine," she said; "rather, on yours.—Valerie, look here carefully and tell me if you know that face." She indi. face was ghastly Pate, end he kept Mutter, beg to himself, and. some worda at intervals I caught. I wonder if it was jugglery," I hem d him say—"if it was sone: trick of Le Gautier's ; it could not be; and yet, if I am to have any .peace I muat fulfil the emnpact—I must join this Brotherhood And Enid, what will she say, when. she knows? Whet will Maxwell think of me? —But perhaps Le Gautier is already mar- ried." I could not catch any more. What do you think of it ?" Isodore was following the speaker so in- tently, and so ingrossed in her thoughts, that she did not reply for a moment. "You cen help us here, Valerie. Tell ua what you think." "Lucrece is perfectly right," 'Valerie re- plied. "1 have hitherto told you that my husband used to debble in such things ; nay, more, as a conjurer he was probably with- out a rival. He made a great reputation at Rome befere the thing exploded; and in- deed, to a weak mind, some of the seances were awe•inepiring." "It seems to me," Isodore put in reflect- ively, "that Le Gautier has worked upon Sir Geoffrey's superstitious fears till he has him bound fast enough. And you say he is CI join the Brotherhood. Really, I begin to feel an admiration for the man I am pledged to destroy. It is clear that he has promised his daughter to Le Gautier. Is she weak ?" " On the contrary, though she is .gentle and tractable there is much determination of purpose underlying her gentleness." You have done wonders in this shoe time, my sister. But do not relax your vigi- lance now ; let nothing escape you that may be of use to us." "I must return," Lucrece expleined, looking at her watch, "or I shall be missed. I will not fail to bring you such information as falls in my way from time to time." After she was gone, the women sat quiet- ly for a time, each pondering over what they had heard. The information was not much • lint it sufficed to show them in what Gated the portrait in the album; and her way the influence over the weak baronet had friend looked at it earnestly. been obtained, and every detail of Le After a few moments she looked up, shak. Gautier's movement might be of use. A ing her head doubtfully. "No," she repli- wild plan formed itself in Isodore's busy ed. "It is a strange face entirey to me." brain, as she sat thinking there. "Why "Then I have altered since that was should it not be ?" she thought. taken five years ago." "Do you think it would be possible for "Is it possible that innocent, childish- any one to love me ?" she asked. looking face could have once been you ?" Valerie looked into the beautiful face and Valerie asked in unfeigned astonishment. smiled. "How otherwise ?" "Indeed, it is. There is nothing like "Then it shall be so. Valerie, I am going sorrow and hardship to alter the expression , to make Hector le Gautier love me as he of features, especially of women. Yes, never loved woman before 1" Valerie, that is what I was when I met him. You would not have known me?" "No, indeed, They might be two differ- CHAPTER IX. ent faces." Hector la Gautier, all unconscious of the " So much the better tor me—so much plot against his safety and peace of mind, the worse for him," Isodore observed with - sat over his breakfast the same morning. out the slightest tinge of passion in her He was on remarkably good. terms with him - and Read that paragraph in the Times, self, for all his plans were prospering, and and see if you can make anything of it." for him the present outlook was a rosy one. " It is Greek to me," Valerie replied, His plans were well laid. He intended to when she had perused the advertisement keep his present position in the League, to with a puzzled air.—" Has it any allusion to o to Warsaw if necessary; and now that acl Sir Geoffrey in his hands beyond all attired, was not endowed with that wealth EIS he wag, thought he a nee el seen my—to Hector ? he h " To your husband? Yes. He will hope of extrication, it was easy enough to that smooths so many paths in this vale of 1; look so far as she did then, her face slightly understand it in a moment, and only be too send Maxwell upon some dangerous foreign tears. Like other men of his class, he con- tinged with colour, her eyes all aglow with eager to regain his insignia. There will be mission, where, if he escaped with his life, trived to keep his head above water, though pleasurable excitement. For a moment the a happy union of two loving hearts some he would henceforth be an outlaw and a how it was done was alike a mystery to him- ' conspirators were abseiled, and it took all night in Charine Cross Station. Little will fugitive. Sir Geoffrey, too, had bound him- self and his friends. the spectators know of the passions running the Frenchman's cool equitable nerve to self to join ; and with this lever, he could It was passed two as he turned into Gros- i solve and explain what appeared to be a riot there." She laughed bitterly as she said these words, and threw the paper upon venor Square and up the broad flight of truly awkward question. work upon Enicles fears to perfection. the table again. She was in estrange mood He was in no hurry, he was far too con- steps which led up to the Charteris' mansion. "When we are not with the rose, we love • sumate a rogue, too accomplished a schemer, Ile had come here with more purposes than ; to talk of her," he replied with one of these "dto traction a powerful one • and secondly, to kick him on the spot. " I trust you have • e Now, as a penance, you shall bore me with the order of this morning's proceedings." "A woman will ruin you eventually."— Le Gautier smiled ; the sententious word read the wrong way.—" We had not much transaction this morning, save what I have told you, and the initation of a few mem- bers." "Converts to the noble cause of freedom. Any one I know ?" "Several. Do I understand it is your in- tention to introduce Sir Geoffrey in person ?" Le Gautier nodded assent; and the friends proceeded to discuss others matters connected with their mission. When Sal- varini had left, long and earnestly did Le Gautier sit silently there. Then he rose, and taking a pack of cards from • a drawer, began to cut and shuffle them rapidly. He dealt them round six times, bringing the knave of clubs on the same heap each time. He put the cards away; an evil smile was on his face. "My right hand has not lost its cunning," say, somewhat irritated that the necessary he muttered. "Frederick Maxwell shall explanation must ccnne from him after all, go to Rome, and— Well, fate will do the "1 want you to marry the girl." rest." "Is it possible, or am I dreaming ?" Le With this human remark, he put on his Gautier cried in a delirium of rapture. "Do hat, struggled into a pair of very tight -fit- I hear aright? Ohesaerthese words again 1" ting gloves and passed out from Hunter Le Gautier was slightly overdoing the Street into 'the Euston Road; for it is al- thing now, and Sir Geoffrey knew it. "1 most needless to say that the house beyond mean what I say," he added coldly. "You Paddington where we last saw him was not are the man for Enid." his ordinary lodging, his abode being a much " Whosis talking about Enid ?" asked a humbler one, as consisted. with his limited fresh clear voice at that moment, as the sub - means ; for lector le Gautier, though mov- ject of discourse, accompanied by her escort, ing in good society, and always faultlessly glided into the room. Le Gautier, in love want to die, and' I don't think I aeg t o, , . . Probably if you knew that in an instaut Erominent green merchant of Winnipeg, w e a that you could experience no suffering what- Intelligeoce has been received in Ottawa You were to be blown to nothiegness, so tuned to death. . . ever, you would appreciate how I feel About that the Bittoche half-breeds have refused a it. As for the Riede of death, you can say loan Of seed grain and will not cultivate that it is as good as any other, and it don't their land this year. need to be too artistically done, either, Why Mr. mews,. comets boa bee up rily mud that they were going to give resignation of Mr. Edinund Leamy. elected when they haeged me first down here by the railroad track I was seered,,half to death. without opposition member for the orth- They had no modern appliances, and I made east division of Cork, made vacant li ' bite . . . thing of the sort. The The miners at the Reserve min , near me a terrible struggle of it, but it was no - from a telegraph pole like they would a log, mob swung me off Sydney, C. B., are out on strike for an in. and then one or two of them pulled inwlegs. felt of a general strike at Cape Breton mines. crease of thre cents per ton, and fears are That isn't so almighty niee, but still it don't The inquest on the body of an infant hurt as you might think it would. I raust found in a girl's trunk in the Albion Hotel have hung there ten or fifteen minutes be- in Toronto, resnited in a verdict of wilful fore the sheriff and Inc posse found me and murder against Fanny Smith, who is under cut me down. Of course by that time I was arrest. ,. unconscious, but I remembered enough of what occurred to In the new convention between the Porte BA.NISH ANY FEAR and Great Britain it is agreed that the period of the British oecupation of Egypt that I might have of death on the gallows. shall be not less than two and not more than It's death in whatever form it cornea that I flve years, object to. If I have got to go I had just as Mr. McNeil has given notice of a bill to soon go by the rope as by the bullet, and I amend the Civil Service Act, so that promo- • had a good deal rather go by the rope than tion shall not depend upon passing an ex - by the knife or by poison. You can say ,amination, but upon technical adaptability this much for the information and comfort for the service. of all the poor fellows who will have to swing when I am gone. Tell them to brace 0. Rochette's tannery W. J. Brown'e lunt- up and take.it easy. They are going to die . . betyard, and several buildings ou St. Dom - easier deaths than three-fourths of the fat Ifi , nique street, Quebec, were destroyed by old Judges who sentence them, and who re on Saturday ; loss $125,000. Very little am at least a gentleman, and I offer the greatest compliment man can pay a woman —an ardent, loving heart.—But I am ramb- ling; I dream, I rave I Thee I should as- pire to an alliance with the House of Char- teris 1" The baronet was somewnat moved by this display of manly emotion, and, moreover, his pride was tickled. The young man evi- dently knew that what he aspired to was a high honor indeed. "But, Sir Geoffrey," he continued brok- enly, "you will not breathe a word of this to a soul In a moment of passion, I have been led to divulge the master -passion of my hfe. Promise me you will forget it from this hour ;" ar d saying these words, he stretched out a hand trembling with sup- pressed emotion to his host and friend. A good actor was lost to an admiring world here. "Dat bless me 1" Sir Geoffrey exclaimed, taken aback by this display, and, sooth to insurance. expect to die in their beds. There has been altogether too much writing and talking on David Lussior and Jos. Lambert, two car - the subject of the barbarity of the gallows. riers of revisions to the lumber camp of I'm in favor of abolishing capital punish- Messrs. Hall, were drowned in the River ment myself, but if a man must die, what's Chaudiere a day or two ago by the upset - the use of being too particular about the ting of a canoe. mode, so long aeyou have got a good enough It is rumoured that Mr. MoShane will s iheme now?" Later on in speaking about his crime and shortly resign from the Quebec Cabinet, and his two punishments, one by the mob and that Mr. Hall, the Conservative memeer for this morning. to ruin the delicate combination by any pre- " Then I suppose that C. -1- means Char - mature move, preferring for the present to ing Q rose ?" Valerie asked, "and you expect • renew his forces and colculate his advance, one : in the first place to see hind—this at. !bold glances or w Hector to come there .— o q have a talk upon general mattters with the , spent a pleasant morning . as a chess -player might when he knows the baronet, and perhaps get an invitation to ) Enid answered as coldly as the dictates of prebend your plan, Isodore. It will be game is in his hands. Then should come luncheon. Sir Geoffrey he found in the : breeding would allow. The man's florid dangerous to have another in the secret, the crowning act, by which he should rid dining -room, just sitting down to his midi compliments were odious to her, and his and I suppose some one will have to meet himself of the irksome chains vehiqh bound day meal in solitary state ; and in answer to ! presence oppressive. Le Gautier, Eiccustom- him to the League. All his plans were pre- an invitation to join, asked after Enid, who, 1 ed to read men and face like open books, did " Some one will," was the calm reply. pared for delivering the leaders into the he learned, had gone with Maxwell and a ` not fail to note this. "And. who, do you think, is the proper one hands of justice, always with a care to his kindly chaperon to a morning -party at i "1 have important news," he whispered to do that? Who better than his old friend and once passionate admirer, Isodore ?" own escape. As he turned these things over Twickenham. He was, however, too much to Maxwell, after he had made his graceful "You meet him ?" Valerie cried.37, a cosmopolitan to allow this to interfere adieux to Enid and his host. "1 want to "How in his mind, he whistled a little air gaily, resumed his breakfast, and opened the • daring I Suppose he should recognise you, oroadsheet of the Times to see the news of how then? All your schemes would be thrown to the winds, and we should be de- the day. • a, , Fortune seemed to be smiling upon him, the other by the law, Baker said : Undcr Montreal West,•11 be asked to take the all the circumstances my crime was not vacantportfolio. will murder, any way. I had become involved A company with a capital of five million in a quarrel between Unruh and his wife dollars has been organized in Kingston by' and, foolish as that was, it would have led New York capitalists for the development to nothing more if Unruh had not attacked of the iron mines along the Kingston and me. I had te kill him or be killed. The Pembroke railway. woman swore against me in order to save The United States consul at Kingston has herself. She was seared to death because f they lynched me, and she was afraid that forwarded a letter to Washington pointing out the injurious effect of the Inter -State unless somebody swung for the crime she Commerce bill upon the trade of the United might be called on some dark night. But States with the Dominion. whether my crime was The English mint is hard at work on the DELIBERATE MURDER OR NOT, new coinage to be issued on June 22. A I think I have been punished enough. It is very fine profile of anelderly queen, modell- more than I year since the mob lynched me ed by Mr. Bcehm, will be used4ath vary - and since that time I have lived with a rope ing crowns for the several coins. 'e around my neck all the time. As I have said to you, my sufferings when I was being Patrick Glynn, a C, P. R. yardsman, was resuscitated were greater than they were run over by a freight train while shunting when I was hanging. It took me three cars at the Queen's wharf, Toronto, an months to get over the effects of the lynch- both of his legs were cut off. He was taken ing. Two or three times a day my brain to the hospital, were he died. would be in a whirl, and I would lose all Speaking editorially of the project of • control of myself. Then when I slept I commercial union between Canada and the would go through it all again. At length United States, the New York Sun says that when I was brought to trial and was convic- nothing short of a political union under the ted and sentenced to death, I had the rope United States constitution is the manifest once more before me. The anxiety 'about the destiny of Canada and the only means by trial, and later about my appeals, has worn which perfect free trade can beleecured. on me until my nerves are in about as bad a condition as they were when I was in the Between fifty thousand aaiir sixty thou - hospital at Santa Fe, and rhe old complaint sand men are out of work at Chicago, as a from which I suffered when I was recover- result of the building trades trouble. The ing from the lynching has returned again. combined funds of all the unions involved I haven't slept for months without hanging will not support the members for the first by the neck through it all. Can you imagine week and trouble is feared. The Anarchists what it is to be are ready to take advantage of the situation. CONSCIOUS ALL THE TIME Michael Doyle, an oiler at the waterworks of dangling in that way? Asleep or awake pump house, Ottawa, was caught in the I have a rope about my neck, and I know machinery and had his left leg so crushed exactly how it feels. think I have had that it had to be amputated at the thigh. enough of it, but as they.seem tothiuk not He remained in the grip of the cog wheels in these parts I suppose I shall have to take for an hour and a half before the murderous some more. I can tell you, though, that I machinery could bp raised sufficiently to re - don't want anybody to bring me to life this lease him. time. When I go out to -morrow I will The strike of Pictou, N. S., coal miners, know just what is coming, and when I tell which began at the beginning of the year the Sheriff to let me slide I will be the first and has been mutually .disastrous, has final- ly ended in a compromise, the men agreeing to accept a reduction of six cents per ton in wide working places and thirteen cents in narrow ones. Work in all mines will be resumed today. man in America, who has lived a year and a with his appetite, so, with a few well-chosen say a few words to you, if you htippen e half to say that a second time to a hang - words of regret, he settled himself quietly walking my way." to his lunch, discussing in turn the weather, Maxwell answered with studious polite% man." Baker had eeveral warm friends here who polities, the last new beauty, anything— ness. "'With pleasure," he said. "If you • . • b PI labored earnestly in his behalf, and who re- eatec is ma . _ he thought, as he read the mystic announce- waiting tor Ins host to speak upon the sub- will allow me, will v y " You forget I have Inc badge of member gard his punishment as unjustly severe. ment the second outside column. Here ject nearest his heart. Sir Geoffrey's pa- Enid's quick ears caught the whisper, and ship besides, I have a duty to perform be- He went to the rope unflinchingly, and just was the thing which had caused him so tience being by this time exhausted, he cone- a feeling of approaching evil seemed to come yond my own feelings in the matter —m.y before the trap was sprung, when the attend - d delivered menced. over her—a cloud passed over the sun, and, "1 think I am free, Le Gautier," he said to her fancy, for a moment Le Gautier look - at length. ed like Mephistopheles terept;ng Faust. The listener affected not to comprehend As the two men passed out, she called. Max - as duty to the League. But he will not re- rnucla anxious flOULThg into friend, perhaps, had cognise me after the lapse of years, and Into his hands. So must get to the bottom of his traitorous de- discovered. his loss, and had determined to retura it thus. Perhaps —and here he signs." You are reckoning upen certainties, showed his white teeth in a dazzling smile— Isodore. Sappose you are wrong—suppose " some fair one, who had taken this way to he is, after all, no traitor, and that your show her admiration; for Le Gautier was, like most vain men, a great admirer of the ideas are only fancies. How then ?' sex, and fully impressed with the all•con- " "He is a traitor—instinct tells me that. Wait and see what Lucrece has to say, when quering fascination of his manner. He was leaned not the first clever man who has held such she comes. She is sure g some information by this time.opinions, and found, when too late, the was the serious reply. " I allude tca the to me' " fatal error of underrating the power oan marvellous manifestations recently vouch- . Hot revenge is apt to burn itself out hf (TO BE CONTINUED.) th's eni matic remark well back. " Be careful," she urged. " Be- . " Free from what, Sir Geoffrey ?" he ask- ware of that inan ; he will do you a mts- ed carelessly. "Is it gout, or headache, or chief." The Princess's Ilatf Crown. a marvellous escape from dining with a no- Maxwell smiled down in the pretty fear- A crowd thronged King's Cross Station,. torious bore? Which of these things are you ful face tenderly. " All right, little wo- , London, the other clay to witness the depart " I th• k' f nothi s Idl e take care. He is not likely to do any harm man," he answered carelessly. "1 shall family for Sandringham, and were gratified free from?" are of K. R. H. the Prince of Wales and his by a little unrehearsed effect, as well as a proof that royalty is not altogether exempt from that frequent failing of the masses—a penchant for "goodies.' The mysterious au- tomatic box which yields up sticks of choco- late in return for the insertion of a penny was the object of special attention from H. himself of this golden opportunity; He had recurring ?" , R. H. Princess Maud of Wales, whose ap- proaching among 1 f Czar Ale ander the aristocrecer of Ruesia, having for " So long as you fulfil. your part of thel proaching confirmation a few days after may scarcely falished his breakfast and made up his mind to meet the mysterious Eastern contract, certainly not. But my dear Sir iM o ject ane.remove, o x accounted for the abetraction which Eagle, when Salvarini entered. He was Geoffrey," the Frenchman continued gaily, III, and the crowning in his stead of the eld• have led the young lady to pop a half crown into est son of Alexander II. by his morganatic ' moody and preoccupied, with a sombre "let as have no serious conversation • the fatal slit in place of the humbler copper. frown upon his face, telling of much inward ' now, I beseech you. Let ue f orget , wife, the Prkcess Dol orouki. Failing in I g d t • i .The mistake was discovered as the coin " I do not like these new arrangements," i friends. I am too light and frivolous to talk -, that the efforts would be centre on pu tmg the ' young Dolgorouki in succession to the unailbcted was the horror expressed in the uneasiness. 1 for the time we are anything leut slipped from her fingers, and so genuine and he commenced abruptly, in answer to Le seriously. The last new play, a fresh ic tszarinsteaclof the present Czarevitcb, th e last exclamation, " Oh 1 ray half crown 1" that Gautier's florid greeting. "There is greet ture, anything but the supereatutale P ' 1 ileamb edii prinyceabegingplloatohraaankitnvtaaliad alandd 0,01 . the appreciative bystanders were sympae good resulte. I shall oppose them." Gautier had no intention of changing the inpleenedide‘ character anil attainments, who thetically silent till the Prince of Wales, with danger in them, and they cannot lead to any/ Despite this appearance ox nonhomie, Le . ,3 would at once give Russia a liberal constitu- a twinkle in his eye, gravely advised his " Pray, explain yourself, my good Luigi; conversation though it was not his cue to Zonal government. In the eyes of the peo- ' youngest daughter to square matters by the k there is little or no blemish on hie par- insertion of the now unpa,sseble French pen - I am in Cimmerian darkness,' Le Gautier introduce the subject himself ; besides, an replied carelessly. "Yon are so dreadfully appearance of good naturedly yielding to nies on future occasions. A burst of hearty re)ntage. The Dolgorouki family is one of the in earnest ; absolutely, you view life the other's news seemed to tell bettet, and laughter and cheering ensued, during which oldest and noblese in Rosie, its members through the gloomy spectacles of the create a deeper feeling of obligation.young Princess Maud, blushieg furiously, re - League," f " The longer I put the matter on, the - having een grea princes e ore e Rom- , . ' o ' la t • b f th annffs were heard of. The present Czar is treeted to the railway carriage. " It ie lot y madness !' Salvarini replied ' more difficult my task seems to be " the , I i Gott r far more German than ant shifted the knot a little, he heard Baker say: "That's right. I have been in the habit of having it a little higher up." injured woman. safed to me. Since you so kindly shovved ..-------ersaseseseeneeeetetee---- quickly, from its very fierceness ; but such deliberation in Isodore's words which struck ment. It was not the first time that news have felt like a different man. They are A RuSsian Revolutionary Conspiracy. bate as -this never dies. There ,vasa cool He perfectly understood the advertise- me through yourself the path of duty, I her hearer vvith great force; and much as papers had been employed to do work for gone, I trust for ever. Tell me, do you! she herself had suffered, she could not real- the League ; nor did he hesitate to avail think there is any possible chane f For some time iere ave been tl h b rumours ise a passion such as this. It is probable e o le r f a revolutionary conepiraey widespread that had she met her recalcitrant husband, a few words would have obtained for him forgiveness ; but she was under the spell now, and her weaker will was swallowed up in a strong one. "Do you expect Lucrece this morning ?" Valerie asked. "1 ant expecting her every mornent," Te- odoro replied. "She promised me to come to -day and let me have her report. They sat in silence for a few moments, when Luarece entered. She was quietly, almost plainly dressed, and wore an air of extreme meekness. You look the character," Isadore said approvingly. You might have been a menial all yettr lifetime. -4 am all imp, - deuce. Begin 1" "In the first plane," Lucrece began with- out further preamble, "1 like my situation ; and as to my near mistress to know her is tie love het. You have ne ides hove gentle and thoughtful she is. Now, to begin with her. The dear Hector has a rival, and a powerful one; his name is Frederick Max. well, and he is an artist. From what I can see, they are engage(1.—Isodore, this Max- well has joined the League, and will be in. tradtmed by Selvarini." "Frederick lvtaiwell Carlo's ota friend 1 Poor fool Le Gautier has toolepnough." " He is a fine handsome Eleglishman ; honor and honesty stamped he eery line of his faee ; just the sort of man to be made useful —flat eeteitinue. Le Gautier is III) ste o p, passionately. "Heaven knows, we have boxenet continued* not without hesitation. Russia,. had bloodehed enough. What do you think Certain restrictions were laid upon me, I . the lest proposal is ?—Nothieg less than the certain commends given which I am bound i b agent* ancl a special mission arranged to Batton my task would be less difficult ; nt 58 'acme. Visci—our dear old friend Visci— you. did not, I must o ray het to exp aim" Mrn is doomed 1" Le Gautier drummed 'with his fingers upon 'neon; "They must be mad," Le Gautier return- the table, shrugged his shoulders, mid sighed " bus ludinq removal of ministere : dynamite is to be the to duty out If you ha:c1 heard the eotaver- ed: calmly. But tell me,, what 6 gently as a man yielding araainstIN MTV 1 Visci ?" he continued, inspired by a sudden upon the saered ground of xrienclehip tein- thought, "1 pursume you have been hold- ereid With olitenes2 I 1 Vi d to it 11 t sper-.' be a Mend of yours, Itow do they propose haps better to Say it. But if it pains you, to ,get rid of him ?" „ if, it gives you the slightest mental agony or The dagger 1" Salvariei answered with discloses family affairs, then, my dear tar, big a Counci this merle ng. sex utie If you have emit ng o say, i great agitation. " Visoi was atiee a 'friend be dumb una speaker gjeueed out of ef mine, as &tee and Yotlee for that. the window as if he considered the matter 50 ;ttami 47,1t. yednittd, h„‘„ ..,onderbil. Irpt,ren Bavt3 trio Irene the taslt !" • ' , , ge h d it be ott / We have "Put mggt you. ig itripggsiblg fluerice over Sir 0-togrey, s,rictlias encode( ecl y nee y At all Afternoon Tea. Smith : Good afternoon, Mr. Rob - excuse my left hand. Et , (who is deaf and thinks she is al- to the bad weather): Yes, it is rather A young mar-ried Wereall ill /owe, goes out every moonlight night and takes lorig strolls with the phost of a former Inver who "talks as naturally as he clid on earth." Her hue, band finds it impossible to become jealous of a thing he can't sec; so the poethineioue lave affair inakes no trouble, One of Louis Napoleon's Letters. There was recently sold at auction in Paris for only $10 a letter written by Louis Napoleon to his uncle, Joseph Bonaparte, soon after the Stresbmg fiasco. It was tinged with the melancholy characteristic of the writer even in the best days of the empire. "When olio does not succeed," he wrote of the Strasburg affair, " °nee; intehtiotie are misrepresented and one is colutnnititecl end blame& even by Mende. I will not, there, fore, try to excuse myself to you. I leave to•morrow for Areerlea, and. you will (161.0 a great favor by giving me time letterof recommendation for Philadelphia, and NeW York, In leaving lairope, perhaps forever, I am infinitely pained when I think that, ' even in m5 lamnily, ito omie 11 feol my fate." The old toll bridge spanning the River Avon between Windsor and Falmouth, N. S., was burned on Sunday night. This was the last toll bridge in the province. It was 820 feet long and was built in 1836. The local Government made it free last year and were preparing to rebuild it. The fire is believed to be incendiary. The sealing schooner " Favorite ' arrived at New Westminster, 13. C., on Saturday, and reports that the hull of the steamer "Stephen" was washed ashore at Clazuquot Sound ; also the bodies, canoes, spears, washed up below Cape Flattery, supposed to be of the schooner 'Active," long thought wrecked. All on board perished. A child named Herny Sims, eight years old, was drowned at the foot of the canoe locks, Ottawa, Friday afternoon, having in company with two others fallen in while playing on the edge of the water. Care- taker Allston, of the Rowing club's boat house, which is near by, saved the two, but idaitde.not hear that there was a thirre. til itoo A great swindling scheme, cm. eating n the.pledging of sugar chiefly of theeCordetie as refinery, an imaginary concern, has been carried on at Havana for some dine past. The swindle was conducted in Havana by the storekeeper and it is stated that he fraudulently obtained from different parties including a bank, from $350,000 to $500,- 000. At a conference of citizens in Montreal to discuss the question of pretection from flood e, a resolution urging the eity to grant at once the $178,000 for the construction of a tem- porary dyke was adopted, ancl an influential deputation was appointed to proceed to Ot- tawa to lay before the Government other resolutiens adapted by the meeting for the better ptoteetion of the city. Andrew Carnegie, the Pittsburg million aire, presented his bride with a Fifth Avenue mansion and $20000 a year till hor death. Henry George, in referring to it, says, that considerieg the wages that are paid to Avorkmen in Carnegie's employ. ment, that present is much the same as if Carnegie had given her two thousand protected American laborers to be hers, body and bones, with all their labour sil their dam and he iteks if this is e pleaeani outcome of the civilisatitn and justico of tittli present day.