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BiJOUN GEZEINLB42
A noteless stream the BirchbrOohrtini.
Benesth its leaning Itreelit -
That low , -tat ripple is its own, -
• That dull rear is the sea's;
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Of haman sigue it sees alone .
. The aistant church:spire's tip,
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And ghoat-like, on & blank of grey,
• The white sail.of &
N� more a toiler ao-the whoel1-
.1tvratiders at -its will - • - '
Nor dam nor pond is loft to tell
- Where 'once was Bireltbroolk
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The titabers of that mill[ilisave fed
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Long since tviarraer's res .-
-Bis doorsteps are the itOues that ground
• The harvest of his sires. .
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• Mau trespeseed here ; htitliature lOst
Noxiglatet her dolman
Elhelliaited, but she brianght the old:
Wild-beeuty baoragain.
daythe sunlight -through the leaves
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FaIlaou itsinoist, green icidv • ..,.-
-.And wakes the violet. bloom of spring..
And a,uttunies golden -rod._
ts birches whisper- to the wind„
The swallow dips herwings
In toe cool spray, and on its bank
The gray eueg spartow. sings. -
PAATEINE
. Tb.e first- thing was to inane° Anthony
to ooine :to- Horeoe street at an hour
able -Tfor the development of -the plc%
•e. Connell made.: his :preparations; gave his
instrUctiene to hit oonfederates and then
wrote to hi nephew beggging him to oa1I
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upon liiuethet night and -f hear his jexpline-,
tionof -matters.
-Perhaps .Antholiy ',mistrusted hi: relative
and hie associates more than was suipeeted.
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Any way, he replied by declining the invi-
tation, but euggeseted teat the uncle should
oall upon -him instead: Then, by. Idaciaryi#
advice, Pauline watoinede the ineeeent
meansofluring her brother to the' fatal
house. -. -Caned expressed his perfeotindif--
ferenceas to Where the'ineeting teokplade;
but, .beiug Nary Much engaged,._postpoued it
for a day or two. He -then told--Penline
. that as hi:Lanese- :Would! keep -12in2froni
home-untillate theMext night, it would he
a good opportunity . for her to _spend some-
time with -het brother—she had better ask
him to come and see her doting his abienoe.
As he also wanted toisee Anthony she must
• endeavor to keep him Until his return.:
.. Pauline, etispeoting nothing, Wrote to her
• bri3ther, and, saying she should be all lalone-
until late at night, bagged': .hi -e2 to oeme to:
her, or, if he would, take her to some•Plaoe
of amusement.. They went to the theatre
together, and it was 12 o'oloiik before he
brought her . back to Horace street, No
• • doubt -she begged -.him to remain with .her
' awhile—perhaps againet 'his Will. Awful
:as the 'Amok: of whet . followed was to the
girl it must have been doublyeo when she
knew that her entreaties had led him to
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The :brother and. sister- sat . alone .for
•some time; then Ceneri and hie two friends
- made. their - appearance. --Anthony seemed
displeased at tne encounter, but made the
beet of matters and :.greeted . uncle
Illaoari he simply turnedbiebaok
‘uptm. - -
It was no parrot Cenerre plan -that any
sob of - "violence or. restraint- should: take
place' in the .presence of ..Paulifie. What-
ever was to be -done -• should be done when
Anthony was abed to: leave the house.
Then .he might be :seized, and oonteyert.
the 'oeller ; his Dries- if needful beibg stifled:
Pauline was was. to know nothing about it.
Arrangements had been.inade :for her .to go
- on the morrow to a friend ofher tinole's,
'ivith where- she :was - to stay, ignorant -of
: the purport of the -business which suddenly
- called:the_ plotters -away.:
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"-Pauline-4' said Canal thinV. you -
had- better go to bed; Anthony:and I have
Seine ,affeirs to speak about'!" • • _
"1 will wait until Anthony leaves," she
ittid,," but if you want to. talk r Will go-inte
the -other room:" •_ - -
Bo saying, she passed through.the folding
doOre and went .-to the piano,-: where she
•'eat playing and, Singing for her Own autuee•-
• ment.._ - . •• . .
" It is Soo- late- to talk- about business
--to.ntght,": said: Anthony,: as his sister left
the rooin. _ • -
"You had better:- fake this op rtunity.
Arid I Must leave-Bagland to. orrO.W."esoape-
-w-wie...sing no -wieh to let his tinale
hinnen._ - reseited
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- "'Very:well," he said ; IVIULl
" hut there is no-
.- will be TV„
- - gift you refused- a shtli9ordt. TheyanOeneri noticed that the -epeaket's
- was:inside the breast of his coat,,
this tieing slew:lite-attitude of hig#-ihought
nothing of it. ' -
- Anthony did -not condescend to reply:
He turned from.. the man with alook of
Utter contempt—A. look -Which, no doubt,
,drove Maoari almost. beside hiinseltwith
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.44, Before, we talk . about .anything
he Said to hie uncle, .” I shall insist that
• ,from now Pauline is placed- under My care.
Neither she tor her fortune shall become
the prey ef a - low -bred, beggarly- Italian
- like this man, your friend." - .
- These_Wite the list words the poor bey
• ever op -A& Maoati took one step toWard.
411111:011,kgrangerelreie4t41 '
Caned was etupified .at the grime which in
a mement had „obviated :any noceeeittfor
carrying Out his wild :got. -I ' The one
who eeemed in the poesethion of his. wits
was ;Petteff., It . -Wes ' iMpetative that.
Pauline iihould be : sileoced., Her ories.
-would alarm : the neighbore;-. He. rushed
forward, and throwirig a.large wziollen wile -
Cover over her head; planed her :on. the
-Comb, where he held her byiforoe..
At that. -MOD:lent I Made my .. frantic;
entrance .,=-blind -had - helplesi, . but, for all
they knew, a meeienger of yengeinee.
.Even the tuthleee -Meoari wiiii staggereot
at my entrance. It was ..Ceneri who, fob
-lowing, the inatinets et.aelf-preservation,'
dee* a pistol and000ke.d-it.. ' fit wati.he who
understood the meaning of ity.-passienate
appeal to their meroy.+be-Who,.he ovetted,
taxed my iite. - - '• "• -
:- Mend, Its Bode' as. he •reooVered from. his
siirprise, insisted -:_that :I , should share,
Aothony March's'. fete.' His dagger 1 wee -
.onoe more raised to take:human lifei,,whilst
Petroff,: Who bed.beeu ferried by the new
turn of - affairs to leave Pettit* pipped me
down- Where I -bad fallen. : tenon etruok
the keel aside and saved ine, He examined . Hence our strang marriage, which :even
My eyes and :votiohecT - !Olt the -truth of my . now he juotified by .sayitig•thitt should the
statement, - There was no time fat reeeirn- giagrow --attaohed to any. one, should any
ivations or BOOUSeitiOngs but he swore that feeling corresponding tt.i. affection be atvak•
*pother murder should _not he committed. :riled in hear elaudekinindt-thair-inind
- • -Petted( supported him, and Naomi at would gradually be anti up again, -- -
last sullenly: yielded, With .the stipulation
that I should be disposed of in the Manner
alreadirelited, - Had the Means been at -
hand I'fibeuld: hate- been drugged at once;
ae it was, the old servant, who as yet knew
nothing of • the tragedy. which had taken
place, Waeroneed op, and sedt .out in search
-Of the needful idraught. -Thik aocemplicei
dated not let Me Irate -their eight, se I was
compelled to sit and : listen -I to all their,
actions. - . _ .... - '
-.Why- did Oeneti :not denounce the nitir-
'der ? . Wny:wati he; at. least; an adoessery
alter the brims 7' I -On °Lily believe that
hitheelf to ' be, or that -be; -tie' bled •oti his
La
he Was a Worse man than he confessed
share-io the transtiotion, 4fter. all be had
been planning a orimealmost a8. blaok, and
when the truth ite to the trust money Was.
What he was. ager to - forget? . She Bator
seemed hippy- in Italy; in her uncertain
way ohs was pining for England. Anxious
• to get her out of hiesiglit, he had consented
that Teresa -should take her to London—
had, in tot, come to Turin on that partic-
ular day to arrange as to their departure:
&lacer', who, even with a brether's blood
hetWeen them, considered her iiksome way
his _property, sow panied him. He had
•yo.
been continually urging Caned to let him
marry her, (Wen as she was now. He had
threatened to can her off by force; He
had Ilworn she should be big. She remem.
bend- withing—why should he not wed
her? .
' Bad as Oeneri was, he had zeooiled from
this. He would even, had it been possible,
have broken' off all intercourse rat Maciari;
but the DM were too deep in each other's
!worsts to be divided on mount of a orime,
however attrooious ; so he sent Pauline to
Eagland. There she was safe from Mimi.
rherecarne my proposal, the ticeptance of
which vtould take he!, at y, expense,
entirely off hiti hands and- out of his coin.
_pawn s way.
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PA $ teem &hen& only 000tir in 4ovele."
hen you must slave uatil your
th ,- •
hope not: I once gathered together
eh information'respeoting Siberian oon:
, and, to -tell you the truth, Was rather
usted to -find how incorrect the OOMM011
(-410ipn is. Now :-I can only Liebe my
fi-peearches showed me the truth." . r
he treatm.ent is not so bad, then?"
t is bad -eoough, as you en ak/ays at
'mercy of -a petty tyrant. Then is
etOoubt but for a year or two mat slave
xthe mime. If I survive the toilt which
Oety unlikely, I may, by fieding filvor in
t ie uler'e eyes, be released trorn tutther
.01 that description. I may elven be
'Wed to reside at some town arid earn
• Mug. I have great hopie dist my
visional ekill - may be ot' use to me.
ors are ftaroe in Asiatic Russia."
,ttle as he deserved it, my heart eohoed
wish; but as I looked at him- I ffi5lt sure
Woe Was small chance of his enduring
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cqP.14 a year's toil at the mines.
lie door opened and the captain eine
looked in. He wee. growing; quite
*tient. I had no reason tor wishing to
Ilene She conversation, so I told him I
161:141d heve -finished in • a -momient. He
ed his heed and withdrew.
f there is anything IflOre I.eatt do let
new," I said turning to Coned; •
4 ;There • is nothing—Stay! Ode , thing.
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tritcari, that villain—sooner or later lie Will
Obis deserts. I ht.tve suffered—so
' en that time ecines,-will you try to send
Word ? 'It tmay be difficult to 5449 so,
1 have nci tight- to -ask the;live4. But
have interest,• and might -get Rntelli-
oe sent me. If I am not dead by then
make me happier." , .
iithoup waiting for my replyThe
ly to -the door, and with the sentry at
j' -Ode "was- marched .off to priden. I
teliciehouhnin'brous look was being -warned
12§ Paueed. "Farewell Mr. Yaughion," :he
6 ." If I - have *tenger': you Ldtitreat
yi.10 pardon: We -shall meet no met,e." •
-ci-So-fer as am concerned I toren) you-
,
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hesitated a moment and thob held
4W:his heed.. The door wits now °Oen. • I
etli4t1 see the throng of _repulsive, 1,111ain-
omy fames—the faces of his fellow-prirleners.
hear the jabber. of curiosiSy. and
w "ider. I couldemell the fool ,oder4 QOM-
] ,*ora that reeking „den :orowdel with
humanity. -And in ouch a glace as
thi#1,11with such associates, a man of
eulture and refined taste, VMS clOomed
to;f.-Vend his last days. It was a fearful
04§1';qiatent 1
,,Yef.1 it was well merited. As he stood on
the:threshold with outstretched% hand • I
fett,i this. To all intents and purpobei the
14%*,:i,ifias a murderer: Much MOVNI as I
W(: by his fate I oould not hring inyielf to
gra46.his band; My refusal may hav.6 been
11,40._iehio:abwtitithoitont ndoitddonoitt. tr..) 7his
aotilOn- A . flush of shame passed over his
laotglhe bowed his head and turned biway.
:T)0.,geldier took him roughly by the arm
anef 'thrust -him through the doorwoy.-
TbAithe turned, and his eyes met mine
wiVi expression that haunted me for
AKA, He was gazing- thus when the heavy
doe,tf was shut and hid him from tay sight
for gr.. •
„t#urned away sick at heart, itterhaPs
reiptSing I had added anything. te . his
8120.siq2. le and . punishment. I sOught
obttilint friend, the captain, and received
biiti-Werd of. honor that any money 'left
witZ4' should be expended for hr con -
I pieced a- considerable bum
tlielsands,- and can only hope that Ed /Art
of f_tPreachedits destination. . -• ; • .
F4p# I. found my interpreter,i and,
ortiTeteed hordes to be at once .preouted and
th 41*i:outage 'brought out. I would stark
wi t moment's delay for England—
,
• but good. intelligible English 814m -A oue.
4 I am bronzed with exposure to C';, wind
and sun, my beard has grown to T) great
length; one or two acquaintances, I met'
when I reaohed London seemly know me:
In -my present trim4 could not hoc that
should awaken any re*oollections ?n,' Paul-
ine's mind. •, • .
By the aid of a razor and fresh tiparel
I well aeon converted to a fairly go c I sem-
tlanoe of my former self, and then, without - -
having appraised even - Ptisoilla my
return, I started. for the west, to ) what
fate had in store for me.'
What is a run &01rOSS Eng -la ,,aftae a
alOin has made such ajourney ab, ..recent
one? Yet, that pitiful hundre t.)rd fifty
miles seemed to me as long as al:aousand
did a month ago.' The last few mircl I had .
to go by coach, and, Although four EV ;Iendid
horses spun us along, eaoh-
seemed op long . Siberian ..stace. But
the journey was at list ended, and,.';eaving
my :luggage .in the tioach office, re.- .
forth, with A beating heart to find :r iuliue.
• I went to the address given in'
la's letter. The house was a quiw:,litLle
building, nestling on a wooded bank, with a
sloping garden in front, full -of latri sum-
mer* flowers; Honeysuckle twineel round
the porob, great sunflowers stared f;ercieli
from the beds, and carnations BWCAened
the aft. As I waited for the dot., to be
. This, not in his Own words, Was Cenerrii°petted I had time to approve•Pomilla's
tale. I new knew all. I wetted to know. onoice of a resting -place. .
colors than he dose ved ;• but he bad -given
Perhaps he bad—parted himself in better I Inquired -10r Mrs: Drew. She was not
at home—had gone out with the y_Ttg lady
me the whole dark history freely andAtires some time ago, and would not be hi -t-1 until
servedly, and in spite of the loathing and evening. I turned away and Went tn. !want
abhotrene with whioh he nett inspired me, of them.
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I felt thathe had told me the truth. It was early in autumn, but f:re leaf
showed no signs of fading. Eveilthing
•was green, fresh and beautiful. t'rie aky
CHAPTER was cloudless; and soft balmy air tttnned
DOES SHE .11EMEMBIGH ?
It was time to bring our intlerview th a- n Far below mY-feet ley tlie little fishing vi
my cheek. I paused and looked -i -round
me before' decided in -whioh direotior to gb
,eod. It had lasted 'so long that the civil.lake its houses dinner° round th9. rnotith
oaptain had More tlrbonce peeped in with of the nobly, brawling strean2 which
a significant look on his.face, muoliAito 'en • down the valley, and lespeel joy-
say.there was such a ,thing overstepping ouelv into the sea. On eiteper hantl, were
• known, no jury in the world- , would have held, - I bad 'no desire to protract the wriie -
the -limits of . even euch an authority as I
. . . i . • great tors; and behind th m inlain6 hills
covered with woods, and in front A me
acquitted him. Parboils ban he .aed vereation with the convict. The object of stretching away and away was the calm
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Petra(' held human life nil:101; their inlY long journey had been attained. I had•
1 - green sea.- The .eoetie was tair eough,
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hands Were certainly net clean from politi. learned oll that I ,:gotild learn. I knew but I turned away from it. I IKAitted
cal -aesassine,tious. Feeling that .a trial Piiiiline's history. 'the orime had been Pauline. :- -
twist go hard with them, they i threw their :fully oonfeesed. - The -man withincbad, no- It seemed to me that on mob a iii4 se
tot in with -Miami's, and 'aii. onCe set shout claim upon my cciniideration. .- Elkin had I' this .4he shady weede and the rcEniug
-baffling itiquity and hiding all 'trade* et the felt ipolined to help bim I hid no *mime of Strewn Must offer iresistible -attrac.53.ns -
crime. From thatmomentlhete was little 8) doing. :Why should I ling(); ? ._ - so I found My way_ down the eteq, hill:
to Choose between the degrees in oriminality - But I did linger for -.a while'. The and began walking up the riverside, vhilst
of -the three men. - - ' , - .'' - . thought that my :till rig And. giving the Big- the merry -etream danced past me, fizt-ow-
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Sow that they Were all sailing in the - nal that rny.. brume a. was ii.niehed, would ingits rich brown peat -stained waters,' tio a
Same boati-they had little &Jobb of -iitieeeis."# immediately cons* -* the prevener to that - thoniand-little cascades as it shot overland
Were,* pedant) was token WO their .0an- • loathsome den from which hif. had emerged,: loathed round the greet bowidern NrLith
Miklos. .This was no Matter' as devoted -was mexcressibly. painful ;:, -to Me. . Every
? I . - dieputed its passage. - -
to Canon, she would have aidefl in ni,doZen moment could ,-D keephin2. - with me would I followedoits course about a mIle—
nitirders 'had.' her master deemed 'them, be pteoicius Whim. I Never again Would he now clambering over mos -grown r:tkii,
First Of '- all, they iinauet tet ; rid of ' me. see the floe of :a- - friend or acquaintance. now wading through ferzu3, now foroinszny
Petroff—for °emit: would - not: tr0611 me in He had ceased speaking. He sat .vrith his- way,through pliant hazel boughs -4m in
Monad's -hands—went out and found la head bent forward, his eyes testing on the an open epage son the opposite baok X raw
belated cab. For a-haideome,oensideration: ground. -. 4 - tattered, haggard.- -hopeless, a =girl sitting sketchieg. . Her bacik kias
the driver_ consented to. -lend it to him for ventoh ; so broken down that one dare not toward me, but I knew every turn of flit
an hour and a -half. It Was still night, so .approach Iiiin: I watched him in Silence. graoefril figure well enough to feel sure ihe
-there' was no .diffloulty in carrying -my Presently he spoke.; "You -gen find nO
was
8If MI hYadwifeneeeded extra -awn; an'oe I ':ad
iienieless !Orin to it withoutobservation. *Amnia for Me, Mr. VOgban ?"- I - '
Petreff drove off, and :having_ deposited - "None." I said. .1/- It serins -to me then
me in a by -way -a long distence from the is little to -' choose : between you and your
„Ilibuisiot4auhliadoohakapvPaeetarhreeoedo7gt"i:heedadtlitiitlit Eig' :lavweill'014111tiiart
bowie, returned the ceb to its owner and associates." • . , i - --- ii ' -- -
rejoinedhiscompanions.. .: -:- ' - ... . . He roso-wearily- . fs Pauline will recover, cilia's a mile away—its like has never 12 -con
4And -WV/ for ":Pattline. Her moans had_ you think ?" he asked, -- - i - ': known on earth, -
gradually :died.: away, ' and . she .lay in a - ": I think -4 hope 10011 fizit her almost Bard as I found it . to dose; I resoll,j3d
death -like stupor.. The reat danger_ to the well on my return."?; • •
not to make my #reeenoe known toz thorn.
aocomplioei would be Sr m her. Until_ she "You will bitherbow you the ve found Before I.met Pauline I wanted to tai h to
--receivered nothing couldbe done save 10 me; she May be happier in knowing that Priscilla and be guided by her report *IN to
carry' her to her mem and. place her funder Authony's. death has ;nakedly brought me my future method of proceeding. But, in
Teresa's oharge. . When one .Itwoke--they to this." - '. • '''r - . spite of -ray determination 'I yielded to 1;4e
must deoikwhat course to pursue. - ' I bowed assent to this dreary'reqttest. temptation of drawing nearer—from whcre
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But the thing Was, hew to make ." I must go back howl" he -paid. with a
until one at last was - adopted, the very - In spite of his sin r multi not -tat the
man. -All sorte Of plains were dieouseed, Slowly toward the door. - I' " :
away with the dead -body of inurdered. kind orShiver,.and dragginghis-wearti linibs growth,
1:n6o:irk:doh ,t lobihyl 3 (Ise 10, nionOduhz idw:tathi tllasiIi : In• was herda shdsett: c 1 eetayr—li my
* phin up :cal
audacity of which no doubt made it a sue: wretched being go without a wod. oontent.
cols. _They' were now i growing- deeperate "'Stop ii moment," I -said. ' Tellmeif There was the hue of ' health upon l'er '
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and prepared to risk intigh.: - : . ' - . then to anything l: Can do fo make Your siieek—there was the sppearanos of hir4tth
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Patelfed .th Anthony's lodging, - Baying that He smiled faintly.[ "You.32;941 give Me
_Early: in the morning a better was. des. life any easier ? - . _ fl every every movement, and aeshe turned f:1 -2d
spoke a few words to her companion then
Mr. Marta had been taken. seriously ill the mOney=a little; - I May be able to keep it
night before,- and was at his titiele'si This- arid buy a few prisoners'inxuri4" .. . wwalisichthmaatdeihmhy*l-ielritht boalludridi,I1 The r -wi:13.#.1.1Ie
sertfed to stop any lequiry from that quer. I gate bin* several notes 1 while& he returned to was a difforent bethg from r_ 40
'ter.- In the meantime the poor youngfellow secreted On his perio , - -.1 - - • - girl I had merried.,
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an saline ' .
„Alf an hour all was ready. Iva al and
I sed into the carriage ; the .yemeohik
ficrohed his -whip; the horses, sprung for-
w*.I't the belle jingled. merrily, and.Away
weNent in the oarkness, comment:dad the
retgen. jonrney which counted by thousand
of oilee. It was oOlY DOW! when bukning
to myself at home, that I realized. -the
fe distano9 which lay between tad and
m.
'len of the road soon liid the glOOMy
Ofite,0! from my -sight, but it was not hatd
we . miles and Miles away -that . my
ept.kli _negated anything like their former
tora,land it VMS days before r °cooed to
thit Wat .nearly every moment, of that ter-
riKi.,..0aise in which I had found Coneri,
and'..te-,whieb 'I saw him again consigned
aft§t:My business with bim was finished.
re-Af ibis is not a _book of travel I will not
tulatie the journey: • . The • weather
neail 11 the time was favorable, the roads
wetei good condition. My impatience
fardi; MO to travel almost day and night.
had been laid out is -deoeintly as possible, - "Will you have ore?" I asked.- He She tar -tied -and looked:across'the stre9 n.
and withaverything - that could be done to shook his head.. - ,' : - - 1,: , : ; . - Cerried away; by my joy I had-eutivily
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suggest -6.tabural -death.. A doctor's certi- - "1 eZpect:these Will ,be Eitolentrom me
ficate of death was then: -forged. .Ceneri bafflers I.spend them.I - 1 1. ° --:11;ieerrgbeedt wireoet-InueYoluurtne: net.
With 66 -
`did not tell how -the . form wos obtained; "But is there no - way of leating_nioney' She Mind in some way have Nom*
.The,intin he got it from knew nothing of its with any One for your use r' - .1 . .1 roared me. Were it but as io a dream tily
object. An undertaker was then ordered to. i "You might lea,ve some with the eaptain. htoe Must have seemed familiar to
lend a mina and a doal'oase .for the- same It tnarbe. if he is kind-heaeted ond honest,
She: dropped her peneil „And eketch-tt2k
toen:170:4-.6.1.--!*,, wrisighaitm.. ' The body, In ()enure Pre- a pOrtion of *it . inny Ire** me. 1312t even and sprung to her feet 'before PrisoUiN
047: - oiagea inside tit, with that is doubtful." _ . : .- : . 1 .-... . • exclaniation-,-of surprise and :delight
none of -the usual-paraphernalia,thereason :. I -promised . -be do SQ mid knetv . that,. heard; She stood looking at me as thatili
' -.literal' esu.kh.: appatenie indeeenoy -being --Whether; it reached . him „ or . net; I should
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she expected I would -speek or come to t'-lr,
- b -dy evil -Koury arrangement, feel easier for having ! made the attempt. whilst 14.0 old servant was sendin is -
every. o ...
v taking yOu;liied :What Will -be your Had -I wished.* retreat, it was w 00
of welcome across the noisy stream.
- you had crec... -., - . • -,
had beard those *eat . to. You -sirdia . z ,
Without aic1;- wit mit Mau& It:. .,:i _,
. 1.17....eaxtraphoettidikfarey tatiPaulinem;hadt not -moVed; but Prisep..la
late. I - fount a crossing -place and in
minute or two was on the opposite baul:3.
rareyirotitiabneeSiren aanddlleosraubirtatritjt:tebni.11%risertokirelEPZ8aella; If. On r )iandstooff. es me and -almost shook my
every morningyou- .vio:ke 3,eu had Raid 'On my road back from irkutet,--4,...,
him-r=lie made no .exolamation of rage,
hissed out no oath whioh might warn his
tidied. Grasped in his right hand the long
bright steel leaped . from its lurking place
and as Anthony Ifereh looked up, and then
• threw himsoff 13aels. in his chair to avoid
hini, the blow "was Struck downward with.
'all the foroe of that strong arm—the-point
of the dagger enteringjust belowthe
Ther were. safe -.even front7ament.
she at last awoke from her itutior,:even
Tenet% ooiald see that, son2Othiug had gone
wrong. - She said nothing shoes the Beene
-she had witnessed; she asked no questiene,
'Her peat had According -to the
instrUeUene given her, Teresa, -as toon as
possible, took her to Celled in Italy,
and he saw :that Maestro suited. had
:deprived the brother' of . life- and the sister
of reason; -No search Or inquiry -was Made
for Anthony Steroh. Carrying hiebold
plan to the vertilettei.Oenertinstruoted an
agentio take . possession of hie few-pet-
sonal effeotif at big: 16dgings, and to inform
the people there that he had died at his
bodge and had: been taken. to- -Italy: to be
buried with )2i032,0ther,„,; -few friends for
a While reggetteda nomptiiionl'anir thefe•
Was atte.nd Of = the. affair, 'Nothing:having
been heard of the blind. Man, it Was spp-
posed- he had been wise enough to keep hie
0 -cotitritet-. "tril " • - sake of Con:Rude humanity would..8Weer
bene and absolutely. tranifixieg the heart. : Months and : months " passed ,the,WhOle asetiteed GOVetnment !mull*/ I hacl never vet -seen.her, with het mind,
Anthony tam* was silenced for:Over renialied in the • Eternal .state . fabeef the eart ,.1". • -'" estored • Would, she remember the?
Then, 'eVen-its, b0-1011,1 o9Og.ifiatt tire*took.oharke :At ,her, and.lived* " But the mines
stopped, abater oey-4i hoeget-earAthrotiok her tit- time when Cife: • -
the room. Ptomiliet'seat is the. pian0--iihi thenNit 4410'ssinfl • re ert)fikt reecipelo7t. k-itt
. Ib m
Could. lise What had baptiened: it any bp- fixed holt% ea* little of the elel. His see where Nertchinsk is: /CVO:ions which oould only .be answered when
wonder that the 'sight bereft- her.her I I only _wander.- about timj -angland was ream e
/since < _ I.died or until someoftlit)1 fil" Home at last I Hoer delightW to stand-
-, Metier' Was standing over his...Vial= ledme. Nollift.Vaughatik ODIOUS one's oeuntrytneu, andlft.r.nothing
"But whatAvill your future be? - Where
'1,' too,shall be idiot' before ti" Wall:- I Otero from Priscolla at Tomsk,- at Tgbo sk.
. u"'-- ' d
you had been frozen, 'beattoOr- keyed, 1, .0_0d at POrro, also more recently- written —strange dreams."
she_kiw
order to make you --betray .;youittriende, r, .0iies at. St, Petersburg. All iv to the — tiAtm ' 1
you had been radioed to suoh a state the; date of the -last watt going on .woll. Prig- blush spread over her cheek.
your ' deittli Waitaki:it 'would ;be weloomet ':gilla had -taken her -charge to Devonshire., "Tell me theilreatns," I at.
:then, Mr. Vaug an, you wOuldlooltforwarg'-'-gaving been reared in that county the old "1 cannot. I have been ill ver ill, for
to and bong for i gentle rigors of Siberia seomanohad .,,a great belief in its.virtues. storm tiii2e. I have 'forgotten muck.--every-
t swear te .you, sir," he continued, witThey were at a • quiet, but beautiful little thing that 'happened."
more fire and, animation than- he haclyeG atering.place on the north driest,- and - " Shall tell you?" . -:
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-diiiplayed,'.# thili if the. oieilizod nations risen's averred that Pauline:" war bloom. "Not now—nob now," she oriel :eagerly;
Europe kuew-ottenth partof the hbrrorg' g aide, rose, and ''' seemed as sensible is "Wait, and, it may all come biteltq'
and deed e iii.e. wisp , prison, they wool' ' aster Gilbert himself." . • - . Had she an inkling of the trutk..ti Were
Flay, 'Guilty or innocent, no hupiaubeirik) i NO Wonder after hearing this good news the dreams elle spoke . ' ' ' the rJOruggles
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shall be fermented like this: and -for thv ' was eager to reach: home—lo ging, not of growing -memory ? i rt b' ht ring
• • iilY to see MY Wife again' but
* bee her. wwhhamthlwel 1`31itifiP11 PQemihheedr2fingbeis, Itig4::: :tldt0whaeirt
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and hope.
ow ould we meet'? Would tine at last
ea topt.0 mei?i „Wersemy treiblei at on.
iid Or only„begui2 $,,Thitise were the quit=
presence did not awaken! any Painful reo01.- sacaP
ea leotiona in her mind, but to him the sight Mountaibtunco ii
of his niece - was Unbearable. It recalled.' savages around
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In 001136 part* of North Carolina candles
and kerosenelamps are still co4sidered
&Wales of luxury, while reaidotti torches
are to be had gratis. -
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