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The Exeter Advocate, 1889-2-28, Page 6ALOVE CRIM (TWSL4TEi RQ 1IN, raBliag, OP iltiKa$4 CHAPTER XI-(Conorenten.) Suddenly her eyea lost their dreamy exprea- don and fixed themselves' on a man litho had just 00/13,8 out; of the weed, Be watt advan- cing with slow heavy stepa to the cote of the SiAterri., Isabel mot " iehe, elle add to heraelf, stooping and herdly breath- ing, her eves never left him. " It is he, and he is coming here:" The men came oz, be Arum sbaking, mouth bait opeu, eyeaduU, beck beset, show - ling every aign o deerepitude, abet:knout and grtef. And the man who waa comiug in Kele a plight wee the Merquie of Barge. MOOtn What is he coming for rWhat 400 Ixe want!" She awaits him atanding, hopiteg thet she was miataken and that the old mart will Pagf the house without cooing in. But no, it; is there he is coming to. ae kreate. She is go excited she loot' riot hear. Ile knocks again. This time she hears and say, come In," batin a voice so km stud etrautto that it 'seemly reechea the vieiton door is opened, hewever, era the eld mau appearo 44 Do I put yon about Mies ?' he a.she hesitating tone, She makes assign of denial an palate to a chair. He tilts down, His limbs mad itannatt him no Ioniser, ead he remaieeel for e loug time 'Aleut unaleelese, utterly done out Isabel, tail!, etendiug, renerded him with a feel; of teem. Is it rep:torte halt brought him to ber hornet Aeturedly t itt not love for the s. tors, tor he never had vows "My 'dolt JAIrprbell you dons It stet ?," he She did not mewer but questieued hint with her eyea Ue InUt un 8Icwy llowing his Words. • YOOR. YOU WAAt tOkAAW wity I Am bore. Thee is natural emotes.. Perhaps you will not believe me After wnat bee happened." "You bad a Eeriest right to send ue away." "Ib le net that I allude to." "I evleh to speen of tenet took piece ma the 26th in the raoautein weed. At five or eta (*leek itt the evening?, You muter - stand 44 No, Ikuow nothinee Tell me Ablest it" "To suet Isaleel, yen gee tell everythleg. I am not ajedee. It in Vitt A MAglatAtil who hue ezuee te your house, but a 11•442r. mats VAdt $41and deepeirtvg. Ort the 2611 men Wal -murdered there. It appose that you alaW the murderer." " .thet35 fete; I say, I saw oethine." • Everythiug seta to prove thAlt eon. ttliyhs 4 Well, auppette I did ens hien I am !peeking t vu 44 1 W011ifi not epee!: to a eudhe wbett in that ease do you want with Me. "isattl, I have "Imo you great wroug. hey° been cruel and I am without mute. But everythitto, mut be at right nabs. Will vita regret* the cheteau t" ichtstis Slithyl" 41 My taster and I will never return with. out keowitsg tbe reMOIL VA)/ WO were sent evniy, 'Annie roma too, that would haus us been," "Thaw restoons do not tent. I expelled you in A moment of anger. I repent of it, See, I ask your forgiveness. I implore you, Isabel, to havepity OA Bergemoun lantern- ber the happy hours of your Childhood, ansi do not by a rash word deliver our name to disgrace." 41 I know nothing. I don't understand. Bargemont Is forever clued to us." TAO Mar - quiet bowed very low and withdrew. "1 do not encleratend your words, Sir. Iteally I do tot know how I, by A word could dishonour Bergen -tout," "No, you will say nothing. 1 em sure of it. It; is so easy for you to be silent. And it would be so horrible if you were to speak. In pity for her whom you call your mother, do not tell what you SeW On tbat teeritle evening." Very pale, and as if ins, dream, Isabel repeated," I maw nothing 1 aaw nothing" "I am not cross-examining you. I am a poor men tvho beseealree you not to forget that for twenty years you were happy. Don't forget that if you het° me, there is a woman over there who loves you as her own daughtera, has taken care of you, thinks of you, prays for you. Don't forget her -and the Chateau is open to you Isabel as before. You will find your mother's hearts there, and perhaps another 'which you have never had, a heart which has been very much changed for some days, and which your eilence will have gained." Isabel watched hies through the win- dow as he wane away. His back was more and more bent, his step more and more slow, his gait more trembling. 4; Yes," she murmured, "he is a pitiable man. Me said truly -he must suffer hor- ribly since he knows. Just heave he disappeared from view, the old man stopped, turned toward the cottage, and Isabel distinctly saw him clasp his hands in her direction in one supreme supplication. CHAPTER XII. The information. which Mr. de Mauves was expectingarrived without delay. 'That from Paris first, announcing that the police had made minute inquiries at Mau- borgue's office in Lefitte St, They had ques- tioned the employes as to what business had taken Mauborgue into the Vosges at that time of the year. The cashier said his em- ployer had gone on sorne important business butalid notknow precisely what. Manborgue did not alwaya entrust otl or people with his delicate businese, and the Simpson notes had remained a secret between himself and Oliver. Nobody in the office had any know- ledge of it. The police commissioner had taken care to have an announcement made in the public journals of Mauborgue's tregie end. As a result, a dirty old man, almost in rags, presented himself at his office. The secretary received him and the following colloquy took place. "What is your name 1" " Liverquet." "What do you want V" "1 have heard of Manborgue's murder. ife was a friend of mine. He was often en- gaged in important affairs and I know—" Well, what do you know? Why do you hesitate?" "1 know that Mauborgue had some busi- ness for the end of November -a consider- able repayment -of borrowed money." "From whom did you hear this ?" "Prone himself. I had a handle in the matter. He had promised me a thousand frames consmission." " Idattborgrai-but on interest like you, did he?" "Net I, no, not I -I give t000mmodation, of smoke into the Air, and watched them, The Magistrates Dose was compreesed, taro endoutopread theznselvea, grow smaller, ma from time to time -a8 °nee with Oliver-. and thee vanish and 1104i3 agaitIh The seatehin.g look of the magiatrete did not trimble. hint In the lerust., "When Manbotgue lent; you tbat money, he must have required some aonnewledge- meut from you and this you muse have got mat : ou im?" but nothitig more -merely out, of cetiaeY lowhenyrepeid h " ye403 that is so ..st did ela pees " steal itindness of heart" 4' Welleall right, come to the point, What s4^4,,c1(1478,r;40113Asulre04. sir, and covir more do you know 9" eould it be useful to you in this. engedry ? 44 JAHN exeept that Manbeegue bad ad- s, That 5teetieh net, sir, het hetwert, vaneed one hundred and twenty five then- "I aoi mittowilliog, though your questions seed francs to Count Oliver do Bergemont woo en men to me -well, tenguler-to be an ad ecquelutenee ef mine," qatleilaelite. I tore op the acknowledgment "On wetet securitlearwhich, Mauborgae gave me beck when I 14 I AM totally tmeorara" ,pel "Mr. de Bergemonte no doubt, gave A re- "Oh, but how imprudent eel; was, when c°iPt or '144 " etun" orrath" ft". " la•rger you were dealiug with a meo who was UL', interest having to be ad4ea." evidently so little troubled with a dela '1 cen't tell you then" When Mr, Leer= came in the eeeretery °at'l Oliver, shrugged his shoulders. love tare Liverquenes deposition. of ai,e4peWr4atb‘alWislt e "I did net ddOtala reeipt" sad the preteentyhere11 petti =castrate. I discovered these two tabsgs, I destroy at the same time all the redeem - wide/. will perhaps have some valne," and be aka,pos,aaaaaargueal Ran, who, held Cat tOTO talls1 notes to the young man' moreover, wee too hintelligeot to mix imaelf They were two telegrams, the &Oat which up in ouy j3,4 heeihetenr ran thus z hiamborgete, Lefitte S. he,ve no 4‘S('' Ynu paid him!" "Y ea b nd I euppose that OOLOO wretebes kZargwelittedoVr:l'efutthietsiehl3tattte:teitianivehnhhohteisheeenrer. in the neigeborhoed who had found out that he had the motley, lay in wait for the poor soa f40 =over for him. and to helphim to pay thaw, and plundered hint et everything he bie debts. ne eignatere s a iergeeys ene hati." VC givers et:40 tAsith:t.tePZUCA.A.. simpsom tosibpetateevil:he etude melanin au eessened VI:e'en:end merely cootained thia sentenCe namse wean:aor sehY:tee* iehrontficewithnte Ywee"re "1 leave you the hue/geese of teking the s you able to prossare a hundred and meaty ve thousand frappe ?' Titet doe' no: eoneern you, sir," be tient, with the utratet ceoleets, 30 aAAVC4 iipreng up, and 4112ppg4 hie pen with an impetieut geeturn But that was all. He restreined himself and Oliver neeeesety mete. Stetted, A. Stneson Beth were dated et Ceiro. • Wbat bee come et the netts" of whieh despetch epeeles. Theft le the importeut Mugtu kuow 9 emn Lecroix. It was imrtent certainly. but very 11i11weee ; thet melt If the uotee bed. gime into eirculatioui"No, dace nne ot cormeyou, for le pe thq "'011.1(1110," renhe4 their mattinitY anal abort tbAt Lia to CIA with ray privete life, in All illndibeedbetn reeoguizteltne forgeriee. epil you have no beets:tees with thet. I am If niau'Oorgue bed kept them Sitgto had he hieesed enough To tell you whet I know ea hisideu them 1 far as tla&G wiltMd your reemaxehee, but that hlight they uot have boa enders t Aed de murderer ? What was be cellos of Ids o nem she t gambir, ars Taal; crime ? /led Meuborgue bee:tallied as goo!), ("That dace not coucern you, eitter. Sup P.0 he touched Alpert the repayment a Whica epee e ant yan;ii Tim aro tso tend of the the caohier had epolten1 lied be been lediee reur3ere4 in °Oct supprete the 4e -teeing en this wee weld nitbout anger, but with nates These eves the guilty perty one of the most COP914111M40 impertinence. the Eargemetne ? The magistrate kept bis eelf-reetraiutt Ti: cetteniestemer eeetin his reptrt, anal Oliver drew a few whiffe, bruelted the enteke h4Tr. de Mittens received it next dAy At the mild; hneetted off the tvbite eelt ef hie einar Rtogo GaztP. U(11'0003 by a deaP5tgh With the mad of hie doge! WA the ash lam rf avitime abant3iver, Ida way et life, bettitat the more that wee burning in the office, And 4;d»l 1 an very geed natured, and will be eomplelteut even to MI extreme. I wan thet motley et play. 1 had kept it in ze. *terve for a long time av fund not to be tiedutil the time nad &raveai for the utecteery expeueee ef the marriage I was projectiug. "Why thee borrow freers Ilaulteroue V "I wished to keep that Moneys Mid wee reckoning ea farther wit -Mega to may thee, on. hly duel derauged tLl3 very simple plan." De. Monveu was nonplussed. There wee no heultation, no nervouneess aline (invert' enswera, Its 'short, overythiug he geld was plausible. Ho reflected itttle, and then sail: 44 Esplein to mo abaut thete Sitopeon helium iutteeete eelealetancee. He rammed to It:Intro:neat. Att expert. bad miereecopicelle exemined tbo nuntsug Utak, which. do Mauro' 40 rent bine £1:71112 days Vetere, From a eri, oreinl exeutimition, tide TWA had MAC A port, the emeeleeion et wilt* wee all fon Iowa "We affirm ou oath, and there eau be no doubt ma the eelsject, that the knife which wee emit to us, bears blood stains of different Ideas. On the one heed miner the mieroecote, after a uiinuto examivation, we recosmizei in certain stales, the blood globules of A lower animal -but on the other hand, we recognized in other etaine, the globules of humen.blood-both Linda In about ((teal gutted:len The stains aro about Ve ay If he had followed hie arab thought the " Tide time Oliver tretubted an if ho hod magistrate would have euturnoned Oliver ho. been cut with a whip. His teeth eut through toroidal. Hie first euspicions were coneenn the end of his cigar, tuttl it fell. Nor did be rated °nth° father and son. Which of tho two pick it up. Thies lasted but it second. He had killed tlauborene? Certainly it was was soon minter of himself *gale, ata mad, ono or the other, ant nobody °lee. But, be- "What notes do you &peek of? I don't fore questioning Otiver in detail, before is. underatand per guilders very well. suing WO order for his arrest or the arrest of 444, telegram which was found in Man. his father, he preferred to await the baton borguen office proves the existence ot notes mitten ho had sent for touching the life bearing Simpson's eigeature, end -whittle you of the Count in Paris. had presented and endorsed to Manborgue. Ho didn't have to wait long. When hosaw Thule notes, we have not found agate." himself auftleiently prepered, he wrote to prevented no the yeeng men as follows "I esote, sir. Thinge passed "Ieltould,be very much obliged if you would between us exactly tur I have just baso good as to call at rayeflice thedayafter toororrow about two o'clock in the alter. noon. Yon will be of acme use to me in the enquiry I am now pureeing," On the receipt of this note, Oliver remitted theueleful far a time. He read and re reed the words, trying to discover some hidden meaning, to penetrate the magistrate's thought. "What does ho want me for ? What is he going to aelt me?" I'll go," he said at last. The next day he presented himself at de Mauves' office in Remiremont. The office boy introduced him, and do Mauves who was expecting hint, rose and advanced to meet him In a very Impressive way. He . • Is obeyed hire a seat. Saying to himself as he da eo, and watched the pale but tranquil face of the young man. "Upon my word, I didn't believe he world come, and I feel a little thro en out of my reckoning. He fumbled among his papers. "Sir," said Oliver, emiling. with the most natural air in the world, "1 confess myself entirely ignore nt how I can be of any use to you. It is about the Manborgue matter I suppose?" "Certainly," "I had some business relations with the poor fellow in Paris, but that will nob en- lighten you, I fear. Be good enough to ques. tion me, I am ready to answer you." He spoke quite unconcernedly. And, then, perceiving the end of a pipe -stem in one of the pigeon boles of the desk, be said, " May I take the liberty of asking leave to smoke -and can I offer you a cigar." And the magistrate a little taken aback by this coolness, all these cordialities, as between man and man, equal and equal, replied, " Smoke if:you chow*, sir, but I do not smoke (Agars thank you." And he plung- ed his head. among his papers once more. "Tell me sir," he said, "after a minute what meeting ek place between you and this Mauborgue." I saw him twice in Paris and once Bargemont. That was all, • What occasioned these interviews ? "1 had lost ab play, a pretty large $ Illisew I couldn't count ori my father, was forced in order tomcat a debb of ho to have recourse to money lenders, Mauborgue, sir, was only a money lends certain rank." "1 know it. And I know too that you had lost at play about a hundred thousand frames." "Quito so. You are well informed." "Did Mauborgue lend you that amount?" "Yes, and with a good enough graces." " On what eecurities ?" "None at all. I had merely promised to repay him, with considerable interest, be- fore the end of November." "Why that date ?" • BeCattae I reohoned on marrying before then." "And you were not able in payV' "Excuse me, Mauborgue had just; receiv- ed a hundred thousand franca at Bargettiont these eight days ago." The magistrate repressed a movement of described. I certainly did ask Mau- borgue, when I saw Wm hesiteto about lending the considerable sum I needed, I asked him if be would accept an enmity, some notes of the hawse of Simpscn and Clem= of London. I know Arthur Simp- son, and I *proposed to ask him to come to my asentance, Probably Mauborgue tole. eraphed to Cairo to know If Arthur would consent to sign these motet for me. Arthur, whom I thought more of a friend; mot have misunderstood, slain thought these notes were actually in existence, and so believed that the signature was a forgery. Hence the telegram of which you speak. Can I know the tenor of it 9' "There is ne reason why not. There it Oliver read it carelessly. Ile was well ac- quainted with ib. Manborgue had read it to him. He handed it book smilingly. "Simpson was a fool to conceive, even for the thousandth part of a second, such a notion about me. He shall give me eatis- faction for it on Ms return. And his letter, sir, equally proves that the notes do not exist." "Where do you find this proof." " Mauborgne, on Simpson's advice, would have given notice to the police. I would have been pursued, arrested, judged and con- demned." "Unless," said the Magistrate with the moat exquisite smile, "Mauborgue might have kept the notes te use to his own ad- vantage, and they were stolen from him after his death. Oliver was taken with a short, dry cough which was at once checked. "Which is as much as to say that Mau- borgue was murdered, then searched and robbed by me 9" he said without the slight- est accent of disquietude marring the purity f hie voice. "Yes," said the magistratelaughing aloud. "You are gay, but a trifle doleful sir," said the count, laughing also, without the slight- est discomposure at this cross -examination - 1 or a real crossaxamination it was, and dramatic -might have seemed to everyone who was an indifferent onlooker, amere oon. versation between two meu of the world. Nothing betrayed curiosity and suspicion on the one p at, or embarassreent and fear on the other. They appeared: 2 be exchanging impressions, nothing mine, Smiles veiled the depths of their thoughts and both ap peszed full of the joy of life, and seeing in the whole incident nothing but a game, an amusement of a new kind, whipping up tehLe. irnerves and giving a stimulus to exist - They were like the friends indeed who separate, and in the evening give gay des' criptions of their game of question and. answer. The tnagistritte, for instance, saying to some pretty women." "Just imagine that I cross-examined the Count ot Bargeraont to -clay -to find out from him if he were not the inurci. rer of Mauborgue. We were splendidly amased." The pretty woraen would clap their hande. surprise. He slowly raised his eyes and ex- And Oliver, at his club would be ear amined the young Connb attentively. : • Oliver, with the greatest self-possession "Listen I'm going to tell yen a good one.' went on smoking his cigar* And yet,on the faces of both there He puffed the little blue odorous ringlets Were evidences of intense emotion. he let a slieht nervous cough etospe him. Ao for Oliver, the end of his tongue at. tempt at frequent mtervela to moisten his dry tips, and tbat was all. The magistrate rose from his (leek, where he had been, seated etnee Oliver mime in. lie walked abotit his office, with his hands in his pockets, and had the appearance of thingiug on fie:nothing elee, nie approached the window which looked out on at large inner eourtyaxd And drum - or. it with hia angers, / ern thinking nowt will not pass With - mit some sem," he said. "Su much the better," said Oliver, as he aiED rose and came to look at the sky with the keenest interest. "That win premise us the killing of is few hears. Pe you hunt?" '4 Yes, it great deal, and, by the way speaking of berm," relined oe Mauves, as if struck bv it sudden idea which had only just struck him, "they have been making etirions remark about that knife I brought away from 13argemonle 4; Ah and what le the remark?" "I made you observe, did I net, that the weapon was eteined with blood near the hilt 1" Yeo, that is true, awl I animered that I had flubbed a boar whit it the evening be- fore at Valoeue." "I met the Count 4e Lueignieree the Battle evening, mid be told rate how you. bed killed the only boar you got with a groat deal of bravery." "Imetegnieree is very geed, but you, were speaking a =meet ago of an haematite; re - meek." "bowies) to yeneself, then, that impelled by the idea of this enquiry 18 whieh I am devoting myself, I had the curiosity to have the blood on the blade auttlyzed by P. cherei- eel expert," (no no coeotestrere) RAILWAY CARRIAGE ON PIR Terrible Expericitee et Traveller* in FranCe. A. very startling accident occurred at de 7 brealt the other day to the expresa traba "Le Bartle," emnieg from Nice to Perla As the train reached ti point about five taint neat of Non, the paerongere in the new ger-ries; in witieh the catopertmeote corn- reauteate other., neticed m atronn eelt of eomething hereto* The ensilage was heated, not with the ueuel bet weter foot. warmers, but with a system el but air Qin. rents that permeated about under the Astor of eenmertmente. One pteecegerat ten role - 'gee pest elx noticed that flames were dart- ing up from the Ant no night had been terribly gold arid the 'ivied bad blowe the gee our. The paysengere Waled at the limb of the Alarm enonel, hut the simael did not work, it beam lammed or frezsu, There were twelve pereeme in the cerriege. The demo where inerestelug with frightful tepidity and the floor et the train WAN one MASS of girwlog embers'. The paasengera jumped upou the wino and ehrieked for the guard. Tee traits hegan to slow up for the atetiou of Dijon. The guard noticed the smoke and at once stopped the train. The Aimee were already curling about the emits and emblem The paesengera (Ammo jump. ed out of the cerringe, some ot them lesonng their luggage bellied them. The net et the train went on to Dijon for restetenee, leaving the plesengers end a few ormloyees in a ahed near the track where the carriage soon became a bonfire and was ,completely do. etroyed together with a portion a the pato tenger& head bags. A .PATAL GRINDSTONE. ToungWorionsu byteStone "Welsh* Lug Two TottS. Potts HOPE, Feb. 25.-A shookiog Accident; occurred at tbe now file factory tbe other day by witioh a workmen aimed Robert Norton led his life. A now grindetone weigbing about two tons had been placed in poeition and given into Norton's charge, At about seven o'clock it flew lens several pieces, ono of which fractured the skull of the deeeased. Ho died about an hour after the acoident. Deeeasea was 27 years of age and leaves a widow and three children. Mr. Outram, manager ef the works, says that this is ouly the second accident of the kind in 25 yearr, Street Cars n Damasons. An imperial firman has, it is reported been granted for the construction of a line of tramways in Damascus. Nor is this con - elution to Western civilization the only sign that the far-famed city of Damatous is on the high road to becomingmodernized. Gas also is to be introduced into the city and the inhabitants are eagerly awaiting the promised innovations, which will they be- lieve, not only add to their own comfort, bat will materially increase the value of proper. ty within the city boundaries. The latest estimate of the population of Damascus places it at 150,000. -[London Times The St. Cs,tharinee natural gas well was torpedoed yesterday, with such unsatisfac- tory results that the project is for the pre. sent abandoned. Those who read the accounta of the Em- peror William's visits to various European courts last summer, and of the princely gifts which Ise scattered with lavish hand, will not be surprised to learn that he wishes his salary mused. On Saturday last the Lower Jbasuse of the Prussian Diet passed on its second reading a bill increasing the ltnperial allowance by 3,500,000 marks. TheProgres- sista including such men as Profeasor Vir- chow, protested strongly against such a step, showing that the wealth of the Imperial family is enormous, and that the Emperor now has an biome of 13,250,000 marks, be- sides largo revenues from family domains. The Gevernmeot party, on the other hand, could show xto actual necessity for any in. creme, but rested their demand upon che argument that as the Emperor's work was inereaFang it was only right tare] his income should be augmented. The rumor that a committee of the Brit- ish Medical Association were about to reporb that total abstainers had a relatively earlier mortality than drunkards, turns out to be unfounded, D. Isainbaid Own, in speak. Ing to th.e Pathological Society of London, said that the "Conclusions of the committee were base ed upon 4,234 returns of 178 praditionere , in the British Islands, chiefly from England and Wales, The epees were taken conse- cutively from the death certificate books of tile practitioners, the age, habite, °coupe- -Sem and cause of death of melee of the age of 25 yeses and upwards teeing given, to- gether with a scale of alcoholics habits and the presence or absence of gout. The results show that the average age at death steadily fell from 62 years and a fraction in the habitually temperate Flails to 52 and a frac- t don in the decidedly intemperate." WILTON FLOGGED, A Prisoaer a a Central Reoeives Twenty. ve Lashes, now Ile Dements Punishment- De Dees Not tater it Groan or mane ant Appeal -- The Offence nor Wbicit be WAS Sentenced. It was a quarter past ten 'O'clock ono morniug last week wbett the prepeentione wete eompletea for the flogging At the Oses. teal Prison, I.'oronto. In the wardeeneffise had paltered together several medical men, eewspaper representatives and some curious; citizens. The prison sergeoe, Dr. Aikints, was a few minutea tete, and the warden oe- cupie4 tho time until his arrival by taking his visitors through the prisett greenhouses, Oa Dr. Allsima arrival the prisoner, Henry Wilton, WAS brought from his cell. ate is as young man 25 years of age, as native of the United States', aud a laborer; ohort of steture, of alight build, and with one lame leg. His ewartay, shaven face wore a look of, milieu deternainatiou; an illfavored face, with its Me* Loewe and bard, see features. aie been was bared end he wee bound to the triangle, whose apex was fasteeed to the wail in the vseat cud of the north wiegMis wrists werestrappedto the bets over hie head and hie ankleit BUCKLED TO T14E TIOANOI.E'S base; a breed cauvasi band across the lower portion of hie book and another over his neck completed the faeteoteg. The prisou. ern efferts to repress all nervensuess were futile ;ids henda trembled end hie noesare opened and doted uervonsly. While -the lest] preperetiene webe. being tante he turn- ed his eyes toward the Rased, ond in them fear seemed atruggliug with seinen dogged. uerieteleit Masaie Stepped to the ride of tin; prieeeer awl reed to him the eenteuee, emend on hint by Judge Reim, 014 for hav- ing etseulted A.girl under 13 yeere of age he ahould be improemed ter two years, ell but me (ley, and receive a ileggieg of fifty Mate, twenty-five cia hie entrawa in the prison And tWoutpave ten daya before tbe expiration of hio term. The sentence reed, the warden stepped back and Dr. Alhine took hist place at the aide of the men. Seed the werden to the press' represeutatine --"Theuttmeeunetetand. twenty- five trokaa he'a pot sarongeuengh,." The guardW110 was to adatiaister thn strokes made his appeareuce with a deep linen beg in Me head ceutainiog the "vu." The deanty werdert ealled Mt 44 ORO*" aud the hinting cords' crowd the pritentertt kook. "Two" fell, and. Or livid etrtpe an Weil wide marked the then The pannier nagged at his boucle, hut could not elude "three, s tend it are?? kora hint the only soultd he uttered daring the eaetigatien. Until "twenty five' the strokee fell awl hie Wale was raw ated bloody. But the eauvuleletut of hie berly were the only evideneee that the man felt them. At tbe fourth etroke he etized the hove Memel of hie elothieg in his teeth ; hie white few was bun with pain, but sifter the third stroke he metle nu sound. The whipping was over, end hatitily the etrape were unbuckled. Arranging his clothing Wilton hurried to hi* cell and proceeded to &en himeelf. "Did It hurt very bed 1" a medieal man falcon bim. His jewel relaxed and trembled, MI he replied in A low tone, "It's the first two or three that hurt the mod. Afterwerde he saicl z-" It hart pretty badly USN TIM' Xs INNOCENT." T110 Matt will not ia required to go to work, the warden told the reverter, until he wants' to, and that will probably he in a • few daydy for the 8011tude of their celles Is Vault the prisoners do not long CAr0 for. The louden sou that, with one exeeptlen, he never aev a man Miro a flogging with such atoloiam as displayed by the alnall, phyla • celly-weak man wbe writhed and mitered in sullen silence, and lie conaidered it evi- dence that Wilton "is a bad one." "The puniebotent ie Hoven)," the warden reeler's- ed, "but the sufferine of the men as ho looka forward to the next Begging is greater." Da Atkins told of a solitary ease of grati- tude on the part of a flogged man. Tho men was a resident of the west end of the city and for having aesaulted a child given 25 etroltee. De. Aikens risked the matt after the whipping how he felt and the reply was, "It hurt terribly, but I deserved every stroke." "But," said the doctor, with a twinkle in hie eye, "the men are not usu- ally grateful." An Old ramily Butler. Major Dundee of Du.ddingeton, had an old servant, as "family piece," named William familiatly addressed as "Wull." Ho was a characteristic specimen of the type which has become almost extinct, oombinine the most respectful and affectionate regard for the family, with a» good deal of natural independence and frankness of expression. On one occesion the Major required to leave home early, and, for protection in travelling, meant to wear a heavy overcoat ; but the coat was nowbere to be found. After -search- ing for some time without success, the Major was blooming not a little irritated. His temper was not improved by seeing Wull walking up the avenue from the lodge where he lived, wearing the mieeing garment. On reaching the house, Wull was greeted with a violent explosion from his matter, demand- ing what he meant by carrying off his coat and keeping him searching for it every- where. Wull stood it silently for a while, but at last gave vent to his sense of the Mayor's unreasonableness-" Whale the sense o' a' this noise* Hoo could I ken that ye wantit this coat? If ye had telt me ye wantit it, I could as easily hae ta'en anither ane." It became necessary to add a third story to the house, to meet the convenience of the family, but the additional stair was a grievance to Wull, who could nob help show - use it sometimes. Once, when Mrs. Dundee was seated in the drawtng-roorn, the door was opened by Wull, who addressed ner in a tone of severe dignity -"Gin ye hae ony orders, mam, 111 tak' thein non, if ye please, for I'm mum awa' up to the tap o' the house." • Cape Colony has ventured to try the ex- periment of a penny postage, which was to come into force ab the beginning of this year. In this South African colon the would not have to carry letters for the immense ' distances that would have to be covered in Canada, but they have some rather long routes and niuch sparsely -settled territory. The result will be awaited with intereat by those who favor a two -cent postal rate in Canada. The snail, it appears, must be includedein the classification live stook." French far- mers, wearied of the small profit"' derived from grain and sheep, are turning their at- tention to snails, and in Dijon some ot them are making fifteen hundred dollars a year from the new species of stock, which is re- garded as a choice delicacy for the table. Nor is France alone in prizing thiamin. At 171m, in Wurteniberg, two million snails are annually placed on the market. • FOREIGN NOUS, ' Par** BX4001110111-Derby Favorite -F(4110 - tag France -Tim Coming War, tte.. de. The goat of the Perils Bapoeitioil wilt be $10,000,000. Col. North, the greet nitrate Icing, is new known as /he Oolonel. Donovan, ttio Duke of Portland's colt, is the favoeite for the °achy ut 10 to 6 ageinee An eleetricel latumb., with a awaun neck prow, is beieg built in Eeglaud, for the Sultoo, Apertmenta haze been scoured in London for else.Shah and suite from the third week in May. Valentio.e Dicks, the winner of the grand prix at Monte Cede for shooting pigeons, is a book publisher io the Strand, A new procees bee been disoavered at Vlairentolit-Ferrancl by which beer On be preserved in casks for shipping ta hot cli. mates. The Gamma Goveromeet is said te be posed te suspend hostilities in Seneca during the conferenee, Tbe seamen's strike at variotte British porta ist eubsidion. Thomsen arefreely sign- ing artielea alt eomprorane wen The British rhip Ahglo-Tnclia, Capt. Cat- tanech, from Seangbat for the P'hillipine Is- Ittede. bee been wceeked et Formosa. Pare of the crew was loot Another report is in circulerion that M. staaey beeo killed. 'The London paperdo etot believe it Icieg Otto, of Bavaria, bee been proved hopeletely leaateh TAP 'KlOg recently show. ed of imptoventent. Stochinge are growing LIMO expeneive The aew wee') are heavily beaded with jet er with reel lege iteserted lu front, and go up 04 high tte 610 41. pair. Commissioner Iterolimer, of the North. wed Mounted Pithce, in hie ensued xeporte vigorously protean; against the letroduetiou of the license when into the Northwest. The Waage Irish mecietiee Wive decided to name St Patriekti Dy peredee, which bave of late yeara been ditmeneed with, the rAIRP4Y thin awed having been tieut to Parnell. The rark Central hotel in Hertford, Como, was demonetsed by an explosioo and large number of oetple were haled, The Loudon Poet hat binted that Oibran ter and hialtewill beArroore4 more etroug. ly le view e•I Ibe ptehenility e. greet htetrepteu war, It its expeeted that the Impeziel (lomat moat wilt propose a damn] lino of kitld,0Q0o E0h, to be event le buildiug warehipe sued tortedo boats. Tbe viainie Impiety of winet fiXt this Con. anent is ACM 6.150.00 lambda lees then a pear ago. awl 26 450.0) bueliela kat thee& en Felt. Mb, 1887. A suit azalea; Mitt Beetle Bellwood, Landon's meet winder mimic) hall =thin given infertuation about the Five raid for swage. The highest price was $200 for 44 WO Iten't Want To Fight.' "Two Lovely Meek Byte" bteught 421. "Ohippy Norton," one of Eoplendht moat eminent oporto, was arrested in Moots) Carlo for An AtteUIPU at ready money betties." He merely ehowes1 a 41t0 mite, but ib was not lei the gelatins house. The Duke of Hamilton got him deer. 4. speeah by the Athenian or ator Hyper - Ides hes been discovered la Athos and ;oven to the Louvre. Ile was the defender of Phyrno, and in order to preserve her from the charge of impiety pulled off her gar. menet and exhibittd her to the Judges, as it has been repreeouted by the pleture of Gomm Lord Wolseloy to* this view of the future in rnakiug an address at Birmingham : "Those who study the map of Europe at the preaeut moment and the condition of things iu Europe must feel that there is bsuieing over tut n war eloud greeter then any whiclr has hung over Eurot c before. It meads that when it burets -and burst it will as suroly as the sun will rise tomorrow -it means not, as in former days, a contest, be. tsveen two highly trained armies, but a war of extinction, of devastatiou Intween groat armed mittens whose populallone arnarmed and trained to fight." Royal Blood in Everybody's Veins. Every man has two parents, four grand. parents, eight great-grandparents, sixteen greatgrestegrautiparents, dse. Naw, if we reckon twenty-five yeses to a generation, and carry on the above calculation to the tirne of William the Conqueror of England, wilt be found that 090h living pereon must have hed at tbat time oven the morn:toes number of 35,000,000 of ancettoro. Now, supposing we make the usual allowance for the crossing or intermarrying of felonies In a genesiogioal line, and for the same parson being in many of the intersections of the family tree, mill there will remain e number at that period even to cover the whole Nor- man and Anglo-Saxon races. What, there- fore, might have been pious, priuoely, king- ly, or arlstooratio, stands side byside in lino with ;the most ignoble, plebeian or democratic. Each naan of the present day may be certain of having had, nob only barons and Oquires, hnt even crowned heads, duke, princes, or bishops, or renowned gen- erals, barristers, phereiciens, &a., among his ancestors, • A Woman Knocks ont a Tramp With a Rolling Pin. A tramp is in the hospital at Lebanon, Pa., suffering from severe injuries about the head, which were inflioted a few days ago by Mrs. Catharine Penn. The tramp called - at Mrs. Penn's home and asked for some- thing to eat. He was taken into the house at the table, and he soon discovered that Mrs. Penn was alone. .He then began fa threater her and use insulting remark's, whereupon Mrs. Penn it woman of fine mus- cular development, ca‘mly walked to the cupboard, seizad a rolling pin and struck the fellow on the head, knooking him down. She repeeted the blows several times, and then Mrs. Penn sent out for the police. who found the tramp lying on tbe floor in a senseless condition. ' Didn't Know Latin. A youth who was apprenticed as a clerk in a store soon returned home with his little trunk and explained that the man would nob keep him because he did not understand Latin. How is that 9" inquired pater - familiar. " Why, you see," said the boy, "old M. is an educated end squeamish sort; of a man, and ne.said he would not have any young fellow round hitn who did not know the difference, between meum ' and. team.' " culaihtegrat, mad a , little boy, "when you get the creme whipped may I liotchthe •