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They at together in the soft mosieredati
Veen the mate and seized out o'er the $ea ;
Ho wee a haudiernemanly youth, and, quete
A mitoli for a leyely girl its she.
Their tryshein eleee was a romantic seot.
Keemen, as the loverougleti to them
alone ,•
For, as elm Shake vionld twee thee did not
wet
That I he made their eeeret all nee' owei. awe'
"Then you mut try and not think to,
night; that'll. your D mterei emulated' re.
member tend yen moot obey H."
She thee to entile, but with very poor
sumo, and the tears °mom to her eyes In,
stead, Flow I longed to be able to comfort
her,
"1 am afraid," I said, "the your visitor
yeateteday caused you annoyance,"
" Den't ;speak of him ; he is one of the
chief cameo of our uthappinese,
Bat ife ere of no U80,"
told her that he had asked me the day
before what their name wae, and that I had
refused to say. I Inquired if her father
knew he had called; she replied that he did,
After a few misname c inversetion, I pro -
;seeded to the heuritheoper's room She was
to) very much better, that I told her ahe
might get up—whioh she much wished to do
but that elite was not to go farther than the
uext room, cm she must avoid the alightent
oold for some time to come. When I left
Mrs, Thole -von, Ida talked me if I would go
up to her father, as he had expreased a de-
sire to ase me, Before gobeg to him, how
aim, the made me promiee not to say any-
thing about the gentleman I had eon, aa
Mr, Colebrooke did not like him
I found him looking more thoughtful antl
melanaholy than usual. I told him so.
"Yes,' he awiteated. "Continual anxiety
is no preserver of health or spirits."
" But you ahould keep your mind oalm,
and not let your anxlety overcome you."
"Ah, Dour, what's done cannot be un-
done. Sin Made to sorrow, and it may now
lead to a worse one than has yet been. The
innocent may offer for the guilty."
I did not uuderstand him ; but I was aura
his words had an ominous meaning.
Ida looked at him, and then gave a slight
involuntary shiver. Ho noticred It.
"Ida, my child, you love ma, don't you ?"
"Dear papa, you know it."
"Yon would de a great deal for me 1"
" Try me," ehe said, quietly and firmly.
" Even saarifin yourself, my treasure ?"
" Yea, I would even norificm myself."
" Rather than see me die of my own
ohoice ?"
"Yee, yes ; a thotwand times." She
spoke emphatioally, but with agitation.
"God grant," I observed, ' that there
will never be any need for such a sacrifice."
"There may be, though," eald Cloiebrooke
in a parlous tene, " Dr. Aylmer, I repeat,
strange though it may sound, there may be,
and seen."
I glanced at Ida, quite unable to compre-
hend this eingular speech ; but she looked
away, apparently shunning my gaze.
continued her tether, "your as-
sertion, then, Is deliberate and unalterable ?"
Nothing can change it, ppm"
Ha smiled, and a gleam of hope, smolt at
I had never seen on it before, lighted up his
face. He kiesed her tenderly. There wao
no doubt he was dotingly fond of his
daughter, and at this no one could wonder.
Wne could help being fend of such a Mo-
ore ?
"You hear her," he said proudly ; " d
it in true. I knew she would do, anything
fer me."
"Bot I do not understand what you
mean," I eald. "In the, I hope, improb-
able eveut happening ef your life depending
en your daughter sacrificing hers, would yon
not willingly yield yours, rather than accept
meth an alternative ?"
"Her life M exclaineed he. " No ; you
don't understand me. I mean her happiness,
her free velehes—net her death. God for-
bid 1"
"That is another matter, Mr. Colebrook°.
But you would net let her de even that,
would you ? '
He mede no answer. But I observed that
a struggle was going on in his mind, the
oontentions ef self-interest and self -leve on
the one hand, and affection for hie ohild on
the other. Such a battle may eon have to
be deoided. Which force will be vioterieusi
" Yoh have been eltticii up too lAtet"
pad, teueg her Irma.
41Ne 4 indeed, Doctor. Bet it le true
have not Adept at sell Alum yeeterday morns
"Mrs, Thomaston does not require emoh
aloe° watohing pow," I oentielneelt "You
eheuld him gone to Met at mei,"
"Sol did; but ry thoughts kept me
They were engsgtd, teamed the happy
day,
Withiu a month the twain woull be made
one.
Meanwhile they spooned, and I'm ashamed to
say
I used to hide close by and vratela the fin.
TIM special night they set there, $'OVV to
Speak,
As lavers will, entranced in silent bliss ;
Until he drew her close and on her cheek
Impreased, ea lemers well, a tender kiss
Sh e eta -ted, Phrieked and thimet aside his arin,
green turned away her head and softly oded.
Why, darling," be exclaim ,
ed, what was
the harm
What can't a fellow kiss 1119 futirie bride?'
But still she Fobbed. And then down hy her
side
In wild alarm be knelt, and begged that she
would speak;
"What can I do to Soothe my sweet ?" he
cried
"What was the meaning of that dreadful
shriek T:
She raised her head a little, dried a tear,
The color fluFheo her r *co in one hot wave;
" think," she Fobbed, "that if you really
loved mq, dear,
You would go off somewhere and get a
shave."
Shall .She Be Sacrifined?
CHAPTER III.—An UNWELCJAIE Vishnu
For several dap after that, I at his re.
peated wieh, vistted this strange man. I
soon found him to be very intelligent, and
capable of talking eensibly on most subjects
Sometimes I doubted that the opinion I heti
formed of him was correct; and yet every
new and then some worth' of his would eon -
'firm it Thew wild flash toe in his eyes
which I eften observed when he was excit-
ed, gave colour to my suopiolon.
Of Ida, the more I knew of her, the more
she attracted me, and the more I Buffered.
If there was hereditary niadness in the
"family, mightnot she also be effiloted some
day 7 To think that etch a misfortune
could be reserved for that gentle girl, gave
me much anxiety, Te put an end to thie
painful suspense, 1 one day asked her if my
mini nature was a right one.
" My father mad 1 Oh Doctor, what oan
make you think so ?" she asked in riatonish-
raent,
I told her that his own onsional remarks
had led me to form this belief.
" You are wrenia Dr. Aylmer. His words
have tee true a meaning, It would be
dreadful enough H he had been insane but
as it is—" She stepped, as if afraid she
had said toe much.
I would not pain her by asking her more;
but when sbe gave me her hand and raid
good-bye, I could net reset pressing it warm-
ly hi my own.
At the gate, a man stepped me, "That
house ie let, isn't It ?"
ei It is."
4' For hew log, do you know V'
I said I was net certain, which was the
fact
" You know the people, don't you 7"
" Yes ; I do."
" And their name 2"
e' Certainly, ilf I know them, I knew their
name."
"What is their name ?"
Net knowing who the person was, and dia-
Ithing manner, I waived answering his
query. I did net think it right te simmer
inquiries about my acquaintances from
/strangers in the streets. I therefore passed
en to pay some professional visite without
waiting for him to speak again. 1 ow that
he looked angry, as he moved away in the
appetite direction.
W nen returned home I observed the man
again. He was watching attentively the
windows of the house in which my neighbor
lived; his hat was very much drawn over
his eyes, as if he did not with to be recog-
nised, The next morning when I was pass-
ing throttge or gate to go next doer, I saw
him entering their gate. He marohed bold.
1y up the amps before me and knocked. The
servant answered the door.
" I have ceme to see year mistroas en
business."
" My minus can't see ne visitors, and
there's illneas in the house,"
C HAP IE R IV. —COLEBReORE's SECRET
REVEALED,
Oa the following Msnday I went to pay
sense long promised visite in London, and
did not return hr a week, My firat call on
my arrival was to eur neiehbors. Mrs.
"Indeed. But she will see me. Please to Thempon was now well enough to rename
show me to the aittingmeem 7" her usual duties, and the temporary servant
"1 will ask her, air. What name ahall I had been sent away. Ida looked careworn
say ?" and weary. How I wished I could mitigate
"03, never mind my name," her unhappInees 1 She, so young and inter-
" I will tell her, air, if you will wait eating, to be rendered miaerable thraugh no
here," fault of her own.
" Show me to the parlour or drawing "Dar Miss Colebrooke," I amid, taking
room, then, while you we, Yen osei say, if her hand gently, "1 know you have been
yeti like that I am from the house agent." fretting. Yon are in trouble. Are you sure
As he said this, I noticed a sinieter smile en I cannot help yen?"
his face—which wee an ill -looking one—that "You are very kind to offer to help,"
made me think he was uttering an untruth. she replied, smiling sadly; "but no one, I
eeemed instinctively to distrust him. I am eorry to say, no ene oars help me."
f allowed him inte the house ; but he looked "Is it so bad as that? Is it a new
displeased as I entered the room, inte which tremble 2"
he had been conducted. "A new trouble that will soon come." she
You're a friend, and a privileged one, I replied, in a tone no deepairing, that my
euppose ?" he asked. heart ached to hear her.
" Velma friend ?" "1 wish I could take it away," I mid
"The young laidyee" earnestly,
" Yeu seem net te have yet amertained She raised her eyes to mine for a moment,
her name," I observed. "If yon do come and than a deep blush Came over her sweet
from the house agent, I teemed have thought face, My look had expressed more than my
on would have known it ?" words had.
" I de knew their name, sir, and perhaps "Dear Ida," I continued, " if I cannot
better than you de, though you had the in- relieve your sorrow, at least let me ahare
civility to refase to answer ray question it ; ' and then I told her all my love. Al I
when I politely asked you yesterday." spoke, a gleam ed jay shone for a moment in
" 11 18 no buelneee of mine," I returned, her face, I seemed as if the return of hap-
"te tell my friends' names te any stranger pinnies was not so very distant, The instant
In the road who may choose to ask nome after, it wen gone ; but not before it had
'you are, I oppose, the docter who lives told me what I longed to know,
next doer 7" " Dear Di. Aylmer, you do not knew,
I bowed coldly. What you ask may not bo. It oat never
The deer opened, and Ida came in, be, I—I am engaged to be married to—
"Oh, is it you, Doctor? 1 thought it to--''
W8,8---" She Mopped euddenly, as the If I had touched a powerful Meanie bat.
young man standing behind me met her teary, the Rhea her worde gave me °old not
eight. She turned very pale, and Melted on have been greater. I had not thotight of
him with an expresi ion of dieguit, mingled her having any lever, , and I felt sure ehe
with fear. I cannot call It any ether name; oared for me, Presently, I wilted her if
it was fear. He was, I perceived, an ure she loved the man to whom she was en -
welcome visitor. Hb held out his hand to gaged.
her ; but the refused to tenth it. Sbe "1 must try hard," she replied, 66 to do
Maim's/ bowed still more coldly than I had so—if I de not now, We must all do hard
done. things sometimes,"
was heigInnlog to fear some of you "Not like him I" I exclaimed. "And yet
were ill," he eaid, with a haety eralle, "sem yet are engaged to marry him,"
Mg that Doctor here, I hope it is not your 4' Da net judge me berth's'," the laid al.
Lather ' meat pleadingly, "Yon do not underatand
I never ow Mich a look of contempt as whet compels me to--"
that with which she eurveye el him. " To sacrifloe your life," I oonoluded.
He moved around mid stared atm°, which "Ah, I knew now what your father meant
/ took as a hint that he wished to be Tolley- when he asked you the ether day what you
ed of my presence. Thinking she might; would do for him, Bat in what way your
not like Breaking openly to him when I was marrying against your Own wiehee oan bom-
be the room, I proceeded up stairs te see my fit him, I erri unable to utideratend."
patient, who was now progressing favour. 4 Shall 1 tell you ? '
ably, and wag on the fair road toward re. It00,"
eovery, I did not see Ida again before I 'a It might save his life."
am the was still with her *Miter, I elm "Save hie ? '
eerved the following day that she looked
weedy atid haraseed,
yee,8
"Hew 7"
*4 Weil, it it right yen. should. have the
reesent He him leech*" times nid he would
Pot Mind yeer ltheWinei• 1 *net th Your
hensIabip Lor ulti net to divulge a terrible
teatime, 0 not seep we, I would Rather
tell you how, My poor father had the
dreadful noisfortun ) to deprive a fellove-
oreature o his life. Yon have heard of what
le termed the Eflokarde mardek ?"
I nodded efd -matively.
64 Tao onty evitnest to the aot wail Mr,
Puree—Hlokerds' fellowinerther—the LIVAU
you saw here eome demi thIPO! And who at
one tisne Was an acquaintance of ours in
London. With a view to turning the inhere
able buzinen to hie owe adventego, he ban
morn to my father that he will aid him
in quitting the country, even at his own
riek, ie I consent to marry hint If I do not
consent, then he will give my father into
custody and positively swear he saw him
nturder the man 1 I have, of course, no al-
ternative, and the wedding is fixed for next
Monday,"
This wae airead Thuraday,
6' Next Monday 7" I oried in a tone of
pain. I Oh Ida, your father oannot allow
this."
"Don't bleme Mtn, He has net urged me
in the loot I have told him that I will do
it, I am quite determined. Why, I should
be my own father's murderer, if I refuted
this man,"
"An it is," I said, "you will murder your
own peaces, and mine," ^
"In spite of what I have tell you,
Rector, would you still choose to marry me,
the daughter ef'—
" What doe it signify to me whose
daughter you are, au long 9.8 7011 are my own
darling Ida 7'' I ateld this in.a voice of pas-
sionate tenderness. I° do not remember now
all that pool I know I entreated her to
reconsider her deoleien, I ueed every argu-
ment to persuade her. I promised to aid
her father to esoape. But all was of no
avail, She wept bitterly; but she remained
firm,
efteape would be a matter of great diffi
ottity. Mr. Purse had. taken lodgings in the
home right opposite, awl watohed all their
movements. He had threatened that If Ida
did not meet him at the church at halepast
ten on Monday, he would go directly to the
pellet, station and have her father arrested.
At one time, they had tried to leave the
oeuntry, and had even taken passagee in a
dimmer on the point ef departure from
Liverpool to Montreal; but j ast as they
were going on board, they had abeerved Me,
Parse, though, as it turned out, he had not
noticed them. And as he was ooming to
the ship to see some friends off,, they had
haetlly returned to land before he had, as
they believed, dieoevered their preeenom
They had than thought it better to conceal
themselves In the country for a time until
vigilant search should have abated. They
were now living by meson of money to the
amount of about e thousand pounds the
profits of some articles of value whieCthey
had sold. They had not plaoed this sum la
the bank, as if they had, there would have
been danger of their whereabouts booming
known,
But how had Parse disoovered their hid.
Ing place? It was quite by chance.The
house in which tboy now lived had, as al-
ready stated, stood long empty, and the pro-
prietor was desires:a to dispose of it, With
this view he wrote to his solicitor in Loadon
to put the property in the market; and the
solicitor, it so chanced, employed for this
work the very firm of property agents with
which Mr. Purse was connected. It was
not, however, Purse who first went to Span-
ners to look at the property, but anothee
representative of the firm; and he, calling
at the house to ask about the property,
epeke with the housekeeper Mre, Thompson,
whom, however, he bad not bolero seen ;
bat he was not allowed Into the hods°. On
his return, in reporting to Mr. Parse regard-
ing the poperty, he commented upon the
faot of his not having been admitted into
the house; which awakened the ouriosity of
Parse, who put some questions as to the
housekeeper's appearance, and suoh-like.
Tho result of those inquiries was that Mr,
Puree's simpletons were aroused, and he him-
self set off at onoe fer Spanners. But Mrs.
Thompson by this time being ill, he failed
to see her as he had hoped. He made in.
emblem however, as to the occupente of the
nouse in question, and learned that a young
lady named Ctelebrolte, with her servant,
had taken it; that she called nowhere, went
out but seldom, and bad excited curiosity,
He resolved ' to watoh the house, and for
this purport) engaged lodgings opposite,
Wao Mr. Coiebreeke with them or not?
Ids he could not ascertain, and he forbore
to ask any one. One day, however, he es-
pied Ida as oho bade me geochbye at the
door; and when I came to the gate, as al-
ready narrated, he stopped me, doubtless
hoping to ascertain whether the gentleman
lived in the house.
And what was the cause that led te the
dreadful crime? It was the oldi story of hu-
man anger uncontrolled. Mr. Colebrooke—
whose real name was Wayne, bat who had
aseumed a false name fer obvious reasons—
had been male the dupe of a wioked schemer
of the name of Hiokards, by whem he had
been induced to part with hie money to pur-
chase shame in a lead -mine apeoulatien. The
mines proved to be myths ; bat the geld
he had oellected from Mr, Colebrook° and
others who had trusted him, went to enrich
Mr. Hickerda. who, as already etated, was
Paree's partner. An action was Instituted
against Hithards ; but the fraud, though
few doubted It, could net be eetablished
against him with evidenoe suffiolent for
conviction. Mallards had married eat the
awindle tom logersionely, and rendered de.
teotion impossible. He was acquitted; and
Mr. Colebrooke, a ruined man unable to
obtain redreeeihappened to be tewn ono
day on some business, when he had occasion
to call at his enemy's; effiae.„ Mr, Riokards
was in ; and unfortuntetely some almost
unaveidable references to what had already
taken place between them, so enraged the
two men, that open violence was the molt,
Rickards had lifted a knife that lay en the
table ; but thin Mr. Colebrooke Wrested
from him, and in the affray that ensued, the
weapon listened the breast of the =etched
swindLer. He died inetantly. His partner,
Mr. Parse, who at that moment entered
from an adjoining room, rushed forward to
adz Mr. Colebrook° ; but the latter mean
aged ee 'elude him and made hie eseepe.
Mr. Parse, dreading lest suspielon might
perhaps be directed event himeelf, report.
ed to the pollee that Mr, Colebrook° had
done the dead. A warrant for hie appre-
hension wail obtained ; but Mr. Colebrooke
had fled, diegaised, with his daughter and
the housekeeper, and as yet had baffi
diet/every. The all-important faot roulette
to be told that Pane, whe had formerly
been a trusted acquainteme of the Man he
&Howarth, with his partner, helped to
ruin, was a tejetited lever of Ida'. 1 his
affection for her being the redeeming point
In his cheatioter. He determined) as soon
lila he discovered their hicilmtplaco, to make I
use of hie /miner, and by promising to aid
Colebrook° In escaping from the country,
induce Ida to marry him, Hew he succeed-
ed in getting her oonseht, hies already been,
told,
vaA,P1144, v,—AT Tux elte'reee.
The next day 4 °oiled on Mr. Colebrook*,
Ohl bbu thot I bad proposed to ble
daughter, mid that the room the had, re-
bleed the was beeause oho had promieod to
amrry Mr. rune 10 'hive her father befog
arreited ou 9. oharge of murder,
"4 You Wye Ida he exclaimed. "You
hewn offered her maeriage ; ene she bat
never told me, 1 thought there was no en'
that elle particularly oared for, It wil
make it the worse for her, my poor, poo
child 1"
" And you, eiri have cemented to eaorifice
her 7"
"Doctor, hats she told you the dreadfu
reaeon 7'
"She has, I grieve extremely for her,
for you both ; but if you promiee to free
her from this man, e will help you to eta
oape---"
6 Oh, impeolble, impoesIble 1 he inter.
rupted. "That man"--aud hie face beame
oliendee with a look of fierce hate—" le
lynx-eyee, Till Monday, he has told me,
he shall wetoh night and dey from his win-
dow opposite, and take care I shall not ea -
cape Mai.'He will do it—I know him --
though he pool the 'whole time without
Bleep."
"But you can °Sine over your beck -
garden palings," I pereleted, "Yon oan
pane out through my gate at night. He Mil
thiak you are me, and that your daughter
is my Aunt. 0e, I am sure' we can manage
"Ab, Deotor, there will be ne math good
luok. If he did not di:mover the triok at
the time. it would not be long before he
did no. H i would telegraph to every atation,
tend I 'should be a hunted man again. D
you know a price of three hundred pormle
is on my head ?"
I did all I oeuld to prevail on him to lis-
ten to ny ethemee ; hut he was °bath:tate
I became atigry with Mtn at last, and told
him I did not believe he really loved Ida,
as he would not even make a final effort to
nye her.
Tie looked at me, He net love his enly
child 1 What was 1 thinkhig 7 Did I not
knew what mieery it WU to him to give her
up? Sae had instated on it. To lose her
father would be a double sorrow to her.
She has Bead so, and he believed her. He
knew she would rather a handled times
marry that sooundrel than let her father
suffer death,
I told him hew terribly the drea 1 of her
coining fate was diatreesing her, Sae would
never knew happleees again. Her misery
would only end with her life. I said a greet
deal more. I told him bluntly that I be.
hexed he loved himeelf more than he did
hie deughter. I expected him to be angry
with me ; 1 thought hp would have been of-
fended at my rudeness. But no; I remark-
ed thatehe only ooraeressed hie lips tightly,
and in his eyes I saw Meet purpose, a wild
determination. What it was, good or evil,
I knew soon,
"Then you won't let me anise you 7" I
old on leaving. "You will allow Miss
Colebrook° to offer still more for your sin
"Go I" he utteied hoarsely. " Loave me I
I have nothing more to eay,"
I lefe, feeling disguated with him. In my
deep sorrow and deepair, I eoule find no ex
cum and feel no pity for his own great
grief at having to unapt the offered eaorifice.
hianday came, only too soon. It was a
beautiful day; but its sunshine seemed to
moot. me. Ida, my beautiful, noble Ida, how
I felt for her; how I felt fer myself. 0 a,
why must she, so true and good, suffer for
anotheret crime 7 Why sheuld die be the
innocent victim to ova a 'pithy life? To
wee her again for the last time, to look ono
more en her before she was lost to me for-
ever, came to me as an irresiatible desire. I
would go to the ohurch. She should not
eee me. I would sit in the pliers,' and
Bohol myself to bear the eight. I muet
steel my aching heart to submit patiently
and suffer ;silently. I would go, even though
L knew the scene would only increase my
pain. I should watch her until she was in-
dissolubly united to the men she abhorred;
and then—ah, then.
At ten o'clock I went to the church. It
was not very full, as the coming marriage
had net been made know. I seated myself
In a quiet corner where I could eoe all, with-
out being aeon. Parse came in =Mug com-
placently, and eon s.fer Ida entered with
Mrs. Thomption. The former wae dreased
in black—fit emblem of hor ntherning soul.
She wae deadly pale and trembled visibly ;
but she kept up bravely, though I knew the
ordeal she was undergoing was worse than
death. The clergyman was punctual to the
minute, and the service began. Mr. Parse
was asked the firat question in the marriage
service, and answered clearly and loudly.
The same (mention was ellen put to Ida,
Her answer aeemed to die en her lips. She
juet managed to whleper it. I thought she
would have fainted; but she had a work te
do—it was began it must be oompleted. _
" Whe giveth thia woman to be married
to thie man ?" inquired the reverend gentle-
man.
Men. Thompson came forward and replied.
The clergyman blinded the ring to the
bridegroom; but at the same moment there
was a buetle in the church—a murmur of
voioes—and in another second Mr. Cole.
brooke rushed hurriedly and breathlessly to
the altar.
"Sop le he oried, "1 forbid this mar-
riage.* See shall not marry him."
The clergyman stared at him in blank
amazement, Mr, Colebreekees objection
was demanded.
"1 declare," he replied with deliberate
distinotnese " that this le my reshot. My
daughter only consented to marry that man
to same my life. I give myself up to justice.
My daughter eviehed to say° me; I am here
to eave her."
" Is this statement correct ?" asked the
clergyman of Ida,
She did not speak ; she only hid her face
in her hands in an agony of emotion. Her
father took her gently by the hand and led
her into the vestry, followed by Mrs,
Thompon and the olergyinan, I pined
them there, Colehrooke netted pleesed to
Ihe whole day, * minietering angel of Gem-
TorL
wo =litho paned, away, and the trial
took pleas, At one time the evideuee ;seem,
ed onolusive of the guilteef Mr. Colebrooke
—that the deed WAS I/Mettles:sal end deoign.
eel, not the result of a momentary passion,
or without. His known enmity to the dead
Wan Wan certainly a strong feta apinet
hfnt; Wolfe the evidence of the man P Arse
steamed to make the linka of elecauestattial
proof complete and deadly.Bat when Icle,
wee placed he the witneee hex, and told the
atory of PUrfle'S villainy, a (Mange came over
the eau, ; move eapeolally when the prison-
, or's coetriel pointed out how Pero had mod
hie kneiviedge to comae the daughter and
father into a compact as distasteful to them
as It wase on Puree's part, opposed to the
laws of the country. Puree had ineeed
been gniity of an endeavour,for pummel
and afelfiih ends, to compound adelony, and
this um itself a crime. The epeosi was
aucoosful. The jury returned a vordlot
that the prieoner had nee been guilty of
murder; and no alternative (*ergo of inaIl•
slaughter having been made—the prose -
outer having relied upon Puree's evidence
as euffielent to prove tho oapital oberge—
the poem? WAS thereupon mg:Meted.
Parise must eon thereafter have left the
&stria, ae we never ow or heard of him
again.
BA Mr. Colebrook° did not long survive
ehe shook which he had aastained, and in
a few weeke we stood by the bed where he
lay dying. Ho teok hie daughterei hand.
"1 give my child to you," he said, art he
placed it in mine. " She s tae.only legato),
i have to leave, but you will have a price-
less Creaser° in her. I am certain she will
prove to you aa true and affectionate a wife,
ae she hes been a true and affectionate
daughter to me."
For many weeks after that, Ida wae very
ill. We thought we should have lost her
also, but Gel mercifully epared her to me.
I left Spannere, and oame to London, where
I have since obtained a considerable pram
tiom and where we were conetly married.
My darling is looking over me now, as I
write, and I kiss the white hand that rote
on my 'Moulder.
A.h, who in the world has a wife' more
fondly loving, more dearly beloved e
[THE END.]
'lee 1110.
"1 have done iti" he said: "1 am net
such an unfeeling parent as you thought me,
I shall die, and you and my thild will be
happy when I'm gene."
"0 father, father,' ehe sobbed despair-
ingly. " Don't, don't speak se." '
There were tears of pity in the ininister'a
eyes; my own were moist, Such a. Hoene as
that would affeot the hardest nature. To
policemen, who had been pent for by Parse,
now entered the vestry to arrest Coleimooke.
Ida clung to him convulsively. Re tried to
soothe her, and kissed her with paselonate
affection. I knew now how I had wronged
the man. His devotion to his chIM had eon.
quered hie fear of death. I feet an admir.
Mien for him, The ono of right had gam
ed the day,
"Come and Mame in prison, my darling,"
ho said, as he wae being led off, hootiMpari-
ed by Puree; 66 arid you too," he added,
turning to me,
I promised willingly. The' next minute
he Was gone, leaving Ida in ,speeohless
grief. I ordered a °sib for he,, ,and took
her hornet. My deer mint ittayed, With leer
- Life -Long Friendships.
Oriental friendships were formed for life,
after ouch examples, as Amid and Johna-
than,Damon And Pithias, They were the
moeamused ef experiences, Stith fziend-
ehip are not as (ammo to -day, although
Tennyson, in "In lelemorlam," wings of
auth an attachment. In the old days a man
esteemed his bosom friend better than him-
self. 'page, aceording te a Japanese) tradi-
tion, was a statesman who ruled in the
kingdom of Niphen with 'great wisdom for
many years. Never had the needs and
rights of the people received as much oare
and protection as froni thin saga, who was
devotedly loved be, them, ipsaga had a
searetery who had lived with Mm since hie
youth, and grown gray at hie work. This
old man died suedenly, and en the same
day 1113 Prime Mitister resigned his posi-
tion and aahnewledged that all the Mean-
ing, the wisdom, the power which he had
exhibited had. belonged to this poor man,
who had exerted it and ignored himself in
behalf of his friend, to procure him honer
and renown, " Ipsage,,eay the Japanese
moralists, "was a useful man, but hie peer
eervant, when name nobody knows, was a
great hero, for he sacrificed himtelf for his
friend,"
Our own Indian tribee preserve many tra.
ditiona of the loyalty of beeves whe have
s went friendseip to each other, The Sioux
have a inaxim, "Lt a man be false to his
father, hie senior hie "iohief, but keep faith,
wit IV his friend."
The Germans and Russians have muoh
tha same idea in their cede ef morale, and
Rankin folk-lere is full of pathetio instances
of selioarifice by frienda for each other.
There is a true [Any in Eaglish hisiory
which impasses them all, however ; that of
some of the band of noble youths who un.
der Babington consplred to plain Mary
Q seen ef Sots on the throne of E ezabeth.
Tele leaders of the conspiracy were aotuated
by loyalty to the Stuarts, but two of the
iininkei j lined it to " share the danger of
their pledged friends." One, on being call-
ed upon fer hie defence' replied—
"1 took the part ofmy friend, and no
only fulfilled the duty of a friend."
"But," replied the jadge, " in so doing
you turned against your s wereign."
Re bowed and made answer, " Therein,
was my offence."
The punishment was death by the hor-
rible torture of quartering and hanging.
Oae noble lad was offered liberty if he
would betray the whereabouts of a leader
who had escaped.
" My case is hard," he said, "either te
betray my friend, whom I love as myself,
er to undo myself forever, Bat I will not
dim:lover Tone.Saluehury unto you I"
"Ansi," continuee the ancient chronicler,
" he died silent."
In the early history of this country,
friendship which lasted clueing a life -time
were more common than now, between men
er women, ,
Young men find comrades at college, and
pledge kaity to each ether, but in ten
years their wives and children and the pur-
suit of fortune have wholly crushed one
thM early fooling, which they sneer at ae
sentimental weakness. Is it so 7 or is It the
univeisil greed for sumo which has level-
led so many heights in life for us, that has
taken from no also this emotion which all
other nations have found strengthening and
enne :Ing ?
Glam Railroad Rails.
Berlin papers copy from the Germania an
account of an important discovery in glass
manufacture need° by Primed.% Siemens of
Dresden. He has succeeded in oaetIng gime
in the same way aa metal is oast aud obtain.
ing an artiale cerreaponding to oast metal,
This chat glass ia hard, net dearer in pro-
duction than cast iron, and has the advan-
tnge ef _transparency, so that all limns can
be detected before it is spieled to practical
use, It will be much less exposed to 'Diary
from atineepherio inflow:ea than iron, Tho
P000888 of precluotion la not difficult, the
chief feature being rapid cooling. The
hardness and resieting power of this oast
glass are so great that experiments are be-
ing just now carried cut at the Seihnons
glen foupdry at Dresden with the mamma
of asoertalhing whether the inateriat could
be employed for ralle on railwaya.
A young man of Naokawiok, N. B, quar-
relled with a young lady to whom' he wan
engaged bemuse she altowed another suitor
to pay her some attention, atd entered suit
against her father to recover $28, , The bill
of particulars Included jewellery, mime wear.
ing apparel, and $15 in money, Before the
oese vies tried, however, the young couple
met again, the lime oi love was rekiudieci,
and they were married before any other
obite,ole could hitereen
rou TH8 240HTH POLE.
emor's New XXPOdktiOn At Adventure,
Col. Gilder, ea route for the Norte, Pole,
peered through Winnipeg lately, He le ao-
cempanied by Mr. Griffith, hie oompaniota
Ile VaPeets to 0Otch A Hadeou Boo Oen
boat golug from Nerw4y Mouse up the 101-
e011 River to Fort Neiman. Thiel la the
trimmer in whioh he hopo to reach Hudeon
Bey, His future plane are detailed below.
He looks thoroughly in earned, and talk8
like a man with a great woiglat on his mind.
?dr, Bennet, of the New York Herald, and
Mr, Fereatue Wimau, have provided the ee-
plorere with ample (undo, end many of the
Meiling firma in Atomic% have liberally con.
tributed the moeseary suppliee. Al! arrange -
meal for the j onrney are thoroughly, pro.
pared (mope a few etores width will be ob-
Mined MeV innipm They will go by Mesmer
from Winnipeg O the head of Lake Winni.
Peg, aud theme to Norway Renee, near the
source of the Nelson River. They will go
down the Nehmen River with the atinietanoe
of the Ruben By people to. Fort York,
which will mammy ten days.ee hey will
there )11a ere rneoME quimaux and he ho • aome
of the people be knew before, one ly one
of hie former guides and huntemewho was
with him during an anxious period. Their
supplies ould not be obtained and fn. days
they were aotually starving beton the ship
arrived, The oolouel relates how when quite
exhausted for the want of food he lay quite
helplessly on the fieor of the hut and watch-
ed wieh °enema eyea the hunteres eating the
only remaiming pieces of aealakin, not from
aelfiehness, but beaeuee he knew the lives of
the whole party depended on his keeping up
hie strength. The colonel and hi a perty w111
winter with these people in the " Elnipte.
too ' country till eleighing themmenees, He
will then go to the North _nucleon Bay coun-
try into the " Iwilick " country. The party
will then be prepared in aping to push on
to Baffin' e By and reach Pond Inlet with
the Iwitole people. There the
nATIVES ARE FAMILIAR
with the coast al far as Cape Sthine, where
Greely's otarvetion camp was found. Ar-
rangements' will be made to have a provieion
depot there nese year. They will probably
stay there during the winter and then push
on to Fart Conger, In L idy Franklin's By,
which was Lleutenent Greely's most nor-
thern station, and is situated in !attitude 81 e
45". They will then make a dash fer the
Pole in sledges, gavelling with the natives
all the time. Tno oolenel has had five years'
experience In the Arctic regions el North
America and North Asia, and is perfectly
familiar with the languige end mutton of
the natives, The colonel will carefully sur-
vey the country with respect to the propos-
ed share line from hianitaba to England via
Hudeon Bay. Colonel Gilder is net a crank.
Rether le he a man poseeend with that con-
suming restleseneee whith three centuries
ago drove bold spirits into all the unknown
nooke ef the world, seeking new lands or el-
dorado. He h a newspaper man, backed in
his present, ois in former ventures, by the
prestige and treasure of the New York Her-
ald For that paper 'he accompanied two
arctic exeeditions—that of Schwatka, and
the " Jeannette " relief party led by Rogers.
In the interests of the same paper he de-
scribed the ravages of the cholera in Frame,
and the ruin made by the .3E14 - kee in
Speen, With Lieutenant S ahvvatka he 'meat
three yeara in
TILE AROTIC REGIONS
and in that time made himself thoroughly
familiar with the peculiar dIffieultiee of
northern exploration. He also learned the
E quime languege thoroughly, and succeed.
ed in establishing entirely friendly relations
with the people of the region. On these
things the success of hie present attempt will
largely -depend. His plan ie to perfonn the
various stageof the latter part of, his j inr-
ney with the assistance of the oedemas Ei-
qaimo tribes. These are note mieteated to
turn to and nelp out of pure lover' Camel
Gilder carries with him a store of the articles
which he knows are, in those ice -bound
ountriew most coveted, viz , arms and am.
munition, and various implements useful in
the than or honeehold. In return for these
he feels sure the natives will convey him to
the muoh sought-after mown of the earth.
He carries next to no provisions. Ex-
traordinary as it appears, it le a well -
authenticated font that the Arctic seas
team with animal lite. With the aid of hie
native &Mem the explorer expecte to sup.
port his party on game until the game
limit is reached. Beyond that he will de-
pend upon the stores oohed by hie pod°.
centers. At Fort ()engem the northernmost
point reached by white men, lose than 400
miles from the pole, there lie, safely hidden
at present, provielone foe Meenty-five men
for a year, Supplies, therefore, give the
gallant explorer little concern. Nor has
he muoh more uneaeinese about hie pros-
pects of teaming natives to bring him to hie
j iurney's end, for, in all probability, some
of them have unwittingly been there. At
any rate, ae near to the polo as civilized men
hey° gone, they have found trues of Es-
quimo in the round oirale et atones teed
tor louring the lower ende of the tents
carried about en hunting expeditions. To
the techniesly unlearned the scheme looks
feasible enough, end it ha a received the en-'
doreement of high authorities, including
Sergeant Brainerd, of the Greely expedition,
who le himself shortly te'return to the
frezan country On discovery bent, If Col.
Gilder does reaoh the pole he Is. determined
that his story ef sumo shall be believed.
It is probably to this end that he ha,s asso-
ciated with him Mr. W. B, Griffith, a grad-
uate of Cornell Uaiversity, whe has hither-
to done most of hie travelling in the tropi-
cal regions of Africa, but is, nevertheiees,
eager to brave the ether climatic extreme.
Colonel Gilder is wise In his generation, he
TAKES NO LIQUOR WITH HIM
beyond the verge of olvilintion ; net e
cause he is a teetetalser, but se that id dm
digeneus northern friends may not be tempt-
ed to poetess themselves of the stock, and
thereby lose their heads. Colonel Gilder
himaelf doe not propose to pass any length
of time in gathering 9.117 soientitio data.
From his experience he belleveo it meltable
for him to plane hie foot right over the epot
where the pile ahold stick out. Hie expe-
dition, which in going and returning will
moupy three yeens, is undertaken solely to
demonstrete the Muth of hie belief, Once
he gets there, others will not be long in fol-
lowing, Ho is the more confident of sumo
boon his projea Imelda the mistakes
made by other seekers, It was upon their
own resources that his predecesson relied ;
he moans to depend on the skill el the me
Moo, in the management of whorn he ex -
pots to find leOpe for all hie toe and 011,
ergy, leaving natural obstacles to be ever.
come by their perseverance, stimulated by
the hope of a largo reward,
hire, Yeault Dudley, the Englishwoman
who shot O'Danoveirt Roan, watts lo be
released from custody on the grounds that
she le now perfectly eared, She le at pre-
sent in the taylura for insane Oriminale at
Auburn. „