The Exeter Times, 1887-3-17, Page 7LOVE AND VENGEANCE AMONG THE SMUGGLERS.
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• CHAPTER XXX1,—(Coeeesesven). og AFTER XXXII.
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Captain 1Viorten had dashed rom the room,
and they heard him crying etill to thaw The perty now in the great dining -hall o
as they en teleelteausay followed tZ the port admiral's mansion presented soul
ef the most eingular asp* that could wel
the great dining hall of the ad/1i l'
s meal -
loom imegined=
There was the admiral himself, by som
It was a spaciouan
e d magnificent apart-
ment. The auperb hungiuge and old family mysterious influences keeping elose te Ger
n
portraits gave, it a 'regal air, awl strange:
aid, ane everesting, his hand Upon his
shoulder, and there weae Grace and her
was the aepect it nOw presented.
e, little group at one emi were the newly found bailer, she with one arm round
prisoners who had beon teams by /maw)._ her father's left arm and ' the other hand
olasped in one of Ceeraltre, '
ant Aselerson, and several of the eonstabu-
a,ry *ere between them and the door—that Then there was Lieutenant Andersen' with
doorAwhich was
rathee a puzzled look upon his face;' and
now flung open, and through ohne to him stood the sergeant of pOliee,
which\with tears of joy and expectation in
his eyes, and his arms outstretched, rushed with one hand nis'en the lock of a door and
,
Captain Morton. • inquiring look about his eyes to the lieu-
" Grace I Grace 1 my child—my own dear tenant'
child—yourfather—your —your ownfether,,, At some distance off stood Captain Moo -
A inlet of tears were before Min, and then quet, with Marie elasped 'against his breast,
he heard a cry, and in a moment his child and her face hidden.
was clasped to his heart; and with hyeteri. And a little further still were Martin and
Joseph
cal sobs and little screams, Grace felt that and Mr. Sullies—the latter looking
very rueful indeed, and striving to catch
indeed she was in her father's arms,
the eye of Mr. Tiekley, who, whenever it
Then there was a deep stillness in the
room, for all were affected by the exquisite did happen that their eyes met, shook hi
head with great indignation ; but whether it
pathos of that meeting between the father
was at the real, smuggling guilt (as it was
and daughter, as they stood clasped in each
other's embrace." •
constrned to be) of Mr. Suffice or at his al.
lewing himself to be found out; it is hard to
Captain Morton bent over her, and his
tears fell fast, as he ithised her tenderly. saY'
,Probably it was the latter.
"My Grace—my own dear—my darling
girl—joy of this poor, lone heart—my Own When Martin, and Joseph spoke in this
—my beautiful I" way Grace looked gratefully at them, and
" Father—father ! And have I, indeed, tightened for a moment her hold of Ger-
a Wien...?" ald's hand as though she would say:
"A fond, dear father, my child. God's "Never fear; the right will yet prevail.
Be of good heart, Gerald V'
bleesing on you. Ah, I can see your poor
mother's eyes—my own little one. OAnd Gerald spite understood the send -
this is joy—joy beyond all price." h 1
ment implied by that gentle preesure of the
The admiral then spoke very gently: hand, and something like a disdainful as
"From my inmost heart, my dear sir, I
congratulate you."
"And 1, too, sir," said Lieutenant Ander-
son,
"Dear ine,", said Mr. Tickley, "its quite
affecting. The feelings of respectable people,
and men of means should always be respect-
ed."
Hem ! always.
Then a light hand was placed on the arm
of Grace, and a soft voice said:
"Here is the little parcel that you brought
from the cave, Gra.cie, dear."
"Gerald," she ehrieked, as she heard that
voice. " Gerald ! and did 1 for one moment
forget you my own clear—dear Gerald !"
She disengaged one arm from her father's
embrace, and flung it round Gerald's neck,
. and drew him toward her, and kissed his
forehead."
'Then Marie started forward, and with
two little screams, she stood before Grace
and stamped her feet upon the floor; and
then titer a struggle to say something, she
burst '—'faspearears.
" Whz4 is all this ?" said the admiral.
" Gerala, did you say, my dear? Is this
the Gerald—the bad Gerald ?"
"The young pirate," said Lieutenant An-
derson. ,
"Tho one that fired on the Spray," said
Mr. Tickley.
"The worst of the whole lot," added the
• sergeant of police.
Poor Gerald looked from one to the other
like a person in a dream.
"No—no. Oh, God, no 1" he gasped.
" What is all this ?"
" My, erald," said Grace.
"Yo mid, my dear ?" said Captain
Morton.
" Yes, father, dear ever—dearer now—
God bless him !"
Marie flung herself into her father's arms
and sobbed tumultuously.
• "There must be some mistake here," said
the admiral.
"No—no," said Grace. "Oh, father,
you do not know. One moment. Let me
show you that I am indeed your daughter,
or let me hear you say that it is not so and
that I have still a father to seek. Oh I no—
no, my heart tells me."
" Andainine too, my darling child."
' " Yet, see, father. In this little parcel
• there are things that Mrs. Hutchins told me
always to preserve; and so, when I came
awayfrom the cavern, 1 brought,them with
me; seey father, some child's clothes and
little ornaments of gold and coral."
fpIT well saved things strayed on to
the floor from the parcel, and then Grace
looked up into the eyes of Captain Morton
into which fresh tears had come.
"There needed not this evidence," he
said. "And yet so well do I know all
these things—my own dear, lost child 1"
Grace again nestled close to her father's
he"
•
1
Mei I" aid Meceinete iftv1g hie hand
upoie his iseelet and neekiiig greeefel lieWe
" That is eeilehieiVns" said the aarairA
imitation of the nlireee that;M iekley had
"Q1, dear, AP I" Bald Mr, Tieleley ; "end
es we are divided in, opinion, yen know,
the prisoner is eommitted te the
Assizes • that is alweye tip ride."
" Bathie 04 0613,rt): said Lieutenant
Aederson. "All this is irregular,"
Se it is," seid the admiral ; "o it is.
We Oan de nothing with the bey."
"Then we will melee t evert," said
TiQkley; "and 1 eall upon you, Admirel
Sir Thames Clifford, as a respelatable man of
undoubted mewls, to aet with ine. Sergeent,
no=k0 a centre"
"Father father 1" said Grace, " you
speak— you speak for Gerald. I tell you he
is innocent."
"I think eo, my dear child. Admiral, I
fancy you are of the same opinion as mYeelf
respecting this lad's innocence, are you
not ?"
"Indeed, I am."
"But I am not, and I protest," said Mr,
Tickley; protest against hie being let go.'
"Then," said the admiral, "let the ease
stand adjourned until toanorrowawhen we
may be in possession of the whole of the
smugglers and when a full bench of magis-
trates QOM be got together."
"Very good. Conimit the prisoner—that
is, remencl him, I mean."
"And these gentlemen ?" said the sergeant
indicating Martin and Joseph and Captain
Mocquet and Marie.
"Remand them all."
"Very well," added the admiral. " TJntil
to -morrow at one o'clock be it."
"Corne, young fellow," said a policeman,
laying his hand on the shoulder ca Gerald.
`No --no I Oh, no I" cried Grace.
"Oh, yes, miss 1 He must go."
"Than I go likewise."
"My dear, 'remonstrated Captain Morton,
"you know not evJaat you say. You cannot
be taken to prison
"Prison—prison ! Gerald to prison! Oh,
father, you do not know bine—indeed you
do not! My poor Gerald V'
"Be assured, my dear child, that he shall
suffer no wronee The admiral and I will
well as lovine smile lit up his face. It was take care of that.
disdainful tot'his foes; it was loving as heav- "That we Will," said Admiral Clifford.
en to his dear Grace. "Let him go now, my dear, and we will see
" Then," said the admiral to Martin and to him."
Joseph, "you both exonerate this lad ?" Grace looked from one to the other, and
"We do, admiral. He had nothing to do then to Gerald, who said with a forced
I
with us or with the smuggling." smile:
"Very well; I don't think, Mr. Tickley, I "Let it be so, clear. All will yet be well.
that we need press hardly on a mere boy." 1G o od-bye, Gracie; we shall soon meet again."
"Hy dear sir ! You forget—lieutenant, I Grace could not speak, but she said faint -
did you not say—sergeant eh? Who was
" To heaven—to heaven trust all ! it? Somebody said there was a witness—a '
Good-
man who had turned king's evidence, eh le, bye, Gerald."
"1 was bound to maintain it," said the ,
t ` Good-bye, dear !"
lieutenant, in apologetic tone, as if he would I Marie said something hurriedly to her
very much rather have left it alone. ; father, and he pointed to Gerald and to the
"Very good." !police, and said a fesv words in reply. Then
"Shall I bring him in, sir ?" said the ser- he stepped forward and. making a kind of
geant. !circular bow, he said :
"To be sure I" I "Messieurs, one grand mistake. Monsieur
"Thomas Wright !" added the sergeant. Gerald is one innocent. I shall depose and
Then he pushed into the hall a ruffianly look- swear at him and his innocence toujours.
ing fellow in the dress of a sailor, and who You have one maxim in de law Angleterre :
looked downcast and suspiciously about him. 'Better was it to hang up ten innocent men
Well, now," said Mr. Tickley, at once as- than one guilty.' I have heard him said in
mining the office of examining magistrate— oue court Anglaise by one great judge—
" well., now. . Hum 1 Who are you, eh? what you call him ?—baron-in.eldef. Bah 1
Come, now, speak up; who are you ?" Oui, you will let Monsieur Gerald go, for he
is innocent 1"
" Si-lence 1" cried Mr. Tickley.
" Sare ?"
" Sidence 1"
Thomas alias Tummas. Oh 1 there is no "Saxe, I am one Capitaine Franeaise, and After supper I spent a couple of hours in
clerk here ?" . I cartel you—what you call challenge you Judge Pike's room, and it did not take me me'
"I'll put it down, sir," said the sergeant in mortal cembat. Bah 1" long to corae to the conclusion that his Hon-
It was the hardest task of my life, but in
of police. "Boo—bah ! Get away. Me mortal com- or was a very peculiar ma,n. There .a,a.s some fashion I managed to tell the story.
iy
"Very good. That will do. Hum ! Who bat, indeed! A man of my means—absurd!" something wrong about him. He could not ln the middle of it the Doctor came to m
and what are you I" I Then Marie stepped forward, and with a be called a crank, but his nerves were evi-
rescue, and, with his arm around his friend's
"A willin ! 1 slow and proud looking movement she went dently out of order, and it occurred to me neck, he told him all the events of the
"A what ?" lup to Grace and took one of her . hands in that he was liable to break down at any night.
time. The Judge's face aesurried a ghastly pal
lor, and several times I expected to see him
It was past midnight when I awoke. The faint. He took the dagger in his hand and
moonlight streamed into my room, making looked at the name.
every object in it plainly visible. Feeling "I understand it all," he groaned.
thirsty, I left my bed and went behind a, He threw the dagger on the floor.
little screen in the corner of the room " Gentlemen," said he, sadly, "leave me
now. Let me sleep, if I can. In the morn-
ing my nerves will be stronger, and we will
then consult together to see how to do jus-
tice to Luff without doing injustice to me.
The whole truth must come out."
We left the room and returned to mine.
"What will be the end of it?" I asked
the Doctor.
" Impossible to say," he replied. "Pike
is a reli ions man. He will not commit sue.
" Tummas Vright."
"Tummies? Thomas, you mean ?"
"It's all the same."
" Very well. rut him down, clerk:
S$Vsnge144411Fkg te 41'441 roe Harder,
The case ef the Stete ve. )0104 Lug wee
the seeeetien of the dey When t landed in
Silverton,
My vieit tee this rough mining tesvn 'wee a
matter of business, and 1 wen so hat Au'
nOYOCI to. find Viet the people were inelined
to tale of nothing but the ki1bi of aenry
SaaOn and the trial Pf hie nieirderer,
But the story of the mime intended ree
in spite of myeelf. The murdee had esteerr-
ea in the Metropoliten itotel, the very
home in which I heel origaged a room for a
week.
The scene qf the killing wee the room
next to mine. Several days before zny
rival the room wise occupied by John Luff
and Hems?' Saxon, two well-known sporting
mere who had been making Silverton thew
head -quarters during the winter. The twe,
were chums, but sometimes they quarreled
Our euepiesons sheszld turn out to be th
in their mine, and it Was no uncommon truth,,,
thing for them to fight- After adjusting
their differences, however, they gezierelly " Hush !" I whispered.
tumbled into the same bed and slept like The door creaked a little, and a white
bed figure geotly glided in.
brothers. Their last quarrel had a fatal ter- ro
miaation. After a bout with their fists in. It is the judge 1" said the Dootor, unde
hie breath'
the hotel office they retired to their room.
Later in the night a loud shout mused sever- And it was the Judge. It was plainly
al of the guests to rush in, and they saw A evident even in the moonlight that he wa
spectacle that froze their blood. On the asleep, but his features were twitching con
chigger.
171312wely. In his right hand he carried the
bed waa stretched the lifeless form of Saxon,
with a crimson current gushing from his
Swiftly, and yet without making the
breast. By his side stoo Lull', one
.19'11(1 c slightest noise, the sleepwalker approached
still bloody, and his manner betraying un-
governable fear and excitement. the bed, and, stretching forth one hand,
The Silverton miners and tradesmen wee' eornmenced cautiously feeling. When his
not long in coming to a conclusion, The
Coroner's jury made it out a case of wilful
murder, and fastened the guilt upon Lull.
It was in vain that L expressed his horror,
He declared that some one had watered the
room. Awakened by a noise, he placed. his
hand on Saxon and felt the warm blood flow-
ing from the wound. Springing to his feet
he turned on the light, and when, he saw
his dripping hand and the dead body of his
friend he gave a frenzied cry for help.
Of course, nobody believed this story. To
make the matter worse, a, small dagger be-
longing to Luff was inissine. from its -usual
place on the mantel. It was only too evi-
dent that the murderer had stabbed his
friend to the heart with this weapon, and
had then concealed it. The room was
searched, but the dagger could not be found.
Doubtless Luffhad thrown it into the street,
where it had been picked up by some un-
known person.
There is little delay about frontier jus-
tice when a victim is wanted, and in this in-
stance the whole town clamored for one.
Court was in session, and Judge Pike shared
the general excitement. He eves one of the
guests at the Metropolitan, and the fact
that his room was opposite the one in which
the murder was committed naturally in-
creased his interest in the case.
With Judge Pike on the bench there was
little doubt concerning the result. An in-
dictment was found in no time, and the ,
trial opened on the second day of my stay
in Silverton.
The defendant's attorneys worked for de-
„ .
he Id 4go Who J.1Vetlee out we
mad heve,folleWed hhii 0 4 little (11/4414°e''
"4 it may Visit another reeni, 'end ile
thaotietvie:iatlry,retriy111;f0Wnitilobseualoott"tiint now,
AMWOred, "but there ai'e ehieetionS to
your plan. The gueStEl W110 fuw.u4 Us prowls
ehent the eerridor wonld demand sox
plenetiens, end we Would have fPnied it neg..
eesery to let too Mane' into our seeret, •NQW,
OeenlO roaf3onublo to eunneee that the force
of lothit will drew the Judge te the same
&nee, Thie room ie next the one in which
othorer4incturydoelrlroferelfg d w, aasreeirni!kiiiinyx theoryistIte
room last night. Fieding eeenrely fee-
toned—you know it has boon nailed up ehiee
the inquest—he tried the next door, which
Le mine= If he walks at all tonight I he.
je'veeThieoerweils1 geoonloveetrliitnhge 81:111t°.111ta, kLo="id m
companion ; "but.I hope that he will no
cense. Think of the effeet upoo his mind i
It bee bewn. compilted that in Scotlen d 1
jinn 6.411'1781705 Poil4thaQiil:°? IlinlalttQ;111!:Itrefilsehn7,Inlenisl
every 200.
The importation. of Madeira Wine, whie4
was "760,000 gellons in the year 1819efeli te
a little ever 100,000 gallens hi 1880, when
dtheaullecIP, ulati(31 ol '141;11'aPal h, ad. 3;1. 74.17
•
Them are /301,V Olay 131,0M
Rednien throughout the whole qf the Do.
of Canada, Of, this number 33,009 ,
beloog to the eribes of the North-NV(3st Ter-
ritories, A loge pr?portion ef the Indiana
hs the eastern provsneee are more or less
The slumber of Irish -horn persens hi the
e! United Xinedeirt in the year 1880 has heen
t estimated by the Irish Registrar -General at
f se.) 9, 2. The slumber of those In Greek
0 Britain is estiniated at 784,519. The rate
of inoreaee in the latter—that is to say, the
Lath ezeigratien to Great Britain -41 &bent
- 680 per Annum,
The collective aggregate of the Army and
r Navy eetimetes of Europe's five Great Pow-
ers amounted in 1885 to el50i000,000, At
the head of the list stood Russia, with 447,-
L.3 000,000 charged to her eredit, while France
- stood second with £.34,000,000. Great Bri-
tain came next with £32,000,000, for which
she got a much smaller return than an ex-
penditure £23,000,000 coaferred upon Ger-
many and of :614,000,000 upon the Austrian
Empire.
hand rested upon the sham figure he deliver -
'
ea the same rapid thrust with the dagger
that I had witnessed the night before and
fled from the room.
Dr. Hinton was a wok man when there
was work to do. He signaled to me, and
we ran after the Judge, followinglim into
his room.
Judge Pike closed his door and faced us.
For a moraent Ithought that he was awake,
but I soon saw that he was unconscious.
He went to his trauk, and, lifting its con-
tents carefully, placed the dagger at the
bottnm. Then he threw himself into an
arm -chair.
"1 hate to do it," said Dr. Hinton, "but
it must be done."
Ho advanced to the chair and shook the
sleeping man.
"Bow dare you 1" he exclaimed. "What
does this mean? Why, gentlemen, this is
strange. How is it that you are in my
room ?"
He looked down at his costume, and buri-
ed his face in his hands.
"Have I been ill ?" he asked.
"My friend," said the Doctor, "I am
about to bring a great sorrow upon you but
I know that you are brave enough to you,
the truth. What I have to say does not res
fleet upon your character, and it is necessary
that you should know it."
"Speak 1" huskily commanded the Judge.
"May I open your trunk a moment ?"
asked the Doetor.
"Certainly," was the reply ; " make
yourself at home."
lay. They hoped that a protracted trial The Doctor drew from the bottom of the
would have the effect of cooling the hot ex. trunk the dagger.
citement of the hour. " How did that get there was the
Judge's stern question. "I have no weapons.
I speet the first day of the trial in the !
"
court house, and watched the defendant I I never saw that before.
closely. Luff had a rather good face. It The Doctor held the dagger up. On its
was weak, but not vicious, and, as I studied
him, I found myself sympathizing with him.
That night I had a singular experience.
handle was engraved the name of John Luff.
"This calls for an explanation, six," said
Judge Pike, with an angry look.
"'Tell him," said the Doctor, turning to
"A willin and a smuggler. I may as
well call myself a svillin ; cos I knows you'll
call me one when I says as how 1 runs goods,
blow high, blow low, to you all 1"
"What do yousnean by that, you rascal?
Some abuse, of 0/tree. Come, now, what
brings you here ?"
"Fifty pounds 1—no; I mean to turn
king's evidence and get off myself. I'll tell
all as 1 knows."
"Well, go on."
"The smugglin cutter, Rift, will be at
sea to -night, and about ebb tide, and yen ,
may take her and all in, and the worst of
the gang, that boy Gerald 1 That's all."
"That is Dolan's tale," whispered the 't
admiral to Captain Morton, "That is what
he says in the /etter."
"The same."
" Well, that's conclusive," said Mr. Tick -
ley.
"Not quite," said the admiral. "Answer I
me, Thomas Wright."
I" BOWI on, sir." h
"Why is this lad, Gerald, the worst of
all?'
"Lord bless you, sir I cos, you see, we a'
would all of us have given in to the Spray, I
but be wouldn't: and he loaded a twelve -
both of hers. Then she bowed her head a
little and said :
"Pardon. C'est fini."
There was a gush of tears to her eyes, but
she took the hand of Gerald then and placed
it with one of Gaace's upon her own heart,
and then she tried to smile, but it was too
much for her and she placed their hands one
in the other and kissed Grace gently and
tenderly, and then she turned away, but
Grace flung her arms about her, saying:
"Dear'dear sister—for such you shall
ever be to me—do not weep that Gerald
oyes me. We will all, in fond attachment,
be dear to each other."
Marie did not understa,nd the words, but
he look was one of affection and she return -
d the caress of Grace, and Gerald then
tepped forward and took her hand, saying:
"Good-bye, dear Marie '• next to my dear,
dear Grace, you with a love of a brother
will I ever cherish."
"Boo—bah I" cried Mr. Tiekley. "To
ear poor peopleigo on in this wayis dread-
ul. This is s too bad—too bad l',
"My daughter, sir, is not poor," said
aptain Morton.
Oh, no --no I Hum! I beg pardon."
"1, sare, am proprietaire Francaise," said
where the washstand stood. to get a drink of
water. While I was there I heard the door
open softly. This was not surprising, as the
hotel was a rude affair, and very few of the
doors were provided with locks and keys.
The thought of Saxon's fate made me a little
timid and I remained quietly behind the
screen, awaiting further developments.
To my unutterable astonishment, who
should enter the door but Judge Pike.
My first impulse was to speak, but what eide or o anything rash."
I saw silenced me. The Judge was in his We were at the breakfast table, when the
night clothes. One look at his face con- landlord rushed in and said to the Doctor:
vinced me that he was asleep. In his right "Come, quick. 1 Judge Pike is dead or
hand he carried a, dagger. dying 1"
What was I to do with this son-mambu- We hurried to the Judge's room, but it
list? It would be dangerous to awaken was too late. The wretched man was dead.
him. I decided to wait and watch. To our great joy it was not a case of sni-
With stealthy steps the Judge advanced aide. Dr. Hinton made a thorough investi-
to -the side of the bed. He felt cautiously gation, and satisfied himself that his friend
with his hand until he felt a bunch in the had died of heart disease.
clothing, and then, with the rapidity of
Perhaps it was better so. When the lightning, he drove his dagger . into the
did not tarry tor and i made our statement to the prose-
Doo -
"Oh 1 how weak I am," said Captain
millions francs." attorneys no one questioned it.
pound carronade as We had on deck and , Captain Mocquet. "I have at Havre deux bedclothes up to the hilt. He
nred it at the king's ship." a second, bit quietly vanished from thwe There Morten. Pray pardon me all here present
"That is false 1" cried Gerald. "What the deuce is doe millions? Mil- moue, closing the door after him. lunere was great surprise, but the indict -
but it is not often that the more deeply -hid -
lion is million, but doo— Is it all a doe ? As soon as I could 1 barricaded the door ment was readily " nollied," as the miners
den feelings of nature are thus stirred. "Oh, you know you did. And Captain Ha, I ha, 1„ called it, and Luff was set at liberty.
• with several pieces of furniture. Then sat
Yon should have all suffered what I have Dolan, just to .purwent you from doin' it
' "It was a close shave," he said, when he
and then you should feel the joy that I feel ag'in' , shut yon in the main cabin, o moun- " He Mane," said the admiral, "that he down to think the matter over.
is wath two millions " • set up the drinks that night, "and this
and you would pardon these tears." seer, the Frenchman there. You know be If the Judge was a somnambulist, there climate doesn't suit my health. I am going
than •that, there was no telling what he had.
"They are very honest tears," said the did."
admiral.. "There is only one thing, my "Very conclusive," said Mr. Tickley.
dear Captain Merton, that would' give me "No !"said Martin.
the pleasure that this recovery of your long "No rsaid J oseph.
lost child. has given me, and that is what " Silence ! silence 1 Upon my life, when
will never happen." a magistarte of the county says something
"Never, admiral ?"
"Never. The 'recovery of my own boy.
The ealmiral turned aside and shrouded
his eyes with his hands, and then Gerald
said :
"Ah, sir clo not despair. Heaven is so
adnairal started.
" effe spoke?"
"lei sir."
Theseadmiral looked gently at him.
"I am sorry for you.
said Grace. "No—no,"
"No, my , clear ,?, But indeed I am."
"Then, sir, you should not, for one
should only be sorry for the wicked. Gerald.
is too good to be sorry Mr. Father, I Ishow
Gerald well. Ile has been my companion
—my friend—my brother. Ple shall ibe ell,
that still." •
"My clear child—"
"No—no. Oh, to, father? Do not you
oondemn him. Do not break my heart by
eondeniniog Gerald. He is intocent. He
is most innoeent. You do not know him,
fathet—yetecennot know him. He is limo=
cent."
There wee an ominous silenet for a few
moments and then Lieutenarke Anderson
Wel in losv, atixions voice
" do riot place much relianee upon what
is called king's evidence ; but 5,6 have a man
here who is eellecl Thottea Weight, whe
"What—eh? Two millions— two! Bless
me ! what a very—ahem 1—respectable man,
to be sure. Permit me, My dear sir, to
shake hands with you. Two millions! Do
you think it true, admiral?"
" I have no doubt of it."
inc -admiral smiled and so did Gerald,
is a prisoner to say no ? Whet's the use, and the former added:
I ask—what's the use of being a man of "Let, then, these two mien and this lad
property if one is, to be treated in this way? "I will make this thing 'Public," I said to
stand remanded until to -morrow, as well as myself, and I proceeded to dress.
I ask what's the use? Ancl I pause for a the woman Wagner."
was no telling what he might do. Worse to skip."
already done. be Swi 1: rnOT tsO-°bse not1ians go sorry ttoesreee
I thought of the Luff case. Could it be h 1,11ivains 11=oo.waIy1
in which he could be utilized, and the min -
possible that Judge Pike, in one of his sleep- ers counted his room better than his cons -
walking fits, had killed Saxon? It loolsecl rau.
very much like it. And the dagger? Per-
haps it was Luffs missine weapon.
reply; I pause—I paiise."
"• Where is she ?"
No reply came. supported. testimony would no.tbe regarded.
"Very good," added Mr. Tickley, as if ; " Here, I fancy. No, up stairs 1 Whefe Judge Poke was a grave, dignifie man,
the whole of society had tacitly agreed with " ' s mit c 6 age, s
be was nem y re -
him. There Was a rush an bustle among the spectecl ley the miners. It weuld be folly view taken by Mr. Caine of the SltllatIOn
But / Spot hanged my mind. My rue -
kr,
The British in Egsrpt.
The Pall Mall Gaulle published iecently
a report of an interview with W. 8. Caine,
M. P., on the effect of British occupation
upon the moral condition of Egypt. The
police, then it was found that Mrs. Waaner ' is as dark and eacl as canwell be i i d
"Very good." . a , on my part to tell any one of inyadveuture, • ' mag n° •
in the excitement and confusion occaatonesl Ile acknowledges that the government of the
"I deny the whole of this," said Gerald. , • The second day of the trial developed a
by the discovery of Certain Morton's long- sl,rong mit againet Luff; as strong a case country has improved under British emitted,
lost daughter, had Made her but at the seine time he asserts thet the
" Si-lence 1" . mane. as eirmunstantial evidence could make it.
"But, Mt. Tickle," said the admiral
= In the meantime 1 perfected a plan which m. mt. eenePieeelle 8ign
The admiral smiled. of our civilizing mis-
' "Let her go " I h 1 would 1 . d " .esults mon in the land of the Pharaohs is an enor-
" as this lad. is accused of what may affect .e. ' . .
" But I won't let her go," said Mr Tick- mous number of grog ehops and brothels.
his life" (Grace tightened her hold of Ger- My roommate that night was . r. Hinton,
alel), " ea this lad is accused of what may ley' ".After her, sergeant—scour the town one of the oldest and wealthiest physicians , There are, it seems, four htindredgrog shops
affect his life, I say, ib same but fair that after her. Catch her if you can, serg,emit." or tae lame, The Duda r was a popular . in Cairo, the most of which bear Faglish
he should he allowed to speak in his own
defense if he please."
"Oh, very Well—very well. Give him •,seeee-e-eseemeeesosesev,---ve.......—eas
repee-give him tope." • Tt Will be ]ed Next Year=
Marie lookeitp. " Did you hear that Tom May wee Mar -
My anssver," said Gerald, "is simply
this: 1 VMS by actual force talteu on board
the Rift on her lett voyage. I now knew
the object of that proeceding ; it was to
commit me, if possible, to the general °rim.
inality of Dolan and his °row. ty force I
was brought upon deck and by force it was
endeavored to make inc fire gun, Even
that did not stteeced Said WaEl 60118401dd tO
a yea sir,"
(ed coistexeruen.)
"Now speak," said Grace.
lied last eveele?" , •
"No I Is 'that so? He didn't marry
that red-headed 'widow on Cheetnut street, ' g
did he ?"
" That's what he did; only he doesn'
put it just that way." I
"What shade doce he make her out ?" t
" Well, 1 T ilk to -day, and quire
what he heel been tip to, ancl his answer was
men. lie heel been Mayor of Silverton, and o e orripxa o %mine an this
ee was intoreover t, fide is simply an abonnnetion These saloon
tilIttne.f2mcyouplicli,rzste. have selected a better i • and tehheletillYeinp,nattirneeripi 50epdtilia)tyi013n .r I t i1,5 lib esAolrffalbets,
I Again t li e aii;'011 floott6a inc room sv i t le thoemw however, edr 1. janrite lila; 1,51,0,,,t 01:i:ill: Itai lb iblegs triteihteinz teraeubileliliattei agitation bight ae tm the revioue night 1 errenged
the bedclothes in the dupe of a human I are getting up
As things are at
fi ogrtenoe in, wail it la, 3;14t.a. titoinnetdon.myself behind the i pagrlilionst tililgnrgoesdviutgheerveili's tubstatitioly, fres
th4lied iltdiStlirbeci* ' i a tl - -- both 'at/ and lib i ti. thteeti and erpetreted
T,,:olvies ort'oeltoceelkiticain; avuhrlsoipiee,rebnt:0, re' 1 tthrai4ndgelisil,i,shlokiiriaelvii,:tileoeyl°680,tiatileti.()nhisit, asatti°11:0:111r
Dm i and
a--Taei-ss:oelgeg thet etich a state of
•
bre' perhaps ass,e I an wass, it but 1 fed i untiortilkitish patronage, or at east In Le
‘ Britis coatiVante. Are drttrilsonness and
•n duty beiind to weteh "
es. vssy waii,e yawaed the Deeter,, fel ex„. prostitution inevitable concomitante 6f nrit,
vith you, hat We did not go to Work in the ish ewilizt8tI0811
ightIvey," , i ,- — ---,seat seaseeaasessea.—....a...........
" Whist wotild hey° been your plan ?" 1 , Customer (to book eleric)—=" Do yee, have
sited. 1 'Night Thoughts ?"' Salesman --
" Why,' eimlilet this. We should have marl% I have to work so hard daytimes, I
oncealed ourselves in the eOrtiCIOr ana sleep powerful sound.),
offers te tell all." eabin again ; but diming the whole time that he liact helm l'highig the elleeteAtt
" Thomas Wright 1" exeleimed Mertin, I was With DOI= wae hie prisoner—not helle•' "
WhO had hitherto boort a Silent and wonder- his aesoeiate or comrade or taking pert with ' r
ing epeetator of all that had taken place, hiin'onhoard the Rift, it was trying to We don'i,have to depend entirely on tile
"Why, he was one of' the worst of Dolan'e escape from him last night" coal itormemlies for heat. An empty coal '
eroW" Yes," said Grace, and he helped me to Seattle will frequently rnake things very
"One of the very Worst,' tgbAtt aottlih. eitokio," warm arouhd the house,
i
The consumption of paper and the volume
of its manufaeture are sometimes taken ae
standards of civilization. The United
States hes 854 paper•mills and 1,106 paper -
machines; Germany has 809 mills and 891
machines; France, 420 mills and 425 me.
chines; England, 361 mills, 541 machines;
Scotland, 69 mills, 98 machines; Ireland, 13
mills, 13 machines; Russia, 133 mills 137
mac:Mims ; end Austria, 220 mills, 270' ma-
chines. The average annual production of
loaner in all countries is estimated at 2,800,-
000 tons.
No Boudoir for Mrs. OT1thert3r.
Good. morning, Mrs. O'Flaherty."
" The same to ye, Mrs. crRaherty„ An'
ph -wet -was the carpenter cloin' in yer nouse
awhoile ago?"
" Och I don't ax me 1 'Pon me wurrucl its
crazy I do believe that Mary Ann's gettin'.
She wants to be havin' the parlor made Wo-
e boodoor or some sich a thing, I chump,
Ph''''''Fata.i't'h an' I niver heard av a door loike
that niessilf, Mrs. O'B.eheity."
"An the expinze ! Fifty dollars! Only
think ! An' there's not enough in the house
now to buy an ixtra, pint of Irish whuskey.
Arrah, sure an' if we'd agree to haven' a
boodoor, me an' MO owld mon ineight as
well be ilead, for phwat svoeld loife be worth
if we eouldn't ind our owld days in comfort?
If Mary Ann must be puttin' on so much
shtoyie as to have a boodoor, she must get
married to one of her shtoylish boodoor
gentlemen dudes, ane not be robbin her
nerints av the only thing that's worth
for."
Where the Buttons Caine From.
The minister s wife sat on the front porch
mending the clothes of one of her numerous
progeny. A neighbor passing that way
stoppecl in for a friendly chat. A large
work basket half full of buttons sat on the
floor of the porch. After various remarks
of a gossipy nature the visitor said :
"'You seem to be well supplied with but.
tons, Pilm. Goodwin."
"Yes, very well, indeed."
"My gracious 1 if there ain't two of the
same buttons that my husband had last
Winter en a suit 1 I'd know 'cm anywhere."
"Indeed ?" said the minister's wife, calm-
ly. "1 am surprised to hear it, as all these
bottons were found in the contribution -box.
I thought I might as well put them to some
use, so I --what, must you go? Well, be
sure and call again."
A Mystery.
Pa--" Tommy, what are you thinking
about ?"
Tommy—" Something that puzzles me
very much, pa."
"Perhaps I can enlightened you. What
is it, my son ?"
"You know what a big fuss is made when
a great man dies."
"How they put his picture in the paper,
fire minute guns during his funeral, and all
that sort of thing."
"Certainly."
"Why don't they do something of that
sort of thing when he is born instead of
waiting until he dies ?"
Tired Lives.
"There are persons who get a fixed and
permanent feeling of tiredness of life. And
so they ought," says Dr. j. Clifford. "They
live for themselves—exist to gratify their
seneual selves. They are an animated fri-
volity, an empty and irritating giggle, cap-
able of little more than vacuous mirth, of
loving blue chine, of going to the races, or
ceaselessly spinning round on the whirligig
of fashion. Their own essential littleness is
the cause of their weariness; their frivolity
is the mother of their exhaustion. Man,'
said the ancient, < is the measure of the uni-
verse ; 'therefore the less the man, the less
his universe—the greater the man, the greet,-
er his universe."
If there is ono lesson that experience
teaches surely it is this—to make plans that
fire strictly limited, and to arrange our
>irk in a practical way within the limits
that sve must accept,
In Japan hundreds of men and women
spend their lives and bring up their children
upon the water, and know nothing of the
and, except as they make an occaeional
visit to it when obliged to purehaee supplies
o
or attend to some unusual business. In all
he bays along the coast are found thousands
f small creft called "junks.' These are
mall flat-bottomed boats which are owned
ncl inhabited by it men and his family just
s houses are in other pa,rts of the world.
The owners' busioess is the traesportetion of
eerebandise of all kinds, and their navigite
ion is a mut of family affair.
a
n
917hat, the water of Burton -on -Trent ponces
es certein properties' eminently suited for
he process of brewing iney be gathered
rem the fact that four of the geatest brewer-
ee in England are situeted there. The
eculiar velite of this situation has not been
matter of modern discovery, for 05 early
the sixteenth century th6 monks of the
bbey of hition enjoyed a widespread re-
utation for the excellence of their beer.
heh Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned
t Fotherragay Castle, she begged the
overnor that she might be alloWed riioroO
etter s,le than that already provided, and
le governor, aeceding to her request, and
wiring thee the unfortunate lady should
ave the best procurable, at once sent the
rder to the Abbot of tarten.