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VOLUME XVI. t

ul . : s .,, ~ CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1871.

WHOLE NUMBER 832

famntr. «. r* U U Sunthlnr. -■*' Xtfo 3UU >a*m loried 1 dal«7 rfcstu. Tto "!rf|A|ii'i ' I Iiii'in udmrilm|Mi|<Un.WI Of am Mar n«K-ti ta ndlut Hj*l ThWOUtMW I !,« HU>|4.I i-SuA llcauj frail tt» ' ^SHSSs'2^, tUM l^toTtewW*"''' 'Sra"'™ A OUie ckBd raws rattlr to MI -kta. limit ur. rail rau.li dnnt-d i ram ~3aimw#"w5i Tto ramktar rata* «-s. Sclavs-. Os wMsk I tar.aa* M air mru past 1 MmMaUT uuL ' *» taSraJSrS. ■'«! "tS; tor liratoflral'iMMnrili owl tore iairaiuu«Uto«ra»atora> ira*u >ra-i. . AM to ■ *1 Pun Stomt. A PAIR OF SPECTACLES. ii. Mlra I Aura P*ysua. one bright June i rsauaa^MHWa" of panties warned hrr of somebody's i without turning her brad. < "If you phase, Mlra Payson,— J though But by Ann,'1 was Vho rvjiiv; ■ *nd '-WV.^WW^ift.TP'WfP' ' Utile enough thought to brar, started I up to m v Geotga "Carrick eluding I braid* her. 'Excuse ihii dramatic iqqs-srmacv, c Mira Ptjrau,'' bo raid, with » l»»gh. I holdlug outliie horal "fehsre exhaust- • ed every known root bod .if bringing. ( down the house. Your doors stand bo*. I pliably open 'ul so far M I can Judge i Ihi'rr >• o. t a human bring inside i them." it, •■ 1 suppose our very numerous , houx'bnM happen to be all not togoth nr. Hut mamma cannot hr far off, II | you will eotne In 1 will look (br tor. " "Mrs. Raymond.'' be «aM white . they were walking back, "•> odd you, ra I Mr. Tuppor would -ray. a bondrtd , thousand kisses, and a hundred thou- • ■and more. Yes." be continue, I. < nuowertng her look of inquiry, "tinncrlflce look |»L.cc nearly three week. , ago, and ttotlnbappy roan, aa trail an I I emu calculate, ii now dragging out a nwltarriaod. I wma obligtd to araiat ' at the awful ceremony, but ooec t'waa over I battened to nmort mytelf in i far a. possible.' "And left Patia 'in liar Eight of (It t gtotyT" qu.Srd laura. | "Ah, but ll't intolerably hot tberv tbis summer. What with the wtalle r ; and the '(write wolds, I'm lit waa u.- , roady a deecrt when I Jcfi It. Even ; iu uiuat ddvoffd jWwi Vrl? teatSkiDv'S.P's.as ; me when 1 laal had the plraaure of | swing him, laced and waeod to the vulaiilng point. In the intrrvali of } pouting forth Ma tool In (oag he waa , gaud enough to favor me with hilt ul oourartaiioit,— and by the way, be , renewed hit inquiries and irguu for the AdoraWe litem whoer vofoe wtt . a oshatisl eaimplatlwi of Us! fanny. , Laura had not tpoken while George | tbua rambled on, mora aa U teemed , from a testing thai he moil ray eomethlug than bramdte be really bad any- , thing to nay. But when be etopm-d abort with that remark about H. Varigauo, aba fall railed upon to took to.... reply. , "Our vokra did go togctbor wpndorfully woU," rabe raid, laatfbteg. "only mine lent to be mnoliuaud iu the earn, day, ^jjonrteut Varigrfeu , « •; j " Yea, tor 1 yrwltrm mUitr hwvagely mutaared Ge^gt. moling aa aba I warm*!. Laura p.'ohably did not , undentaad him, br the to .k no notice of lhl« orulauglil. Mrm. Ptraon on her appearance greeted the jruong man very kindly, . and « ran be would have ukea leave , pcraaod him to «Uy and d-w. II wiring the invitation aooeptal. Laur. , lUpprd out to flod ami prepare the , ^nn.^wortf.^Uu.n.uviruiKv.to ; pr.-. .a. MUrolag to Bud 11 wr.Ue-l that , ouiy that day toll br at. iodeBuiic , nurol-r of day* u. ooue. Wheo q« , tiom : afirrward, Mr». P.iyaoo. nl.o had .mem Irad the romo-.wt idm ofC ukiu • a hoarder, —a propoeiUoo w had. [' ih.ar.lt era aa., iuol .1 teontoponiy , | * prop rad to bar,-- eaubto .1 thnt ' : • did not know exactly bow the thing ' !■ and i HBabii w a. a to.lt. i 'of r'i.U-: he. tadd h-r daughter. *h«tt at i s ;

to* fnoiiaa-t'Ji * mrswtKitxstfr T' damyla btnaya And Lanra. the arrangement once Buttled, did not open brfdipa agarnet h. But the certainly )hWPgA8^v-»*w^ra''>' 'JSMiW* . George, furtiraU_*UUl-ldpa Juw face, ; „ (ktorrad; «Tf 3 JWVlvkiiM1 h' ' ' greeting, though perfectly |a>llle had iM+notteen oorttxt, he meratrv amended I t* *■ cidedly dbdikw me. ' ' ft 1 Bat even if the did, in Jutlite >h« - mnet ham adniiurdkBaram., l-nv.nt ' gayety. Thty lit**-' WfW • ninth ly a. Cwmtolvo.., Thera Wat a email town at eonie JuUnce, but hardly near enough to radohrage'fW<|u. ni calla.— " Oakdalc, the proiwrfyOtlddSeDaveuport, llicir neural neighbor and old brolly 'Mend, wat Wiibin an lurnr » I ride, but there wax no Mra. Ihwn- J part to (utter friendly merry making, 1 . and whalcopld a forlorn bachelor "do 1 in tuch rafUten. To be sun, Iw never | . g£ pilled in hit wiaMy viali, ponciiial toj : < _the day and hour, and minute I roixlit'j ' , almuat my, a> bit own unerring ' I - walrtaifcr llw-Judg, wt« an oMdjnhloaccl tuau, ifilituUt-ba^iijocd virtu.", and, it rouat hn c vif -vcvl, loroe of 1 their attendant .Irawlctrk- \ man * of nearly (Illy, pirclte by naOjnt. find ] | L prvcftelj thai ^ >ecoud nptup" of rigid j 1 routine int'rwhlth' lathe forhood long- . c.nlflfniM U Apt to u, the Judge. I whatowr hi* tobd naHmnenili.Uoiw, i war not very lively or adut.|l tlie . houte had lirwroe remarkably . '• AuU. Snipe bc* element ua. utraded, I and thhf r.eoegc Unmet rai. plied, r will, the freer breath of a( roirngvr , generation. In many ways lie mad* f ni.utoir aerapMdr' to Mra mykdo. , who, at hit "flV^ .*« i^ady , Incllaed in hlafavor, ah lie Ann Ma- . looey, Ihf ycl,.gaw»vlj).f thie reduce# praitcw aa broad as lhelto««ek> whlrhf | • ihrurarr exprrr-'d. As for Imur.i „ horaH^well. evea ' furrrti could not >' have foSti'd'l.ltii VlmTl v ' .1 1 aigat sal .1 s. ■ « S..U would mem.- than.. b 16-r mti.nv , furnished ao gang* of Vr regard,' ' g good, hod, or Indlffi'n-nl, Tor ihc Be* - Inmate. If ahe did not Join io'tlu* t i>-nig«uun 1 lank* wHh-N 'iWEW^M ly i often hratowed on btf?1,; tfor frapoiul n H affitiraiy to Ann's panegvrtra, neither „ b eras the knnwa, on m» aaani.m, to .. . imply* bat rtaltrdtotlm-.tr „ -U Icaat lie ottrad nmH»tdunald|> , I for her untiring ramMeff.* »nd"'»M ah- „ crplcd it without stint. II*Qj j«-r- ■ . i certainly vera ctomftiMj'-ldffne.' In |( 1 thla nay they hdrankilr not very goo.1 (l : frlrP*'.TC,,7'fl9'T,.P<ll acqmiptatici-, ,, cwonM h by Bra ami nater hreulvad in. rxrarslons (Bade undcr'thVlforning. cboiigo- j r Ewtjsns!.' f&ri • amtpalM fhrdiigh brim, and taked , the sun and dripped in the rain. ., rrrnuaay van' spcwlllv IsVra a diagratwl bare, ' • „ lino Wly iaswBhMfli.d(ilylk.irgc »; , l.tv presented itself at the kitrlmn j, window where Imnra vu ironing ' tl Abu Moloney waa al-o there, ■ ugag.d ,, i lb frying .buighnuta, fmm which oe ; j, i upiuoti the [nused to lowtow an ua- ! equth*ir (Mn of Welcome .HI Ule iww'- ! fl "Mira Ltura," raid la-, "bow eon j a you watoe tocB u m-rning In this nn- ' . plaw? ^ (, * Wvwr-m.es, w>r|ada Uos i«i u ' " J "Doot kill (hn bards, the liuic ^ baida," ne|mnded MiwdaMUa. with o p laugh to thlt sdnieWhn mangh-d quo(allon. "And don't I rose me, cither. ,, I'm awfully busy. • „ "But I ptntrM ngtinst yonr staying ,, in tha( Scry fun»a«u Jt Mdi«grwetoi, m ' anly yon haven't the Jtre id blttth for „ Li— lib Ann -other." ,j Ml« Maloney continued to fry and „ : glow, una mat! ana «f this unkind ah d ' lueioi. to her ubmU tocanmdroe— & ' lAura shook . bag brad. . "Y.rtf, at boat, need not ttxy in the y Aty faraace. Yost are only In tbe ir "lu Iho *AV- I am outtble Uw p window!" "Well, what are, you there. for?" ^ pursued Laur*. will, a thauH-leas div ,a, regard of the contested point ,, "BomtJte to«t night you gave me (1| half a Akomlte. linJn vw 'i're cunr for , Uw other half." d-rogbonto you enroe f w*" ,, . 1Q.H W-'i' . . , , i a j .'i t ^ " 'T can't profnlsc on ah' 'miofttalnty, ^ iw»«4 «»r "T smiling Ann, and one. two eri.p >m- - lorttmn;.-. vanish '. I'r n ■ fellows. "BsK "why don't you ga?" I ' 1 Rmurm, weing the oltnatian remain I unchanged." ■' ' " {' "Twv. ran't eotwHtiMofMny ih-.-i.lr. It lake* that* tor it qWinim.'1 * " ' 1 "Giva Ma t* more, Ann.'' raid . the young a. toUrs*. aukcrWy, "and I carry the pan away.". "Hough— not I dmgh not. 1 in.- .. ploie! Quoth the rar.-o, n.H .me | 1 more? pualliv. ly .. n.g . one?' — -UV.l. , • pvysm., I aw rnerj Joa ,t,.,uy ihwernd to hrllwrv. I low vwo .toyoa I think JSW ..midget ready*" .]* "Ob i: -l MPRaee I rouid In Bye „ ■ 'jfer. d-sas- ■ > , I 'i"Mwraswss«naaue..- . i 'to. T 'a**;' But < mi tit ta v»w 1 • hj bmrar with lli- doughnut- whIV I'm 'j-tooe. Tbqr re very tod fer ^oa, y.m f I ! "Shurr. Mira Larrai an' why a'B'i 1 they good lt mtoto.pt*) •'•pat in .| , at tra'iix ihe't tdajSnAMMtol ltd . and hbradtoMM Vd

g -tf you're piir*tl. but for ctorr mlon lite over t.mcT ahsB eat one.'' j " A vain threat. ' Before a tingle forb,** vraftj be elatoud >l» ,n«. Uuk b I again, looking unroci narily pretty in d ' lent and coquettish, which did duty 1 ! for bfr various excursions by laud and It waa oar of thoee fervid July days • <1- delicious out of doors aa Intolerable t near a Ore. Laura wat br enough - from sorry to cxrliangv . lb* sliding 1 kitchen heoL -fewtfk* fraButr - and r fr...l .iw.dihowpanalr. ABfe.dkl not . a* nsuai takekn oar, but Mt *W>iying r her frst after her labors, only now and • then moving her hands Rum their , ' • idle clasp on lier lap luetic!, at soroo ■ < I low dunging branch from ttoi almrc I . I they skirted. But when, leaving the t i • j narrow creek tlwy crowed an open ■ I I I e|«ee to the Beep sbellrrvd ooec where | i I the llllce grew tklckigt, this Iltlic Ian- ' ■ guar vanished, end ehu sprang to her I ,"j b-Ktl swing about ralbcr dangerous) r, ;|knd bpurghl upoo htao energetic < ri Till, little lonely nnch of wnf.r l-l . i its own proper hues In the whlie and n i of lia toiutttful iiivnfler-. It liy. ] the sluilbws, diu. and still and t while; and George t'arriek s.id it u looked lie If the nHUnlight falling r tl.rtuqjb Up. Waves luul taken (Out and i f (hlum.aaed ' there; but Laura laughed . j. at lora; ami. mid it reminded tor uf | nothiug so mu(l. as one uf .y>« Mu- » lonry'i calico gowtx, with glial white , r (low. n> on a green ytrouoil. > TitAIjMJH '(htlHovA tl.8 flowere I i by handfuls, until the calico gown wa^vcrj' |«<"j toru, add the boat's drv ' wnod lu.il an air having suddenly " kuAlf lutq-hlraom. "Jt kwAtrlikca ll'.aiing lily-bed!" ' cried Lusra, >u dtliglil. "lYIatt a '1' f-iVvdy idea! a hut of libra, sailing, of course, straight friun Enlry -lnntl • " "Yes, yirtt haves east a >)«-ll over place. You have hcwitclu-d inc. 1 And w.- are sailing Into some airenS l» 'grolto." s» ■ "I trust tic shall Und the table set 1 '' for dinner, ' prosaically Inlivprewsl ■ I "LlftJ1 11 ovorplrated with his t/m.t - ' "" wr" "* forward I..w.tjser her blow oje-n a lUly-bud. "When you think of It," sl.e coatin- " nod? meditativtdy. "tto sirr-nv hml ad.-antagrs- Tlsdrlotoler -salad h wasja^iyx'sure to hcfresl.." 'I I s wua snund sen* in tills ols- u . gerraAoh. ua aoy dweller iu lis into- W rior can tisilifv, but it elfoc .tully hr ke spell of aeutin.(-ut. Lore std hits 1 p ster have nothing in uorumon but their <■ hdUptfeMVyT ' -.f Vie l'..r works .(see thi.WapevllU.Hl tto . " Ctrrick declare# they brruklasbvl, n supprd otrilllra. The breath of j ti tie- llowera .ess everywhere, up stairs. ; do'S'U stairs, slid" even iu the kltctou, | w wlwre.onthe mtntot are pond nf a great ' b tlu-y fl.einsl suren -ly In full blue- ; si tnin, col ml white, un withered by ] J. tto beat of the stove ami Urn tire of n | Ann's visage. Thru Laura, n>>U>mI hold, must uvvds till Juilge Havrnj port's hat on the sly, W a -le t G ) luu.lf ii. somewhat to l|ie Judge's .lis- P t n.sy, and very much to tieswy* Car- " j I,.v.ptowboarenfaJeal.«»trm|ieraj mrm areusoglly rrady lornn away with k. ; idea nnd.Otls was esutnenlly the vase I. | with Itoootr C.rriok. Mr. Yaripuou h. had (ram, A MumbUng-lfl.vk to bhn ' ). ones', and at present he yegardrd the lest with a • bvsw. Why w .» Uw II >n.»-j.uf u.mi i». itinslAi.t a vislbw? rv tf to ha.1 sran Lanra grow np : nt from ! imjdlhig babjlrsol* That the t. lie Ir.d known Iwr the tmuu to ! (r n.ust.suat bar waa a foregone oondu- . sion inatto mind of this Impartial nn- be saner, lie h«d k.-pl his eyes au-l ears morvurar, aid did nst bcli -ve ! Ul tto Judged HsRsas ohfeetl.ss a* lavora | le might think. And torn did ho kts-wj di that Laqra , did thiol, su 7 C'ouUI be t I. sura xTrren that ! It might to aa o. tto cassis that she did out wish to (■ tiii til e-v Ao old fomlly friuad. a w man uf cultivation, wealth, and p—l- 1 floq. Jodgt* Huvrnport was no ioclig- nt lisle suitor fur a young lydy wljoyoqld .' in nsagtoukiibyeara, no inti.js-r.Wa ob- . hi Ct^C, aftrguU eep-cialir wls n carried |H«h«ty • as tto Jurlg* eirri-d f" In a word 1.1a feats, groundless lo ..r nut,', painted In that direction a* tto .l.ing-rous quarter. had begun t" replace, here and th-n- { >■ ito'grecn luxurUnra of July, hern kl • . ci ing tin gorgv-A*. lrausfi.ruktljwi. a few , lM wWH wltneas. Some tlmnjai Ulrr come Mr. and Mn Raymond, th ir return eaoaidarahly haaleonl by | lr »!»• boralMg of the war* shell whfch made awrahlart. oca tiering au.otu; m .uy j , well made pbtna of little and large, j j, Mra'Rayiiiond, r. calling old araoria- j a! (tons to Lnart, Wtlerly laruented tto j • g|sftrd Ihearsfon" of tto Goths, as 1 Vh- en Ifed then. ujsn. \r b lonsl 1-aris. . w "1 don't swpi— - I tlmukl know It j alLrr th'««' German wretcl.es." she j „ said, plaintively.' "Of coarse ttoy will I do all tiw harm they can. fancy | at thn (tiv J/ ret- carrying uk ] the very bargaiual stomld h.w hkwl, : |, sure !— getting ttom for utohlng j - p... a. R ttoy weren't ridiculously ! J Ytoap already !" » | ■Carrick." ra»l Mt. Havmon.!, who J, )e..v dt. iiledly Prussian In f-cliag, t ;dtd Braver .vvur to yua to wonder . why the fcuiniue iniu.l so n.iturally u j aoyn—^itit*i,-s*» tueolv.d In tl.ls wnr- n qu-tern, my w.fe worrira ..hou. the h paced if It -,re tie Jfoy-to rfs r.-wre-tti'i t-rp. Mira fayrra In «... td»neu , I'l tove a Itttto gw.tty stall. , J-I-ax tori dri-Hn-; olttoahf-," 1

• Xal Wo'U have a teat. Lat met k omcoofra tto plare unprrmnat la hfa - or tor mind at tbki^Mfy nraoMnl Come Itrrtha. which of the i«ojh ■ and vmrirtfes are yon rvgn-ttlngP' V "I was thinking of the Tulhwira at j our of the Court nights.'' "Your hear, Carrick? A variation f on the some old tune." 1 "Well, we'll tee how much yoo ban tto- advantage. What was your wonI derful thought ?" "Loogehampe, on the day of the , C,„Hd Prix." • And what day Is that f reproachI fully. O, you need not ray anything: t wo all know.*' ; "Thin why as^ 1 liowavcr, I'm I not defending the choice of day, — ou ', whirl. I was crrtaluly never consultn! ; I only speaking llic hrnicet truth. Now I'oytou. confess, and If tto clai foot is there, don't attempt to ! It." I L.ura, thus adjourned, replied with I vtslkls reluctauce, and something for I habitual pallor very like a blush, -I was thinking of Charley V ""f *Ch*rley» *— tto restaurant » : Oh Miss Payson! from ayiaiog lady with such eyes— jsvrd »u au old uiariasri.se; C'hi.rhy s pumpkin-pie nin.iv tin- American (lag and all sort* of thing, and what con Id to more poi etlval. I should like to know. In a j foreign land,— to anybody with any .pll.'.-Uo I'oviUogs. ' ' "A cut at me, Carrick. because I not in the army like tor otlwr adjuiivr. Captain—" "Jinks of tto Horse Marines; hut I if you fiuwy to was tto only other!—" "Cull tl.v-iruat.H- legion and let Mira ! Payson continue. What was thr oc-ra-om. Mis* Payson ?• Tin* time the cdor was undcaiaUe. ' Liura seemed oddly discoucerlrd by said, hurriedly. "Miss 1'avson tl.ii.ks lluirk-y's gooil J thrall oernsiims, oil the thlngHifheautyi principle," struck iu Ge .rge Carrick. t trowing to tlwaraistanev ..f Uura, who i saw for some reason wi.he.1 to | evade, a 'Tins-examination. "In which .1 agree with her perfectly." "I tUnw.y!" said his si-ter. slyly, 'ifirgvi luu tend, r associaliona with ' tl.,- pba-, wc all know." Now Mr. Ilnhert Raymond did not but hung of a tssculiarly lo1 tjniriug li.ru of .nlnd. to luiuwdl ' ab ly Jesirvd t-s know . 8s. for his Ms-w.-fit the tale wi« onto more told. i p-ur.iiH.-e," llaUl.rd H-rlhr, delight,, 1 to s, i his wits at work on a htijte-. ■ less |iuxxle. "from that day to tht# | neWWsMiir'sisa her!" mood, thoughtfully "Very odd, cvrj talnlv." I "Bv the way. Carrick," to raid. | when tto general conversation begun i himself upon Paris bad crane to a ; stand -Mill," sen haven't hrarel ft™., you yet- what you were thinking i about, jam know ?" "Own it was •Charley's'; now | was' ll't It. Gtofge?" "Not It!" rmphaticnlly a.uwered "I was dwelling u|etn the renreoibrapro id- nf a certain April . even lug hi a certain house in the Ave. nuc Joss'phine— " • * tvlirn- lie- Captain with his whis- '■ intds a sly glautr at rar,' I hummed his sister, with a malicious look i 'Wir-d tor hiislund. "Ah. those ; happv days! "< 'ul uumtor two about the Captain, oid," said (h'orge laughing at the Ik-Ctioo of that same rather heavy Oflltrr whom Miss Bertha hod drlighlrd tt> tj .il the dirt with tto verge of dts- ■ Yes, Cut and come again —eras to ywrr sister's m.itto." "Cut and never come again is more ' to to his list r's motto ! I am your horrid slang ami I am disguslod with you bdh. Comr, ! ttoy deserve to bo left lo their own device* ■' ami Mrs. Raymond 1 forthwith carried out l.er threat by I walking away with Mia* Liura 1 left to themselves, Hie two young smoked fur awhile without tpnkTug! until presently Mr. Itaym-md wat i beard to laugh quietly to himself "What's tto joke*-- asked George I Carrirk, .tuning out of a revery to ut him. "It iHight to to an amusing noe." "Tolewfbly. You hsvot ao idea of i it y torssdf?" I J • "I shall have when you tell me, 1 t>ri|qeet.-," unsweretl George, carelessly enough. "Ask me three months from IhU, \ and I will." Utsirge uodtlsd and tto two relapsed I silent ymoking. After all, G«wuo Currkk's suspicions ; rairrtet, nnd the blow to feared j only torn deferred. It jywaenlly i apjraiml that tbe Judge's vial* had I IV I'. torn objectless. Whether his long- ' .L-ltyod action waa snggratnl by the t-Hiuublal bliss pretenlrd f.w hla cod-auhrati-m daring tto Raymond visit, , or tv bettor to warn like an alarm clock, ; w.tand up to go n certain lirawwithont striking, may never b>i known. At any rata tto result was tto same. One evening George met Ann Ma- ; with a huge basket of auprrb grapes jusl sent down from tto *Oakj dak- h-4-houtrs. Ann. who from long j nrirllogs and hnbit waa very nnreI sir lined of speech, proceeded ta to . lirtu*. ' upon tto frequency with whiqh'kuch off-rings had arrived of ^ „ lKuUm. tllr Ulu not ova," said she. "Tto nwld Jldgo'D l-tktn' aftbt-r n wife np at tto apo-i-lett to Use huiDiwwra trails dim-tod Had to oo^aosp-tled th.. from tto

ath of a living few raeratratfe br btbaf? And now—now- here were Ana Ma- ; mL l mc\e. J-tosconflrmlng It! Laura waa ■pa double dealing I (Although tto had eoaeraltd ootbiag be bad a right to d*- i on araral.) Laarawra mercenary ! (At- ] though Judge Davenport waa not ' ion more rich B worldly wraith than waa , its BraodtSK «rar his wrongs, to turned on- hit stops to tto garden, nets he found , Iraura the perfidious, busy in tying up Lho a plant that had broken from ita wooden support. He stood for some cb- tuns watching her in silence. I Ig: "I rroudrr you condescend to tuch I paltry labors, with tto Oakdale coo* 'm eervatories at your ditpaaal," to said i ou at length. < ■d; "That la very flattering to .uy poor I >w - gardeu! What might you mean by ! . la- j U?" 1 1 j may think." . \ I ills "How darkly mysterious you are i for to-night! Have I ever thought you ih, blind?" a ••• "Your t'rknd. Judge Ikmajurt, has 1 t sail you down another bosket of grape* . Jy I see." said George, abruptly. j it- "Yus; aren't they nice ones'* I'm t isc "So fund uf tto giver too?" ! I "If I am, I have good ruuour/^an- I lie 1 s we red Ltura, laughing. i -ta , "At usual. Perhaps his voice goes r w well will. >»ur* too?" raid George, tarcasikyily. returning, as to sometimes t ay I would wton out of tcta|s-r, to lhe"okl „ imforgoUiu Vnrignoo grievanec. » . | lavura laughed again, for tto J udge, d- however much music to tnay have had j in his soul, cartaiuly hid none In hit t ut ear. lie hid bran known to listen lo ' -" a piece thrice repeated, each lime with j ■ ra tto « mi, admiration and the name in- 1 1 ic> qulry as wton to beard it lirst. j t "All uar likings neoil not be nrati- i . le. cnl— and the Judge luvs hen very j |.y> kind!" th.istod latum, warmly. ! t | "Itemarkablv! Sodisintcrrated, loo! j t ic ! WUcu may I offer my congratula- ■ I • i throe?" ■ 1 1 -.1 j Hitherto latum had gone on with | y- ! b'-r employment, talking carelostly , r k. wittont looking rnund. But now at j t l.o j his time and words too signlticant to : to to misutken she started, dropping the . :h airing ahe held in tor hand. , j "IIow could you gucsal" she cried, ' I iu Ttou looking up iu bis face she checked ; i Iwrwlf abruptly, and broke into au ir- j r ot represailile (it of laughter. t i- "1 really *ec nothing to laugh at," I di In- said, with a sulky dignity whose j ii. utter absurdity to would readily have d. s p] >r ro.tcd in anotlivr. "Something a je so wry suitable! Only thirty years' t ,1 dftfcreuee!— and the old fellow can get I c-. Uiinsvif up lo look tan years younger, " <i its hcvndcl with an abnija thinking aloud ■ which in its sudden change Drum a r- Laura, wha again delivered herself up I to unrestrained laughter. r ), "I am so glad you think sol" tto ; 111 said at last, gravely, though the piece n of wood in tor band shook aa with a d m convulsion. ,s G.-otgc Carrick, think, with a gloomy eloquence, |.roraedcd lo urge his rival's1 t „ claim, lo comideralion,— his wraith. t.is iHMitiou, his family— c ,j "Aud hit law library, 1 have heard, t, ,e is the ducal in the State, ' ' put In Misa qi Payfero, in a tone of tuch Innocent re- n ... livetiou that to could not tell If slio t " tug to ray— " jv "1 don't know that i hare anything . y re more lo sa)-." to replied, sulkily. ' n •'Thank you wry much, ttou, forjy what you have said," rejoined l-iura y ic sweetly. "I shall thluk of llall, aud c y i-siH-ciallT that tto Judge can get hirnd self up to look— wastl ton y rare young- ti ,. cr? That is a good dual of ao object. " v With llu-ro word* *to moved away, d lo toward the noura. While ho stood ir- t, tvsoluiciy watciiiug tor, Auu Moloney |, re vnuM upon Olut 101111001 V from the dlrectlou of the kitchen -gsrdeo, carrying 1 ln a pan ul loautloes. Witt, a siguitlvant d Pi sui.iu alter tuc rcttmtiug tig u re she b Ir apufogtted far tor intrusion, waxing ,| a. must lud.guanl at Mr. CarncX's it ratoer forced nucunscionsneas of l.er ,u "Snure! ain't I eye* in mo head, and „ k. why not tnin? w h.u dm uwld oju- * u pfe alup* ul!; WBy abuuldu t tto Tuuog tl oiwa Be altucr goin' loo?" s j. One of "tno young ooos" waa "afjo thcr goin'" at tlial moment with a p ivH-nly aslouudlng to the deserted n una, who, tiucuusciuus of tto re veto- * uuu coulained iu tor word*, made her h if way to Uto hock dour, (flaking tor I toad over iter pan o! tuuuiuea, (o wmcu c Jy u*d toon a quarrel, and (to young gculbmao bad a temper uf hi* owu, a i, aoy way. n Meantiiuc Mr. CarricE maturing rd aotiwtnlng whkn waa not a tooodio- o uoo upon hi* own stupidity, made ins fl M beat of Bis way to Laura, wnota to r .j found SMile on tto puren. Thruugu * j tto open parlor window mra Ml Willy s 1(j suuudvd the vutoss of Mrs. Paysaa aud _ Judge Davenport, rarvtng aa a tort of . ruuutug cuinmouUry npuu the wore* q. to bad to uy. These were readily -^ a l_ espied by Laura, wbo was ooly too t k_ glad that the absunlity of (to pusitisa b „t reliarod iu awkwanlarao. c It "You have gunned so much— and so wrung," sto said with some hsslu- ». Uoo, "that 1 might aa well ray plain ly I tb it u nut I— bat mauanv that is likek- *r-" * v "To have tto bettedsof the law Uo. brary?" cumjihtol, George Carrick. I M who could mra eujoy the comedy !b of the last ttfl.ro mLtiura "8o 1 was t ,,f led to cuucludr lust now." And be I proceed.' 1 lo repeat Ann Mabrorr-i t ur tpescri, and owly lo repeat it trot lo ' 'II dwsll osp.-c.aUy on U« mjat cmbarrara- 1 br hqi point*. In sfiork tto iropeodlsg crisis bad come all in a inomrnt. Thus | re- talrn |.y sorprias, I Aura was at a tto I ad tided disadvantage, and rouid not • a handle her wrnponi a* skilKuUy as 1 lbs I capitulate to Ih* bam-gsr, hot there I on waa a traitor throe who. (India? tto j

f garrison off guard, opsrad tto ^Ua I - ' andqdmittsd-the conqueror. 1*o drop ! ■ tto flguro— whoae age should exempt it I from further duly, Laura liked George | , - Carrick betUr than aho knew, and that { ■ proved stronger than resolution, i 1 Tto progress of sflhira may be Judged I > of by tto following fragment. I "I remember your sister raying oner I you could be very obstinate,— vol are . I quite determined?" I . "Quiu!" ' I And the had slipped from him before ( could even make an effort to detain I i tor. ; ( He beard tor light fool ou the stairs, t I then a door closed above and all was quiet. But waa she reai.y going to i ' him iu such a way? Waa she | i not coming back? But while to stood j I meditating on this abrupt disappear- ; i I I ance. he heard tor disappearance, he I < : heard her returning sups, and ad- ; I i rmncrel to the jrorch door ta meet tor. < i Advanced to meet Iter!— hut who 1 1 stood on the shadowy threshold iu ' I Psyson's place? Black bonnet, < waterproof cloak, blue Hjtectaeirs, and jmrerl all complete, there was i ■ thai mysterious figure Just as it had < iU-pis.il from "Charley's" door. Again I tto |«rcel fell, but (bis (line he let it . I while to stared in helpless amaxeluvnt. listening lo a roicc repealing his t " 'Could any man have tto courage I utter tender nothings under that stony stare? it's like making love lo ! ; Gorgon!" I Laura's voice from Uic lips of tto ■ phantom! No wonder he had once j remarked a resemblance In (heir tones! t | Then came a laugh which broke the t J spell ; to snatched off tltc spec lac lea, I 1 | and disclosed, sjnrkliog with mirth, 1 1 | the ryes which he thought in nil tto j t 1 world unequalled. I notl.iug hut foreign varulah," said site « , untying tto honncl-slriugs and throw* : tto waterproof; "I see you no i louger trouble yonrsell b. pick up tto i pumpkin pie,— which, by tto way. ii i 'brake* POnlpkin Pk' "'y *rork" 1 1 | But nt this jrolnt ia-ittg unceremou* . i tously rajHurol and ronijwIM lo ex- 1 1 j was possible for a solitary young wo- j | In see. and finding (hat she could j , I not walk alone there, day after day. [ | undisturbed us at -home, she had ~-t i her wits at work (o invent some di»- | gulw- , "I tried a veil first, ' sto said, "but t thin one was no protection, and a . remembering my childish horror , of goggle*. I experimented will. (boat. , and found the experiment a jx-rft-. t , success— as you do uot need lo le „kUI will,. mlwA-i laugh. "I know so well what you , must be llunking of me; I uw it iu your face, even before I heard your t owu (tattering deserlftion. And how," , drawing herself away a Utile, "how I ■ -disliked you!'' « "O indeed! Do try aud uvesoano f tto feeling!" , coosvious, I mt tailing dcvidedly. began j laugh. 1 "But I think I was as mud. amused - vexed, alter all. It was so comical . tto way in which wc were continually j meeting! and then to hear yondrarribe i , your last vision of the sjavtu i. — not | f | very many hours before I u. A you at j sister's. I believe I came very ; i Iwlrayini myself, especially wton - r j you said dur voices were alike. And • you never really had the least suspi- j t don?" "Not tto faintest. Was I likely J r rryed on paper, but which an unprq)u- ! i bystander wunld at once iuivc termnl "spoocsey." "8ach a profane t never could dawn on my mind." ;'Ift don't mistake,'' raid Laura, ■ with a retrospective laugh, ' it did direcUy oolhc mind of one mem- , of your fitmllj." „ "Bertha? but I know site never—" > "No, not Brrtha; Bertha's husband." "Raymond. But why— Ah!"— as a sudden light broke In on his mind concerning that "notion'' which be a wax to have beard In three months' Then he went on to relate tto , story to Laura. "I thought be might perhaps have told you,'' said sto. "Ho questioned t so closely about Paris and my sight seeing there, that 1 was couvlnced ( had suspicion You did not notice „ I suppose, because you had not tto f dew, but It eras embarrassingly clear i "Raymond was a bom lawyer. I al- . j knew. And you— you recognised r "I recognised you directly. Of - j as 1 did you " the went on r rapidly trlth a flurry caused by the , suspicion of a smile on tto fiver into i j which the glanced. . "Don't say as you did." j , "Bat I did." j j "Nat at all; it waa tto spectacles j , and tto bonnet; you I never saw until that evening at my sister's, 'where I not forgotten you snubbed me cruelly." "Elegant word, sir!" , "1 am glad you are pleased with it. , waa anything but charmed. • "Then I think we were fairly quits , ; and can-" "Kira no and be friends?— with all i j "Let tto Germans do a. ttoy like , with tto fl-m More**, ' observed Mr. , Carrick presently, "but I hope ttoy , will spare •Charieyta.' I should not , , want any one dee to provide tto pump- ( pie for a eertaln wedding part—" , "If you trail till then for your , pumpkin pie, Mr. Cbwriek," interposed Uura, saucily, but with a rare nice . color, "you and Charley will both be old, old mso!" Ku.eittofaa*. firm as Mia Payson > considers tonklf, I dare say by the ! time Cttariay la ready foe the wedding i , gragttowsddtag party will to reedy

A FOURTH HANS. I In 1840 or 'ti, sro had for our tuuu > a man of about fifty, named Itsymund : JDucuurt. He was, both morally aud physically, tto strangvat mau imaglnaI bit. ' He sras of an almost uaeodiug height. Thr tallnt student* In tto Academy were obliged to raise ttomI selves on tiptoe to view horixontally tto acute angle of his chin. He bora cloter reaembUnra lo a tm- ttou to a human being. lie was. an onk, in i tto full acccjvutiaa of. the word; a 1 thunderbolt might tear bun up by tto j nuke him bend. -seaUil, two of my Irieods ami i j myself, before tto Cafe of Bio Ijixrnij eating ices, wc saw enter tto ard, our old tutor; br rather bli jdutuj but so stooped, to emaciahal, su ; changed, that we hardly recognised { He looked a hundred years' I \Vv involuntarily trembled, as iu j Wton he bail jaisaul: 'Apr opus, distinguished young friend." said frequently desired to learn llw story ot that man's misanthropy?" . replied. ' "Then listen." And to retated tto j "The Count Rayiuood Dtwrain de | tall young man ot a lino bkrod coinI boastful, •keplical turn, and. aboru I all, buty I" tto last vk-gtvi- When lie I left college, bis father rooseulrd to let follow the bent of his own iiirilticharutlng abodes you could imagine. ' I met him one evening, vooiiug "Ul "I call and tse- him. Butt 1 actually resolved to pay him a visit. I railed on eight or leu dayi attar out eucouutor. 1 found btiu streu bed ou a divan, flanked in his three cuiiuge cronies, and fanned to a yratug^ wre ttoy did in 'that room. Tto .iti.ro--charged with tto folid intasiux fnHn the foul pipes of those inveterate*. It Willi great difficulty 1 was •■usMnl of nicotine, and 1 did not, iu Uir Iran, dissiiuubtc the disgust I felt on entrr- » ton V ali it agitating her fan in my fan . "On seeing her appron I. ns U-au-til'ul as a dream, though of that beauty aerviug the tumiliar coquetry with which she waved her fon before U1- , 1 a blush of stoma on my chock, aud was about to reply, when young Ray moral cut me short by preseutiug tinyonnj, womau. whom to' took In tto hand. • " -I'rnnil tra- to preseut my wife!' I clieek ir.otiuuil to my brow. I blushed "'My compliiuenia. tuadaiue,' said I bowing coldly. Then, turning tn Hayj mood, I added: 'I did nut know you were married Have you fulfilled all j Uw formalities!-" J made Bic final summons.' j '"What summons?' 1- asked, not ! understanding him. • 'Why, our rvipeetful summons to our dear father.' •' 'Yonr father ha» refilled his consent, then?' " -Quite naturally enough. Fathers soi-m absolutely to to created for no other purpose than to re! use tto respectful demands of their children.' "Then you have surmouuUsl hi* objections?' " -Most respectfully,' lidded to. with cynicism that terrified me. '"But you are not a major;' I urged. " 'Beg pardon: some six nionUis.' • -Humph' You have lo*t no " 'He lira lost jusl six mouths!' raid the young beauty. (Had the bad augel of temptation cbosen a human fare with wltich to eitarni, to- would hare assumed the tare of that girl ) "He has losi six months!'' nq anted l three friends in chorus, at the raroe moment omitting inch thick putts of smoke, that I almost believed myself some grimy center of Msnehnilrrov | Glasgow. The sight of those four laxy j rascals— Bis cynicism with which a i son spoke of hi- father- -Bit physical ! beauty and moral ugliness of tlial | you tig wouutn— Bic Impurity of tto atmosphere everything toforr my eyes inspired me with such au Invincible I disgust, Burt 1 took my leave as quirk ! as possible. "One luoruing. when trading Bit ' paper, I saw in the mlsccfianeoui It. ms a paragraph, rouehed In tbeiw terms: 'The last heir of one of the neat illustrious families of Brittany, 1 young Raymond, only son of tto Count | de la Frosnaye, Ira. put au ««1 to hit days. Tto catrar of thesuleiile Is not known.' 1 "Waa It pride or sliatue? lie has killed himself from disgust and stomal his life, I argued with myself, and from that cause alooc, or to Iras not killed himself at all. Cleared up all aiy doubts as to tto ' a-.Hi of young Raymond, and explained Bh" mlranthro|iy ol our tutor. 1 Here It is in brief: •• -My sou,' the faUwr had raid, 'bj 1 j yuor bfaaon, by your name, by yout , • uvHtor. I implore you not lo marrj : ! tint woman?" I j "'My father. Rajrmoud had an .wered, 'by oar bkuou. by my name ith J

"One day, recently, while comiug i ■Hit of tto CTiaifas, one of my frieuda, tol Uir a distant reiatire of the Frosnaye fam- %- nd Uy. draw my altrutlun to our old M.t ud tutor, who was jsusiug, and re-laird ; wfa is- hl« history to inc. That history ('tl eg by my father, by my moltor, by all ™ he my uoble anrestore, I will marry the ■ ro. wotuau I love. Justifjiug ih IhU. as in vpi j|y ull other eireumstaraxs. our |iroud I tin: no device: Met rsfastas mm.' !"* " 'Well,' re jil Inl tto father. 'niU r sec which of us will to- Ito- more faith- 1 au he "Young Itaymond iraurird. aud the ! • lid old count reduced tto- cou|dc to tto I cm verge of famine. Bui aUrlt a proud ■ op< Kc device is uot iraja-ctnl with iutpuuily. luw oil The Inillir did not lung delay in knockm- log at tto door of Bit last «-inn nf the lies be house of la Kresuaye. ' J« ir- 1 "Grief catue, and trabk it. Iioiimi by md i Wai t sral He tvrogulxnl Ito band- so! I writing of bis sou. Wl " 'What is Bti.?' raid lie to his old valet. "A letter from my boy. with a u„ u,t black mwI! Has to Bic honor to in- wr .id form me of the death of the I'riueess or of! wife ! I'anli.u! John. I will aiiisl twil with pleasure at Iter funeral!' glv . I i He was in liiglt glee that v-lealng. '» ' tto old count. Tto idea never value ^ held his bandw riling. It was. Utcre- eh! fore-, with a gaiety which Ivnl of lata : extended his glan: 'Kill. J.dui. till* I fov „f will drink to Hie repot - of the L>ul of 'Co : ,luU '■reature! ' ' "He drank rapidly, und jnyously . la, ' U|ieued the letter. These were tto tint word, thai and I'U cyr-^ "J ; over his tyn a. If (toy were but half j ^ • He rejilarrd Ito letter on lis- laid, j *! "" told btoglaw to ho filled anew, and (|i, cried with a terribly diff-rvnt lutona. ' " ' ■' j Bon: 'Fill, Joint, fill!' Tto valet re- |c( put II nn tto- table, without tow-Mug ^ toUi luindt. lilt trembled .« that lie "" ' ' Uto- ""'llrtl-1 ".'tto b-Ue'i"*"'" "" "'"I1"' dr-ar faltor, I shsjThav^crasiil^to Hsr! j 'j" Ito- only rausc| and you will jsinfou it | ^ thousand franw ol debts iscsrei'l) B.» II, "' ,, Inch my Ire-uil linto-ri. No. 1? >.» rr- I- K Js.jfsdfefae. will jrav iu vour ua me. if vou will remit linn' tie- "n i !uu.K. H„ i.'tlo, ml,- O.O. ..1 oil »,v Tl " • 1 m od : '' 'Ratuonu. Ha |y Y toimut del* Krf.ua, e. lo, lie "Tin- old count let rail lie letter, n" to i aud tlropt hi. toad on bis haral.. wltllr ' " i lorrtnts of tr-ar- flowed from lits eye*, e!' j Tto last words ot tto letter Irad liter- ,"'1 uy lira veil. Ills anna extruded towards hi. cl I mother, who anmtrd liim Ihcre-'—lrad vj' lie not feft to-hind him a (lash of light, 1 1 1 a swonl of fire, to bunt and rankle in iy- his faBH-r's heart? The old vtflet, 1,11 ou : who could not couipnhcral .ucb depth all ; of sarins.* after auel. n In-ight of Joy, ' ! asked: *" ivej '"My goral master, what ii tto lot ' "The rouul rejdkrl, sobbing: "8ec, ' " here is the hut letter of my ton!' I" • 'The old servant bowed his head and 1 * in, tttally breatlHil a prayer. • , I man of firm ctoractar, strong as teni- * ?r* j perod steel. rW,-w minutes after trail. no ing that terrible IctUtr, to arum and re" j accompanied by bis valet, went to his j son's lata domicile in tto rut Tomrutn. " h» j There ttoy had no other news of Ray tuond's death than the U-ttar to his Itli j father, which ttoy had fonral in the . 1 closet wliere he was In Bit' liabit of . I ! placing his lamp and key. "The count thro went to Na-17 roe L/C /• Et*U-de- Afodici , r . to Ito Mr. 1 ' llubrrt. who was to llquidata the dobts of IBs sou. Although it was iid four o'clock in the morning, lie found "" *>l him iu tto middle oi his chamber, 1 »n witbout tire, shedding tears over tto ° fid fate of his unfortunate frietui.. The u licart of the pour count was deeply °"' ed ! toueiied at ito sight. He remained a nc j long Brno conversing wiBt him about I bis «oo. Hubert answered hi* Ibouelf j sand questions with to much emotion os i tint the poor father was moved to xy . tears. As lo hi* hut momenta, he knew nothing Ho Irad reeeived mi | through Ito howl- ol a tiM-weugcr a " rat i letter which to presented to the court, L he aud which contained Ihere lino.: res " ' My (Head, jstrdon tree for dying. *' bio I was ashamed to live!' . Irk ' 'Tnis laconic leXtar was folio wv, I by a-.tatcmept of debt, minutely detailed, n" llic amounting, as itaymond had said, to " his Uiirly thousand ( tones. Tto count ese took from his pneketdmok thirty not** Ito of a tboaeand franc* rach, and Irandad m' iy, ttom to the yonng rnnn. Tto latter *' mt otfered a receipt, "kith Uic count rehis fueed; Hubert was unwilling to aceopt lot to targe a sum without acknowfetlg. ' * tuent (he »a> .. mcretatttt sou), bat ras tto parent itraisted- Tto young man me inclined himself, out of respect for tbe P* ml father of his frleod, and accepknl * lot ••Setvno'cioek In tteumrntog struck u" « lieu Ito roont quilted hla ion's tricud. jlm • At Ito cud of Ultra mouth-., to Irad a. growu older by ten yew*; hi* Hoc black oil or. hair Irad become gray. At Uic «td ol six months, to bad grown older by •by i fifteen yrare; bis Irair snu white. At ^ Mir j Bic end of a yrar, to bad grown rider try tiy thirty yosxs; to waa bahl! I "Ow tto anniveraary of hla ton's sa- 1 death to recrived from tto powfeoBke we, I departinant tto laQowtng fetter: ^ iows: td.

"Count: Tto miribriBnerahieh to* yoo to, torad ^ dray sn sigli lii'm%-|f you rrapactfoi srardwroUxl kticra remsfoiuglnlhs pari IkfeoaaHfe* end of s year sod s day, I kaua «Btoad roc addressed lo ooc Lady Joes fit de bi Seeing at tnoendofUte i-pi.tlv— dated tto day Of Ms decease — 11k- signature or your son, I thought ing of it might soften tto MuJh oT j our grief. 1 send it lo you, therefore sad pray you to count mo a* one ,if lour most devoted itftillib. "Wc can comprehend the uld man's r motion on arcing Die letter. lie upcnc,! It tremblingly, and re-ad at IbJ- " 'A famous idea lias come tutu luy licad daring your voyage to Havre, loarfa of mv soul. I shall kill mywlf lo-night! this will make you laugh, mv Josef o. It mokes sic fough still more; but they laugh best who laugh tin- la.t I know one who firm anil .ol 1,1 as lie is, will not laugh at this.rittor one Is a father or one is not. I want tnnuev. Here are the ingenious means I shall emjfioy to test Bi,- i.itcruiiv of tto count 1 :lra!l write him Brat I am going lo kill tm - M-lf. If to is a father ho will weep.— G.Sid! I .hall ray Bat I owe thirty thousand franca. If to is softeiml. he will pay ttom. Very good! I shall give luui confidence in Hu irrt. our witm — . by vtyiug that to waa oppoarel to uur iuarringw: to will raUinilly remit ito ftuid. to him, who will ntunl them over 4o mo lfettei nn.1 better. i'h? i hi thirty thousand I wnes wo can livv. with economy; for t eo years.— Ami further, if tlie" mum it not so di»uhligiiur s father, to cah..a go very far. lie rnuil die soon, let nA then Ice of mv Ufe, aud find m at (B&fc Ju Cirejuc. anxiously awaiting you.— Hubert has dyed mv hxirandrychrows shurtaued my whiskers, -,ud slaved nil moustacto. Your, ti.: ,h-ath. ■' 'VKOI NT i>K I.A FnesXAt kI. ml the oak. bat Uic lliunA-rbuil ran u-ir it iq tho routs. Si tt-.ii Uiccuunt turn and lareraU-d by Brat letter. IT,-f.-ll, uoUl and iusonsihk-. t > the thiol. the fare jnirjifeil and tto >-,«* injcvteU with bloml, they bclkvcd him struck with ajmpk-xy. The) carriul Itlin In ten w»vks ,m hi. ls-,1. At Uw end nr and gloves; and. dosjiitc Bic entreaties of hi- faithful valet, nllM from his hotel, firm, slralglit, aud with iicad ere-et. II,- setniml to. Intra regained all Ito vigor of Ills earlier ytat*. "Tto night was fearfully dark; the lain fell iu torranfa, and tto uortJ, wind howled and whistlcl Bui In Imsnl uut Ull- wtoL nor feu tto tain, lie Iraduri Ih: « ..iking statu, nf In•It wn. nearly tau u chick when to arrn.*l iu trout «! the Cafe- du t irqu. ra nter ol u group, a young man ivhoio. with Uw evro of Id* heart a* his sou. "lie cotofvd, aud prncaiilral slraighi i- tto table whet, his sua was seated. Itayiuoud ciivd ulouJ. iushullUiu tto \V. uaul u fourth. Will rate tab. a build? Who will play a I will. " said Ito t»unl. as to will • ■tl liiiit-.il' iu froul alius sun. • 'You, old fellawY " raid tho laiu-t. who n-eognfaud neither the voico nor uf bi* faUn-r, su much had Ural voice and llial siisigr clinllgcd. " - Yea. I!' replied tto |arent, fixing biasing ry « on Raymond, 'Will you not accept uw for a inrtuer?" "'Vou! you!- cried the young man, all at uura- ttxoguirhv faint, ami -brinking buck with eyes staring and mouth agape, his face white and covered with sweat Yn. uiuloublrviiy. I!" tcjiratiral "Tlie young uuu, jralc toggud ai corpse, tsnaytsl to speok; hut hirould not articulate a syllabic. "What I- (lie matter with yon. visruunt?' dcuuuidcd tlie father not in lli>- lout luuvral, "lUyntund tuutteml. 'Nothing!' "•Hay then!' eriral one U Id. friends, mixing (to tltmiittoca. 'ttliy, Jo you know tto old gentle. unit?' "Itaymond uwhlwl: 'Yea.' " 'Well, draw for who Mratl nwke play.' "Ttoy eomuMtuoud tto iputte; infl wltrii it wu* Ituyuoatl * turu to play, hi- ry. encountered tltoae of his faltor fixed glaringly npon hint. He sdvauco.1 his Irand lo place bis ptcse, but ss to left it too long ot. the table, otto of his Irirndsssld. • ' 'Take off yonr hand. ' "Raymond moved nol. " 'Take off your band!' was ixqwal"Not a word, not a motion frwu ■ l'shkw! what .tort of plr— intry this?' oafel ooc of the young men. taking tlie hand of Raymond to lift it from tho tabic. But i|i- , shrank haek with a shudder, for to fait * hand tra cold as the marble cm which it tay. " 'Thlt young man Is Indulging iu plcnmntry*.' gravely said Uiccouiil. ss lie laid his hand over tto Iwnrt of his tan. -He I* dead!' "Everybody crowded are. und Raymond, except Bie count, hl> fail." who sat jwrfocBy csh", immured lo Ito terrible catastrophe, aa.! tto- two (Heads, who wi-inraf- osih*I to their chairs. "A surg.uo, wbo traa in the vale ul Uic Bow, .tectorial it a stroke of s|— plexy. Ttoy carried away Uw body. A few minutes after, the count raid to Uw two friend* of his *oo : " Shall wc cuuUum tto ptay genllettwu?' " -There arc ouiy Bins ut us,' they ohketsd. • TtBc!' aunwered tto eoant.— Then ftaaticaliy abaflHng lho doroInoca. be erito ataod, a* iu* son tod doos aot ioag tofon: " 'Wu want a feHTth toad ton.-? "Oae tarar after to sras mad. "Una year aftnr, to was ntinral at ~ tto natatte taUc.. "Tm (as aftor, to became our lutar!"— 71* AUh*