The Democratic WatChman.
11EL I, EFo N,TE, PA.
1
DEAD- IN THE STREET‘
Under the lump-light, dead In the atrect,
INfliente, feu, and only let lily
There she lies,
Nave to the Ale..
Starved to death m n city of plenty.
Spurned by lilt that I,' pule unit 4%, eel,
Passed byy bit.y and eareleaa
leel—
Ifandretla bent titalti billy and plettatire,
flandreda with plenty of time 10111 Imattre—
Leiatire to !red Mortise. Ittiv.ion brim,,
'to teach t. erring and take the bun ly--
Plenty in charity's name to show
Tlntt tufo has something di‘ me and holy.
Rnusled charms--611.4kal
Delicate featiwon—look nt /how now;
Look at her 11,114-011 , they 1,111,1 41110 a,
FlVt`Y—well,lloVeralate SIMI! OWN' bagalle;
Nes erinore, neve, two, nosh of herr
A blush shall liming to the splint tned fano.
Bite had found, let if , hope and trust,
Peace in a light e n a n d belt, place,
And Yet, de.eite of all, 1 errs,
Joy of some hearth 41te 401 , 1 huts Wino.
Sonia fond mnthet fond of the Utah,
Haut stooped to linger OW dainty' curl,
Homo proud father has Island to ask
A•hlessing lon hot, da,Eling gill
Hunt tit dunk, as a+ 1.4, nt her litre,
Of all the tenticrness, lovo and ,ale.
1.0111.1 V watching and now brio t ache,
All the agony, Writing
Anym and's, toas hopes Itn. I fours
Breathed mid sitilePed lot hen sweet stilts
Fitney wilt pielfire n 1111910 afar.
Itut where thi• 11..10./111‘1111111..t rap. pre,
()tit it here life tot lug Hi'. /.1• 1 1 ,
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ROMANCE OF LEICESTER SQUARE
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that itN 144114,4 111V1*(1 110 pitysittgittatty ;
you cannot 1,11 limn the exterior:. 11 hat
they are ItkelN tit b k . litside, Tile strait
ittir %%lio loiihme not f“r a •dinuer
tilay %cry 11101 attr:toted by 41'14411,
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artiti.elitl 1101% ers, auil real 'fruit
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he enters II 1011, 41114,n 111.,11 111%1111, di
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table:Tread, 11111 a co ir-.. cloth,
ter and gritty stained, filthy 11411,_and fork . .., and aOl iiet 111 1011 !ill
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~emit,, it 111 11.1 , 1 IIIIIIIcetI 1,. cider 11
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on; he would ha t 0 rnierged into a
bright, baud-owe, loft) •hal I, where
both e.rieniii4lB 110 , 1 aereii.i.iriei. Isere
adapted to r. liacl 1:1-i.-
habit... The
la.aran're are ritrelv 411 111 re.t(ll . ),
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1411 churcheA, theatres 141111 pH% Ate
htai-es, t, 11 I'llllllol 11111 their
char:trier" 11'0111 011.11. 0111.1.111 N.
Nov. ant one takitc2 at churl cat
from I hclorl street 111 Leicester Square,
and passing ttlit , l*,t,tt I ro , ,nnore flied,
would hardly feel tempted to make hi ,
home n'that
co m b ine d with a central situation it ere
of Ner.t great importance to loin, or lie
were a de.emle 01 4ark 'I apiet, and
desirous of testing that great 'MM..,
pher's method io the utmost. Ihe
shops .10 not 818 . 111 thntn,g there i
very little truth- plague-like still
ness pervades the Biftwt :11 ore stoat+
alight on your nose than in other ,
thoroughfares, the tricks look worm
eaten,—us perhaps the are, f.ir it '-
w on d e rf u l a lint digestions sortie iitmeetB ,
have,—the mortar deficient, the win'
down Jucty , nor has it occurred to any
landlord since the days of Queen Anne
that a cunt of pa Ila ought he benelielal
to the outer wood work. Number six
was not distingiu t hal,4 !rpin other
houses by any external' attriblitee, and
yet when you opened the front-dour
and entered the passage you lound
yourself in a different atmosphere. The
oil-cloth and wall paper were of the
cheapest description, hut tastefully
chosen, clean and bright ; the stair
carpet, again, though of common drug
get, had a new, fresh, well-brushed
look; and you would not have helium
ad to lay hold of the balusters in white
kid gloves. But it was in the sitting
room on the first floor' that the `eon
tract between the inside and the out
side of the house was most striking.
There were three large mirrors with
broad gilt frames upon the walls; two
highly ornamented and sentimental
timepieces pointed to different hours,
and were both wrong; the chairs and
sofas were of red velvet and gilded nails,
the table-cover was gorgeous ; and fra
gile knick-kimeks, some funny, otlivrn
pastoral, but till glittering or pretty,
were arranged wherever they could a. 1.1
to the general cheerful effect. This
was the home of Monsieur .Jules Me
liars and his daughter Marie, who
breakfasted every morning :at eleven,
on' meat, fruit, flowers, arid light wine,
and used napkins at the meal, like be
flighted foreigners as they were.
"I am ready for the coffee, my cab
bilge," said M. Menars, it middle-aged,
middle-sized mall, clean-shaved with
the exception of a bushy moustache,
which he wiped as he spoke.
"Directly, little papa," replied the
girl, a graceful brunette; and she trip.
ped out of the room. She returned in
five minutes with at, envelope in her
hand, as well aa. the coffee-pot. "0,
'Papal" she cried, "Monsieur Victor
has given us an order for the Lyceum
'this evening. There is a new piece
which is, 0, so beautiful I Ho says
that there has never beep, one to equal
it before! And there is ltn overture
with a solo for him, which he plays all
-hy himself; only think !"
"Ah, yes," said her father, rolling
up a cigarette ; "I have noticed that
that is a peculiarity of solos. Victor
has talent, and will make his way. As
for the play, I dare say that it is very
gomr; but the London lilays always
scent to me a little nail. l'he Erngli,-11
can paint line seeliely, and aceiiiiipindk
wonderful effects, but thoy _cannot act
like the French, truly tuitt' IC we were
going to see, a Parisian vaudeville this
evening, now I"
"Ali, yos. How Lfirl-oultl like to see
Paris again; l'was so young when we
left I"
"See Paris. Why, is) you probtibly
will, either with me or anoilier.``Als. I
there is the FOllllll of Victor's flageolet;
no doubt lie is practising the new mu-
Mil
"Yes, papa ; how soft and sweet it
soundn - coming through the ceiling!"
,"llunin ; I am glad, flint his iiettru
'tient is not the oplacleide, certainly."
And so Ti!. Menare touched and evad
ed n question which wits the puzzle of
his daughter's life ; why did they live
in England . / Ile cold(' not bean exile
on political grounds, bee:lose bereceiv
ed a pension from his government,
which, together with ii hat he got for
giving fencing lessons to a low pupils,
and her earning+, fiR a maker of arti
fientl flowers, at which she was very
ukileful, kept their little household M
come comfort indeed, but did not go so
fat as, from all accounts, it would have
elttne in their o%;in country. Since Ma
rie want e d to know lief father's reit
sons for residing in England, why std
she not ask him the question directlv?
Ifecanse there tin so in et lung abalit M.
Mens.rn whwili prevented mery one,
even hi t , laymale child, from pressing
a ombject it loch he evidently wished to
till
Marie was five 'years old alien her
nether died, and her holier brought
her titer to England twelve yearn be
fore, and she had su indintinef recul
hit mil 01 Ii iii iii 1111110 rill, with
it sword by his nid e . Sh e ask, , ,L b un
once it he bad not been it soldier, and
he replied, 'a i , t en ; he hall been drawn
in the conscription like the, others,''
nail linrrled, as over, from the topic of
his former life. Of course the girl hail
her theory of his roticence, and of
course it was a roMantic One. Ile
could wit recover front the shock of
her mother's death, nor hear, e, en at
this distance of time, any allusion to
the period, the places, t he scene, 'w loch
recalled her. An improluthle solution,
it the in:Nell-1 , and dramatist, of gaol
hold the mirror tip to nature at all
lint ii , atistled her, and that was the
principal dung. Besoleii, I expect that
cur neighbor- , bite their Ltite: , , urea
though they
. are tm bitter
against-thcin.
Victor Bernardi was a moat Italian
rint.urittn who Lad coots tit-er to Eng
land to make his teatime, and- who
Muni the meaning ol that %write e‘
preLqtion ekprrail Meekly. A tortmie nl
I title IN not IL fortune rat London, and it
COmpetelive :nay - Le down
right pentikrif he unlike.: to a wife
find family. The WIN; inn man.
h,nietet, }Wd fit al talent, and would
I ,,rihabl‘ hate necured it better place
ni the eot lite by this tune, hint lie
not heel] Ilea\ili w.eigLted with a NV
:Tr eare of startiilL:.-- a Carl which
made absent, perpetnallv
apprehemo%e. lint as tints passed on,
and that whirls tie feared happened
Ilia, lie errors, and then lie tail
Mal le, 1111 d the Night mare of hi.tmath
or, if it returned upon him
at limes. it was as it vague horror be
longing to a former state lit e I,tence,
tioni %%loch he was now happily tree I
Nothin.: ran counter to the Current of
Imppthe ,, now , Mattis returned
hi., hit, which wits of Italian pannow
Ii cites , her lather approved u ; lack
of lortilne alone reinaitieil, Lit that
wan to he remedied by Industry and
eartiestner , L. In the melt:Mine, the
L wing people atninwil I hen:mil tee with
building those castles HI the tin which ;
t Ile lull sneer at so ntupolly ;.f0t. 4.1 not
Heaven in the me?
Ir wan It pretty little supper that
nuiitted 111(.111 on returning from the
theatre on that evening. Not an ex•
travagant meagre one indeed
to nome Fuglwh Ideas,—hut most
temptingly laid out. The young !mini
ciao wan delayed a little, no that the
others arrived before hint, and Marie
had plenty of tone to put on her lin
cbung All, there he a great
deal of coquetry in the decoration of a
table, 11 young Indite only knew 11 ;
thdugh come of them 110, bless them 1
that and a greatdeal inure than I could
tell them ; only they are itometones too
proud or lazy to devote their talents to
the decoration of anything but their
own fair persona, which in lily paint
ing.
"Did you notice, papa, how the peo
ple applauded Victor's solo?"
"N cc, my dear , and I think that I
could even mention the leader of the
olaque."
"Oh I" cried Marie, ttrning away
and blushing, "I am sure I' did not
clap half so loud as—as youl•self for
example."
"Dubtless you did not. My great
flappers are more effective, so fares %ol:
tine of sound goes, than your little'
flies' paws. The goose could express
his delight in a way to drown the voice
of the bullfinch, but some persons
would pram- to hear the smaller bird.
And here ismne of them," added M.
Menars, as Victor Bernardi entered the
room, bearing in his hand a roll of
pink tissine paper, which proved, when
unfolded, to contain a bottle of cham•
pngne, which he placed on the table
with a triumphant air. Marie, tbe lit
tlenurdmand, uttered a cry of pleas
ure M. Menem shoOk his head.
1
tis an occasion," said Victor,
apologetically. "What do you think
the director had to say tome? Whi,
that my salary is to be raised l—A til
but I have not done ; there is better
still. What do you say to an engage
ment to play at some concerts in the
afternoon, which will, not interfere
with my duties at the theatre! Ibe
gin to see my way; and before Christ-
Mae, Monsieur Menars, I may claim
from you the fultillthent o(dcour prom
ise." Then ensued hanTshakings,
congratulationil embracings; and the
three sat down to a supper Which. was
enlivened with, jokes, laughter and
Bongs. Never did a bottle of cham•
logne shed ihi beitign intlitenCe over . a
Happier gioup.
QITAPTER II
DINNER AT A FIXED PRICK.
It is a wonderful example of the pow
er ofearly education and habits, that
stran*ers should be found in every
country Moist upon dining badly,
in imitation of the manner oftheir own
homes, rather than adapt their tastes
to those of the natives, The rich, in
deed' dine well, and much atter the
same faiiltion, almost everywhere; it is
among those who have to practice
economy that the absurd primtice is
prevalent, and in every callital enterpris
ing purveyors make their profit Out of
it. The Fnglishinati in Paris nine earn
indigestion in an uncomfortable box,
with sawdust under his feet, and an ab
,urd burlesque upon mutton chops and
beer before him; and the Frenchman
in Loudon can plasm) hiniseffnitli bad
viands and the most horrible cunt or
lion that ever was called wine, at a
price which would go e him a cut from
a prime joint, lloury potatoes, awl a
pint of excellent stout. Victor Bernar
di was one of these , nistrimonlicia
ots, aial because he hint been used to
dine off halt a dozen nominally differ
eat dishe.i, with three nuts, a (ample of
raisins, and a shriyellol pear for ,des
seri, and a pint, of thin .14111 e to mix
with his water, in his childhood, he
hankered utter similar repasts stilband
patr4Ml/ed it re.tauranb where the lix
ed prime was half a crown ; and a very
d ear fei Ow II . 14 worth it was, had he
been unbiased.
At the o'cloch, then, on the 11:1„‘
alter the little s upper, he entered that
e,taliltsliment as happy a man as ever
sat ilia II to a dinner. Ile was exces
si‘elt in love, and now fur the lint
time since that accident happened to
hnn had a good prmlieet ..1' pcedily
ohtttining the otiject of his 4.41 N ,,
Chore Is in need to enlarge upon his
felicity. Ile Celt, indeed, as if' he trod
upon air, but 'tail no wish to 11%e upon
it; jtty bad daninged his sleep, but not
his appetite, and he tools lii,,:tecti , tom
of sent with a must unromantic mien
tion not to cry, " I 1 0 1,1, till
lie reached his raisin.
The place certainly looked pet lectly
foceom ; and once patent tt. portal , , yon
might well imaginetout-elf 111
11((\ al'inql . fl(l' if the hem t
London. At the entrance was /l
Is 11111(•1111111 ti-e French word-,
but rt in not a counter, nor is it n lour,
—w lilt a dame nom Paris embroiled
[whim' ii, aniong-,t Homers and
awl a- HIV (11 , 0(111( . 1senlace { hies
10111•11,11111 . 11'11:11-.
nature. rcqtattrant, -rate,
hall lit coons--the l'elllllll and largo -I
comp:trim, mil being the cafe, is o h w.i
separoiteol huh Hoc Mlle' roman-. n loch
ran itlont! either b1(112 ((I u,. l v 1111 . 111 . -,
Whirl), in the car, 01 the ie•litlititid
1 1111-1(11, tier(' gill/ed. s(111
11 galicn, 111((li , ttluch ran a -mgt.•
non of i•oldes, inellig the arch('., which
ti ere tilled alternately nosh transpa
rent plate glass mirror, ; o that it de
pendeol upon your situation whether
you nolmirld y ourselt du ring th e mea l,
or looked through into the (Ate, a nd
caught glimpses od the !Hillard player,
through the corresponding arches he
soul Victor !tenant] placed hiniseli
in the littler position, and coninicni ed
hi. dinner. Ile sipped his blacking
water as if he hhed it, the
is;,..h ss hieh nuts tort 4,1 for soup. n it li
out a grimace, ate ihj. tenth part of of
tirodi het nu„ with it caper ouo it, which
nuts ushered in ntl t lt a long name, and
then became aware 01 an eve which
sins watching hum through trie window
opposite \Ve an- tat that is Pal may
look at a king, and certainly his, tan
henty IS mint likely to he aiiimed by the
inspect loon but ashen at Cal I(soks it a
small bird, the rase is different, and the
gape which was now fixed upon Victor
seemed to exercise a like horithle ui
lluence upon bun. It proceeded fiorn
1111111, whose long hair, mustache, and
beard were so intensely black dint his
bloodless panty face looked quite
earthly by the contrast; while I can
only describe the expression of Ina
glance by saying that the least imago
native person who net it would have
been enabled to understand the Italian
superstition of the Esti Eye. Ile wan
dressed in black garments, which would
have passed muster well enough by
candle'light but looked shabby and
shining 111 the day ; and over his shoal•
tiers was thrown a short cloak or cape,
though the afternoon was a worm one.
Directly the tnan saw tivrit he bad at
tracted Victor Iternitroli'm attention, lie
rose, passed out of the cafe into the
restaurant, and came up to his - talole,
"The night is dark," lie murmured,
bending Over towards him.
"But the day is breaking," replied
Victor in faltering accents. 1
"Come to me when you have finish
ell your repast ; I await yon." Awl
he returned to his former place, where
Victor soon joined liqn. Mr swallowing
another mouthful was quite mit of the
(Mention. The young malt had had
time, however, to recover his pre•+e•rce
of mind, and there was liminess mills
voice when lie said, "What do you
want with me, Pedro Nero? I cannot
be forced into any fresh designs, I. wits
tree from that by the task allotted to
me; and now I have settled my life,
and have other views than yours.
Leave me in peace and go your way."
"I seek to force you into no fresh
plot," replied the 'Miter, "but only to
warn you that the task you are bound
by oath to perform is yet uunccomplydh•
ed."
"And is that my tanlVq..asked Vic
"I say not that it is your fault. No
one brother has a right to judge the
conduct of another; only to accuse, or
to execute judgment. But there is no
question of Mame or praise. lam sent
to warn you that the - time has artived
for the performance of your task, and
to see that you accomplish it."
"But he is beyond my reach ; he is
dead."
"Not no; he lives. More, he is in
England, in' Loralthi. Hark I" And
the man ,plactsl his lips to Victor, Her.
nardi's ear. and iientenee which
made his blood etitalle. Ila 111..101
gn bed l ' or breath, the room se :tin
round, and lie as nearly * faint 4 as a
man can without actually- losing con-,
sciousncss.
"I do not believe it I" he gasped, at
length.
"Yes, you do," replied the- other
'but if you require proofs, 'you shall
have them. Meet me when your thea
tre has closed. And now, rouse your
self; it is time that you should go, and
suspicion must not be excited by any
'alteration in youlOway of hie."
What a happy thing it is that our
habits are stronger than our passions.
ft increases the responsibility of lite,
perhaps because the former are for the
most part vont raettil of our own free
will, and deliberately ; hint it makes
US much more useful to one another
siwially. Ilow incotiveident it would
he if the baker, when jilted, forma to
make his bread; or the thairdiesser
clipped my ear oil' in a stale of pecunia
}y embarrassment ; or the doctor could
not attend to his patients when his own
child lay a dying. Victor Bernardi
went to the Lyceum, took his place in
the orehestra, played his music cur
reedy, without tall consciousness of
what lie was doing. It was the same
thing the next (lay, and the next day,
and the next, l e coidd hardly believe
'hat he was really eatlllg,
walking, playing; but it seenwd to him
that he must awake presently, and find
all a nightmare. Ile molded the Me.
l i ar s, who began to he alarmed for hon.
Tit ye he met Marm,tai the htmrettHe,
and stopped; butt 6o did nW 51.1111 able
to make up lass nand to sic What he
wanted ; awl aftvr gazing upon her
na, an n , ;. „ 1 , 1 ",,1 I L, he hurled his
face in lily hand , , 0,1.
"Ile is ill Yowl lIIIINIr I Men are
always highly nervous; and apt to he
queer for IL %dole, - said SI. Nlerinrs,ro
his daughter; Lot what liesahl to him
wa,,, "The young., moil is either
1011( . 1101 in OW brain, or he has eon]
1114111 a 11114 crime ; 111411 ‘vliiefieLer it
IN, he is not it lit for illy Marie.
It IS it pity Imo, lor I liked him."
CIrAPTEIt 111.
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Ilr Niatchol 1.. r ?%1 tet. ,
th.. 11011.', nt..l hurl altcr 1,11...
" N% 141 Lc, epeak %salt you pisaly
Is, — lie ...aid.
• "Shall %s( return r a•sked M. Nieti
might riumr in.
11111 , 1 +111 4 :11k you ui”lp.turhc , l.
Com, NW no \t. h."
I 't h t walked t .1 her in ,ilenee to
the rm.( in urhe 411.1 as II
ins early in the day, bunt it as desert
el as Vector had antieipated There
' netc a ten niir.empuln and children, It
!car hr two of loYers, a sprinkling rrl
the he.ver class of who had
been priming about all night, and had
now got. °e el . the iron "ailim.o, and
were sleeping gin the gran., no one
likely to notH e (hem.
"I lial . e a olite,,loll VIC
for 1.1!:111. \V hen I was very t ming,
before I lett my home. and maw what
the real aarll am, like, I was cery rom
main Ile lln 01 ill a world of poetry
and nation , and as lute Lod not
. 11 . 1 .111.1.1'11 to my heart, It Wits 111
Inendslup that I 11,111111 Vela lor tie' nl
henna.. Nly Iriend wit. a pfilitician,
an ardent Democrat, a devout l ehcter
• "AIM Ne111•111t•S for the regenera
• ~,1; and he infected MP
with timeli enthusiasm. So there came
a day when lie proposed to me that I
-Mth! become enrolled among the
menbels of cm secret nocietc. The
mere tact that he belonged to it would
hate decided me , but the inv.(tery, the
secret meeting., the unknown dangers,
had itil irresc , tablil charm for ine, and
I embraced hie oiler with insane Joy ;
nor was it until it wilt too late to retract
that I discovered to what I had really
pledged ni)selt. lchen, indeed, I was
so horror•ntruck, that the rat :mouthy I
had once had with the ends and aims
of the fraternity died in nay repugnance
to the meant.] employed ; I avoided all
participation in Its schemes an much
UM I could Irmo the first, and it cram
the desire I felt to escape the toils into
which I had blindly rushed, which de:
termined the tic come to England. Be
fore 1 lett, however, 1 was summoned
to a meeting of the fraternity, at which
the destiny of my lite wits kealed.
Years and yearn before, a brother had
liven pursued to the death Icy some
member of the French police whom the
chili' had hitherto failed to identity;
but a recent political trial, in the
cour-e of which the events (du former
conspiracy were brought to light, had
revealed hue ; and the present as
sembly was conVeried lot' the double
purpose of sentencing him to death,
:mil deciding by hit whom. hand should
carry ordthe decree, For the lapse
of time mignifies nothing; the ve.igeance
ill the society never them. Ti“. lot tell
to me!
"I was allowed to carry out my in
tentions ofpurnuang the musical pro
fession ht England, for the present hab
itation of the condemned roan was not
known, and it was suspected that lie
wan living under ari immune,' 1111111 C in
that country; but I was to boll toy.
self in readiness to Meek and alas him
at a word or a sign. It MIN with this
honor upon me that I commenced life;
it wan with the everlinuming thought
that I was destined lor all assassin, I
who could not bear to seeAn animal in
pain, that I addressed Illyeelf to earl,
my bread 111 a Ihreign iund. It was
that neee,nity, and the music, which
brought me the relief of opium, which
prei•entetil my going mad during the
lirst year of constant dread and expec
tation. At the end of that time, I be
gan to hope the signal which had been
so long delayed would never be given,
and my spinix , recovered ; and then I
met Marie, and loved her. But I did
not intimate try love by word or sign,
while there was yet a chance that the
hand which would' thin have clasped
hers might become stained with blood.
It was not until I heard that the man
b.n! r. on, to rnrodcr w
and tc:t freed iron' toe Ode
chain whielittad.._ . hmorid me, that , I
sought to hetTilfid found, to my
intense joy, that I was beloved in re
turn, and that mopi her father, approv
ed of me. 1'1%411 At speak of my hap
piness,fin the new life which sprang
up within me,—yott know it; you have
witnessed it. But now my hopes are
shattered, my>short saintlier has passed
away, for it was a false report which
asserted that the man who had incurr
ed the vengeance of the bro,therhood
had elided their grace and you—you
are Sinai!, Sartenes, the man 1 am bid
den to slay I"
[fere, Victor, who had hitherto con
trolled his feelings, in order to tell his
story clearly, threw himself upon a
seat, and buried his face in his hands.
M. Menars had listened to hint without
apparent surprise, calmly sinokiiig his
cigarette; when he :Atari that he him
self was the denounced Wan, lie took it
trim his lips, and blew the smoke Out
through his nostrils.
"Alia!" lie said, "I' was to have
been the victim, then; only I happened
to have a pretty danghter, and so my
executioner hesitates. There are ail.
vantages in being a parent, then, alter
:ill. liut, conic, come," lie continued,
in a graver tone, patting the young
1114 "I understand wont,-
th ing of men, and under no circumstan
yes could you have brou,Llit yourself to
draw knife or pistol on one who Was
unarmed. Oh I I knoW alt ale it your
oaths, and how terribly tiny work 111,
on the imaginations of tlio6i. %% ho li t he
thiqn,: hut you %mild have perlerred
perjury to murder."
"I emu" say what I might have
done," - replied Victor Bernardi, raising
his head. "Tilvre is I,llt one re-quit-et.
1,1 1 the now. Farewell, lorever; tell
Marie that my last thoughts were for
her."
"Itah I Victor.; you nowt nottoin
mit snieide to avoid the Nengeanee of
the brothers; that would he eowahll)-;
tremolos it is wit common stwse. Eng
hill(' is not Italy, or even Vrance ; di'Tr
the hand of the ampassin falters hionic
Will:ill_ the_ At.xtu___uf_itte bill , :
and strong, and where juts,. are not
11411 to 11111011 a 1111`
.e‘tenualing eircnnishuo e," le then
-Hint the rengeet t ei. of the society
,„14 ft, 1110 :1111 rhihlsrn 111 . tlis
ott•inhor %%let turn. , tr,utssl. MIII
nerrr be mine, stiel how etto I live - vt oth
out 1,1?
ni:,nte, be calm !Non can, — sail
AL Mena "Sit dully 4144144, 1 . 4.c10r,
awl It-teq 1,. HIV. I ' n t: hart . Leon , 1111111,
'it', 'AM not : - 11111.11
Ile tend. a roll Wl'iltirril% 111
11 1. trio. (lint I 11:1•1 formetly tin Itzt.i,f
of pohee, and flint I heed in I'mglatid
beeate.e, in the zealou+ pro.eetitton nl
ntv ditty, I incurred the verweanee it ii
IWit - rllll pi/Meld fraternllVt, It is al
s,l !rile that I not lied murk; Ili comer(
nth Sartenes. and that
,we 0 111 n ad,, i ,t
ed the
infer to throw oar 1 ., 10111, Iln the
traels. But all On+ he tic!,
knoaitof the S,ffts of tile Iffrniti..•
1,0 no e l .li nt-, not It , I
knew
1111,71 . 0 f \ tour !rat. and its
nietnher than suit ; and
believe toe it is a prlrallt 811,1 Irelsimal
%%1:11.11 11:14 lo turn
)01/1' hail] ;wattle! We.
"Mit will, what ob j ect ?
lint 4 , 1 vrit.lii,,"
Lein reeled under the sudden trans'
Innpi trout derlAir
"II the man who told pm that Si
coon Sart,lle6 live, Mid hot I :MI he,
was the villain known as Pedro Nei.
ton start, and I hate gute.-ed
correctly. The matter of simple then.
Pedro Nero loves Marie, attempl
ed n tear ago to abduct her front her
home, sending a false tnesqatfy which
purported to come from me while I
was away. Happily, I returned sooner
than was expected, prevented the
crime, and punished the cowardly
wretch as he deserved lle hater me,
then ; Ire hates)on, too, bemuse Marie
love., you What a t engeance it would
hove been fitr hhu tl he had succee.lea
in turning vour hand against my hie r'
'O, I see gall I" cried Victor. "Let
him not cross my path, or I shall he
tempted to become an,aaaassin In very
troth I"
"You can do better than that,""VeT
plied M. Menars. "Denounce him to
the Central Committee as having at
tempted to make use of his authority
for his own private ends to the injury
of a brother."
''No, never again will I 1161 d -any
vommunication with the fraternity,
said Victor with a shudder.
"Then leave hint to God. And now
conic home, and set Marie's mind at
rest, for shp cannot think what is the
matter with you.!"
Victor Bernardi has never heard
anything more of Pedro Nero, or of the
secret society of which lie was so instil
eten A
t member. Soon atterli Is conics
Chili 111 St. James's Park, he was in a
position to furnish a house in Kenning
ton , and beforea year.had elapsed, he
took Marie to it as his wife—a room
being appropriated to M. Menars, who
lives with theta. They give delightful
parties, for 'Bernardi is well known hi
artistic and dramatic circles, and coin
poses a good (Teal of the light music
which is just now in such great demand s
Or ballets and extravaganzas. Some
of his children may perhaps take to
the lyric stage; there inn small Ber
nardi who has a powerful voice, but it
is not harmonious at present.
FRS?. MM.:SIM—Man is Free to do
right or wrong. The th has been
presented to hit ror has been pre•
merited to k n; he is free to judge
which he will take; hut only free inn&
much as Deity is infinite goodness;
and as there is no infinite principle of
evil, lie cannot go in that direction
beyond the moralof the soul ;
whilst in goodness heican go on.ivard
forever, to Jehovah. He is here to
judge which he will take, right or
wrong, but at the some time he is not
free to make the wrong permanc fitly
triumphant, for it can never by' so.
The right iv infinite, and consequently
it a1w.0., pii , lonilhates over Ignorance,
All Sorts of Partsgraphs
—A Chicago negro adverifees for a
whit? house keeper.
—Giuseppe .idazzini is travelling i n
Germany.
--Ferdinand Freiligrath, the greatlt
German poet, is in very feeble health.
—That queer proud King of Bavaria
attempted to kill himself the other day,
—New York has ry homo for frnil we.
men. It has always been the abode of
them.
--The Quonp of Madagascar hns
(TONI Christianity and burned all her
Idols. 0 - •
—As a man drinks, he generally gredi s
reckless, the more drains, the fewer
scruples.
--Beecher propounds a severe conun
drum in his paper • " Amid Gen. But
ler be hung.
—ln Lafayette street car tickets are a
legiti tender for everything but chinch
contributions.
111 Church has votedli enry
Ward liaeci er a salary of $20,000 for
the present yenr.
--St Louis is getting' up a "Mksis..
Pippi Valley Worl(l . 4Fair-Associntion,"
with $l,OOO 000 eapitid.
—On Prinity afternoon the Him Son
ale ratified the fifteenth amendment by
it V. 4.11 of I aye+ to 18 nay,
-Cill( . 3*l iF.SII,II rOOO innrringe li
een,o4l 111.4 year, and theti'llarilly kept
up with its divorce..
—Anil' the. town of cheyorino, .11, the
Pficitle linrinnul , -wn, de%troyeil
by fire on In4t.
—At Sltilql)iirg', 11(1., n nogro girl
the crying of n eliiltl by giv i ng
It hi rwienit yil with 118
—tI'IIIIII',‘IIIIII,i aro rirli 011
11::-tivAiiilintiviimi—
soern to be thin most fortunate.
—A lath. child In Allcnh wn , Pa.,
_vii ~ .:011V catcri by rats 111111 tin
vourd- %kith hisscs—by inn
::11r NpofT rd the t'otor,ressional li
brarian, ill , man ' milky•. ro•arly
all Ow principal apvrchi 4 in
returned fr.Jni
Aim r. 4.11 t., Paris. tilt,. mud.. tothroe
0101141111 d frniics her trip to
—The rumor that the
Th rd will it bd ic.it.• t
-pi HIV,' 111 1.1, .sr ut In, SON, r, g:t)iiithg
utr,•ngth the ugh Pan..
Irt ‘lttrfurtno, fhe rr r t IGulu •*'
F. ll't V, 1 4 4 ttiti t" number ‘ , ll,
tliuu.tund
th..-ar.l
-'rlic clerical i.l“petnetit watolal pit;
New York alicad fur the
Lthutio out fur. a gtunacr from
the Wier pliiee.
—ln Now York, Boston and Phila
deVphia ?Ru.tNl(lhn•
th,, fel/el of the family of th, late• E. 11
Si/141;On
SprMI:IIPM ilj
thll C.111111:4' W ,, 1111i1l h t imiTr 4 ' l'r.,b
mblv, ber wl,be, be constiltea
de , limner
IS n very plowqttit thing 11
r C HIP! l i II upon II hid) }I ,
loutNery load sian to.wl . lnnt) wan',
ft irk it in bin. nn4
--The editor rrr the Elton
Lag& lit , to g to ',it% 11
fer Ili, letters 111111 e‘l•1111112:i'F,' bc. 1111,
t CIO irost oinee hia 1,1111-
Ilentl,lll.
—The nee:roes of lowa wont " Vlllllll
- dui " Cllllngeti to
. 111.4 11 , 11 , r,
that the white folh wt
aunt their viitiis will join In the pro
o•(•••••101/
-It is the custom in Radical bureaux
it, Wll.lllnom to send pet r led,- to ex
amine tail rig matters in sonie State and
let 1111,1 bag tire mileage
—Vermont ladies think the divorce
laws I,l* 04 State nerd tinkering. They
have been used so. much, perhaps, they
are all out of repair
—The Radicals say the liermterats
are (hung just what is necessary to con
tinue Radical supremacy. Then why
do the Rads grumble?
—"Corfgressman " advertises in the
N. 1". Herald an appointment as cadet
in the Navel Academy, for "parties of
means." " Congressman " will hardly
Ilnd any meaner than himself
-An old lady being in a store at
Waterhurg, Conn., recently, deliberate
ly sat down, and reaching out her half•
frozen feet to the safe, remarking, " she
always did like these air-tight stoves "
—A gentleman once asked, ",what is
woman 7" when a married man replied
"She isan essay on grace, in one vol
alegantly bound. Although it
may be deaf, every hum should have a
copy of it."
—The Natural History Society of
Pittsfield, have a button found at Per.
Wm Peak, which is supposed to have
been dropped by Ilam, the 'Ron of Noah,
while learong over the taffrail of the
ark in a lit of sea-sickness,
—Amiable mother : " Here. Tommy,
ix POlllO nice castor oil, with orange-peel
'in It." Doctor : " Now remember,
don't give it all to Tommy ; leave some
for me." Tommy (who has been, them
before) : " Doctor's a nice Man', Ina,
give hall to the doctor."
—Tito precise period at. winch the un
married female is willing to goof* that
she is an old maid, has at last been as
certained. Miss Jell, of Elizabeth, Now
Jersey, who has just pad her one
hundred and fourth birthday, admits
that she was an old maid at least four
years ago.
—Two old gontletnon worn oomph
minting each other on their habite of
temperance.
" Did you ever, neighbor," said one,
see mo with more than I could cur
ry ? "
r' No, indeed," was the re - ply, " not
I; but I have Been you villeff I thought
you had better have gone twice after
it."
• —The South Carolina carpet-baggers
and , loyal negroes are determined to en
joy the luZury of drawing Wages with
out work to .its fullest extent. Before
the recent adjournment of u fortnight,
they acted to continue the per diem pay
to each member and emloyee, making
en npenso of nearly $13,000 In the
Siete. But perhaps that Is the be-t way
they can earn their money.