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NUMBER 35.
VOLUME XXII.
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I believe Fiao'w Cure
I fr Consumrtlon saved
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I v.utor Enquirer. Eden-
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PISO
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I'flsnoiirnos. Children
take it without objection.
By all druggist. lia
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UNDERTAKER,
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TAI3L.B8 CHAIRS,
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pl.tr ail of tt. hmonU with each maohino. Alw
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"'f.l.iei,. IXV Mht 4 Warren St.,
! Ve k.
Kemp'sMannreSpreader
Tataahla lexpreve.
ate f.r
as Per Cent. Cheaper than any
other, all things considered.
F ht ye.ra oa the ir.rk.t. ttenrner. frtra evrrr
BUI. Ii i', I nlon. Il'ulr.t.4 i Irral.r free.
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T T ' "ret. awn4 l eace for tt-MtiM M4
ja w w" "F iennii raejtr. faiiv staa
Pti INra.ilitala feiMiawiw
Uwa ve r..fun aT fur Irtai.
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WAWTED
YOUNG MEN St
LADIES TO
YOU. CAN FIND mp'er
. ZZ''rrrr"n A I ert .., n . Hit reau of
XT.JniTGTOi: BROS.
AT A
EARN TELEGRAPHY. 3 C
muZ " "''! wo... aid 777r il, I .uua an. I !v
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tAra AfcaS .sa-eicrariAa. 1 w'l'eM. ee-lOO-raae paoapUlet, toe
Absolutely Pure.
Tat powaer never unci. A marvel of pnrltv,
Cr.oath and wholeeomene. More econnnileal
tbao the ordinary kind, and cannot be eold In
competition with tba multitude ol the low tet
hort welicht, alum or phosphate powder. Sold
nty (ciu. Kotai Baaina fowttBB Co.. 100
WallStCsw Yobk.
ORE
Pick TToatiarhe and relieve all the trouble Inr4
dnt to biliuua atate pf the ajumn. aunh aa
Uuzinena, Naiaw. DmwaJnem. Dtotfyaa ater
auir. fain ra the Side, te. WhiU thoir moat
remarkabio aucccm haa bwa ahowa in curanc
IIfdvbn, yft CiaTiR'a Lirn i I.rvKR Tatxa
are euallv valuable la Conati(aiion. cunnaj
and preventinK thia aiinnyltnrpnfnptaint. white
thry ahko cvrrrt all diordTi of th ttmar-h.
nmuluta the livrr and rvru'tM the bowela.
Kven U thry only rured
!H!EAO
ArhP thev wnuld he ajmoat pri-rlB to those
who Buffer from Uiia diittru!aui mmplalnt:
hat forrtinatvly their go.utn. d.'wa not rnd
hMe. andth(e who once try thvm will Bnrl
thawit little pi. In valuable in an ntanv way. that
ihoy wiU not bm viUui to do without theuu
Uut after ail atult beavl
the bane of no many Utk that her I he
we make our (Trent btMiMt. Our (iUa cure it
whil othrr. d. nt.
4'ABTKK'a jm.i f.rvTB Titj.. are very email
and w)' ra.y to fake. n ir two i!U niak
d.ma. They are arri.-tlr vetabU and do
not miiit puix". but by thr-ir cntl' a.tun
E(na.w all who tlini. In TtaU at cvntK;
ve for 51 . Hold frrniwhfnf, t aent by nuuk
CX1TZ1 KX:i:X CO.. ir-e Trt.
US SsJlibs. Lbllffe.
LAIMCELL'S
ASTHMA
AND
CATARRH
REMEDY.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
HavInK ftrnerle.1 y.art Mt.rio lire and
death witr- AMHJIA ur I HI HISH:. treated by
eminent phy.l'Mana. and reretvinic no benefit. 1
wu compelled durlnr the laatSvearaof nay Hi
re., to lit on in t chair day and nlif lit kainir for
iTeatn. my orrcrinan were neyond tiewriptiun.
In deapair 1 experimented on myaelf compound
ing; root and berba and Inhaltna? the medicine
thn. ehtalre.l. 1 fortunuielv diaeovered thl.
Wu.NUKKFl'b IM KE K ASTHMA AMI
t'ATAKKH. warranted t relieve the molt atub
horae.aeof ASTHMA IN HVK Ml.M TES. ee
that the patient can lie down to reet and deep
Com fort at It. r'leaae read the following condens
ed extracts lrom nnauUctled teatlmonlalf all of re
cent date .-
Oliver V.K. Holme., Sun Jnae.t'al. write.: "I
And the Kemedy all and even more than repre-
Mnte.l. 1 receive Instamaneou. relief."
1 M. t'araon. A. M. Warren, Kan., write
" Was treated by eminent phy.ictans ot thl. coun
try and (termany : trie. I the climate ol different
State nothing- afforded relief ilka your prepara
tion."
I B. Pheloa. P. M. Grlvca. Ohio, write. -Ser
f-red with Aathma 0 year.. Tour medicine In S
tatnnte doe mure for me than the moat eminent
Dhr.lelan. did fur ma In three ve.m."
If. t). Pliaipton, Joiiet 1IL. wntea : "Send Ca
tarrh Kemedy at ence. Cannot get along without
It. I Bod It the muet valuable medicine 1 have
ever tried.
We have many other bearty teetlmonlaU of cure
r relief, ana in order that aaauirerera irons aib
ma. Catarrh. Hav ver. and k.mlred dtwase
may hav an opportunity uf teatlna: the valne ol
the Kerned y we will arnd to any addrea. TKIAL,
PACKAC.i: FHtKO t HAKlJt. II yoardr.f
(la I laila to keep It do not permit him to sell you
ome worth leaa imitation by hi repreacntlae it to
be nst a eeod. but end directly to ua. Write
your name and a.1 lre pialnlv.
Ad.raaa. J. Z1M MEKMAN . 7J.. Pron..,
Wboleaa;e DruK.I't., Weo.ter, Wayne Co.. O.
t ail lis Hot by mail Bl.oo
joae xt. iwT.-iy.
1 A T U K a.'Uir hick hte.ack.
CURE FOR
far Terale Liver. .
Blllea Headache,
(eatlvcnee.
T.rr.aC. Kffrrveaceat
CONSTIPATION,
Sltasr Aperient.
It I. certain In It .(I ecu
It I. gentla In It action.
It I. palateable te the
taate. It can he relied
upon to cure, and It cure,
by gin,hiif, not by outraar
1n. nature. IK aot take
violent para-atlvea . yoer
aela or allow year chit-
Sick-Headachy rs
1 re a to take them, alwayi
thl. eleitaat phar-
maceutlral preparatlea.
which ha been Kr more
than L rty yer a publl.
lavorlte. Sold y drigjlM
eeenrwarra.
DYSPEPSIA.
PATENTS
ObUIned and all PATENT First NESS at
tended to for MO0EKATE FEES
Oar office I opposite the U. S. Pateat
Office and we can obtain patent in lee time
than tboae remote from WASH INCiTON.
fceod MODEL OP. UP.AWINU. We ad
v'.seaa to ratentabUltv free'of cbarce ard we
make NO CDAr.l.E UNLESS PATENT IS
SECUKRD.
We re re re), here, to tha Fnetmaetr, the
Snpt. ef Money Order Dir.. and tc tti offl
rem of the U. S. Patent Ofliee. Pot etrrn
Ura advice, terms and references to actual
agentt In you own state write to
C. A. 8XOW fc CO.
Pateat OMr. Waahlatlea, D. C.
I'liiNo-i'ort.TEa.
l'Stl'AUJJ IS
Toes, tab, Wcrtatiii & DuraMlitr.
KII.UAM KUbH ek. CO
Koa. 94 and 4 w. .a rlalttmare Strec a. lit!
. U JTtfih ATawue,hew York.
CARTER'S
D.
1 ss.
TRACED IN, BLOOD
OR
Ti9 Little Old 2aa cf ths Latisacllss.
EXILE GAEOEIAU.
cii-vrTEri r.
When I was flnUbinj; my meJicAl stud
lea U rraji lilgh time, for I waa twenty
three yeara old I lived in the Kue Mou-airur-le-Priuof.almoht
at the coruer of the
litis Ilacine. There, at thirty franca a
month, attendance included. I had a fur
nished room which would now be well
worth a hundred; it wm ao larfre that I
could eaeily put my arms through tha
klrcri a of my overcoat without opeulng
the window.
I.4-avint early In the niornlnjc to no to
my hospital, and returning very late, be
cause the Cafo Fvbroy poa-wned lrresiatl
ble attractiuna for me, 1 ac.nrcely knew by
aiht the lrxljfer. lo the hoaae, who were,
all quiet peoplo of iudrpeiulent protertya
or ama.ll trrvlct.iucn. There waaono, how
ever, with whom I gradually became la
tlniate. M. Mechinet waa a man of middle
height, with a commonplace countenance,
alwaya scrupulously well ahavetl. The
ccncierijt treated him with marked con
aidenttiuu, and never failed to haatlly
r.tlie hla cap wheuever he paased bia
room.
Aa M. Meehlnet's door opened npon a
laudinx directly opposite to the door of
my room, we often met, and on these oc
casion were In the habit of bowing to
each other. One evening he came in to
for borne matches; oue night I bor
row. -1 some tobacco of him; ouo morning
we happened to go out at the name time
r.nd wait some distauce talking together.
Such were onr first relations.
Without Itelag cither curkua or snapt
dous p-aople are not at the age I waa
then ouo likes to know something about
thn pcr-toun with whom one la nc(uninted.
Therefore, I naturally began not to
watch my neighbor's lift?, but to thiuk of
bis acts nnd movement.
He was married, and Mme. Caroline
Mechinet, a fair, plump, merry little
woman, seemed to worahip her husband.
Hut this husband's mode of life waa not
Tery regular. lie often left the house be
fore dawn, and the nn had freqnently
risen when I heard him return to his
domicile. Sometimes he disappeared for
weeks.
How pretty little Mme. Meehlnst conld
tolerate this waa what I could not under
stand.
In my perplexity, F thonght our con
rirrijt, who was usually as talkative aa a
magpie, might enlighten me.
Wrong! I had scarcely uttered the name
of Mevhlnrt wheu he nnl Bit atwul mj
hiitiues., aayiug he was not In the habit
of In-iti a spy upon kia lodgers.
Tbl reception so lacreasud my cnrlost
ty. tint, bnntshingnU shame, I set about
watching my ncighior.
Tua I di.-covered things that seemed
a! :ninV!?.
Onoo I L!n come home dressed la
th latest f:tshion, his buttonhole adorned
wit! five or six orders. The next duy but
ou I met liij" ou the stairs atlirol iu a
dirty blouse and with a rageed cloth,
which gave him a mo.t siuisterexpresaiou,
nrpiinl round his bead.
This isn't all. One beetntlfnl afternoon,
aa he went nut, I saw bis wife follow him
to the threlaald, aud .t.aionately tu-lir.-ei:ig
him, say:
,-I lsMrceh you, Mechinet, be careful;
remember your little wife."
Fl careful! Why For what reason"
What did this mcauf Waa the wife aa
accomplice
My aatonlshment wa soon redoubled.
I was sleeping soandly one night, wheu
some oue suddenly knocked hurriedly at
the floor.
I rose nn.I opened lt.
M. Mechinet entered, or rather rushed
into the apartment, his clothes torn and
Unordered, hit cravat aud ehirt crushed,
his head bare.hia face covered with blood.
"What haa happened?" I exclaimed in
terror. .
Ha signed to me to be silent.
"Lower," he Raid, "somebody might
hear you. It maybe nothing, though I
ant suffering terribly. I thought, as yon
were a uiedicl studout, you could doubt
less atteuH to me!''
Without saying a vrorxl, I mad hint elt
down, hastily txaminnl the injury, and
gave him the necessary assistance.
The wouud, although it had bled freely,
was very flight. In fact, it was only a
scratch, rommoucln? at the left ear and
stopping; at the lips.
'Well. I'm safe and sound this time,"
Bald M. Mechinet, when the dressing was
finished. "A thousand thanks, my dear
Monsienr OodeuiL Please say nothing
altout thL; little accident to anybody, and
gd night."
G kxI night! I was very likely to sleep!
When I rr member all the a' .Mini ideua
KMd romantic fnnt ies that paeaed through
my brain, I can't help laughing.
M. Mechinet asaumel fantastic propers
tious in my mind. The next morning be
quietly came iu to thank me again, and
invited un to dinner.
It may le supposed that I was all eyes
and ears when I entered my neighbor's
Some. But It was In vain that my atten
tion was on the alert. I detected nothiug
calculated to dispel the mystery that so
greatly perplexed me. From the time of
this dinner, however, our relations be
came more intimate. M. Mechinet had
evidently taken a fancy to me. A week
rarely paased without an InvitatJen toeat
his scrip, as he expressed lt, and almost
every day he Joined me at the Cafe Leroy,
and we played a same of dominoes to.
p-ther.
So on a certain evening In the month cf
July one Friday about five o'clock he
was on the poiut of beating me, when a
man of very shabbyappearance.lt must
be confessed, entered and whispered
in his ear a few words I did not undar
stand.
M. Mechinet started up with a troubled
face.
-I'll co," SAld he; "run and say 111 ge."
The man set off at full speed, and my
old neighbor held oat his hand to meay-lag-
"Excnse me; dnty first we'll continue
our game to-morrow."
And as, burning with cariosity, I
showed great annoyance. saying how much
I regretted that I could not accompany
aim:
-Well." he mattered, "why not Do
you want to come f Perhaps lt will be in
teresting."
My only reply was to seize my hat and
we went out. ,
CIIAPTEIl II." '
? rcas certainly far from suspecting that
I was taking one of thoae apparently in
significant steps which have a decided In
fluence on the whole life.
Now." I thonght, "I shall get the key
te the puzzle."
And full of foolish satisfaction. I trot
ted like a lean cat by M. Mechloet'a aide.
I fay trotted, because I really had some
difficulty in keeping up with the worthy
man.
He walked on and on, along tie .Rue
lh.tt.aic, luc lajMrn- y a. ills ,
fortune had depended on bis speed.
Luckily a Jlncrt paased us at the Place
de l'Odeon.
M. Mechinet stopped lt.and openlngthe
door, aa'.d, 'Gct In, Monsieur liodeuil."
I obeyed, and he took bis seat beside
rne after calling to the driver in an Im
perative tone "Rrte Iecluse, 39 am lit.
tignolles and be quick!'
The distance drew a volley of oaths
from the driver. No matter, he gave bis
hor-es a violent blow, aud the carriage
rolled on.
"Ah! so we're going to the Batig
Ttollea?" I aeked, with the smile of acour
tier. But M. Mechinet made no reply. I
doubt whether he heard me.
A complete metamorphosis was taking
place iu him. He did not seem exactly
agitated, but his compressed lips ami the
contraction of his large, busthy eyebrows
betrayed inteuse preoccupation of mind.
His eyes, fixed on a vacancy, aeemed to be
studying the terms of some insoluble
ptok.lem.
Ho had drawn out his snuff-box, and
was constantly taking lmmensn pinches,
which he kneaded between his finger and
thumb aud raised to his nose, but did not
Inhale.
This was a trick I had noticed, and
which greatly amnaed me. The worwhy
man, who had a horror of tobacco, whs al
ways provided with a snuff-box worthy of
a stage financier.
If anything unforeseen occurred,
whether pleasant or disagreeable, he
pulled it out of his pocket and began to
take snuff furiously. The box was often
empty, but Lis gestures remained the
same.
I afterwards knew ft was a trick of bis
to concetti bis impressions and divert the
attention of his questioners.
Mean: ime wo drove on.
The Jiacrr ascended, not without diffi
culty, ihe Hue de Clinchy, crossed the
outer Iwrnlevard, turned into the Hue de
Ijecluse, and ere long stopped at some
distauce from the address given.
To go further was Impossible, the street
was eo blocked Ly a t'.fUsc crowd.
Before the house, bearing the romVr
39, two or three hundred persons were
standing with outstretched necks and
sparkling eves, panting itU curiosity,
and with difficulty kept back by a half
dozen pvlitenien, who vainly abvutexl in
their barheat tones. "Pas ou, gentlemen,
pass on I"
Alighting f rem the carriage, wo ap
proached the house, forcing our way
through the loungers with great diffi
culty. We had already reached the door of Nc.
23, wheu a policamau rudely thrust ua
lack.
"Stand back! No admittance here!"
My companion eyed him from head to
foot, and drawing himself np. said:
"So you don't recognlx") me. I r.nt
Mechinet, and this youu.v. man" Le
pointed to me "is with roe. 1
"Paruen me! Excuse me!" stammered
the man, raiding his hand to his LaL. "I
didn't know walk In."
We catered.
Ia the Teetlbnle a Moat, vron-.n. csrU
dctitly the conciergr, redder thau a peour,
was talking nud gi-aticu lalic aiuld a
group of lodgers.
"Where ia it?" M. Mechinet asked
roughly.
"On the third floor, my dear monsieur.
she answered; "third floor, right-hand
door! Oh Lord, what a misfortune! In a
house like ours! Such a good man!"
I heard no more. M. Mechinet had
darted up tbe stair, and I followed, my
heart beating as if lt would stifle ma.
The right-hand door en the third floor
stood open.
We entered, crossed an antechamber,
dining-room, drawing-room, and at last
reached a ed chaniler.
If I could live a thousand years I should
rever forget the spectacle that met my
eyes. Aa I write. After so many yearn, I
can see the smallest details.
Two men were leaning n the mantel
piece opposite the door: a comnii-ary of
police, with his scarf round Lis waikt, aud
au examining tuagistrate.
On the rlht, rested at a table, a young
man, the clerk, was writing.
In the centre of the room, on the floor,
amid a pool cf black, coagulated blood,
lay the body of an old mail with white
hair. lit was stretched 0:1 his back, with
bis arms extended. TtrriCed, I Mooil
rooted to tho threshold, so near f.dnting,
that to save myself from f.tlliug I was
obligee) te lean against the door.
My profession had familiarized me
with -leath; I had long einco conquered
the terrors of tbe hospital, but this was
the first time I found myself confronted
with crime. Por it was evident that aa
ahomin&hln crime bad been committed.
My neighbor, less impressionable thaa
I, had entered with a firm step.
"Oh! it's yon. Mochlaet." said the om
xnisaary of police. "I'm very sotxy to
have troubled you." ,
"Why?"
"Because we sha'n't need your wit.
We know the criminal. I have given my
order, nnd he must be already arestetL"
Strange! Frvra M. Mecbiiaet'a gesture,
oue weul. 1 have supposed this assurance
atiuoyed Lim.. He drew out his entiff
lix, took two or three of his imaginary
Iinchea, and eald;
"Ah! the criminal is known.
The examining magistrate answerrfl:
"And known ia a very certain and jos
lMve fashion; yes. Monsieur Mechinet.
The crime having been committed, the
assassin fled, believing that bla victim
had expired. He waa mistaken. Provi
dence watched the deed. The unfortunate
man still breathed. Summoning all his
strength, he dipped ono of his finger) in
tbe blood that was flowing in t reams
from the wound, and wrote on tbe floor
his murderer's name, thus denouncing
him to human justice. Look."
Thus Informed. I perceived what I had
not noticed at first.
On the floor. In large. Ill-shaped, scarce
ly legible tetters, waa written with blood:
MONIS.
"Well?" said M. Mechinet.
"That," replied the commissary of po
lice, "is tbe beginning of t he name of the
poor old man's nephew a nephew of
w bom h e was very fond , and w ho is named
MonistroL"
"The devil !" said ray neIghlor.
"I don't suppose," continued the magis
trate, "that the scoundrel will try o deny
it. The five letters are an overwhelming
charge against hint. Besides, who profits
by this eoward'v crime He alone, the
eole heir of the old man. who leaves a larco
fortune, they say. There is more evi
dence; tbe crime was committed yester
day evening. Well, yesterd.ty evening
no one visited this tmorotd man except his
nephew. The mnricrrje saw him come in
about 9 o'clock and go out a little before
midnight.
"That'a plain," said M. Mechinet,
"that's very plain. This Monlstrol is a
fool."
Then, shrugging his shoulders, he con
tinned: Did he steal anything, did he break
any article of furniture, to put people on
a wrong scent in regard to the motive of
tbe crime?"
"Nothing seems to be distnrb.nl." re
plied the commissary of police "Tho
scoundrel hasn't goue away. Wheu he
fess."
The commissary of police and
Mechinet then retired Into the recesa ot a
window and conversed together iu a tow
tone, while the magistrate KWre some in-,
st met ion to his clerk.
. piArTErt iil
, Henceforward my mind was settled.
I had wuiled to know exactly what my
mysterious neighbor did. Now i knew.
Now his desultory tuodo of ife w:i ex
plained, hi absences, the late hours at
vtLiih Le teturued, hi auddeu dip-
rearance s. bis young vu 4. lean, the I
wound I had dressed
But of whnt use w4 sny discovery? "
I had gradually recoveiet4 my senses,
the power of reflecting and deliberating
had returned. and I scrutiniaed everything
around me with eager curiosity.
From the place where I stood leaning
against the door, I could survey the whole
apartment.
Nothing, Hterallynothlnc;, betrayed the
scene of a murder.
Everything, on the contrary, revealed
comfort, but at the same time parsimon
ious and methodical habits. Everything
was in its place; there vrc not & fold
awry l-i the curtains, and the frames cf
the furniture flittered, implying alaily
polishing. Besides, it seemed evident
that the suppositions of the magistrate
and commissary ot police were correct,
and th; poor old man had been assassi
nated thu evening before, jiiA as ho was
preparing to rr to bed.
In fact, thu bedclothes were tnrned
back, and ou the quilt - lay a shirt and
nightcap. Ou the table nt the head of the
bed I saw a glass of t-ug.ir auel water, a
box cf matches, and au tvcaiiig paper
the J'ttlric
Oa cue corner of, the t-xsr.tt 1 j.leco t'lt
tered a candlestick alaige solid copper
candlestick. But tho caudle that bad
illuminated the crime -was ecu turned, the
murderer had fled without blowing it
out, nnd it had burned down, blackeulag
the alabaster save-all ou which it was
fastened.
These details I had perceived at one,
without effort, without, ao to a?eak, any
exertion of rr.y Wl!L
My eyo erforrocd tho part of a photo-
' graphic object-glnFS, the scvuo of the
murder was fixed on my ruind as if on a
prepared plate, with such precision tat
no clrcnmttance was omitted, with
auch permanence that even now I could
draw the chamber oceuplod by the
"little old man of the Batlguollea"
without forgetting anything, without
. omitting even a cork half covered with
green wr.x, which I can still ace on tho
floor, under tbe clerk's cbilr.
The facalty cf in vest Italic n, which haa
been bestowed upon nte. Is a very extra
ordinary ona, I had never -before had oc
casion to tjcrt it, hat K suddenly rsvcalod
itself.
At that time I was far too deeply ajrlto
ted to be able to analyse ray Impraesloiui.
I had bat one obstinate, burning, irreeia
tilde de.sl.-e to approach the corpse, ly
ing two yards away from me.
At flrst I Htrnggled against this wish.
But there was a fatality about it. In?-
jiriached.
Ha J iuj j-rejjcace been noticed? Ithlnh
not.
At any rate, Dobddy waa paying any at
tention to me.
M. Mechinet and the polSM officer were
Still talking together near the window,
the clerk was reading in a low tone his
report to the magistrate.
So there waa nothing to prevent the ac
complishment of my plan.
Besides, 1 must confers, a sort of feveri-W
eagerness had taken possession of xne,
which made me Insensible to external ctxr
cunistauces and utterly Isolated ma.
I ventured to kneel down by the body,
to see it better aud more closely.
Far from thinking somebody waa going
to exclaim: What axe yon doing here?"
I movnl slowly and steadily, like a man
who, l.arLzig received a lii'.Ssion, is going
to execute it.
Tha unfortunate old man xeemcd lob;
aljout seventy or sovunty-flTn jtvirs old.
He vras small and very thin, but had evi
deatly lareti strong, and likely to live to
Lea luni'lrcd. II? Mill had a great deal
of hair, of :. yellow white color, curled
on the liaci r f his lieck. His gray litr.nl,
strong nnd t!:Lk-et, did r.o'-sccm to Lavo
been t haved fo? five or ix days; it mttt
have grewu sJnce his death. TbS,s cir-eumtan-e,
which I hod often noticed
anionir aul jects bronght to the hospital
t ir diseetiii, rr.nel me no snrrirtse.
What flid astonish me was the nn for
tunate rnu's face. It was calm, nay,
smiling.
The lips were parted as if for a friendly
acting.
Death had lyon terrll ij tRtad,-i. rara
ttm ni.l kept thJt pleasant i tawoa.
This waa the first idea tUat vaated
Itself to the mind.
Yes, but bow eon Id X reconcile these
two irreconcilable circumstances: a sud
den death, and the five letters .tfonis
which I saw in ch-yrcters of b!od upon
the floor?
What effort must It not have co"t tho
dying man to wrfte that! Oulj the hope
cf vengeAiice could have given him such
energy. And what must hare been his
rage to feel Mm self dying, ere he could
trace tbe whole name of his anM.!n!
Yet the face caf the corpse seemed to
mile at me.
The poor old man had been struck la
the throat, and the weapon had cut tho
neck from car to ear.
The instrument of the crime, must have
been a poniard, or rather one cf t hose ter
rible Cataloniau knives, as wide an the
hand, which cut oa both aides aud are as
sharp as a needle.
Never in my life have I experienced
sensations ao singular.
My temples throbbed with unprece
dented violence, and my heart swelled as
If it would burst.
What was I going to discover?
Urged on by a mysterious and irre
sistible power which annihilated my
will, I took between H'y own hsuds
the cold, rigid hands of the corpse.
The rlcht one was clean; it was one of
the flncers of the left, the forefinger, that
was stained with blood.
What! The old man ftad written with
fcis left hand! Come, come!
Overwhelmed by a sort of giddiness,
with wild eyes, brUUlng hair, and a face
paler than that of the corpse lying at my
feet. I started up, uttering a terrible cry.
. "Gieat Heaven!"
All the others, startled, surprised and
bewildered, exclaimed In a breath
"What is it? What is the matter?"
I tried to answer, but my emotion
stifled me; it seemed as if my mouth was
fail of sand.
I could only point to the dead man's
Lands, stammering
"There! there!"
Quick as IlLThrninr, Mechinet had
thrown hiniM-lf on his knees beside the
eorpse. He saw what I had seen, and re
ceived the same impression, for, starting
to his feet, lie claimetl
"It was not this poor old uiau who'
trace. 1 these letters."
Anil as the magistrate ar.d commissary
of police stared at him with mouths wide
open, he explained to t-tni the circuui-
fc ...... .uc ttli, ,
..... t .m
wih Mood.
M.nd to think I didn't notice it," said
Cie commissary, mournfully,
M. Mechinet took snuff fit: ionsty,
That's always the Wtiv," he remarked.
"The things in plain sight, aro the very
(iaa.s tlutt are not. sh b. lint no matter,
fcw hitufttlcu It entirely changed. Since
tt old man did not write the letters. Lis
arsasain did."
"Evidently," assented the commissary.
"Now," my neighbor continued, "can
we imagine :t murderer ptupid enough to
deuouuee himself by writing ids name?
beside the body of his victim? No, that
Utt't it. Now let us conjecture."
The magistrate had become anxious.
"It U plain," aid he, "that appearances'
Lave deceived us. Monlstrol is net tho
criminal. Who is he? It's your business.
Monsieur Mechinet, to find out."
Ho paased. A police officer entered.
who, eddresslng himself to the commis
sary, said: '
"lour orders are executed, monsienr.
Moniatrol bus been arrested aud impria-
onvd, lie has confc&ticd everything."
CIIAPTEB IV.
The shock was tho rudur because so
unexpected.1
It was Impossible to describe our av
touishmetjb.
What: While we were tltero trying to
find proofs of Moni-trol's innocence, he
was confessing his guilt.
M. Mechinet was the first to r.-gala his
composure.
He hastily raised his Cngers front hi.
snuff box to his uoe fire or six times,
and, advancing to the policeman, sait!:
You nra mistaken, or aro deceiving
u:; there' 110 half-way course."
I assure yo:i. Monsieur Mechinet"
"Silence! Either you have misunder
stood what Monlstrol said, or you re
in toxica: ml by the hopa of a.-loundiiig us
by tell'.ng ua that the afTair is settled."
The policeman, hitherto humble and
respectful, now rebelled.
'Excuse ine," he iuUtrrupted. "I'm
reither a fool nor it liar, and 1 know what
I'm talking about." -. ,-
T!-.e dicussion was verging so near a
qnarre! that the magistrate thought it
Li duty n Interfere.
"Keep your temper, Monsieur Mechi
net." said he, "and wait till you have all
the Information bufoce you form an
cplaion." " 1
Then turfJng to the policemen, he con
tinntd: -And yon, my frlejid, tell us what you
know, st the, reasons lor your coufl
dunce." Thus snppeTted, the pollct-man crushed
M. Mechinet with a sarcastic glance, and
displaying a very perceptible touch of
csriceit, began:
-Well, then, tide !s the state of affairs.
The magistrate and commissary here
present ordered us. Inspector Goulard,
my colleague, Poltin, ar.d myself, to
arrest the man named Monlsttol, duahtr
in its; Nation jewelry, living at No. 75 Kue
VVieuae, the aforesaid ?Jonistr'l leiug
accttsetl cf tli uinrder of hia ut:cle."
"That is correct," eaid the coiufc-iseary
In an undertone.
"Thereupon, "continued the policeman,
"we took antre and droveto the address.
On our ar:ivai wo found Mou.-ieur Monls
trol in his back shop, just about to sit
dowatodinaerwithhis wife, a remark
ably beautiful woman tweutyfivo or
thirty years old.
"Oa seeing us all three enter in a row,
my gentleman started up. 4 What do you
want? he asked. Goulard instantly drew
out tbe warrant and answered, "I arrest
you in the name of tbe law!'"
M. Mechinet aeemed to le on thorns.
"Couldn't you hurry a little?" he eaid to
the policeman.
But the latter, an If he had not liesrd
the remark, continued in tho bauic t;u;et
tone
"I have arrested severnl Individuals ia
my life, but I never saw any ono so dis
composed as this man. 'You are joking,
or hare made a mistake,' fcjiid he ' 'Xo,
we haven't made any mistake.' 'But
why do you arrest me?' Goulard shrugged
his shoulders.
-'Dou't act like a child.' sai l he. "Your
uncle the body is found, aud there are
overwhelming proofs against you.
"Oh the rascaL He tottered, and ot
last fell into a chair, aobbing and atam-m-rltix
some reply which it was irn pos
sible t understand.
"S-sinir t his, Goulard shook him by tho
collar of bis coat, sajing
" 'The shortest way is to confess every
thing.' "He looked at us with a bewfiuered ex
pression, and muttered
" Well, I'll confess everyf hlng. "
"Well mar.aged, Goulard," eaid tho
commissary approvingly.
The iKiliceman was triumphant.
"The oiiit in question was to make no
disturbance in the shop," he continued
"We had leen ordered to avoid causing
any gossip, and the loungers were already
assembling. O.ul.-.rd seized the prisoner
by the arm, exclaiming: Come, start; we
are expectel at the refectnrel' Mouis
trol managed to stand on bis trembling
Vlmlm, and in the tone of a man who is
plucking up his courage, said. 'Let us
go-
"We thought the wrrst was over, but
we hadn't reckoned upon the wife.
Vp to that moment she had remained
in an arm-chair as if fainting, without
uttering a word, or seeming to under
stand what was passing. But when she
aw that we were really taking her hns
Itand a way. she started up like an anery
lioness aud threw herself before the
door, crying, You et'l not pass!'
Upon my word, she w-ttT maaafjcent ;
but Goulard has seen a great many
people. 'Come. com, my good woman,
sal. I he, 'don't interfere with us; you
shall bare your hnband again.'
"Far from making way for us. ahe
clung still nrere convulsively to the door,
swearingthat her husband was innocent;
declarim that if he were taken to prison
ahe would follow him: sometimes threat
ening us and overwhelming ua with
curses, sometimes pleading with us In tbe
sweet est tones. ,
"Then, when she realized that nothing
would prevent us from doing our duty,
she moved array from the door, and.
throwing hcrs-elf Into her husband's
arms: OU ! my dearest, ahe moaned, 'is
lt possible you ran le accused of a crime,
you yon ! Tell these men you are In
nocent. We were all touched : but he, more
callous than any of us, had the cruelty
to push Lis poor wife away, so brutally
that she fell like a lump in a corner of
the shop.
"Fortunately this was the end.
"The wife had fainted. We took ad
vantage of the opportunity to park the
husband into the. fir-rt: wc had brought.
" Pack is the ri-ht word, for he had be
come like a lifeless thins; he could no
longer st-tr.d aTi.I had to lv rarrl-d. To
forget nc.tliin'r, I must add that his tluj,
a sort cf black pus. actually tried to
jump into the earri.-i 'i- with us. and we
bad the greatest difficulty iu getting rid
of it.
"On tbe way, as was right, Goulard
tried to divert our prisoner's thoughts
aud make him talk. But it was im
possible to get a word out of bis month.
Not until we reachvd the prefecture did
be seem to recover-his senses. When he
was safely aud duly installed in one of
tws 'close-confinement' cells he threw
himself full length oa the bed, repeating,
' What have I done, oh, God! what have
I done ?
" At that moment Goulard approached
him for the second time. 'So,' eaid he,
' you confess that 5-011 are guilty ?' Yea,
yes,' replied Monistrol, and then added,
in a hoarse voice, ' pray let me alone !'
"We did so, taking care, howevar, to
station an attendant at the grating of the
cell, to watch lest the fellow should at
tempt to commit suicide.
' Goulard and Polt in remained there,
and I came here."
"That report is exact," muttered the
commissary of police; "it couldn't be
more ao."
This was also the magistrate's opinion,
for he muttered :
"How can there be a doubt of Monls
trol's guilt after that?" .
I was confounded, yet my convictions
were improbable. I even opened my lips
to hazard au objection, wheu M. Mech
inet anticipated me.
" AH this is very fine!" he exclaimed.
"Only, if we admit that Monlstrol Is the
assassin, we are also forced to admit that
he wrote hia name there on the floor
aud, zounds, it's hard "
" Stop!" interrupted the commissary of
police; "since the criminal confesses,
what is the use of troubling ourselves
about a circumstance that will be ex
plained ?"
But my neighbor's remark bad once
more aroused the magistrate's doubts.
So, without pronouncing any opinion, he
said :
" I am going to the prefecture ; I want
question Monistrt.l this very evening."
And after having told the commissary
of police to carefully execute all the for
malities required by the law uud wait for
the physicians summoned to make a post
mortem exai -.::.;.viou of thebody, he went
away, followed by his clerk nnd the
policeman who bad come to tell us of the
success of the arrest.
; "If these doctors only don't keep us
raiting too lung I" grumbled the com
missary, who was thinking of his dinner.
Neither M. Mechinet nor I answered.
We remained standing face to face, evi
dently haunted by the same idea.
"Perhaps the old man wrote lt after
all," murmured my neighlor.
"With his left band? Is that possible?
Without considering that the poor man's
death must Lave been instantaneous?"
"Are you sure of it?" i
"From the nature of las woundlwonld
take my oath ujwin it. But some doctors
are coming who will tell you whether I
am right or wrong."
M. Mechinet tormented Lis nose In a
perfect frenzy of excitement.
"PerLn;s there is really some mystery
in it." an id be.
" Inquiries must be made again. Well,
let's make them; and to begin letusques
tionthe ranricnjc."'
And running to the staircase, he leaned
over the railing, calling:
"Cont Urrc! Cohc'ur'jc! Come up here
ior a few minutes, if you plcuae."
To be continued.
AV1IAT HIS EYKS YvEitl- VO!!.
"Take care! Flora, tahe care. You are
playing with edged tools. You may of
fend Ralph forever."
"Offend him, indeed! Don't talk to
me, Kate; I tell yeu he is perfectly hate
ful. I hare flirted with him till my head
aches; played with him, sang at. h"m,
romped or been dignified, till my wits
were fairly bot hered how to create a new
sensation; and yet the wretch sits staring
at mens if Lis eyes were made for noth
ing but to se.j with."
"Well, what sire Lis eyes made for?"
"Such eyes as his wre made for a
thousand things; fireat black ones, with
such lone, silky lashes! Why, he could
make no end uf a commotion iu the fem
inine fancy wKh his e3-cs alone.
"What are they made for? They are
made to say unutterable things, to look. 11
million varying emotions, to r: ise with
faror, to cast down with modesty, to
melt with feeling, or flash wl h pride.
Aud, upon my word, I don't I. Here tho
man has the slightest idea t h:t t liey i- erc
made for anything but the convenient e of
toeing. And to think that I am euicil
to him!-'
"I thought, you coirid break the en
gagement." "Yes, and l.we every penny of my prop
erty and bring the whole famtiy alx.ut.
my ears. No. Lnele George portioned
off Glenville t us if we took it together;
if not-, it wan to go to souk' distant rela
tives who live in Philadelphia. So, down
comes my sliarer of this world's goods,
nud. In a mot matter-of-fact way, says,
'1 1 b in k we had ls-tter lie married in the
fall. Flora.' And I, like au idiot, said
Very well.' "
" He is certainly very handsome,
Floia!"
"Yes, po is uncle's bnsfc of Napoleon.
Looks like Lim, by-the-w.iy, and one has
als.ut as much animation as the other.
The nw.'t. provoking t hirg about Lim is,
he win never do anything that is not
strictly proper nnd dignified. I never
Mir hint take n gls of writer without a
desire 011 myparttotip the whole of it
ih.wu his neck, and see him jump.
Though for that tnntter, he wouldn't
jump if I did.
"I haven't done a harum-scarum thing
since he enme that he has not caught me
i:i the act. I never scramble over a fence
that he is not on the other side with a
profound Ikiw for my especial lienefit,
and as sure as I dare to climb a t ree or
undertake the least bit of a frolic, his
most iiia-n;fieetit Lis-t-iievs is the fkst ob
ject to meet my eyes. Kate, I wonder if
Icouidn tmakeiuui jt aituts? I mean to
try. Harry Yaue came home yesterday
ami Is nil 1 ratty to fall nt my feet."
"Harry Vane is a brainless fop. Flora.
"He knows how to use Lis eyes, even If
he is, and he is the best fun iu the
world."
, "And would you offend Ralph?"
"1 tell you I hate him!" and Flora
dashed our. of the room, leaving her in
valid cousin nnd confidante aghast at her
Midden outburst.
Iu the parlor the merry beauty found
her lietrothed, his larire eyelids closed
over the useless eyes, and apparently fast
asleep.
"I wish I could play pome joke and see
if it would ttstouish him wheu he awoke,"
she said.
"Not in the least, if I knew it before
hand," said llalph, lazily opening his
eyes.
"How dare yon pretend to sleep?" eriitl
Flora, indignantly; "I might have, talked
secrets."
"Then I should not have listened.' '
t.... . ... ...
--un, 01 course not; noiiung iiall so
naughty could occur to you," she said
rather sit.-erin'y.
"1 trust not hiug di-.hont.ribl" eoiild,'
was tne q'tui rcpiy, tnotuji ior a mo
mer this clievK crimsoned with v.-xit Km.
i ask your pardon, I did not menu t.
be so rude," said the frank penitent, hold
ing out her hai:.l.
He only bowed gracefully, aud, snaU-h-
itt i ;r.v;y !b r -je 'd li'!,
her-eil down ,u the piano
t ;
st'Mil :ti.l
dashed IT her l.'f.ni- ui :
Mormv polka.
Th.- went .:T into
di
m-e
v. aitr.: nhd one of I ;! hovi 1
followed; till, hs the room gr
, f-.itia'rtH
Y :ilun- t.
dark, tli" su' duiij:; intlm-ut e bc it: .
htror.ger, Mil. r-s the last note died away,
th'. beirati To sii.t,, not as h had heard
her si::g before, iu dashing ';i-ra airs;
her vt ; it , c'.e:-r, but sit'idutd, in siil
melodies. . Id Imbeds, and tlu.fc lnuni;?
nirs of "Arid Lan.4 Syne," so stldoni
lit ard now -a d iys.
Tho tea hell liroke in upon the pi.-.TP-
r.rc, r.nd H e Ilht dininr;-ro.ri
found
K:;!ph as digi.itted and rlora
if no nias-ic l.nd !irrcd their
as saucy a
lii-artb into a
new i.i.d ' : ;.?! '.; communion. .
Kate her rd,dy after day. with pr in,
of the mnri.td coldness lietwedi Kn'pli
aud Flora, and of her increasing initia
tion with Harry Vane.
At li'st 5 hi: i.rasli same.
"I 4.U1 free!"
Flora threw back the iloortnid rushsd
in, wiih burning check a.nl flashing
eyes. -
"I am free, Kate. My charming eonsirt
enme to me one hour ago mid ii-kwl 1 1
interview a private on wl ii-h i trrart
td, of four-e. ITc iiifiri::d me tlirft
when Le gni:! tinted as a physic'. .u, with
liis heart f .11 f the glory and respons
ibility of his profession, he had come he-o
trusting tt find u wife who tvoulil be hi
companion nnd true helpmate in the ar
duous life lief ore -.'..a. He b..l hoped
that my liveliness was merely youthful
fpirits, but finding me heartless Mid friv
olous he pref.-rred poverty
to marriage)
with a flirt, and wj
thdrew Lis claim to
my hand."
"Oh, Flora! such a heart ps you hnvn
thrown a v. ay. Iu the hours he has sent
here trying to entertain r.ie, I have
learned much t f the nobleness t.f Lis na
ture and of his love for you. lie has fo
hoped tL.tf you would let your own gen
erous tint nre kI.ow you the folly of your
frivolous ways " '
I have had one lecture, Ke.te, pray,
spare me a second. Ilalph Benedict may
feck somr where else a wife as cold nnd
censt.i it.us as himself."
"And youl-"
"Ol.! 'with a nervous l.tuph "he has
kindly indicated my future; for me."
' Flnrr., you will not marry Ilirry
Ynnv?"
"Such a brainless flirt. No! Though
T'alpli flattered ine enough 1 J think we
me well m.T.ed. Al.i n wp.'i tninlts to
morti ry me by his rejection; herhall fee
how gladly I iucvnt my fitedoiiil"
Ail'! l lora K-.'t tLe room as j.!.i :iptly as
she Lad entered it, to f!y to her own
chamber, lock the door, and indulge iu a
lon ami bitter fit of wet ping.
'1 l:at aft .'-moon Il!;h Lenedict was
ri.bag nr.tl mming. itn Lis ovn nana
he ha.l torn from his heart its one biiht
Fpot. Iu the few glimpses t lor.t ha t let
l.ni see of l i r gi-nf rons lieart . her mnny
stcret acts of ctiarity, hr tor. tier care of
her cm'ln, he had learned to lor" t'.ie
brig'it l:"le beauty, all the more- tl.it
her vlvaci'y s sircnly cotit rasieil wuh
his own rather steru mature.
His life wax one of earnest ai.ns and
Fteady set! :nf for the hi host er..s of
life. He had sii n in Lis- short, time of
practice such h.ird realities of life, mi fx
see. u s or M.i.tr.i '-', sum t ai.s upon i .a
dt eix-st feelmtrs t : .-:t life Lr.d booome to
him one broad f.f'.cl for the exercise of
Usefulness and self sacrifice.
His own dream ot happiness he Lad
broken that day. because he dared not
trust the hopes of his life in the hands of
a trifler. Yes, he loved her, lcved her as
such a nature as his loves tiie bright love
liners of a gay little beauty like Flora,
and his heart ached sorely as he tork Lis
long, lonely ride. He had promistd Lis
uncle to finish his projected visit and re
main some weeks Ionger,aa he was nervln-r
himself to th'nk of 1 :s cousin as the
wi;e ot j;" l.tr, lost to him by Ms ovt u
act. As he c. h!s horse up r.t th
stable-"'..):- one oi the servants came ruu
iiim to 1. i t Lim.
'Oh. Pr. Benedict, I am so glad you
have, curie! I lis Kale, sir. is very ill
Will you come to her ouick?"'
"Yk'iiat in it, Nora?"
"Oil, sir! one of t'.ose dreadful spells
she used to have when she first hurt hi r
spiiic."
Tiie n":'k, firm step of I'alph wacthe
first i-r-tofiil sound Flora had heard
since bfimj called to her cousin's i,te.
All emli.iir.-.ssment was forgotten as s.La
sprong t o mrpt Lim.
"Oh, H.ilpli, help me!"
"You have seen her iu those attacks 1k--
forc-," lie Fr.id, gravely; "tell me what
you did then, and how she has been tnkeu
now."
Clearly and concisely, while sitting at
the bedside of the sufferer, Flora des
cribed former attacks and their treat
ment, and the probable cause of the pres
ent one.
Quick to rlecido find prompt to acf.
Ralph made Flora useful as nurse, while
he trkd Lis skill v. ith loving seal to ease
the gentle girl liefore them.
His unci." came in Lite in the afternoon.
nnd, seelnt how things were, refused to
send for any r'her advice, nid, thus free)
to act, Ilalph v as bus, faithful, and tin-
tirin, j ct. Lis hand w a not firmer. Lis
step quicker, or 1::3 mir.d e'earer than
those c." the - vet stcdr little nurse.
For tl -ee rights and days she never
left the sick fi Va side, nnd in lhe whis
pered tr ; lcside 1 -r when asleep all
levity was pone, a'.l trifling vanished.
Sorrow and nx:ety did what, harshness
or eoldiicsr, cov.ld never have done sub
dued the frivolity '.'-nt was on t;e surface
cf riora s nature, tliowimr the devoted
love, the quiet presence cf mind, the un
wearying capacity lor self-sacrifice, that
dwelt l. ..tier the vivacity.
At last t he dantrer was over, and after
a fort inch t cl tlevoted watching Kato
was pronounced convalescent, and her
weary' little nurse consented to leave her
for a long aflcruoon sleep in her owu
room.
'If you please, sir," said Nora's seared
voice r.t Kalph s door, "Miss Flora haa
fainted clean dead away, tar."
"Where?" cried Kalph, starting np.
In her room, sir. She is altogether
worn out. wi.h nursing."
Worn out, indeed! Kali h thought,, aa
he raised the little fi.-i:re in his si ion;';
arms and looked into the pale, very p:,!
face. It was on'y the react ioti " from
fatigue and anxi-'y, and in a few mo
ment FL-ra opened her eyes to see Kalph
Wilding over Ler, his face full of tender,
nnxious love."
"Flora, poor child, are you worn out ? I
Lave been careless and selfish not tt -watch
you more closely. Oh, Flora, can,:
you ever forgive my iuiperf inent harsh
ness, .l h-t me tell you how I respect as
well as lnv you."
"11 !'!i. I lim a pood-f or nothing flirt,
but if you will trust sui 'a a lorn. cut nut
more she will try to I a wile worth cf
yon." And ns Flora afterwards declared,
"the man ret un'.ly began In find out v hai
his mariiilict nt eyes Were made ior."
So she coiiseiitcil. and was from vt utli
to age tho pride and joy of Lis l'a'.ti.ful
heart.
J tricot ting.
A numlicr of Young ladies have tles.
Winiued to girlcott tLo dudes who
drink. .'
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