LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER SUPPLEMENT-SATURDAY; DECEMBER 3; 1881. Lancaster inteUcgenrrr SATURDAY EVENING. DEC. 3, 1881. Changes la the fetatates. Tbe president of the American Bar as sociation, which meets every year in Sara toga, is charged with the duty of review ing in bis annual address '' the noteworthy changes in the statute law " since the last meeting. This duty, if well performed, is no slight one in magnitude, and one of a very great deal of importance te the legal profession, since there is no publication or digest which takes this scope. What in terest cau be given te such a compilation aud hew admirably the duty of making it may be performed, is well illustrated by the last address delivered before the asso ciation by Edward J. Phelps, of Vermont, and published in the proceedings of the fourth annual meeting. Inasmuch as only five states Maryland, Virginia, Louisi Leuisi ana, Iowa and Kentucky escaped a legis lative session last year, and only Califor nia was relieved from law-making by an irrcfragible dead-lock in its Assembly, no single address could digest and classify the incongruous mass of legislation im posed by the lawmakers of a single winter upon their Buffering constituencies. In his address, however, President Phelps suc ceeded in se fully compassing the main features of the new statutes that it is worthy a place in the legal literature of the country. We are surprised that no legal publication has given it and the whole se ries of these yearly reviews of the statutes permanent ledgement. Their plan sug gests the value, if net the necessity, of the yearly publication of some digest which would give a bird's eye vjew at least of the changes in the statute laws of the na tion and of the thirty-eight states. Nothing can be mere important te law yers and publicists than te scan and cate. f ally wci&h the general tendencies of legis lation in these days. Much of it is super super super ogatery, some hurtful, some senseless, and a small part of it rendered necessary by the development of the country, the ex tension of its institutions and the increas ing variety of our interests. Little that hwcIIs the statutory year bgeks is due te the enlarged intelligence of legislators, and much is monumental of their felly and short-sightedness. Chieily by way of waruini: is the history of statute making te be studied with profit. In reviewing the legislation of last year Mr. Phelps finds only two federal acts of special interest, territorial laud grants for future universities and the establishment of international comity in the registry of trade maiks. In the states there have been numerous laws made for the better protection of human life, restricting the sale and practice of medicine, providing against damages from lire, water and rail road accidents, but no marked advance has been made in the laws against murder adequate te compeusate for the facilities offered for the escape of the accused, by making capital offenders witnesses for themselves in Michigan, Mississippi, West Virginia and New Jersey wives in the latter state new being allowed te testify for their husbands. The protection of public health, the restriction of the spread of epidemics, the prevention of feed and drink adulteration ; laws in behalf of public morals, against gambling, peel selling, lotteries, obscene literature, and for mero stringent legulatien of the sale of liquors, by means nioie or less moderate " Blount's Springs " being always except ed from the operation of Alabama's new law have been subjects engaging atten tion. Gradually the powers of women te participate in public affairs and their rights in their husband's estates and te the con trol of their own have been enlarged. Mr. Phelps deprecating the general tendency of ill-constructed and hostile statutes te estab lish the theory that the husband is the an tagonist against whom the wife chiefly needs protection. It is probably the de generacy of man aud a general dissolute ncs3 of society, net the statutes, which have brought about the condition for which they arc intended te be remedial. We agree with the president of the Bar asso ciation that statutes cannot restore the "old fashioned fcacredness" aud "indis soluble obligation " of marriage, but new legislation may be tendered necessary by the altered relations resulting from the new conditions of society. Unhappily this is the case. It is satisfactory te sce that the cause of education engages a consider able share of the attention of legislators. In dealiug with the question many of them play with edged tools, and a great many crude stai utes en this subject arc the result. Mr. Phelps indulges in a vein of pleasantry and Itasiics of humor throughout his speech, never transgressing the decorum of his position nor forgetting the gravity of hi-: task, but one of the late statutes of Miunc(ta,icgulatiug the course of instruc tion in its public schools, is well calculated te disturb his dignity. According te a law in that statu it is required " that in all schools instruction in the elements of social and moral science shall be given, in cluding industry, order, economy, punctu ality, patience, self-denial, health, purity, temperance, cleanliness, honesty, truth, politeness, peace, fidelity, philanthropy, self-respect, hope, perseverance, cheerful ness, courage, self-reliance, gratitude.pity, mercy, kindness, conscience, reflection and the will. Oral lessens upon one of these topics te be given every day, the pupils required te furnish illustrations of the same upon the following morning." We commend the comprehensiveness of this scheme te the most persevering normal schools of Pennsylvania and te the most ambitious universities of the East. The limitation of the powers of munici pal corporations is assuming very great importance, aud as usual Ohie is te the front with the greatest novelty in the way of legislative devices empowering counties, cities, towns and villages te engage in va rious enterprises'. The scheme of the Buckeyc statesmen is te enact that any town having a population of a certain ex act number be vested with certain author ity, no ether than that intended te be reached having that exact population. This is an extension of the device by which Philadelphia and Pittsburgh arc legislated for in general terms in this state as re spectively cities of the " first and second class" when in fact there arc no ethers in their several classes. With thedecis ion of the supreme court of Michigan de nying the power of municipalities te lend themselves and their money te aid in the construction of railroads, has begun the reaction against the former tendency of courts and Legislatures te let cities run toward indulgence in a system of subsi dies which tee often tends te their finan cial embarassment. In our own state the opinion validating the Williamsport bends was the expression of a slender majority of the court, the odd member being wen te support of it under circumstances which created a feud in that high judicatory, which has been a scandal ever since. New tax laws, prohibition of railroad abuses and discrimination, the require ment from corporations of greater public conveniences, and the imposition of new liabilities denote the growing jeal ousy of the people against the aggressive ness of corporate power, though the re lations of one te tne ether becomes mero and mero a serious problem as railroads become mere indispensable and their accu mulation of capital and centralization of power mere dangerous. Agriculture,arbor Agriculture,arber iculture, drainage of large areas, forestry, homestead exemptions, aud irrigation aie some practical subjects of legislation which show that the interests of that class of people who compose half our adult popu lation are net totally lest sight of in the changes of the statutes. The vagaries, oddities and whimsicalities of legislation make a long list and must be studied te see te what limit of asininity men appointed te make laws will stretch their appoint ment. Of euc thing Mr. Phelps feels cer tain, that the dignity of the legal profes sion cau only be maintained by keeping up the standard of education for it. Fer which he could have found no better testimony, than in the fact that docs net seem te have occurred te him that a large part of our legislatures are made up of law crs who tee often fail as lawmakers and whose defective education, as well as the neglect of the profession te watch and check the course of making new laws, is largely re sponsible for much that cumbers aud some that disgraces our voluminous statute books. In summing up his review, the author of the address we have bceu considering freely expresses his opinion against the tendency te apply codification te gen oral jurisprudence. The history of the common law is that of our institutions, our language, our literature and our re ligion. The experience of England aud America has demonstrated the super iority of a government and justice founded upon general principles, ever that which re poses upon any collection of arbitrary written rules. Iu the same view the as sumption of omnipotence by legislatures all the while confessing their ignorance and exposing their corruption their hasty, inconsiderate and ill-advised changes of the statutes, the cuttiug aud carving, the patching and plastering, from year te year, all have combined te teach the ruin ous effects of tee much legislation. That country is best governed which is gov erned least, especially by frequent new legislation. He who lives te see the sphere of legislation further and further enlarged, until finally the whole law of the land will be turned into statutes, te be hacked at with the jack-knives of annua! and bi ennial legislators, "will sce also the de cay of the administration of justice and the legal profession, and the gradual ex tinction of theso principles of civil liberty which the history of the world shows te be inseparable from the common law." The Saddle u the vtilier llejic. Adapted. He was the manager of a chinch fair, and one morning he walked into the news paper oflice and said : "Want an item?" "Yes, of course, " replied the editor. Whereupon the visitor laid the following note upon the table : " The ladies of the street church will give a festival next Friday evening. Literary and musical entertainments will be provided anil a supper will be served te all who desire. The ladies in charge of the aflairhave had much experience iu such matters, aud arc sure te provide a geed time. The admission will be only 15 cents, and it is certain that no ene cau spend that amount te a better advantage. Be sure and go and take your friends. " When the editor had read it, he said : " Oh, I sec; an advertisement." "Ne, net an advertisement, We pre fer te have it go in the local column, "' re plied the manager. And seeing that the cditonleokcd skeptical, he then centinued: "It will interest a geed many of your readers, aud help a geed cause-; beside., we have spent se much money getting up eur'entcrtainment that we can't affeid te advertise it without increasing the price of the tickets. In such a matter as this we ought te be willing te help each ether. " "Well." said the editor," if it gees into the local column, I suppose you would reciprocate by rcadinga little notice in church next Sunday. ,f The visiting brother asked what notice and the editor wrote and handed ni:n the following : "The Daily lNTKi.!.iaNCF.it for the coming year will be the best and cheapest family paper in Pennsylvania. Its pro prietors have had much experience and all the helps which a large outlay ofmency can procure. This paper is furnished at only ten cents a week. It is certain that no one can spend that anion t te a better advantage. Be sure te take the Intelli gencer and subscribe for your friends. " The manager hemmed and hesitated, and then; said solemnly that he doubted whether it would be judicious te read such a notice, but suggested that if it was printed, copies of it might be distributed at the deer en the evening of the enter tainment. "Yes, " said the editor, " but it would attract mete attention in the middle of the sermon. It will iutcrest a large number of your congregation and help a geed cause, and besides se.much money is spent upon the Intelligencer that I deu't see hew we can afford te priut handbills te advertise it without increasing the sub scription price. In such a matter as this wo'eughtto be willing te help each ether." Then the gentleman saw the situitieu. A Large Undertaking. It is positively anueunced that a com pany has been organized in New Yerk for supplying the Eastern cities with gas man ufactured at the coal mines in Western Pennsylvania, and conducted te the places of consumption through a system of pipes' Mr. Jehn Hoey, of the Adams express cempauy, is said te be a heavy stock holder. The New Yerk organization is said te be in negotiation with a Philadel phia company for the use of a system of cold-packed pipe-joint, by which it is claimed that $1,500,000 would be saved in the cost of the lead used in tnnlrinrr ti.n joints, and bridging dispensed with." When a Chicago preacher wants a new church all his own, and a big congrega tion, he has himself convicted of heresy. X Rebib Holiday. A Tale of Ancient Berne. B. B. S. Fer tllC ISTELLICEXCEH. chapter i. Reme was yet glorious ; but it was net the glory of her earlier days. Prosperity bad enervated, and luxury debased, her populace, whose venal practices in govern mental and social affairs broadly displayed, what they affected te despise.a disposition of cowardice, ill-suited te the name and at tributes of a Reman citizen. And when the profligate and exquisitely-conceited Carinus, with his brother, assumed control of the Reman empire, he found in the Ro Re mans a people ever ready for a display of their vanity, and the gratification of their desire for rich amusement. History has condescended te record but little of the administration of Carinus, ex cept his exhibitions and games of the am phitheatre and the circus, which, it is con fessed, exceeded in pomp and magnificence the spectacles of former days. But tra dition of times adds an event, which.theugh founded en truth, and embellished by fic tion, can amuse, though it may fail te in struct, the mind of a philosopher or a savant. It was a day of joy and hilarity in Romp. A hundred gladiators were te contend in the arena of the Colosseum, that mighty subject of ancient splendor and modern wonder, and the fair aud heroic land of Greece was represented in the deemed baud. In one of the recaeses of the amphi theatre a score of them wcre assembled. There weie no tokens of fear about them ; fate had iuitiated, and victory confirmed, their vocation, and they were, with the exception of one, gladiators by profession. Negligently scattered about the apartment, their scanty apparel showed their brawny limbs and toughened siuews in unimpeded power. In a corner, apart from his companions, steed a youth, whose symmetrical form, neble carriage, closely, clustered hair and faultless profile, at once stamped him as a perfect type of the true Greek. Unlike the rest, he was attired in a rebe of soft skins, falling from the neck te the feet, and fast ened and made te fit closely by a bread leather belt around the waist. He had steed se long, alene and silent, that the men became impatient and curious, and a powerfully-built mau, the acknowledged leader of the Greek gladiators, advanced and addressed him with : "In truth, youngster, you must leve si lence. Surely Harpecrates claims yen at this moment. Why se depressed T " We should net let but one of the gods rule here, " returned the youth, evasively, in a musically modulated voice. "Yes, let Comus reign alone," shouted the gladiator, boisterously. "I would net let these foppish aud sef t-braiued Remans beheld mc mope or cower before the de crees of fate. Ne, jcr ITcrcule ; we arc Greeks, aud worth a thousand Remans !" " Aggeus is continually cursing the Ro Re mans ; yet he swears in Latin, " remarked a savage-looking gladiator, as he reclined easily upon the lloer. " Bah ! These ten years I have been in the service of Rome have made me careless of which language I use" said Aggeus, iron ically. "But cheer up, Sesthcnes, " he continued, addressing the young Greek. "The god's arc propitious te the fortunate, always. "Yes, te the fortunate, " remarked Sos Ses thencs, slowly. " But with whom de you contend'.1" "Oh," replied Aggeus, carelessly. " I am told a most sturdy and valiant Geth tries my mettle te-day. And you ?" " With no one. I bribed a keeper, and he allowed mc te enter here with you and your comrades, " replied Sosthenes. " By Jupiter, ; you are bold, "exclaimed Aggeus. "If they find you here, you will fare badly. But hark that din. The em peror has arrived, aud the nice gentlemen and lovely ladies grew impatient for tiie gladiator's bleed. I tell thee, comrades," he continued, turning te his companions, " this shall be a long and warm sport, and we can trust only te our skill aud the fav or of the gods for success. But where 's Sosthenes?" Every gladiator leaped te his feet, and peered into the corner where tin; young Greek had steed ; he was gene. "Well, he's a queer ene," at length exclaimed their leader. "Even while my back was te him but an instant, he disap peared. I wonder hew he get out of here." Further words were interrupted by the heavy deer being swung open, and the gladiators saw a file of soldiers stationed at cither side of the entrance. A keeper entered with attendants, who placed in the hands of the Greeks Idng lances and nets. Net all, however, were thus given aims. Aggeus was te remain until the hour came when he should meet, in single and deadly combat, a captive Gotli.deomcd te the arena. " Vnle, my comrades, " exclaimed their leader, as they filed from the apartment ; " and may the gods protect you." And their last farewell that Aggeus heard came bravely back, "vale !" Left alene with the great deer closed upon him, Aggeus threw himself upon the fleer, and pendcied ever the strange disappear ance of the yenng Greek. He was .sur prised by seeing a large stone suddenly fall from the wall, near the lloer, leaving open an aperture amply large for the ad mittance of the body of a man, and in tlic faint light he beheld, a moment later, Sosthenes emerge from the hole, saying : " Don't be alarmed, Aggeus ; I'm a fiiend. " Well, I'm net alaimed, butFmvciy much surprised, " returned the gladiator. "Yeu seem te knew much about this structure ; but, by Jupiter, you are run big a great risk. What de you mean by these proceedings?" " Listen, " replied Sosthenes ; " Aggeus, you arc a Greek, and, like myself, descend ed from the brave Spartans. If you found a native of that fair land in danger here in Reme, would net your strong arm be' ever ready for his aid?" "New, by the gods, I sern te meet this valiant Geth in you arena ; rather let me face a hundred Remans in my coun try's cause, " exclaimed the generous Greek. "Then listen," said Sosthenes. "Twe weeks age, a miserable Reman magistrate, in Athcns,saw there the glorious daughter of the neble Patreclus, and tore her from his arms, for a present te the emperor. I learned of the event seen after its trans action, followed the abductor's train alone, in the guise of a Turkish servant, and was engaged by one of the officers. We ar rived here this morning, Crcssida being well treated during the journey, and is new in one of the apartments of the pal ace, where, after these games are ever, the emperor will see her. " The dark eyes of the gladiator seemed te glow with rage, as he listened te his companion's words, and he raised his huge fist, andstruck it against the wall in his excitement, exclaiming : "By all the gods of Greece, these sen sual Remans have destroyed all honor in the Greeks, and left them weak a3 slaves ! There was a time when such a wrong would have reused all Greece te arms! But, though we have no arms, you and I will rescue this Grecian maid. Yet, hew are we te gain the palace unperccived ?'' 4 'Fellow me," answered the youth ; "this aperture gives us access te ene of the sub tcranean ways that lead te the Tybcr, for the purpose of flooding the arena. Come, we have no time te lese. " Se saying, they hurriedly entered the tunnel, Sosthenes having carefully re placed the stone, a proceeding easilv ef fected, from the fact that an iron ring had been fastened in the side next the passage, it being ene of the many contrivances "in the immense structure, designed for pleas ure and for cruelty by its builder. Grep ing their way, "they hurried through the" cavern, and in an hour's time came te its opening along the bank of the Tyber. "But hew are we te reach the palace in daylight?" inquired Aggeus; "By the aid of these things, " replied his companion, as he drew from their place of concealment several pieces of Turkish wearing apparel, much tern and soiled. They were seen clothed in the garments, and each armed with a keen dagger, sup plied by the careful foresight of Sosthe nes, they silently issued from the tunnel, and gained the street. They traversed, without danger, the different ways, and had reached the front of the nalace, when the neise of a distant commotion arrested their steps, and ere long an excited crowd rushed towards the palace, with the cry, " Aggeus has escaped !" "The curs, " muttered that personage te his companion. " We shall have te be watchful. The best thing is te mingle with the crowd. " Sosthenes neuueu assent, and they joined the mob with equal clamors. The throng pressed te the palace, and seen the two Greeks found themselves, with many ethers, within the vestibule. At that instant the cry of "The guards I" was heard, and a moment later a legion of sol diers were amongst the excited people, forcing them from the palace, te the street. Aggeus was about te fellow the crowd, when he felt his arm clutched, and turn ing he saw his companion point te a door way, before which hung heavy fel ds of tinted velvet. "We will remain iu this place, and may escape detection by going in there, " whispered Sosthenes, hurriedly. They were quickly behind the velvet screen, and discovered themselves iu a small apartment, from the end of which a narrow stairway ascended, that being the only means of egress from a place, in which their liability of capture de termined their actions. It was but the work of a minute te mount the stairway, find themselves in a long passage, the ter minus of which they discover leads into apartments designed for the occupancy of the emperial servants. "It is net safe te go there, " whispered Sosthenes, as they halt. "Ner safe te remain here," returned the gladiator. Aggeus retraces the passage a few yards, and suddenly utters a low exclamation, which brings his .companion te his side. "See," exclaimed the former; ""we have passed another entrance. Here is a way leading from this hall, " pointing te a low doerwav. screened bv folds of velvet. Sosthenes followed the motion, and ex claimed : "By Jupiter, these Reman emperors have passages everywhere in their pal aces. We will enter this ; perchance it will lead us in the right direction. But we must be silent and cautious, and may Angcrena attend us. " Slowly he moved aside the screen, and they saw, te their great satisfaction and surprise, net an open apartment, light and with occupants, but a narrow way, dark, but for an open entrance, about the mid dle of it, into another arpartment. Si lently they enter, traverse this way, until they draw near the entrance mentioned, when they halt. "Let us decide, before we go further, what course te pursue, " said Sosthenes. " We must pass that open doorway. In se doing, we may be observed by persons in the room iute which it leads, or, what is still worse, it may be guarded. " "But te where de you think this pas pas sage we are in will conduct us?" asked Aggeus. " Inte a mere prominent part of the pal ace, perhaps, "answered the young Greek; " and in that case, we arc sure te be dis covered and captured. " It was net, however, feasible or safe te remain where they were, and the two Greeks were compelled te proceed, no mat ter what further events would be devel eped. With their hands upon the hilts of their daggcis, they noiselessly moved ior ier waul, aud wcre almost abreast of the dreaded doorway, when Aggeus, who had taken the lead, suddenly stepped and pointed te the entrance ; and Sosthenes saw the shadow of two armed guards at cither side of the deer. Toe near te dan ger, and perhaps te death, the Greeks read determination and purpese in each ether's eyes, and then glided toward the sentinels. They could only surmise that there wcre but two te encounter, but the old Grecian bleed flowed in their veins, their cause was houer, aud death alone could end the attempt. They crept en a minute longer, then, with the beuud of a panther, each sprang upon his man, even as the challenge issued from the guards' lips. Sosthenes felt the sharp point of a lance pierce his arm, but he tere the weapon from the Reman s grasp, aud the Greek's dagger sank te- his heart. Fortune still mero favored the gladiator, whose onset was se fierce and successful, that the sentinel had net time te use his lance, and fell, in an iustant, te the fleer. But ere the Greeks could exchange words, thev heard quick steps behind them, and turning, found themselves in deadly en counter with two ether guards. All un prepared for this new attack, they might have succumbed te the agility of their new antagonists, when shouts were heard in the distance, and a Reman tribune dashed into the apaitmcnr, and drawing a dagger, plunged it into the breast of Sosthenes' fee. the gladiator s strength and training again wen him his victory. " Fellow me, " exclaimed the tribune. "I knew you ; you are here te rescue the Grecian girl ; I te revenge my wrongs. The palace is alarmed, and we dare net remain here. I knew where we can be concealed until night, then accomplish our purposes. " As the tribune spoke, he rushed towards the end of the passage, closely followed by the two Greeks. On through a stately room, into another passage, through that te a flight of stairs, leading downward, in to a chilly, underground passage, aud into a dark apartment, the heavy doers of which their guide closed, as the yells of the sol diers echoed te their cars. "Safe ! thank the gods, " exclaimed the tribune, as he rested against the wall of the dungeon. "Safe, " echoed Sosthenes. "We can not be safe here. The people of the pal ace, forsooth, knew of this place, aud will seen be upon us. " "But the deer will held until we gain a safer place, " replied the tribune. ' Where is Aggeus?" " I am here, " answered the gladiator, "and find this a most miserably dark den. By Jupiter, I had rather meet a hundred Remans in the light of the arena, than tussle with one in the gloom of a dun geon. " "Well, Aggeus, we must thank our neble friend here for our lives. Even though we should have slain all the guards, we would net have known where te hide," said Sosthenes. "But here they are," he exclaimed, as the tread of many feet resounded upon the pavement without. "The curs .'- muttered the crladiater. "They are at the deer. Tribune," he continued, addressing the Reman hotly ; "tribune, have you brought us here te die like dogs? We will open the deer, and meet tbcm like men. " "Step," hissed the Reman. "Iu a corner iu this dungeon a stor.e is closely fitted ever an opening te a passage, in which we shall be safe. Lend me your aid. " Groping te where the Reman was kneel ing, he directed them te press upon the stone, en which his hands were placed. Their united efforts succeeding, a grating sound was beard, and the bread stone turned en a bar, running through belts across the middle of the stone, en the un der side, revealing a larce eneninsr in the fleer. At the Reman's bidding, Aggeus descended first, the tribune followed. Bat Besthenes, forgetting for a moment his position, lingered te watch the heavy deer tremble from the blows of the sol diers without. Then, like a flash, his dan ger came te mind, add groping for the opening, he round, te bis horror, the stone returned te its customary position. With strength rendered mighty by dis pair, he pressed upon the slab, but it weuld net yield. He danced at the deer ; it was falling. Already the lights without gleamed through a narrow open ing, which had been effected by the assail ants. He redoubled his strength. The ponderous deer fell with a crash. A prayer te the gods; one mere desperate trial of strength ; he feels the stone move and sink ; but the soldiers have entered the dungeon. chapter ir. In the supreme hour of danger, a cow ard will meet death with despair ; a brave mau will welcome it with honor; and, while the former micht sink from fear alone, the latter disdains te fall, era the blows of his assailants have deprived him of strength. Sosthenes did net hope, nor did he de sire, for aught but death at the hands of the Reman soldiers, since capture would be worse than death. Conscious of the fact that his two friends, Aggeus and the tribune, were safe, and would be in posi tion, te rescue the Grecian maiden, he would have spurned the thought, as un worthy of the valor and honor of a Greek, te ask mercy at the hands of these, who were, though it might net be their duty, was certainly their desire, te take his life. But fortune had otherwise designed. Even as the first guard had crossed the threshold of the doorway, the stone, by which his friends had entered a passage below, moved, and the instant a score of the pursuers rushed into the dungeon, and Sosthenes had risen te his feet, standing directly upon the end of the stene which sufficient pressure would cause te sink, te bravely meet the onset of his assailants, it lowered with a quick motion, dropping the young Greek at the feet of his com panions, and rising te its usual positieu with timeless rapidity. "Thank the gods," exclaimed the tri bune ; "we bad given you up for lest." But the generous heart of the gladiator, who never feared te face five combatants of equal strength and form in the arena, and mock the dullness of their skill, melted at sight of his brave young countryman, and, clasping him in his arms, he embraced him with all the fondness of a brother, and the admiration of a Spar tan. "I tell thee, my boy, " he cried, " the gods will give us full success. But, by Jupiter, it took all the strength of a strong gladiator, and a sturdy tribune, te get that stene te move. Hear these curs above. Think you, " he continued, ad dressing the tribune, "thcre isdaugeref them entering here? " "Nene, " answered the Reman. " But tell, young Greek ; hew came you te re main behind? When Aggeus and my self found ourselves here en this fleer, I presumed, net being able te see you in the gloom, that you had entered with us. " "I scarce knew myself, hew it came about, " replied Sosthenes. " I could dis tinctly sec your forms dieappear through the opening, but I turned te leek at the deer, aud see it quiver, as the soldiers showered blows against it, and when, as I recalled my peril, I prepared te fellow you, I found, te my dismay, the stene replaced. I abandoned all hope, when the soldiers threw down the deer and rushed toward me, but at that instant I felt the stone sink beneath mc. " "Why, that is propitious, " exclaimed the tribune. "Ne ene in the palace knows of the existence of that means of escape from the dungeon, and their keenest scrutiuy will develop them nothing, for the stene fits se nicely and naturally, that its mechanism cannot be observed. The soldiers will, therefore, attribute your strange disappearance te the sudden in terposition of the gods. They will be misled by the notion, and, although they will watch faithfully, they will consider it nseless te search further for us. " "Forsooth, it was then a geed thing, " -said Aggeus, " and your delay, Sosthenes, served us a geed turn. But what, Reman, is your plan?" "This," returned the tribune "We must remain here until evening, when the emperor will return from the games. ve will go then from here, by secret ways, el which I knew, te the upper part of the palace, and, with the aid of the divine gods, we shall succeed in our designs. ' "But your purpose in bciughcre, what is it?" asked Sosthenes. "Is it only te aid us in rescuing this Greek girl? " " Ne, " returned the Reman, quickiy. " I de a deed te-day that shall make Reme joy and dread. " "Yen de net mean the emperor, " said Sosthenes, incrcdueusly. " Yeu are Greeks, " returned the tri bune, "therefore can I tell yen." He paused, and seemed te labor under strong emotions ; at length he resumed : "Along the banks of the Tybcr, I lived in careless peace. A villa, beautified by nature, and adorned by art, nestling among thick blooming trees, .and a wife, as beau tiful and geed, as the gods have ever given te man, were mine. But a miserable emperor despoiled the honor of my home, and I have sworn revenge. Yes, this day shall Carinus die. " The voice of the tribune was fierce aud bitter, and although in the darkness the Greeks wcre unable te see his face, tlicy felt the anguish of his soul. A silence, which men in peril most pre fer, fell upon the group, and slowly the weary hours of the day dragged en. The Reman burned with impatience for the evenings that should bring him the me ment of his revcuge. Te Sosthenes the hours were as slew. He pictured te his mind the impotent grief of the aged Patro Patre clus, mourning for his stolen daughter, and powerless te save her from harm. But when he thought of her in her danger, his impatience knew no check, and he paced the dark and narrow passage, with a fiercer restlessness than a newly-captnrcd lien iu his cage. Fer he had followed the captive maiden, net merely because she was a Greek, and his honor could net leave her te her fate, but because she was te him the queen of Grecian women. He he had ceme from the sacred soil of Sparta, te the elegance of Athens, and in that home of wisdom and of art he bad, met Crcssida, and told his love. In his devout thankfulness and joy, rich sacrifices and precious libations were offered te the god of love, who seemed te rain the choicest blessings en the levers' lives. But new had ceme misfortune, and it made him chafe like a newly-captured lien in his cage, and still slower the weary hours of the day dragged en. "We can never tell the hour in this den," at length grumbled Aggeus. "I thirst for light, even mero than for the wine after a long and bloody conflict. " "Yes, Aggeus is right, " exclaimed Sos thenes ; " this is tee oppressive ; I can remain here no longer. Tribune, lead en ; it may even new be evening, for it seems an age since first we entered here. " The Reman rose from hisrccliuing pos ture, a position he had retained for several hours, and silently proceeded, followed closely by his companions, through the underground passage they were in, and reached its end, where four or live rings were found fastened in the stene wall, by which theyceuld ascend the wall te a narrow offset above. Effecting this, the tribune pointed te a tunnel, large enough te ad mit the body of a man, runnirg directly through, the tribune explained, te an apartment or cellar, in which was stored wine. "But we must use theutmeit caution," said the Reman. "The guards are new doubtless stationed in every part of the palace. At the end of this tunnel, a nicely fitted stone cau be removed from the wall, and the opening leads at once into the cellar. " "Then why delay?" asked the impa tient yenng Greek. "De you mark the peril?" returned the Reman. " Consider ; we reach the stone at the end of the tunnel, we remove it, the opening is displayed, and then, should there be guards, or ether' persons, iu the apartment, the only result is cap ture ; the only fate, death. " But what are we going te de ?li said the gladiator, impatiently. "I tell thee, tribune, if some sturdy Geth had in the arena made my bones ache, as they ache me new, from being iu this cramped den, I could have seme respect for the fellow ; but if I hide here much longer, I shall have no respect for myself. " " Have you counted the hazard in re moving the stone, and meeting, possibly, the guards?" asked the tribune. "Yes, " Sosthenes responded ; "and te prove my assertion, I will go first. " "Ne; I will lead, "said the Reman. ' I can remove the stone easier and quicker than yourself. Fellow me, and be si lent. " Quietly they crept through the tunnel, which was net mere than a dozen feet in length, and in a few moments the tribune stepped, and said, iu a low voice : " I shall new remove the stene. " Saying which, he slowly pushed it out, and it fell, with a dull thud, te the lloer. An instant later, the three men steed up right iu the apartment, prepared for any attack. But fertune again favored them ; for the cellar had no occupants. Frdm a small window, at the top of the wall, a small amount of light was admitted, and the conspirators were enabled te aseurtain that it was evening, and that the shadows of night were falling. "Thanks te your impatience, gladia tor, " said the Remau, "we left the pas sage at the right time. If that light de ceives me net tee much, the emperor will seen arrive from the ciicus, with his guards and attendants, and then shall be enacted a greater play than what he there beheld. But come, we dare net remain here. " The perfect kuowlcdge of the intricate ways beneath, aud the apartments aud passages within, the palace, which the Remau possessed, made him able te avoid theso in which they were most liable te meet with the imperial guards aud at tendants, and pursue only these best suited te mitigate the 'peril of their situation. Following the tribnne, they passed from the cellar, through a narrow doorway, and found themselves within a hallway, laintly lighted by a window, at the extreme end. Noiselessly they traversed its length, and were en the point of entering another pass age, when each felt a sudden and firm held upeu his arm, aud, turniug quickly, they beheld themselves in the grasp of three powerful guards. But they were net te be captured se easily. Moved by oue impulse, each, at the same moment, tere from the grasp of the soldiers, who, relying tee much upon the idea of their being taken unawares, wcre themselves surprised, and received the daggers of their captives in their hearts. "Well uone," whispered the tribune hurriedly. "Yeu fellow mc. We must discover aud gain admittance into the de partment in which the Grecian girl is con lined. Ere long the emperor will have ar rived, and will go at euce te that apart ment. We must be there te receive him. Come." They glided into the passage at the entrance of which they had been assailed Ly the guards, aud discovering a flight of stene stairs, they ascended them and gained another hallway, mero open aud prominent by its adornments in carving and statues. " Use double caution here," whispered the tribune, "yen deer will admit us te a secret passage, that will lead us te where they have secured the Grecian maiden." With the utmost carefulness they glided ever the marble fleer and gained, unob served, the secret way mentioned by the Reman. "But where," asked Sesthcnc3, as they hurried swiftly along, " where is Crcssida a prisoner, and hew are we te gain ail admittance te the chamber?" "If sbe is where I think she is, we will have no difficulty in making an entrance, providing we reach there safely. A secret passage, barely wide enough for a man te pass in, te the apartment, which is en tered by a deer, the existence of which, I ("believe, no ene in the palace except myself is conscious." As the tribune ceased speaking a pain ful leek came into the features of Sosthe nes, and he laid his hand en the ether's arm, sayiug : " Neble Reman, the gods seem te have given the life of the emperor Carinus iute your hands. But you will net see him alone. He is always strongly attended, and the least attempt en your part te de him harm will, even though you succeed in killing him, be rcacntcd by the guards, aud your life will net be a mimiie leugcr than his whom you will have slain. Fer ourselves, Aggeus and I have sworn te recue the captured maiden, and restore her te her father's arms. Oue of us may fall ; I cannot believe that both will, for the gods must leave her one protector." "Forsooth, well spoken," said Aggeus, in a low veice. " It is net our plan te enter the prison of the maid wlirn it is filled with attendants and guards, but te steal her thence before they have arrived. Fer myself I cars net. 1 dicamcil last night my Spartan mother beckoned me fiem the home of the gods above, aud chanted in my cars the dirge of old Thcrmepyhu." " Greeks, " returned the tribune, " it is tee late new te rescue the maiden as you had planned. Wc shall'havc barely time te gain the apartment before the emperor comes. We will be secreted there. ; at a sig nal from mc you will lush forward, scize the captive, aud trust te the gods te es cape in the surprise and confusion. Yeu have spekan of death," he continued ; "kuew then, 1 have seen the last of earth. Think you I run a risk ? I de net, for I see hew all will happen. This dagger shall scarce be in the heart of the base Carinus, ere mine shall fuel its lercc. " The young Greek shuddered at the words of the Reman, but Aggeus gazed with admiration upon him. iney again went forward, reached the narrow passage, traversed it, and found themselves facing a small sliding panel iu the wall, which would admit them te the apartmcut they supposed te be occupied by Cressida. Noiselessly the tribune pushed the panel aside, and peering in, he saw that she was indeed there, and that there were no persons in attendance. They entered, closed the panel, and concealed themselves behind a screen of velvet, which hung pendent from the ceiling. Whatever intentions either of the Greeks might have had te flee with Crcssida from the place, at that moment, were frustrated by the loud blast of bugles reaching their cars, aud from below the dulled hum of shouts and songs floated through the palace. The games in the ciicu?, notwithstand ing the escape of Aggeus, wcre continued all day, but new evening bad come, the vast amphitheatre was deserted, and the emperor, with his f.iwing parasites, was iu the palace. He stepped net for feed or drink ; he has heard of the prize that awaits him, and fie orders her te be brought. Silently the three men wait in the cham her above. The noise of hundreds of feet and voices float te their cars, and they listen with impatient zeal. Five minutes, ten minutes, elapse. Sosthenes peers from behind the screen te gaze at the lovely girl. But she is gene; the velvet screen has been pushed back from the doorway. His exclamation startled his companions, who at "once conceive the situation. There is no time new te tarry. In an in, jf stant Sosthenes is out of the worn, fol lowed by his companions, and bounding heedlessly down a flight of bread marble stairs. Aggeus and the tribnne are new at bis side, and, as they reach the rich fleer below, one glance gives them the sit uaticn. In a gorgeous apartment, in the midst of a host of attendants and and guards, is Carinus, before whom, in all glorious beauty and defiance, stands the Greek girl. Thcre are shouts in the palace, but there are louder ones without, of which these within knew net, and there are even new a multitude, wonderfully excited, entering the palace. A rumor is abroad the city liat Carinus has been slain, and the populace is proclaiming a new em peror. Carinus advanced toward the Grecian maiden, but ere he could lay his hand upon her, Sosthenes was upon him, hurl ing him back into the power of the tri bune, seized Crcssida, and steed with drawn dagger, te protect her. The glad iator quickly gained his side, and sank his weapon into the breast of one of the guards, who had pressed tee near. 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