m EAbATOR pate praMflrttai ,r i2 ''" in" "4'J -v. (Vs is? w ',-tfi !.,: f. ri. m rfe jr rj-&. -M pir - i i.t ff " tflsBBBvBV HE MASTER OF ! is? JfcJUIMll V Auther of " cnAiTEn v. cvtuetrs akd neSRtBLB cxrriuxxcat MATtD A riRATE SHIP. OS PASS swift vnvi theso twelve or f.f f.f tecn months in which we continued ie keep the eea is thoNertl.'Atlantie, Retting our tool nd water from tht hips we overhaul ed and doing en tin whom n pretty for tuuate business. In tbemcanvvhlli our ship was grow ing very foul, and It was high time we should make fei our pert de cirre- ruuge, which wis in the'estuary of n river among swamps. It wns openly uuderstoed that we should then break up and go and squander our proportions of the spoil; and this made every man greedy of a llttte mei e, se that our decision was delaj J from day tc day. What finally decided matters was a trifling accident, such as an Ignorant person Baight suppose incidental te our way of life, ., But her I mutt explain; en only one of all the ships we bejarded the first en which ws found women did we meet with any gcnulns resistance. On thatoccaslen we had two men killed and saveral injured, and If it had net tsjee for the gallantry of Ballantrae, we had surely beeu lcat Imck nt last, Kvervwhcre ?. else the defence (where tliere was nnv nt nil) waj what the worst troops in Furojie would have laughed at; se that the most dangerous part of our employment n as te clamber up the side of the ship; and 1 hnve own known the peer souls en beard te cast m a line, se eager were thev te volunteer instead of walk ing the plank. Tills constant Immunity hail made our fcllen-i very soft, se that 1 under stood bow Teach had mn Je se deep a mark upon their minds; for indeed the company of that lunatle was the chief danger In our way of life. The accident te which I liave re ferred was this. We had sighted a little full rigged ship very close under our beard Inn bale; she sailed near ea well as we did I should be ucar the truth if 1 said near as 111; ad we cleared the bow-chesor te see If we m Qr-m sHk2A.lkH IflR 1 a. '"i tK eeuM briny a spar or two about their cars. W' ineeweH was excrcdini; creat; the motion of hit the ship beyond description; It wMitV-. L- Ar li..i' UkVt ..UM !nnbi In --nil iC-Tuum gunners iX.i Urn thrlce and be till quite bread of what they aimed at 'it. But in the meannhlle the chase had cleared 5Z& .ffjirn Miti tlin f )ilr-Lnnei nf tlin nlr onnrenl- ? i r -t - - - - 'l legtbem; being better marksmen, llielr lint ; JJ anet struck us In tne bows, fctiecLutl our two S gunners into nunce meat, se innr, we wcre nn 41 """' "" " "iuvm, uii. inuiinu tnreugn me accit into me lerecasiiu, nuer Ecffl" Indeed there wn3 nothing in this centri-tcmps ' quick perception of the men's ui&hc, and .' it was pjaln tuis lucuy suet nail given iticm a l-lr - 1 .U.I A 1- I.. .. . t .!... S were all of onemlnd; thechawj wasdrunlng ; r away from us, it was uecdless te lield en, llie i- Barab was tee foul te overhaul n bottle, It Ef Vj was mcre foolery te keep the sea with her; 'TW And en these nretenrieu irreumls her hcvld was i f 1UW1IHWUU Ub UWUW UUU I1U IWIIIWJ IMIll .!;' for the river. It was strunge toscewhat l . - A . . J 1 - .... ..lr... ia..il 41... .... n. Inlil :. merriment leu en mat snips company, unu ju new tneysiampca aueut tne ueck jesiing, : sua encn eumpuiiu wuat iiiL'it-aM nuu wm ,' s? te hk share bv the death of the two dinners. Ej'i1 were n'DB days making our pert, se .- signs were vne airs we neu w saw en, se ieui ;f ite ship s bottom; but early en the tentli, bo-.-Sfere dawn and in a. light, lifting hazti, we -'j . neased the head. A. Ilttle niter the haze lit ted P.'"S said fell egatn, showing us a cruiser very S .rsL mIma 'I'tila urng n aniwk lilnw ltnMtf.ntnrv Mn VRl- W. W. MI ..- M VW.U W.u.., ..fl'IUIMf, SI Bear our retuge. Therow as n great debate p'v: of whether she had seen us, and, If se, wheth- s er it was ukeiy tuey uau rocegiiizmi me t i. every member of these crews e oeihauled. t'jTj te leave no evidence as te our own jierfcens; E v r-si dui lue nppoarance ei ine earnn ucrcii no could net Loep se private, ami, nbove all, et 'If' late, slnce klie bad been foul mid e had pur- i v sued many ships without success, it was plain yi& Dat ner description had lweu often publishes1. P A I supposed this alert would hnve inude us m?iv erate upon the iiutaut. But here again that ''J..- original ccnlua of Ilallan t r.vV i had a sunn ite fa'&y- in store for me. He and Teach (and it wns ':; the most remarkable step of hts success) had &?? CYtnn hftml In lmtifl slnca tlta first dm nf liU L appointment jJGyt vivcu juubiiujiu-a uuu ujruii kuu iiiii, fiuii never get an amwer but ouce, when he told : Be be and Teach hud an understanding "which would verv much surniise the cimv 3jL if they should hear of It, ami would surpi Ue C-hhneclf a Kemi iluil if it iias uiuk'd uul." "Wctf, here again, he and TeacU were of n -sbjui J, unu uy iuexr juiui. ruuureniuui, llie A 1 siniinfisrfi n tnrv B-jr--isifs t fwr tlinn 41ia -imlirvlav -r;v (WVWVt nun uv puuiivi itu it ttiiss iu ntiutu tcrew went off en a scene of drunkenness .11- de6crlbable. By nftenioen we vcremnere i Ul"ui -l luuuvirii nriBvii, tiiiuiuii ui jf-gr wings ovcreoaru, uewiing ui uniuruni bongs iPl at the same time, quarreling and fulling te- '$Retber nnd then forgetting our quarrels te ,Va embrace, llallantrae hail bidden 1110 ilrluk i i.llfnfr nnil fattm tlrttMLmtiifa na T vnlnivl B,JS my life; and I have never passed a day he Bfe5 wearisomely, lying the beet part of the tlme ti f?i& upon me lorceasiie uuu mticuingiueswnuips i, and uucKeu by which our iiiwe basin was l. entirely surrounded jer tne eya A ilttle ". after dusk, llallautrae stumblnl un tinv T side, feigned te fall, w ith a drunken laugh, rjf and before he get his feet again, wltlKred te me te "loci clown Inte the cahiu and mciii te fall asleep upon n locker, for there would be need et me been." I did as I was told, and coming Inte the fj? j cabin, w here It was quite dark, let myself ei-frt' tall en tue llrst lecKer. 1 here was a man frCIVIO IUI19U-, Lijr IUO UT UU BWIIVU. UUU f,! 'V vurew iue ou, i cuuiu 1101. muitf no was inucu ', in uquur; unu jet nuen 1 uau ieunu nueiuer .rjc1. nlAee. he Ewmn in cnntlmirt In Klwn nn 1v ' .' hn-irt nnw lnT. VArtr li.inl frti- I tuv Lnnu. y desperate matter was in act Presently 't down came Ballantrae, lighted the lamp, &? looked about the cahln, nedded as if pleased, hiy and en deck again without n w erd. 1 ecred OT out from between ray Augers, and saw there were uiree ei us tiumuenug, or icigning te r, en tue lockers; mvself. one Dutten I sm Orady, both resolute men. On deck t were Bt t i P'"1" et revelry quite the bounds of what ii human: se lit s6 rpasepabla uauie can doscribe the mi soy were new iiiaiung. i nave uearu rm drunken bout in my time, many en l! that very "Barau," but never nny- iine least uue tms, wnicli made me ftrly auppose the liquor had been tampered .win. it was a long wnila betera tliese ells 1 howls died out into n sort of miserable ateanuig, aud then te silence; and it seemed itXng while after that, befoie liallautrae Pf ee down agalu, this tlme with Teach upon .y'UeeU. The latter cursed at the sight of -;-i Niree upon me lecKcrs. $ TwTut," says Ballantree, "you might fire a .Bae ii.ii siiuiar eon. ieu tnew nnat stuff flkatr li.vA tww-n c-jVAllnTvlnrr ' riff -'-Tfcerewaxa batch in the cabin deer, and B 'f'ssader tbat the richest part of the booty was Altered against the day of division. It fastcn- tl with a ring and three padlocks, the Leys J Her greater security) being divided; oneto t. Teach, ie te llallautrae and eue te the mate, i si snan cUil IlanirfieniL Vt I wn ninnal , & te see they wes-uewall n the ene hand, and ;jet mere amazed (tlll looking through my wervj te observe iuuaiurae and Teach atag up teverel ackeU, four of them in ull, ycareiuuymaaeupanu witun loop for rUg. I "JUd new." says Teach, "let us be going." fe0 word," says Ballantrae, "I have dls- nre u anetner man besides your knows a private path across the And it seems it is sierlcr than l tried eat in that case they were un' 4 Ret knew that." sa.vg Ballantrna IAIUHHL B ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, The Celebrated Novelist, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." rer tncre are several etner circumstances with which 1 must uequalnt you. First of all, thore Is he bullet in your pistols, which (If you remember) I was kin enough te lead for both of us this morning. Secondly, as there is souie one else who knows n passage, you must think It highly Improbable 1 should saddle myself with n lunatle llie en. Third ly, thesa gentlemen (who need no longer pre tend te be nsleep) are thew of my partyi and will new proceed te gag and bind you te the mast; nnd wlien jour men awaken (if they ever de awake after the drugs we have mingled In their liquor) I am sum they will lie se obliging as te deliver you, and you will have no difficulty, I dare say, te explain the butlness of the Leys." Net a word said Tench, but loekod at us like a frightened baby ns wu gagged nit I bound him. "New you tee, you moon-calf," seys Bal tantrae, "why we make four packet. Iluro Ilure Iluro Letoiu veu have been called Capt. Teach, but 1 think veti are new tulh&r Capt liearn." That was our lart word en beard theSnrah, we four with our fei.r packets lowered our eur cIvct softly Inton skinr and left that ship behind us as silent as the grave, only for the meaning of sotue of the drunkards. There was a fog about breast high en the waters, se that Butten, who knew the passage, must stand en his feet te direct our rowing; nnd this, as it forced us te row gently, w ns the means of our dollvcrnnce. We wcreyet hutn Ilttle way from the ship when It began te coine gray, and the birds te fty abroad upon the water All of n sud den Butten clnped down iqieii his linms nnd whUpered us te lw silent for our llvew and hearkea Sure enough we heard n little faint creak of ears upon one hand, and then again, nnd further off, n creak of enrs upon the ether. It was clear we had been sighted yesterday In the morning; licre were the cruiser's Ixiatstecut usetit; heiawe ncre defctKeless In their very midst Bure, never were Kxir souls mere perilously placed; and aa we lay there en our ears, nraylng Oed the mist might held, the sweat poured from my brew, IYesently we heanl ene of t'je beats, where w e might have thrown n li'.M-uit In her. , "Softly, men," we heard an elllcer wlilsg and I marveled they reuld net hear the .,,, iniugef my heart ;." ,tt',l": "Never mind the ,tb J" 'or t'"' "we must get !... &ld lr aIlllt ,HS,?itn,l?l,6-tliS!r anyhow; lotus pull , WT&wii U for tu0 tltlc of the basin." IuiJ'we did with Um most nnxlnus precau precau tfen, rowing, ns best we could, upon our handi, and steering at a venture In the fog, which was (for nil that) our only sifely. But heaven guide! mi we touched ground nt a thicket, scrambled nsliore with our ti ensurn, and having no ether way of concealment, and the mist beginning already te lighten, hove down Ihu tktlf nnd let her sink. We were still but new under cover when the sun row, and ut the miiiie tlme, from (he midst of the haxlu, n great shouting of teamen sprung up, and we knew the Barnh was being ho.nd he.nd mL I heard nf lerw anl the elllcer that took her get gloat honor, nnd It's true the ap proach was creditably managed, but 1 think he had an eaiy capture when he canto te beard. I was still blessing the taints for my cscapn, when I became nw ni e we were In trouble of another kind. We nole here lauded nt ran dom in a vnstuml dangcreui svtmup;mid hew te coma at the uith was n concern of doubt, fatigue and peril. Butten, iudeed, was of opinion wu should wait until the fhlp wns geuu nnd IWi up the skilf ; for any delay w euld boinero wlw than te go blindly ahead in that morass. One went back accordingly te the basin side nnd (eerlng through the thicket) saw the fog already quite drunk tip and Fng lUh colors (lying en the Sal ah, but no move ment inaile te gut her under way. Our situation wus new cry doubtful. The swamp was an unhcaltbful plare te linger in; we had been te greedy te bring treasures that we had brought but little feed; It was highly desirable, lxIde, that we hheuld get clear of the neighborhood and Inte the settlements bo be bo feiuthu news of the capture went nbread; and itguimtnll these, cmiiidorntfeii them uas only the jh-'I 11 of theiiassngoeii the ether side. I think it net wendei ful we decided en the active part. It wns already blistering het when we set forth te pass the maish, or rather te btilke the puth, by ceuipasH. Butten took the com pass and ene or ether of us three cui riud his proirartieii of the trcasuie; 1 premls. y en he kept u sharp eye te hi l ear, for it was like the uinu'H soul that he must trust us with. The thicket wus as rlosensn bush; the ground very treacherous, se tint we often sunk in the uiest ten if) lug manner, nnd must go round nleut; the heat, berldes, was stilling, the nlr slngulaily hetivy, mid the sliuglng In sccts abounded lu such in riads that eueii et u walked under hlf. own cloud. It has often been commented en hew much hotter geuth UcTTOi en ill uniluru fatlgue than liorsens of thornbbla;te thutwalkiiigelllccrs, wheiuiiit tramp tu the dirt beside their men, shame them by their constancy. This was well te be ebsei ved In the present Instance, for heie were Ballantrae and I, two gentlemen of the highest breeding, en the ene hand, and en the ether, Oraily, a common mariner, mid a man neatly a giant in ply steal stiength. The case of Butten Is net in ie!iit, for I confess he did as well as nuy et us. But as for Orady, he Iwgan early te lament his case, tallied in the rear, refused te cany Butten's iaeket when It cuinie his turn, clamored continually for nun (of which we had tee little), and ut last even tlne.itene.l us from bebiud with ncockeil pistol, unle we should allow hhn rest, llallautrae would hae fought it out, I beliove, but I prevailed with him the ether way; mid wu mule n (top mid eat a meal. It seemed te bcnellt Oiady little; he w.is In the ivnr again nt once, growling and bemoaning hN let; nnd nt last, by some carelessness, net having fol lowed preierly in our tracks, stumbled Inte u deep part of the slough wlnre It was mostly water, gnvoseino cry dreadful scivams, and befere we could come te hU aid, had sunk along w ith lili beet) . His fate and ulw e nil these screams of his appalled us te the soul; yet it was en the whele u fei tuuute circum stance nud the means of our deliverance 1'er It moved Butten te mount into u troe, whence he was nble te wrcciveand te show me, who hud climbed nftcr him, n itlgh ploeo of the weed which was n landmark for the path. lie w ent fern aril the mero eurolessly, 1 must supice; for presently we saw him sink u little dpnn, draw up his feet 'nnd sink nguin, nnd se twice Then he turned his face te ns, pntty white. "Und ii baud." said he, "I am lu a bad place. " "I lou'tki:ewnboutthat."suys Ballantrae, standing still. Butten broke out Inte the most violent oaths, slnklug u little lower as he did, se that the mud was nearly te his waist; mid plucking a pistol from hi belt, "Help me," lie cries, "ei dleund led.uimjd te jeul" "Nay," says Ballantrae, "1 did but jest lam coming," And he set down his own packet nud Butten's, which he was then car rjlng. "Be uet venture uear till we ecu if you are uecded."taM he te me, and weut fcrwnrd alene te where the man was begged. He was quiet new, though he still held the pistol; nnd the marks of terror iu his coun tenance were vciy moving te beheld. "Fer the Lord's sake," says he, "leek sharp." Ilalluntrae was new get clese up. "Keep Ulll,")s he, and suemed te consider; uud then "Ueach out both your hands!" Butten laid down his pistol, nnd se watery was the top surface that It went clear out of slgbt, with an oath he steeped te niateli it, and us he did se, Bullautrae leaned fei th mid vtabUd htm between the shoulders. Up went his hands ev er his head, I Luaw net w helb.j with the pahi or te ward himself, aud th, uexf moment he doubled forward In the mud Ilallnntrae was nit eady ever the ankles, but he plucked himself out aud came back te ire, where I steed with my knees smiting ene mi 'iw. "Thedevll take veu, KiaucUl" mjs Le, "I believe jeu are a half-hearted fellow after alb I have only doue Jiullce en a elrstc. And here we nre nlti ulnar if ihn wraiil who aluui bow aay tmu we bare sipped our liand in any IrregularltlMl" i I assured him he did me InJuitlceJ but my wnse of liumsmlty was se much wTtctcd by the horrldness et the fact that I could scarce llnd breath te answer Willi, "Ceme,"eaJd he, "you must be mero re solved. The need Ter this fellow i-unaM wuen be had shown you whtrd the path rnn, and Seu cannot deny 1 would hnve been daft te it slip no fair an opportunity." We struck the path without further mis adventure, ami the same night, about sun down, came te the odge of the meras We were tee weary te neck for, en seme dry sands, rtlll warm with the day's sun, and clese under n weed of plum, we lay down and were Instantly plunged In sleep, We awaked the next morning very early, and began with n sullen spirit n conversation that came near te end In blows. We were ndw.ca.it en shore In tbe southern provinces, thousands of miles from any French sottlo settlo sottle mentt a dreadful journey and a theusaud perils lay in front of ui; nnd sure, If tliere was ever need for nmlty, it nesln such en hour. I must suppese that Ballantrae liad sudercd In'hlsficnse of what is truly pollte; Indeed, and there Is nothing strnnge In the idea, nftcr thosea wolves we had consorted with se long, nnd ns for myself he fublwd me off unhandsomely, and any gontlemnn would have resented his behavior. 1 told him In what light 1 saw hli con duct! he walked n Ilttle off, I following te up braid him, nud nt last he stepedma with his hand. "Frank," sajs he, "you knew what we swore, and yet there Is no oath Invented Wuuld Induce me te swallow such expressions If I did net regard you with slncore nircctlen. It Is iiniKissible you should doubt me there; I have given proofs. Butten I had te tnke be cause he kuew the pass, and Orady because Dutten would net meve without him; but what call wns tliere te carry you along I Yeu are a perpetual dinger te me with jour cursed Irish tongue. By rights you should nowlie In Irons In the cruiser. And you quirrel with me like a baby for seme trlnkeUI" I considered this ene of the meat unhand some wt.ches ever made; nnd Indeed te this day I can scarce rcconclle it te my notion of n gentleman that was my friend. I retorted upon him with his Scotch accent, of which he had net se much us seme, but enough te be very barbarous nnd disgusting, ns I told him plainly, and the affair would hnve geno te n great length but for nn alarming inter vention. We had get seme way off upon the Band. The place where we hail slept, with the pack ets lying tindone anil the monev tcatfaml 0enly, was new between us nnd the pines, and It was out of thcse the strnm-e,.. n. T have ceme. There he was at lert-ir mum litllklnrr f,11tH nt ,1... .. . k A. . " "ts ",," v. ,J'" 1 A 3v, n grenS nx en his sli-' UI1?uiintrv. with a bread new iuuje'lilder, looking open mouthed, w i is the tlcusure, which was just nt his tect, and new nt our disputation In which we had geno for enough te hnve weapons In our hands. We had no sooner observed him than he found his legs and made off again among the pirn s. Tills wns no scene te put our minds nt rest; a couple of nrnied men In sea clothes found quarreling ever n treasure net many miles from where n plrate had been captured here was cneugli te bring the whole country uleut our ours. The quauel wns net even made up; It was blotted from our minds; and we get our packets together lu the twinkling et nuoyeand made off, running with the best will in the world. But the liouble wus, we did net knew In what direction nnd must continually return u;en our step Ballan treo had iudeed collected what he could from Butten; but it's hard te tiavcl iqieii hearsay, and the estuary, which spreads Inte a vast, Irregular harlier, turned us off iqieii every side with a new stietch of water. We were near beslde ourselves and already quite spent with i mining, when coming te the topef aduiui, wesaw we were ligain cutoff by another l nmlflcatien of the lay. This was a cree'.. however, very different from these tliat hed ntiei.i It's before; being set lu rocks, and se piicipti Jiuiy deep that n small vessel wus nble te llouluugslile, made fast wltlui hawser; nud her ei uw hid luid u plank te the shore. Here they had lighten! n tire nnd were Bitting at their meal! As for the vessel herself, she was ene of these they build In the Bermudas. The luve of geld nnd the great hatred that evcrv body has te pirates were metl vus of the most luQucutLiI, nnd would certainly rnLse the country iu our pursuit Besides, It wns new plain we wcroeu seme sort of struggling penin sula like the fiiigci s of n hand; ami the w rist, or passage te the mainland, which we should have taken at the tlrst, was by this tlme net Improbably seemed, Theso considerations put us en n bolder e-eunsel. Fer in long us we dared, looking every moment te hear sounds of the chase, we lay among seme bushes en the tojtef the dune; and having by this means secured a little breath and lecom lecem lecom pesul our nppunrniice, we strolled down at Inst, with n gieat affectation of carelessness, te the party by the Hie. CHAPTKH VI. VOVAOli WITH A HLAVEH TO ALUANV isj iiik nieviNCE or new veiik. T WAS n tinder and his negrees, lie longing te Albany In the province of New Yerk, mid new em the way home from the In dies with a caige; his name I ninnot ninnet recnll. We were HMin.ml tnlrtfiitt lin r, 'A, ' ... V , . uy, unu pin in iiere fw finm terror of the "barah;" for we hail no thought our T ''jj exploits uau uceii irC "' se notorious. As seen ns the Albanian heiird she hud lieen taken the ilay before, he jumped te his feet, gave us n cup of splrltd for our geed news, and scut his negrees te get sail en the Ber mudau. On our side, we profiled by the dram te beceme mere confidential, nnd nt last offered ourselves us passengers. He looked askaiiee at our tuirv euutlie. ind plsteU, nnd replied civilly enough that he had scarce accommodation for himself; nor could either our prayers or our offers of money, in which we advanced pretty far, avail te slrike him. "I soe v ou thiel; ill of us," say Ball mtrae, "but 1 will show jeu hew well we think of seu by telling jeu the truth. We me Jucublle fugitives, und tliere Is a price iqieii our heads." At this the Albanian was pUiiuly moved n little. He asked us many questions ns te the Scotch war, which Italian ti au very patiently auswered. And then, with u wink, in a vul gar mauner, "1 guess you and jour Friuce Cliaille get mere than you cared nbeut," said he. "Betlad, and that we did," said I. "And my dear man, I wish jeu would set anew ex ex nmpleand glve us just thut much." This I said in the Irish way, about which there is allowed te be something very en gaging. It's a remarkable thing, and n tes timony te the love with which our nation Is regarded, that this nddi ess scarce ever falls iu a handsome fellow. I cannot tell hew often I have seen n private soldier ecaie the' horse, or a beggar wheedle out n geed alms bv a touch of the brogue. And iud-jcd, ns seen as the Albanian had laughed nt me, 1 was putty much nt lest Bve-u then, however, he made many conditions and (fur one HiIiir) took away our nruis before he suffered us aboard, which was the signal te'-jst elf, se tint iu a moment ufti wi vvrruglidmj; down t.-buy with a gKl brevze mid blessing the name of Ged for our deliverance. Almest in the moulhef the actuary, we pivstvl the cruiser, and little after, the peer Siiuh with her prize crew, and theso were both sights te make us tremble. Tli3 BerniUiUu seemed a very Kife place te be lu, nnd our luld streke te have been fortunately plaved, when we were thus reminded of the casoef our coni ceni coni piniens. Fernlltlnt, wohadenlyexelnngexl traps, jumped out of the frying pan Inte the fire, run from the yunlarm te the block, ar.d escaped thu 0ieu hostility of the uian-ef-wtir te lie nt the mercy of the doubtful faith of our Albanian iiicrchuiit Frem many circumstances, it chances.! we were safer than no could have daied tohejw. The town of Albany wns ut that tlme much ceiif'vuid n contraband trade across the s, tuurwB luuiaiisnnn inui rencu. mis, -HI fessrtVyUFMSs. ' '-3 Wl vtSltW vSKSst v J'ilejl mm? 'SVi'-MT7 A A.r as it was highly illegal, relaxed their loyalty, and as it brought them lu relation with the iwlltest jieople en the earth, divided even thelr synij)athles. In short, they were IIU all the smugglers lu thu world, spies and agents ready made for either jwrty. Our Albanian, Isasiiles, was a very honest man Indeed, and WJs'jreedy; uud te crown our leek he con- -JllVOJ Mi Ta 1 "V. ceiveu a great aeugnt in our society, neiere we had reached the town of New Yerk we had come te a full agreement; that he should carry tu as far as Albany uen Ids ship and thence put us en a way te pass the boundaries and Jein the French. Fer all this we were te pay nt n high rate, but beggars cannot Ikj choosers nor outlaws bargainers. We sailed then up the Hudsen river, which, I pretest, Is a very fine stream, nnd put up at the King's Arms, In Albany. Tim tow n was full of the mllltla of the province, breathing i slaughter against the French. Oovcrner Clinten wns there himself, it very busy man, nnd, by what I could learn, very near dis tracted by the factiousness of hts assembly, The Indians en both sides were en the war path; we saw parties of thcra bringing In prisoners nnd, what was much worse, scalin, both male and fctnale, for which they were paid nt a llxcd rate, and, I assure you, the sight was net encouraging. Altogether we could scarce have corae nt a crIed mero unsuttable for eurdeslgns; our position in the chief Inn was dreadfully conspicuous; our Albanian fubbed us off with a theusaud flo fle lays and seemed upon the point of a retreat from his engagements; nothing but peril ap peared te environ the peer fugitives, nnd for seme tlme we drowned our concern In a very Irregular course of living. 'nils, tee, proved te be fortunate; and It's ene of the remarks that fall te be made upon our escape, hew providentially our steps were conducted te the very end. What n humiliation te the dignity et man I My philosophy, the extraordinary genius of Bal lantreo, our valor, lu which I grant that we were equal nil these might have proved in sufllclcnt without the divine blessing ou our efforts. And hew true It Is, ns the church tells us, that the truths of religion nre, after all, quite applicable even te dally affairs! At least It was In the ceurse of our revclry that we made the acquaintance of a spirited youth by the name of Cliew. He wns ene of the most dating et the Indian traders, very well acquainted with the secret paths of the wilderness, needy, dlssolute, nnd by a last geed fortune, In seme dlsgrace with his fam ily. Him wu persuaded te come te our re lief; he privately provided what was needful for our flight; and ene day we slipped out of Albany, without n word te our former friend, nnd embarked, n Ilttle abeve, In n cnuoe. It was our design tomeunt the head waters of the Hudsen, te the neighborhood of Crown Point where the French had n strong place In the weeds, iqien Lake Champlaln. But te have done this directly were tee perilous, nnd It was accordingly geno upon by such a laby rinth of rivers, lakes and --" '"'"i I my head ptMw ept'ji tnenjltagcs as makes wcre-Jcniyviy te remember. Thcse paths fl-- .u ordinary times cnllrclv desert, but the country was new up, the trllies en the ...H....I1. t.A p.,l. r..1t .. T...1I.... ..,. .(ihhi, him numu lull ji 411UI1111 W.UUIS, Aenln nnd again we came iinen these unrtles w ncn we least uxiiectet them, mm ene day, lu iiartlculnr, I shall never forget; hew, ns dawn was coming In, we were suddenly sur rounded by flvoer six of thesa painted devlls, uttering n very dreary sort of cry and brand ishing their hatchets. It )vassud off harm lessly Indeed, as did the rest of our encounters, for Chew was well known and highly valued among the different tribes. We were ceme te the most critical jmrtleu of our ceurse, whero we might equally ex pect te full into the hands of French or BugUsh, when n terrible calamity befell us. Chew was taken suddenly sick with symp toms like these of poison, and in the com se of n few hours expired iu the bottom of the ennoe. We thus lest at ence our guide, our Interpreter, our boatman and our asspert, for he was ull these in ene, and found our selves reduced, nt n blew, te the most des des ierate and Irremedlable distress. Chew, w he toel: n great pride in litJkiioivledge, had In deed often lectured us en the geography, nud liallaiiliae, I bolieve, would listen. But for my part I have nlwayB found such informa tion highly tedious; nud beyond the fact that we were new in the e'euutry of the Adiron dack Indians, and net se distant fiem our destination, could we but have found the wny, I was entirely Ignorant Thu wisdom of my ceurse was seen the mero apparent, for with all his pains, Ballantrae was no tui ther advanced than myself. He knew we must continue te go up one sit cam; then, by way of n portage, down another; and then up a third. But you nra lei consider, lu a mountain ceuutry, hew many streams ceme rolling In from every hniiiL And hew Is n gentleman, who is a pei feet stranger In that part of the world, te tell any ene of them from uuy ether! Ner was this our only tieuble. We were great nevlcm, busldex, In handling a canoe; the jiertiges wtronluiest beyond our strength, se Hint I have seen us sit down iu despair for half nn hour nt n tlme without ene word, and the appearance of n single Indian, since we had new no menus of sjicaklng te them, would have been In nil piebabllity the means of our dcsti net Ien. There Is altogether seme excuse if Ballantrae showed something of u glooming disposition; his habit et imputing blame te ethers, quite as capable as himself, was hsrf telei able, nnd his language it was nut always easy te accept Indeed, lie had contracted en beard the piiatu shipa manner of address which was in n hlghdegiee unusual IjuIuccp gentlemen; nnd new, when jet might say he was In a fever, it Increased iihii him hugely. The third day et tlue wmuleiliigs, us we weiecmrvliig the canoe ujen n leeky port age, shu fell am! was uutiuly bilged. Tim ku Inge was between two lakes, both pretty e'-stcnslve; the tiack, such as it was, opeued at both ends upon thu Muter, and ou both hands wns inclesed by the unbiekcn weeds, and the sides of the lakes were quite, impassa ble witli lieg, se that wolielield ourselves net only condemned te go without our leat nnd the greater pait of our previsions, but te pluugu nt ence into iuiencti'ab!e. thickets nnd te desert what little guidance we still had the course of the liver. Bach stuck his pis tols in ills belt, slieuldeictl nn nx, made a pack of his treasure nnd ns much feed as he could stagger under, und deserting the rest of our o.ses,sieiis, even te our swords', which would hnve much ombariussed us among the weieds, we st forth ou this deplorable ml venture. The labors of Hercules, se finely desrillicd by Hemer, neren tillle te what Wu new underwent Some paits of the forest were perfectly dense down te the ground se that vie must rut 0111 wu) like uiite3 in n chl-ese. In tome the bottom was full of deep swamp, nnd the il. ele weed entirely rotten. I have lencd 011 11 gi eat fulliiu leg nud sunk te the knees lu touchwood, I have sought te stay myself, !u falling, against what looked te be n solid tliiuk, and the whele thing has whiffed nwny nt my touch like a sheet et impcr. Stum bling, fulling, begging te the knees, hewing our way, our e-j es almost put out ith twigs and brunches, our clothes plucked lrem our bodies, we labored nil day, and it is doubtful If we made two miles. What w as werse, as w 0 could rarely get it v low of the country and were perpetually jostled from our path by obstacles, it was inqiessible even te have a guess In what direction we were moving. Ballantrae often decided en our ceurse by the spinning of n coin, nud ence, when I ox ex postulated ou this childishness, lie had an odd remark that I have never forgotten. "I knew no Iwtter wn) ," said he, "te express my scorn of human reason." 1 think It was the third day that we found the body of a Christian, (caled nnd most abominably mangled, nnd '!ag v.t e pudder of his bleed, tl birds of the desert screaming ever him, as thick ns flies. 1 cannot deseribe hew dread fully this sight affected us, but It robbed me of all strength and all hope for this world, The same day, mid only a little after, we were scrambling evern partef the forest that had lieen binned, when llallautrae, who was a Utile nhead. ducked suddenly behind a fallen trunk. I joined hint lu tills shelter, w hence w e could leek abroad without licing seen euii-clvcs; nnd in the bottom et the next vale lie-held a large wur ptity of the savnges going by across our line. There might t the value of n weak battal ion present, all uakl te the waist, blacked with grease and suei. e-id painted with whlte lead nnd vermilion, uce . Iiu;; te their beast ly habits. They went one behind another like a string of gcsise, nud ut n quleklsh trot, se that they took but n little while tu rattle by and illsapjiear uguiii among the weeds. Yet I supiKMi we endured a greater agony of lieslintleu and susjieuse in thee few minutes than gees usually te a man's whole life. Whether thej were Fuueh or KuglUh In dium, whether tlnv denresl scalps or pris oners, whether we should devklie ourselves ujieu the chance or He quiet nud continue the heart breaking business of our journey t sure, I think, theoe were questions te liave puzzled the brains of Aristotle himself. Ballantrae turued te me with a face all wrinkled uji and hit teeth showing in his mouth, like that 1 have read of jieople starving; he Bald no word, but his whele nppe-aranca wasnklud of elrcjvUul question; ih-j may de en us cngitse .arae,- i whispered; "804 think I the best we could thou hepe, is te Iwgln this evcrjgalB." "I knew, I knew," he said. "Yet It must ceme te a jilunge at last" And be suddenly plucked out his coin, shook It in bis closed hands, looked at It, and then lay dewu with tils face lu the dust Adoitiev er Mil lUatuijin I drop the cheva lier's narration fit this point because the ceuph) quarrvlad end separated the sanra dsy; and the chevalier's account of the quirrcl seems te me (I must confess) quite Incompatible with the tiAturs of cither of the ineu. Henceforth, they wandered alone, undergoing exlraerdhmry sufferings; until first one and then the ether was picked up by a patty from Fert Bt. 1'rnlcrlck. Only two things nre te be noted. And first (as roost Inqwrtsnt for my purpose) that the master In the ceurse of his miseries burled his treasure, at a olet never since discovered, but of which he took a drawing In his own bleed en the lining of hi hat And second, that en his coming thus pcnnUtn te the fort, he was welcomed like a brother by the cliev uller, who thence paid his way te France. The Implicit? of Mr. Burke's character leads him at this point te praise the master exceedingly te an eye mere worldly wise. It would seem It was tb chevalier alone that was te be commended. I hats the mere pleasure In jwlatlng te this really vert noble trait of my esteemed correspondent, as fcarliusy liave wounded hiai Immediately b fere. I ha v-e refrained from comments en any el his extraordinary and (In my eyes) immoral opinions, for 1 knew him te m Jealous of respect Hut his v crslen of the quarnl Is really mero thai 1 can reproduce; for I knew the master myself, and a man mero lususccptible of fear Is net con wJrnble. I regret this ercrshtkt of the chevalier's, and all the mero lecause the tenor of his narra tlve (set nslde a few nourishes) strikes me as hlzh ly biKenueus. CIIAITBIt VI 1. HOME ACCOUNT Or TUB PKRSECUnONS Elf DUIIF.D I1V Hit. IIENIir. OU can guess ou what part of hli adventures tin colonel principally dwelt Indeed, II we had heard It all, It Is te be thought the current of tlili business had been wholly altered; but the plrate ship wai very gently touch ed uien. Ner did I hear the colonel te an end of that m&iT r which ha was will lug te dlsclose; for Mr. Henry, having for souie while been plungesl In a brown study, lttIiQEUtmiierrnas"R?ift and (reminding tin colonel there were matters that he ruust at tend te) Imde me fellow htm Immediately te the olllce. Once there, he sought no longer te dlssem bio his concern, walking te nud fro hi the room with a contorted fae-e aud jiasslng hli hand tcpea telly iijwn Ids biew. "We liave seme business," lie began at Inst, and there broke off, declared we must have wine, and scut for a magnum of the best This was extremely foreign te his habitudes, nnd, what was still mere se, when the wlue had come, he guljied down oue glass upon an other, like a man careless of apjiearances. But the drink steadied him. "Yeu will scarcu be surprised, Mackellar," says he, "when I tell jeu that my brother, whose safety we nre nil rejoiced te leal n, stands in seme need of meuey." I told him I had misdoubted ns much; but the timu was net very fortunate, as the stock w us low. "Net mine," said he. "Thcra Is the money for the mei tgnge." 1 reminded him It was Mrs. Henry's. "1 will be answerable te my wlfe," he cried, violently. "And then," said I, "there Is the mort gage," "1 knew," said he, "it is en that 1 would consult you " I showed him hew- unfortunate a time it was te divert this moiiey from Its desti nation, uud hew, by co doing, we must lese the jnellt of our past economics, nud plunge back the estate into the mire. 1 even took the liberty te plead with him, nnd when he stid opied me with a shake of the head and a bitter, dogged smile, my zeal quite cm rled tue Iwyend my place. "This is mid summer madness," cried I, "and 1, for ene, will be no jiarty te It" "Yeu sjienk ns though I did It for my pleasure," saj s he. "But I hnve n child new: und bcidea, I love order; und te say the hon est truth, Mackellar, 1 had begun te tnke a pride in the estates." He gloomed for a mo ment "But what would jeu liaveP he went en. "Nothing Is mine, nothing. This day's news lias knocked the bottom out of my life. 1 liave only the inline and the ihndevv of things; only the shadow There is nosub nesub Mueu in my lights.' "They will prove substantial enough tie tie tie fere ii emu I." said I, He looked nt me with a burning ove, and seemed te repress the word upon his His;nnd 1 iYK'ntcd what 1 had said, for 1 saw that while he sjiokeef the estate he had still a slde thought te his marriiige. And then, of a sudden, he twitched the letter from his jieeket, where It lay nil crumpled, smoothed It violently en the table, nnd rend tliese wet ds te me with a trembling tongue. '"My dear Jacob' this is hew he beginsl" nrics he" 'My deur Jacob, I ence called you se, veu may reiuciulicr, nnd you have new done the business, and Hung my lus'ls ns high as Cnffel. Uhntdojeu think of that, Mackel lar," tavs he, "from an only brother! I de clare te (led 1 liked him very well; 1 vvosul vvesul wavs stanch te him; nnd tills is hew he w litest But 1 will net sit down under the luijmtatleu" tnulking te uud fro) "I nm nc geed us he; I am a better man than he; 1 call en Ced te prove itl 1 cannot give him all the monstrous sum he asks, he knows the estate te be tiicemiietent. hut 1 will glve him what 1 have, and It is mere than he expecta. I hnve berne all this tee long. See what he w r'tee f urtlier en, read It for yourselfi 'I knew you area nlggaidly deg.' A niggardly degl I, nlg gardly I Is that true, Muckellarl Yeu think ltisl" I really thought he would have struck mentth.it "Oli, jeu nil think sol Well, you shall see, nnd he shall sec, nnd Oed shall see. If 1 1 uin the estate uud go barefoot, I shall stud' this bloodsucker I-et him ask all all, nnd he shall have itl It is all his by lights. "Ahl" he ciled, "and 1 foresaw ull this and weise, when he would net let me go." He K)uisl out another glass of wlne nnd was nbeut te carrj- it te his lijra, when I made se bold ns te lay n finger ou his urnu He stejjjied a moment "Yeu are light," said he, and Hung glass and ull in the llrcplacc "Come, let us ceuut the money." 1 durst no longer ojijieso him, Indeed, I was very much affected by the sight of se much disorder Iu n man usually se controlled; and we sat down together, counted the money and made it up iu packets for the greatercasa of Cel. Burke, who was te be the bcurer This done, Mr. Henry returned te the hall, w here lieiuid my old lord sat all night through with their guest A Ilttle befere dawn I was called and set out with the colonel. He would scarce have liked u less rcsjionsible ceuv ey, for he w as a man who valued himself; nor could we af ford hint one mere illgnlllcd, for Mr. Henry must uet npjicarwitli the free traders. It was nverj-bitter morning of wind, und as no went down through the long shrubbery the colonel held himself mullled in his cloak. "Sir," said I, "this Is a great sum of money tint your friend requires. I must suj)ose bis necessities te be very great" "Wu must sujmose se," saj-s he, I thought drj ly, but ! haju It was the cloak about his mouth. "I um euly n servant of the family," said 1. "Yeu may deal ejieuly with me. 1 think we nre likelj te get little geed by htm." "My dear man," said the colonel, "Ballan "Ballan trae is a gentleman of the most eminent nat ural abilities, nud a man that I admire nud that I revere, te the very ground he trcadi ou." And then he seemed te me te pause, like oue iu a difficulty. "But for nil that," said I, "we nre likely te get little geed by him." "Sure, and j-eu can have it your own way, mj- dear man," saj-s the colonel. Bj this time we had ceme te the slde of the crrekwlicrothelpo.it awaited hfm. "Well," said he, "I ntn sure I nm verj-much jour debtor for nil j-eur civility, Mr. Whatever-jour-naiue-is; nud Just as a last word, uud since jeu show se much Intelligent Interest, 1 will un nt ion a small clicumstuuce that may le of use te the family Fer I belfove tay friend emitted te mention that hi has the largest Kusion ou the Scots Fund of any refugee iu I'ui is, uud it's the mere disgrace ful, sir," cries the colonel, warming, "because there's net oue dirty jenny for injself." He cocked his hat nt me as It I bad lieen te blame for this jmrtlalitj-, then changed ngalu Inte his usual swaggering civility, shook me by the hand nud set off down te the beat, with the itioiieruuilcr his aims, and wldstllnu jr m be weat tM pataetMair or "nmm Areea It waa the flrst time I had beard tbat tone ! was te bear It again, words and fell, at yesi shall learn bat 1 remember bow that littU stave et it ran in my bead after the fret traders had bode him "Whcesbt, in the dell's name," and the grating of the ears had taken Its place, and 1 steed and watched the dawn creeping en the sea and the beat drawing away, and the lugger lying with her foresail backed awaiting it The gap made In our money was a tore em barrassment, and among ether consequcncei it had thlsf That I must ride te Edinburgh, and there raise a new lean en very question able terms te keep the old afloat; and was thus, for close upon three weeks, absent from the beuse bf Durrisdcer. What passed In the interval I had none te tell me, but I found Mrs. Henry, upon my return, much changed in her demeanor; the old talks with my lord for the most part pretermitted; a certain deprecation vliiblg toward her husband, te whom, I thought, he addressed herself mere often, and for ene thing, she was new greatly wrapped up in Miss Katharine, her daughter. Yeu would think tbe change was agreeable te Mr. Henry I Ne such mat tcr I Te tbe contrary, every cir cumstance of alteration was a stab te him. lie read In each the avowal of her truant fancies that constancy te the master el which she was proud, while she supposed bun dead, she had te blush for new she knew h was alive; and these blsuhes were the bated sjirlng of ber new conduct I am te conceal no truth, nnd I will here say plainly, I think this was the period In which Mr. Henry showed the worst He contained himself, In deed, in public, but there was a deep seated Irritation vistble underneath. With me, from whom he had leas concealment, he was often grossly unjust; and even for his wlfe ha would sometimes have a sharp retort per liaj when she had ruffled him with some unwonted kindness, pcrhajn upon no tangi ble occasion the mere liabltual tenor of the man's annoyance bursting spontaneously forth. When he would thus forget himself (a thing se strangely out of keeping with the terms or their relation), there went a shock through the whele company, and the pair would leek ujieu each ethor In a kind of pained amazement All the tlme, tee, wlille he was Injuring himself by this defect of tcmjier, he was hurting his position by a silence, of which I scarce knew whether te say It was the child of generosity or pride. The free traders came again nnd again, bringing messernjfr.. &"" "LxMn?'"i.5.ttf a r,i r. jtnTd'nAniiiuMK unu iiuiiu ucjjuiwu utuiivj handed. I never durst reason with Mr. Henry; he gave what was asked of him in a kind of noble rage. Perhaps because he knew he was by nature Inclining te the parsimoni ous, he took a back foremost pleasure In the iccklcssness with which he supplied his bro ther's exigonce. Perhaps the falsity of the jrasltieu would have spurred nn humbler man into the same excesses. But the cstate (if I may say se) groaned under it; our dally ex penses were sliein lower nud lower; the sta bles were emptied, all but four read3tcrs; 'Wivantu were dischnrgeei, which raised a dreadful murmuring In the country nnd hented up the old dlsfuver ujieu Mr. Henry; and at last the yearly visit te Edinburgh must be discontinued. This was iu 17.V). Yeu are te suppese that for seven years this bloodsucker had becu drawing the llfe'u bleed from Burrlsdccr, and that all this tlme my patron had held hts peace. It was nn effect of devilish malice in the master that he addressed Mr. Henry alone ujxn the matter of. his demands, and there was never n word te my lord. Tbe family hud loekod en, wondering at our economies. They had lamented, 1 have no doubt that my pati en had become se great a miser, a fault alvvaj-s despicable, but In the j-eung nbherrent, nnd Mr. Henry was net yet 80 years et age. Still, he had managed the bus iness of Burrisdeer almost from n boy, and they bore with thcse changes in a sllcnce as proud and bitter as his own, uuttl the coping stone et the Hdluburgh visit At tics tlme, i believe, my atren and his wlfe were rarely together save at meals. Im mediately en the back of Cel. Burke's an nouncement Mrs. Henry made palpable ad vances; you might say she had laid a sort of timid court te her husband, different Indeed from her former manner of unconcern and distance. I uever had the heart te blame Mr. Uenry because he recoiled from thcse ad vances, nor yet te censure the wife, when she was cut te the quick by their rejection. But the result was an entire estrangement, se that (ns I say) they rarely speke except at meals. Even the matter of the Edinburgh visit was first breached at table, and It chanced that Mrs. Henry was that elay ailing and querulous. She had no sooner under stood her husband's mcnulng than the red Hew In her faca "At Int," she cried, "this U tee much! Heaven knew s what pleasure 1 have iu my life thut I should be denied my only consola tion. Tliese shfimeful proclivities must be tioddewn; vv e are already a mark nnd nn eyesore in the ueighWirlioed; I will uet en dure this fresh insanity." "I cannot nfferd It," saj-s Mr. Henry. "Afford!" she eled. "Fer shamel But 1 have money of my own." "That Is all mine, madame, bj- marriage," he snarled, nnd Instantly left the room. My old lord threw uj his hands te heaven, nnd he nnd his daughter, withdrawing te the chimney, gav e me a bread hint te be geno. I found Mr. Henry in hU usual retreat, the steward's room, jierchcd ou the end of the table and plunging his penknife Inte it, with a very ugly countenance. "Mr. lleurj-," fcald I, "j ou de j-ourself tee much injustice; mid it is tlme this should ceose." "Oil I" cries he, "nobody minds here. They think it only natural. I liave shameful pro clivities. 1 qui a niggardly deg," and he dreve his ktiife up te the hilt "But I will show that fellow," he ci led, with nn oath, "I vv ill show him w lilch Is the mero generous." "This Is no generosity," said I, "this Is only prlde." "De you think I want mernlltj-l" he asked. I thought he wanted help, nnd I should glve It him, willy-nilly; nud noeeonor was Mrs. Henry geno te her room than I jiro jire jiro R'lited injself at her deer und sought admit tance. She ejx'nly showed her wonder. "What de you want with me, Mr. Mackellar P said the. "The Iterd knows, madam," saj-s I. "I hnvuuever troubled jeu befere with imj- free doms; but this tiling lies tee hard upon my conscience, nnd it vv ill out. Is it jiessible that two jieople e-an be se blind as jeu nnd my lord! nud have lived nil tl-' vara with a noble gentleman Uke Mr. IKui j , und under stand se little of his nature!" "What does this mean!" she cried. "De jeu net knew where his inoney gees te! Ids and jeurs aud the money for the v cry vv ine he does net drink at table!" I vv ent en. "Te Fans-te that maul Eight thou sand jieunds has he had of us In sev en j ears, nnd my jmtreu feel enough te keep It secret I" "Eight thousand jieundsl" she rejientetL "It is impossible, the cstate is uet sutllcleut." "Oed knows liew we linve sweatee! far things te jiroduee It," said I. "But eight thousand and sixty Is the sum, beslde odd shlllltigs. And if you can think my intreu miserly nfter that, this shall be my last Inter Inter fe'ience." "Yeu need say no mere, Mr. Mackellar," said she. "Yeu have done most jirejicrlj- in wluit jeu tee modestly call your inlerfe'r inlerfe'r ence. I am much te blame; you must think me Indeed n very unebservaut wife" (look ing upon me with a strnnge smile) "but I shall put this i ight at once. The master was alwnjs of n very thoughtless nature; but his heart Is excellent; he is the soul of gcuer gcuer eslty. I shull vvrite te him uij-sclf. Yeu cannot thluk hew you have pained me by this communication." "Indeed, madame, I had hoped te have pleased you," said I, for I raged te see her still thinking et the master. "And jilensed," said she, "aud jdeased me of course." That same day (I will net say but what I watched) I had the satisfaction te seu Mr. Henry ceme from his vv Ifu's room in a state most unlike himself; for his face wns all bleated with vv celling, and yet he seemed te me te walk upon the nir. By this I was sure hU wlfe hud made hlni full amends for once. "Ah," thought I te mj-self, "I have dene ii brave streke this daj-," On the morrow, ns I wa3 seated nt my books, Mr. Henry came In softly behlud me, took me by tbe shoulders and shook me In a manner of jilaj f uluess. "I llnd jeu nre a faithless fellow after all," says he, which was his only refereuce te my jwrt, but the tene he speke In was mere te ma than any elo quence of protestation. Ner was this nil I had effected; for when the next messenger came (as he did net lunjj of Jcrv-anl) from the master, he get nothlmtewor withjilimbut ,a 1ittan TVaWinTiiflntibaZU'WCrwJUfat Btyastf wkelMst eesjisMtssl tfeete affair, Mr. Heary.ne asttlug jaw te paner.aad I only llutbe dryestaad meet formal term. Out this letter I did net area It would scarce be pleasant reading, for Mr. Henry felt be had his wife behind him for evee, aad 1 ob served, en the day it waa dispatched, he had a very gratified expression. Things went better bow hi the family, though It could scarce be pretended they went welt There Waa sew at least Be mis conception ; there was kindness upon all aldet, and I bellore my patron and hb wife might again have drawn together If he could bat have ' pocketed his pride, and she forget (what ni the ground of all) her breeding en another man. It is wonderful hew a private thought leaks out; It 1 wonderful te me new bow we should all have followed the current of ber Kutlmcnts; and though she bore herself qui- " etly, and bad a very even disposition, yet we should nave known whenever her fancy ran te Paris. And would net any one bare thought that my disclosure must bare rooted up that idol! I think there it the devil In women; all these yean passed, never a eight of the man, little enough kindness te remem ber (by all accounts) even while she bad bim, the notion of his death intervening, his heart less rajiaclty laid bare te ber: tbat all should uet de, and she must still keep the best place In her heart for this accursed fellow U a thing te make a plain man rage. I hed never much natural sympathy for the passion of love, but this unreason in my patron's wife disgusted me outright with tbe whole matter. I remember checking a maid because she sung some bairnly kickshaw while my mind, was thus engaged; and my asperity brought about my ears the enmrty of all the petticoat about the house, of wbtcjh I recked very lit tle, but it amused Mr. Henry, who rallied me much upon our joint unpepuhu Ity It U strange enough (for uiy own mother waa cer tainly one of the salt of the earth, and my Aunt Dicksen, who paid my fees at the uni versity, a very netnble wemani. but I have never liad much toleration for the female box, possibly net much understanding and being far from a bold man I have ever shunned their company Net only de I see no cause te regret this dlflldence In myself, but have invariably remarked the most un happy consequences fellow these who were less wise. Se much I thought proper te est down, lest I show mvHclf unjust te Mr. Henry And, besides, ?oe remark arose nat urally, en a reperusal of the letter, which wa the next steji A Altar .sfflfclrji axd rrached.vnai te hiy'sliicere astonishment, by a private hand, seme week or se after the departure et the last messenger (Letter from Cel. Burke (afterward chevalier) te Mr. Mackellar.) "Tueyks in Champagne, I "July 13, 1750 ( "My dkau Slit Yeu will doubtless be tw prised te receive a communication from one se little known te you, but en the occasion I1 had the geed fortune te rencentre you at Burrisdeer, I remarked you for a young man of a solid gravity of character, a qualifica tion whicli I prefesj I admire and revere next te natural genius or the bold chivalrous spirit of the soldier 1 was besides interested In the noble family which you hnve the honor te serve or (te sjicak mero by the boeki te be the humble and respected friend of, nnd a con versation 1 had the pleasure te have with you verj" early in the morning has remained much upon my mind. I "Being the ether day in Paris, en a visit from this famous city where I am In garri son, 1 took occasion te inquire your name (which I profess I had forget) nt my friend, the master of B ; nnd a fair opiertunity occurring, I vvrite te Inform you of what's new. "The master of B (when we had last seme talk et hhn together) wns in receipt, as I think I then told you, of a highly advan tageous pension en the Scots fund. He next received a ceinuny, nnd was seen after ad vanced te a regiment of his own. My dear sir, 1 de net offer te explain this circum stance; any mere than why I myself, who liave rid at the i ight hand of princes, should be tubbed off w ith a pair of colors and sent te ret in a hole nt the bottom of the province. Accustomed as I am te com ts, 1 cannot but feel It is no ntmospbere for a plain soldier; nnd I could never hejw te advance by a sim ilar means, even could I steep te endeavor. But our friend has a particular aptitude te succeed by the means of ladles; aud if all be true that I have heard, he enjoyed a remark able protection. It is like this turned against him; for when I had the honor te shake him by the hand, he was but newly released from the Bastille, where he hud been cast en a sealed letter, and, though new released, has both lest his regiment nnd his pension. My dear sir, the loyalty of u phin Irishman will ultimately succeed in the place of craft, as I am sure a geutlemuu of your probity will ugiee. "New, sir, the master is e. man whose gen ius 1 admire bejend expression, and, besides, he is my friend; but I thought a little word of this revolution in his fortunes would uet ceme amiss, for in my opinion the man's des- peinte. He sjioke wuen 1 saw him of a tup te India (whither I am myself iu seme hojieef accompanying my illustrious coun ceun trjmau, Mr. Bally), but for this lie would require (as I uuderstoed) mere money thou w as readily nt his cemmaud. Yeu raaj- have heurd n militaiy proverb that it is a geed tiling te make u bridge of geld te a llj ing en cmj! I trust you will take my meaning; and I subscribe mj-self, with jirejier respect te tnj-Leid Durrlsilccr, te his son, aud te the beauteous Mrs. Durie, my dear sir, j-eur obedient humble servant, "FAtiCI3 Buuke." This mUsive I cairicd at ence te Mr. Henry; and I think there was but ene thought between the two of us that it bad ceme u w eel: tee late. I made haste te scud an answer te Cob Burke, In which I begged him, it he should sea the master, te assure him his next messenger w euld be attended te. But with all my hostel was net In tlme te avert what was imiendlng; the arrow had lieen drawn, It must new lly. I could almost doubt tliojievvcrof Provider.co (and certainly his will) te staj- the issne et events; aud it is a strnnge thought hew many of us had been stetlig up the elements of this cntastrophe, for Lew long a time, nnd with hew blind an Ignorance of sv hat we did. Continued next Sutuidai, Telle il'.vpeij'H Decoration. Tulle d'Apcrj in the name of the jetingest jeunialibl in New Yerk, nnil ene of the youngest in the world. He ts only 12 yeais of age, nntl la already editor of :i monthly journal for bejH nnil girls. The journal is led? than a yeareld, but lias already made its marl:, uud wen mtinbeile-s.s compliments ferits jeutliful editor. It lias been the aim of thoj-eung lad te de geed with bin littfe paper. It lias net been btarted with the intention of making money, but rather for aiding peer little children by calling attention te their wants. Telle lias leccirctl lctteisnnd contribu tions from home of the me3t noted peeple in the w e r 1 d. Among tliem ap jicar Ferdinand de Lcfasejw, Gen. Ilea 1 1 regard, Sir J u 1 i.m l'.uinco l'.uince l'.uinco feto, Daren Rothschild, Mar nlse received con tributien from soveral royal hands, and the eiu.iut or the udcbatoe. nce e, panying cut is of a medal ecnt te him with a letter from the presl- elent of Belivia. It is t"lie "Decoration of Liberator" conferral for geed deeds. Many ladies of literary fame have nlse contributed te Thu Sunny Heur. Mary M.ipea Dedge, Mrs. Frank Leslie, Clla Wheeler Wilcox, tlie queen of.Reumaniai Ain.indi M. Douglas, the countess of MaitclC'njiO, etc. Telle Is it geed btudent although net a grinder. Iiu speaks Fi elicit fluently and is showing marked progress in Greek, tlie language of his father, Theleuioque eVAperj-. Among the contributions te u recent numlwr -vas a poem by Nicolas, prince of Mnntei pew SsS-$3wg5J. Bhal Iijieunjaki, TA(ViS of tllQ Greek Sl5tif?'S3: army, anil many sXUbW$5? ethers. II e has liP .:. .AH-t'ts .AhtiM.V tt !., j .-, ,), .te. ,. LtL. s . tWVilteiv.we-
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