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Malco}ifi,-tlie Avenger;
on!
The Mysterious Murder,
BY HAIMUSOX AJXSWOB3SH.
<
iAuthor (m* "Towkh Hir.n," "Bap- !
flki) at Last, "A Talk of -M-VJJ- j
ti:i;v," mv., kit.
4\4'
* CHAPTER XVII. '
TK2 ACCUSATION* UENIFD. "
"VThen llio accusing words of Vernon
i Audrey fell on Mr. i???r;veat's ears, lie became
ghastly pale; but only for a moment.
Putting the young man aside, with, a force
which lie vainly endeavored to resist,
he seized the hands of Violet aiid^&rew her
to his side, '
''Are you suddenly bereft of your eoftsei
Mr. Aubrey," he stoi aly demanded, "that
you corno into my hcuae,v*and utter such
ridiculous nonsense before my friends?
Were it not that I f/jel some compassion
for you,'as a di3appoin{)ed man, I should be j ,
disposed to call in my servants, and bid ,
them expel you I " !
This bold speech- rsasured tho panicstricken
guests, and they began to gather
I around Mr. Denvent and his pale bride* j
! and cast resentful glances at tho audacious ,
But new Chailes Malcolm stepped forward,
and before his steady ira<o the eyes j
o: Violet's guardian fell, In' his grasp I
on the trembling girl tir lit< m *.l; and ho I
puriiaily interposed himself 1> t'.veen her |
a ml those who would have v. lost.} 1 her from
Lis held. I
".Mr. Derwent," saM Malcolm, in the 1
I firm, vipiiible tones wliie i always command j
I respect sind attention,? 3Jr. Do.".vent, you I
wiil d'.? wol! to ri.iiniss ><,ur \i itors, and I
: to unhand th. t young ;.dy. The mar- j
riuge you have contempi-ted cannot take i
piie.'." j
"C'lnn'-t, s;r? I have Miss Lindsly's t
| p-i.-i lve pi-"!ge to become mine within this !
| lieu-; and neither your uncalled-for inU'i
irivnee nor liie ravings of your mad com- j
pauion shall prevent it being fulfilled ! "
! "Then you compel me to speak openly. ]
Miss Lindsly, your ^itardiau has been false ;
! to his trust! Lie h.is abused the confidencc j
| reposei in him, and tampered with jour j
j property! It is to conceal his guilt thai; he |
i striwH to wed you." j a
I mr. l^erweni simiua contemptuously. j
"Miss Littdsly already knows the circ'im- '
j stances ou which you put scr harijli a eon- J
| struclion. She is aware that my aftec- |
j tionate eitde tvors to make her lwppy, and
j to surrouud Iter with everything she could |
j crave, led me into expenses beyond my j
| means; to meet which in an evil hour, I ,
| made use ol' my powers as co-trustee, to sell
I out scute of her property, which, I regret i
! to s ly, i have nut been able to replace. I
: have confesse i tliis to Violet, and she has
| nobly, "'.'ii'-ion-iv forgiven me. Have you.
not, my d rarest? *' * j
I She bowel assent, for she cuuld not com- i
| maud her voice sulliciently to make any
j oliter reply. j
I Vernon Aubrey understood now all that
I p. rpie.\ed him so in her conduct. Mr. ;
I Derweiit, well aware that when slic took up |
I her abode with Sir Jolm Lefroys, all his !
| speculations would be detected, had thrown
i hiius.-li upon her mercy. lie had wrought !
I upon her Ijy his assurances that it was for
| her he had sinned?that hi3 overweening
| love had made him half ruin himself, to j
j surround her with luxuries, and indulge
| tlur lightest wish she formed. And Violet
I had not beared him unmoved. Sadly con- ;
| vinced of Aubrey's gilt, and regarding it 'j
as her duty to save her guardian from the j
consequences ot the guilty acts into which '
his love for her had betrayed him, she had i *
maue herself the sacrifice, and vowed to , *
keep his secret. : 1
Charles Malcolm's next words ruthlessly
destroyed the illusion under which sbe had E
been laboring; and, in spite of herse'if, a 1
suspicion began to creep into her heart that ^
6he had been duped. 1 i
"This tale did very well for an imsuspect- e
ing girl, who hiul no mams of testing its j I
truth, and was generously ready to think j i
tho best of her guardian. But I happen j r
to have learned, in some inquiries I have
instituted in the City, that Mr. Derwent ! <
has dabbled in sundry speculations not !
very creditable* to him ; and that the sums j 1
procured by the sale of stock standing in
his ward's name were paid into the firm of t
Gulson and Itougcm, whoso frauds havo c
just been exposed in the daily papers." f
Violet began to shiver in Mr. Denvcnt's 1
; fierce clasp, and to look anxiou.dy and fear- t
fully in his lowering fnco. lie saw this, a
! and spoke to her in hurried whisper-*.
I "Yuu hear what ho says? Well, it is
j false?all false! It is a parr of a cruel plot ' e
j to ruin me in your estiir ' on. Go to your j
j own room',"my beloved, for a few minutes. c
j I will get rid of these base slanderers, and 1
I join you there." 1
1 He would have led her away, saying, 1
"Miss Lindsly does not choose to listen to
] any more oi these vile insinuations.
! She prefers to retire to her own apartj
nients."
| But Sir John L- froyo, who had made
I several attempts to get a hairing, now angrily
and i'u.i.-j lv interposed. : r
"It is quite time that I exercise! nvj an- i I
thority. I have been too yielding?too ' i
good-natured. I ought to have insisted j i
upou taking Miss Lindsly awny when I ; 1
came here before. Violet Lindsly, in the i t
j name of your dead father, 1 command you ; i
to quit the side of that bad man, and place i 1
yourself under my protection."
"Convince mo that Mr. Derwent has j J
played the dishonorable part you impute to
l.;,., I ...:n ,1 .... i> _i_- i a ! ]
aii ui, nnu. x win , feiiu ilium tu u'.l, it nil- |
ly. "iJut I will not retract my promiso j j
until assured of ltis unworthiness. I would j '
notturn away a servant on such mere as- i '
sertions as you liavo been making; how, |
then, shall I brealc my vows to one whom I
have always trusted and respected?"
"My assuarance that Tdr. Djrwcnt is a ! 1
tad man ought to bo suliioient for you !" 1
I Sir John exclaimed, drawing himself up |
i with more than his usual pomposity. - '
"l'eihaps it ought; !> .;t i )ia.ve boon I !
i taught to hold my word saeiod, and I shall ;
j continue to <lo so."
Yet, while Violet?true to her honorable j 1
I teachings?was saying this, her blue eyes !
I eagerly sought ami questioned the agitated j
ceuntenance of Vernon Aubrey. Slic long- j '
j to fly to liis side?to know herself free from j
the bonds which linked her to another; | .
I and more and more hateful became the
I thought of tiie marriage she still consideri
lti*ivsf?iF ta t r.u'fc
Mr. DiTwont smiled exultingly as ho j
j listened to her. j t
' "Miss hin-lsly speaks like her own, no- ! ?
I ble, generous self!" he tried. "And now j
who shall dare to hinder our union ? Come, j l
| my friends; we have let these highly re* ] ]
spectahle yentlumen detain us rpiite long j
j enough." ! (
) Charles Malcolm was baffled l>y his cool- ! ,
| ness. He was unprovided with sufficient j
corroborative testimony of Mr. Derwent's i ,
turpitude, for Millicent's brief telegram : s
had bidden him com<f to Norwood without j
j delay. Neither had he been able to see !
Jior since his arrival, and learn the reason i ,
) of her hasty summons?for Vernon ia his J ,
| impetuosity, dragged him at onco into the ! <
apartmeat where the bridal party were as- j (
Seinbled.
As he was about to propose to Miss j j
Lindsly that she should postpone her iiup- ) :
tialu, and give him time to prove the jus- j ,
tiee of his allegations, Vernon Aubrey i j
broke in upon liim. j <
"Violet, you cannot?you must not unite !
yourself to tliis man. If I had not known ,
hint to be worthless, 1 would have striven | ]
to resign you. But a deeper crime rests ]
upon his soul than any Malcolm has accus- j ]
ed him of. He is the niuiucier of Hubert ,
Walters!"
Violet could feel the hand that grasped j ]
hers grow cold as ice as the vehement Au- j
brey uttered this terrible accusation ; but j
Mr. Derwent gave no otlior token of being ,
cither startled <>r angered by the charge
brought againM u:
mill.
"This is turning the tables with a vengeance!"
lie cried scornfully. ".Jlr. Aubrey,
who knows tliat his own doubtful conduct
has induced 111 any to believe him to be the
guilty wretch who took Robert Walter's
life, now tries to shift the odium on to my
shoulders. Is there no other evil deed you
can impute to me f"
A murmur of sympathy arose amongst
those who stoo l around. Mr. Derwent's
calm and imposiug manner had a greater
effect upon them than the disordered looks
and passionate aboertions of Vernon Aubrey.
But the latter was not daunted by this.
"I repeat it," he said, addressing himself
to Violet. "I repeat my words. To this
man, and none other, did Robert Walters
owe his untimely death."
It was the voice of the deeply moved
Malcolm that answered him. "If this be
true, why have you so long kept silent H
Why have you permitted yourself to be
suspected.
He might have added, "Why have you
let me so unjustly coudemn the unfortunate
Sybil?" but ho could not bring himself
to acknowledge the dreadful doubts
of her- innocence which had tormented
bim.
Before Vernon Aubrey conld reply, Mr.
Derwcnt defiantly exclaimed, "There h.i3
been enough of tiiis ; I am not bound to
stand on my own hearthstone and hear myself
so unwarrantably aspersed. Have
5-011 any proofs to bring lorward of the
truth of your sta.'emeu t ? No! I thought
xs much. Like Mr. Malcolm, you think to
"right*m Miss Lindsly into believing me a
monster \"
' The i>roofs of the crimc are her.'!" a;Jd
i feminine voice; and Millicent Yyner
;ame forward, and stood, calm and unlaunted.
before the speakers.
"You !" gaspe 1 Mr. Dcnvent, fear creeping
over him lor the first time. "Why,
ivhat can you know
"Too much for your safety," Millicent
responded, ' Like many other assassins,
fou have permitted your own carelessness
x> convict you." JIo would have inter upted,
but she went steadily on. "When
rou Hung tiie phial from the window of the
00111 where you mixed the deadly draught,
fOu forgot to destroy t he stopper which
tad closed it?you forgot to do away with
Ho case in which that phial, with three
>thers, had been hid<ieu. Jt is here !" she
ixclaimed, holding up a tiny glass stepper,
md the little carved box sh** had taken
roru the drawer in his dressing-room.
'The loug-songht proofs are hero; ..ad to
rou, Mr. .Malcolm, as the avenger of Kob>rt
Walters, 1 eoniidc. theiu."
There w.is a momentary hush iii the
00111, :is she stepped, up to Malcolm, and
>ut into his hands the articles she had
liscovered. Mr. Derwout still l?*ld his
lead erect, as if lie delied his accusers ;
>ut his blanched lips, and a strange cxiression
in his deep-set eyes, betrayed the
truggle going on within.
Sir John Lefroyo was the first to move,
le quietly left the apartment, and guv ft
oine directions which resulted in the
>oliee making their n; pea ranee at Dcr?cnt
Lodge in the course of a very shot"
iine. f
Violet had listered with breathless
lorror to Millicent Vynev's revelations,
tnd n<ftv she tried to release herself from
klr. Derwent's hold. "When sh* found this
mpossible, she shrieked to Aubrey for
lelp, in a fit of terror which sha could not
lontrol.
At the sonnd of her piteous cry?at tho
light of the look of mingled horror and refret
she cast upon'him, Mr. Derwent's foitudo
partially gave way, and hid grasp
relaxed* No sooner did Yiolet discover
-his, than, forgetful of everything but tho
nspiring sense of freedom, sho sprang in0
the outstretched arms of Vernon Audrey.
Like a frightened but confiding child,
the clung to him, and sobbed upon his
>reast: while he, overjoyed to know that
ic had rescued her, and that her heart had
lever held any other image than his own,
toothed her tenderly. In the softest whis>ers,
he bade her remember that she hud
lothing to fear now?that his arms were
tround her, and she was safe.
Safe! All, the word was spoken too
iuic'kly.
When Mr. Derwent saw the women whom
ic had periled his soul to win, clinging to
lis detested rival, without a thought of the
orture she was inflicting on him, his breath
:ame and went, his teeth were fiercely
piuslied, and an execration burst from his
ips, so awful, so blasphemous, that
svery one who heard it shrank from him
1 fFrightcd.
The next minute a loud report was heird
?a shriek?and a heavy fall. He had
ulded another to his many crimes.
He turned to fly as soon as the deed was
lone, but ere lie reached the door to whicii
le directed his flight, two policemen appeared
at it, and he found himself helpleasy
their prisoner.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE END OP THE CBIMlNAL's CAREER.
One futile struggle, and Mr. Derwont
tclrnowled^ed himself conquered. And
low his suave manner returned, and he
vas calm and smiling as usual. "You
iced not he rough with mo," he said lo
lis captors, "or feel afraid tliat I shall at:empt
to evade you. I have made a great
nistake in losing my temper, and I must
nit up with the consequences."
He glanced towards the group at the
)ther end of the room. There, those who
lad had the courage to remain in the
room had gathered around a prostrate form,
md a woman s heavy sobs were heard above
;he murmur of voices, that asked, "Is she
lead? Is there no means of staunching
;he bleeding till the doctor comes ?"
"Better dead than another's," muttered
Mr. Derwent, viciously; but although lie
spoke thus, a sick faintness crept over him,
md he asked for some brandy.
As the fiery spirit warmed his blood, his
;our:Jge revived. "What are you going to
:lo with me, my good fellows? Take me
before a magistrate at once ? Eh, well;
it must, be as you please, I suppose. I
should like to t ike a change of clothes with
me, and my desk and dressing-cases. If
j-ou will go with me to my rooms, I will
point out what I wish to have."
They had been careful to take from liiin
the revolver from which he had tired the
Fatal shot; and on receiving his assurance
that he had no other weapon about him,
they signified tluyr willingness to accede
to his wishes.
"Where is my daughter ?" ho cried,
suddenly recollecting her. No one answering,
he beckoned to Millicent Vynor,
trho was crossing the room with some
bandages. "Come hither, girl?como
Ixitlier."
\Vith reluctance to approach one so vile,
struggling with her habit of obedience, she
same.
"Spy !?info -mfcr ! mean creature that
tte my bread, and then betrayed me,1' ho
said to her, bitterly?"what have you done
with Sybil ?"
She started at the question, and a touch
:>f sorrow mingled with the abhorrence with
R'hich she regarded him. "Miserable man !
1 lien you <lo not irnow wnac you navo
loner"
lie looked at hor half fearfully. "Was
the draught too strong'? Yet no, it could
not have been. Tell me where she is ? Uo
pou think that because fate is against mo,
such tilings as you arc can play with me at
your will ?"
Instead of replying to him, Millicent adIrosscd
herself to the policemen. "bet
liita sue his handiwork. Perhaps, even his
liard heart will l>e softened, when he
knows how fearful a crimo he has committed."
In obedience to her behest, the men led
Kim forward. Every one shrank from coining
into contact with a murderer; and as
they moved aside, an applling sight presented
itself.
On the carpet knelt Violet, the bridal
veil torn'from h'er'golcfen tresses, her white
J robes dabbled in gore. On her lap restec
j the head of Sybil, froin whose white neci
the life-stream was slowly welling. Hoi
i dark eyes were fixod upon the anguished
i face of Charles Malcolm, who was bending
j over her, and vainly striving1 to chafc
i a little warmth into her nerveless hands.
Glia-itly as the dying girl he gazed on.
Sir. Derwent uttered a wailing cry, and
staggered back. How came Sybil there f
And was this his doing ?
He had not seen her enter the room,
neither had any one else marked her entrance,
so absorbed had they all been in
listening to tho charges made by Vernon
Aubrey, and so boldly refuted by the
wretched man, whose last and worst deed
of all convicted him.
Sybil, confused by the drug she had
Bwallowed, had been scarcely alive to the
actual meaning of Millicent Yyner's warnings,
when the latter was compelled tc
leave her. But as by slow degrees hex
mind became clearer, she was able to comprehend
what was occurring.
In that, interview with her father, tc
which Millioont had listened at the window,
she had sternly reprobated hisatteinpt
to wed ihe innocent Violet, and had even
| declared her resolve to interfere at all hazards
if he persisted. Finding that she was
neither to be cajoled nor menaced into silence,
Mr. Derwent pretended to yield the
pQ^t; and she left him,hoping that her arguments
had prevailed, and that ho would
forego his designs.
But he stolo into her chamber in the
! dead of the night, and with a smilo upon
| his lips, which a determined ring in his
j suppressed tones contradicted, he forced
j her to swallow what he termed a sedative,
to calm her excited nerves. He watched
beside her until the narcotic began to take
effect, and then left the room, exulting in
the thought that he had silenced her
until the opposition she menaced him with
would be unavailing.
As Sybil's senses returned, and she re
caned uiese luings, sue sianeu irom ner
bed. She comprehended now that he had
given her the sleeping potion to enable him
to marry Violet in spite of her. Had she,
Indeed, slept too long tp prevent it?
Coming swiftly down stairs, she pushed
her way through the group of servants
who, alarmed by Sir John Lefroye having
sent for the police, had gathered round the
door of the room where the bridal pirty
had assembled.
The first person on whom her eyes fell
was Charles Malcolm, and she paused, faint
with dread; for she recollected Millicent's
assertion, that he came to fulfil "Walter's
reauest. Tim jiext moment, she saw Violet
I fly into the embrace of Vernon Aubrey, and
I her father, white-lipped and madly revengeful,
slip his hand into his vest.
She knew what he carried there; she
guessed his fell purposo; and, to save the
unconscious lovers, she threw herself before
them:
This generous action was done ao rapidj
ly, that it was not until Sybil lay wounded
j at their feet that they knew thu danger
j from which they had happily been rescued,
| or to whom they owed their safety,
j When Sybil heard hor father's ?xclama|
tion of horror at the sight before him, she
I attempted to raise herself. "Did him como
j to me," she murmured to Charles Malcolm,
! when ahe found herself incapable of the ef|
fort; "I must speak to him before we aro
I parted for ever."
Accordingly, his captors led him to the
. Bide of his dying daughter. Great drops of
I agony stood on his brow; the agony of that
awful moment was almost more than he
could bear, but ho did not speak; not even
f' when sho held out her hand with a smile oi
forgivi r.,<8s.
"Fatner, we have not loved each other as
we'should have done, and perhaps the fault
of that has been, in a great measure, imno.
I have been too impatient, too reserved, to
gain that influence with you that a gentler
nature might have acquired."
"Nay, my child, you may speak freely
those truths to your murderer that you
would not utter to your father," he answered,
sombrely. "Say at once that you have
always recognized tho villain in me, and so
! despised mo."
! "Hush !" she said. "It was not I whe
' should have judged you. I should have
j tried whether tny loving words aud tendei
| caresses would not lead you to purer courses,
; Yut, however, I may have erred, Bay thai
J you forgive me."
; "This is mockery," was the hoarse reI
pponse. "Is it not I who should plead foi
I pardon ?"
| Hut Sybil could say no more. "If mj
I death should teach you to repent " she
| began; then, with a quivering sigh, sh<
j slid from Violet's arms, and for a whih
I they believed that all was over. Mr. Dcr
j . went, who seemed slunned by the conse
; quences of his crime, and careless what be
j came ot mm, was ica iroin me room, anc
j those who had come to assist at a gay bri
dal, were glad to escape from a scene sc
different to anything tliev had anticipated
Svhil revived suificiuntly to request ?
parting interview with Charles Malcolm
Perfectly conscious that her hours wer<
numbered, she no longer concealed hoi
long-end tiring affection l or him, though sh<
i deprecated the grief he teatilied as hethrev
j himself on his knees beside the couch or
I which they had 1 aid her.
j "I had ?<jt deemed that in your heart yoi
| still cherished so fond a remembrance o!
I ine," she murmured; "but it makes tliesi
i hist hours of my sad life less bitter."
1 1 > - l" T 1,1 ? >1 -U,
[ yy uuiu iu ucavuu i. wuiu aavv jvu, in
| groaned. "My dear one, bo more hopeful
I mid try to live for my sake."
| Sybil sighed.
"i'or what would you save me? For thai
' overwhelming shame and public disgract
| from which Heaven i3 mereifully removing
me r1"
"No one shall ever dare to associate dis
i grace with your name while I live," Mai
i colin exclaimed. "It shall be my care t<
! shield you from every harsh word or look.'
I i}ut Sybil shook her head sorrowfully.
"You would spare me tins, and all els<
I if you could, I know; but you cannot husl
I the busy tongues that, will spread m;
! father's crimes throughout England. Yoi
| cannot close your eyes to the misery i
I would'inflict on your proud spirit, if i'
{ were known that you had connected your
; self with the murderer of your cousin."
"You shall live for my sake, ;av dearest
and we will go abroad, we will assumo an
other name, and all these thiugs shall b<
forgotten."
She heard him with sad pleasure; hui
she know that this would never be, thai
her hours were numbered, and she wouh
not permit herself to regret it. Her lov<
for Charles Malcolm was that pure, self
I sacrificing affection, which her sex alom
can testify. She had renounced th(
happiness of becoming his wife whei
chance revealed her father's true charade:
to her appalled eyes. From *hat momcm
she may have been said to have partec
with every hope and joy that makes lif(
sweet to the young and benutilul.
For Malcolm's sake she broke off he;
emgagement with him. It was bettei
that he should grieve over her as a heortlesi
coquette, than have to reproach her foi
having blurred ins honor by permitting
him to link himself with the daughter of ?
dishonest man.
For her father's sako she had concealec
from the world all that shame and suffering
his guilty practices entailed upon her.
Terrible had those sufferings been
From on early period, she, who coulc
| never refrain from closely watching him
| had discovered that he loved Violet, ant
j was jealously distrustful of every one wh<
I approached her. Of Itobert Walters, tin
| handsomest and richest of hor suitors, Ik
| entertained the greatest fear; and wher
at Violet's birth-night ball, the young man's
! attentions were openly paid aiut permittee
by his ward, he trembled lest he shoult
I lose her.
' A hasty word which ho dropped in th<
I fury of his wrath had frightened Sybil fo:
the young man's sufety, Not contenl
with warning him that there was dangei
in remaining at Derivcut LoJgc? she liac
i attempFecl to waylay lier father in one of
! the passages, with the intention of hinting
: her conviction of his designs, and imploring
him to forego them.
I But scarcely had the first words he on
' spoken when she learned that she was
laboring under a mistake. Deceived by
! the dim li^'ht, and some similariaty of
> height and ilgure, she had addressed her'
self to Vernon Aubrey instead of Mr.
' Derwent.
Scarcely comprehending the meaning of
> her hurried Kn.'ffh. ho dirl nrvh Vinnifata
pledge liiinsdli to silence, when she found
out her error, and entreated him to forget
1 what she had been saying. Thus he fount^
1 himself at terwards, not only bound by^his
promise to -withhold tlio clue he coula have
given to the murderer of Eobert Writers,
' but compelled to endure, without an effort*
1 at his oip vindicatioj^tHS'suspicion his'
.eVasiYa^&4|mer entailra upon-'him, when
1 .examixled aVthVinquest.
Charles Malcolm knew not how to compensate
the dying girl for the doubts of
her innocence which he had been cherish1
ing; but Sybil guessed what he would have
said, and tenderly silenccd him.
' ? "Do you think tliat I blame you, how
ever you may have conamned me. Tfca
bliss of being reinstated in your esteem
amply repays me for all that. Aid it
! sweetens these painful moments to know
that when I am at rest you will al ways
think of me?not as the false-hearted woman
who rejected you, but as the .Sybil
who loved you better than her own happnesss.
The interview was exciting her too much,
and t ie f-u-geou who w:is in the room
came forward and begged Air. Malcolm to
r withdraw
Reluctantly, ho wns about to obey, when
Sybil murmur-id. 'Wot yet. Lift me in
i your arms, and let me sec Violet once more.
I should like to bid her farewell."
Millicent flew in search of the weeping
girl, whom Vernon Aubrey was endeavoring
to console and calm.. She hurried to
the side of her friend, but SybU saw her
not. Her last look had been already given
! to Chr.rles Malcolm, and she did not speak,
! except to softly murmur, "My poor, poor
j guilty father! .May God have mercy I"
j When Violet leaned over her, and put her
lips to the white check reposing on Mai- #
colm's breast, it was already growing cold
in. death..
i They kid her in one of the fairest spots
in that loveliest bf all our suburban cemeteries,
Norwood. No stone marks the spot,
for Malcolm would not have anything done
which might lead the curious to gaze upon
the tomb which held the daughter of Walters,
murderer. But a light railing encloses
j the grave, which in spring time, is covered
I with white violets and the blue forget-me
i not; and one faithful heart clings fondly
to the memory of the brave, pure spirit,,
whose mortal coil rests beneath it.
Mr. Denvent evaded death by the hand
of the hangman; for lie had cunningly
j concealed about hia poreon some of the
| virulent poison which had rid him of his
i sival. After 6ome days spent in his prison
' cell, in fits of alternate remorse and revilI
ing at his fate, he swallowed the drug, and.
j was found dead upon his pallet.
It was some time before Violet Lindsly
overcame the shopk of these terrible events
! she had witnessed. Accompanied by Hilj
licent, to whom she had became much attached,
she went with Sir John and Lady
] Lefroyo to a secluded watering-place, and
i remained there until her health and spirits
' were somewhat restored.
A careful investigation of accounts
! Droved that much of her pronertv had been
I converted by Mr. Derwent to his own uaes;
I but Vernon Aubrey loved lier for herself,
[ and perhaps was all the more pleased that
she was no longer the wealthy heiress sha
hail been, as it enabled him to prove tho
, disinterestedness of his affectionEre
long she became his bride; and Sir
, John Lcfrove, to* testify his regret for the
| neglect of hin duties as a trustee, which
i lmd enabled Mr. Derwent to commit these
. I frauds undetected, presented the bride
i j groom with tho title deeds of a pretty littlo
i I estate, to which the really happy couple
retired for a honeymoon protracted far be!
jond its usual limits.
, When Charles. Malcolm saw Millicent
Vyner again, an unexpected piece of good
fortune had placed her and her mother
; above want. A plot of land her father had
purchased in Australia many years previously,
had suddenly become valuable,
> and the widow sold it for a sum which
Millicent insisted upon investing in an an,
? nuity for her mother's benefit..
) j Charles Malcolm negotiated the sale of
) | Ihe land for Mrs. Vyner, and this affair
s | brought him into frequent contact -with
- i her daughter. Millicent was the only crea
j ture in the world to whom he could apeak
! freely of Sybil, and it was during these
I i conversations that ho learned to l hnire
| and appreciate the spirit and intelligence
) | of this young creature.
. ! "There is strange similarity in our
i | fates," he observed to her one day, as they
sat together at the window of the pretty
i j cottage hor mother had at Twickenham,
l' j i> !iy watching tlie boats iloat by upon the
3 I river.
r Millicent looked up with some surprise.
1 "Not much, I think. Your life has never
been such a chequered ona as mine. Yon
1 have never known what it is to struggle
f with poverty, and lie down at night op3
j "pressed with a dread of what the morrow
| may bring forth."
j j "I was not thinking of that. I fear
, I tha.ii, under such circumstances, I should
not have emulated tbo brave and cheerful
| patience which you displayed."
t I Millieent's sweet fiiee glowed at his
i j praises.
f "You forget that you have only heard
this from my too partial mother, who never
knew how often the patience she lauda
. j used to fail me, nor how many repining
> ! thoughts I cherished iu those dark days !"
' ; There was a short silence, and then Mal!
colm said, "When 1 likened our fates, I
> ' meant that we had both loved, and lest the
i j being on whom wo fixed our hopes."
j j Millicent sighed.
, ' flint mVrti for WilI tors' Trwinnnj?"
t her Companion somewhat hesitatingly int
; quired.
. j "No," she answered firmly. "I have
; overcome what, after .>11, was but a girlish
( j pleasure in the flattering attentions of a
. ; young and handsome man. 1 can see now
j ! the folly I committed in listening to words
; that meant nothing; and I know that if
t ' liobert Walters' love had been ever so
b | sincere, 1 could not have been happy as his
1 ! wife."
; "What makes you say this?" asked Mal!
colm, looking steadily at the drooping face.
3 "A conviction that I could not be content
3 with the mere outside advantages of handx
I some features and a fascinating manner.
r 1 could not wed unless I gave my whole
t ' c<.nlidence to my husband?unless I recogl
nizod in him a stronger spirit for good than
3 my own."
She stopped suddenly, for an upward
r glance had shown her how attentively MalP
colm wsis listening?how closely he was
3 | watching her.
r j She rose in some confusion, and he rosjo
, ! too. "1 suppose I must go," he said, a
? ; little sadly; ''I am ashamed of myself
j when I think how often I intrude upon
> Trill "
J I
, "If youknow how how very, very welcome
' ! you always are " Millieent began?then
j stopped short, embarrassed by the ardency
[ with which she had spoken.
He took her hands in his. "Don't look
[ J as if yon were repenting that kind speech.
, J I am a very lonely man, and the pleasant3
i est moments of my life are those I spend
; I with you."
I ! She neither answered, nor looked up, till
j | he said, very softly, "Millieent!'.'
j I lie drew her toward him, and her head
> ! sank on his shoulder. She had long known
I that his more manly image had banished
} . Walter*' from her heart, and that she ask[
no better fortune than to minister to
^ i Charles Malcolm's happiness.
And so Millieent became his wife, and
I loved him none the lew because he has al
ways cherished the memory of the dead
Sybil.
| With Violet and Vornon Aubrey they
| live on terms of the closest intimacy. There
' is but one topic which they mutually
avoid; need we say that it is Walters' request
?
THE EMS.
SCHENCK'S r.MU I'tTII,.
A very startling' case of verdancy and a
confidence game on a- new plan, says a
Reading paper, was developed a fow dayB
ago, in which it appears that a young man'
* \\People who hard occ^^nrto-^ onVguy
etreet a great doal, especially in" the ' affe't-.. '
noon, may have noticed quite ,;'A ^ashysort
of a man, in a. pearl-colored overcoat
and broad-brimmed far- hat. .His- general
appearance did not indicate that he was a
resident of this or any other city; but he
looked more as if he had suddenly acquired
a lot of money and had jumped from a
country home into a city and a suit of
ready-made clothes. He is medium tall,
well-spoken, fair looking and of a liberal
disposition.
The stranger came to Detective Lyon
yesterday and had a long confidential story
to tell, winding up with the information
mat no naa ceen rouoea or in tms
city. . The purport of his story was in the
main that he came from Cumberland County,
his native place. That he went to Harrisburg
for the purpose o? seeing the
| Legislature in session. That he had fallen
I heir to about $5,000 by the death of an
j aunt, a maiden lady, and that he had
taken ?1,000 in cash to go on a little excursion.
Harrisburg, he said, was a gay
place, and he spent nearly $600 there in
less than a weekBecoming
tired of the capital he resolved
to visit Philadelphia, and he made up his
j mind to go there by the way cf the Leba!
non Valley and the Philadelphia and Heading
road. His story ran that he worked
his way into the ladies' car somehow or
other, and that ho had accidentally made
the acquaintance of a fine-looking female.
She was going, she. said, as far as Beading,
and the Cumberland County man forgot
all about Philadelphia and stopped
here also. During the woman's stay the
young uian had called on her. They arrived
on Wednesday evoning.
On Thursday evening thoy again were together,
and the woman seemed to be intoxicated
She exhibited plenty of money '
and finally sent; out and borrowed a pack
! of cards. It *-aa not long before they boj
gan playing, first for wine, then foradol
lar, and in the excitement of the game the
stakes ran as Ligh as fifty dollars. The
young man stated that he had lost every
dollar he had to his name before
twelve o'clock Thursday night. He had a
gold watch, and he was about to put that
i up, but he recollected that it was a valued
j
| present, and he stopped playing.
He said it sobered hiin up and he came
| to his senses when he realized his situa|
tion. He at once made up his mind that
t something was not right, p.nd that the
' woman he had been playing with was a
I professional and by no means aa amateut.
I He went to his hotel, and early the next
j mornirg went to see the person who kid
| bis money. He asked her for it but she
j had chilled on him, and refused to have
j anything to do with him. In the aftenoon,
i therefore, he called upon the detective.
After listening to the above narrative,
! the officer asked where the thing had taken
place. They went to a notorious den, and
upon the officer making his errand known,
the woman, not without some hesitancy
afad reliiSftace, gave mo^oy-jap ?$363
| in all?oiid said she despised a man "who
J would squeal, after losing money fairly
I and squarely." There were no arrest^
i made, as the young man was satisfied tha1
he had obtained his money, and did not do.
sire to appear against her or hay* the
matter made public.
i J>.fv
V?
A NOVEL BEQUEST.
An oik gentleman naniecf March died j
j recently in Charles town, wlio was a most
eccentric genius. Though possessed of
some wealth he had but one pleasure?
i that of theatre-going. He would econo!
mize in everything else, but alwa/B treat
! himself to a sight of every new play or ac|
tor, good or bad. He loft no heirs and
j few relatives, and his property was dis;
posed of in several singular ways. The
I principle item of his will provided for the
; investment of a sum sullieient to realize
j $500 per year clear, which was to be ex!
pended in theatre tickets, to be given away
I to poor, respectable people, not over $1 each
to be paid for the tickets.
I
A FIFTY CENT LAWSUIT'S CONCOMI- !
TAMTS.
j A paper printed in fccranton, Penn., tells
; this suggestive story: "Some days "since!
| we gave the details of a dunning suit, to)
| recover fifty cents?Hill vs. McDonald, j
? ' - " < L 1 111 I
i Defendant paid ine amount aiiu Aiuei-1
j man's costs. Plaintiff on return day came j
I with witnesses, and for that claimed costs J
I amounting to $2(5; sued McDonald and'
got judgment, whereupon a cow and heifer!
'were levied ?n?.l sold, and the judgment
I satisfied. But it was Filan's cow, and a J
! suit, Filan vs. C. E. W.-lce, constable, was I
| brought to recover the value of the cow,
I whereupon plaintiff yot judgment for $KJ
j dollars?the value of said hine. Then j
; Welch, to be made whole, sues McDonald j
1 and loses his case. Everybody gets mad at;
everybody, and Aide man Lochlin sues |
McDonald for trespass committed by his L
cattle, and the defendant claims it wasn't f
his cattle that did the tresspassing. This j
case is uot deeulod. having been aajournocii
Some important discoveries of Roman
j remains have lately been made at South | j
j Shields, near the mouth of the Tyne, on! |
l the supposed site of an ancicnt fortifica-j
tion. They consist of a column twelve feet '
high and a number of Roman coins and ;
other things.
i
An extraordinary new musical instru-J ;
meat, called the pyrophone, has just been <
introduced at the Society of Arts, in Paris, j 1
The notes are produced by the singing of; 1
gas jets in glass tubes, and are sweet and1 1
pure, and at the same time have great pro-1 '
ductive power. j <
*
Donlt Stay After Ten.
f have just a word to say to you
When me you come to see?
You know that none in.all the world - :
Is half as dear to me.. "
'Tin this I would request of you,
That when you corae again. a
To see me in the evening,* + .
You won't stay after ten.
For after ten, as moments fly, v
I tremble o^er and o'er,
Lest papa's visage# -should see 4., fBB
ConiAweeping at tlie^oois -*
He's.tBere to execute Wjj.-threat ; ^H|
'Ufesaid he'd sijfely^c?me
If ever you stayed so late again,.
And teH you to go itome..
./"*
And when;I down to'fereatkf&Bfc.gOi
- Papa will frown at Die, .
And say, "My child; that beau of yocn*
IIVUHUB.
This sort of tiling I \wilI'not bavc,
So, when he comes again,'
I'll just go down aud sh6w him out,,
If he don't go at ten.'r
And so,, though your society ^
Makes heart and soul throb warmy:;_
I heave a sigh of vast relief
At your retreating form.
You know that you are welcome, aye,.
O, best beloved of men!
Put many a scolding you have eaoBed:
By staying after ten L
?o- :
PROFESSOR- SWfN'G ON SBJSLLDl^ .
MATCHES. V, Tv-s
Professor Swing, of Chicago,, being in*
vited to attend a spelling match, not oon- tent
with simply declining the invitation*
saw fit to cast the following fonl *n<l ? gratuitous
aspersii -s on hia and our vernacular
:? '
Dear Stb:?1 shall be ont of the city on>
Friday evening, and shall not be able to "
attend the spelling tragedy of that evening.
Could I be present, my remarks
would be of a melancholy nature.. When I
look out upon the outrageous conduct at
the vowels and consonants that make up
our English, the scene is "sad and dneiury,!*
and "I would not live always." /The Eng-.
liah language should be abolished. Nodoubt
intemperance will pass away, the- '
sources of the Nile will be approached by
railway and will be decorated with a depot
and a restaurant, a bishop will be agreed
upon for our diocese, the North Branch
will abound with brook trout,.but the man
who shall look out upon, that happy age,
will sit down at his table and mourn am he.
tries to spell out a simple letter to his
grandmother, and the lunatic asylum will,
lie full of those who went crazy oyer an.
efTort to stand up last in spelling. school.
With inexpressible grief, yours,
David- Swiro.
THE rOWJiR OF DRY 8AND.
According to Beaudemoulin, if a quantity
of dry sand be placed in a box of thiiu
sheet-iron, or even in a canvas bag, and.
subjected to a slight compression, it forms i
a mass capable of resisting a pressnreaf
sixty tons, without breaking or even straining
the cnvelopo. The sand, however, remains
perfectly divisible, so that if a small
hole be made in the box or bag it will
flow slowly, and with so little force that,
even a small piece of paper pasted over the.
opening v, ill check the flo*t even with the
sixty tons weight it. M. Bean
demoulin thinks this discovery may be utilized
for building purples, since the filled
boxes need merely be held in place by aframe-work
; while being very thick, they
would form a protection for - dwelling?-- against
variations- of temperature. Such
walls, moreover, would be fire-proof. It is
also suggested that for lowering heavy
buildings* or even entire buildings, which
by ii change of street levels, have boen left
too high above the roadway, the sand-bags -p
could be placed bepu.vth, and thoir oontents
allowed graduaUy to escape, thua,
letting the load slowly settle downi. '? *
TUK McCLELLANS IN EGYPT.
Mrs. Qen. McCL-llan writes many pages
to her mother, Mrs. Qen. Marcy, about her
winter on the Nile. The Khedive has been
most polite and attentive to Gem MicClellan
and family. He gave them permits to.
visit his wonderful gardens ou the Kile.,
Gun. and Mrs. McClellan have two interesting
children?May, aged thirteen* andi
Max, aged nine. The party has consisted
of the parents,, children, a governess, a&d
the Arabs who have been guideq as well as *
servants. The ptvrtv liave? pirated .the
Nile as far as ordinary boats penetrate.
They have enjoyed uninterrupted good ;
health and perfect happiness and Contest.
On a former occasion they lived; in Europe - "
four years. Before going to Egypt, Gen.
and Mra. McOlelkn were entertained at
Fiorence by tlio Count and Cbunteea
Piz.uio, who own one of the finest places. in,
Italy. The house is eight hundied feet
louy and as many wide. The frescoing
was executed by Tintoretto and other Uc
moos painters*
MELANCUOJLY *ATIiOEAN ELEPHANT.
a* tr,.boAnAM +uA
1X\j llUillUIUgi IUQ Ui IMAV * *vwrcvv/j| fl|
thought that it would be more economical ^
to give the elephant a stone floor aa the
wooden one had to bo replaced too often..
One was laid, "but the elepliant would not
lie down upon it to sleep. Something told
him that if he did he could not get up
again. Hence he slept standing, or lean- _ iug
against the wall. But the other night
his feet slipped when dozing, and ho came
down. He could not get up in fact, r-d
twenty men with ropes, pulleys, and ingenious
contrivances worked all day trying
to get him up.- Ho tvaa. finally raised un- . J
til his feet were lour inches above^ th?
iloor, when the hinder ropes broke, leaving
the poor boast hanging by the neck* Efa
gave one piteous roar and was dead..
SUE MAY M>T HAYK LOYEDHIH,
?" . "vr-'yp'-'
A woman never quite forget? the man
who has ouee loved hey. jpay not S
have loved him; she r&ay, indeed, havo
given him the "no" instead of the "yea"
he hoped fori but the remembrance that,
lie desired a "yes" always sof*'
thoughts of him, and would make
? i,?
uc xviumvivv* vi n, u* ix;uuu
riiere may bo girls who make a jest of dia3i.r?leJ
suitors; but they aro generally *erj" *
young, aud the wooing has been somd^
thing that did not betoken much depth of
tenderness. There are mercenary offers
;oo, that only awaken scorn and hate in
the woman wooed tor money and not for
nerself; but, really, to have touched a
liiau'a heart- is something not to be tof%
;ottcu while she lives.