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4F.Y0TJ. HAP WOT DIED. *BT JATE JACQUES. J woartw'-eo oft tn my twilight dreams, When the daylight's gone and the night draw near, A* I eit in the firelight's ruddy gleams. And think of the old days, sweet and dear; I wonder, mv darling, how you would look, If you ha<I not died, were you living now, And eat just there, with your work or book, Tfce flickering light on your hair and brow. Woold yon be matronly, staid, and pand, Or tender and sweet, as you used to be? ? ? t + U V.o T>A DWKYlI.jj My mc 'i?u )\-UA ou.u uiv uu?, Growing each day more dear to me. weet, there'd be wrinkles upon your brow, And liny touches of Time's rough sway; And your dusky hair would be flecked wltl enow? I know by my own, that is white to-ilay. Perhaps, dear heart, bad you lived for me? Had you not gono home "in the early dawnBorne bright-eyed child would have climbed mj knee, And cheered our hearts with his 6boul ant song. Home had been home in its fullest sense, A beautiful haven of rest and cheer; Age had been reaping its recompense Of honest labor aud well spent years. 1 eaze on this gray-beard face of mine, That ie never caressed by wife or child; 2 gsue on this empty chair of thine, On these -silent-halls, till my heart grows wild, Love, I have.lived such a lonely life Sinoc your grave's been wet with the snow and rain, And God only knows how I miss my wife, How my heart aches on with its ceaseless pain, Jon were eo yonng when you went awayOnly a bride, or a child-wife; Snt I prove by the tears I have shed each day Vrtn m dytx nf all mr life. Ko one coald wer have filled your place? My hungry heart-lias no other mate; go I dream each night of your beautiful face, And wonder how long I-'sh&ll have to wait, Bcshvelle, Keb. THE BANKERS CRIME; diamond Cut Diamond. BY NATHAN D. TLRNEB. CHAITER XXX1T.?^Continued.) ? *Do you object to naming him now, Mr. Foins?" said Kollingstona. "What good can it do?" "I am satisfied that it will lead us in tracing the paper that haB bean stolen Irom Mr. Marlowe." "The deuce! Bad as he hae been shown op, 1 should hardly deem Do Manleon guilty of such a dirty conspiracy." "What! De Manleoa?" exelaimed several astonished voices in the same breath. "\es, yes," admitted Poins, a little pet-, tishlv. "It slipped from my tongue; De lianfeon it was." "Eureka!" cried Pollingstone, tossing off another glass. "Depend npon it, Mr. Marlowe, that deep rascal, De Manleon, lias by this time got the missing paper; the juggler was undoubtedly here in hit Interest to-day, with a golden priming beforehand." "But thisDe Manleon!" exclaimed Noel. *1 read that name in the newspaper the other day; it was all about the exposure of certain nefarious gambling and swindiing schemes, by a foreigner and his vife, somewhere in London fashionable quarters." "The same, the very same!" called ont Sir Harry Wilding. "Gad! that must have been the exposure that finally upset their operations. They are said to have disappeared for the past fortnight." "But De Mauleon is now back again, as % have told you," said Poins. "Y?s; and I happen to know that the p:e":ous pair of them are to recommence operations to-night, in the same tilace, too, and under the same name," said Polling-) otone. "Imagine their cheek! But I am told they are going in for the last time, Mud on a great stake." Tell me something about them," put In CalkinS. "I sever read the papers jicvadajs." OIj, lt'fc all in a nutshell," said Poins, lauoWc. "De Mauleon. as he calls him. ael? is a cosmopolitan adventurer, and fric Jooks irore like Jus ?.ister, bj "the way?ia just about the loveliest and ancst fascinating creature in Europe. Their apartments in Burton Squaro av< absolutely dazzling. The wife is th? h t, ana the husband the fisherman, Their chief 'go' is to get up 6tunnin$ Jate euppers, at which she is the onlj ^omnn present. "This, of course, is well, though pri. vately, adveit*sed beforehand. Thj gudceons are such old or young fops en/ loo Is as can be ensnared, the only requi-, ite being a superfluity of funds. M3 lady dazzles them at supper, and hei ' :--i: x>eamv ami ium-iuuhuus wuwjjicio iu?i befuddlement after supper, while tbej are being cheated at false short-cards fropus roulettes, or some other fraudulent (ame." "What!" exclaimed Noel, indignantly "Can tiny really accomplished and re. fined woman lend herself to su.-h bast . ends?" *f'-i"teed, tbey can, and do, nay loy!' tigbed Sqnander.tll, who had thus fa> been the least demonstrative of the party with, perhaps, the exception of Jasper. "Thank heaven my gambling as well at my roistering dsys aro over; but I have been worse cheated by (.ooJ-lookiug women at whist and cribbage?and bj titled women at that?thaa by any ont 160," fiare was a general laugh r?t the young Jord's expense, for his reformation was known to be two days old, and no one but himself expected that it would endure two days more. "But I don't understand," continued young Marlowe. *1 uever heard of this rascal, De Maulton, beyond what I have rend in the public prints, and I fi.ncy he has never heard of me at all. What object could he have in procuring the theft of that pie e of wr tiug from me?" "Who c .n tell?" 6aid liollings'one. "lint i teei bo connaem mai ue w n uavt it in Lis posses-don some time this even lug thut I would almost stake my existence on it. What do you say? Shall w< ail go as uninvi'ed euebts to his suppei to-night? I'll answer for it tint if yot tax him with this special rascality to hit face, the missing paper sh-ll be forthcoming, or its disappearance fully explained." "Yes, ye"; we'll nil go!" cried sevens* oices at once. "We'll all back you tp, llarlowe." "Under other circumstances, I should <3ec.dedly refuse to be one of a party tc uch a place," said Noel gravely. "Bat J can now 6ee no belt) fcr it. Yesj Captain. 1 will eo w.th vou." "".Leave it ail to me. Brtld rv0i:ing6t0ne. rising slowly, with many a regretful partin? glance at the bottles. "It is b-. coming late. You gentlemen had doubtless made arrangements for the evening before the arrivi.1 of my friend Bentlv and myself?intrusion were perhaps the bet ter word?and you have entex-tained ub royally." "Intrusion be hanged! What wou'.d we have been in this muddle without you?" said Sir Harry, heartily. "But, as to the evening, we are booked for the opera. We can manage to take you with us, i? you like; or at what time are we to sirprit-o i he De Mauleona at their gilded feasr?" "Midnight will be witching houronon'.-b for that. Leave it all to me. Bently and 1 Lave a little interveningengagt-ment of our own. We will meet you uli at the break-up of the opera." '1 his arrangement was agreed to with Acclamation, ?.nd the party then dispersed. " You at one time -.lmost betrayed yourself," baid Boll.ngstone, wheu, a few xninutts later, Jasper and he wetemevmg os ulolt). "lea: my excitement all but master*.! xdc for the moment," was the rep"v. "Do jou wonder at itV Heavenbl to have that paper a^ain almost within my very grasp, aiidiben not seize it?to bav? it once snore dii>apt e..r, : Jinoat before my ey^s, into t'be nuknown!" "Not quite ioto th<i unknown this time. my boy; be eure ofHiBt. It -shall come back to Noel, and from .him in eomo way. to you, this v-ery night; I feel confident of that. And the pet-scheme of Boucourt and Adele shall i?t tlie-same time crumble bufo.e their gaze. Her marringe with young Rlariewe?iiiie re meir yjcuu sti.ke. ftud ubey shall lose tie ?ame! Curse mem! my revenge will be none tlie less sweet /or its loug delny." "Of oourso, I 'believe that the juggler was Boncourt's instrument," eaid Jasper. "But there is still something mysterious. If there has been a connection nil along between Boncourt and Ah-Ben-Med.tn, as he calls himself, why -should not Adele 1 have mentioned the fellow in the course of her lover chat with Noel at some time or another?" "She is entirely too deep, man, to have j let such a secret escape. Moreover, there has been no regular connection of the I soit?not necessarily. 1 have only once seen the juggler at the De Mauleon rooms. The butter's preliminary suggestion to Poins goes to show that he had only resolved to hisa Ah-Ben's services' for to-day's occasion, of <whiah ho has so well availed himself." "But the jviggle?r Jbdmself?bow the deuce could he perform those marvelous 4~'I u;a olrill of- clinhLnf Jinnd . dma j iCttLBi AAIO ?v not altogether expiain them." "Chiefly, bat net altogether; <?id the 1 rest is as easily accounted ior. I.am.no tyio myself in the art of 6ecrat manipulation,"and I was observing ,the fellow-'s : performances constantly from a 6ort of professional standpoint. His successes we:e only apparent, or the xesnlt .of fjueBS work, antil he enme t? young Marowe, in whose case he was enabled to *ct > on pretty assured information." "How 60?" "By beforehand posting, on th? jpart of Boncomt, who could have received his information from Adele. Isn't it plain? The pair of them are deep, far-seeing, | and never let a chance slip. Boncourt'a : ixnloration of Noel's pockets?his coat h I pockets?day before yesterday produced jti nothing. The coveted paper was not there; ergo it must be in some other i' pocket. Adele has sinco obtained the necessary knowledge, with a view to J utureopportunity, whichto-day'schanced j have broucht about. Thus primed be- J forohancT, the juggler was enabled to (Tall off those bills and pother papers, first submitted to him, with accuracy. In j like manner, he knew of the bloodstone under the cigars. Then didn't you notice j how he sounded Noel himself before he , got the pocketbook into his possession? , The rest was pure legerdema.n. He ab- , stracted and examined everything the pocketbook contained, with lightninglike rapidity, while fumbling it over and , over, and pressing it to his breast and forehead. The deep, loose sleeves of J that Oriental robe of his were also vastly ^ in hin favor. It is a matter of Dure nrac- . tice. I, myself, can beat him ail to \ pieces with a deck of cards, and without any of that preliminary hocus-pocus; or ( at least I could when my nerves were , steadier." . Kollingstono concluded with a sort of regretful sigh. , "They seem to be strong enough now." , observed Jasper. "Indeed, if you will let , me say so without offense, it is a mystery to me how you can think and act so stead- ( ily when you drink so much." < "It's the drink itself that enables me to do it?the driuk that is at the F.nme time 6lowly killing me, and perhaps not too s'owly, after nil," was the broken ] man's muttered reply, as he passed a \ hand wearily across nis eves. "I care for , it even more than for cards, in these days. * If I could only find my sister?my kind foster-sister, who used to befriend me in . tie old times, but who has long since dis- j appeared, it might be different now. But' ; ?hello! what am I maundering about? I say, Bently, there is one thing about f that mifsing paper you are so anxious 2 about that even I oan't understand." "What is thai?" . "Young Marlowe's explanation at find- ! ing it puzzled me. He said both its con-' ' . .. j * I I IfLUb I'UU V \1C1C 111 iiuivuvivn I I ol some ohe's handwriting. Now, of I 1 co"iBe, to whomsoever it may refer?and j ( you have not taken me wholly into your , confidence on this point?it can have no I real value to you, if not genuine." "It is genuine," said Jasper, quietly, j. J "None 6hould know better than I, who 1 received it at first-hand, and for eighteen * ye'fS afterward never parted with it." { "How then r.ccount for what young ? Marlowe thought of it?" "He is doubtless mistaken," was the | thoughtful reply. "Or it may well te i that the handwriting of the writer and t signer has gradually undergone come | change in its characteristics. Such is < often the case, you know." 1 "Tru?. Let us now go and dine some- t where, pending the close of tbe opera. < We shall avoid the Surrey Inn, for fear of 1 being bored by that chap, Squiggles, again." 1 CBAI'TER XXXV. t ADELE IN ANOTHER CHARACTFB. 1 In the afterncon of tbe same day, and ) while Noel Marlowe and his companions t wero still entertainiDg themseiven in the } eardens of tin Crystal Palace. Madame jKonceviae sai aione in an elegant cabt- 3 net, which was one of the elaborate 6uite * of apaitments that had occasionally been occupied by her brother and herself, un- < del the xlUlses of Monsieur and Maciacie t Pe MonlcoUj in Burton street, not far from the most fashionable quarter of ' London, end to which they had that ? morning returned from Jasmine Villa. 1 There was a trace of case upon her i beautiful face, and, though there was an < open novel in her lap, it had less of her < attention than the st.eet panorama that was coiiie on fitfullv undtr the open w n- i dow"in \vho?e deep embrasure she wa3 i rather recliuing than sitting; and her eyes iikewise frequently interrogated an 1 ormolu clock that was ticking dil gently on a carved chimneypioce directly oppo- ' site. On her maid chancing to pass through the cabinet, Adele looked up quickly. "Are (here no b gus of my brother'? <etnrn?" she asked. "Xo, roaduine." The girl busied herself about the room, feather-duster in hand, for a few minutes ?occasionally throwing a secretly compassionate glanco at her mistre?e_ of whom she was really fond; and then went out. 'Ihis girl and Dip nnd Maurice were the only servants who had accompanied the adventurers to town, whore it wag the intention to make but a brief stay. The next person to in ike his aj pearance in the cabinet was l>ip, the odd little fellowbeingnow infullliverr, which became him well, though he also bore evidences of having been busying himself in housoworn. Adele repea'ed the question which she had put to the maid, but only received a similar reply. "Why do you then disturb me by comin ; here?" siiid she, petulantly. "Perish the thought that vould ruffle your lady-ship's repose!" squeaked tlie little fellow, striking an attitude that begui ed her of a smile, for he had become a privileged character in that strangely Bohemian household. ' "But my mastertold me that your highness would inspect the p.ilace improvements after their completion. Such is now the ease, fair princess, llnurice hath wiougbt h:in well, tho 6trnucer churls have bowed tLein 'neath the lash of discitlino, and yours devotedly has duly oiled the wlite s of labor with his supervision. in less poetic phrase, the job is did!" "Go sloug, then, yon ridiculous imp!" she laughed, prepar ng to follow him. nly, be mre to lti.ve out your theatricals heieafter in jour master's pnesence, I or jou may Lave your < ars ajain pulled I a- thtv wire th s mo c;ng.n "I *?m not unmii dful of tl e cornciion, ! niauatne," said the i ttle fellow, rubbing ' his ears w th lOnreal gravity, as he led ! tbe w.iy. ".\ty m .hier .s cruelly iLHpprel cLt;ve of the luct.t' at I v>us a tan-boy I / f. lor two years in the proudest lusirkinac temple of the l acific const." Bat a brief description of "the apartments, the cleaning and renovating of whi/ih \ln/ljimA 'Rnnopvillfl was nroceed ing to inspect, will 6ullice for the purposes of the narrative. They ojbcnpied tbe first floor of ft lnxge doubter house, were seven or eight in number, and had been sumptuously fitted up in the Oriental style by the immediately preceding tenant, a Turkish ambassador of magnificent tastes and corresponding prodigality. They had b6en little used, and bad been hired in thiscondition by Boncourt (under the naoxw oi De Maiileon) of the ambassador's? a^cnt.'nbout a twelve-month before. The cbief apuitment was a eajierb diningroom. on one side of the hallway at tb? rear of the suite, and this connected by folding doors with a drawing-ioom oat even greater luxury, vhich wn6, in addition to the furniture naturally pertainimg i* nrnri/laH TrifV) nmriAmnft card tables and the apparatus for several games of chance! -A. back 6taircuse communicated directly with tte dining-room, and this was the only one in use. The rest of tbe bouse was unoccupied, and the 6treet door had hardly leen once opened during tbe De Mauleon occupancy. The back staircase led into a spacious gar den, from which acceus was bad to a sequestered side street or narrow court When "business" was under way in tha rooms above, usually in tbe night timet a guard was placed at tbe gate leading from the garden to the street, and still another at the entrance to the lower nail, way communicat ng with the staircase referred to. No one was admitted without certain pass-words, with which anticipated visitors were dnly provided before* hand. These precautions were taken less as a safeguard against police interference than with a view of investing the entree with that species of ceremonious mystery, of the forbidden-fruit de6cr ption, which is never without a fascina* tion of iti own. The auuointments of the interior in eluded costly carpets, gorgeous frescoing*, resplendent chandeliers, statue! Etnd painfings of more or less merit, and pretty mnch evezy thing of an ornamental nature that a luxurious fancy, accompanied by princely expenditure, c#uld Lave suggested. Such were the rooms that had been hastily j-enovated, and which Madame Ron?e<rille was now inspecting with, secret weariness and uneasiness at heart, and with a feverish longing for the day and the night to be over and done, that she might be forevermore released from the exeiting end adventurous existence which had so locg fascinated her, but which the rapid growth of a really genu* ine affection, with a worthy object, had Btendily rendered more and more distasteful, until at last she had come to scarcely think of it without misgivings > >r?rl Inofliincr She had expressed her approval of everything that h*d been done, and wal passing from the drawing-room, in which some expert and silent-footed servants from a neighboring caterer's were already preparing for the coming banquet, when she heard her brother's footstep on the stairs without. A glance at his composed face as he ;:itered showed her that his plans were rjus far propitious. "I will follow you into the cabinet, idele," said he, and then, as she moved iway, ht? turned to Dip, 6aying: "Has Maurice showed youeverythiug about the entrance, and explained what will be pour duties to-night?" "Yes, 6ir." "Go to him now, then, and he will take pou out to your supper. The maid can look after ourvauts till your return, fou will be olaccd on Guard at tbo eardon jate at 10 precisely, when I will apprise rou of the passwords." He then sought Adele in the cabinet. "I know by yoar air that you havi >een successful," said she, looking up. "In a way that has exceeded my highest (xpCcO.'Mon?," said he, seating himself at ier side. "J3ut no messenger has yet jailed?" "No." "It may not be quite time yet," said he, sonsulting his watch. "I have managed o a charm, Adele. Ah-Ben is by this ime with Noel and his companions. I ;ave him full instructions beforehand, ifter miking sure th:it his performances :vere to be called into requisition by the Highcombe merrvmakeis." Adele sighed. "You think there is no doubt of hto mcccss?" 6aid she. "None wliaterer. His discretion .'quale his hkill. He may come or send lere at any moment. Twenty guineas ia in incentive which isn't afforded hinj >ften. He will bring the coveted paper; [ feel sure that he will." "I hope so, from *he bottom of my leart. It will precludo the necessity of ending myself ever again to the decep. ion of the man I adore. But should re miss the paper, after the juggler's >rospected s'.icces", there is no danger, I rust, of his cu.-picion reaching out to rou?" "Impossible. Who is there that knows Boncomt and De Mauleon as one and the same?" "But, under the latter name (how I de,est it!) we have become sufficiently no;Qrioug. May he not suspect you as De Mnuleon?" ">To. But let him do so; the nnpleasmt notoriety you shudder at will be my protection. Noel and his intimates are :ot the kind of flies to be attracted by 3ur spider's parlor, here, under any cir:umstauccs." "True. And heaven bo thanked that it is so! Bat tell me all. The authorities iro not then uiion our tra.'ks?" 'Not a bit or it; norhave they been, thu* tar. in ppilo of those miserable newspaper disclosures. Mv first move upon quit, ting you was tv, boldly seek out the Buporin.eudeut. with whom X had had the j__,, 14, rormcr ueniiui^u, uuu xmo il u?i?. aj? laughed nt both my impudence and what he called my scare of two weeks age. 'There are worse gambling h> lis tliaE yours, L>e Mauleon,' s:iid he. 'Xewspa; cr expositions and court indict men's are nol the sinie thing yet, in England, at least. Go slow, and you'll get wind of nnv reprehensivo measures before they are fa rlj upon you.' Of course I mado hiin anotbei present, and a still' one, at that; but, nevertheless, I was mightily encouraged, J can tell yon." "But we must be still in bal o.lor with the public?" "Frightful?absolutely beastly! Bat, though you will find it difficult to beli-ve, even this is of advantage. We are supposed to be under tbe ban?danger is sup. posed to invest us?and for tLat v-. rj reason we are in request. An mint here is considered more the thing than ever; we are positively chic ?mon^ the cla-s oi men I have chiefly cultivated. The o ;lj difficulty i-i to choose fiom amon^ the too-eager victims." Here there was a kno k at the door, and the maid entered to say th.it tfcere ?i.s m n be ow iuquili g fcr J- or. icUr Le Mauleon. CHAPTER XXXVT. A SPIDEIt'S 1'AKt.OE. With a significant elance at Lis sister. Bon'-onrt quitted iLeca inei. Whi-n he"leturned io Li r a few ininutts later his face w s a1- neatly radiant as its natural impenetrability wou'd allcw. "It is mine, a>'ele, it ih mine at list!" be exdanied, with a detp, inttuse satisfaction, as bo closed the door behind h in and Ft<-pped quickly to Lev bide "i'be juggler was succeBNf>.l; I hi^e the paper; coiue what m>y of our scbem-s in this accursed L< n<!on. Gilbcit Marlowe is henceforth in my power, aud your roani<ge with h.s son is assute t beyond peradventwre." The psper had In CDme investe 1 with so much mastery, uLd so mucb anxiety and t-u penne Lai clustered around its fa'e, th it Adele looked up with an excitement equaling L:? ova. - - 1 I 4 "Can it t>e possible?" she exclaimed, eecgerly. "Quick?let me 6ee it!" Bqncourt produced the paper he had just obtained, ana tneir neaus were Denuding together over it, when a slight cough canned them to look np again with a start. Dip was standing in the center of the room holding something in his hand, but xuth his eyes fas ened on the paper with a comically inquisitive stare. His master sprang to his feet with an oath, aud seized him by (be collar. "WhatI are you spying, you fiend's morsel?" he exclaimed, shaking him fiercely. "Did I not send you off with Mauri.e five minutes ago? And why are you slipping in here without knockiug?" "I say, governor, give me a show, and I'll answer yon," cried the lad. And then, apon being partly released, he added, with perfect composure: "In the first place 1 did knock at the door before coming io, sir, but I suppose you didn't hear >me. in tne next pxace, just as i was vamoosing the ranch in Maurice's comD:iny, there 'was a sort of Arab at the cafe, who had just parted from yon, and who gent me back here to you." "What for?" "He said yon had just given him some gold pieces, one of which is a counterfeit. Here it is." Bonconrt snatched the coin that was &eld ont to him. "It is a bad coin," he grumbled, briefly examining it; "hot Idon'tbelieve the leilow ever got it from me. Come with me, Dip. Ifthis story of yours turns out to be ? fabrication you had better have aejvor'been born " ?.e went .out grasping the lad by the arm, after calling to his sister to keep (he paper, which he had left in her hands. He presently returned. "The boy spoke truly," said he, "una i snppooe I must bare given the fellow a false coic inadvertently. Well, you must have rc-ad the .paper by this time," be added, eagerly resuming his place by her Bide. "Wont do you think of it?" "I think that Noel's father's handwriting must hive .altered very materially during the past -seventeen or eighteen years, if be ever really wrote and signed that puper," said Adele, handing it to bim. "I have become slightly familiar with Mr. Marlowe's handwriting of lato, 'trough s iveral thinos that Noel ha? gnown me; an<; u oears but little resemblance to that." "The deuce!"exeleimed Boncourt. And he took the paper from her and studied it carefully. The writing appeared greatly faded, but was still quite distinct, and was to the following import: Higecokbe, March ?, 1W4. This is to certify that the bearer, Jasper Marlowe, la about to take himself to partB unknown, by reason of certain domestic revelations made bv bim to me, and not by reason of his being la any wav concerned in the recent forgery upon tha bank or Messrs. Soundman <fc Goldberg, by which Thomas Alworth has been deprived of his fortune, amounting to eighteen thousand pounds. In consideration for his thue agreeing to absent himself, never to return, and thus take nnon himself the sticma. bv implication, at taching to said cvlme, 1, Gilbert Marlowe, hero. I by declare myself guilty of the said forgery, with none other than Gideon Croak, the lawyer, as niy accomplice in its commission. In further consideration, 1 hereby agree to end the said Jasper Marlowe five thousand pounds, one year after date, to any address in any part of the world that he shall hereafter designate to me. The said Jasper Marlowe,on his part,solemnly agroes, under oath, to never reveal the contents of this paper, unless, as a self-preservative in case he shall be in imminent danger of prosecution for said crime. Given this day, fully, freely, without any intimidation whatever, under my hand and seal. Gilbert Marlowe. Boncourt rend this over in a low tone and with gloating eves. "Why, of course it's tbe genuine papex ?there can be no other!" he exclaimed. "Look at the age of tbe paper?yellowed and stained, and almost railing to pieces at the ereasings! Look at the faded ink of the writing itself! Moreover, it was evidently written in neivous, perhaps trembling, haste. That, together wi;b the natural change effected by time in on6's penmanship, will more than explain the difference between this of the banker's, eighteen years ago, and what he may put to paper at the present time." "Yes, this must be tbe explanation," said Adele. "It is as you say. There can be but cne such paper in existence, and this it is." "Adele, we're in luck, we're in gigantit luck," said Boncourt, putting away the paper very carefully in an inside waistcoat pocket, aDdthen tapping his bren6l triumphantly, "I would not take fifty thousand pounds for this treasured docu. ment, if offered to me in geld at tuia moment. Gilbert Marlowe, the man whom if mif? in mv oower. is renoited to b< worth three times that amount, and this paper i6 certainly good for all he is worth ?every shilling. I would defend its possession, now that I have it, with the last drop of blood in my veins." "No wonder that J sper has so Dewailed ita loss," said Adele. [TO BE CONTINUED.] IIott Gardens Came Into Existence. That even Prcnchincn of the seventeenth century did not always approve of strictly formal gardens i9 shown by the following passage, which occurs in an I"? Pierrn TTliet. ft WCll-knOWQ l-'reacli critic of that time, called "Of ihe Gardens in Fashion." The author rays: 44I have no more approval for the ,ardcns iu fashion than for skylights. I :neaa those open gardens, c5'mposed of large, broad, saud-strewn alleys, of trellises, parterres, adorned ouly with a few delicate beds, defined by strips of box and edged with a few flowers and a few stunted trees, and in which you can scarce distinguish summer from winter. "M. le Xostrc, who is quoted as tho author of this sort of garden, which, it is asserted, he brought back from Italy, did, it is true, adapt it to the King's Gardens, but lie did not adapt it alone, for he added covered alleys, shaped woods, trees of lofty trunk, palisades and green shades. The majority of private persons, possessing neither sufficient ground nor sufficient meaus to give their gardens all these ornaments and keep them up.have only adopted its parterres, which require little time and expense, but in which walking is out of the question throughout the day, and in which ladies, regardful of their complexion, would only venture to appear after sunset."? Garden and Forest. *%A Howling Success." -Life. What's in a name? Thomai Lawless is in a St. Louis hospital on acoount of a battering he got while frying to save a young girl from insult bv a couple of rowdies, and James Thoroughgood has been sentenced to death in Delaware for ftfoay. 'a - ^ ^: -?v.? ' v SAN D03USGQ. AN IMPORTANT ISLAVD TN THE WEST INDIES. It Contains Two Small Republics?Its Grand Harbor?Importance to Xhis Coiintryof the Bay ot Samana. It is inteiesting at this time to consult the map of the "West Indies, and especially the group of the Great Antilles, with the view of July appreciating the discovery of Columbus, the questions arising aud likely to arise from .the penetration of the American isthmus, .but particularly the questions arising .at this time from our relations with Hay.ti and Dominica. The island upon -which these two republics are situated lies central between Cuba and Porto Rico, about onethird of it being occupied by the negro republic and the remainer by the republic of Dominica. The boundary runs nonrlr north and Fouth fllonf? & chain of -w-v ? ? *=> mountains from Cape Haytien to the Bay of Jaquemel. The Cape St. Nicholas (recently refused to the United States as a coaling station) is the northwesternmost point of the island, and is in Haytian territory. The Bay of Samana, to which the United States has been invited, is on the other extreme, and is in the territory of Dominica, commanding the Mona passage ? the principal channel to the Caribbean Sea and the Spanish Main. The cape and town of Isabella, where Columbus first established himself, is on the northern const of Dorninica, and the city of San Domingo, where he finally planted his colony, where his body was deposited when it was returned from Spain, and where it remained 240 years, until finally taken to Havana, is on the southern coast. The Bay of Samana Is beyond doubt the grandest harbor of the Antilles. It extends some thirty miks from east to west by nine or twelve from north to south. The peninsula which lorms me bay is a grand promontory, broken into hiHe ranging from a few hundred to 2000 feet in height, exceedingly steep, very irregular, and interspersed with narrow sloping valleys; the whole covered with a dense growth of underbrush, vines, and timber, well watered by numerous mountain streams which sometimes fall in beautiful cascades. The predominant rock is limestone, generally porous, but often of such quality as to form a good building material, and in positions quite accessible. Schistose rocks also occur with veins of calcareous tipar and sandstone. Quartz occurs frequently, and at the extremity of the peninsula an abundance of mica 6late. Bituminous coal is also found of exceeding richness. The entrance to the harbor at Samana for vessels drawing more than eight feet is contracted to about 2000 yards by a broad coral reef extending from the southern shore. At the point north of this reef are five small islands, the largest containing about 100 acres, the smallest a mere sandbank. The passage A the citadel. , 7 1 il,/, n Aw^VinwnmAof lor vessels lies oeiween mc uuivu?uuwii portiou of these an 3 the peninsula. The largest ships of the line can enter this bay -with the utrao3t ease and find secure auchorugc entirely out cf cannon range from vessels outside. There are also excellent anchorages and small harbors on the northern side near the entrance to the bay. The infrequcncy of land breezes at certaiu seasons of the year ha3 been urged as an objection to this harbor for sailing vessels. But we are contemplating it as a coaling station and steamers nud no difficulty in entering or leaving it at all seasons, day or night. The small town of Santa Barbara, foi which Admiral Gheiardi, United States ?c cif.iinfnrl nn Davy, is now ut^utiuuujj, ? the north shore of the bay, on a small bight, but this is not tie only cor by any moans the best locality. It is convenient, however, to the sea, is a a good water station, and is well sheltered. Reference to any general map of the chain of islands separating the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea will at oncc suggest the importance of Santo Domingo as a naval station. It lies between the two principal Spanish possessions of Cuba and Porto Rico, and controls to some extent Jamaica and all the Windward Islands. Columbus took possession of the island in the name of Ferdinaud and Isabella, the (Stb of December, The Indian nr.me was Haiti, but Columbus called it Ilispaniola, and it has since been known alternately as Santo Domingo and Ilajti. The central position which it occupies in that archipelago, separated from Cuba by a channel of only forty miles, ititeroiediatc between Jamaica on the west ind Porto Rico on the east, its viciuity to the commercial porta of the United States, Central America and Venezuela, confer upon it at this time a political importance second only to its commercial value. Its entire coast is indented with deep and valuable harbors and intertected with rivers penetrating far into the interior, which render all its resources available in extending the commerce of any power which may acquire poveieignty over it or become connected with it in relations of reciprocity. In addition to the typographical and climatic advantagec the Domiuican portion of the island has peculiar salubrious attractions, owing to the trond of the mountain ranges east and west, the vidley between them being swept of all malarious influences by the trade winds of the ocean. It is remarkable that this island?so richly'endowed by nature and the first of the discoveries of Columbu3?is at this late da'e so little known. As early as 1841 the President of the Dominican re ' ~ public applied to the Government of tl United States for recognition, and < February 22, 1845, on agent was sc out by the State Department to inqui and report as to the extent of its ter torv. the character of the population, ; various industries, products and r sources. Sir. Hogan'a instructions we given him by Mr. Calhoun at the clc of Mr. Tyler's administration, and 1 report was mado to Mr. Buchanan, t Secretary of State under President Pol October 4, 1845. In 184(5 the subject was finally tak up and under the instructions of M Baucroft, then Secretary of the Nav Lieut, (late Admiral) D. D. Porter tra ;rsed nearly the whole island and mac m elaborate and highly favorable repo of its resources and of tho character < the people. The annexation of Texas, which w consummated bout this time, and the c quisition of California, which followi upon the war with Mcxico, brought l,he administration of Mr. Polk t BALANDBIA HEAD. gravest responsibilities a9 to our ne possessions and precipitated also up them questions as to the right of w for isthmian transit. These were, ho ever, left as a legacy to the administ tion of Mr. Pierce, under which, in t month of August, 1854, Captain (aft ward General) George B. McClellan a other engineers viere sent out in t United States flagship Columbus at t invitation of the Dominican authorit - " it _ to survey tne Day ot samana xor toe p; pose of obtaining sites for a naval stati and coal depot. From that day to tl every administration of the Dominici Government has manifested its desire place the fortunes of the little republ under the protection of the Unit States or to make it an integral part the Union. President Santana was particular anxious to negotiate a general treaty this end, and the 10th of Septembi 1856, Mr. Elliot, tbe United States ;oi mercial agent, wrote: 4,Iam authoriz to offer the United States Qovernme not only any location tn the Bay of ? mana for their purpose, but the c( mines in that harbor, and any other coi mercial advantages they may require." The Government of Spain (which ha pily fe 11 with the revolution of 1866 following tbe example of the French Mexico, took advantage of the Civil "W :in the United States to attempt the r< iteration of its power in Sua Doming The political and military objects oft! effort were very palpable. One side the Meno passage being already In thi possession the Bay of Samana would gi them the absolute control of the ma passage to ths Caribbean Sea. The t tempt, however, was abandoned in 186 a provisional Government was esta lished, and a call was made for a co vention to frame a constitution. A strong popular feeling in favor ol more intimate connection with the Unit States now earnestly manifested rtsel and our consular agent in writing to tl State Department referred to the surv by General McClellan in 1854, and sa if the policy of our Government was st O _ to acquire a siauoa ul oaiuuua uc ? sure it could then be obta'ned. AgaiD, he says in his dispatch of Se tember, 18(55. "The influence of o glorious republic is well-nigh omnip tent here." Iu 1846 General Cabral was elect President with great unanimity, and o agent said in his dispatch of Beptemb 9: "I feel sanguine that any arrangeme that might bo desirable could now effected advantageously." Indeed, t new Government lost no time in conve ing to Secretary Seward its willingnc to part with some of its possessions i the Bay of Satnana. Accordingly January, 1SG7, the Assistant Secretary State, attended by Rear-Admiral Port< proceeded to the city of S into Doming authorized to offer the Dominion Govei ment $2,000,000, one-half in cash a the other half in arras and munitions war, as a consideration for the propos cession. RUINS OF COLUMBUS'S HOUSE. The then recent experiences of tl people, however, under foreign dorniu tion rendered mo proposiuuu nm^i" tune. Although, as the Assistant Se rotary reported, the measure conimcnd( itself to the better juigment of tl leading minds of the Dominion ropubli it would require time to satisfy t] minds of the people that the ocoupati< of Samanaby the United States would 1 a far different matter from its recc temporary control bv Spain, and that o presence and friendship would save the from the very evils which they ckeade and bring peace aud prosperity to ta the place of their unhappy discord The negotiations were, however, brok off; but on the 21th of November in t same year our commercial agent nga wrote that an informal proposal had be made lo him for a lease of Samaua ai the following month President Bac after consulting the magnates of the i public,made arrangements for submittii a pioposition for the protection of t United States to a populnr vote. Such was the condition of these nog tiations when thu odministrion of Al Johnson ceased and General Grunt w elected President. General Uabcock w now sent ns a commissioner to act in co junction with Mr. Perry, the commcrc r.geut of the Uuitcd States, to negoti:i a treaty for the annexntion of tho whe territory of the republic to the Uniti States, or for a lease of the peuinsu and bay of Sam ami. In February, 1S70, the proposition f annexation was submitted to the peoj and was approved by nn almost tinat mous vote. Mr. Perry in his dispalcb said: "Tho whole people desire anne ation to the United States."/# Tho treaty, however, failed to recei \ v. I the requisite two-third? o( the Uni&? m btatea senate, Ana wenerai uraci ag?M g at called attention to it in bis annual mml rc sage at the next session of Congress. rj_ eaid: "I now firmly believe that the m0< Rfl jtg rnent it is known that the United Stat? c_ bavo entirely abandoned the projcct 01 JH T accepting as a part of he territory thd* M )S0 island of Santo Domingo a lfco port trill SB jjg be negotiated for by European nations^ ? hc In tbe bay of Samata a large commercial flj j. city will spring up to which wc will bff tributary without receiving correspond^ H eQ ing benefits, and then will be seen thfr [r> folly of our rejecting so great a prize. v* After referring to tho fact that th* f. Government and peoplo of St. Doming^ lo had voluntarily sought this annexation fl rt ?that they were a weak power, yet pot- fl 3f sessiog one of the richcst territories tin-, H der the sun, capable of suporting In H M luxury 10,000,000 of people?he pre2 H Lc sented at great length the commercial H :d advantages to be secured, and linal| w to ly argued that "the acquisition ofj he St. Domingo is an adherence to the MOM >B ? roe doctrine; that it is a measure of na^.1 B . tional protection; that it is asserting ottlL B *] just claim to a controlling influence 0T8H B the great commeraal traffic soon to flow] -B I1 from east and west by way of the isttiV) B mus?that it is to build up our merchant n marine; that it is to furnish new markets B for the products ot our farms, shopflj S 6 i and manufactories; that ft is to ex ten? B y, the area of freedom and to furnish on* B ' citizens with the necessaries of life at j? B cheaper rate than ever before." In Sok R heooncluded: "So convinced am I ox ra the advan tages to flow from the acqujjj eition of St. Domingo and of the B 0D disadvantage?I might say calamities# B ay to flow from non-acquisition that I b? B vr. lieve the subject has only to be investP B ra- gated to be approved." B 11Mk ? ? B I ed : 4'I\ nt CHBISTOPHER COLUJtBCS (CHXBTON). la- ? 1 . )al But this eloquent and patriotic appeal n- fell unheeded upon the dull ears of tgi unappreciative Senate, and the marfa p- has strangely remained in abeyanraFl through successivc administrations frOQ* /i n in that day to this, until so disheartened) H ar had the authorities and the people of B is- the little republic finally become thai B ;o. they plaintively referred to it in recent* B lis ly declining to be represented at th0 B of "World's Fair in 1893. B sir It is true that President Baez an& B ve others prophesied that it would some dAl B in be renewed. And this has now come B it- to pass. But the renewal now proceed B 5, from the side of the United States, and;. B b- not until our humble supplications at tht n- other end of the island have been per^ B emptorily rejected. The vigorous B ! a crease of our navy, our rapidly augment",' B ed ing commerce with the southern repup*, B If, lies, and the new impetus to be given to- B tie isthmian'transit by the Nicaragua Canal? B ? J ?? Ktt a shin rail WAV H H ev IU1U giAlU, pel UUjJO, uj u W". p J _w . gn id Tchuantepec, all so forcibly urged btS K ill General Grant in his repeated appeals to; H as Congress, contribute to impress upon th(j mind as a matter of imminent importance* ^9 p- ?Ohicaao Times. 9n ur 1 io- The Cejlou Tearl Fishery. 9 The pearl fishery is again being con* H wi ducted off the northwest coast of Ceylon,- H ur and this year a larger number of buyers* H er I from India and the Continent generally- Hj nt | has been attracted to the banks tiian ever H be , before. The cut given herewith reprO^ H he Bents the outfit of a Ceylon diver, and Bfi y- J his mode of collecting shells in a lighi -M ?ss ' wickcr basket, ten to twenty a! a time* |H a- I ^ TEAHL DIVER DESCENDING. SB c, The diver's great toe is inserted in a ao loop formed by the rope which is wouncjr >n round the diving stone. The water fa IB be calm and quite clear to a considerable nt depth at this season of the year. Th<? ur fleet of oyster boats is under the control mi of the Government steamer which is sta- MS d, | tioncd at the pearl banks. A Govern-' ke j ment recorder is attached to each boat," Hfi Is. | and the oyster stores on shore are guarded' en j by armed policc. Tuc locality of thfc ho | fishery presents a busy sceuc with its in throng of buyers, petty tradesmen^) | officials, boatmen, etc., who congregate^ id j there during the two or three weeks ofj H| z, : the fishery. After a few days the oystei flH e- ! shells attract clouds of flies, from which og there is no escape, not even at meat ho times when every precaution is taken tl^ prevent a fiy or two being inadvertently o- swallowed with every mouthful of foodij !r. The first boat which arrives at Colombo^ MM a<? 1 or at any other town ou the coast from MB as the fishery with a cirgo of pearl oysteii n- is enthusiastically welcomed by old an? ial young, rich and poor alike, all of Bflj ite them are bent ou trying their luck in anj^H tlo oyster or two purchased at random from HH the fishmongers. ,-^H ila ? William Wrightman, a farmer neftfj^H or Middletown, Iud., found in his wheat>le bin an old pooketbook containing >i- 000 in gold and paper currency. EH ics ?' M Despite all the efforts of the GovenW^H ment to stamp out the disease, trichinto^H ve sis continues to exist in Eoioe parte of Germany. _