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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
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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.
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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. _