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J It was not long After the encouragi ment given by her smile that Lisabcta, :> she followed the footmen, who were wit difficulty lifting the countess into her cm risge, saw the young officer close by Ik side, and felt him seize her hand, ltefor she could recover from her surprise h was gone, leaving a note in her pain which she hastened to conceal in he glove. During the whole of the drive sh neither saw nor heard anything, answere every question at random, and was slmrj ly rated for it by the countess. Whe she returned home, she Hew to her chain ber and took out tho note. It was no sealed, and consequently it was imposts! ble not to Mad it. The letter coutained thousand protestations of love. It wn t inder and respectful, and LriDslated won f ?r word from a German romance ; bu Lisabeta knew nothing of German, an< was well enough consent, wnu iw She was embarrassed, however, sinc< f ?r the firet time in her life, she had a s< CIT3W 111 UV ill lfvi?7npvi'u?uvv *?un young man! 'Die thought made Ik tremble. She reproached herself for lit imprudence, and knew not what to do.AVrat course should she resolve upon !Leave off working at the window, and L dint of coldnees, compel the young oflio to reliuquiah his pursuit?or send liii bick his letter?or write to him in a fir and decided manner ? She had neith fiiend nor adviser, and she deterinim upon answering his letter. She took up her pen, and meditati profoundly : more than once she began phrase, and then tore up the paper.Sotnetimes her style was too harsh; lb it was wanting in a proper reserve, length she succeoded In composing a ft lines which satisfied ncr. *T think,** sho wrote, "that your inU tions are honorable, aud that you woi not willingly ofifend me by levity of o< duct; but you must he aware that our i Juaintance cannot begin in tnis mann send you back your letter, and I ht you will not givo me cause for regrctti my imprudence in noticing it." The next day, as soon as she saw T| mann, she left her work, went into aabm, opened the vasistas, and threw letter into the street, in the expoctat that the young officer would not fai pick it up. She was right; he seize with eagerness, and went into a con tkmer's shop to read it. Finding noth eery discouraging in the contents, be w home tolerably well satisfied with commencement of his love affair. A few days afterwards, a smart yo woman, with an air eveilU, caine to hotel, requesting to deliver a message Mademoiselle Lisa beta from a march. d? mod**. It was not without some ttar**m that she consented to Me fearing it ?m some forgotten bill; her surprise ?u great when, on ope , the naoer presented to her, aha recogr the liand writing of llennan. "You hnvo made a in intake, made elle," Mid LiMbeta : " tftia letter ia for me P "I beg jour pardon," replied the i eels with a malicious amile; "give j self the trouble to read it P Liai glanced at the note. Hermann deina an interview. "Impossible P cried she, frightenc the bohlneea of the request, and al manner in which it la been sent t< "This letter is not meant for me." she tore it into a thousand pieces. "If the letter is not for jon, made elle," returned the modiste, "wfcj vou torn itl You should have gi ! back, that I might hava taken it \ proper address." "Pray excuse me," said Lisabeta, i diaoonoeried. "I hardly know wba J doing. Pray bring nia no mora U r and tell the person who rant yon tl onghl to ba aibimad of raaorting t< an atpediant." But Hermann wan not the man time datarrad. Krwy day LisaU eaived a fash letter, whim reaoha MBHted om way. aometunoa ai Ba no loagar sent har translation* tha Carman, but wrota under tb< mm ai a violent oaaaion. and ?i leagwege wkleb wss th?t of hw own 8be now rooehrod kk letter* willing v.. soon replied to them. Every day li answer* bccuinu longer and moro tend* * At length she threw out of the windo the following note :? "This evening there is a ball at tl d- French ambassador's. The countess O fjoing, and we shall remain there till tw t)- o'clock. I will tell you how you may s< > me in secret. As s?>on as the countess k gone?that is to say, nbout eleven o'cloc ?the servants disappear. The only or left will be the porter in the vestibule, an lie is almost always asleep in his larp iv arm-chair. As soon as the clock stiik* ?r eleven, enter the hall, and ascend the stai L'r case as quickly as you can. If you fin anybody in the antechamber, ask if tli countess i* at home; they will tell yo that she has gone out, and in that cas ' you must givo up the attempt. But it i ' most probable that you will meet no on< = for the countess' women ure all in a distai apartment. When you reach the ant< chamlier, turn to your left, and go straigli on till von come to her bedroom. Then behind a large screen, you will see tw doors; the one on the right opens into a empty closet, that on the left upon a coi j_ ridor, at the end of which is a narrow LS staircase, which leads to my room." h r- Hermann stationed himself that nigli ir ?t his |H>st as early as ten o'clock. It wa e a terrible night. The winds were - U e loose, and tlie snow fell in heavy flake i, 1 he lamps shed only an uncertain glean tr and (ho streets were qui to dcscrted.o Though ho wore only a light frock, llci d inann wm not sensible either of the wini i- or the snow. At last the carriage of th n countess made its ap|>cnrance: ami h i- saw two tall footmen lift the inflrin spe< it tro in their arms, and deposit her on th i- cushions, wrapped up in an enormous |k a lisse. Immediately af-criranls Liaabet s leaped into the carriage, wearing a shor J mantle, and her head wreadied with flow t ers. The door was olyd,and they drov ' $! .*4 ",,ow- The light >, extinguished, ami silence reigned in th hotel. Hermann walked np and down a he drew nenr one of the lamps, and lool ;r od at his watch ; it wanted twenty mil r utc? to eleven, lie planted himseif agnim - the lamp jiost, and with his eyes fixed li - the hands, impatiently counted the mil >y 11ten which remained. Exactly as tl ur clock struck eleven he ascended the stoti in 0|>cnod the street door, and entered tl m vestibule, which he found lit up. Lucki er the porter was not there. With a fir ;d and rapid step he cleared the staircase the twinkling of an eye, and reached tl e(] autechHinlHjr. There he found a footm: a asleep oa a dirty old sofa. Hernial _ passed by him on tiptoe, and croased tl en dining-ioom ami drawing room, in whii were no lights ; but the lamp in the a ,w tcchainber was a sullicient guide. Alb he arrived at the bedroom, where a gold lamp was burning before a cabinet fill with the images of saints. Ho saw t two doors?that on the right, whi ac opened into the dark closet; the ot! which led to the corridor. He opened I latter, saw the little staircase which led the chamber of the jaior demo so le ? compagnie, gazed wistfully in tliat dir tion for n moment, llicn shut the door, * entered the empty closet. I Tho time passed slowly. Silence rei ed in the house, till the |>emlule on I ^ chimney-piece of the bed-room str (j ^ twelve, and all was quiet as before. I mann remained standing, leaning aga li n store in which there was no fire, rent wa* P?^'? calm. Ilia heart beat \ the PMUR' pnl-ationa, like that of a man tcrinined to bruve nil dangers, because unir hnow* th*,n 10 he inevitable. He h< one o'clock strike, then two, and she t afterwards he could distinguish the 11 lnt?4 of the wheels of a carriage. Ther un. "P1*? ?f himself, he experienced a fee jwr of emotion. The cvriage upproa< but 4tl^v? R!s'-^ Immediately t nine wa* * 'ou<' no'"l? ?f ??rvants running lised an<^ down *tu'nb *oicoa wero heard apartments were lit up, and aU at mo^ three old fetnmes de chainhru enterei not bedroom, followod by a walking mun who threw herself into a large faw wtd. "ennann peeped through a chink, pour- 8,1 w kieabeta Pass close to where he ibeta *a|,d'nDC? and hoard her quick step h nded ran UP t^,e ,,lirrow staircase. At tlx torn of hie heart he felt something d at r?mor,?? hut ^ passed away, and his t ^ became again as hard as atone. } },er. The counteaa began to undress be And g,M* Ucr waiting maids remover hair-dress of rosea, and separated her mois- dered peruke from her own thin have hair. The pins fell in a shower rom rfaD it He* dress of glittering silver lama w + ? f_ -J 1 ft. to ill changcl lor a geignoir una nigc and in this costume, more suitable quite ?? ? Herman thought she look* II am frightful than before. >Uers; Like most wry old people, the oo bat he wan tormented by wakefulness. ? such being undressed, her women were d ed. The wax lights were eating to be and the room was only lit by the Ma re- lamp which burned before the holy i d her The count***, shrivelled and yelk) Bother, with hanging lips, swayed herself ? from from right to left in her arm eha B influ- her dull eyee might be reed the i poke a of all thought, and seeing her roc i heart self thus, It might have been n ly, and that she did not more by any im] cr the will, but by a kind of secret median r. ism. w Suddenly this deathly countenance altered its expression : the lips ceased to ie tremble; the eyes became animated. An is unknown person stood before the countess. ;o It was Hermann. ?e "He not afraid, iiindame,'' said he in a is low voice, hut carefully accentuating every k word. "For the love of (rod be not afraid; ie I intend you not the slightest harm. On d tho contrary, it is a favor I come to ask of re you." ? The old woman gazed at liim in silence, r- as it she did not understand him. He d thought she was deaf, and, putting his ic lips close to her ear, repeated his words, u The countess still preserve* 1 silence, ie "It is in your power," continued Heris man, "to insure the happiness of my whole ?, life, and without its costing you anything, it 1 know that you can tell mo three cards i- which " Hermann paused. The it countess without doubt, knew what he >, wanted; perhaps she was sucking for nn o answer. She spoke, n "It is all a joke?upon my word, a r- joke!" iv "No, madame," replied Herman in a lone of anger ; "it is not so. Remember Tchaplitz-ki, whom you e mbled to win , ." The countess seemed affected: l8 fur an instant Iter features expresed a strong >t emotion, but soon resumed their dull, iins passive aspect. lt "Can you not," said Hermann, " point J out to me the three winning cardsf r. The Conn'ess remained silmit, and he Lj continued. e ^ "Why should you preserve this secret? 0 For your grandchildren ? They are rich j. enough without that: they don't know 9 the valnu of money. Of what use would y your three cards be to them ? Thcv are a spendthrifts: and he who docs not know ,t how to keep his patrimony, will dio in ins. digenee had he all the knowledge of all the e devils at his command. I am, on the H contrary, a careful man. I know the p HWllvrf-VOjiau . V jh ir litr?*a o-irtU* will I He stopped, and tremblingly awaited t! her answer. The countess did not utter a word. ,t Hermann threw himself on his knee?. ie "Madame," he cried, "if your heart has > ever known what it is to love?if you ic have ever heard the cry of a new-born >s, babe -if ever a human sentiment stirred ie voui bosom?I beseech you, l?y the love lv of a husband, of a lover, of a mother, by in all that is most sacred in our existence, in do nut reject my orayer?reveal your ?ciie crcttome! What is it? Perhaps it is ill connected with soine terrible sin?with in the loss of your eternal happiness! Have he you not made some fatal compact ? Think eh well of it: you are very old, and cannot n- have long to live ! 1 am ready t > take ist all your sins upon myself?to lie responsien ble for them before (Jod ! Tell nie your c.t secret ! Reflect that the hapnineM of a lie l man is in your hands?that not only I ieli lint my children, even my grandchildren ier will bless your memory, ami venerate yoi the like a saint." to Still ilie countess did not utter a sylla dc ble. ee* Hermann Mae. ind "Accursed old woman !" ho exclaimed grinding his teeth, "I will make you sj>e:?k; g?. and he drew a pistol from hU pocket, the At the sight of the pistol the counlei tick for the second time betrayed a stron Icr- emotion. She shook her head more v< inst heinenlly than ever, stretched out In He hands as if to push the weajion aside, an villi then suddenly falling back, remained pe do- fcctly motionless. ? he "Come," said Herman, seizing her I sard the hand, "leave of!" this child's play. >rtly adjuro you for tho last time. Will y< iois? tell me the three cards ??yes or no 1" i, in The countess did not answer; and 1I< 'ling manii now saw that she was dead ! died _____ here ciiaiter ii. ? UP Liza bet a Ivanovna was seated in 1: l',Q chamber, still in her bull-dress, piling once jn deep thought. On her return hon ' 1 '1W she had hastily dismissed her maid, si ,,iny? ing that she wanted no one to undr teuil. |,er| ftm| ascended to her apartme "e fearing to find Hermann there, and hopi even not to find him. At a glance, i is she was aware of tho fact, and felt grateful > hot- tho chance which had prevented the inc ? like i?g# Without thinking of changing heart oostume, she seated herself pensively her table, and began to pass in review fore a the circurantances of a I'uiUon so reocr i her begun, and which had yet led her so pow- Throe weeks had scarcely passed since white first saw the young officer, and aire d her. she had written to him, and be had i ae ex- eeeded in obtaining her consent to a i it-cap, tnrnal rendezvous. All die knew of to her was his name. She had received a n i less ber of letters from him, bat had n onoe spoken to him; she did not < untess know toe sound of his voice. After While musing thus upon him, the < ismiae- suddenly opened, and Hermann tnU eished, She started to her fret, and in a trend golden voice exclaimed, 44 Where have you be mages. "In the oountsss* bed-roomr re w, and Hermann hoarsely *. 'I have just le) gently she is deed !** ir. In "tlracious Ood t what do you say ibeewce "And 1 fear,** he added, ' that I ar k her- cause of her death P* ippdfeed Lisabeta Ivanovna gated at bin Mime of aghast. Hermann seated hiijiself near the winiow, and told bcr all. She listened with terror and shame.? Thus, then, these paafcionato letters, these burning words, tins bold, obstinate pursuit, had, after all, not been inspired by love! It was money only that inflamed his soul! llow could she, who had only a heart to offer, make him happy ? Poor child ! she had been the blind instrument of a robber?of the inuplerer of her bene factress. In the agony of her repentanco she wept bitterly. Hermann gazed upon her in silence; but neither the tears of the unfortunate girl, nor her beauty, rendered more touching by her grief, eould shake his iron soul. He had no remorse in thinking of the death of the countess. One solo reflection tormented him?the irreparable loss of the secret from which he had expected his fortune. After a long silence, Lisabetn exclaimed, "You are an assassin?a monster!" "I did not mean to kill her," he answered coldly : "my pistol was not loaded." They remained for some time without speaking, or even looking at each other. I Ihivliirllt nf loinrlli hfttl-e I I extinguished the candlu which flickered in tlio socket; and a pale grey light stole into the chamber. She wiped her eyes, which were drowned in tears, and turned them towards Hermann. lie was slili sitting la-side the window, with his arms folded, and his brow knit. In this attitude he forcibly recalled the portrait of Napoloon ; and the resemblance, as she remembered what Tomski ha 1 said, made her shudder. At last she spoke. "How," said she, "shall I get you away? I thought of your going by tho secret staircase, but to do so you must pass through the countess' bedroom, and I am afraid" "Tell mo only how I shall find tho staircase, and I will go alone." She rose, searched in a drawer for a key, which sho gave to Hertnaun, with the necessary instructions; he took hei sTaircase, and entered'tUVcYiftmft^r''of ViVe Countess. She was seated in her fautcuil, perfectly rigid ; her features were not in the slightest degree contracted. He paused, ! and gaxod at her for some time, as if to ussure himself of the fearful reality ; he then went into the empty closet, and feeling the tapestry, discovered a small door, which opened on a staircase, at the bottom of which he found mother door, which the key in hi* hand readily opened. The next moment he was in tho street. Three days after the fatal night, at nin? o'clock in tiie morning, Hermann went to tho convent of Frocaschka, where the last office* were to he paid to the mortal remains of tho Countess Anna Fedotovna. He felt no remorse, and yet lie could not . disguise from himself the fact that he was. t as is usually the case, superstitious; and. in tho persuasion that the dead countess ' had the power of exercising a malign in Hucnco over his life, he had thought to appease her by attending her funeral. r The church was full of people, and he had Home difficulty in getting a place.? The body was stretched upon a rich biei | under a canopy of velvet; the hands were t crossed upon the bosom, and the dres* was of white satin, with a head-dress oj w lace. Around the bier the family wen assembled ; the servants in black caftans ^ with ribbons on their shoulders bearing t devices, ami each holding a long taper "(j the relations?children, grandchildren, nn< great grandchildren?all in deepmouring No one wept?tears would have beei looked upon as an affectation. Thecoun te-cs was so old, that her death could kui * prise no one, and she had long been cor >u sidercd as no longer belonging to tlii world. A celebrated preacher pronounce ir" tbo funeral oration. In a few simple an touching words bo described the death < the just, who had passed a long life in cd fying preparations for a christian ond.ler '-Tho angel of death," he snid, ''ea.rk her off in the midst of her cheerful an l,e? pious meditations, and in the expcctatk 4y* of the bridegroom of midnight." Wh< 688 tho service was over, all the relatioi "ti moved forward to take their last fnrew? ?g of the deceased. After them in long pr *hc oessiou, came all those invited to the cei for monv. Tho servants of her househou ?l* succeeded, and among them was an c her housekeeper of the same age of ihe cou tees, who advanced, supported by two w all men. She was not strong enough itly kneel, but tears fell from her eyee wh far. she bent to kiss the hand of her mistre she Hermann proceeded in his turn towai ady the bier. lie knelt for a moment on t sue- marble flags covered with branchee of < loc- preee. He then roes, and, pale aa des him _.i_i it,? >i?n? rJ the hier. and bof MWUUVU ? *? - ?| 9 um hi* head; when suddenly it seemed ever him m if tbe dead countess looked at 1 ^ n with a derisive expression, and winl hor eye. Hermann rose with a hi door movement, and fell backwards on sred. pavement, from whence he wie quk ding raised by tbe bystanders. At the si en f* moment Lies beta Ivanovo* fainted wl plied she stood in the body of the ohurel ft. It: These accidents disturbed the eerem fur a few moments; the assistants v r pered among each other; and one, a the chamberlain, a near relation of thi ceased, murmured in the ear ef an ] s all iiabmaa who stood tMr4A&|pi*t young officer wae a left-haaded sot. o countess; to which the Engli.-.lunan laeo- t nically replied, "Ah !" k During the whole of the day Hermann a was a prey to the greatest uneasiness. At n the restaurant, whero he was in the habit h of dining alone, contrary to his custom he s< drank a great deal, in the hope of getting rid of thought; but the wine, on the con- t< trary, excited his imagination, and added new activity to the ideas with which ho cl was pre-occupied. He went home early ; tl threw himself, dressed as ho was, on his bed, and fell at once into a profound sleep. I When he awoke it was night, or rather morning, and the moon shono into his tl room, lie looked at his watch, and saw s< that it wanted a quarter to three. lie no longer felt any inclination to sleep, so ho I sat on his bed, and thought of the old " countass. e At that moment somebody in the street a came up to the window, looked into the room, and passed on. Hermann paid no v attention to this, but at the expiration of about a minute he heard the door of the s< antechamber open. He fancied that his t< military servant?drunk, according to cus- p torn?had let himself in after returning h from some noctural excursion; but he tl soon detected an unknown step. Some tl one entered shuttling in slippers over the t; floor. 'I ho door opened, and a woman t? dressed in white came into his chamber. Hermann thought at first that it was his b old nurse, and asked her what brought v her there at such an hour Hut the lig- ? lire, rapidly crossing the chamber, was in a moment at the foot of his bed, and Her- 1 tnann recognized the countess! "I come to yon .against my will," she c exclaimed in a deep voice. "I am compelled to grant your prayer. These cards " ?Three, Seven, and Ace?will win for you one after the other; but you are for- " bidden to play more than one card in fouraud-twenty bourn, and never to plav again in the course of your life. 1 pardon you my deatli on condition that you tvmrrv ' Lisabeta lvnnovna." " 1 lipp&fe, elttjrtoyed towards 1 heard her elosc the door of tlio antechamber, and directly afterwards .saw a figure in white in the street, whi.h stopped and gazed for a moment through the window. He remained for ? nne time completely stupified ; he then rose, and went into the antechamber. His servant, as he had at first imagined, was drunk, and asleep on the floor. He had some difficulty in awaking him ; and when he succeeded could not get from him the slightest explanation. The door of the antechamber was locked. Hermann immediately returned to his chamber, and wrote down all the circumstances of bis vision. From that time forward one idea alone took possession of his thoughts. The three cards were constancy present to his imagination. He was always repeating to himself, "Three?Seven?Ace." In every phase of his daily avocations these three numbers were mingled. He entertained no doubt that by their instrumentality he should make his fortune, but , bow was he to turn to account a secret which lie had l>oughl so dearly? He ( thought of asking for leave of abscenco to p travel, in the expectation that in l'ari> , |X'i baj>H lie might discover some gaming table where lie could realize bis expecta' tions. Accident relieved him from his ein. barrassment. j There was at that time at Moscow a company of rich gamblers, the president J, of which was a celebrated man named Tchekaliuski, who had passed all his life f. in play and amassed mi enormous fortune. 11 in magnificent house, li in excellent cut js tine, and his agreeable manners ha<l gain,1 ed him numerous friends, and attracted ,j the general consideration towards hiin.? He came to St. Petersburg, and iinmcdij. ately all the nobility, old and young, _ docked to his saloons. Hermann was taken there by Naronmoff. id On entering Tchekalinski's hotel, thev <n pnsa?d through a niiml>er of rooms filled ill with servants, all extremely attentive am as polite. Tho guests were innumerable.? II In some of tho apartments old general: o- and privy counsellors were playing whist 'e- while, in others, young men of fa hioi Id were stretched on sofas, eating ices, o Id smoking long Turkish pipes. Intheprir in- cipal saloon, at a long table, round wbicl ro- some twenty players were eagerly gathei to ed, the master of the house presided ovc en a faro bank. He was a man about sixt as. years of age, a fine countenance, and ha rds as white ae snow. In his open, trainpi .he features, good humor and kindness migl cy- be read, and his eyes sparkled with a pc th, petual smile. NarouinofT presented He red tnann, and immediately Tchekalinski < VtM Ivla Usn/1 aai/1 ikal IIA A* A a vara VU iOlOU U1K1I 11 MP IIAIIUj nr?iu IlinV HQ nun iti tim come, that there was no ceremony in 1 keel house, and went on dealing the cards, isty The deal lasted some time ; money w the set ou more than thirty cards. At eve :kly coup Tchekalinski stopped to allow t ime winners time to double their stakes, to p lere to listen civilly to the remarks address t? to him, and more civilly still to tecla tony the stakes which some of the losers W rhis- inadvertertiy abstracting. At length I old deal was over, and Tchekalinski ehufl > de the cards, and prepared for a new one. Eng- ' Will yon allow me to choose a can the said Hermann, fetching out his hi f the over a stout mat? who filed ?p aha he whole of one side of the table. Tch? :alinski, graciously, bowed in token c ssent. Naroumotf laughingly compli tiented Hermann on having conquere< is former austerity, and wished him al irta of luck in his new career. "There !" said Hermann, having writ jn some figures on the back of his card. "IIow much?" said the banker, hal losing his eyes. "Excuse me, I don't se* le amount. "Forty-seven thousand roubles," replie< rcrmann. At these words all eyes were turned 01 le young officer. "He has lost his sen ss," thought Naroumoff. "Allow mo to observe to you, sir," sai* chekalinski, with the same eternal smih that you play rather high. No one her ver puts down more than two hundre< nd seventy-five roubles on the first card. "Very well," returned Hermann; "bu i ill you meet my stake ? Yes or no ?" Tehekalinski bowed his acceptance, ol erving, however?"I merely wished yo ) know that, although I have the mos erfect confidence in my friends, I can on ; deal ready money. I am convince* mt your word is as good as gold ; but it he regularity of the game, and to facili ito calculations, ! shall he obliged to yot > put your money on your card." Hermann drew a note from his pocket ook and, handed it over to Tchckalinsk fho satisfied of its value at a glance, plac ?l it on Hermann's card. He then dealt. To the right hand 'en was turned; to the left a three! " I win !" said Hermann, showing hi aid. A munnur of astonishment sprcai ? 1 V ? .? 111vj |m.ivvi>. rur an MiMani in anker's brow contracted ; but his habiti ,1 smile immediately returned. "Shall I pay you t" he asked. "If you please," was the reply. Tehckalinski took some bank-notes froi lis portfolio ami handed them over t Hermann, who pocketed his winnings, an eft the table. Naroumoff could not r iW >A>JW iiis surprise. Hermann sta The next evening Hermann return to Tchekalinski's and found him dealii as before. He went up to the table; t players made room for him and the bn ker smiled as ho approached. He wait for the next deal, and then took a ca on which he put down not only his ori inal forty seven thousand roubles, but t sum which he had won the night befo Tehckalinski dealt: a Knave was turn up on the right,a Seven on the left. II inann showed a Seven ! There was a general exclamation. Tehckalinski was evidently ill at his ea In* counted out ninetj-four thousand i< bles and gave them to Hermann, w took them with the greatest coolness, a left the room. Un the following day he returned the accustomed hour. Every one was the tiptoe of expectation ; even the generals and privy-counsellors left tli whist to witness play of such magnitu The young olllcers quitted their sofas i the people of the house all flocked rou Herrmann was the object of everyIkk attention. At his enterance all the ot players ceased, panting in their inipatie to see him set to work with the ban who, pale, but smiling still, observed ! take bis place at the table, and prepi singly to play with him. Each of tl at the same time undid a pack of ca Tehckalinski shuffled and Hermann 1 he then took a card, and covered wi a heap of bank notes. The movei was 011 each side were, like the prej tions for a duel. A deep silence reij through the hall. liixrin f A 4)00 I 11 ta li trembled, He turned up a (juecu 01 right, on the left nn Ace. i "The Ace wins," said Hermann, t:r 1 eriiiff his card. "Your Queen has lost!" observed 1 ' kaliuski, in tlie softest tone possible. I Hermann started. Instead of an I lie saw before him the Qrcn of Spi - He could not believe hi* eyes, nor ui * stano how ho could have made si ; mistake. With his eyes fixed on th ii tal card, it seemed to him that the t, r of Spades winked at him, and smile i- risively. He recognized with hoi h strange resemblance between the ( r- of Spades and the Countess Anna sr tovna. y "Accursed old woman t" he mu ir l>e ween his teeth, il Tchekalinski raked up his winnii it Hermann remained for some time ni r- less?stupefied. When at last I ir* the table there was a buzz ofconveri >f- "That was a famous stake ?" said th< si- era. Tchekalinski shuffled the card iia the game went on. m Hermann went piad. He is now try lunatic hospital of QboukofF, in cell be lie never replied to any question ay addressed to him, but i* heard inc led |y repeating: "Three Seveniin Three?Seven?Queen P* ere Lisabeta Ivanovna married a v< the iable young man, the son of the i led of the late counters. Prince Paul the husband of the Prinoeaa Pai li and jtW Mr tail is ended, as the tost said when he 'lUrned to a (bog. \ imikti lUniiiug j ?? - ,, Servants of God in joyful lays, Sing ye the Lord Jehovah's praise. Montgomery. The Bible and the Family. f e The Hon.Theodore Frelinghuy6en,at the anniversary of tho American Bible SocieI ty, of which ho is President, delivered the following address, which merits specific II attention, as the Bible, we fear is too ofi ten neglected as a Book for tho family: "We can never adequately estimate d the value or trace tho relations of the ?, family to the State, and of the Bible to e both. d "The family form the basis of the so " cial community, and etFectively reaches it the larger spheres of the government and tho State. When pure, it is the copious y fountain of all that is good and hopeful, u as it is, when corrupt, tho fatal source it f)f all tlmt nnritti'ijiliu on.l /Inatrnnhco i- "Iho recollections of childhood, the foil ther's counsels, the first prayers of the i) mother, often hallowed by the thought* i- ot bereavement and the wastes of the n grave, meet and glow together in manhood to exact the agency coining from tho - family among the most eventful on the i, character and destiny of man. ''The sagacious observer of inen and influence who deem ballads of a pastoral a people of so much moment, could with more truth have said, Allow mo the open s way to the family ; grant me to pour upon the household, at tho fire-side, at the d social table, at the home-coming of labor e from its toils, tho light and power I may i- bring to shape tho mind, to mould the will and guide the thought, and, under God, I will hold the reins of public sentiment, and fix the standard of character 11 and the law of conduct. Yes, he might :o add, with fearful truthfulness, I will make id or unmake any people by such permitted o agencies. y "It was of the Divine purpose to clothe fne ^jeriir </i tAjof ucculiar powed ter. lie well knew how soon the seedS ng sown there would spring up to life. and he how fruitfully the blossom would ripen to in the harvest. lie constituted this domesed tic relation on the very first days of creard tion, while Eden still bloomed in all its ig- innocence. "I will make him a help meet he for him, and they shall be one flesh. For re. this cause shall a man leave his father ed and mother, and shall cleave unto his er- wile." They shall be one in joy, and sorrow, and sympathy?one in thought, aiul ? purpose and counsel. And with it the se; bible holds inseparable communion.? >u- There is no law but in God's Word that ho can preserve tho family in healthful connd dition. All history shows that there is no other bond that can bind together its vaat lions interests. Let that green and veron dant spot where childhood and youth old yield so freely to first impressions, and are icir moulded into the man and the citizen? ide. let that be neglected or perverted, and no ind regrets or reproaches can repair the misnd. chief. As well might we expect grapes ly's of thorns, as virtuous and honorable manlier hood from neglected aud wicked youth, incc "Whatsoever a man sowetb, that shall ker, he also reap." The whirlwind for tho him wind is as true for nations asformnn, and ired the harvest will show the seeds that are icin sown. It is a universal law and sways irds. all creation. Wicked parents and lawcut ; less children will grow into corrupt coiutl? it inunities, and at last overthrow the wisest nent systems of social civil order raised by the >ara- wisdom and skill of men. The family is ^hed benignantly designed and fitted to bo tho nurse of virtue; and to be such, the Bible tnds murtt rule the family. J lie aiitnonty of i the God, and the influence of his Word and Spirit, must fence around this sacred place icov- against hostile intrusions and corrupting temptations. The charities of home must rdie- ! ? guarded and cherished by the doctrines and precepts of the bible. Ace, "There can be no stronger plea for the ides! bible, and especially here, with our frta nder- institutions, the work under heaven of our >eh a hands, and with laws the fruit of our own e fa- legislation. We roust have the Bible, its fueen it* power and glorified course, , bearing d de- light and puiity and peace b|to ev?ry rror a cottage and neighborhood, qjfld dwelling iueen place, or the tides . f evil that ritaiwh us Kedo- will very soon roll over us in volumes of overwhelming desolation. And the Ancerttered jean Bible Society is honored by this blessed instrumentality. God in his merciful iga.? providence has raised up this institution mtion- for these great ends ; and we would dc10 left voutly acknowledge the goodnesa which ?ation: has given to it so much favor and crown* pl?y- ed it with so many tokens of His appro Is, and bation." Fkmalb Chkkkfclnias.?A woman* in the msv ba of groat assistance to her husband No.17. in business, by ?earing a cheerful smile that is continually upon her ooentensnce. A feasant man's perplexities and gloominess aire in -Ace 1 creased a hundred fold when his betterhalf wears a ocntinusl scowl upon her sry am- brow. A pleasant wife is as a rainbow steward ?3t in the sky, when her husband's nofed became is tost with storms and tempests ; but a ne. dissatisfied and fretful wife, in tfaMMtar of II. J. MS I 1- j . .. ? ItfOUDIO W IlKfs one VI www IWTTIUIU civm which keep vm forever to dreed c# a \*m~ M peel*