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lewis m. obist, proprietor. J ^n jiutependent .Jfamilij .fleinspaper: ,dfbr the promotion of the foGtieal, Social, ^gritultitral and Commercial Jnterests of the jSonth. |terms?$2.00 a year in advance. VOL. 35. YORKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1889. . NO. 22. ANOTHEK FROM THE DIARY 01 51 I MY JULIAN 1 1 Author of "The Great B< ran Pern ' r * * [Copyright by O. M. Dunham, and publii Ameriinn Presa Association with Ci . . CHAPTER VIIL * A REVELATION. | F you liave a wife jjSLf her calm black little as she turned them on i|\jfu L|^raH tirely a free agent * [i i JS 48 W 'n * e matterIk V*B 1 We were mistak1 611 ^ ,GaC^ 0t^6r me as women will sometimes captivate men when circumstances are favorable, and a long sea voyage is a very favorable circumstanced Then, for her part, she expected certain advantages from the marriage which it was not in my power to provide for her. It was a mutual misunderstanding. After the explanation, she went her way and left me to go mine. She did not ask my consent, and I did not enforce my authority. But whatever I have she bus a right to share; and whatever cannot be shared I have no right to have." "I am sorry for you," said Paulino, in u tone that conveyed more than many assurances. "There's no help for it," returned Valentine, with an assumption of indifference, "not even in the law." "You mean you cannot be divorced?" "8he will not consent to it" "Why not?" "Because she happens to know chat my eldest brother is in delicate health, and that nothing stands between me and a fortune except his life. But let us talk of something else, i am minting 01 leaving town." "In the midst of the season?" ; "The seasons are pretty much alike to me. Besides, New York will not be a pleasant residence for me any longer." "Has New York changed, or have you?" "The change is in my relations with you, Miss Nolen," said Valentine, leaning forward with his elbows on his kDees. "I can't come here any more. As long as I could keep up my false pretenses? as long as' you did not know me to be a married man?I could take advantage of your ignorance. But I have committed hari-kari, so far as that is concerned, and it's time I disappeared." "It is not keeping any false pretenses0 to be silent about your past life." "Not in the abstract, perhaps; but in this case it is." "Why, Mr. Martin?" "May I tell you? You won't bo offended?" But without waiting for her answer, and as if fearing that it might be unfavorable, he added, hurriedly: "I have no right, being a married man, to feel towards you as I do. At first I didn't care. When I first saw you I knew it would be better for myself to keep out of your way; but then I thought that it could make no difference to you?you would never know wliat I felt for you?and that I might as well endure the pain for the sako of enjoying the pleasure. But since then my feeling has changed. You aro not the kind of woman who ought to be the object of the love of a man in my , position, even though you wero not aware of ,-t, and though?as I am able honestly to say?I would rather have died than attempt any act of deception towards you. I had nev.er known before what love was; there is a sort of sacrilege in my hanging around you, as I have been doing, not daring to show myself to you as I am. Two weeks ago 1 made up my mind never to see you again. But I couldn't stand going off without letting you know all about it. So here I am, Miss Nolen, for tho last time. I can look you in the face now and say goodby. And it won't hurt you to shake hands with me." The changing tones, the passion, the restraint and simple pathos with which all this was said touched Pauline's virgin soul more deeply than it had ever been touched beforo. She divined all that was not spoken, and recognized the gallant spirit of the man who loved her too well to stay where she was; and whether Or not she had hitherto been conscious of it, her mind now contrasted the man, fatally encumbered as he was, with the free man that she had supposed him to be; and involuntarily the question presented itself, Had ho been free, would she have yielded what he desired? It was a perilous question, but 6he contemplated it steadily before dismissing it She liad an intellect capable of discriminating between merely conventional morality and the deeper distinctions between good and evil Her respect was as small for the former as for the latter it was profound. "If you had not cared for me as you do, you might have stayed, and we have been friends," she said finally; "but as it is you are right to go. I am only a girl?and I feel more than sorry for you; I don't know what I might feel if you were always here. No; I do not lovo you! don't think it, Mr. Martin. It is only that?if 1 wanted to lovo you?I , should not send you away!" Valentine sat silent; and whether ho were happier or unhappier than at any previous period of his life he could not have told. So far as the significant part of his life was concerned, he felt that it was over with him; he would never henceforth be the victim of any strong desires, hopes or -fears. Only one possible event would give him liberty, the opportunity to live a real life. It was on the tip of his tongue to ask Paulino whether, in case this event occurred, she would let him return to her; but an accident postponed the question and it was never put. The two had been so taken up with what was passing between tlwun that they had not noticed the sound of the door bell or the tread of a heavy foot upon the hall floor. But at the moment Valentine was about to speak, .perhaps, with the effect of changing all their lives, the door was thrown open, and Judge Ketelle abruptly walked into the room. He stopped short on seeing the two, and there was an instant of silent em. barrassment; but the judge evidently had something on his mind too serious to be postponed for conventional formalities. "My dear girl," he said to Pauline, "you will excuse my blundering in here, for it is probably better that I 6liould have met you before seeing your mother. You will know better than I how to carry my message." "Have you bad news, Judge Ketelle?" "Painful?no, no, not the worst! your brother is perfectly well; he has suffered no physical injury whatever." He paused and turned to Valentine. "I think this is Mr. Martin?" he said. "Yes; can I bo of any use?" "I believe you are a friend of Percy's! Well, I dare say you could be of some consolation to him. Ho has got into a scrape?a matter in which he is not in the least to blame, however?that is, at all events regarding the main point at issue. It is a misfortune, but it will be set right*, but meanwhile Mrs. Nolen must be brought to a knowledge of it with all the tact possible. Indeed, if it were not one of those things that are :;s CRIME! ? INSPECTOR BYRNES. IAWTIIORNE, ink Robbery,** 66Am Ameriiian,'9 Etc. .shed, through special arrangement hy the issell it Co., New York and London.] certain to get into the papers, and perhaps to become for a time the subject of idle gossip, it would bo. best to say nothing to her at all." "I am waiting to hear what the trouble is," said Pauline, in a voice entirely calm, though her great black eyes shone with unusual brilliance. "You needn't hesitate to tell me anything." "It is annoying?-that is the most and 1 * ****** oni'/9 rvf if Pn*AT7 la nAW IcUob tlicit tail w oaiu vi *o ?vt? at police headquarters, my dear. He will be bailed out as soon as a magistrate can be got to hear the case; and I came up hero in the interval." "Oh! been punching somebody's head, has he?" said the Englishman, in a tone of relief. "Where was ho last night?" "Why. ho was here tliis morning, a few hours ago," said Pauline. "He had i: privato talk with mother. Ho was not" * "He was entirely himself," put in the judge. This is one of those pieces of bad luck which may occur to any man. The circumstances were such as to suggest the hypothesis?though upon entirely inadequate grounds, in my opinion ?that Percy had been guilty of an infringement of the law. You will smile when you hear it; but the absurdity of the thing does not render it less annoying for the moment. He happened to bo in a jewelry store when a lady missed her pocket book. It was supposed that it had been stolen" "And Percy was accused of taking it!" said Pauline, in a low voice. "In default of any other plausible object of suspicion, the detective pitched upon him and ho was taken to the station." 1 "That is too preposterous to do him any harm," Martin remarked. "If it had not been so bad, it would have been a great deal worse." "When the lady knows who he is, she will refuse to prosecute him," said Pauline. 1 "So I should have supposed," returned the judge. "But it appears that there was already some acquaintance between them; and Percy was in conversation with her at the time the loss was discovered." "Who is she?" demanded Pauline, turning very pale. "Her name is Tunstall, 1 belie* -the \\ nu ui vjiiu ui uui Luai uaiuns. 1 "Tunstall?Sirs. Cuthbert Tunstall," repeated Pauline. "I think I have met her?yes I have met her. She is a pretty woman?fashionable. And she accuses Percy of having robbed her?"? > Tho judge moved his head silently. Martin, at the mention of the lady's name, had changed countenance slightly. "She must be his enemy," said Pau line, setting her grave lips together. "No woman who knew Percy would have * done that except from a wish to ruin him. She knows ho is not guilty." I "Was Mr. Tunstall with his wife?" inquired Martin of the judge. "Ho came in the midst of tho affair. I may as well give you an account of the affair." And the judge went on to tell the story that is already known to the reader. Both his listeners listened intently. i "My opinion is," said Martin, when tho narrativo was finished, "that tho job was put up on Percy. Tho woman did not liavo any money to lose." ; "You forget that her pocketbook was found in liis pocket," said Pauline. "She may have pdt it there herself. . But at all events that does not account ! for the bank notes. New York women are not in tho habit of traveling about town with two or thrco thousand dollars in bills in their muffs. She would have had a check, if she had had anything." "Tho same objection occurred to me," said tho judge, "and I spoke of it to Inspector Byrnes. But it appeared, upon investigation, that Mr. Tunstall, knowing I his wife had several bills to pay today, including this at the jeweler's, had drawn a check for $5,000 in the morning, and given it to her before going down to his , business. She has a private account at the Fifth Avenue bank; she cashed the check there, and received, among other notes, the thousand dollar and the five hundred dollar ones specified in the complaint." \ "No; it was not done in that way," said Pauline. "A woman like her would j not dare to run such a risk. She must ; have lost the money. She may have lost | it before she entered the shop, or some : one may have stolen it from her there. ! But I am sure she did not accuse Percy I because she thought ho was guilty. There : was some other reason, and when she ! missed her money she took advantage of that pretext for attacking him. But she forgot ho has a sister!" "It may have been her husband who nut her up to it, you know," said Martin to the judge, in an undertone, and he ; gave that gentleman a look, the signifij cance of which he understood. He drew out his watch. "The court will sit within an hour," ; he remarked. "I must go back to police i headquarters to be on hand with bail. If | you care to accompany me, Mr. Martin, ! I should be glad of your society. Pauj line, I will leave the task of opening the 1 matter to your motherto you. You will I know how best to manage it; I should j avoid appearing to attach very serious weight to it, and yet it won'b do to alto- I gether make light of it, either. You may I expect to see Percy in the course of a I couple of hours or so." | "Good-by till then," said Pauline, ris; ing and giving him her hand. Then she ! turned to Martin and added in a lower J tone, while the judge walked towards the door, "1 should not feel so safe if it ! were not for you." CHAPTER IX tlrmF y?u any !sT|| knowledge about I this, Mrs. TunI HifffTl sta^ inquired IvdS' 111 ill 1,10 jndge, when were in the street complication," boon making a fool of himself about her. There was no actual harm done, you understand; but there was some nonsense and imprudence, and Tunstall, somehow or other, got wind of it Percy has been in a 6tato of mind lately, but 1 didn't expect the woman would behavo in this way. I suppose 1 she had the alternative of turning against hfr husband or against Percy, and finding that the strongest battalions were on her husband's side, she very prudently and with much propriety sided with him. But what is Percy's defense?" ? "He denies tho charge," tho judgo answered; "but ho has no theory as to how the thing happened." "What is the theory of tho prosecution as to tho disappearance of tho bank notes?" "They assume that Percy must have passed them to a confederate." "Was anybody resembling a confederate seen hanging about?" Tho shop was full of people coming and going; but no one in particular was noticed." "It's a lame theory," remarked Martin, after a little consideration. "If Percy had passed a confederate the money, ho would have passed him the purse too. It is more likely that whoever did the stealing kept the notes, which could not be identified, and got rid of the purse, which could be identified, by dropping it into Percy's pocket as he passed by." "I think that view is a sound one," said the judge; "but the thief has got off, and the prospect of apprehending him is very small. Percy may not be convicted; I hardly think he could lie; but thcro is, nevertheless, evidence enough against him to produce a disagreeable effect upon persons not acquainted with him. And, of course, when it is known that Mrs. Turistall was acquainted with him, and yet did not hesitate to accuse him, his positioneven after ho has been legally exonerated ?will be a painful and embarrassing one. I am inclined to thing that the best thing for him will be to leave New York and remain away for some years. Meantime, the affair will be forgotten, and possibly the true culprit may bo discovered." "I agree with you," said Martin, thoughtfully. "Percy can be of no use here, no matter how the affair turns out. I have a'mind to propose to him to go 'i with me." "To go with you I" repeated the judge, with an involuntary accent of surprise. "I infer, then, that you contemplate leaving New York?" "I shall leave New York very shortly. My idea is to go to Australia by way of San Francisco. In Australia Percy would have a fair Held to start out and do something. I might bo able to givo him some help." "His family should feel much indebted to you," observed the judge, cordially. "There's no obligation," returned Martin. "I am fond of Percy?not on his own account only. If I can bo of any good to him I shall consider myself lucky." The two gentlemen now entered a horse car, and the conversation ceased. Martin lapsed into a gloomy revery; but the judge's spirits seemed, for some reason, to have visibly improved. He had received a severe shock at tho moment when ho entered the room and found Pauline and Martin together. The latter's announcement of his intended departure brought an immense relief. Ho had already begun to like tho young Englishman, but he now began to regard him with sincere affection. They left the car at Bleecker street and proceeded to police headquarters. There was still a quarter of an hour before tho formality of getting bail could be arranged. They were admitted to the inspector's room, and at tho judge's request he courteously gave permission to them to have nn interview with the prisoner. "How is ho standing it, inspector?" asked Martin. "Ho doesn't find it amusing, I suppose; but he is as comfortable as could be expected," replied the impenetrable officer. "There will bo no difficulty in getting ? -Ml aI Dan, wui merer "I presume there will be nothing unusual. But the case is not a simple one'. There are some awkward features to it." "How is that?" demanded the judge. "Well, as regards motivo for one thing." "It would need a strong motive to give weight to such an accusation." Martin remarked. "That may bo true for those who have made up their minds beforehand net to believe him guilty. But the jury will not be composed of such persons." "What is the evidence you speak of!" asked Martin. "He has been short of money for some time past," 6aid the inspector. "There is reason to think that he borrowed a sum of money several weeks ago. But within the last two days his needs became very pressing. Ho incurred a debt of nearly a thousand dollars at play last night. The money has to bo repaid this evening, under pain of social exposure. He was unable to borrow again, and it mado his situation very trying. When a man in that condition suddenly find two or three thousand dollars in his hands, and remembers that they belong to a woman whom ho has every reason to think will not betray him?well, when a skillful lawyer tells that story to a jury, it would not be surprising if it makes some impression on them." "You don't take any stock in such rubbish yourself, inspector." observed Martin, with a laugh. The inspector lifted his eyebrows. "I should be very apt t^ take the same view of the case that the judge and jury doafter I know what it is," ho returned, quietly; and that was all that could be got out of him. They now descended to the basement and were conducted to the imprisoned Percy. He was much more composed than they had expected to find him. In fact, he had experienced such intense and varied emotion during the last few hours that no matter for discomposure was left in liim. Martin's presence seemed to gratify him. Ho asked the judge about his mother and sister, and received his somewhat rose colored account of their condition with apparent indifference. "But you will bo ablo to judge of them for yourself at dinner," tho judge added, kindly. "You mean when I am out on bail?'"Certainly; that will bo in a couple of hours from now." Are you going to furnish bail, Judge Ketelle?" "Undoubtedly I am. Who has a better claim to stand by your father's 6on?" Percy was silent a moment. "Have you ever believed that I might possibly havo committed tins crime?" he asked at length. "No such idea has ever entered my head. I am surprised you should ask mo such a question," said tho judge, with an emphasis that indicated that ho was a little hurt by the insinuation. Percy took a long breath, and as he looked up his face betrayed Bigns of a feeling that ho had not hitherto betrayed. "You are a good man," ho said in a husky voice. "I wish I had had the senso to trust you long ago. I was afraid you would pitch into me, and tho fact that I deserved it made it all tho more difficult to faco it. I don't know whether you havo heard that I borrowed a thousand dollars from my mother two months ago. She wanted to consult you. but I wouldn't let her. This morning I went to her again; but sho didn't havo anything, and there was nothing for it but to apply to you. I was on my way your office when this thing occurred. If I had not happened to seo her" He He broko off and altered his phrase?"if thing3 had not taken tho turn they did I snouiu long since uuvu rwcivw join blowing up and tlio money, paid my debt, and?but it turned out otherwise." "Who is tho man to whom you lost tho money?" inquired Martin. "His name is Henry Cotton," answered Percy. "You know him." "To be sure; and ho is a friend of Tunstall's," returned Martin, thoughtfully. "Upon my word, tho luck is against you. Will you answer mo one question?" "If I can." "You can, and wo aro among friends. Aro you cured of a certain lady?" Percy laughed, and that laugh of bitter resentment and humiliation was a moro convincing answer than any words could have framed. It put all doubts to rest. "Ah!" ejaculated Martin, with an expression of satisfaction, "then it will be all right!" At that moment an officer camo with tho information that tho court was ready to decide the question of bail, and tho whole party proceeded to tho court room. Tho transactions there wcro brief and not particularly complicated. Mrs. Tunstall'a lawyers prollessed to consider tho ease an especially grave one, and requested that bail bo fixed ill tho full amount permitted by; law. Counsel on tho other side maintained that tho charge j against Mr. Nolen was a preposterous I one, and demanded that ho bo allowed | go on his own recognizance. Tho court, i after due deliberation, declared that the | facts against tho prisoner, though not ! conclusive, wero sufficient to warrant a I prima facio evidence of guilt, and rei quired bail to bo f urnished to tho amount i of fifteen hundred dollars. Judgo Ketello immediately qualified for that sum, tho bonds were signed, and tho prisoner ; left the court with liis friends. "And now," said tho judgo cheerfully, "the worst is over. Let us get into a hack, Percy, and drivo up to tho house. Your mother and sister will bo .anxious to seo you." "I am much obliged to you, judge, for all you have dono for me," replied tho young man; "1 wish 1 had known you sooner and better. But this affair is not over yet, and it may end differently from what wo hope. Until tho trial, at all events, I must remain a suspected man, and I can't go to my mother's house with that suspicion hanging over me. When I havo been publicly acknowledged to bo an honest man I will go to my mother i and sister, but not till then." "My dear boy," said the judge kindly, ''you are a little off your balance after all this trouble, and you naturally take a morbid view. I assure you you have no need to feel soro about the matter. I need not tell you that you will find nothing but love and confidence awaiting you at home, and that thero can bo no other placo in the world where you can hope to j find them to anything like the same degree. On the other hand, your mother and Paulino could not fail to feel hurt if you did not appear." "That is all very true, judge," Percy , answered, "but there's something else I that you haven't considered, and which I will be certain to come out, now tnat I the thing is goin^-into the newspapers." | "What is.that?" "My relations with Mrs. Tunstall. My mother will hear of that, and that is a thing I can't deny. 1 love my mother, and I know she loves me; but she could never make any allowance on such a subject. It would be a useless pain to both of us to attempt to discuss it, and I am not going to put myself in the way of it No, I can't agree with you, judge," | he added, as the judge seemed about to make a rejoinder; "I have been through as much as I can stand for the present, and any thing more would break rundown. Say to mother that I will sco her by and by, but not now." The judge saw that the young man was obstinate, and felt that his sensitiveness was, under the circumstances, not discreditable/ He further reflected thaf, in the courso of a day or two, he would probably bo more disposed to modify his resolution. Accordingly, he relinquished for the present tlio attempt to persuaae him, and having ascertained that he would tako up his quarters with Martin pending further movements, ho bade him farewell, little thinking how long a timo would elapse before they met again. Percy and Valentino betook themselves to the latter's rooms at once, and, having ensconced themselves there, Martin poured out some whisky, offered his friend a cigar, and after they had smoked for a while, said: "How much do you owe here, outside of your gambling debt?" "Not more than three hundred dollars." "Thirteen hundred dollars debts, and your bail fifteen hundred. Two thousand eight hundred altogether. I havo over seven thousand dollars. What do you say to my settling all your liabilities tomorrow, and taking you with me to Australia?" CHAPTER X. PAULINE. HE question , staggered Percy i % *>ora omenk or the North Pole; much difference where. But I am going to morrow, to coon! with me Percy." "And iurnn my bail?" "And jump your bail." "I can't do that. Judgo Ketello Is ; liable." "Haven't I told you that I will settle ; all your liabilities? Half an hour before i wo leave New York, I will post a check ! to him for the amount. Your friend j Henry Cotton will receivo his dues this i evening; everything shall bo paid. And j wo will bo off together and raako a fortune, if you like." "If I went off in that way," said Percy, after a littlo thought, "everybody would como to tho conclusion that I was guilty and feared conviction." "You aro not guilty, aro you?" "No." "But you do fear conviction, and all tho moro if you're not guilty than if you are. That stands to reason." "Of course I hopo not to bo convicted, but" "Exactly; and now do you know what I think? I think thero is a strong probability?a deuced strong one-?that you will be convicted. You can see for your- | self that your defense doesn't amount to p. row of pins. And if once you get into jail, my boy, you are done for. Innocent or guilty makes 110 difference; you will have a stigma on you that all tho years of your life will never obliterate. If I were in your place, I wouldn't risk it. You have an opportunity to escape now. and you had better tako advantage of it." "But if I cscapo judgment will go against mo by default, and I shall have tho stigma just the same." "Listen to reason, Percy. To have the stigma of being adjudged guilty is bad enough; but what is it compared to being adjudged guilty and sent to jail into j the bargain? If you wero actually guilty, I or if I thought you were, tho situation j would bo different; but you aro inno- ! cent, though you can't provo it; and, being innocent, why should you 6pend two or throo years in Sing Sing just to gratify tho spite of Cuthbert Tunstall and his wife? It would be more sensiblo to take that razor and cut your throat. J You aro innocent, ?ud you havo a per- i feet right to avoid being imprisoned if | you can. No one will suffer by it, and there is 110 telling how much you may ! gain. The robbery of which you aro ac- ! cused was committed by somebody, and I probably by a professional thief. Pro- j I fessional thieves?pickpockets especially 1 j ?aro always practicing their trade; and ; I sooner or later they arc certain to get | j caught. When tho thief who stole I ! Mrs. Tunstall's money is caught it is I more than likely that tho truth about tho ; j robbery may come out; you will bo vin- I j dicatcd, and then you may corno homo ; j with flying colors. But if your vindica- j i tion came after you had served your tirno | i in jail it wouldn't do you much good? j not to mention tho positivo harm that 1 jail lifo might havo dono you in tho 1 meanwhile; people would never forgot | that you had worn tho stripes, though they might easily forget whether or not you had deserved to wear them. But come back with a fortune?corno back ! after having mado a rospectablo namo j for yourself in another part of tho world 1 ?or after having simply lived in frcc! dom instead of in bondage and in tho I society of thieves?and, trust me, you j ! will never regret it! This is not a mat- | j ter to bo treated on sentimental grounds; I it is a serious thing?quito as serious as a question of life and death to you. You i are innocent, and you havo a right to i your freedom; that's tho case in a nutshell. Don't throw away your wholo career for a figure of speech!" This was a powerful appeal, and it lost nothing by Martin's delivery. It produced an evident impression on Percy. "If I were certain that I should bo convicted," he muttered.-half to himself. "You may fairly take that for granted," said Martin. "When there lias been a crime, there must be provided a criminal; that is the legal maxim, and in default of a better you will have to bear the brunt." "It is not myself, only, that is'to be considered, Val.; mother and sister are quite as important." "I don't deny it; it's a part of my argument. You said this afternoon that you did not intend to see them again until after you were vmuicaieu. urn you mean wiiat you said?" "Certainly I did." "I think you were right in your decision, for more reasons than one. But if you remain in New York you will not bo able to keep your resolution. If you don't go to them they will come to you. But if you are a thousand or two thousand miles away you will have no such embarrassment. And that isn't all, my lK>y. If you were put in jail It would be a luxd thing for you, but it would simply kill your mother outright und ruin your sister's prospects as tJfectually as your own. Whereas, if you go off with me, you and I can keep up a correspondence with them und explain exactly how the CJise stands. They can watch your career step by step, and the knowledge that they are doing so willgivoyou thostrongest stimulus to succeed that you could have. Meanwhile they will be watching the progress of affairs here, and as soon as anything turns up in your favor they can let you know and you can act acf.ordingly. If there were no other reason or jumping your bail, consideration for your mother and sister would be enough." This suggestion practically decided Percy. "I believe you are right," said he; "but I don't see what right I have to let you pay all my liabilities. You and I havel)een friends, Vul., but I havonever done anything for you, and I have no prospect of repaying you for what you propose to do for me." "You will owe :ne less than you suppose," Valentine replied. "Jn the first place, my money is no use to me; if I didn't spend it for you, it would go into the pockets of the tradesmen and bummers of New York. In the second place, I want your company; we suit each other, and that is not a thing that happens every day. But the real truth is? I have never spoken to you about it, although you may have guessed something for aught I know?the truth is that I am a good deal influenced in what I am doing by the fact that you aro Pauline Nolen's brother." "Ah! You care for her, then?" "Yes, I care for her. She is the dearest friend I have in the world, and for her sake I would do most things. But she can never bo more than my friend, an'l I can do very little." "If you want to marry her, I am sure she" . Valentine interrupted him with a gesture. "It can never come to a question of that," said he; "lam married already." "Youareaiuarried man! Does Pauline know it?" "I told her this morning. It's a long story, and you shall hear it another time if you want to. I married in haste, and I am likely to have plenty of leisure to repent. Well, you can imagine that nothing could please me so much as serving her in any way I can, and I know that no better way is open to me than to give a helping hand to you. So, if you agree to join me, you will bo doing mo the best kindness that ono man can do another? it is not to bo measured in time, or money, or anything else. My prospects, as you may suppose, are not especially cheerful at the best; but whatever good comes to me will bo from the thought that I am of 6omo good to Pauline's brother. I can't live with her, or see her any longer; but I can livo with you, and that's the next best thing, not to mention that you are tolerably good company on your own account." Ho ended with a laugh. "It's very kind of you to put it In that way, old fellow," said Percy, in a somewhat unsteady tone. "Well, I'll go with you. I have been a drug in the market so far, and I won't make any 'promiscs; but I don't think you'll find mo a voluntary drag on you, at all events. Have you uny definite plans?" "I have a thousand; wo have only to pick and choose," Valentine replied. "My intention this morning was to go direct to Australia by way of San Francisco, but I think I shall change that, for one reason, because I mentioned it to Judgo Ketelle, and, in any case, it will be well to get outside tho country as soon as possible. Wo might go to Mexico by steamer, to begin with. I havo some good letters to people there, so that we shan't be Btrangers. If anything good turns up wo can stay there; if not we can go to Colon and Panama, and get aboard somo vessel bound westward. You may find an opportunity to make a practical acquaintance with mining before you are done." It was then about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. On consulting a newspaper they learned thut one of tho United States and Brazil Mail Steamship company's vessels sailed on the following day, Wednesday, at 2 o'clock. This vessel stopped at St Tliomas, where, if they saw nt, iney might disembark and take passago to Hava&i, and thence to Vera Cruz und Mexico, thus throwing possible pursuers off the scent. This seemed to be the best route open to them; and, as there was no time to be lost, Martin left at once for Broad street to secure their passage. Percy was left alono to meditate on his position. Martin's rooms were in a bachelor apartment house, not far from the junction of Fifth avenue and Broadway. The roar of the streets was audible as a continuous sound; and to Percy, sitting in an easy chair before the fire, and wearied with the emotions and vicissitudes of the day, it had the soporific influence of the wind among pines, or the noise of surf on a shore. The sun had set, and the room became dusky. Percy's eyes closed, and ho was just on the point of falling asleep. The sharp sound of the electric bell aroused him. Had Martin returned already? He must have left his pass key, to bo obliged to ring. Still partly asleep, Percy arose and went to the door ami opened it. A lady stood on the threshold, and as the door swung back she stepped quickly inside. Percy recoiled a pace or two with a disagreeable sensation. He thought that the visitor was Mrs. Tunstall. But the next moment, she spoke, and the voice was that of his sister. "I am so glad you are here!" she said breathlessly. "I feared I should miss you." "Are you alone? How did you come here?" returned he. Ho closed the door and led her into the sitting room: "Judgo Ketello told us that you were staying with Mr. Martin. Is lie"?she glanced about the room and hesitated. "Ho has gone out," said Percy. "Did you come to see him?" "I came to see you, Percy. I can understiind why you kept away from us, but I wanted to tell you that I am your sister. I love you and believe in you, and whatever happens you can trust me. Let me do something for you!" She spoke with great emotion, though in a controlled voice, and lie could perceive that a tremor passed through her now and then ns she stood before him. A feeling of strong brotherly tenderness and gratitude came over the young man; he put his arms round Paulino and kissc" her. "I couldn't do that if I wasn't innocent, my dear," he said. "Of course I know you are innocent!" shoexclaimed indignantly. "What made that woman accuso you? She knows it is false. Why is she your enemy?" Percy hesitated. "Appearances wero against me," he muttered. "What are appearances to any one who knows you?" broke out Pauline, im patiently. "She must have hated you. j Why did she hate you? Women do not j hate unless * * has she ever loved | you, Percy?" sho demanded with a j clianged voice. "She?why, she's a married woman!" ho returned, uneasily. There was a pause. "Yes, 1 understand now!" continued the girl, with a sad laugh. "Oh, my poor brother!" She caught her breath and sobbed once or twice. "I am so sorry it is that," she said, tremulously. "I have been a fool, but nothing worse than that," said the young man. "Hiere is no actual sin on my conscience, Pau- I line. It is no thanks to me, but it is the truth. It is all over now, and I thank heaven it is over!" "I thank lu-ven, too, Percy; for whatever you liad dono I should supi?ort you and defeud you; and if you were wicked I should be wicked, too. I am your Bister"?it 6eemed to givo her satis faction to repeat this?"we uro the same flesh and blood; if we do not 6tand by each other who else will? But what shall you do, Percy? You cannot tell that in court." lie took a qqick resolution. "1 shall never appear in court," he said. "Has the case been put aside?" she exclaimed eagerly. "No; 1 am going away. I am going with Martin. He has gone to take our passages to the West Indies by to-morrow's steamer." "Well, perhaps it is best," sho returned, with a composure that surprised him. "Your bail has to be paid, has it not? I will do that?1 have money." "Martin has done it already.. He will pay everything. I 6hall leave no debts, thanks to him. I thank you just the same, my darling sister." "He is a good friend?lie is a good man," she said thoughtfully. "I can afford lo let him do it, for I know he doe^ it willingly. So you are going away together!" Sho gave a long sigh. "Well, I will take care of mother." "Poor mother!" said Percy, a great wave of grief and remorse coming over him. "Tell her the best you can of me, Pmilinn " "I can manage her?don't fearl It will come right at last, I know. 1 will go now, brother." She threw her arms around him. "Bo good," she said; "do tho best you can. Oh, Percy, Percy!" she suddenly cried out, with a heart breaking sob, pressing him to her with passionate energy. "I must go now, or never," she said, controlling herself by an immense effort; and tho next moment he was alone. But tho ardor of her last embrace had something more than sisterly; it conveyed a message to one who was absent. [to bk continued next week.] [Thix xlart} wax eommenrcil in Xa. 10. Back nuvihcrx will he Jurnixhctl an. ajtflication.] The Uii-ut Miickenzio Tlanltl. Senator Sehultz's committee, appointed to inquire into tho resources of tho Great Mackenzie basin, rc|>ort that the extent of the regiou is 1,200,000 square miles; that its coast line on the Arctic ocean und Hudson's bay measures 5,000 miles, over one-half of it being equally accessible to whaling and sealing craft; that tho navigablo coast lines of the larger lakes of the region extend for 4,000 miles; that river navigation is practicable for 2,750 miles; that within the region there is a possible area of 050,000 square miles fit for jiotato growing, 407,000 suitablo for the cultivation of barley and 316,000 for that of wheat; that the pastoral area is equal to 800,000 squaro miles; that 150,000 square miles are auriferous, and that the evidence submitted to the committee points to the existence in tho Athabasca and Mackenzie valleys of the most extensive petroleum field on the American contincut, if not in the world. The committeo suggest that a bounded tract, 40,000 squaro miles in extent, bo reserved from sale, and its value more accurately ascertained. They report that they have reason to believe that a comparison of tho capabilities of this region shows that it exceeds, in the extent or its navigaDie waters, in the area of arable and pastoral lands, in valuable fresh water fisheries, in its forests, and its capacity to support jiopulation, the countries of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, and part of Franco and Russia. The committee recommend protection for the whale fisheries of the Arctic ocean. The furbearing animals of tho region are also reported on.?Ottawa Cor. London Telegraph. Oscar Wible's ASsthetlcigm. Col. Vail, manager of Ragan's illustrated lectures, is the man who piloted Oscar Wilde through this country. Tho wonder is that ho still lives. "Oscar Wilde was no fool, by any means," said tho colonel. "He worked the United States 'for all there was in it' Ho cleaned up $40,000 net, not counting tho $5,000 ho lost against Hungry Joe's bunco game in Now York. Oscar was a genteel fakir. The 'Oscar Wilde' craze was his own invention. He worked the. msthetic craze for every dollar in sight. Whenever anybody used to call 011 him at his hotel he always struck an attitude, arranged tho lilies and sunflowers, and did everything possiblo for effect before the visitor entered; but the moment the visitor left ho became another man, and was one of the boys. "His ffisthetisin was all assumed. When he returned to England ho cut off his long hair, got down to business and gave the Yankees tho grand laugh. The most amusement I ever had on the Oscar Wilde tour was in Denver, when Eugene Field got a wig and personated Wilde to perfection. Field in his make up took in tho town and fooled everybody His imitation of Wilde was very deceptive, und was a great hit. Nobody enjoyed it more than Wilde himself, who was in tho party. Wildo had his long hair tucked up under a cowboy hat, and nobody recognized him, while everybody took Field for Wilde."?Omaha World. A Trick of Gamblers. A trick once attempted to bo played here? not in the Citizens' Poker club, howover? was neatly defeated. It was tho old trick of sticking two cards together, giving a player to be fleeced the winning hand containing the double card. On the "show down" the next highest lmnd claims tho stakes on the ground of a misdeal to tho winner. The big hand in this deal was given to a Denver man. The betting was long and heavy, and tho stakes ran up into the thousands. The Denver man discovered tho thin card gently stuck to one of his aces, crumpled it in his hand, called for a glass of beer, slipjjed the card into his mouth and swallowed it with a gulp of lager. Ho never winced as tho card scraped his throat, nor balled an eye as ho reached over the table and pulled in an armful of chips. Nobody mado any kick about the trick, either.?Hot Springs Cor. Chicago News. Turtly Appreciation. Tho throb of a breaking heart, tho cry of unavailing remorse, came to me tho other day in an envelope. It's u little indefinite, but tho writer hints at a condition, and tho theory can bo worked out by tho reader: Kind Kdditok will you pi ease put tuis iu your valiabelo paper Addwlce to iniiiTied men?do not bo mean with your wives by keeping your money from her. 1 have becu tbo cause of driving a good sobar indrustors woman to distruchsion. 1 am many years her senyour and she to noble to ask mo for money for ber pocket would to God 1 could mako good the wrong I have done for she was a good kind nurce and wife to me. Oh Lizzie come back 1 will try and do good for you yet your holsband A Man in Trouble. ?Buffalo News. Curious Italian Superstitions. St. John's day in Italy is thus observed at Revello, Italy. The people hero havo a curious superstition connected with this uvo of St John's day, which is observed by many; they repeat their rosaries until midnight, and then look out, firmly believing that they will see Herodios and ber daughter pass, .riding on a flery plank, tho daughter saying: "Mother, why did you say itl" and tho mother, "Daughter, why did you do it?" and then plungo into the sea; tho reason why, after St John's day, the temperaturo of the sea rises, and bathing begiiLs.?Now York Sun. The Progress of Evolution. Visitor (to lunatic asylum, a century hence) ?What a beautiful girl I Superintendent?Yes, poor thing. She was a great society hello once?the priilo of one of the most fashionable circles in the city. Iler parents' hearts are almost broken. It is a pity, a grout pity, that so lovely a casket should contain such a diseased mind. She is not dangerous; only a monomaniac; l<nt tho case seems hopeless. "What is her mania!" "She wants to marry for love."? Omaha World. The Great.War Syndicate, j By FRANK B. STOCKTON. Author of "Rudder Grange," "Amos Kllbrlght," "The Bee Han of Orn," "The Christmas Wreck," ' "The Lady or the Tiger," "The Late Mrs. Null," "The Hundredth Man," "The Casting Away of Mr*. Locks and Mrs. Aleshlne," "The Dosuutes," etc. (Copyrighted by P. F. Collier, of Collier's Once a Week, and published by special arrangement with him through tho American Press Association. All rights reserved. | Tho lino or torpedo boats, slightly curv-f:.' ing inward, had advanced about'a mile when Ropellor No. 11 awoke from her j seeming sleep, and began to act. The two great guns at her bow were trained ! ' upward, so that a bomb discharged from ! them would fall into tho sea a mile and a half ahead. Slowly turning her bow > ( from side to side, so that the guns would cover a range of nearly half a circle, the ! instantaneous motor bombs of the re- 1 peller were discharged, one every half 1 minute. I One of the most appalling character- j istics of the motor bombs was the silence | _ which accompanied their discharge and action. No noise was heard, except the i 1 flash of sound occasioned by the removal of the particles of the object aimed at, i J and the subsequent roar of wind or fall of water. ' As each motor bomb dropped into the j channel, a dense cloud appeared high in the air, above a roaring, seething cal- {. dron, hollowed out of the waters and out j of the very bottom of the channel. Into ( this chasm the cloud quickly came down, condensed into a vast body of water, ! which fell, with the roar of a cyclone, , into the dreadful abyss from which it had been torn, before the liissing walls ' of the grerft hollow had half filled it with their sweeping surges. The piled up ' mass of the redundant water was still ' sending its maddened billows tossingand j ' writhing in every direction toward their , normal level, when another bomb was | discharged; another surging abyss ap- , ! peared, another roar of wind and water j 1 was heard, and another mountain of ' furious billows uplifted itself in a storm i 1 of spray and foam, raging that it had ! 1 found its place usurped. j 1 Slowly turning, the repeller discharged 1 ' hnmli nftar Vwimh hnilftinfr vm nnfc r\f tho ' very sea itself a barrier against its ene- j mies. Under these thundering cata- | racts, born in an instant, and coming i down all at once in a plunging storm; Into these abysses, with walls of water ! and floors of cleft and shivered rocks; through this wide belt of raging turmoil, , thrown into new frenzy after the dis- j charge of every bomb?no vessel, no tor- > pedo, could pass. The air driven off in every direction ! by tremendous and successive concussions came rushing back in shrieking | gales, which tore up tho waves into blinding foam. For miles in every direction tho sea swelled and upheaved into great peaked waves, the repeller rising upon these almost liigh enough to look down into the awful chasms which her bombs were making. A torpedo boat, caught in one of the returning gales, was hurled forward almost on her beam ends until she was under the edge of one of the vast masses of descending water. The flood which, from even the outer limits of this tailing sea, poured upon and into tho unlucky vessel nearly swamped her, and when she was swept back by tho rushing waves .into less stormy waters, her officers and crew leaped into their boats and deserted her. By rare good fortune their boats were kept afloat in tho turbulent rea until they reached tho nearest torpedo vessel. rv ...: 4 __,-l ? IM.? of a cable boat from tho French coast, that on 110 account could their purpose 1)0 altered or their propositions modified. AJthough tho British government might l)o convinced of the power of tho syndicate's motor bombs, it was not tho case with tho British people, for it was yet [X>pularly disbelieved that motor bombs existed. This disbelief tho syndicate was determined to overcome, not only for the furtherance of its own purposes, but to prevent the downfall of tho present British ministry, and a probable radical change in tho government. That such a political revolution, as undesirable to the jyndicatc us to cool headed and sensible Englishmen, was imminent, there could do no doubt. The growing feeling of lisalTectiou, almost amounting to disoyalty, not only in the opposition party, cut among those who had hitherto been irm adherents of the government, was nainly bused upon the idea that the present British rulers had allowed themselves to bo frightened by mines and ;orpedoes, artfully placed and exploded, rhereforc tho syndicato intended to set right tho public mind upon this subject. Tho noto concluded by earnestly urging ;ho designation, without loss of time, of x place of operations. This answer was received in London in :he evening, and all night it was the subject of earnest and anxious deliberaaon in the government office. It was at ast (decided, amid great opposition, ;hat the syndicate's alternative must bo lccepted, for it would be tho height of "oily to allow tho repeller to bombard my port she should choose. When this conclusion had been reached, tho work )f selecting a place for tho proposed lemonstration of the American syndicato occupied but little time. The task was lot difficult. Nowhere in Great Britain was thero a fortified spot of so little importance as Caerdaff, on the west coast >f Wales. Caerdaff consisted of a largo fort on a promontory and an immense castellated structure on tho other sido of a small )ay, with a little fishing village at the lead of said bay. Tho castellated structure was rather old, tho fortress somevhat less so; and both had long been :onsidered useless, as there was no prob rive imiiuiea aiiwwaiu a oman uut carefully aimed motor bomb struck the j nearly swamped vessel, and with the roar of all her own torpedoes she passed into notliing. j The British vice admiral had carefully ' watched tho repeller through his glass, and ho noticed that simultaneously with the appearance of tho cloud in tho air, produced by the action of the motor j bombs, there were two puffs of black | smoko from tho repeller. Theso were J signals to tho crabs to notify them that . a motor gun had been discharged, and | thiM to provide against accidents in case , a ttfmb should fail to act. One'puff signified that a bomb had been discharged J to the north; two, that it had gone eastward, and so on. If, therefore, a crab should seo a signal of this kind, and per- ; ceive no signs of tho action of a bomb it would be careful not to approach tho re- , jjeller from the quarter indicated. It is { true that in case of the failure of a bomb to act, another bomb would be drjppcd , upon tho same spot, but the instructions of the war syndicate provided that every . possible precaution should bo taken i against accidents. , Of course tho vice admiral did not un- ( derstand theso signals, nor did he know ; that they were signals, but ho knew that . they accompanied the discharge of a . motor gun. Once he noticed that there was a short cessation in tho hitherto constant succession of water avalanches, and during this lull ho had seen two puff9 , from the repeller, and tho destruction, at , the samo moment, of the deserted torpedo ] boat. It was, therefore, plain enough to , him that if a motor bomb could be placed , so accurately upon ono torpedo boat, and 3 with such terrible result, oilier bombs ] could quite as easily bo discharged upon , tho other torpedo boats which formed ] tho advanced lino of tho fleet. When ; tho barrier of storm and cataract again , began to stretch itself in front of tho repeller, he knew that not only was it < impossible for the torpedo boats to send , their missives through this raging tur- \ moil, but that each of these vessels was I ] itself in danger of instantaneous destruc- I tion. ] Unwilling, therefore, to expose liis , vessels to profitless danger, the vice admiral ordered tho torpedo boats to re- j tiro from tho front, and tho wholo line < of them proceeded to a point north of tho < fleet, where they lay to. I When this had been done tho repeller I ceased tho discharge of bombs, but the ] sea was still heaving and tossing after < tho storm, when a dispatch boat brought ] orders from the British admiralty to tho i flag ship. Communication between the ] British fleet and the shore, and con- I sequently London, had been constant, i and all that had occurred had been ] quickly mado known to tho admiralty 1 and the government. Tho orders now 1 received by tho vice admiral were to the ! 1 effect that it was considered judicious to ] discontinue the conflict for the day, and ? that lie and his whole fleet should return 1 to Portsmouth to receive further orders. In issuing theso commands the British ] government was actuated simply by mo- ' tives of humanity and common sense. 1 The British fleet was thoroughly pre- : pared for ordinary naval warfare, but an enemy had inaugurated another kind 1 of naval warfare for which it was not ? prepared. It was thereforo decided to t withdraw tho ships until they should be 1 prepared for tho now kind of warfare. To 1 allow ironclad after ironclad to bo disa- t bled and set adrift, to subject every ship i in tho fleet to the danger of instantaneous i destruction, and all this without the ( possibility of inflicting injury upon tho ( enemy, would not bo bravery; it would < bo stupidity. It was surely possiblo to < devise a means for destroying tho seven i hostilo ships now in British waters. i Until action for this end could bo taken, ] it was the part of wisdom for tho British < navy to confine itself to tho protection of British ports. 1 When the fleet began to move toward ? the Isle of Wight the six crabs, which 1 had been lying quietly among and under 1 the protection of their enemies, with- t drew southward, and making a slight v circuit, joined tho repeller. c BRITISH OFFICERS WATCHINQ THE EFFECT OF THE MOTOR BOMBS. Each of the disabled ironclads was now in tow of a sister vessel or of tugs, axcept the Llangaron. This great ship bad been disabled so early in the contest, and her broadside had presented such a vast surface to the northwest wind, that she had drifted much farther to the 30uth than any other vessel Conse? ijuently before the arrival of the tugs which had been sent for to tow her into the harbor, the Llangaron was well on ber way across the channel. A foggy night came on, and the next morning she was ashore on the coast of France, with a mile of water between her and dry land. Fast rooted in a great sand bank she lay week after week, with tlie storms that came in from the Atlantic and the storms that came in from the Gterman ocean beating upon her .tall 6ide of solid iron, with no more effect than if it hid been a precipice of rock. Against waves and winds she formed a massive breakwater, with a wide stretch of smooth sea between her and the land, rhero she lay, proof against all the artillery of Europe and all the artillery of the sea and the storm, until a fleet of small vessels had taken from her her ponder3us armament, her coal and stores, and she had been lightened enough to float upon a high tido and to follow three tugs to Portsmouth. When night camp on Repeller No. 11 ipd the crabs dropped down with tho tide and lay to some miles west Of the scene of battle. Tho fog shut them in fairly well, but, fearful tliat torpedoes might bo sent out against them, they showed no lights. There was littlo danjer of collision with passing merchantmen, for tho English channel at present was deserted by this class of vessels. The next morning the repeller, preceded by two crabs, bearing between them a submerged net similar to that used at the Canadian port, appeared off the eastern 2nd of the Isle of Wight. The anchors of the net were dropped, and behind it the repeller took her place, and shortly afterward she sent a flacof truce boat to Portsmouth harbor. This boat carried a noto from the Ainericar war syndicate to the British government. In this noto it was stated that it was now the intention of the syndicate to utterly destroy, by means of the instantaneous motor, a fortified post upon the British coast. As this would be done 3olely for the purpose of demonstrating the irresistible destructive power of the motor bombs, it was immaterial to the syndicate what fortified post should be destroyed, provided it should answer the requirements of the proposed demonstration. Consequently tho British government was offered the opportunity of naming the fortified place which should be destroyed. If said government should decline to do this or delay the selection for twenty-four hours, the syndicate would itself decide upon the placo to be operated upon. Every ono in every branch of the British government, and, in fact, nearly every thinking person in the British islands, had been racking his brains, or her brains, that night, over tho astounding situation; and the note of the syndicate only added to the perturbation of the government. There was a strong feeling in official circles that tho insolent little enemy must be crushed, if tho whole British navy should have to rush upon it, and all sink together in a common grave. But there were cooler and more prudent brains at the head of affairs; and these had already decided that tho contest between the old engines of war and the new was entirely one sided. The instincts of good government dictated to them that they should be extremely wary and circumspect during the further continuance of this unexampled war. Therefore, when the note of tho syndicate was considered, it was agreed that the time had come when good statesmanship and wise diplomacy would be more valuable to the nation than torpedoes, armored 3hips or heavy guns. There was not the slightest doubt that the country would disagree with tho government, but on the latter lay the responsibility of tho country's safety. There was nothing, in the opinion of the ablest naval officers, to prevent tho syndicate's fleet from coming up tho Thames. Instantaneous motor bombs could sweep away all forts and citadels and explode and destroy all torpedo defenses, and London might lie under tho guns of tho repeller. In consequcnco of this view of tho state of affairs an answer was sent to the syndicate's noto asking that further time bo given for the consideration of tho situation, and suggesting that an exhibition of tho power of tho motor bomb was not accessary, as sufficient proof of tliis had been given in the destruction of the Canadian forts, tho annihilation of the Craglevin, and tho extraordinary results of tho discharge of said bombs on tho preceding day. To this a reply was sent from the office cf tho syndicate in New York by means ability that an enemy would land at this point on the coast. Caerdaff was therefore selected as the spot to bo operated upon. No one could for a moment imagine that the syndicate had mined this place, and if It should be destroyed by motor bombs it would prove to the country that the government had not been frightened by the tricks of a crafty enemy. An hour after the receipt of the note in which it was stated that Caerdaff had been selected, the syndicate's fleet started for that place. The crabs were elevated to cruising height, the repeller taken in tow, and by the afternoon of the next day the fleet was lying off Caerdaff. A note was sent on shore to the officer in command, stating that the bombardment would begin at 10 o'clock in the morning of the next day but one, and requesting that information of the hour appointed be instantly transmitted to London. When this liad been done, the fleet steamed six or seven miles off shore, where it lay to or cruised about for two nights and a day. As soon as the government had selected Caerdaff for bombardment immediate measures were taken to remove the small garrisons and the* inhabitants of the Ashing village from possible danger. When the syndicate's note was received by tho commandant of the fort he was already in receipt of orders from the war office to evacuate the fortilications and to superintend the removal of the fishermen and their families to a point of safety farther up the coast. Caerdaff was a place difficult of access by land, tho nearest railroad stations being fifteen or twenty miles away, but on the day after the arrival of the syndicate's fleet in the offing thousands of people made their way to this part of the country, anxious to see?if perchance they might find an opportunity to safely see?what might happen at 10 o'clock the next morning. Officers of the army and navy, government officials, press correspondents in great numbers, and curious and anxious observers of all classes, hastened to the Welsh coast The little towns where tho visitors left the trains were crowded to overflowing, and every possible conveyance by which the mountains lying back of Cardiff could be reached was eagerly secured, many persons, however, being obliged to depend upon their own legs. Soon after sunrise of the appointed day the forts, tho village and the surrounding lower country were entirely deserted; and every point of vantage on the mountains lying some miles back from the coast was occupied by excited spectators, nearly e~?ry one armed with a field glass. A few of the guns from the fortifications were transported to an overlooking height, in order that they might be brought into action in case the repeller, instead of bombarding, should send men in boats to take possession of the evacuated fortifications, or should attempt any mining operations. Tho gunners for this battery were stationed at a safe place to the rear, whence they could readily reach their guns if necessary. The next day was one of supreme importance to the syndicate. On this day ft must make plain to the world, not only what the motor bomb could do, but that the motor bomb did what was done. PnfArn lnort'nnp V.nfrlicli rfinnnpl tihp director of Repeller No. 11 had received telegraphic advices from both Europe and America indicating the general drift of public opinion in regard to the recent sea fight; and, besides these, many English and continental papers had been brought to him from the French coast. From all these the director perceived that the cause of the syndicate had in a certain way suffered from the manner in which the battle in the channel had been conducted. Every newspaper urged that if the repeller carried guns capablo of throwing the bombs which the syndicate proposed to use there was no reason why every ship in the British fleet should not have been destroyed. But as the repeller had not fired a single shot at the fleet, and as the battle had been fought entirely by the crabs, there was every reason to believe that if there were such things as motor guns their range was very short, not as great as that of the ordinary dynamite cannon. The great risk run by one of the crabs in order to disable a dynamite gunboat seemed an additional proof of this. It was urged that the explosions in the water might have been produced by torpedoes; that the torpedo boat which had been destroyed was bo near the repeller that an ordinary shell was sufficient to accomplish the damage that had been done. To gainsay these assumptions was imperative on the syndicate's forces. To firmly establish the prestige of the instantaneous motor was the object of the war. Crabs were of but temporary ser vice. Any nation could build vessels like them, and there were many means of destroying them. The spring armor was a complete defense against ordinary artillery, but it was net a defense against submarine torpedoes. The claims of the syndicate could bo firmly based on nothing but the powers of absolute annihilation possessed by the instantaneous motor bomb. About 9 o'clock on the appointed morning Repeller No. 11\ much to the surprise of the spectators on the high grounds with field glasses and telescopes, steamed away from Caerdaff. What this meant nobody knew, but the naval military observers immediately suspected that the syndicate's vessel had concentrated attention upon Caerdaff in order to go over to Ireland to do some sort of mischief there. " It was presumed that the crabs accompanied her, but as they were now at their fighting depth it was impossible to see them at so great a distance. But it was soon perceived that Repeller No. 11 had no intention of running away, nor of going over to Ireland. From slowly cruising about four or five miles off shore she liad steamed westward until she had reached a point which, according to tho calculations of her scientific corps, was nine marine miles fiom Caerdaff. There she lay to against a strong breeze from the east. It was not yet lOo'clock when the officer in charge of tho starboard gun remarked to the director that he supposed that it would not be necessary to give the smoke signals, as had been done in tho channel, as now all the crabs were lying near them. The director reflected a moment, and then ordered that the signal should be given at every discharge of the gun, and that the columns of black smoke should be shot up to their greates* height. At precisely 10 o'clock, up rose from Repeller No. 11 two tall jets of black smoke. Up rose from tho promontory of Caerdaff, a heavy gray cloud, like an immense balloon, and then the people on tho hill tops and highlands felt a sharp shock of the ground and rocks beneath them, and heard the sound of a terrible but momentary grinding erush.g As tho cloud began to settle, it was borno out to sea by the wind, and then it was revealed that tho fortifications of Caerdaff had disappeared. In ten minutes there was another smoke signal, and a great cloud over the castellated structure on tho other side of the bay. The cloud passed away, leaving a vacant space on the other side of tho bay. The second shock sent a panic through tho crowd of spectators. The next earthquake bomb might strike among them. Down the eastern slopes ran hundreds of them, leaving only a few of tho bravest civilians, the reporters of the press, and the naval and military men. [TO HE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.] ^ | This xtory wm commenced ir. No. 16. juicic iiiimuci .i win uv j imiixiica oil application.] 1ST A true perception of the gospel is the entire forgetfulness of self, utter absence of any pretension, and the complete and entire refusal to accept the world's praise or judgement.