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» ; fcAimWFXt. COURT.UOUSl£« B.V JUNK 7.1HM8; THE fREASVKE OF FKANl'it iRD 'ti ROF^inr jLOUW steve^Sox. “Nrtrr^roplirxl the boy. _ “It i« n ruin pr«*, luloptiu; * CHAPTER 4.—CO.MlXUfO Tbo doctor’* *y*tcin of hygiene strikingly eoincidml with his taster nivi his picture i>( a perfect life was a faithful description of the one be wm loading nt the tim ■. lint it is mMy to convince a IkiV; whom you supply with all the facts for the discussion. Am?' IwhUcs there was one tlifn’^ admirable in tl»e philosophy, and that was the cuthusiasiii of the philoMpher, Tiiers was never any one Mor* vigorously dctcnuimsl to U.> plcaaisl; wid if he was not a great- hrglcian, and so l-efe-V" had no right to couvim-e, the intelieef, he ~ waa rcrtainly soaiething of a poet, and. had a fasetoation to awliKv the heart. What hoi could m* achieve in his ciutomary humor of a radiant admiration of himself amt his cir- cuiustanow, he eometuncs rifts U-.l hi his flu' of g\poia. » '/ . “Boy," be would soy. “avoid me tmlay. If I were saperstitinum I sinmhl even >■•}( bar an iatrrmt la your prarer*. I am In the Idaclf <H . the evil s|drtt <af king K.tnl. Us* hag of the merchant AlaeLdi, the |>-rasutl d -rd of the Iurvaj neiok. is wt'h !»• is tn ou his breast ••Hie rtemof ■ lure ars i*>« U|ewnm*4, iuaaavut pi- wee aw in puu; 1 tutg t-t I'.iru. f •ralMwtn r ta the Burr. tW," he r*ui pmsim oig a hand, uf -4 *4 ter, **| tl ast sstf. I am ua> >a he Ifu u i ••Uiitw af a fhr* Take 1L tr 1* W lx ur-. rp H au«r«ue**m* indr. thwm u m i . •m M*«e -I wtu hnsa4»<.,ie y«Ma ■ Uses ms frmu UaM part m Ausum If yau am am tfefcw, <h* us wmrae. hf a fl Waasr Aaa far m I* uss'»m the Aw%w »tap» ,, »d tum> M m .anu ss a ♦ursatam m Isa yaw Iha* sap ‘ 4 • • Snuse <a tte- ■■an si in a gorge,'’ contimterl Don- his etpository voice; “tht' ruin of a hermitage end chapel* HUtrry tells ns much of Franrhard; Low the recluse was often *latu by irolidetfs; bow he lived on ' a most insufUcictrt dietthowlie was expected to pass iiif dayf lit i*raycr. A letter is pre served, mhiressed’ to ouo of th-*c solitaires i by the rupsTibr of bis oialer, full of admira ble hygitfnir advice; bidding him go from his ■“This is childisV bo said “TVo low proclous time. Hick to ths ion, bar .toss tbo trap Aifd bring it to j-«i bunk. Run for your life, and nuneniboi'—not one whisper, lathy here to watch.’’ Jean-Marie did as lie was Kid. though not without sunwise. The noddy was brought round to tha spot indicated, and the two gradually transported the ti-casuro from' Its place of cancMlmenf . to the fvx>t below the ! driving seat. Once it was all stowed the his «ora defect A; be knew ha i Isa* and bus coosidcratiau In i book to p^yths, aii|l »o Uick again, for v«- : doctor roco^ered his gaycty. rietyV sake," and when he was weary of both mj: grateful duties to the genius b> stroll about his garden and observe the ^hi* dellr v Jic rtidr *‘Oh, for a bouey hoes'. It >s to this day my own sys tem. You, must often have iein^r):od tne leaving the * \l*bfTtisacopaiio*—often u' cn in the mid lie bf a phrase—to come forth in tho sCTiia hit 1 ad.-n.ro tlio writer of that from my heart; he was & man of thought on the most important subjects. Iln','indeed, lind I lived la ilie Midnlc Ages (I aai.hCartily glad that I did n«U I should have ls«:i an eremite mysrif—if 1 bad not leva a |>n>frvscd .l<WiT<K>u,' that b* Tbcnc >rern the only philosophical.lives yet oiwn: l-niglitcr or prayer' toeem, wo might say, and tears t’ntil the suit of the Pusitivh mm-, ibe wise man tfinl to tnako his ^hotoo be.v.ern they* Iwvi - " “I have Imm a baffuuV, Of cAinr^ob- ame-l ican-Mmio. I ■i^T 4, P rwnr l kta i|«t I', i fcrrt& III Cm ijm* t >m *i * r tMf mm** mmrn . where the air had been baked all day he- tween whits walls, It cam* in wbiffa hnd pulses, like a distant music. .Half 4rty home the Inst gold flicker varflsKe*! from a great oak ai»n the left; tod when they came forth Iteyond tbo borders of the wotsl, the plain was already sunken in pearly grayncss, an«J «' great, pala moon came swinging skyward through the filmy poplars. Tho doctor sung, the doctor whistled, the doctor talked. Jie s]>oWeof tho woodif tmd tho wars, and the deposition of dew; ho brightened and babbled of Paris; "ho soared into cloudy Ucnbast on tho glories *oT the political arena. All was to be changed; as tbo day dcparteil it took with it the vrcitiaai Fris;;:, irrri 1-0 bad-no; Classical wu was t> .n«u.;umte too new. * Bn^igW* I Tine «-n «h«n H. ;nk bo cnod, “of t!iu hfo of maceration!” Hw ; CHAPTER VL wife (still baput.ful, or bo was aodly partial) ^ ouohxal tmarnoATtos, r» two partia wan to I15 ik> longer l»urie<l; sho should now shinp h-fotv nocteiy, Jeajtilarta wouU find ^ ^ ^ tho wo:hint hbrfpct^ttrs roads open to sue- . , r .wt_ 1ui j ersa, we dth, honor and posthumous renown. M! * '~ {nra to besl, the^ort«r had of ; livu. co.il, d i I am in litiation. 1 “I V umrt Ino ynU to hare excrlled la gar* y irtft* VW3T I jL m , UrnS *•.*1 tte dnrtor. ad.utring b‘gi MirTri Clvls* T * Uf* row- “Di you war 1 hath/* llori r nty i- Yfft, ■* »te|i •ini ite ether. “I Irtgh lanl p wMu j ! riu'L law i wry f tad <4 tatew* Will ■Ttlteirt I “ttbi .rail/ 1mm %r Mid Is-prv u. “Bat 1 oik 1 1 •«*.; itoltl pfrvi raa ftetertsd < says lima } taNH§ heifer aftd a J-ir of country -wine! tbo vein for Ru-riflc?, for a dhperb Well, and why not? English-pal j ftlo 13 to iadcod, hut cxcelleut Boy, wo shall drink ale.” “But I thought it wo* so unwholesome,” sa!d .Tmu-Mnrio^aad very dear; besides.” ■ ‘’F.ildltadc-ih'cr’ c..-tfhumnl the ikv-tor, gayly. *’To the iaul* ‘ And lie rtepjieJ into thi aoddy, tossing his bead with an cl’A'dr, youthful air. Thy hor>' was tarned, and in a few r-ccondv they dre*4n;> lawi.ln the palings of tbo Ian garden. “Ben,” M.d Daspnw—‘ iicrai. near tho stal l -, m> that we may Lwy aa ryu ujua thinyV py i «l the horse, and catered the ■n, tho dorue ringing, now m (antsstpc nd**, up* tvsktariB* rnrertiers f«T*M lus chest He took a arst. repped T rm tho table. aaa> kv| the wail* r with ririri. Lad wl*»a Uw boflto -/ .Utw.-tarrl. v.s Oo tasri 4r liXerib -'MOpsig vr, ho . 4? a lung gtmf al *if f rash asnl ho know ho mast rink into coosidcratiau in Um turmoil of a tlty life; sink more and mors from tho child Into the «rTMK jMd, 1 * b^an dimly to ba- Uove the doctor’s propbociN of aril Ho could boo a change fn boftf' His generous Incredulity faitsd him for this once; n child ’must have jierceivotl that the Hermitage had complstod what lb” absiutho had begun. If this wore tlio first day, what would bo tbo list? “Jfilcccssary, wreck tho train,” thought be, rementU'rJhg tho iloctor's parable. He looked round bn tho delightful scene; ha drunk deep of thft charmed night air, ladoa with tho scent of bay. “If necessary, wreck tho Irain^ Jib repeat'd. And he turn tatt* turned to tho house. 1 'Ilvti b' mal dd fufhar aat,” f thrr I the hoy. ■e>4 A* assridaaa Harts, fmri' Vi ■MMNPVif mumwBsd VmpM *4 ■ -»• few aS W- « 4*4 %rt*> . | »«-• -* “And oh, by tlia way," sjid lie, “for dad's ’ sake keep fomr touguc fjtuet! You arc, of coarse, a very silanrMlow; it is a quality I glodly rem^nlas in ypa—wknio-, gnhlen silaurc! But th.» it r. matter of gravity; Kn 1 word r.iu-n get abroad; Dene but Um guod I'arindrtf t> l« trustcdl wa shall probably ! di»To*r af ijj Vasili ri Englaatl” “Bat ase they nolevsa oursr the boy sohl. alatari with a sob- -it was Um only tboo he had 4»tkev. “that in tUtsif—a. that they *r* nriha^y I dim's,” laptiri tv dwrior. “link the riata vsmhl haw aaow ckslm. If th«q ww* sanlva. f«w mataarw, w*. Owashl ha owvhlop* tbommi |hatr ivutriatbm, we riw*wi hasw aw t«€h*t ‘ •w OBNbb* maw a the aw*l w ths next ywraiag thar* waa usual outcry in ths doctor’s hoot thing lief ars going to bad, the locked up stuns ralashles la the dining room cupboard; and helx-M. when ha rnaeagain, aa he did shoot 4 o’riqrh. ths capboard had born brokau open ami the valaablra ia qusw this I pmvc ia two wayu Fieri, paia^bg Is pa art which merely addrraaaa the eys; It doss art ini any particular axerdas tbs moral saqaA And aacqnd, pointing, In common with all the other arts, hoptita thh dangerous duality of imagination. A man of hnagina- tion it never moral; ha odtaaanliterald* marcatinns and reviews life aadar too many shifting lights to rvat content with' tbs in i tidions diriinctiona of tbo low:” ,.. J “But you always say—at least, ao landed I stood you”—said madnmo, “that thorn lad* ' display no haagination whatover.” “My dear, they displayed Imagination, and !-■ nf a very fnntastir order, too." rotur^cl I hr doctor, "when they "tnbraced tfccir beggarly ; profcaaion. Butidaa—ami this is aa argn.. mant exactly r.uitcd to y<mr intrUegRial W-vtl! — many of Iher.i ars Eoglnfl and XmartoMl f TThcro else sliould wa expect to find a thief? j And now jori bad hotter get your calfsali. Dec anas wy hare lari a trsaaurr, there is na rraaaa for tttdvtng. Fat my pqrt, I shall, hraafc iay Cask with white wtwe I feel aa-| aoeparttobiy boated and Ihirriy today. 1 can only sUrMmts it to the (buck ql tbo dis covery And yet yod will boar me awl,' f J P| t --*v. mw Ote^* ^ frill wbri, mr. m—h ri If he Wsri forii M pAw ■ pws *• *wA. riri 1 aari kairia 1 4i»o#ri millrth im kmmw ui Uavi lb* yea fcaaw of a*v mri ' II” had him by ths as hma bAc shag awd the W*yS « ted awy, owe yriapt f nth hi aamAssx Aarisa, with a m hlasmw vmsswrs^ ari haas A^s* ■tees swi VasMriaris la teem h» sw*A te m*rte aa **■»■< (hTteri ywa g*«s warn W • ■Apse Thm- dte* ArilWw h»s 1 Asww Jews Harts, Mant ’ms smwmw sesrimaaa «aart A > tewsri lHAh' HiMBA * „ JU>i %•* 4bflH§ ilMI *e* +%*»m dMW m mm •%-we snad saamteri rims asm 4 *-**• ri ria saate^ aari ssol *«■■ —iisw* am* mam Wwa I shamiwri at ariri m» samwri ami dwoa mmw la amm Mb pmamm ■ IWhwfr* . ^ ep- — , '‘Raim yoi-r Ptrak't eyes.” Rut in place of anything of that sort Jmm- Mario brekr hitn a dwmsl t^>w| and Had frnri t'j« srt*>r Anaaloaie. as rim | nraaad U» rif* turv and rawmra Ihn victim, fownd tbo* ui serd one J’srtuian afrow- -• Caalarir, paw are a hrab' . . ■it' “My hrxhrr," sold briprrx, with tbo grwibst •Rgnlty, "you tabs spurn ynwrmlf a . “Ovapm.” intevfwpted t .mimhr. “Ari baawn’s sake he a man rf tbs wevtd. 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Ho white tho thsAnr mad < him v-lf <lntnk with w.mK the adopted stahlo buy hccuuacd hlmarlf he did art tagala MHHi , SMKp %«mi #* ftMHP ^mmi \ ; ^ -I rtl m ft a « ' * t dtowMV I H rt* : #0 . % I > • tt | Pb % • 4 4 b 1 tvwflfll, ' HwMFf' Hip ■BMPHP .. ilft di twfcp '* i ^ fflrt^' 1 M i^tt V w' mmiA P tk luril 1 ppppppttf m "wftb %mm ppm**Q m m pm pm mm (prtft , <taft rtPF ! wpm Jk 0 iiirtft |MS 44 d ' * |»T* Ml 4b’—Ti 1 • 4 \ % Up 44 ■* * - 4 * H> al% pfmp tpn iMrtji |§ TW ipFf bUm cyriH « «Hft4 bf fftt tarilf 'JprPwbbp, IftftMft 1 » Ihh V -- • a - • • .totarara Mil urttHf. *4 gray pm UfttAot^ w dri hw k mi r rtlr.B«. • Ibritte THJbft Nrt rts pmm m»m W mm ■r m*m %m irtMh tmtmm Hriw* ».»<4 m mm y ^ a** * I --riri hw mm§ pm tv Mb HMVMft* 9 II wDbbnv mmmtrnm asw* Fate 1 *%■ Eiifci •* TW teri Ate was as tte ahawS tte t awl te brttbse. whdh awl law THh m was wortri • %Nb Mi 4®mh| lb %4 f 4 with silence. - CHArTER V. — . touamrax ru n a Ths doetdf's rarriarre was a twonhccled nt with a hood, n kind of vehicle in -nmeta favor among c^w'iAry do-torn. On how many roads hua nut one won it, a great woy o:f be tween tho iwplan*—in how inany village streets, tjod to a gatj post! Thi.) sort of ebariut is affected, jiartioularly at tho trot, by a kind of pitching movement to and fro across the axle, which well entitles it to the stylo of a Noddy. Tho hoo<l dcscriltca a con- sidcrahk' arc against tho lambcapo, with u solemnly fthsnnl effivt on tho contcmpbtivo pedestrian. To ride in such a carriage cun- not be numbered among the things that ap- iu to glory;'but I have no doubt it may useful in liver complaint Thence, per- baps, its wide popularity among physiciaua. One morning early, Joan-Marie 1«1 forth fba doctor's noddy, opened the gate and mounted to the driving scat The doctor followed, arrayed from top to toe in spotless linen, armed with an H&mcnac flesh colored Umbrella, and girt with a botanical earn on a baldric; and the equipage drove off smartly In a brevar of its own provocation. They vertv bound for Kraochard, to collrct plants. a t*il% bwward. » wm Ivkh Ivib4 frtil- hi fciv 1 hxhtx hiWu m Vhim r-»flpnl frtrMu t| • trt A VflHl'ft'^h" «»dV«rt|. flkHi •I IHU Ari»*4, • *4 •. Wrtmrs r^Avrns«4 It IkHnl fkr b rtf lHPH >, 4 | «|rtfTMIf4nr|, |I%* V*v*tes41V Aa tur'v «w**-w; hoi. aa •brt HM9 #4pp itl • it tbr sattey. It was plaint> Ite- d-Rter wteh-kl given utS'-eance lo lbs Miami lie haakrd r.gtU and left. auJ then* wa* lV*;*\ v. *ian4«a< m a Bk.br Iris twreatw.* I”>wt!cr*. aisl* t-siling rotttel <m hw odoffed 01*1 with a nmalciUtew as whit** as |*t<*r*. ^ “A vlj«*rr ctW JaamMarte, running to ward htiu. “A vipwf Y*iu arc bitna!' Tl* do^or cam.* down heavily out Af the cleft, and adrnmx<d in adenri to meet the hoy, whom h > took roughly by tho shoulder. “I have fminil it” he said, with a gasp. “A plautr asked Jean-Maria* Di>-pivs had w. fit of UuUntunil gaycty, 1 i^, n prcsenU-*! to you which the rocks took up and mimicked, “A plant!” he repented scornfully— “Well—yes —o plant. And'here," In* added, Muddcniy, showing hi; right hand, which ho had hithorto concealed behind his back—‘“Uero is one of tho bullw.” Jean-Marie saw .a dirty platter, coated with earth. ^*That r said he. “It ia a platef ’ “It is' a ctxich and horjes,” criod the doctor. ’ “Boy,” he continued, growing warmer, “I plucked away a great pad of moss froth between these" bowlders; and dis closed a crevice; and when I looked in, what rtMMv Mrt <b *• - m mp *mmm ' Pk I mm mAi. %m I iv» IM T hp* % rtM ‘W' iS %s < mmm hi 1 <Mi w4 mm •tMbrtaa im mm MmmSkmrnm mf m mm «MHi pmmMwm^f \ pmmtormmji mmt* Bmmm Mfl^ %P0 ■ mmMt Tkmmpjk mp0p4 mrnrnmmp mmmmt f mm mm * IM* TV MM— IM my baart l art* tte tertteor• ri Jtett.wrWv | teriate U*tB» r*■ ■ Ate. J«*— M**tc (hart Is«b* HaywAm rtt •rtaml ami; sib woe rta camosimma *0 pvtte **l amat Aa4 I—aril, 1 at4 mri te lam the ctebA—1 Atsva pterivvad *•» ywrite hte a « ugtaity, smaht r. wb Ir i IB «*-m* moo t -, ***t-*U~ite Iri rtewr ysafte aw**ter Bad tev bo>oa* ’MrwvAf |«, hot I, I prate* aay Boppy •amteia'kJM. n-tata the t.viag watevwm Fn di opolnww sad a avw q4ww- ri dotw* Und sac nualmlrd la ankw and only mutv matrir by kaowlcdgc. For this pnnfmrtira rhtetgc. Jisut-Hsrm—it may iruimbly tew sborkrd yuu. Tall me now. did it no* strike you aa an laco'rirt.mry! Coofras-4 b uaa- 11 dimaable It peinod ^uoF’ “Ycc” said fje boy. “Y*ai moo," returned the doctor, with rat- lime fatuity, “I read your thoughts! Nor ora I surprised—your education is not yet complete; tho higlier duties of nten have not Mly. 1 • pertain to glory ; but I liave no doubt it may do you suppose I saw? I saw a house in be useful iu liver complaint Thence, per- Paris with a court anti garden, I saw my wife shining with diamonds,' I saw myself a deputy^ I saw you—well. I—1 saw your future,” bb concluded, rather feebly. “I have Justdiscovcn d America,” ho added. ‘‘But what is itf” asked the boy. “Tho Treasure of Francbard,” criod the doctor;and throwing his Iwown straw bat upon xue ground, lie 4lno;>od like an India*, ami sprang upo:» JcMii-If'irie, whom he suffo cated with cmicar-ei and bedewed with tears, with an < ye to Um "Comparative I’Larma Then he flung hiiara!/ down am*mg the aapwls.” * : beathn aadaacatBritlougbatfuuUltha vol- A little rattling on the opri roada, awl 1 lay mag. •bey rate* ta the Winter* of tte friirt and. Rat Ite Wty had now aa tsternal ri Pts I rot'-, (te uadd) rins—a hoyb totarari. Xo sMaer was bp rw L *ilU aa seen« based fraot tte tector** a<~-tet4< iBaa be raa ad saavpteg ladga Tbsa* teas a te (ba bawVIsv*. qraag late rta Bribe, assl, ma triUf monasritag rtatelri aa» ’ (bstartag has Imrid rite Ute frihri* riritead la ite aaaadat tarab. <mm mfum Mi tel rta tea wma. ■ I rta - il una -4 ' «**rt ri e^rw rta , fbs alBWAri terirtl ^ uora I—— -* ■- “ s ' *n 1 A yAOg rt Bmfy AHriBAMo, ytemmri rts suit «hh Mrt, ttMM rtrt ama stay » m ammy driSm* •—* — * ta*- 44 rta «yv artritamgW ttimteS tat vAri foe tern ma H ssm* Amd teAwaam **-» Ssmiwt teat saa •*. 4 Hh fw* te*% trim* I bgB; Ibrtrta A* «■» AMris rta amatt f •A hint- till we have leisure—must Kiifllce. Now that I am one*' more in possession o'f a mode* com|>eUiiK*c; now that I havo so long pre- 1 vired myself iu siiyut meditation, it beconis| my su|ierior duty to proceed to Paris. My sckuliflc training, my undoubted command of language, mark me out for the aervico of my country. Modesty iu such a case would be a snare. If sia were a philosophical ex- preadon, I should call it sinful.' A man must not deny bis manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations. I must be up and doing: I must bo no sl.nlkcr in life’s battle.” 80 ho rattled on, copiously greasing the Joint of his inctibsiSfency with Words; while the boy listened silently, his eyes fixed on the horse, his mind seething. It was all lust elo quence;* no array of words could unaettie a belief of Jean-Mane's: and ha drove into Fontainebleau flik-d with pity, horror, indig nation and despair. Iu tho town Jean-Marie waa kept a fixture oa tho driving Sent, to guard tho truasarr; while the tloctor, with a singularly thgktly tipsy alrincri of moaner, fluttered .ta and oat of cafes, where he *hooi hands *uh gairtem oAkvrs and .mud aa absinthe with tte ■kvty ri qbf rtparic-ira. ta and art ri sbaym. from wltk-fe ha rriaroed Ivrim with raaUy ■ real turtle, a magaibsaril imam ri aite* • if ami a haya ri rt* a*mii* fartria tar ossi AM af tbs I * at •ri* 1 v ’ raprtrt rtMoa rtumrtb ‘tthMA ' amaawat rts teoteri '#• Art# smb wwmmri AAtarirtm te am riMmrttota teotte* * sm* team a* Aa • **••>• t tete m* •yri*te* steaasrimariririgrtrt* ^tart rta I—> Am >■» oorttapa* Hba rta* *M moA • anm Aa AAriamrt • rate atari -te m** - Ari • • eteri a ri-..W tetaa**M ramrtwAa friteart ma ri ma trio Asrite bateva riot ras • •• ri» tew •amte riraw te 1 ten ■ »4te part ri rta rirtri rio* *m* *wv te ■1 te - • • • •* «H te* te • v rtteoai a temmAs*. Ari ■ ama I ateasate, ••4 te «w has Ite •teawte ted ■rtrtMte SririrtArt SAetev • TW mt**ri •m> •‘••a; tea te Bat By* art* tartms ite amb A Aarig ririrt ba bA4 Arite Writ Ste * ~ £tm ri.^ teas a tariiwrt* 1 ”* stenma «• tarB agBwswitey. AM te aaatrt 4 f ■riaOti teoririotetam te ta * aoa, te aamA art, a •«ww4 itami, Brnmaw Ite v^ma ri • teteter Mat BaBSA tea W4 Ate vtaa **a ri ^ Atetrttar tan ••AuAIBag. te arv*ag>4 Ite tarvtbnaf vrarilt, n ■ «a lb* wBAI” 1 *IAa Hrtb, temw te Ite tetemard. rttU tfortaA a iIB bterta 1 tertB. II* waa ta aa4 art ri Ite kriitea, pi) teg Aaariaate • it t* Brtling Bar with glintfa,* of tte foSttfv, te hat ring their ■*« waahh al sew larger Agwrr*. and before they aat dowa to mpf*-r. Ih>- lady’s virtoa had mrltad ta tte Art* *d Itm anthuainsia. ter Huitdity had diaappsorml; tte. ton, hml tegaa to t|*c*k dia;mraginrlro( tte life at Oratx; pril •• touA her |>Ucp and hrlpwl Ite soup, bar area shoo* »ilh the glitter of prospective diamonds. AH through the meal, the au*l the doctor made anil unnude fairy plana. They bobbed and bowed and pledged ouch other. Their facte ran over with smiles; their eyes scab ytrod sparkles, os they projected tho doctor's political honors and the lady’s drawing room orations. “But you will not bo a Itejr cried Ana- Tbrt ta o4 rtorit tateuBrtvw-. a ArismBrtrt *4 rt* < a rttev tw-ootei rioa* wmaaririteoa 1 tea a • ••te. iam ma ■4 lb ftgbbrttavrt It Is KAiestl temltt ri I AA try prtteB BW mmm te** hate ata V bf rite* mite ata o^ata Matey Wa tew twite A ’’•t Ate* “Hfata. •f a mal ri •( f* . ir Ufe rrtrd (te hcfMal Auaa IBwla a (wrote ri ta tte draSar “if any ri my so*. Yoaeratt- . .— riatf Ttew ata moC I besocck you. 1» to *•"» te tbr aartrty aa4 friawtaBipuf Mbitaao- vulgarly Utogwal aaM rwvoH frvmi my e«m- pWro, te wayto takl^to bar. rthrirtri »*• clusl aa. Wa have bow orrirad,” te to- rttam” ut baman Ma H|i •'laleycsf” ratmatwl <h(k a maditat 1 ix air. . , ^ The dori*r coo Id have bitten his' tenpno ramed. “I rnn Left Ccritcr to tho core,” replied the doctor. . - — “Mme. Oastcm will present m—wo shall find ovcrsclves forgotten,” said the lady. “Never,” protested tbo doctor. “Beauty and talent lenvt a mark.” “I liave positively forgotten how to dress,” she sighed. “Darling, you make mo blush,” said be. “Yours lias l>con n tragic marriage!” “But your ancc«»-to see you apjceciatod, honored, your name in all the papers, that will be more than pleasure — it will be heaven!” she cried. “And once a weak,” said the doctor, archly scanning tho syllables, “ooc> a week-ouo good little ^anto of baccarat?" ’•Only onceu woekr the questioned, threat ening him with a finger. “I swear tt by my political boner,” ctiad ha. “I jpe<] yea,” ate mid, and gave hi at her hand. Ha (w«Tfa4iA Iba ataM. high **vrr Or*M Ma 1 tarta gortari '4r«% . at sonri fclea ri tte nqwimsitkm ri the gang—for I indite ftf tb* hypnttoaia ri more than ana—and we aow Wave this pooat which caa dtaclass no more, ami tons bur ab tention to the eonrt and gardra. (Jean- Marie, I trust you aro ahasrvaatly following my various steps; tbia U aa ekcrUciit ]W*ca of education for you.) Como with me to tte door. No atcfMrt thecoart;'it (tunforttm- ata our court should bo pared. On what s.Uaii matters bang the dsatlay ri tbtab deli cate investigations! Hey! Wbpt have wa bera? I have led you to the very spot," ha said, standing grandly backward and Indi cating the groou gate. “An ojcalade, as you con now tee for yonrselva*,’ has taken place.” Sura enough, the green paint was in several fllabes scratched and broken; and ana ri tbo (■anels preserved tho print ri a nailed shoo. Tho tout bad slipped, however, and it was difficult to estimate tbs drt ri the shoo, and impossible to distinguish tte pattern ri the nails. “Tbo whole robbery,” cottohaled the doctor, tte brotter-lataw, “step, by step, bos Uon reooastttvted. Inductive science can ao farther go.” “It is wonderful," should bare been a no Idea ri yonr tali “My daar.' “a manri out. He foresaw what waa coming and pre pared ble mind for a rigorous drienor. ,, “Did you ever stool yourself/" asked CM* 4ir, tuming soddauly ou Jeon-Marie, and (or tte first fftte "mpluying a single cySglam which hung round his ueex.' . “Yes, itf,” replied the boy, with a d~v w^*- .*. , , C'asimfr turned to tbo others with pursed flf*, and nodikd to them meaningly. “Hey-” •aid be; "how is that?” r ’ “Jeon-Marie is a teller of the truth.” re turned the doctor, throw tag oat his bu A “Be has novel- told a Uo,” added madtimc. “He is the beotef boys.” "“Never told a-tie, has be not!” r.-fiee-od Coaimir. , , , . “Htrange, very ((range. GHA» roe your at tention, my young (ricnd,".lto continued. “ Ypu knew about this treowirer. ^“HsbHperf tti’ bring ft home,' interposed "Desprex* l Ask you nothing but to‘ bold yonr toagta*,*' returned Casltnir “I naan to queattaji this stable hoy ri youre And if )wu sr* so eritoia ri his inamvBco, juu nan af- ■ answer for htaaartf.' Now, ba iVaumml pntatiqg >k rAeglart “T.iaUri te,* . “My ctertated you must bare apply to ma He . "Henri." ate rtfct, “ft doas; I mraar to you it doss." “This I* n pntafnl, a very patafol etreort- stanee,” fbo iVoctor said, looking a little btaek. “I cannot affort, Aagetasta. to bn Anything but jitatly woandod. 1 feel Utia, I (e<4 Iff my wila,’i % **1 knew yon yon had seen his alkiw-aneea, we moit aoerifloa < “1 trust, m'T Asa^,' you Rare tmrnr mo averse to aaerifime,” retanwd tte darter Very stiffly. . “And you will let me go 03d toll kirn that you have agreed? It will be like your nehta Anton;,” «he oftml' , 80 it wotild, lie perceived—it would be Him nature! Up Jumped his spirited ‘ tho tkuagte* “Oo, darling,” “rtasaurw him.' The Mhjrrt' b buried;' more—I make aa efflort, I hart Accustomed my will to ttete exartious—and ft is forgotten.” 't% A little after, hut Kill with swollen area And kinking mortally rteaplak. Jaau-Mteto ( Arap|ieare*l and trout oatawtatlntedy ah apt hiibUslneas Hu was ths ooly unhappy maoa- - bar ri tbe party (bat sat do wa that night te f tapper. As fur the dor-tor. te Ba tons max the rwtowsa .4 toe “This I w MtertM 1 write up wm miYjuf l*iffl m t *\ m |r< prt»T «i_fi *mm im mm min mm mm wmm rwabrir lb«i he rnu arff, teM a tert ri Hw wrwmA tahAte Aw tte Tte ness raa by w«h *4ime ri tetaur, ft? rtM ate may fflMffl^^^fflMtASrttapteHIrttew **" """■ •Msatetatetamrp. ■4 Tte ma •aa «aay hm ufflna fflnv tte Aosrt rtrt^tet atetebte^smsi^y