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TulDa HU^U ik i , ::;U;' lhtr ce:." Mesv*mnlaiu. She paaeed her baud aoroea her forehead, then ouoe more sbouk her head. " A'un me ricordo," ahe murmured ; theu aa if tbe mental effort had esxnkutwiher, Hank, with a weary IKU, upou a. oluur. I wan Jt lujliUiil to, hear her apeak in Italian. It Was a toutfue ibe seldom need unleto compelled to do ao. That ahe employed it uow showed abe mult, ID gome dim way, oouneot tbe visitor with Italy. It was to me a new gleam of bope. Tin' i* Vrah 'eeotner thing I uc/tioeO. 1 have aiJ how el.ioiu it waa tbat Pauline rainoJ ber e)en to auJJ obeV taoe ; but to da>, durtug tbu whoin time tuat Macan i-tflo rfjh*. the tiivft looked aw ity fri.m biuj. Us SB,-, ky ,r i^f, aud after a few more worm to her, addressed bi remarks exclusively to me. All tbe while BIV wife watching bim with an >led look ; several times, mdeeti, persuaded mytelf that there was an fffteaaioD of fear ia her eyes. Lei them expreaa fear, hate, trouble, even love, so long as I oonld Bee the dawn of return ing reaaou IL them ! 1 begau to tbiok tbat tbe pMt to her, and that the fierce rual with whioh it oame bad overpowered her T ebdia scarcely dare to put my wiW belie into words, but it waa that wben Pauline agaiu opened her eyes, they shouh shiue with light wbiob 1 had never known in themthe light of perfectly restored intelligence. A wild, mad idea, but one I had the fnllext f itU in. So it wtw that I ' did uot scud for doctor ; that after a while I gave up iu> own attempts la awaken oouaeioumesa tbat I resolved to let her lie 'fn that Calm aeuaeleui atate until aba awoke, of her owu aooord. I took her wrist between my fiupers tht I might feel every beat of he I Uni my cheek agaiust berg tha t catch the Hound of every brsatl _ itiiii 1 waited until Pauline nboul< awake, auJ, a T fondly believed, awake in ber right mud. She remained in this state for at leaa au hour. Bu long that at iMt I began t get frightened, and think I mult, aflerall aeud for medical aid. Juni aa I WM form ing tbe reaolution to do ao, I noticed Ibi bea'a of her pulse grow stronger aud mon rapid ; I felt ber breatb drawn deeper ; saw a look of returuiug life steal over be face ; aud, in breathless impatience, waited. Aud then Pauline my wife oame buol to life she rose in the bul aud turned be face to mine ; and in ber eyee I aaw what by the mercy of God, I ehatl never again bee there 1 nu^ern i lij'sj. ) in lib t -anltl Taoime wan lu be rtvra, it would be through ID,) viaitaVI ' So when be took bii leave I pressed bin with au aaauuied manner, to oall again very loon to morrow, if possible. Ui readily premised ta do so, and we partex tor tbe Jay I OD only bope be wan M natiafled with Attar bio departure i'aliue toll into a rettlcHt f(*i. , Several tiiuon I aaw ber preMiDg'ber liauS to her forehead. 8u Memed unable to Bit stall. Now and atfai be wuLt to tM' wttiddw and I K>kMl op au down the street. 1 paid no attention to ber aotiOBi, although unoe or twice I aaw ber torn ber eyes toward me with a plteoui imploring gUnto. 1 btlieved Uiat somo tbiDK-nome old Uiicfory in ooiiueotiou witb ttioaxi wan itriving to force lUell to ber otoodtd brain, and I looked forward with loipaUeco- i tp-esurrow, wben he wald py*ti nah*'Vl(rft. The man bad . . jmiaetbin* to gel out of me. IB 1 felt oer tain I ibould see him an'"''- Hi' oain e the neat day, and the next, and manr other day*. It was clear he WM determined to iufcratute- Jnmtmlf with me if pomble. He aid all be Could to make bimatlf agreeable, and I must say be wai under the preoeat oiioumstanoee, very good oompaov. He knew, or professed to know all fie tOH niAftti tt every plot or politi oal evtnt o( tWfkBt tea yearn, aud was full ol original aqMOtei a&d etirnuK expeiri mots. ,HeJ |Ifon|wl under Garibaldi tbHefiitbe wMh of wrltaliau . He bad known the interior of prisons, and aorue of bit eeoapoe from death had been marvellous. I had no re MOD ta doubt the truth of bit lalte, although I mistrusted the man bimwlf. Let hn smile be M pleasant M he oould make it let hii u-> laujjh (ing uaturally I oould not forget the eipresejoQ I had Been on that face, or bji muer and wardiqp|6rruM ocoMions. I t.ik cure fli^f-aullLonhotild always be witu u* I^WM>ffll) eflly with M mine the poor cbild had ever shown even a mute disinclination to comply with. Sbe never poke in if aoari'n pretence, but her eyes were scarcely ever turned from him. lie seemed to have a kind of fMoination for her. Wben he catered the room Itieuld bear ber sigh, and when h* left it abe breathed a breath of relief ; and every day'lhe grew more resUn, uuay ad, I knew, unhappy. My heart muota ma u 1 guessed, I *ai causing her paia ; but, it all Oost, I deterinined to I felt tbat the ocisi* of ber life awiliC near, ' One evening, after dinner, as Maoari and I sat over our olaret, abd Pauline, with her troubled eyes fixed, M unaal, on my gneit, was realining on tbe sofa a little way off, be began to relate tame of his military adventures. How onoe, when in imminent peril hie right arm broken and useleas at bit side, his left arm not strong enough to wield tbe rifle with tbe bayonet fixed be bad taken tbe bayonet off, and holding it in his left hand, bad driven it through the heart of an antagonist. As be described tbe deed, be suited the gesture to the word, and seizing a knife whiob lay on tbe table, dealt a downward blow through tbe air at an imaginary white-ooated Aus- tnan. I heard a deep sigh behind me, and, turning, I saw Pauline lying witb her eyei olosed, and apparently in a dead faint. I ran to ber, raised her up, and carry ing ber to her room, laid ber on ber bed. It Wai now about o'clock. Prisoilla hap- pened to be out, so I ran back to tbe dining- room and bade Maoari a hasty good-night. " I bope there ia not much tbe matter," he said. "No; only a fainting fit. Your fierce gesture must have frightened her." Then I returned to my wife's bedside, and began tbe usoe.1 course of restoratives. Yet without sueoesii. White M a statue be lay there, ber eoft breathing and the faint throb of her pulse only telling tbat he was alive. Hue lay there without sense or motion, whilst I chafed her hands, bathed her brow, and endeavored to recall ber to life. Even whilst doing so my heart was beating wildly. I felt tbat the momeat VACS. I write tbia chapter witb great reluo tauoe. If I oould make my tale eoouectoc and complete without it, I should prefer to say nothing about tbe event* it records If some of tny experiences have been ktraoge onew, all nave these can be explained ; but these neve/ will, never can be explained to my satisfaction, Pauline awoke, and, M I saw her eyee, 1 shoddered as if a freezing wind bad puwec over me. It was not madness I saw in them, neither WM it tense. They were dilated to the utmost extent; they were tixed and immovable, yet I knew they aaw absolutely nothing ; tbat their nerves oon veyed DO impression to the brain. All my wild hopes lhat reason would return at tbe expiration of hst fainting fit were at au end. It was clear tbat she had passed Into a state far more pitiable tbn her f Miner one. I np ike 1 1 ber ; called ber by name ; but be took no notice of my words. Sbe BMmed to be unaware- of my preaenoe. Sbe looked ever, witb btraoge tiled eyee, m one direction. Suddenly ehe roae, and, before I could interpjes to prevent ber, paeeed out of the room. I followed ber. Hhe went iwif tly down tbe staire, and I saw she was making tat Uie bout dour. Uac iiaud ww on the latch wben I oame up to her and again called her by nan s ; entreating, Wen com inaudlug ber. to return. No sound of my voice srcined to re sob her earn. In ber critical state, for so I felt it to be, t shrank from restraining bet by forot, thinking it would be better to leave hei free to go as abe listed ; of course aocampanying ber to guard her againit evil. I oaogbt up my hat and a large cloak, both of which were banging in the ball tbe latter I wrapped around her as she walked, and managed to draw tbe hood over ber bead. She made no reeiitanoe totou, box khe let iue do it without word to ibow tbat sbe noticed the action. Then, witb me at her side, sbe walked straight on. She went at a swift but uni feru paee, ae one who bad a oer tain destination lu view. Sbe turned ber eyes neither to tbe left nor tbe right neither up nor down. Not onoe during tbat walk did I see them move, not onoe did I see an eyelid quiver. Although my sleeve WM touching hers, I am certain she bad no thought or knowledge of my pre- enoe. I made no further attempt to oheok her progress. Sbe was not wandering about in aimless manner. Something, I knew not what, was guiding or impelling ber sup to some set purpose. Something in ber disordered brain WM urging ber to reach some spot M quickly as possible. I dreaded the oonatquenoes of restraining tier from ao doing. Even if it wan but an exaggerated CMS of sleep-walking it would M unwise to wake ber. Far better to follow her until tbe fit ended. Bbe paused out of Walpole street, and, without a moment's hesitation, turned at right angle* Mid went along tbe straight uroad road. Along this road for more than lalf a mile she led me, then turning sharply round, walked half way through anotner street ; then stopped before a bouse. An ordinary three-story house of tbe usual London type. A home differing very little from my own and thousands of others, except tbat, by tbe light of the street lamp, I could sss it looked ill-oared- for and neglected. Tbe window ran en were dusty, and In one of them WM a bill stating tbat this desirable residence WM ta let, furnished. I marvelled M to what strange freak of mind oould have led Pauline to this unten- anted booee. Had any one nbe had known n former days lived here ? If BO, it was, perhaps, a hopeful sign that some awah> nned memory bad induced ber to direct her unwitting steps to a plaoe associated with Her earlier days. Very anxious, and even mnoh exoited, I waited to see what oourue she would now take. She went straight up to the door and aid ber band upon It, M though she expected it would yield to her touch. Then, lor tbe first time, sbe seemed to benitate and grow troubled. Pauline, deareat," I said, " let us go lack now. It is dark, and too late to go in there to-night. To-morrow, if von like, we will oome again." Sbe answered not. She u >od before) ihat door with her band pressing against t. I took her arm, aud tried gently to ead her away. She resisted with a pas- sive Htrengtb I should not have believed Hhe possessed. Whatever WM the dimly conceived object in my poor wife'B brain, it as plain to me it oould only be attained by >aseing through tbat door. I WM quite willing to humor ber. Hav- ng come so far, I feared to retreat. To cross her wishes in the preHOUt state of ihing* I felt might be fatal. Bat how lonld we gain entrance ? There WM no gleam of light upstairs or lownstairs. Ai yon looked at tbe house had oome; that lomething had brought back Jyoo knew intuitively it WM uninhabited. Tbe agent wboee name appeared on tbe bill carried on business a mile away, and, van if I had ventured to leave Pauliue aud go iu search of him, at this time of night in) expedition would be fruitless. At 1 oa*t arouud wondering what was tbe beat thing to do whether to fetch a cab aud carry ui y poor girl into it, or whether to Ut her wait here until abe recognized tbe iuipjtmbility oi entering tbe houae, and at last growing weary, chose to nturu of her own aooord aa I debated thtse alternatives a sodden thought struck me. Ouoe before my latobkty bad opened a utraugu door, it waa wittuu the bounds of possibility it might do so again. I knew that uninhabited houses are often from oaieleasneac or convenience left with doom ouly latoued. It WM au absurd idea, bul, after all. there was no barm in trying. 1 draw out my key, a duplicate of that used on another occasion. I placed il iu the keyhole without a bope cf success, and, aa I felt tbe lock turn aud aaw the door yield, a thrill of something like horror ran through me, for now thai it had some to pat* I knew thia thing oould be no mere An the door opened, Pauline, without a word, without a gesture of surprise, with- out auytbiug that showed sbe waa more aware of my preoeuoa than before, passed me and entered firet. I followed her, and cloting tbe door behind me, found myself in perfeot darkness. I beard ber light quick step In front of me ; I heard ber ascending tbe stain ; I beard a door open, and then, and ouly then, I summoned up presence of mind euougb to force my lirnbn t J bear me in the pursuit aud my blood seemed t} be iced water, my fieh WM creeping, my hair wax bristling up, as, uill in darkuess, I orusstd the ball aud found th; stairoMt without difficulty. Why Bhould I DO! find it, dark, p.tob dark an it was 1 I km w the road to it wall 1 Ouoe before I bad reached it ia darkuess, aud many* timed beMdes, in dreams, had I that upace t Like a Midden revela lion the truib came to me. Il oame to me as tbe hey tarued in the lock. It was ii that very bouse into which I had strayei three yeara ago. I WM eroding the ver ball, afeoanding tha same stairs, and shouU stand in tbe identical room wbiob bac been tbe scene of toat teirible untxpiata crime. I should see witb restored sigh tbe spot where, blind aud helpless, I Lai nearly fallen a viotim to my rashneas Bat Pauline, what brought ber here ? Yes, as I expected I M, in faot, I fel certain 1 The itairs tbe same and the linte of tbe door in the exact plaoe it should be I might be reacting tbe event* of tbat fear ful night, complete even to the darkness Fur a moment i wondered whether tbe las three years were not the dream ; whether I WM not blind DOW ; whether there suoh a being a my wife ? Ilut I threw tne fancy aside. Where WM Pauline ? Recalled to myself I realized the necessity of light. my match box from my pocket I struck a vesta, and by ita light I entered the room hich cnce before I bad entered with little tope of ever leaving. My brut thought, my fin! glance, WM for I'auline. She waa there standing erect In ihe apartment, witb both hand* pressed to :ier brow. Tbe expression of ber face am eye* was little changed ; it WM CMy to so sbe comprehended nothing as yet. But ', 'ell tbat something WM struggling within ier, and I dreaded the moment when i should take coherence and form. I dreadec .1 for ber and I dreaded it for cuysell What awful paasagea would it not revea to me? Tbe wax light burned down to mj fingers, and I was compelled to drop it. 1 struck another, then looked about for aome mean* of making tbe illumination BUS .amed. To tuy great joy I found a ball mrned candle in a candlestick on the man tel-pieoe. I blew the thick dual out of the cup formed by tbe melted wax at tbe bet om of tbe wick and after a little splutter ng and resistance, managed to induce it to remain lighted. Pauline stood always in tbe same atti ode, bat I fancied her breath WMijuioken ng. Her fingera were playing convulsively ound her temples, fidgeting and pushing ier tbiok hair bark, driving, il seemed to me, to oonjure thought to return to tbat empty shrine. I oonld do nothing but wait; and whilat i waited I glanced around me. We were in a good-sized room, inbetan tially but not fashionably furnished ; tbe tyle altogether was that of aa ordinary edging bouse. It WM clear It had not wen occupied for same time, M dual lay hick on every article. I oould throw my mind baok and recall ibe very corner of tbe room in which 1 WM nutionad whilst the kMina were so busily engaged. I oould mark the spot where I fell upon tbe yet uivering body, and I shuddered M I oould not resist peering on tbe floor for traces of be crime. But if the carpet waa the earns TIP, it was of a dark red hue and kept ita eorct well. At one cud of the room were oldmg doors it must have been from Debind these I beard those haunting Bounds }f distress. I threw them open, and, hold- ng my candle on high, looked In. The oom was of mnoh tbe same kind as tbe tber one, but, a* I fully expected, it con- tained a piano the very piano, perhaps, whose note* had merged into that cry of lorror. What possessed me I What impulse urged me I I shall never know. I laid lown tbe oandie ; I entered the back room ; lifted the dust-covered lid of tbe piano and I struck a few notes. Doubtless it WM be tragical asHooiations of the scenes 'bioh made me, without thinking why or herefore, blend together tbe notes whioh ommenoed that great song whioh I had isard as I lingered outside the door, listen- ng to the sweet voice singing, and wonder- ng whose voice it waa. Ai I (track those otes I looked through tbe folding door at he motionless Htatue like figure of Pauline. A nervon* trembling aeemed to paaa over er tcame. Sbe turned and oame toward me, and there WM a look in her face wbioh made me move atiide from tbe piano, and wonder and fear what WM to take place. Ibe oloak I bad thrown around ber had alien from her aboulder*. She seated her- elf on the muxio bench, and striking tbe eys witb a mMter hand played brilliantly and faultlesily tbe prelude to the Bong of which I bad struck a few vagrant notea. I waa thunderstruck. Never till now ad ahe shown the slightest taate for music M I have laid, it appeared rather to .nnoy and irritate her. Now she WM ringing out sound* whioh it seemed absurd to expect from tbat neglected and untuned piano. Hut after the lirnt few barn my attouiah me nt ceased. As well u If I had been told, I knew what wonld happen or part of it. I wae evan prepared, when the moment oame for toe voice to join tbe mumo, to hear Pauline ling SH faullleaaly as abe waa playing, yet to ting ia tbe same subdued mauner an on that fatal r.igVt. Bo folly prepared I waa that with brektbleaa enaction I waited until tha song oame to tba very note at whioh it fiuuhed when oboe before I hsteued to it. So fully pre- pared, that wbeu uLe marled wildly to ber feel and utter. J once more that cry of hor- ror, my arms were round her in t moment, aud I bore her to a sofa close by. To ber aa well an to me, all tbeooeui- rsLces of thai dreadful uigbt were being reproduced. The past had oome baok to Pauline oome back at tbe moment it left ber. What tbe reflux might do eventually whether it would be a bleu ing or a curse - I bad no time to oonaidir. All uiy oaree were needed by Pauline. My task wan ter- rible ! I bad to hold her down by main force, to endeavor In every possible way to soothe ber and prevent her ories, which raug so loudly tbat I feared the neighbors would be alarmed. And all tbe wbilc rlie struggled with me, strove to repnUe me and regain ber feet, aa certainly M if 1 oould read her thougbta I knew tuat what ever bad happened formerly wae onoe more before ber eyea. Ouoe more she was being held down by a ttroug band, mott likely on the same couch, and onoe more ber struggles were gradually becoming feebler and her ories growing fainter. It needed only for the latter to sink at laat into a repetition of tbat dismal moan to make tbe picture, so far M she waa couoerned, complete. Tbe only difference was that tbe hands uow laid upan her wt.re loving ones All things up to tbe present situation, and all tbat I narrate after the termination of tbia chapter, I expect to be believed. I do not say that auob even to and coin- cidences are of every day occurrence. Had they been BO, I should have no object in writing Ibis tale. But I do say this, all ele save this one thing I oould prove to be true, if not by direot, by circumstantial evidence ; all else can be explained either imply or scientifically ; but what folio wa I can only give my own word for. Call it what you like, dream, hallucination, over- heated imagination oall il anything aave invention I iball not be annoyed. Thi is what happened. Pauline at iMt lay Rtill. Her moaoa had sunk into silenoe. Sbe seemed ouoe more to have loel all consciousness. My one idea now WM to remove her M ipecdily aa possible from this fatal plaoe. All aorta of strange thoughts and (peculations were thronging my brain. All sorta of hopes and f -ars were shaking me. What would tbe exiilanaition be, if ever I oould gel it? My poor darling lay (till and peaceful. I thought I wonld let her net BO tor a few momenta before I carried ber out. 1 dreaded what waking 'jer might mean. Bo I took her band and held it oloee in mine. The oandie WM on tbe mantel-piece behind me. Il threw little or no light into the front room, the folding doors of which were only partially open the half behind the couch on whiob Pauline lay being closed . It WM, therefore, impossible for me from my Mat beaids her to lock into tba front room. Indeed, M I sat there my (ace was turned from it. I held my wilt's band for a few seconds. and then a strange undelinasle feeling crept over me tbe kind of feeling some- times experienced in a dream in whioh two persons appear, aud tbe dreamer cannot be certain with which one's thoughts and aotn he identifies himself. For while I seemed to have a dual existence. Although per feotly aware that I still occupied the same it. (till bold Pauline'* hand in mine, I was also aeated at the piano, aud in some way gazed through the half-open doors into tbe other room, and tbat room wan full of light I Light so brilliant tbat in a glance I oould see everything tbe apartment contained. Each article of furniture, the picturea on tbe walls, tbe dark curtains drawn over tbe window at tbe end, the mirror over tbe fire plaoe, tbe table in the centre, on which a large lamp WM burning. I oonld are all thia and more I For round tbe table were grouped four men, and tbe faces of two of tbe patty were well known to me I That man wbo wae facing me leaning Ihe table on which hi* bands rented, wboee feature* seemed full of alarmed surprise, wboee eyes were fixed on one object a few feet away from bim that man WM (Janeri, tbe Italian doctor, Paul- ine's uncle and guardian. That man who was near the table on Oeneri's right hand who stood in the atti- tude of one ready to repel a panel bis attack, whose face WM fierce and full of passion, whose dark eyes were blazing- tbat man was the English-speaking Italian, Macari, or, M be now styled himself, Anthony March, Pauline's brother. He also was looking at tbe same object M Ceneri. Tbe man in tbe background short, thick-set man witb a soar on bis cheek a stranger to me. lie was looking over Ceneri ' shoulder in the same direc- tion. And the object they all looked at was a young man, who appeared to be falling out of his chair, and wboee hand grMted con- vulsively the hilt of a dagger, tbe blade of which waa buried in bis heart, buried I (new by a blow whiob bad been struck downward by one standing over him. All tbl* I saw and realized in a second. Tbe attitude ot each actor, tbe whole scene surrounding was taken iu by me M oue taken in with a single glance the purport tod meaning of a picture. Then I dropped Pauline's hand and sprang to my feet. Where waa the lighted room ? Where were the figures I had seen? Where was bat tragic scene whioh WM taking plaoe wfore my eyes ? Yanisbed into thin air 1 ["he oandie WM burning dimly behind me, ihe front room WM in dusk. Pauline and '. were tbe only living creatures iu the place! It WM a dream, o( course. Perhaps under the oiroumatanoea, not an unnatural oue. Knowing what I knew already of tbe crime wbioh bad taken plaoe here ; feeling ure tbat in some way I'nuliun had been irenent wben it waa committed ; excited taking the ouly pemnua I knew who were in any way connect id with my poor wile, brought them into the life like vision. But given tbat a man may dream tbe ame dream twice, perhaps tbr.T lime*, there is no record uf bis dreamiug it M often aa be willed. Yel tbi* wai oiy fate. Agaiu I took Pauline's band, aud again, after a few momenta' wailiug, I felt the same ucrange sensation, and saw tbe same awful kigbt. Not onoa, uot twice, but mauy time* did tui* occur, until, noepti ;tl as I w;n, as even I am uow iu enob oia'.ters, I oould ouly boliew 'that iu Home mybteriou* way I waa actually guztug on tbe vrry sight which had met tbe girl's eyea when memory, perhaps mercifully, fled from her, and reaaou WM left impaired. Il waa ouly when our bauds were m con- tact tbat the scene oame before eae. 'Una fact strengthened my theory. I felt then I feel now, it in tb true oue. What reculiar mental or physical organization can have brought about suoh au effeot 1 am unable to *ay. (Jail 11 cataleptic, clairvoy- ant, anything you will, but il waa M I relate. Again and axaiu I took Paulioe'a hand, and M I held it looked into that brilliantly lighted room. Like the motianleas figure* in a tallta* rirant, again and again, without a change of attitude or expression, I *atr Cenerl, Maoari and tbe man iu tbe background looking at their victim. Tbe appearauoe of the laat named I studied very oloaely. Even with the agony of death on his face I oould see be WM supremely handsome. His moat have been a face tbat women love to look upon, and even through the horror of tbe vision, a painful thought oame to me aa I wondered what might have been bix rela- tion* witb tbe girl wbo saw bim suddenly truck down. Wbo bad struck bim ? Without a doubt Maoari, wbo, M I said, w t>taadiug near- cut to him, in tbe attitude of one expecting au attack. Hi* band might j jat have quit- ted tbe dagger hilt. Uia downward Rtroke baa driven the blade ro deeply luto the heart that death aud the blow were all but simultaneous. This WM what Pauline saw, what perbaps she waa aeeiug now, aud what, by aoma strange powar, the WM able to abow me an oue nUdWB another a picture I Kver ainoe tbat oiiiu! I have wondered bow I foutid tbe presence of' miud to lit there and repeatedly call np, by the aid of thai Mnwleai girl by luy Hide, tbat phan- tasmagoria. It muat have been the burn- ing dexire to fathom the mysteries of that nl^ht, the w%h to learn exaelly what shook had disarranged my wife'a intellect, tbe indignation that I felt at the cowardly murder, aud the hope of bribing the crimi- nals to justice, whicb gave me strength to produce and reproduce tbat icene until I WM aatianed tbat 1 knew all tbat dumb how oould tell me, until my heart smote me fur letting Pauline lie so long in bar preaent state. Then I wrapped ber oloak around her, raised ber in my arms and bore her from tbe room, down tbe stair* to the door. The hour waa not late ; I soon, by tbe aid of a passer-by, summoned a flab, add in a very short time reached bume, aud laid her, still iuaeusible, upou her bed. Whatever strange power HOC' bad poeeee- aei of eommanioatiog her tboegfcfc to me, it eeeeed M soon aa we ware wtaide that fatal house. Now and hereafter I oould bold Ber hand, but no dream, vision' dr hallucin- ation followed the act. Thia ii tbe one thing I paanot explain khe mystery at whicb f hinted when I com- menced my tale. I have relnM what hap- pened ; if my bare word la insufficient to win credence, I must be content on this point to be disbelieved. (To be eontlnaed.) I III HKAMOIX I UK 1.1.4 i i > Ml.. I -, l.llm.BI lo III. Itlb. I 11.1 l. HU fl)-llu, .1 > !.*. Autumn leaves were robbed of much of their rich coloring by the sudden cold weather of a few days ago. The blunt WM of abort duration, but leaf gatherers say tbat however brief a cold spell may be, if it come* at the particular period wben the leaves are changing tbeit hue it aQecta tbe color to a greater or leaa degree. Leaves era very tender aud saaoepuhle. The mott dtlioate ahadings of gold and brown are produced in yean wben the fall* are late. Froet injurea them if it come* before th* period of transition baa commenced. Xh* uumbei of kiaf-gatherera increases yearly. Parties are already forming to go to tbe wood* and parks and pick them. Gathering leaves is pastime which hM ita equivalent ouly in cheatnnt- bunta and piouiw. The party carries lunch, and each members vies with tbe other iu finding the prettieat and largeat number of leaves. The leaves are made into various unique objects for decorative rnrpoaea. Home of tbem are haudaome ornaments, aud are shaped into baskets, wall figures, and pasted iu " leaf books." There ia also a acienoe of leave*, M there is of flowers, founded upon imagination chiefly, but abundant in aentimeut. Tbe vaina in a leaf are divided by four, mid if in any ten leaves the number cornea out tbe same it represents the number of beaux tbe counter (il it be a young lady) will have during the winter. If tbe counter i* a young gentleman the figure repreteuta the number of young girla he will oall ou. Thii ttat is also applied to engagement*, but the number of veina is divided by eight. Leaves are also uaed largely to press, and are theu placed in glass frames. Chicago Nnci. . Mhrm-r II i- Writli* xt.m " What ed the uutry filttburg Chroniflt-Teligraph ire you crying for, little boy ?" kind-hearted gentleman from who read the newspapers. I've loil my money, sir, . child. ft { Where did yon lose it, my man ?" I dropped it in Wall trssf>sj| Great heavens I Are . Irawu into that gretUgumblingmael What Block did you drop it in ?"J " I dropped it down a cellar-grating, air. II WM a nickel." A priest in Han Franoiaoo hM invented a lamp that will burn perpetually, brightly kt night and dimly in the day time. The lamp ia mid to resemble a small engine. ihe very song I had before heard, tbat song I The bay fever sufferer is a devou with the dreadful ending it ia no wonder individual, because be is continually on his hat I imagined a scene like this, and aneei*. "-V