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A SLAVE AND TORTURED. The Terrible Experiences of a Blind Par- isian Beggar a Maultrr (pttirrd s>j Pintle- i;i ! Bebjorlrd In 4ufl>rl;c Almwl <.- <l- Iblr Bl> TkrtlltBB Story a< U.- luted Ijj in a -tali. Beggars as a rule are nol an interesting dial's of people, though there are exceptions. Dozensoi these seedy looking men can n mem- ber days of affluence, when their checks would have been honored as quickly us any Bone's. But the most interesting story I have lu-ard lately from one of their kind was told MM- ovnr ai Montcmartro the other after- noon in a little wine shop which I had en tered out of curiosity and which I found to be little else than a tramps' boarding-house One man, from his peculiarly villainous ap pearance, attracted me strongly enough to make me cultivate his acquaintance. H was the most demoralized specimen of hum anity upon which I had ever gated. 4** Brat overture was in the way of asking hin to take a drink and it M-ri-EKDID BEYOND A DorBT. I a-iked him some sort of a <; .e.-tiun, but al though he could hear well euough he was unable lo answer it, but pointed to his mouth, which he opened, allowing that h possessed but the stump of a tongue. He was sightless, as I bad seen at once upon entering, his eyes having been dcstrnynl by what I supposed wan some horrible disease or possibly by some such poison as vitriol. Two or the three nasty scars ou his face ad ded to lh- picturesqueness of his get-up, and he was minus a hand the right one. 1 told him that I should like to hear about his can-T and asked him what war ho had been in. Ho drew a piece of chalk from !IM pricket an 1 wrote on tho table : "Ask the landlord for a shite. " The slate was pro cured alter some demurring from the land lord and upon my ordering two more bot ties of wino one for my friend and tin ot her for myself. When it was brought tho tramp commenced to write with ins left hand, rapidly and in a clear, concise style using excellent language. As soon as he had tilled one side of the slate be turned it over and filled the other, after doing whir! he handed the slate to me, threw himsell back on his bench and folded his arms, read caiefnlly what he had written, and as it was evidently unfinished, returned the state to him for the purpose of continuation. HP. r.\HKPVI.< V UCBBED OUT THE MATTER ou the slate and recommenced writing, fil lin ^ up as before the two sides of tbe slate before he had stopped. This performance was repeated two or three times more before 1 had got thu whole of the story and at '.hn end of the last installment he wrote : " Tell me what yon think of it?" The story was certainly a remarkable ono and if hitherto unpublished deserves to see the light through the medium of a prominent newspaper. It commenced something like this : " I AM JfUtS l-HASI'T, formerly a banker of this city , hut am known better as 'The Frog' around these paits. Twenty years ago 1 was young and hand- sonic, rich and prosperous, wedded to a beantil'ul woman. For a bridal trip I took a Mediterranean voyage, intending to go to Tripoli and Alexandria, in both of which places I hod business connections. We ^ started out from Marseilles in a small steam psnilfet then trading in those waters and before we reached Tripoli were attacked by pirates, overpowered and captured. They proved to be Algerians aud we were '.il.cn to Algiers, where I was offered my life and liberty if I liked to take an opportunity to escape. My wife, or bride, had been taken from me on the vessel :>ml L .-i:<cra/y to know what would be her fate. Doing a beautiful woman I had little doubt that she would I* destined for the Bey's pleasure, ami the baro thought almost killed me. I determined t make a passionate appeal to tin Ii. 'V :o spare her, and by menu* of subter- fuu<! managed to get admitted to his pre- sei:ce. When my purpose was made known to him he laughed in ray faco and calli-il me a fool and I in my rage sei/ed .1 brass li^uro standing near me aud hurled il at him with full force. IT UAIIKLY MISHKD HIS 1IKAI) ami he advanced upon inu with hi.i sword as if with tin- |iui|> < <:i killing me on the spot, for I was unarmed. He cooled in a moment and turned away, muttering something win. h 1 did not understand t ill later. What followed was almost too horrible to rclul/r. I was taken to a dungeon and my hand tho hand that l;:id so offencded by (Browing ihe uinaiiieiil was cut off. That >%> th" lii .-.t of a scries of mutilations an.! p. i - . m:.-...s still more terrible. One ('ay a ciige win brought to i:iy dungeon and I nun forced to enter It. It was a small Imt immensely stroiy l>ox mailc-of iron barf. It was draped with "i curtain and 1 felt myself leiiijj Car- ried in it a considerable distance. Finally it et down and I knew f rcm the p. i atmosphere that I WAS far anay froinanyi-cn:- hlainc to a dungeon. Afli.-i w ailing foi somo time the .-'irtiiiii w:i< siulilcnly draw the cage and I si-.v tbat 1 was in tin. 1 midst of a very handsome apartment. Tho two cce'ujiHiiU n) t !:c room were the Boy mil my wife. Shu was in tcais and evidently, although the Bey was a handsome man, hoitified by his touch. Ho suddenly rose and led her over to the cage. I was itlinj;. almost blind with rage, in my tiny prison. He pointed to my hard and then v. hisperod something to her, in French, I presume, foi ihe scc-med to understand him. I knew that bo waa threatening me with further torture. I I-I-K8ED SO THAT MV I'KKSBM T. in the room seemed to be a nuisance to my cruel tormentor. In a moment, of savagery he then ordered me to be taken below. The order was obeyed and I wus taken back to mv dungeon. Hero I was placed ug n i ditaltlc and bound hand and foot. M were thrust open and with a pair of - my tongue was literally clipped out. 1: v . days before I recovered consciousness. Then I was taken back to tho apartment which l'ii. I evidently been allotud to my wife, who was the Bey's favorite for the time being. 1 w,n no longer able to annoy him with my curses, but I still had tho power left lo scowl and flaih indignant glances at my cruel captor, who only retaliated by spit- ting on mo whenever ho felt displeased. On< day he caught Uic Hash of my eyoi as I tnccrnd at him for his mean villainy. '1 'hut wan tho signal for a now tormcut and I a.i i >ki n llow again to uiv aunjjuou. I half suspected what thu next cruelty would be anil was not mistaken. I was again fasten- ed lo the table and a fiend iu human shape approached me WITH A 11KD HOT IKON'. He first drew the instrument across my la. r in thu places whore you see the scars ami thun I felt him put it across my eyes. Mercy made me unconscious at Ihis |H>int nd -ilien I came to my senses 1 found liiat 1 was blind. A year afterwards uwlug, I suppose, to Ihe pleading of my wife 1 wax set at liberty. I reached Marseilles in a vctsel which I presume tloatcd the French Hag, but those who brought me back <-vi ien'.ly did not want to be identified with mo, as I could find no traco of them. I ti41 my story to tho authorities, ho had inu sent to Paris. I related my history tlier?. and my relatives who had seized my property under the statement that I was dead denounced mo as an impostor. They even went so far as to say that 1 had dis- figured myself to obtain iho eslate and found some one in the police department to .swear that I was a notorious thief who i a.i al- ready burn in thu hulks. I was S4-n! t -in -eii lo tevun years' imprisonment :or mining a false claim lo my own property, aud since I came out of prison have lived by begging. Monsieur, have yon a franc or so about you! " What do you think of my story ''. " f PRISON FOR WOMOJ in VENICE. llii.t -.'..I Fi-wiV rrlninnl. in- n.-in;i;c<l ' a I .- ; -ii-r ,.r li.-irili In an English magazine the Rev. Alex. RoherUon publishes an account of a prison for women in Venice, which lie recently visited, and about which hardly anything has ever been written. It stands on the flowery and healthy liuidoca Island, which is separated from the rest of tho city of Venice by a hroad arm of the lagoon. Tho visitor was taken by a lay Sister to the prison matron, who has been in the service tor thirty-live years, and who said that eighteen Sislers managed the whole estab- lishment, keeping in order, teaching, and maintaining at daily labor '25O femalu erim- iuala, a large proport ion of whom had henii guilty of infanticide. The main n . onduct- edtbe visitor over the establishment, and eiplainuditamanagcineut. In theearly morn- ing the prisoners go to tho recreation court to gel tr.e fresh air, after *hich they alU-nd rWgkNH service, and then take breakfast. They are largely employed at lace work and in making scarfs, shawls, and dstotutva, in which they display great skill, and for which they are paid a small daily wsgc. Most of the prisoners were young, their ages varying from 17 to '25, and all of them look- ed well, and took an interest in Iheir work. The workshops, or schoolrooms, as they are called, are big, clean, and airy. In one of them some of Ihe prisoners were working embroidery ; iu another some were knitting or doing coarse sewing ; in another some were winding silk for the lacu makers or weaving cloth for the inmates' garments. The kit- chen opens into a court, beyond which is a garden. The matron, pointing to tho head cook, said : " She is imprisoned for liie for the murder of her husband." Tbe whole of the '.TiO criminals take their meals together in a large pillared hall. The breakfast is of coffee, with bread and meat ; the dinner of soup and bread, with wine for the hard workers, and the supper of vegeta- bles, fruit, lucail, aud cheese. On Sundays inil/K><eu all are allowed moat ami wine The ilornntories are largo and well venlUat- il, un! the beds clean and comfortable. In the hospital wards patients are tenderly nursed. There are six solitary cells for obstreperous prisoners, but they are hardly ever used. The Kuv. Mr. Robertson says that those who leave this Venetian prison do so, as a rule, improved in their whole Wing, to lead afterward lives of honesty and usefulmss. ill tho prison tlioy have received instruction, Live been taught a trade, and havu been brought under moral influences. Krom the standpoint of economy, the ad- ninistration of this prison is excellent. <ach prisoner costs tho Government only about 20 cents per day. It is managed en- tirely by a few women Sisters of charity. Progress of fUilway Electric*. While electricity may not yet be able to :ike the place ot steam as an ei-oimmic-il motive power for railway trains. His demon- strating its ability, when properly nuin- agi.il, of cutting into the business of existing steam railways. Tho latest illustration of bis is to be found in tho passenger travel Hilwuen St. Haul and Minneapolis. I'nlil recently the steam railroads havu controlled his business, aud, with the exception of the ares charged, have given a fairly satiafact- iry service, but an electric road in now mining 1 Hit wren tbe two cities, connecting with thu street linos of both, and in tho half year which it has so far served the public it taken such a largo portion nf tho from tho steam railways that thu alter will pvoUii.ly withdraw fromcompeti- ii n for tbe lo.'nl p. monger tr.ilhc IH-IWCCII he two cities. Thes'uam railroads charged iu cents) for .1 single trip of ten miles ami .V) cunts for a round trip, while tho electric ad lias l>-. en put on a paying basis while harming 'ml -0 cents a round liip. hi n to Ihis difference in fares, tho else- rie rood runs its cars more frequently nnd jives transfers to other street railways in cither city. The electric company is making prepara- ion.i to handle a very extensive traffic, and will soon be able lo run trains under ono niuiilo headway. The ,'tO horso power lolors firsl used will be replaced by new >nes of 00 hoi so power, and Ihe cars will lie un at higher speed than at first. Similar omlitions of travel in other places will loubtlciv) be mot iu the same way, and be- DM railroad men realize it, eleetric rail- ways will be running, the character of whose will bear a very strong resemblance o that of steam railway*. In this growth ho tact may lie developed that a comparison letwcen stoam and electricity will not al- ways lead to the results obtnmeil in the i.\- I,M iment < thus far mado. ALL GOING HOME AGAIN. Negro Emigration to Africa- I ii..| 11,1, ... of a ..... im in In uii-.-n- fvlonlil* froiu ilir \nirrl. :i- Some very significant events are occurring in relation to negro i.-niigriiinn from thu : tern world to the homos of their fathers in western Alrn-a. The societies and thu men mo*l iuUiivvtud in developing Africa have begun tottirn 1-1 ilmcoiintry aiidS.mtli America for civilize. I ni-gr.'es whose intluence, Ihey hope, will lc exerted ill ihe land of their litii.-i i to ^pr.M.i t:.e civili/ation and thu ni.liisti I.-M with which they are aiuaiiit- ed. It is recognized now that colonies of Europeans in ti--.pi<-al Africa are out of thu question. M:..i:y of tho whiv-s in Africa say now that the negro there is capi.ilo of largo development, but all that he needs is thu assistance of his civilized hioiiur in thu Americas. Sir.lohn i'-.p llcnncv<y. former- ly tloverimi .it Sierra L-.uiiu a.nl tin; t.old Coast says in the A"''/; r ,,/U i ' ,./, ,/ \\\ .\ he visited a whole district in K.-un- i Leone, ui.dur negro doiniim lion winch w .j admirably governed, and he ncvur saw a happier population. In a speech delivered a while ago l,y .^ir Alfred Muloney , the present Governor ol thu I BLEW GEEAT ODN8. I'oi'lilr Slli-lls. Two ocean steamships which arrived the other .lay from I'.irope the Fulda and the Kust Kisinorok- em-omit. Mid a .. -\ eie hurn- caue nil th Grand li.iokf. The seas wr^ so high that tbe otlioeiaol ll.c Pul, la Were com- pellod to make use of ba^s nf oil, which they hung over tke bows andB side* <if thu alnp. The ml snrvrl to bn ik-t:a routine.-* ol ihe waves, which from the lime the hurricane sel in ran very high aud swept the deck* of the I- nl, la from sti 'he vessel .iustained no damage. The Kurst liisinarck encountered the hur- ricane just east of the banks and for twenty- .-ix liniirj, iM^'iiiiung early in the mnrnnu'nf the lutli, shu was t-ui-.ed aluut like an egg- shell. Her engines had to lie slowed dowu ami ;t wuq hard work to keep her head to the wind, which blew with tornlic force. I'in- I irst Bismarck did not use any oil as 'liil t:-,e I'uida, but escaped any material ilnmngc beyond a general washing of the .111 1 the carrying away of all loose articles. ,.... i;::rs, OF Tin: KUIIST UISMAU. ];, SAID British Colony of Lag is. reasserted that thu j Unl "" '<> morning of tho 8th between lati- solution of the African problem must depend i tu ' l<! ' ' '" "'"1 ' ngilude -J5.2 they encoun- upon civilized negroes from abroad. Ho says Wed a aUirm which in some rcspecls was tlie'-ropatratiimof cducate<l and industrious ""!"' anyihing he ever saw in all Ins ex- negroes from the new world is ihe grand I P eni!1 "' 1 '- He **id : " To describe it would problem of futuic Africa The progress of j '*> impossible. When we first saw the storm the topical parts of the continent iu wealth | : 'I>I>" <;mg it wo a grand sight. Thero and civilization must be, for generations to come, deii-n i. ut on their progress in culture." Cov. Malouey has been iiiiln:ng in his efforts to siMircst.-iin I'onuniinication between Hra/il and Lneng. For several years emancipated slaves :rom llra/-.il have lireu iminigr.it nr; in small numlwrs and in slow sailing vessels to Lagos, and thu (iovi-ruor ' hat their skill andorurgy has proiiuced wh'>lesnnic results upon the indusli mlcoudi- lion of the i-n'ony. It is said that then in 1,(XXJ,(XXJ liloeks in Brazil who are anxious to return to Africa. Thrnunh thu exertions of the (iovurnur, the Ktcaihship Biufra of the British rd African St,.unhip Compiny left Lagos on the 19th of August last, on her wus a spray above ihe water's surface that was fully titty (eel 11: '<eig!it. " The storm cnino from west nmthwost and continued from i lie -aine direction for two days. On the loth and llthit changed to west southwest. On the morning n, ;ne 1 1th at three a. in. wu sighted two lari.'u u;e bergs and later on sighted a Bremen LJoy< steamship. We lost lully fifteen hours. Tho average distance was 17..") miles per hour making tin- vyage in seven days and live hours. There were no .iccidciits aboard." CAIT.VIN u. KI.VCK .n in; ; UI.DA. said that " on the Sth m forty-tour degrees ami lilly-eight north latitude . it ten o'clock first voyage to Brazil, for the purpoce of | "' I'"- 1 eveuing we hod an overcast, gloomy " u '" " '- -- i>iu-k repatriated negroes. Shu returned on Oct. It) with IK) passenger*. It is now intended that regular communications shall be kept up between Lagos and B:.i/.il, and tho steamship company will .lu|>und chi'-tly for its buMinuss upon negro emigra- tion from Houth America. The African A'c/wmfury says that '* tho must comprehensive and productive plan for bringing that vast continent within the operations of civilization, will be to scatter and settle many thousands nf the coloroi population of the western world in the lami of their fathers. " The same paper thinks the day will come when Kurope and Ameri- ca will unitu to rctui n the negro to Ins home, just as through their joint efforts he was torn away from his native land. Mr. W'. \V. \uvillu, agent of the British and African .Steamship Company, in Sierra Leone, writes thai he is very glad that .hi cidud stups arc bein:; taken 10 transport American negroes to Africa. II- r >m- 'be taken t.i i.-ceivo them that their wants and neces- meuils that ste on their arriv itepi nil, I he rain aud the hen have their proper spheres, As everything earthly must ; \n I whereas the hen can lay an egg, It takes rain to lay the dust. " Are you superstitious !" asked a bystander of a slowly rising young tragedian. "A ittlo," paid tho actor sadly. "I havu lenni- i i From experience that to have just thirteen lience invariably means bad <*." sitics may be ascertained, and their .(uitlili cations turned to ailvantage. He think.s the liovernmenta of the British colonies should provide farm colonies in the interior for settlers. Ho l^elicves that this business is going to if not only remunerative to steam- ship companies, but that it will Ining bless- ing and happiness to many thousands. The London 7'iim* 1ms |iublished recently long articles advocating ( ovt-rnmunt pat i on- age for the repatriation of American ncurous in U est Africa as the only solution of the burning problem of our Southern States and tho development of tropical Africa. Dr. Blydcn, the eloquent negro who is the foremost citi/eii of Liberia, was recently in this country, .uid may, perhaps, still be here. Dining this visit he delivered many lectures and addresses to our Southern negroes, and ho is said lo have won thu in- terest of large numbers ot them in the pro- ject of returning to Africa. He called their attention not only to tho advantage! of l.ilwna, but also to the great country <>: Yninba, which undoubtedly waa the original home of a very large numlicr of the slaves who were taken to America. Dr. Itlyden undoubtedly has done muoh to kindle a dr- um- amor g Southern negroes for emigration, which, according to the American Colonisa- tion Society, has no greatly revive! that there are upward of 1 ,000,000 of our coloured fellow cilizcna who will be glad to immi- grate when un ins are provided for them. Tho Lagos Committee appointed to ar- range for the reception of Dr. Blydcn, in that town, wlnthur he was invited, to sug- gest ways and means for increasing tho prosperity of the country, said in its address that there wore large and fertile lands near the west coast, which in the day* of the slave trade had been entirely depopulated und had never since been occupied, and which they hoped would bo again made to blossom as the rose through the return of exiles from \nn-rica. This is a great movement and a groat idea. It is, as yet, only in its inception, but there is every reason to believe that it will grow, and that it may result in time in a very large return of negroes to Africa. Liberia has had her serious ups and downn, but, on tho whole, she may be said to fully justify tho efforts that havu been mode to reestablish tho negro in his native land. The former slaves who, with their children, make up tho roll ol l.ibcrinn citutens, are a fairly prosperous and happy people. They are beginning to exert agood deal of influence upon the native peoples around them, and they are bound lo i largo and growing influence upon that part of Africa. If the great idea of reclaim- ing Africa by the efforts of our civilized negroes develops into large proportions and is found to be thoroughly practicable, it will enlist a great uuinoer of powerful agencies and forces to assist in carrying it out, and tho middle of the next century may see an enormous- work in progress carried on by largo colonies from this country and South America, under tho guidance of whito men, for tho civilization of Africa. -ky, with & terrible wind blowing from th< east. The sea was rolling very high. Ii the morning there was a dead ca'.:u and UIL weather was delightful. Then iiguin .it night. t:-.c storm arose. This continued foi four days. On the Utli, at five o'clock in tin morning, there was a dead calm and thai suddenly the storm sprang up from th south, going to the south west and welt southwest, The wind was blowing at a terrific rate and the sea was a boiling man of foam and spray. It was so di-nse that it prevented us troni seeing ahead. The ves- sel labored very heavily and took an onor mous amount of water on board. At six o'clock on the same morning WK I.'.SKII TIIK Oil. !!.u.s with great success. At noon the storm sub- sided very rapidly. We had one life-boat destroyed und some of the vessel's uv blown away. Shortly after noon we sighted a wrack, which we supposed lo In; .1 bark of about IXNJ tons. She was fully two miles from us, but, owing to tbe heavy seas it was impossible to reach hi-r. Tho mainmast, mast and tho tuizzunlaiil mast wcn> badly wi ccked and the sails were Hying away. Our signal lUgs, asking them if they wnntod hulp, win- iioisted but we rccicved no answer. The atom lusted for four days. In all my experience, with one or two exceptions, il was tho roughest stor-n I <n,-r encounter- ed." There is no doubt but the storm in thcaume which was encountered by the I'nrst Itis- marck. Both \escels lost about tilt i en hours on the trip. Water and Wind The latest news from < loi "mny shows that definite contract has been made for traus- ntling power electrically from the fulls of tho Lanffen to Frankfort on-lho- Main, a distance of I !'_' miles, for service at tho elcclrnuil exhibition which is to l- "pencil at that place on. I nno the loth. At ll.nit.ir.l, Conn., a similar transmission of power U successfully made for a dist.uiuc of '22 HUM < for lighting purposes. In several places iu Imth Europe and America, electric power is transmitted distances of five to ten miles. At Corouada licach, Cal. , a company has invented and successfully applied an* ap- paratus to a section ni the surface of thu sea, nv which its ceaseluna inoticn is convert- ed into electric energy ; and this is trans- mitted ih rough a cable to the point whuro t is needed for the usual service of an electric current. Thus not only is the electricity rendering available a multitude of water falls in sti cam und tide which have hitherto been useless : or mechanical purposes, but wimi power on every hill top can lie gathered in by the 'iladcH of thu windmill, and thence convoyed o tho more accessible plain. It will not bo ong ere fuel of all kinds may bo to a largo xtent superseded iu dwellings, and its uses iei formed in a butter manner by tuc new mini-hold servant electricity. Thus, pos- sibly, we may IHJ saved from tho tyranny of .he coal mine and the wood pile, and trom their final exhaustion, by the utilization of in uichauiitless power which everywhere purvades the universe. Mrs. Hitch "What waa Dr. Fourthly's text thU morning ?" Dickey Hitch " I know you would ask, so I put it down on my cuff : " Tho Lord tempers tho wind to tho Spring lamb." Vs>thor " Dr. McClurc seems to be a ver- intelligent, well-read man," Son " Nonl souse, governor ! I talked with him at dinner yesterday and ho does not know a thing about baseball. " A Wonderful Dot; Story. A butcher in Item was astonished onu day last week at seeing his dog run into his shop and lay down at his feet tho num of i"iO francs in tho shape of a two hundred-franc note. Ho carried the money immediately to tho police office, but it wan not until somo hours later that the owner was discovered. Another butcher sent notice that ho had sud- denly lost 290 francs, and could not discover tho thief, u it hail disappeared while ho was alone in the shop, and had been in his hand a moment before ho lost it. Tho dou thief, according to the lierncr Zfilimg, bad paid a visit to nis colleague in tho shop of the owner of tho notes, and when tho own- er's bock wo* turned had stolen the money and scampered off with it to his own master. la it possinlo that tho dog had como to his own conclusions about tho value of bonk notes? AB the curtain slowly descended between tbe acts. bo said : " 1 don't see why they caltthat'n dfop curtain. It don't drop, it jiuittajoUa down," "All, jes I she returned, "but you see it's s> rign.it for the men to go out and take BLIND_DEATH. A u n n i. i i.i. . u lure. \\ u were hunting among thu Black Hills auoii aflor luulirst rush of nuiucsluadui aud speculators iu tkut direction, aud one day I left CMnp on my own book ind wan* 1 , .-red away for three nrfonr miles. As I stood rt-.itiag Ill-side* tree a deer broke cover in front of inu and only pistol -aliot way. it .i.- a fine buck, and be walked into the open is cool and un rrocpraed ,ui it no one had ver Unrated foi Ins life-. I ought lo have dropped him dead at that (Mslance, but he fell at my fire to get up and limp away, aud knowing him to be mortally wounded I followed on after. The ground was very rough and covered with cudar thick- ets, and being a bit excited I pushed ahead as fast as possible and paid little heed to wh.it was under foot. Of a suddc i 1 found nivM-i: tailing, aud as I went down 1 trapped mv gun to clutch at ihe branches. I went .iown leu or twelve feet over rocks, struck .MI my feet, and then plunged forward aud brought up l>eside a big detached rook with ;i ir.ia.-h -evere enough to have killed ...i: 'iiin i-'nt 1 did break two ribs .ml terribly bruise my hip, and faintud .lead away with thu pain. When I came lo I was lying on my right side, facing Ihe jumble of rocks over which I had fallen, aud I realised at once that I was Wily hurl, ,ln..t lm\r Imlly I In lUated to find out, remembering that I was miles f TIIII camp and min expect no help. I lay quiet hoping the pains would soonur go away, when 1 got such a shock as nearly put my wits to sleep again. Almost iu front of mu uid only .iliont -J5 feet away was the month 01 a deu in the face ol the clin', aud out <>f iN - .I. 'n ,ta!ki-.l Ihe largest panther I had ever seen. He stood snutling the air aud lonkini; full al mu, and when I realized how li''lulc-. 1 wax :o even utter* call for aid i liin.-s tiirni I .lark and I almost lost con- SClOtldllUSS The wind w.u> blowing pretty freely, and, luckily for me. it blew towards me. At first this was i:-'t of the slighit*st nno'ii i.-im-n to my mind, as the beast could r.-acti me with one spimi:, l)ut I soon bad :<as-m > conclude tl. il in- was a ijueer anim.-i. He turned to tiiu left anil tp>tlcd alonu or r the ground :i distance of about fifty feet. Then he wheeled and passed the den aioul the same distance. When he had gone over his Iwal Iwo or three times I discovere-l what was thu matter. As he came towards me the sun shone full iu his face, and I saw t hat he was stone lain-1. Then- was a white Him over each eye, and he could not have seen a tree in his path. A blind panlher out for exercise Wind death uniting along in front of a man to helpless thai he could not have made his voice heard twenty feet away ! You have -;i'en the l-east ...mined in a cage his limits stiffened, his teeth brok.-n .mil his savage nature toned down by im- prisonment and the sight of humanity until he will scarcely snarl at the cane thrtul in to stir him up." This one was lithe, supple, vigilant a combinalion of strength aud fiercenejs not possessed even by the tiger. Disease or accident had blinded him, but ho possessed every other power Nat un- to the dreaded beast. Instinct taugth nim the lay of the ground. He may have passed . r il a thousand times. .lust so far to thu east. Just so far to the west. A large sloue is patsul to the right. A large tree is pasted to the loft. Down by a ledge of rocks and wheel about, oast to where the thicket begins, and then wheel again. (irace- -lithonets- -strength death ! 1 he lower jaw in i.'twu, and I have i\ fine view of the fangs which would rend the hide of a done. At every footstep the terrible claws clutch aud graU claws which would sink to the Ixmu of a 'nail's lea :m.l 'li.-n strip the ijuivering Hush .:! m Moody !raj{- nientx. There is a curious foscinal ion 1:1 watching the beast as he lakes his promenade. I for- jel my pains an I rejoice over his blimlne.-^ Had he been possessed of his orslwhilc vision aye, could ho but see over so little, would spring u|>oii me, fasten those long, yellow fangs into my throat, and in Unity seconds all would be over. Uul he is him i- fjo cannot discover my presence if 1 runmiii luiot- I leaven save me ! A shift of the wind, which hetc circles and nlilis* iiixnit, bos carrie 1 him 'h. nent. H" stops midway in his promenade, roars up mil iDi'ii t iiu air with savafr growl, .uid n;y luart bu.itn ao that it seems as if he mual surely hear it and follow tho sound until lis hot br. .ah ib on my. face ! Smll: Sniff. (Jrowl ! To the right-to helett Klrntihi ahead ' Tli.-ie : He's lost it as tho wind eddies about, and now he stands stack still and ,11,,. : intninnus growl :i he waits to catah il again. No, nol like ,i statue. Hi oiig tail sweeps the ground in a h.ilf circle dhitean work swiftly back and forth. Mind death waiting to rend aud bite and tear and kill ' Thu scent again '. He roars up, whirls .bout three or lour limes as if on a pivot, uid now ho points full at me '. A t.ipuhiu, fteen fel long would cover tho ground letwcen us -lietweunwherel lie helpless and 10 crouches down for a sprini;. If lliose ightless eyes could be restored, how they vnuld glint ahd glitter and blaze ! "Growl! Growl ! L'-r r-r-r-r :" There's something iu the sound which hills mv blood a menace a wannnc, of what is to come which bids me shut my eye* nd utter a last prayer. Why does he hosi- ate? What delays his spring ? Ah! the wind has shifted again, and now his infirmity oasons against Ins natural ferocity. He haa >eon blind for a year or two perhaps. He las never loft tho cave except to move up mil down over that one route. If ho leaves t, if ho springs at mo ho may fall over a lift for alt he csn tell. Had the scent held , moment longer ho might have attacked, but tow Ihe breeze freshens up, tho leaves around tim are blown hither and you, and seeming a arguo tbat his quarry had pa<sed on and was out of his reach. Blind Death i. |.i >ack to his cave aud entered it with mutter ngs of savage disappointment. \Voll for mo that his mate was not at home u, .1 he did not return until I hud managed drag myself out of the neighborhood and secure assistance to reach the camp, flsxl here been uycs to see mo Blind Death mieht now be flinging my cracked and whitened tones about liis dark den as he rolls liitnxcl: in sportive mood. a drop of something." Kvu was the first person in thu i.cws" paper business; at least shu was an A.i. solicitor when she wanted the old innn the apple.