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‘ CHAPTER. III. During the next few days Bodbury wires from home agreat death. To his wife‘s inquiries he repeated his state- ment that he had some important af- fairstoattendto;endinthishewas in a sense telling the truth. Among Rodbury saw this, bill: decided “it would pass off: women were always nervous, or defiant, -or exalted. These. or one of these, accounted-for-all her _ . _( symptoms to one so easily disposed to nowise responsible.” w-IShe had been be satisfied. tau-8m: no better; and that 1191' Chm“ Again the eve of his intended_ de- 9058! was 80611 88 W3 “’6” knew " parture arrived; ain he had an inter- 15 to be. PTOVCd the 800111855 0f, the; view with Ashwel , when he boastful- heal't. Which ‘30qu not be wetenallye 1y contrasted his renovated health With affected even by such a training as} the wretched state in which he was hers had been. _, lwhen he paid his previous farewell Vis« . “nyou are not better in the morn-l it, as it was intended to be. Ashwell mg. rank." she said. as she sat bylwas less enthusiastic: he had been the head of the bed. and 100k8d mW'Wouched by what he heard of Rose's 9m”. things .118 Visited 8' 81.1mm???" iously into his flushed face, “we must [we in the city; he saw his so.1c1tor send for Dr. Barge. the first th-mgy more than once; he arranged with the “I shall be all right in the morning," executors of his grandfather's will, and Said Mdbm’y; “but his words were he. was with his friend Ashwell every hardly datum" only I feel 5° Ch‘uy - now." (1115'. sometimes “Vice in the d113- She knew he could not be suffering " He was with him one night just before from great cold, yet mm more clothes : , l a l - - on him, and then in a few minutes he the sums he agreed “I . to £10m complained of the heat, and reproached Spane- 0313 one Clear day bemg 13 t' her with smothering him under so "You do not book well, Cyrus," saidlmany blankets.‘ . - . u . ,1 - base t- All his utterances wandered away in- ms {timid’ you are ‘ettmg t .m: .. to broken incomprehensible speech; and ms exam you to 3' dangerous enen ' thus it continued all night, Rose never "Perhaps I am," returned RodburY- slackening in her attention, or murmur- paesing his 'hand over his brow. He 1118’ ghthe itli'ritflble. 0min “filing: 1‘8; - . mar ‘ am e. twasa on nig ,ye mileed, . 8' {aggefl' haggard aofk’ morning came at last; but €10 care on Whmh Jufltmfi his friend's remark It the part of Rose, no change from night is very wall to advise me not to allow gie dayhcpiuid goon: godbury, and Dr. these ' “ 5 . ~ _ 138' a o sen or. ' - films: to worry m‘e ’, but con" By this tiine the invalid had ceased cider for amoment what these ings‘ t9 speak, or, at myrate‘ to speak dls_ are. No one but a. scoundre‘ccould do tinctly, althoughhe almost constantly them at an. I have had such a, hard. uttered unintelligible phrases. His ening career, but I must DWI-1 I am danger of some kind of fever coming really surprised at having enough vi- V'on; there had been a deal of it in the . neighborhood, and she had been very tallity in my conscience to disturb me." .. A ' ' ;- The doctor said she was right. Her I a'm Sony to hear you Speak like husband was down with a. fever, but My hurt by his friend's on‘dS. "You for than _most persons, had been soIrife know you are renewing _the girl from in the Vicinity. Her husband was suf- . sent, Frank Rodbury's scheme ended in aheadl hateful to 'her. while to you the disease which seems to inspire more it must be simpr maddening. You frightened on account of the children. till-"n" Pepi:in AShweu: Who “'35 Palm" not of the kind which, as he knew, bet- a union which Wm soon be, if it is not fermg from smallpox. So, for the pre- terror than any other of the malignant provide handsomely"â€" scourges which afflict humanity. . The house was speedily cleared of all inmates save the sick man, his devot- ed wife, and a trained nurse; for “Oh. yes, yes lâ€"t’hat is all! right," in- terrupted the other; "and you must not think I‘intended any reflection upon youâ€"fair from it. I know that your advice 'has been, what you felt was the best; but then, you see, you have not to carry it out. I sham be out of the way of her ravings and frenzy, 1 know; but I can picture them, and shall-l hear them as pillainly as though she was by my side. Then the children too â€"they are helpless innocent things, who have done me no harm." V “They will certainly not be more help- less by your action," said A'shwell ; "you provide fortheir education and their future. Do think, if only for a mom: ent, of what they woullid grow up to be, with such a. mother and such friends! However respectable according to their own standard, to you they would be a constant source of misery and morti- fication"â€"â€"â€" ’ ' . "That is enough, Herbert." again in- terrupted the visitor. do it; that is settled. But I am not well (Lo-night; l shiver one moment, and feel“. all on‘ fire the next. ,I shall not he better unth the next two days are past. Everything is ready. and to- morrow night I start from Euston Square. ranged." He went on to detail!‘ certain plans, cPunecmd’ as the milder Int-mt dong well at an agreed adrcss and directâ€" Bmca 113‘? percewed' “um the amndon‘ «ed td a feigned nameâ€"such an arrange- ment of ms wife and chilldren. He was ment would be sure to suggest itself Rodburys were for that neighborhood wealthy _ people, and could afford all which m1 ht lighten or soothe such an illness.- et such an illness was nev- er yet; passed lightly through, although in the end Rodbury recovered, and was as well as beforeâ€"he used in after- years to say he was betterâ€"and al- though it happened with him, as it does now and then with such patients, that heiwas scarcely. marked by the terrible "pitting" of the disease. , Dr. _Berge congratulated him, and told him that he owed his escape chief- ly. toms wife, “who,” said the portly, genial old doctor, “is the best nurse I ever saw. Lira. Garminger, whom I recommended, you know, 133. first-rate purse, as professional nurses'go; but it is no disrespect to her to say that Mrs. Rodbury is worth half-a-dozen of her or any other paid attendant." Rodbury agreed in this opinion. He knew, and had marked all through, Without prompting, what his wife had done; and now he'was out of danger and could think collectedly, he did so think of Rose, and was not satisfied “11211.1115 solution of the old problem, let him study it as he might. With regained strength he felt, and despised himself for so feeling, his pre- Vious horror of his position; and with the morbid sensitiveness of an invalid noted, even watched for, the faults and shortcomings in the woman who had hiked hef ogyln life to save hgs, hand . w ose pa 6 in eatures so rig ten- I w‘m tell you how I have 81‘ ed up when she saw him smile, and who ' was so happy when he showed symp- toms of reviving. strength. . He had long- since written to Ash- "I am going to going abroad fonat least a year, per- to Frank Rodiiury. This was, in a ups two years-71!; might even be for sense, to Ashwall'srelief, for he fully ever; and 'a solicitorâ€"not the Laun- thought thathis friend had , gone ceston fainiily solicnor, we-inay be sure abroad without seeing him again, or, -â€"-woulld explainnto his Wife that the which was as strange, without taking marriage being lulegal, she was at lib< full possession of his inheritance. He, fifty to marry 8.80111; that 3111- Rob- ‘Rodb'ury, had said that he would call bury was $0118. never .tO return. but on his friend as soon as it' was safe that she wu left; independent, as were for him to go out, and consult himas the chi'ldren. This handsome mode of to what, should now be done_ dealing with her would effectually allay: Never before had Rodbury known 8'“ Mil-301‘ at the desertwnfi and 1008 i such a conflict in his mind as to what are ,Ci'rus returned from his tour. her i he should do and what he ought to do. wetnthlwould have gamed her an 9-"! What he should and what he ought to 'l‘mpce In 1191‘ 0W3. Sphere. and it” 111-? do was, it was true, chiefly considered quu‘y for him wound have weseflg ! as r arded hisown welfare and com- Uf course there were an infinity of; fort; iut yet some minor aniount of detailsspringing ,optof such a scheme: thought for others mingled with this as this; a mean disnonorab.e scheme, in l and greatly aided to trouble him. All which. but for @118 {Mi-lit)? With which? through his life he had been accus- the best of 118 (1nd 898111118939 t0 JUSU-i tomed to consult only the gratification fl! Om‘ wrongdomgi “7 .WOIL'd have been; of his own desires, and to act as seemed wonderful P0 598 Such ‘1 man “.AShweu! most a reeable to himself, so that even “z'iOW'iug hlmseif F0 an actiye part. " so muc “-averi_ng as “rug 3 sign of After a long interview, which was improvement. for from tending to compose i113 nerves, 1 Rodbnry went home. conscious that he? was indeed "out of sorts,“ as he phrased; it, and conscious too. once or twice, that} he had forgotten where he was, and;brmmnc,. f . . » . . . _ . , . , y in oreign lands might be his 2:8“ ‘t‘thr‘; 1:: {ugh {He wages; shpuld he prefer to seekrthem; and dc: 011‘ “3 m e a y' “be” fsplte his better but feebler self, the ugly symptoms, and each moment he; - - _ _ fact that he required-Ia greater effort; izit‘ggufhgf fiesaifinhgogfi) shlfcru' whtm-ogvisuhem Ru}, 1 fin,“ dbe $1ng a. woman as ItoSe to show as his wife! “ an l one' e mu "6 ' 8‘5 e ‘ â€"rolled back upon him like a tide, and turned into his own secluded street. "I - - _, shall not, I ‘hope, then feel quite wiggl‘ggtemmed to carry put h'8 old re- much of the hangdog and the sneak as . "It will be better for her as well as I do now. I can hardy bear to see the? .. , , -, V . . . light in the window whereI know Rose ' myself' “as the “3‘15 301mb”) Whmh . . u u ’ is waiting for me, Listeningmr my step; ; 'filahlfirrmizdher (S’fivgullmg: a“, 22% and listening. too, for the all htest nmse b h I I , t_ ,d ‘t him from the room where the c ia‘dren are"s es “ nevermm ' 3m ac ‘ renT imping They have “aver ‘done _me well, she would not like to lose them. ' . - ,So by the time he was fairly convales- g’g’mléubtgt fidhgroorofigietmglfig. cept. his plans were. in_ much the same ha Egad! I Dam a modal 11% position as before his illness, mgfiygmd 13ml... , He had been out several times. On Then he stumd to find himsem wand.” the first occasion R050 went. with him arlng into a. wholly different train of! for 3’ fide' But he was heir to a largefortunei there was a fine home in One of the‘ most beautiful of English- counties] awaiting him, or scenesof gaiety and! This was in a carriage - ,ghired from the nearest livery stable.- agstmi’ggh“ilfe [egrgtg' leey traversed the West End of Lon- him‘ ‘ to {135 own gate. ’ he hndidonâ€"Hyde Park Buckingham Palace, ‘ , - . . ._ Regent Street, Oxford Street, and the _for the inst minute been in fancy walk hike being included. in ma mufhthus mg over the welxl<remcmbered downs “ford-m , . . ., , - - . . g a treat of the highest kind i513 two..." ‘Bissf.i‘.‘°“‘-‘-AԤ.5§i§. “$.31.in Rose, who. although a Londoner this would kill me." he muttered as he 9 b0“ and bred' had n“ 3”“ this {3311' . .. . . .ionable, this aristocratic, this fairy- ggznfginihggfnfirn I “n” “uh I had! land. district in short. haiku-doz- - As he had divined,Rose was awaitingion tun” "1 bf”- l'fe' . ' i ._ his return, and had prepaer somei She was del hted With the excursnon, delicacy-it posed for a delicacy with,and so please; to know that her hus- r friendsâ€"for his supper. « When ahal band was able to be out _again and ound he would not touch the little could at by harfiide. locking as hand- repsst. and complained of his head. her some 83 emfâ€"bis beami- must be tak- ivifely anxietyqu alarm; she noted an on Roses estimateâ€"that her poor how flushed and, strange he looked. g e 88. weakened; it might be. by the fa- wd insisted upon his lying down ati t_ lies 0‘ Durfilng. 01' perhaps by some once. then busicd herself in applying i hldden 68088. filled ever and anon with cooling lotion to his brow. and mndogtears. Yet she would not K0 for 8 u of QM midni in than I; itisecontl drive, and was indeed more ‘ c p ' g g ilangunl and weak than even her re- She w“ 3 nurse, and a loving cent fziligues would account for, or than gender wife, despite her faults and viil- 3 Sill-‘01 11“ lil‘iSk. energetic temper-'1- garitlss, for which, indeed. she was in ' meni- conduct, and had once or twice vent- ured upon a. suggestion, or an ap- roach to one. by which he hinted _at odbury‘s taking his wife abroad With him, where nobody would know her, or be likely to find fault with her; but this was not. well received, and so was not pressed. _ Gomg home from this final inter- viewâ€"home for the last time! after that night he would be free from all these sordid surroundingsâ€"he was star- tledby coming suddenly ,upon Mr. Spar- le, his partner, who was sauntering slowly up and down a neighbouring street, and evidently waiting for him. He was dressed respectably after his fashion: but this was a fashion which almost proclaimed his trade, and he was smoking a short clay pipe. . "I thought you were a hundred miles off, Jack,” said Rodhnry, overcominga stron e impulse to shudder in disgust; "1 di not dream of seeing you here." "No, I daresay you did not,” re~ plied Sparle; “but somehow, I did not feel easy about Rose, andâ€"and there were two or three other things weigh- ing a good deal on my mind, so I have run up, you seeâ€"No; I am not gain in yet, nor you neither," he continue , as Rodbury was about to turn into the street in which he lived; “I want a little talk first." _ "Talk away then!" exclaimed his companion, assuming a lightness and indifference he was really far from feeling. L “I came up to sew how Rose wasget- ting on,” resumed Sparle. “I was up two or three times while you were ill, as I suppose you know. But i heard from a party who lived about here some things I didn't like; and, in fact, he says he believes you are going to make a bolt of it.” This speech was enough to stagger most. men. To find his secret intention so accurately divined, and by a strang- er of whose very existence he had been ignorant! It required his ut- most nerve'to repeat his careless laugh, and to inquire: "\Vhat next? .Am 1 going to take the stock with me, or do I mean to. make you a. present of it?" "I had thought of that," said Sparle, after a pause; “and I am glad to hear you speak so easy about it. . we have never been exactly chums, you know; but; I did not believe you were the man for such conduct. But here is out candid and say who you are, and what your friends are? You never told. us why you named your boy Cy- rus; you never even told us what; his right name was. I found out, how- ever, that he was registeredLaunceston as well."â€" “You did, did you?" interrupted Rod- bury. - ' ‘ “Yes, I. tell you straight I did," re- turned his cumpanion; “and more than that, I found there was a place of that name down below Plymouth; and 1 sent. a. man as had been in the po- lice all the way down there-to i,n-‘ quire after any Cyruses and Rodburys what he might find. it cost me ten pounds, if it cost; me a. penny, and all to no good." . i “That was a. pity indeed," said Rod- bury as the speaker paused. He was far-quicker than Specie, and had run swiftly over the probable consequences of this activity on the part of his brother-in-law. i "Now, don't sneer at a .fellow's anx- iety,” resumed Sparle. "i' have no re- lations in the world but my sisters, and I would do anything for them; yes and for your .‘two children Frank. You may not think it, but I am very fond of them as well, and I want them as well as Rose to be put straight, espe- cially now." . For a little while Rodbury said no- thing; his companion had unconscious- ly supplied him with additional reasons for carryingout his plans .without -de-. lay. Sparle's quest had luckily fail; ed, in one instance; but some unfortu- nate- accident'might betray himéRod- bury.- v The knowledge of his son's sec- ond:name, given when he never dreamt of the inheritance which had since be- come his, and the bestowaiof which he now bitterly regretted, showed how dangerous such inquiries might be- come. ' ‘ - -- ‘ 'i ' “Well, we will go in now," he began at last, 'l'ivfgyou have quite. finished all you have to say." . “All right; I understand you," re- tort‘ed'Sparle. "I have pretty nigh fin- ished,-so_ we will go in; You have not been home all day; I believe?" ‘.'No, I' have not. You are correct in that belief, as in-so many other things," replied Rodbury. "Have you anything to say about that?" ~ ~ "\Vell,’.’_ Sparle began slowly after a brief pause, "not a. great dea , only you heard me any ‘especi'ally now,’ when I \tvganted things put straight, did‘you "1- did; and wondered why it was ‘es-~ pecially now,’ as you seem to have been meddling in m ' affairs for a good while ast," was t e gracious answer of Rod )ury. ,, . "What I meant was just this," con,- tinued the other: "you have, not been home since breakfast, so 'do not‘ know everything. it I was anxious about Rose before, I am more anxious now, for while you were out, she got worse. l-went for- Dr. Berge, and he says she. is.v_ery ill. In fact, Frank Rodbury, your wife is took with the w rst kind_ of smallpox, and I don't thin even you will sneer at, that." _, ‘ "Rose attacked by smallpox!" echo- ed ‘Rodbury, who was almost stunned for the moment at hearing this, while a host of images instantly flashed through his mind. ' a "Yes, sir," replied Spade, gravely; "your wife is took with the smallpox, and. Dr. .Berge says it.w1!l go hard with her." . .u l ’ To be continued. A, TORTOISE IENACITY 0F MF&.;.. The vita! spark in 'tortoises is very. strong. There 13 a record of a tortoise which lived. six months after its brains had been removed. . Another, which had suffered decapitation, showed life in the severed head three days afterwards. THE PECULIAR NILE. For over 1,200 miles the Nile does not receive a single tributary stream. PERSONAL roiurs'as. ._., Notes or Interest About Some or the Great Folks of the World. The _Hon. T. F. Bayard has accepted an invitation to visit the English pot- terms. _Msrk Twain .is in London. preparing his book descriptive of his roent tour around the world. _D. L. Moody. the evangel‘mt, is to be- gin a series of revival meetings in Boston on January 1. Cardinal Hohenluhe is the one hun~ tired and fifteenth cardinal to die since Leo .XlII. became pope. President Cleveland will be 60 years old two weeks after the expiration of his present term of office. _ Mrs. Herrman Davis. of New York. is the only woman who has ridden her wheel over the great St. Ber- nard Pass. The young king of Spain may be seen any fine morning taking his sea bath at San Sebastian, where the Spanish court is now in residence. Dr. Nansen will lecture in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aber- deen,.Newcastlc, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Belfast, Dublin and Swan- sea. ~ Count. von \Valdersee, who rumor permstaindeclaring is to succeed Prince Hohen-lolie as the Imperial Chancel- lor of Germany, has an American Wife. \Vith reference to Rudyard Kipling \V: D. Howells says: "His is the lustiest vorce now lifted in the world' -â€"Lhe clearest. the bravest, with the fewest false notes in it.” Rear-Admiral Penrosah‘itzgeralld, of the. British navy, is now engaged on a_biography of the late Vice-Admiral Dir George Tryon, whose life was a very eventful one. The. agent of the Duke of Portland has distributed among forty-two charâ€" ities _the sum of nearly $10,000, paid by Visitors to \Velback Abbey during the past tourist season. Sir Henry Irving. in laying the foundation stone of the new Passmore Edwards Dulwich public library, re- cently spoke briefly of the incalcula- ble value of free libraries as a medium of good. A_ bronze monument has been erect- ed .in Paris to the memory of J can Le- claire, the man who fifty-four years ago .lntroduced among the workmen 9f his factory a system of profit-shar- mg. The Connecticut Humane Society has awarded a. medal to Eugene \Valker, of Hartford, a lad 17 years old. who, at the risk of his own life; saved a. man from drowning last September. An Italian naimed Corzetto has in- vented an apparatus which enabled him to remain under water eighteen hours. meg to an accident to the apparatus, however, he came near be- in gasphyxmted. By the death of Lord Congleton the House of Lords has lost its oldest baron. The late peer was 87. He was not, however,_ the oldest peer of the realm. that distinction being held by the Earl of Mansfield, who is 90. The empress of Russia intends to keep as a souvenir of her visit to France all the bouquets and crowns of flowers offered to her by the French people, and has given orders to have them prepared for preservation. A conscience-stricken man in Oregon on his.deathbed recently handed over to Louis Davenport. the sum of $27,000, which represented the accumulaions of 8.000 worth of gold dust stolen from avenport thirty. years ago. v . . When the. czar, onhis recent visit) to Paris, presented M. Briason with! the Andreas Order the latter cut off his much-cherished long beard beâ€" ause it concealed the order (which is worn around the neck) from view. _Frederick Nansen will receive a spe- cial gold medal frtim the Royal Geo- graphical Scciety when he goes to London, as he has already received the soCiety's highest award, the gold medal. for his explorations in Greenland. Chung Chin Tung. the Viceroy of Hupeh, China. who has hitherto ob- structed the work on the Hankow rail- road. is one_ of the pioneers of the new manufacturing industry in China. He nvns and operates an immense cotton milLin \Vuchnng. _ , In commemoration of the book of Melanchthon, Luther's coâ€"‘worker, 400 years ago, a memorial! building is to be erected, in the 'native town bf tho‘re- iormer. Bretten; in Baden; The corner- stone 18.120 be laid on t. 9 very day of his nativity, February 1‘, next. .- ' Sir Arthur-Sullivan can now com; inand $3,500 down [Or one song. while irom “'J‘he Lost Chord" alone it is__said .hat he,has, realized over $50,000. Sig- nor Tosti, the mnpmer of "h'orever and Forever," whose first manuscripts were “declined with thanks," can now command;$l,250 for a song. 1 ,3 ,WINTER wiuNKLEs. Brownâ€"“I wonder why Paynter was so angry when I asked him what school of art he belonged to?" Smithâ€""What school? That implies that he has some- thing to learn." " v . "It is .said'that we shall all pass away as a tale that is told." "That sounds all right;'but tales that are told don’t pass awayâ€"they are for- ever bein'g told over again-" “Have you no pride at all?" asked the Earnest Worker. "Nup," said the Cumberer of the Ground. "1 am waitin' till itigits cheaper. Pride-you know musthave a fall.” ' , . Attorneyâ€""0n what ground, madam, do you wish to apply for a divorce from your husband?" Fair clientâ€""On the ground, sir, that he hasn't any goupd. He made' me believe he had a rm " - i' ‘. r Freddieâ€""Oh, if I- was only certain that she lovesvmef" Georgeâ€"“Why don't you .ask her!" _ “Freddieâ€""That would end {,he uncertainty and makemc misp erabe in another way." "Waddington, I noticeyou. don't talk much when you. dine out." "No; it takes all. the brains'l can muster to work things sol won't come out with an oysterlorl; for my after-din- ne‘r coffee!” “ " ’ "What chumps these old-time fellows must have been. They used to write and talk by the hour about the value 10f acollegiate education." "Well?" 3"And they never heard of football." «The time of year is now at hand voogo sofas?- "POOR BAKER BOY OF VENICE." It was on a bright beautiful spring morning in 1507, that Pietro Fuses, a dark-haired, handsome young boy started on his daily rounds through the narrow streets of Venice, to deliver the fresh rolls, but from his father's oven. which he carried. The air was frag- rant with the perfume of flowers, and joyous with the glad song of birds, and i as Pietro tripped merrily along over the paved footpaths between the hous- es, he joined‘in the concert overhead. little thinking that a dark cloud- was so soon to shut him out forever from the all bright and cheery. As he turned in- to a narrow alley to cross to the home of one of his customers, he spied something shining on the way be- fore him, and stooping to pick it up. found himself in possession of a. small jewelled scabbard. He placed the glit- tering toy in his pocket and hurried on singing his bread song: “Fiar di Far- ma." - So light-hearted and free was he, that he did not notice a prostrate form by the door until he almost stumbled over it. Thinking some belated mer- ry-maker, with a brain confused by drink, bad mistaken the doorstep for a pillow, he stooped, and shaking the figure, lightly, said: “Come, come, sir; you need to go to bed to sleep off youn wine. The pavement. is no place to rest." Then, as the light. come more brightly, be perceived by the rich gar- ments of the sleeper that he was of the nobility. “Courage, signer," he ex- claimed, "give me your hand, and I will help you upJ’ As there was no response to his words he set his basket down to ex- amine more closely the condition of the poor drunkard. While be bent over the prostrate form, he was horrified to discover that. the man was dead, murdered, for the handle of a jewellâ€" ed dagger which had pierced his heart, was plainly visible, and underneath a. I pool of blood told the story of treach- ery in a way that. could not be cov- ered up or denied. What should he do? How could he leave the dead man alone! And yet. he did not Wish to disappomt. his customers by keeping them wait- ing for their breakfast rolls. _, While he hesitated, the police arriv- ed, and the boy, thinking there was no longer need for his presence, pick- ed up his basket and burned away. Poor, innocent; Pietro! The flight cost. him his life. Before he had gone many yards, the officers may the retreating figure and pursued him. In vain he protested his innocence. The stains on blood on his hands and clothes, his hasty flight, and more than all, the; scabbard in his pocket which exactly dagger in the-nobleman}! heart, witnessed against him. His tears and prayers were of no ' avail, and 'ust. as the run arose, bathing sea and land, in its yellow light, Pietro took his farewell look of beautiful; treacherous Venice. In one of. the nOI- some dungeons under the Bridge of Sighs he was shut away from all the brightness and happiness of earth. The trial was long andbitterly con- ltested, for even in the Sixteenth cen- tury there were those ,who contended for 'ustice, ‘and declared that Circum- stanfial evidence alone was not suffi- cient to condemn him. The prisoners character 'was good, and no motive could be ascribed for the crime,_but the victim was a nobleman, and his death Jmust be avenged, even if the innocent perchance should suffer. During the trial the he became very ’lll,_ the re- sult of his ong confinement. in; the damp dungeon, but even the sympathy excited by his weakness was not. strong enou h to save him. from the gallows, ,and is old fathetr lived to Witness his 'on! son’s execu ion. _ . i ng6 cars after Pietro huddled up- Ion the iazetta, the real criminal con~ i fessed that he had allowed an innocent iboy to bear infamy‘ and g il'ife up in his stead. 'lhe Senate de- fitted the ‘siring to atone in ‘a measure for the. 'wrong thus inflicted, donated a per- petual,light in St. Mark's-in memory 'of the baker's boy who had suffered unjustly through their hasty ment. .' ' The records show that in every crim- inii! case that came up before the tri- buna! from that time until the end of the republic the Senate decreed that; In) memory of Pietro‘s innooence the cab.- tion should be given. 'ZRemcmbcr the poor boko'i- boy of Venice." - It 18 of- ten safer, alwa s braver. to stand our ground even w on _i.n danger. bURIOSITIES or INSECTS. The common herculcs beetle can lift 112 times its own weight. The microscope is said to show 4,000 muscles in an angleworm. ’ I Zopherus Lfixhzanus, a species of beetle, can cut its way out of a tin can. According to Iteaumur, a. hungry lwaspvvill kill a thousand flies in a da . 'lyhe dragon the “snake. feeder" has 28,000 facets in both of its compound e es. ‘ ? ySome grasshoppers have no eare.‘ Others have them situated on the side of the leg. ' r . l . ARTIFICIAL BRAVERY. A French doctor is said to have dis. ' covered a means of injecting. courage into men by means of a syringe. The ’ material he uses is a mixture of sea water and phenio acid. . (I . â€"-â€"aâ€" ‘J'ro REMOVE A 'CINDER. A railroad engineer is an authority for the advice to rub tliL~ well «ya per- until the offending cinder is out of the other. Unions the flying speck is hot or sharpcdgcd, and has sunk into the ball, this t eminent, he says. will certainly be efficacious. abstenth that now made life so1| ivo his , juda- ' .44.,