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Po} . momént Laun hesitatedmnd then. momhoring Mmd's distress, Igreed to Inn's terms. " Vory well." the mid. " I‘ll get the ten _ , , v J a 6‘“ " salary, and how much she was likely to have of it. after deducting travelling ex. peneee, eto. “ Ten is very little," he laid. est’eeently, "It is all have," answer Laura. dee ratel) ; "so I can give on no more." " ell. Miss Laura." said t e grooer,etill gazing oontem latively at his hat. " I‘ll tell you what I‘ I do. to end any un leaeant~ none, especially at this time of t 9 year. I’ll take the ten pounds, if you'll give me a written and signed agreement that you'll pay the other ten during the course of the next six months. That‘s a fair ofl'er, I think; and if you agree to it, I‘ll at once 'withdraw those parties in the next --__--- wwwuu Iw AVID. 'He wars? liondering’if lle could get more. Ind was doinf a little mental ari'hmetic as to the possib 0 amount of‘the youpg _girl's uni-um -_.l L-_ ___J, _ ,_ _-___‘_-_.V.J. uv“ mungâ€" in hot. how much could you spare tub? The bill is over twenty undo." “I have ten." said um. " Will you his that? " Again Mr. Johnson turned his but, and qgn almost tondprlx‘gmootliegi its felt. ._ vâ€"v Iuvuv mvu u":- “Well, Mini; hum." said Mr. Johnso‘n, turning his hat. in his hand, and smoothing the felt, as if connidamtely. “ how muchâ€" 33‘- ffifi’fiow m_uch gould yo}: spare 111's 7 _ .v _-w w I) “COW“. He took of his nafivhen the young girl sppenred. _ “ Very sorry, Miss Laura, about this," he said; “ but it's absolute necessity com- pels me. The times are so bad, and your ms has owed this account so long, and I’m (Efren to do what‘s very unpleasant to my {nan " remrnea Irom her situation in the north, and supposed that she would still have her half-year‘s salary in her pocket, and this suppoaiiion had induced him to put the We into a. Keane’ahouse. " It was u. c nee," he said with his foxy smile; and he. therefore, had hurried to the house with the greatest olecrity when he had received Miss eum‘e‘meseege. H. 4....1. -1 l.:. l- And went down-stairs to meet Mr. John- son. A foxy-looking man, with red, scanty huir and a thin visage, was this grocer of Boston-by-the-Sea. Ho knew all about the Keanes, and knew, therefore, that Miss Laura. had just returned from_her gituation in um north. ___-_â€"~p ' Iv uv nu. Yet she tdfiied to ”ya whispered word of 611688 and hope to the trembling young invalid on the couch. .. On no aEcoBzit," he iold her, to endeavor to pass those notes: she was about, aofiuaily, to 910 so. VAL _| to meet this. inan4ih-iem1-xhpofigxg geditorâ€"end what was she about to otter ‘m?. She remembered Mr. Bingley’e looks aqdyr. Biugley's words. “ Don'_t be afraid,- ” she said "a- -_ v...-v wwwunuW. “Maud, dear M'uud?" said Luurs mad put her arms round the poor girl's form. “Do you know? " whlspered the poor ihinLg; and _her head fell on her sister’s «r11 do uiia'iiow. ladly afiughsmid the men who had spo en. And, after ex- changing a few words with his mate, he went away, and Leure contrived toget her mother u stairs. Then 3 e went to seek for Maud. This sensitive, nervous. passionate girl was in e fearful state when Laura found her. She was kneeling by the couch in the (so-called) drewin ~room, where she usually wrote, with her ands pressed over her ears, to shut out the hateful sounds below, dud with shame and despeir imprinted on her awhile e‘nd expressive countenance. “Sorry tobe hero. miss," said one of them. “but Mr.Johnaon says he must have his account squared up. Perhapa' you'll be able_toholp§hon_1isaua a. bit?” u ‘11:)! A ' .. Will one ot’iJJfifiiSE "fiI-TTIZhZaZK5' ukod Laura. pale and trembling. “T'II (In thnb h-.. 4.)... , ' Lem-we {other had been able to save very little. He had died. poor man. in the time 01 life. his last hours embittered by 5;. knowledge and the spectacle of his wife's beeetting ein. All the 'rl and her mother went into the me, e e saw the two men sitting in the ~room. They had their pi e in their mont a. and winked et each at or when they perceived Mrs. Keene. But when they w the pale. distressed look of her youn eughter, they laid their pipes down. and rose from their chairs, as Laura. enter-' ed the room. (Continued from noon! page.) ioo'ti at them. he]! pityingiy. half-con- tain uaiy, as they rooeeded home. Oh, how terlfi the git eit the disgrace! At last I: 05 reached the old gray stone home where ootor Keane and his father before him had lived and died. And they had been very much respected. But what can a oouutry doctor earn in n. scanty- po‘puiatod district beyond aharo living? ,-.._.I.. (.51.... LA 1 a and AGAINST ms LAW. “ I'll soon and now and ieking lustily at their scales; sitting on tfie branches. preening their feathers and behavi themselves just as though no such dread (or pleasin ?) sensation as “ fascination " was possib e. I saw once a sparrow perched upon the body of a snake twisted round a branch and preening itself. By and by aconetrictor crept up slowly, touched the bird with its nose. and then threw the crushing folds around it. The deliberate approach of the snake and the unconscious attitude of the sparrow.con- corned about its private affairs, would have staggered any ordinary believer in " fascina- tion." I have closely watched the behavior of snakes intent on feeding. It may be a sudden rush, when the victim has no time tosee its enemy. or the gradual, lazy ad- vance of the re tile; in either case the doomed victim trays no sue icion of danger. at least so far as I have n able to ascertain after passing some hundreds of hours contemplating the snakes in the un- equalled representative collection of the Zoological society. to the impertinent investi ator of that queer-looking object. For in] y ten minutes one day a ra bit set gazing at the poised and threatening head of a puff adder, now and then reaching forward to smell the reptile’s nose, and anon sitting on its hind legs to wash its ears, and sin returning to the “fascinating " object 0 its in niries. If, during that time, the rabbit h fallen into the state of trance, it was so soon re- leased from that condition as to be able to attend to its own comfort and busy itself about its toilet. The birds show no more recognition than the other animals of the dangerous position in which they are placed. Wesee them hopping about on _the snakes. -n‘ _:-L2_- I_-L ,. Ihave seen, says Nature, 3 guinea-pig, after finding no place of exit from the cage, uietly settle itself down in the midst of "t e coils of an Australian constrictor, shut its eyes and go to slee . Ten minutes afterward the snake h moved and the guineaypig was washing its,fsce with its pews. Not once, but a dozen times, a rab~ bit has nibbled the nose of a River Jack viper (vipers rhinoceros) in a pretty, inquiring way, headless of the strong blows the r‘eptile would administer With its snout A correspondent writes to the London ‘ Truth: “ A rumor has reached my ears of so incredible a character that I hesitate to believe it. There has always been a large amount of jealousy among the principal livery companies in regard to catching the lions of the day for the reception of their honorary freedom. The Vintners some two months ago secured a great prize in H. R H. Prince Leopold and the Merchant Tailors followed suit with General Sir Frederick Roberts. I am now credibly informed that the Vintners are about to follow on with Mr. Ashmead Bartlett." half the height Bf here, 740-ton Eur-each loaders having been proved to be almost as murderous in their powers as 80-ton muzzle-loaders. The Colossus and Majestic, the latest type of English turret ships, the building of which the Admiralty have ordered to be advanced as fast as possible. are. roughly speaking, reproductions of the Inflexible on a smaller scale, but will each be as efl'ective for ofiensive and defensive purposes as she is, although their gum: will he only about I...” 41.. _-:_LL , ,‘n- __â€"â€".â€" endeavor to protect themselves from vitriol. Fidelity would be the best pre- servative against this terrible shower, but anybody may be splashed with it, even the most faithful. Let ’us then indicate to those who are threatened by this danger a remedy discovered by a chemist of Cler- montFerrand." Then follows a description fif a paste which cures vitriol burns inafew ours. The Sultan of Morocco is in mourning for his favorite wife, who has just died at the age of 34. She had been the chief of his harem for twenty years, and, accord- ‘ing to the usual custom. her grave was dug in one of the kiosks in the park of the palace by eight high functionaries of the court. Her dresses were all laid with her in the grave. her jewelry was broken up and distribqu among the poor, and the furniture of her apartments was destroyed an<_i‘the rooms closed. Figaro suggests thateome intelligent men might make :5 fortune if he set up a. ladies’ cafe and a ladies’ restaurant where men would not be admitted and where ladies might refresh themselves more substantial- ly than they now can with the eternal petit gsteau.. .. . ‘ "In these days,” says a. French news- ps at, “it is natural that people should an eavor to Drotoot thamnnlvnn «m... Mr. Labonohere remarks that the two last balls in Dublin at the Chief Secretary’s Lodge were very pleasant social reunions, notwithstanding the feet that politics and polkne did manage to get somewhat mixed. Mr. Budget, 3. welloknown merohsnt in Bristol, is colonizing a. large property he possesses to the south of Lake Superior with emigrants from the neighborth of Bristol. Last year the Ushsrsjsh Dhuleep Singh, who lives in England, took out 3 license to sell game. This season he advertises 8.000 ghesssnts for sale and 1,000 hares, on the lvedon estate, nesr Thetford. The Czar does not like the cold, white glare of the electric light, and has conse- uently decided not to employ it for the ilumination of the Winter Palace for the present. Sir Frederick Roberts was the other day unanimously elected an honorary member of the Army and N avy Club. "And I must again express my regret. Miss Laura," he stud. “ that this has occurr- ed. But we must live. you see, and busi- ness malt be attended to." “ Yes." said Loan; and she bowed. and moved away ; and, u few minutes Inter, Mr. Johnson and his bailifls were gone. -V rvvâ€"vv' wva- "I always thkbihe number of a which I receive.” he said. with a. I: lied air, and Luna's heart sank heard these words. , ,-wâ€"‘â€" vâ€" - 7 He then gave Laura a receipt for the ten pounds, and proceeded to put down the numbers of the two notes which she pre- sented to him. i_u his pocket-book. u" _I___77 A This In: noon done. When Loun u- turnod with the two notes in hot bond. Mt. Johnson had his agreement drawn out ready {or her to lign. nndhnd not even for- gotton to put a. {amp on it. II- AI, , pounds. 11 you will dnw out tho agree- moat.” Lulu: Bdmh and Fenian News. Iva-dunno}: (To be continued.) > number of any notes said. with a self- satis- as she m mroeun men. menus. Icommend the very im rtant subject of the administration of justice your continued and careful attention. Profiting by the exam le of Great‘l’iritain and othertstlem‘teei in willie ‘tihe auom yo twosystemso p ngan prac es in the civil courts has been abolished. and by the reform eflected in their judicutu‘ie. a bill 'will mi‘nflbe‘llaid before you or e urposeo conso ng esuperior courts, estalblishing a uniformity in leading andgmtice and makin further pro sion for the ne administrationo justice. 01m litmus 0!" unroiur. Amongst the other measures to be submitted to you are a bill relating to railways and making provision for the greater safe of railway em~ ployees and the public; a bill or protecting the Public interest in streams and rivers within the egislatire authoritty of the province; a bill giv- ing increased stabi ity to mutual insurance com- panies; and one dealing with the question of market fees. which have long been aeourceof complaint by the farmers of the province. ‘ a man mason. In view of the many extensive and beneficial improvements in our sws eflected since the pro- vince obtained. fourteen years ago, control over its local affairs, and of the further legislation which will engage your attention during the present session, l commend to your serious con. sideration the question whether the time has not come when the (pubic interests maybe suflicient- iy protected an at the same time a considerable _ JV -_ w..- .........-v- v. uuuwuuu, II 1usual possesses deep interest. showing, as it does, towhata high standard of excellence, as compared with other counties, the educational gatem of Ontario has attained, and I doubt not at you will agree with me that no eflorts should beepared to maintain it in the fullest state of emcienc . Whilemarked improvements maybeobeerv in elementary education, the expenses of that branch has been less in the last three years than revionsly. Gntilylng progress, eMao. has been m e in the department of higher uca on. i m mvnwnn Ixs‘rn'unoxs. The reports of the several departments cf the public service will be laid before on. I am glad to find that the several institut one under the management of the Government are in a state of satisfactory efficiency, and that others to which Provincisl aid is given are resmctively perform- ng-services to the community fully commensuro ate with the aid afforded them. EDUCATION. _"AIA'he report of the Minister oi Education. a , ,,e_-_ _. r-..“ "nuc- now up a reconsideration of their merits by the Govern- ment when soaltered. The time has not yet sufliced for this to be done, but I con- fldentli anticipate that the result will e to secure the commencement in the coming spring, and the early completion of a building worthy of the province and at a cost not exceeding the unount already voted for that purpose by the Legislature. whose’ --v-muuw V mu va increasing business of the department an the proper accommodation of the Legislature d of the provincial lib , as well as the safety and health of the mem ers and other persons engaged in the public scrvice,has received the earnest attention of the Government. Competi- tive plans Were invited, and sixteen diflerent de- signs by as many competitors were sub- mitted. None 0 these designs were entirely satisfactory, but three of these which were considered to have most nearly com- plied with the conditions of the competition were under the terms of thesecouditions secured for the rovince. Subsequently it was deemed advisab e to permit the authors of the best three and certain other competing architects on -hmn “I--- ......s. a. _ , ,, ‘__._._"v_ v. wvw uwumuul! will stimulste enterprise and encoursge a. spirit of improvement among the farmers of ‘ the province, and at the same time produces favorable impression elsewhere of_ the opening ’which Ontario aflords to the capital and energy of the intelligent and experienced. I am sure pecuniary recompense at the disposal of the Gavernment, and will share the feeling of satis- faction with which I have observed in how cordial a spirit the proceedings or the commis- sion have been regarded by the public. m NEW PWNTABY BUILDINGS. The subject of constructing the new provincial buildings required for thensefe keeping of the nnhlin Mann-.1- Ls... .-- _-_A THE PROVINCE AND THE CANADA PACIFIC. It is obvious that the earliest possible con~ struction otrailway communication between .the existin railway system of Ontario and the Canadian (with road is of the very greatest importance to the interests of the province. An appropriation havin been made for this l[flux-pose by an act 0 a former session of the ‘ egislathre, a measure will be submitted to {hm for carryin out .the object of the act with e least possib e delay. ' TEE AGRICULTURAL COWSBIQN. The commissioners appointed to inquire into met ‘connected with the agricultural indus- try of 0 tsrio have. by close and unremitting at- tention to the duties assigned to them, collected a large amount of information of a most inter~ eating character and of much value. The evi- dence and report i the commissioners will be laid before you in scourse oi the session. I In“... LL-.. 4 - “UL" 131a before {on in‘the course of thé Hséion. i trust that t 9 pulgfipatiop of mega documents will -63....“1- _ uumugu tequu-ea [or we sate keeping 0 mafia gecords. the due _perf9rmance of the ......... L__Ag,, , - m BOUNDARY AWARD. It is much to be matted that the Dominion Government have on no‘steps to obtain and show no intention of seeking to obtain from the Parliament of Canada legislation confirming the award determining the .northerly and west- erly boundaries of Ontario made two years ago by three most distinguished arbitrators chosen by the two Governments. and who had before them all the evidence obtainable from the most diligent researches both in America and Europe. or brought to light during the many discussions bearing on the subject that have taken place during the Bast century. The result of the nac- tion of the ominion Government in this respect is to defer the settlement and organization of a large extent of country, to deprive the inhabi- tants of that district at those safeguards of peace and order which they in common with all others are- entitled to en'oy. and to withheld from the people of Ontario e benefits which the posses- sion of that territory would aflord. I congratulate ou' on the revival of commer- cial prosperityâ€" e result of the abundant her- vesl of the past ear. 0! the revival of trade abroad, and of the creams demend for lumbar, fihe receipts from .whlch source, I m happy to say, have considerably exceeded the estimate of lint annuinn 1-5:. 33:355ij Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen 91 the Inglelntive Assembly: It words me much pleasure on this the first occasion einee my exzfiointment as Lieutenant- Govemor to meet 0 representatives of my native province, and to welcome them to its gelatin in the discharge of their legislative u es. Important Legislation Fore- ' shadowed. Tosoxro, J an. 13.â€"The first opening 01 the Legislature over which Heat-Governor Robinson presides, was attended with great eolst this afternoon. The military guard of honor was made up oi the Governor-Geneml’s Bodyguard, (s detwhmentot artillery and two companies of the Queen’s Own Rifles. 0n the floor of the House were a. number of Toronto's most prominent citizens, both lay and clerical, and alsrg representation of ladies. His Honor enteret? the Legislative Chem- ber amid the booming of cannon. He de- livered the following address, after which the House adjourned: SPEECH .l The Opening Ceremonies (MARIO LEGISLATURE. .v_ -..u muu-wuifl ULI nlans 9x15333511 repgnedzn st favorably fy and alter Hui: piling! wjth 9 view to a. I‘_AL2__ _. The Llemmovernor‘n speech. CAUSE 0! TE! TRLDI REVIVAL. LIEUT.~60YERIOR. m MURDER. It was ohout half-put 6 o’clock in the momin when I did it Don was ot home, but he (I not see me lad is. {or I wont to the door. When I fame book with it my brother Don asked me whot I got itglor, 'â€" wv - -vm I! num- The prisoner now turned towards the window. and remained a few minutes star, ing though it. Hie honor asked him twice whether Pronlx had 'ven him the gamut] turning around qnic y he said. “ I have just told you that. He gave it to me at once. and I went home with it. It was not loaded when I got it. I loadedit myself. my father giving me the slag and the powder. , H _ -vrnv‘ mu..- - usuu I “U". M stepmother told me to borrow a gun to kilyl my brother with. My father hearing this also told me to go to Proulx’s house ‘ for a gun, and to say, if I was asked what it was for, that it was to kill the bears in the woods. I told my brother again that my father and stepmother had sand it was his wish to die, and he said again that it was not true. My father told me if I had anything to ask at all I should go and ask him, and not to speak to any strangers about it. .I went over to Proulx's house. { ,. _-__ â€"â€"vu-u 'v w ll: WWII-lo Witness continues-Prom): didn't like this. When I was passin his house he asked me how my father sd settled up with Dan. implied that _I didn’t know. "_A A .____. -v â€"wâ€"‘- nu... w VHO uu'll- He then related in detail how a narrel arose between the deceased and 'ronlx, their neighbor. Pronlx's cows used to go on their land. and the deceased had put them ofl‘. The case went before a magis- trate, and Proulx was bound over to keep the peace toward him {or three months, losing] the costs, which he could not pay. The- eceased had actually gone so far as toiend Pronlx 85 to pay_them. 7 BIB DID NOT DESERVE TO LIVE, he was so wicked a man. M father said he wigpeq to seqd him to the evil. --.-â€" u I'll Dan, and when he told me‘to kill him he said that Dan had taken a chair up and beaten him like a dog. ' He also said that Dan had insulted my stepmother. My father has always wanmd to kill Dan for the last fourteen years. A man named ‘ Thomas Veitch knows this well enough. My brother Dan was never afraid to say anything. He was brave that way. Here the witness hesitated again, as though he would give way to his feelings, but the tears in his eyes would not start. and in a moment he proceeded: My step- mother urged me to go and kill my brother, and when I told her that Dan loved life as well as any one, she said he did not, and that any way ‘ IT WAS THE FAULT OF MY FATHER. My father and m stepmother told me they lwanted me to kil him, and my father also told me that Dan wanted me to kill him. I asked Dan if that was true, and he said, ‘ That's not the case.’ My ate mother told me that Dan had given her a 1, his money to keep for him. I asked Dan to lend me 810. and he told me that if I wanted money. I should go and earn it. I told this to my stepmother. My father said I had taken 820 of the sum given my step- mother by Dan, but I had not. My father very often had quarreIIed with; “-_ A~J , ‘ _ - , ~~-â€" 'â€"--.v ““6 man, 25 years of age. He walked carelessly into the witness box, and folding his arms With an air of indifference began his evi- dence. Having said that he lived in Arun- del, and answered other preliminary ques- tions. he continued : I could not say whether Dan had any money at all when he came to my father's house ; I did not ask him as to where or how he had passed the Hinter, nor whether he had any money at a . ‘ “Had you any difficulty with him?” asked Mr. Filion, the Crown counsel. ' The murderer had stood in the bar with- out the slightest sign of emotion, but ‘his voice {altered and his eyes became glassy with tears asthereph'ed: ."If I ever had any difficulty with my brother A special correspondent gives the follow- ing graphic description of the scene at the trial of the parents of Narbonne as acces- sories to the murder for which he was ound guilty the previous day: The onvioted murderer, Jean Baptiste Nar- onne. was now brought up from his cell, on the floor of which he had been in a heavy sleep. He is a tall, well built young man 0:......... -1--- 1'1" 7,,“ ‘ Thomas Carmichael had helped Jean to mrete his brother’s body. This witness added that there was no’ church in the neighborhood, and that the district was backward. ' The evidence of Gear 9 Mackenze was to the effect that old Mrs. arbonne had told him that she mixed the poison for Dan, her stepson, who was murdered; that she did so because she Was afraid that his brother would not have‘the oourgg‘e‘to shoot him. GL- hIA, " The Conscience-Stricken Son Blames ll!- Father. Mourns-u, Jan. 13.â€"The scene in court at St. Soholastique yesterday afternoon 1must have been. heart-chilling to the spec- tators who thronged the court-room, it indeed there was any humanity about the idlers who lolled about open-mouthed. It‘ is seldom that there is unfolded nowadays such a startling story of depraved nature as was related all through the trial of J. B. Narbdune for the cowardly murder of his brother. The arson story was only second- ary in‘ its brutal details to that of the murder. A Man Cruellv Murdered by His Brother AT HIS FATHER'S IN STIGATION. The Murderer and His Parents Doomed. \ nevi o! expeuu be elected I) cannula future 1 legislation to every nlternntc June] so on, ex- : eept in cm: or special urgency. THIS IITIIATEI. The public accounts of recel tennd ex ndi~ ture for the past you end t o eetimn of monies required for the current your will be Inid belorc you. The eatinmteo have been prepucd with every regard for economy consistent with the public interest. I trust that ilxelubcre ol the Bosnian nov com- mencing may, when brought to a close. reilect honor on the wisdom and patriotism o! the Legislature and prove permanently beneficial to all clmee of our people. BLOOD-CURDLING DETAILS. JEAN manomm’s zvnmxcs. BLACK CRIME.‘ Mr. Scott, of Selkirk, presented to Par- liament yesterday a petition from only seventeen residents of Minnedoea, N. W. T., and the immediate vicinity, praying forthe repeal of the rohlhitory li or law I) h: an it effected t at district. 0 pom claimed that the operation of the prohi- bitory liquor low retarded the growth 0! their settlement. Among those seventeen malcontente appear the names of the poet- maeter at Minnedoea. the deputy-Both!) ae- ter at Odanah (the tmaeter. . Acton Burrows, lives in innipeg). ohe arm atorekeepera and a farmer or no. in? to witness the sentencing of the Amn- de murderers, and shortly- liter 11 o'clock the three prisoners were brouth in. His Honor Judge Johnstcne reviewed the chic! incidents of the terrible crime. and endeavored to fix upon the prisoners their responsibility to their Maker and to society for the deed. He then sentenced them to be hanged on the 25th day or February next, and they were led away to jail. Momm, Jan. l4.â€"The court room at IStfiSchglaatiqge was crowded this morn- Alter other evidence the jury retired, and after about three minutes' delibera- tion brought in a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to the clemency o! the court. The aged manners-the mun 85 years of age, and e women over 80â€"wero then removed from the dock and the court adjourned. ' " That does not trouble me now," he in- terrupted listlessly. “ But,” continued his honor, “ you know that you have been convicted. In coming here to make these statements do you Hope to escape punishment by them ‘2" The prisoner made no reply at all, but stood vmntly staring around until re. moved from the her. back, and said, “ I hoboâ€"lziJR-you perfect}; understand your position. You have been found guilty of tho orimoof murder. andâ€"’ u mL_L 3, The witneséliad left the box. and was being conducted back to the cell by several constables 'yolhgn_ 31in hpnor called him L__L _ 'I ‘son to him.” Again he was obliged to sit down, and as the counsel proceeded to question him his honor interrupted, nay- ing that the prisoner’s terrible position was worthy of consideration. Riain up and- denly the witness raised his han over his head and exclaimed in aclear ringing voice, “m FATHER row 113 'ro KILL :12 33011133, and} killed him.” I “ Oh, yes; two or three years 3.5:"on ' " Can you remember four years ago? " 1 " I don’t trouble mgself about that.” ! “ Well. do you tron le yourself about this murder ? ” “ Oh'yes, though I knew no one had seen i it, I prayed night and day to God and the , Blessed Virgin to give me strength to con- fess the truth," and he brushed away the ' starting tears. “ You say that your father told you not to tell any one that. he had counselled you to do this deed, and you try to excuse your- self for shooting your brother. because you say you obeyed your father. How are you carrying out your principle always to obey your father in giving'such evidence against him ? " " I always obeyed him. I gas a good nnn on Id... :1 A __:_ n, , THE CBOSS~BXAIIINATION. Cresaexaminéd, he saidâ€"It was I who was tried and found guilty yesterday of the crime of murdering my brother Dan. I never had any quarrel with Dan in my life. I always loved him. I never told Mr. Stanford that I had any difficulty with my brother. I only said to him all my father told me to do I did. “ Have you a good memory? ” asked Mr. Mathieu for the defence. “ Not very,” he answered. “ Can you remember events ayear ago? " “ Oh, yes; two or three veers mo." ‘ suux oecx into his chair. and his burdened spirit again sought relief in a flood of tours. Rising up again, he continued: “ I left the body there for a. day and a. night. The next morning early I was asleep when my father shock me, saying, “ Wake up quick- ly, You killed our brother; go now and bury him." I t en went out and buried the body a. little distance from the house. Last fall I directed Dr. Migneeult, the coroner, to the lace, and was with him when he found t e body. my.” uucu. --uu,uou." and we unhapp sank baclf into l}i_s ohgir! rand his bur 1 ____:L - . , 1 next me, for he was lying on the floor. I don’t know whether he was asleep or not. Just after this he sat up for a monient. My father and mother were lying in the next room, and after the deed I heard them talking, but I could not hear what they said. My father came out and told me to strike him with the gun. and I struck Dan with it, the gun breaking with the blow. The old woman helped me to drag the body out of the house, and after we had 'gene a little way I said Iwas able to take it oust- of the way alone. She left me then; and I took it a shortway into the wood. and I was alone then. “Oh.God.” and the unhappy man can]: Raul. .‘..a. L:_ -L_! , ,VV ._ v...‘ quU‘IWI-I-Io It being a. few minutes to 1 o’clock. the court adjourned. Reeuming, the witness continued his evidence: “ My {other pres-ed; me to do the deed and I did it. I mot any in what part of the body I ahot him. I cannot say Just how near I was to him. either; but I think no further than from here to that box there, or perhaps not more than four feet. “on. xiiy G‘é'd: my 09a 1 " he over and over again, while an awfl rei_g_n_ed_ in the court-room. .. â€"_ ..v. uuv ecsuv Null-ls “I “U. The sense of his awful 'tion wee gradually overcoming the Witness. Hie color changed several times and then faded into a sallow hue. " Give me e. drink of water." he said in a faltering voice. and having emptied the glass. he stood staring vacantly at the jury or a moment. 'Then his legs tottered under him. and seeping ”Let; me sit down," he sank heel; on the chair which had been brought him. hid his face in his hands and gave vent to the teen which only determined efforts had to strained so long._ _ end whet I was going to do with it, I told him my tether had told me to shoot Hm. “To shoot me." he cried out “first. In in e moment he did not believe me “ell. Oh. my God! my God! and shining his heed he grew e shade peler. My {other told me thet if I did not kill Den he would do it himself. 0h Godi My tether gave moths gun in my hands. The evening beiore my stepmother, alter bidding me to shoot him. mixed up some poison for him herself: I tolghher it was n‘ot‘the right phing to do._ Till-nu Northwest"... SENTENCE!) TO BE KANOID. I 8801‘ um IN THE SIDE 'ailonéo