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TWO CHRISTMASES; I know Hugh Treuilien too well not to Idol perfectly Me in his heads. Any other non pieced in the like poeition might uk he, knowing thet when I refused him i {or- hltod Grevwre hy the terms of the will. 3|. Hugh Treuilinn in e just and honorable gontlemuh-he would never be on bio of Itch 5 menu and oowerdl not. hat he will ever ask me to marry h m in earnest in 9”}! the question-The know: [do not ogre But who instigntod the ohm o in my Mo’l'will? A: who“ In on on were that tbonrd condition- m e? Whoever II. meddle: was, he bu ovorrmhed him- ”If. Instinctivey} turn from Hugh to we! .11 om hex-E we. Whether Hugh muo- hor oi oomylioi or not I o a» know a I do not think he ooh lt her, or ht on one but me. He loom: much more put out y the whole uwr thou I nunâ€"more Invade? the extraordiuufllproviso, more “tout! by the position which is hu phat! him, 10- anti-fled with my my pining of the difficulty: _ i311} I jodr only Ill. Instinctive! 1 turn (tom nugn to look ot my not 1113. I [tie-ed it was her work before I looked fl hub-I know it now. Her oyu refuse to moot nfino, tho hog-d unmtgnl 20‘0“}; hn‘o fiction of the difficulty. But I jug only from the expression of his (no; ‘ ny- M‘Mn -novor open- hin lip- throughout tho on proceedings except to unlwer my two questions. BI“ his Item hoe has grown with undu' d! It. sunburn, md hi. voice, In mating than two questions, wan more “”5913 “If.“ nay "'3‘ n .I AI “ This will. of eeuree, rendere the other I‘ll end void,” Mr. Winder obeervee, g to my out. “ There mmtbe e of ndlninintrntion token outâ€"Mi- V will hove some legel ferm- eo go through 3 but we ere her trustee- u before He eon be done quite printelyâ€"nebody will think of instituting any inquiries about 5 thing which doee not concern ’themâ€"ne- need know mythin nbont it except the font people preeent in t is room, nnleee" --nnd he looks tron III: in he me withe finial smile on bin ohn by round feceâ€" “ nnleee Mr. Treeeilinn end hieeoneinrefnse E E b Ely info reach othor’s hands." | I gm not nfrnltl of flint-" ".Tf'm not :fxi'ildrof that,” I lay confl- dnfly. “ 011wa in m on u much a It we: wanâ€"just u um I: if ysn threw “at will into the fire." " 0f courseâ€"just a much," Mr. Winder qr... Itill looking et Hugh. “ Uncle Daniel was no wise and practical elm lâ€"I cannot think he knew what he won oing when he made Inch an extraordi- nnry mt gemont,” I go on, sitting up in my choir, with my hand: folded in m lap, onmposedly regarding the attorney “ I duo say I could upset the whole thinfl by a of undue influence, if I could not prove st the poor old man was not in his ri ht mind when he got you to draw up that document." A “ But we have i‘hnt heard that he did not Vendor et all.” " It certainly look: suspicious,” Mr.CnrtiI mks, u I wish them gocd morning and welk out of the room. I do not see Hugh agein until dinner- }ime; I believe he spends the interval w-alk- Jenn the snow slope to the ml. The two old llsses Jones ine with usâ€" they hsve dined st Grsyecre on Christmas Boy for the last thirty yesrs. Aunt Wills has quite recovered her equenlmity, end I feel too much relieved by the turn affairs hsve tnhen to hsrbonr my sgite against her, even if I could forget that s e Wee Laurie's mother, or ignore the fact thst what she did she dld for Hugh’s sske, probably never “Yposlng the conditions would he disagree~ sh e to me if Hugh cared to make himself amiable-4! he did not there was no harm ODS. in; About the snowy fieldsâ€"my fields, which look I0 strange yet so familiar in their npot- lou shrouding. spread smoothly on the long do , rounding up to the bare black h a, covering the low walls, 1 ing deep on y-rick md oom-atackâ€"dm ing white In the $001 sunshineâ€"so white the even my white cow Daisy looks dingy so she thud: by the horn door, and my ducks and [one quite yellow_ 3nd dirty on they weddle " Mr. Treeeilien’s mind never wondered up to the hour of his death," ennt Wills eh- m, storing into the fire. “ He was es [the u I em when he sent for me to witness hi. Ii uture to that will.” “ ut,” I on, calmly ignoring herâ€"I forgive her, or Laurie’s sake, for attempt in; to rob me of my inheritance, but I een~ not forget it just in a minuteâ€"“ I em not Pin to institute sny proceedings of the ind. Mr. Hugh Tressilien end I under- Ituld eech otherâ€"we are both quite eetisfi~ ed to let things remain as they ere. And will teke the necessary steps to validate will, Mr. Winder, as soon as possible 2" “ We shall do so without loss of time.” “ If I wanted any proof of my uncle's buying been in a manner forced to make thtt unjust and foolish condition,” I add, rising from my chair, ” it would be in the feet of his remorse for having mede it ect- ing so powerfully upon him as to give him Itrengt to rise from his bedâ€"where he had loin helplessly_ for six- monthsâ€"in order to fut it when his poor feeble mind imagined twonld never be found." “ It would look as if he regretted having mule It," Mr. Winder allows, “ ifâ€"if he in! not wondering a. little:â€"_â€"" _ \Ve dine in the 05k parlor 1: {our o’clock, Ind titer dinner we ellâ€"that in, the Mine. Jone. end Ho 11 Treesilinn and myselfâ€"go down to the '0 col-house to help Anne Car- Inlclnel to pour out to. for all the pwr in the villggre, whq have “out and Christmas. tree. When thin is over, we go up to the Rectory end spend the remainder of the “9211:; there. We emuee ounelvee with creckers after “I, betore we go into the drawing- room to ting Chi-lumen carols. Hug 11 takes one (tom the dleh next to him. where it has been lying emong theI or}?l ea. end offers one end of h to me. it, laughing, but the com!“ end motto relmein wit m oonein He 0 Ithe Illp of paper end yrend-it, then ends it to me. “â€"8350 nonsense !" I lmgh, holding it to the light. In nu.__ AL-.. -L-u |-_.- flo bullion which bu boon ohkfl In- mImmsl In bringing my counts: to n;- fifm‘iii v36“ u I know that no cam for CHAPTER llL-(Coxnxvuu) " When thou abut love In tho no“ pm” 0! n. "wombat me." CHAPTER IV. on. THE ”STEM 01' THE HAUNTED RABBIT. The de I lean to hnvepueed very quick- ‘ly since :13th ; itin Fehmuy now. and for the last two weeks the weethet ha been like June, the loft wum sir fllllug one with dream of summer, though the many blue hue voile oully here boughn yet nnd snow- drope ere' etll to hefound in the wood. But the robin. slug. the thrulhel hop nhout the furrows, the {.0113 lamhe bleet in the pee- turee, the nir :- olent with opening buds. of freehly turned mould. of moan end the spun; ggeen tutel- o! _the lgrcheeâ€"indeed I go about my hm u usualâ€"yet not quite :- maul either, for wmgthing In the pygot lying sir_|_oeml to $1310 with. an- pond it would; nnd‘I un glad of it, uinco he nuke: Gny tore his hud- gist when going bukwudn nnyd torwnrdn to ndon when- ever he finds it nooegurv. poulbilitlel in Sway which in to me u "71:“ u, if not Iwegtat thnn. manner it- u . tiring vi 11‘} end buoyonoy. with e glutinous enuh a? do not remember to hove felt einoe Lourie end I need to room the me» down end elimb the Mlle together. I on up And one of doore et nix o'clock in the mornin , going shoot with old Mich-e1 Footet e euwud, or overlooking the oom- eowiog, or the work in the getden. Some- timee titer bmkleet I welt u fu- u 15nd 519(an him logger dug I30 Rut gnp‘ you green mul- at tho kronaâ€"Indeed th I 013 utpolphm 1)quth of summer the moor or the Oak Spinney with Huah when he is bound on some nhooting “podi- tion, or ride with him to the villsgo or the Kyoto”, or gvgn firth?! yield: 133% met: in the "all; together: end h degree- wgheve both 8leer-ed to look {gr-word to the evening- Io spent on the pleeunteet hem of the twenty-four. Not that Hugh and I ever dreem of oerlng more for each other than brother and ulster, or, porhepo I ehould eey eon-inn who like each other frank- I end honeetly with e calm Pletonie efl'oo- on, which though it fllln In with no in- toxicating delight, yet edd- mnterielly to our enjoy-men! 0! life end of the sweet spring weether. Al for falling in love with each other, Hugh known thnt my host is buried in his brother’s grove, end I know thet he heeru from his cousin Leslie by every mull. What aunt Willa known or thinke I oennot tell. She sits in her own room very much, with one of the younger meide weiting upon her. Hugh seems no devoted to her l3 ever. He!" el_we_ye loud and proud of his mother. ully I; Spend tho dny lndo ndantl 61 each gum) mootigg ogly I} hawk-[uni _Ipend- We meet in the hollow, where the psth winds smon the flags and rushes, not very fu- from w are the river steels across the grey moor. “ Punctusl for once, Mistress Jam." he smiles under his dsrk moushohe. " I did not hops to meet you negro:- thm the fir _..-A ’ Dash is carrying a rabbit ; I stoop to pat W93"! Peed- " I l‘id I would come a in u the moor field." No thede of sentiment flickers shout the path that my cousin and I tread together. nor Am I conscious of my of that intensity in the atmosphere which in supposed to eur- round a men and women when they begin to care for each other. Still I am ghd when I see the brown ii to comin to meet me, far down in the ojlow, wit 7 Rover end Duh at his heels. I shall feel lonely when he goes book to Cumin; I shell mine the companionship which he: made the winter seem so short and put new gledneu into the spring. “ Doctor Neabitt came with me. He left mo to walk across the fielda to Cecil.” “ How does he mango to hue so much time to walk about will: you ?" “ Be very leldom welke with me.” “ Seldom !" my cousin repeats, with a savage little fluh. “ I :lon’t know wh st you call ‘eoldom.’ It seems to me that he Wk.- With 199 9'er 6» 1” The windows at Grayacre stand wide open all day long. In the flower~borders the croousee are up, purple and white and yellow; there are narcissuses down by the pond, the hed e at the end of the garden is white with backthorn~blossoms, the long fields gi'ow greener every day, the sweet~ briar is in full leaf. I find primroses on the sunny side of the hedgerows and all along the lane. But just now my work takes me tothe village princi ly, or rather to the new cottage hoepita at the farther end of the villageâ€"the retty red-biick building which I have bui t and endowed with my r mother’s money, as she always wished should. It is finished and furnished, and most of the beds are full, for there has been a good deal of sickness in the ueighborhmd latelyâ€"not sickness of any infections kind, buta sort of low fever for which Doctor Murray blames the low~lying marches down by the river and the reedy swamps and "inches.” One day near the end of February I leave the hospital earlier than usual, having pro- mised to meet Hugh at our old trysning place at the foot of the moor fields. Itis a summer-like afternoon, with a soft gray mist lying low on the meadows and veiling the further woodland, while a glory of sum shine falls on the nearer slopes and thnws my shadow fer across the mossy turf, as I strglll deliberately in the direction of the fir wo . " Somebody came with you n fu- u the rise 2" “ Do you think it Inch' an extmrdinnri thing thnt a young mun should care to ms] with me." " On the contra . I should think it an extrnfirdinary thing I he dig! not.” " Then why douyou nuke row shout it I” "I um not mixing 5 row uboutit. I gon't like Nubitt. He in . puppy 3nd : irt." “ Ho know: better thm to flirt with me!" â€"throwing up my head. “ If I thouoht he did notâ€"â€"â€"" " l’ny do not trouble to take up in end- gols, Mr. Truman. I am quite we I nble to “he cgrepi myoelf." There in low fl): glow on our face. as we “and opp-I to to each other in the middle of thy lush grog: field. “ \V’ould you mun-cl with me becuuao I allowed him co walk with me for n quum of u mllo Y" * ‘ “ Nothing Would nuke mo qnmel with “ Joan, v‘v'ould you 111ml with me for the uke of_ thut youngoo 00!. 9" “ Not an with you.” “ Do they 2" “ I think no. Nobody be: 15 right to uk â€"nt lent only one person bu e right to eel: Incl: e queetion.” “ You lave e right to uk me any queetlon you plane, J onn." “ Oh, n oouein'e ri he I" “ I em ing on so you 3 question now," he aye de lberetel , u we eroee the the and walk Ilowly into t. e solemn depth of the woodâ€"“ not on the etrength of my cousin’- tight. but u n lover. Joan. will you marry At first I think he in only ape-king in jest. He knows I- will never mrry him or n other mm. and I believe him to be on“ to Leslie Creed. » “ I would not jeet on Inch 3 action mt- m.‘ Hugh.” “ Nor would I, Joan." ‘ " You no juting now." “ I never was more in cement." “ Why." 1 any, not yet comprehending the situation. " you know I do not one for you. condo." “ I think you do corn for me. Jenn.” " I one for you no I cousin.“ "No more then that 2” “ Geminly, no more thnn thet.” “ Will you merry me, Jon? ' Hie per-lemme in the joke mg- no. “ If you soy thnt ngein, I ah quarrel with you." We hold out our 11de Ilmultnnoonlly. For n momant we stand thou. land olupod in hnnd. ho looklng down, I looklng up, the d Ming nt nu curiously, ut nlou to com 8 end the citation: “ I have been thinking of you .11 day, mxoguln In”. his new we relnxing. p ,_- -_Lnn Inn n-mn nvnr ll â€"“ I tnou ht of you when we cums over the them uw you plodding through the "vamp.” 1A,: denied it since 1" “ I denied that l cued for Leslie Creed'” 3' And I did not believe you. People :1 weyg‘deey may eon of thing." .‘:â€"\{'u that the first time you thought of me since you wiehed me good-bye in the porch this morning 1" “ It could not have been eiuoe I came here to meet you !” "I believe you hove thought of me a hundred time. elnoo I" “ Well, end if I did I I do not one for “ I shall eey it till you answer me, ‘ Yee’ or ‘No. You ahnll nob play with me any longer, Joan Ludlow." " I nlnv with vou I" I echo. the smile on any one élu." “ But we I“ " I am not in love," “ And I am." ' “ 1 know it," I laugh, looking ut him. “You said to n ChrbtmflJthough you hue '?I play with on I" I echo, the smile on my face gradual y darkening into a lrown. " What do you mean, Ha h Tresailian 2” " I mean that if you 0 not care for me you have been playing foe: and loose with me all the» months.” “ I am at a lose to understand you.” “ You are at no loss to understand me. You know I love you.” “ I do not believe it." “ You do believe it. You know I have loved you since the first day I saw your “ Then why, in heaven‘s name,” be ex claims, in a sudden fury of indi atioh, “ did you lead me to think you wo a!” “ Iy never led you to think it. You miq ht have heard me ysay a thousand times that such _u thing could never be." v.‘ I do not answer him, {or the good reason that I do not know what to sa . His ve- hemence frightens moâ€"tho ideat at he loves me is so novel that it takes away my breath. It makes me happy, in a tumultuous kind of way, to think that this brave, broad» shouldered cousin loves me so much; but it is a happiness that has a good deal of pain in it. a good deal of vague regret. It is so uselessâ€"so Worse than useless unlessâ€"- But my thoughts will go no further than that “unless." “Iwill make you love me, Joan, if you will only giye me_ the chanoez” A. , ,A ,,I.L “ And yet you let me be with youâ€"you looked at moâ€"you smiled 1 Joan Ludlow, did you think that I was made of stone, and not warm flesh and blood I Did you think that a man could live under the same roof with you, see you every do no I have seen you. without tolling madly love with you 1 For, if you did, you made the great- est_ uiiatnko you evor made in}. your life I" "It Ee‘i'nr'li'kgih; anlwor to my thought. Could I love him? Fool that I an to uk mygglf such a quqe‘tigq !‘ , I,,__.___j __-. ._.'â€"--_ -w-.. ‘V_, " I am sorry1 I" this has happened, cou- sin Hugh ; for, though I om fond of you u n cousin, 1 could never love you well enough to mgrry you." “ Then you refuse '3” Something in his look or tone, I know not whet, or whether he intends it, brings. sudden thought into my mind. , . Looking of. him, into the passionate eyes, my been beats fast. “ Hugh Treasilian, how dare you speak those words to me 2" “ Because they are true.” “ They are not true. You love Leslie Creed." “ I have never loved any women but you, mad never shall, as long an I draw the breath of life." " I wish you had kept it to yourself, or gone swny l" I exclaim petuiahly, turning away my face. He he: spoilt all our friend- ly relations towards each other by these few fooligh paeaionabe wogdn. I! I,,4‘l ,,, In this the and of all our friendly inher- conrse, of the pleasant Platonlo affection on the calm tenor of which I was priding my- self 3_ litglg ago I . -- .-.. up “ Hugh”? exclnlm pmlonotoly, all the blood in my body rushing book to my heart â€"“ Hugh Treaillinn. do you know whnt you have done!" " I have uked you to marry me." “ But only in jutâ€"soy it was only in jest l" I cry seizing hlm lfiv the om. “ Soy you were not in earnest. ugh, for Haven I akaâ€"soy you never moons me to take it seriously. nnd Iahnll pray for you nll the 1-..- A! .u. "h I" “ I could not keep in to myself ; but I can go away ifâ€"if you send me away, Joan." “ You have left me no alternative.” " Except to marry me.” “ I shall never marry yonâ€"yon know days of VII-1y life I" _‘_‘ I gneant it. q mite Ierionsly," he reitentes Inllonly. “ And do you know.” I my, dropping his arm and standing before himâ€"" do you know the consequence! to me 2” “ I know who: on mean." “ And yet you «libel-Mel] pro-inc in put- ting tint qua-don to me 1" " I do t In it." “You vs robbod mo! (in ml”l It}. in n lam: can, mm M In tho ,I’ Thlrty you-- In the livery business glm n ma n vuled oxporlenee mu! 3 knowledge 0! men a well a home. "1'31.”in in the doc: of my am. one 3!an junun thy 0}“! of 91:, ojvi! wur, when A medium-dud, huuch~beched mm walked I: And inquired if he could be eccommodu with I. tint-clue for u few duye. laying thut he whhod to vetti- getn on exteudve tmbo! miuenl loud in that and the udjeuiug oouu in the inter- act of u [use eyudioete in out. I ex- ercised the tune! precuutiou of asking hie name, where he we: from. and if he could give me references. He reedfly answered my two first quetiee, but fluted that he wen u stranger in the piece, but had letters, and produced 3 he]! dozen lntrcducfnry epiefilee dun green light e.’ the pine wood. “You hove uked me to merry you, knowing thee lloee Guinea if I refuu l" " You eve nee relueed me yet.” “ It in not I you went, but. Greyncre! You never loved me you never wanted to merry me -you eehed me beoeuee you knew I lhould eey ‘ No ' " “ You wrong me. Joen Ludlow.” “ You ere e linr end A robber I” 101- , beeide myself with pension. " You in d your lune deliberately to deprive me of my in eriieneeâ€"you told me you would never do it. but. you hnve done is l" “ I told you I would never do it, because I would never heve asked you unless I thou ht you cared for me." “ fdo not care for youâ€"I hete on! You come here and out no my heart, and Me of my bread. and now you turn round end rob me ' Who: do you oell yourself, 11th True lien l” “ I no not went Greyecreâ€"onree it 1 I em only tool enough and mod enough to want you I" " It in a lie 1” “ If it in, I on not worthy of you," he says more quietly. “ II it ie not. Jenn Lud- low, you ere_not worehy of me." ddng. was in this particular very much deformed, while this one was straight of build and dif- ferently dressed. This similarity was 0:21 accounted for. The man who h' my horses was his twin broth- er, and an accident in childhood had occasioned the deformity and affected his mind. At times he imagined himself the possessor Iof property; and, during these riods of mental aberration would occasion s friends much trouble and anxiety. One of these spells had seized him after leaving my stable. and he concluded to drive to his home in Cincinnati. While on route to that int the horses had taken fright at a mov- 3 train and run away. The buggy was dashed to pieces. Albaugh was badly in- jured and death ensued. as the undertaker’s certificate testified. One of the horses was killed and the other so cri pled that it had to be killed. This was ltold in such an enmest, plausible manner that it carried con- viction. and when he begged to know how much money would settle the unfortunate affair, I was more than ever persuaded of the genuinenessoi the man’s story: from many gentlemen of notional reputation. One was from our congressmen, whose hand writing I knew, Ind mother was from the overnor of our stste. It struck me that is credentials were strongly worded, but my desire to please so good a customer, and one sssooistin with the elite of the land, induced my w' ing newptnnoe, and I order- ed out the finest double team we bed. In fact, it was the only pair in the stable that pleased him, sud, as he seemed to have plenty of money and proposed paying an exorbitant price, I saw no reason why Mr. Albau h should not hue the pleasure of ridinggbehind my 8800 bays: A_s he tool: back. Thom who drove m teamfiawa wpiinr _tl_:is particular yogy “39° __(_lefor§n_'_, I cinlwered thit one Vtrhbhrnn'd dollars would not have tempted me to part with chem. The third day cnme, and the iourth, and still no return of m teem. Leaving my business in the cure clan employer, I start. ed in pursuit. At the railroad station I re- ceived n dispatch from in party inquiring if I had lost a pair of horses; if so to unit further particulars. I wired that 1 bed, and demanded informntion about them. The next train brought the author of the message. who we. the erect image of the man who had hired my team, excepting the hunch- beck. The mu who drove my teemfewey “ Under the circumstances," nid he, “ will you aka thnt? I am sorry for you, but could you knowwhat u life thut brother has led mo. and the money his kleptmnnh 1km com me, your heart would pity me, 1 now." And to tell the truth, I did ity him. He Ind turned from the bnrhl of is ’Mother to pny for his brothel-'3 fol] , and his cnnhcd lpiritg shoyegl tlgqnngulnfi of his feelings. the limo propan'toi'y to skirting he turned, with the air of a. man who has forgotten something3 and inquired_i_f_1 vyiahqd a fle- gait. stating tho: he might not return be- on the third day. I replied in the nega- tive, wished him I prosperous tfip and bode him good day. /' I watched them disappear with a feelifig of prideâ€"proud to be the pouesaor of an out-fit plaguing _a_ mgn of age}; fastidious teem, end roâ€"nd to know that my name weeso we! known with those occupying seats no high in public life. , 50 I took the fello;'s hund utter weaving the $1,000, und thanked him for the antle- munly msnnor in which he had t ed to right his brother's wrong. tnd we parted. A few yeare leter. Iwer ettendlng the feir at Louievlllo, end edmlrln the buuty end epeod of the fine horeoe oxh blwd on the treok, when my ettentlon woe directed to e splendid r of be e driven by e colored oom ; t ey look eo like the pelt 1 bed oet the. I took edventege of the fires op- rommlty to critloelly exemlne then. end rem oerhlo peonller metke eoon eetlefied myeelf they were the ldentloel pet! of hoteee the oily launch-beck bed three yeen before drivel fro- Iy eteklo. Fledlq eke met. I hooked of him how An Accomplished Swindler. New here wee a. dilemma. This men was eooioty'e pet and the eflienoed husband 0! e beautiful end erietoentic lady, and I e stranger. But I resolved to eat, and not e: once. Se leaving the house I eonght and obtained In interview with 3 well known. detective‘whe oerried the seal of authority. end acquainted him of the fee“. Together we returned to the house, And walked boldly to the “ eenlt'e" door. The odiou- introduced himself bmving his name. but not hie bueineeeteld 7 : A 7‘ Whn do in man, air,"uid be. "com- ing into n gentleman’s room in this rude wny? I am Count Van Far], lit; here in mics-rd!) “ Here in 3: 81d uquintnnce who dosin- n interview." '“ And here in mine," I :nawered. “ You romembor thnt tun ycu hired u an stable for a three day.’ drive. I recovered i: three £0”: “toward and now I vnnt you, Capt. oven, to tub ohuge of this mu ;” and the de_b_e_otin oboygg. - 0n: lmdluiy tuned to the daughter ad aid : “ Miss Eflio, 1 hnvo pleasing new. for yen. Count VIII En! has written, ‘ ing rooms, uying we my expect him a day or two." At this annulus-ant the count beam. the topic 9! oonyeg‘sajion, and I aw in th. “How do you do, Mr. Alb-ugh," “id be “ 8E.“ £90 "E” u A humowflnduchbomdldmfl so like u hall“: 94: (in: I once ownod. Ill L~_~LA -l " 1mm ll) Im nor 0! " was t pickesopuh “1:01? which he Ind resume to. u. but urgent budneu mulling hi: tad not win to lone than in unconvinced bu telling. " Could you describe the unui from whoh you bought ‘hem I" I asked. “ You.” said he, “ the man from wliou I urohuod wu medium nixed. apparently orty years of n o, with hair quite any... promuuroly. I ould thinkâ€"and his gen". .1 uppoannoe alerted. One would not but “ken him for 3 «001mm. He was well la. fumed And on of the moat Igmble com vomtlonuinh I ever met.” n unier eome untamed name nnd imfn-illom eg. I had nlmoet nllowed the nutter to I d. from my mind, when one winter, my heelth failing me, I headed the ndvioe of m phy. eioien nnd went to Floridn. In St. ngm. ine I took bond ntn eort of eeleot hotel. petroniud principally by northern {mum wintering there for health end pleura-e. and all of them repreeenntivee of wenhh. Among the gneete et the dinner tehle my first evening there, we: 3 young led at rnre beauty nnd engnaing manners to w m I we: introdnoed u Mine Efle McKnight, the only daughter of nwidow from w. I remember woll the morning of his uri- val. My room opened fronting the he'd, and co ho ascended tho broad stairway in company with his valet, 2!)th a {Air View of his face. It won the foco of my notation: ewindler and thief; a hoe that once Icon could hardly be forgotten, upecinlly when the force of circumcision hnd photographed it on the memory, 91in my cu_g._ The rogue fiilted 3t once mdlbeg ed to be Ihielded from expmre. The a air hed been IO quietly worked that when I went down end uked thnt dinner be neat to the count'e room and explsined the reach. it fell like u bomb. but urgent buuneu mulling hi ’to E6169; tad not win to lone than i '1: ' unconfined 1181. telling. u had Md. “I bought the pair {or 82,000, “a 1,“. my time. been ofi'vred mom chm (loam. um money. bu: 85,000 would not temp: me. They have hunt and a , sad 3:. tic-day the futon doub a team thdSh-to." hornet-and how I'loot them. Be Ignored my belief that they were the sum was. but! brough. forwud Inch overwhelming evidence in proof of my onenhip W ho ngpod. t_o_ gun-under. '1 paid him 31000, the unount which I w oeived from the rogue. feeling tint he wee gekmore injured 01th:]: two, end received 0 In teem, mutue y e in; to up.“ enotherythouuud. if none-£3, in bflnflx to justice our thief : {or we were ruled the! the humonoback, the twin brother Ind the clericellookin person were one end the some individuefi A minute description we. won to detec- tive. in the vuioue luge oi: on of our ooun~ try 3 police report- were oerelully reed, has noihing from our men could be discovered. Finelly, believing the} he had been piohnd the to io 01 oonvemiion, and 1 aw in th. smile which fitted across Minn 5810'- faoo that ‘he oonntu' coming interested hot particularly ; and in the two day: pmed. mg his arrival. I noted the anger intern-t she took in everything pgrtaiqing to him. But this aside, Count Van Earl. I learned had not only an immune fortune, but in heir pro-pectivq to an extensive lmded ea tote 'in lendend Wales. He was an Oxford gr note end had taken maxim come in Eflnbgr . Hie tnv:l;dh;d taken in eve nt 0 e compose, etelked like am about the beentiee of Siberia wild-end the splendor of Oriental ekiu 1 he hed touched the mould and must 0! ancient tomhe. end walked with the Turk emelg hi1 medenbsinvea; in fact, this titled Icion of no ' ty wee l0 promising» en ecquinition to our select circle thet it we: not surpriain to see on extra display of silver on the to lo for the gneeting of the Min Effie st first spurned the idea of his guilt; but the dstsctlvo’s shrewd questioning secured such 3 confession ss to condemnlhim even in the mind of his sflisnced, sud she ro- fused to see him satin. nome‘fihere. I have often thought that the pursuit of any coveted object up to the very eve of in; possession is the most blissful state of in. man existence ; there is nothing in the poo. sealing of that object that even approach“ the dreamy, hopeinl, happy longing for the time to come when the cherished idol of our heart- will boom to hold in contentment. count. That ni ht he 1;.» quietly removed, but while in t 0 care of: deputy officer. who was gnudino him. be manger} to p.091», "I" all Null], ”II”. llv ”I'll-5V.- W “\‘w. and I“ never 3 nmn or hard of by me. He wu,w out doubt. the mouse comp liahed woundrol on m or Ind, and.0 if llvinpg to dny in ailing under brfllisnt colon The music of the Chinese thutro n Sm Franck-co bu mule the followln impreulon on u loos] joumulbt:â€"“lm no our-on in a kettle mufwtory of our “dud lands :1! badly «mod In hammer . Sn ’ you has on “no right 1. rivet wot in all wflvity and O qum mm on tholdt. Add nix hundred drunhn men in from suwlhd 'Mmflefifl 'mment. ad “U l “aw VWHM «1 bush 61:157.. Cincinnti.” aid in. “haul in: nor 0! blooded nook 3 thin wt: :5 pick which he Ind five}; :2: $3.32: Lu. ........_L L..-:....-- u..-‘l! . 7. -â€".-, vâ€"s 51:; 791de Mirhbd a“. bi: Oh. no! You my than {on- t... Inland.- 01th. Wiuflhmmm' _ oneâ€"£509 8% vi: Faro 3.83. o» «to v!'- Ill rut-l ‘ d’l' .r’! a- nll’riv