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“ Nay, my dear," she replied. “ Consider, we are in a. country torn by civil war; we have no mesne of showing that we ere not spies. I myself may be arrested as a. fugi- tive slave; we have five hundred miles end more to go before we reach a. place where I may be tree from that danger; we have no money; we .have no friends ; what will become of you if I am carried OR to the atgte jeil?‘: ' a 91, h, _A____L“2__ L- It vine time to decide on something, be. cause figures were to be seen running back wards and forwards on the sends; a bright light shot up from the ill -fated Muyland, and boats were seen putting ofi fro_m ahere. “ If we had money," she said, “ I would travel openly by way ofColumbis. in South Carolina. to Tennessee and Kentucky. The hue and cry would mrcely reach so fur. Besides. we might disguise ourselves as boys if it were necessary. But without money what can we do butinour sue icions ? Therefore, for a second time. I wil try the Underground}: .1 ns~ ..-,,, 1.,11, wuw. “ Then. it he goes to New York,“ I paid, “ we need have no fear for gugeelvgs." _ .. __v_°‘ _ __ “ I am looking." said Olive. ” for Daddy Galoon‘s but. It. is six years and more since last I came here; but the woods were blazed. and I have followed their guidance. And I think. Avis, I think thatâ€"â€"Here it ALL THE WAY BY THE 11802303001“). “ Oh, Olive!" I cried, “ what shall we do now 7" “ I know the country," she replied; “ thet is a greet thing to begin with. They were trying to run the blockade from Long Bey to Smith's Island; we ue.therelore, I sup- pose, not In trom the mouth of Cape Fest River. Wilmington is twenty miles to the north. sud more. He must go to Wilming- ton first. What will he do sfterwuds? No one saw us landed," she said, after oonsiderstion; " he will think we we taken tisoners by the Federals. He will mske or New York in hopes of finding you " Thaiâ€"$3815.16 ha.v.e set fire to the ship,“ said Olive; “ those boats are put on by the qegroea. quigl‘s to. ‘secure something from A ,3 AL, 12-- __:II L- Luau. It was still dark night. The flames of the burning ship mounted high sud shei a. lun’d light. which was of some use to us, if not much. Olive led the way. which was over nd-hills and across sandy ground. fatig g to wslk over. After half an hour's walking we came to ground which was wet animal-shy.» _ __ _ _ __ Within a little clump of pines standing on a knoll. was a hut. at the door of which sat an old negro. He was dressed in noth. ing. apparently. but a pair of cotton trousers and a cotton shirt. He was old and bowed. yet his eye was bright and keen. He rose slowly. as Olive pushed her way between the trunks. and stared at her curiously, but not as if he were irightened. “ Don‘t you remember me. Daddy ‘2” she asked. " I guess." he replied, “ I tink for suah, you‘m Missy Olive. from Squire Cusily’s over dah way yander. What you'm dom' back again ? Wan't snuder journey by dst Undergroun‘ ? _ Ho !': no. u c _v -_‘,- ..__- __h m; wreck. The'lightot the fire vein be usefultoue." She hesitsted a. little. “Close by," she said. “but whether to the right or to the left, is a. little village called Smithville; five or six miles wast of Smithville is the village of Shallotte; due north of us lies the Great Green Swamp. There I am sure to find a place where no one will look for us. and where We can rest, though the aeoommodation will be rather rough for you. fire you tired ‘11" :3 “a. ‘- 7' NdDaddy; she in from Enghnd. She has enemies. md she hue no money; she will travel with me." n -v- '-_- '5? must be ui-ed indeed," I said, .. it 1 could not find strength to escape from that He gave me some simple foodâ€"cold boiled pork. with meal sud honeyâ€"which I devoured steadily; and than. overcome with htigue. I lay down in a corner, the old man covering me with a. blsnkot, and fel_l fast asleep._ - . A.- It wee evening when I awoke. Olive was sitting beside me. etient. wetching, just as she had set beei e me on board the Marylend. Nothi chmged her (we. It was elweyn sad: ways the hoe 0! one who has eufiered; niweye the bee of one who expect: more suffering; ulwa 5 patient. We made out on per a web mede our breakfun off pOI' end meal and honey. Then Olive toy} me epinefihing of he: pleas. She then told me thnt Buddy Ind gone to Wilmtngtcn to ascertain if anything Ind been done. He cnmo hock next dny with news which mnde m blood boil. Ca 11 Bunny bod learned thnt we bud n put uhore; some " bench com- hera.“ some of the men who prowled about to pick 11 what they could from the wreck of a bloc ode-runner. had seen us leaded by the Federal boat. His first .idon wu to n _l .__ L“; L- _-- .“-_._A -l flu cuflod. through 1011 years. I Because one am. to outw view. “Iguana, as was t_ho 091-5101 Cum. . 7L; How many I noble soul, and true. Has carriedhthgough‘ long yann. 5 skin ; \V‘l‘al’l'o'u‘u'pa‘u'ao'fiuhhm't brow Behold complete u an!“ n a. dooolvo the t. A panned “Pu do not alway- Judgo night. that thou not mu 3 humn 1m All pulld mrouah suspended bmth 1’ Ph nickn- oyo .louo could true he clans of o and not 0! (lath. It! A can deceive the h «2,332; hlwsyl judge axis-uh: How mnny a. villain'a hurt bu boon Conculod. through subtle moment ? His deeper nnturo in not won. Nor he held In dllpungement. A‘Ppunnoel docolve the sight. \ e do not Always judge night. Hut thou o'er «on tho moon Mocha- [unwound upon the auto .1: 1‘ Reason, by ulonu un Would we, no‘ on. moon. but u put. A men-noo- doodn the mm. e do not shun judge cum. on but than “on tho ulnbow'ulow ,, A Mid-cm“ to It!!! we: A-l_l_ L“â€" I_e pee! hi sou-ch of us hm he was ignonnt of I! pemnoes deceive the a WP ado not nlwuys judge “1%? N0 RELATIONS ; A Story OI Tod". CHAPTER IX. dag. with Daddy as our guide, through the d untrodden forest and The8 next day’ 8 stage was the same. 0n the third dey we were to lesve the swamp and take to the roads and villages, when our danger woul_d__beg1n_ “ Ox: 1211:3005qu 33mm}, lumen-{Rm} ewe . e gir ‘ve. t e proper o quyre Csssily. Cumberland oountv. {lul- etw. Will pens for white. Blsok heir. hlselr eyes. twenty-five yesrs of ego. Also the girl Avis, eighteen yesrs of use. mnletto. brown heir. and blue eyes. Tries to gun for on Englishwomen. Property 0! Je er~ son Romney, master msriner. Were last seen other on the shore nesr Smithville. Wi [endeavor to eses to the North. The shove reward will given to any who bring these girls together myths edvertiser. Captain Ramsey store- mfiould any one believe thus 5 mm could be so villuinous? One of these women. his wif_e. ‘put “guy by 3011.19 _idle‘torm 9t 13!. _- _"_-‘ - After {hi-ea weary days in the hut, it was determined that we should make, a _ stag-t. I was rested and felt strong again in the bracing sharp air of this strange new coun- try. We had twelve miles to lpske that __ ICEâ€"VB? 7 I said. “ if they take us pris~ onerg, what wil} ghay gig 1103“!" 7 “They would be'obliged. I suppose, to take us to Wilmington in order to get the Ithe country ; he next pro to orgeniu e hunting y in the we eat leehionmith hounds; ie lell through heeeuee he oould get no one to join him ; the old putlme oi the negro eheee wee (ox-gotten in thoee deye of fierce: excitement; heeidee. there were too meny English end othere in Wil~ mington juet then. [or it wee 0. time when ell in the South were enxioue to eten well with Englend. end not get bed reporte epreed ebout the cruelty of the institution. Finelly. he edvertieed us. And the old men brought no e oOpy of his nfemous pleeerd : k _ and the other the girl towhom he had ofiered love. end the protection 0! e. hue‘ band. He would hunt down both by eleve- deelere; he would head over one to the tender mercies of her former mentor, and the otherâ€"what would he do with the other. “ We need not ask that question. Avie," Mid Olive. “ because you shall not (All into his hands." “‘Whet shall we do. Daddy ? ' she asked the negro. A “Missy bes' stay here aday or two. Nobody gwine come here. Dey won‘ hunt in do swunp. By‘m-by. forget about it; degjpiaay stagt right gvyay." - “ Would they â€"would they be aruel?" “ Well my ydear." she yreplied onmly. “slave catchers are not the most kindly of men. ButIdoubt their daring to inflict anleruelty apex; _us.” The house which was to receive us on the third day was on the confines of a little town. It belonged to a Baptist minister, who, a Northerner by birth, had long since journeyed South with the sole object of helping runaways to escape. It was cour- ageous and noble of him ; how he reconciled it with his conscience as a Christian to carry on the deception of being a violent partisan of the South and admirer of the Institution, I do not know. Daddy Galoon timed the march this day so as to bring us to the house after dark. It was a. wooden house, like all the rest, standing within a small fence. The old man removed a bar, and we stepped over. He led the way to a back door. at which he gave four knocks, which evidently belonged to the secrets of his trade. The door was instantly opened, and} lady invited us to step in. This soemod good advice, and we resolved to floptjt. - a .1 I,,A 9L,__, Daddy stood in the door-way. He came no farther with his ilgrims. Here he took of! his list. and sex solemnly, “ De Lord bless do runaways!" Then he shut the door and disappeared, to return to his solitary hut in the Green Swamp and wait for more. I now became aware, 11:01:31; horribly tired and oppressed with e. dre ul anxiety About my boots. the soles of which were droppin off, that we were addressed by a most do ightful old lady. comely, motherly, and kind. To be sure, it was uncommon in her experience to be asked shelter by two white girls. the elder of whom was only five~nnd-twenty. and the younger hand not one single feature of the ordinary mnletto appearance. Olive. a usual. told the story. She told it calmly, effectively, in a few words, end so clearly thet it carried with it the internal evidence of truth. Our protector was indig. 7 Long before she had concluded her indig- nmt invective against our persecuter I wggsound fileep._ Good Heaven. girls!” cried the lady; “ vgho are you ?" We rested here for two days, and were rovided by our kind hostessâ€"her husband Ewing gone North in charge of a runaway mulettn familyâ€"with changes of dress, of which we were greatly in want. She also gave us minute directions as to our next resting- plsoe. where we should be entertained and treated in like msnner by her friends and fellow-conspintors. WW0 fou'nd ourselves 1n .3 room which seemed to serve as kitchen and diniuj-room. flOur conductor was a nun; negro, who iqfiogmod me. tlgiplgiqg _t at I wag, jg spite of blue eyes and fair hair. one of his own peopleMnt he was really free.and hnd volun- teered this dangerous Underground Reilwey business. pretending to be the minister‘s slevwboy. nant. I do {I'zot remember the names of the phoenix? {flanged at; they all seemed to m\.- ..A-1_ __.__ _‘:L_ e me enctly ehke. The roads were dike; the country seemed the name day “to: dey. Nor do I remember how many deye we bed tnvelledâ€"bnt it could not have been many â€"â€"when we fell into our ggeqt denser}. â€"when we fell into our greet denger. It eroee from our guide loeing hi! “i on the reed. Somehow or other we too the wrong fork. end Hreeently. ineteed of erriving et one of the ttle lecee where we wereto etey. we drove etreig t into the very town we wished meet to avoid. Feyetteville. which in not only the rincipel plece in North Ceroline next to eleigh. but in eleo connected by e reilwey wiih Wilmington. It wee, indeed. e moet den eroue plece. Olive inetructed our gu do to eey that we were two lediee on our wey to Rich- mond. end thet he was our boy. We then drove to the hotel, end entered boldly. It wee then juet after dark. It wee eee to etey in our roome thet evening. en e couple of dimee induced one of the eervente to bring eome eufper to us. But the morn- ing would bring te dengere. "u..- uâ€". w_ â€"_._._ _. i" The boy wu waiting for us with the tap in which he had dnvon u- from the lat station. We brough‘ down our luggage. poid our bill. Mid were read to deport. when the mm who had om me so much “not flopped up to m9 and‘ touched me on terror Inspect 1300 me and wuonoa me on the thou! or wi his ton-finger. “Guess.” be aid roughly. “than you've got to luv a word with me before you go." " Olive 1" I oried.utohing hot by the um ; " oh! Olive!" ”7° Emilâ€"10'}; laid. “ Gentlemen. these are two runswsy ydlor gals. advertised for in the Wilmington Herald. A thousand dollars rewardfif I stood iféfxfibling. For a moment Olive lost her head. She made as it she would tea-rm my ”.151 .flY- 991V .‘°r.': m9"??? “ E! you air runaways.” said one man in the crowd; “of you air yellerâ€"â€"-" And at that fatal word all sympathies were dried up. It seemed there was no help but we must go. " Naâ€"ow," said our oaptor, “ ass you’d better go quiet. or there's hen cuffs and other things): _,A__A__S averitable StGeo e, a Perseus. though in the lank she an forbidding features of Liberty Wio , bo's’n and qwter-moater of tho Muyland. It seemed to me a. forlorn hope, but Olive cried to him by name. and he tugned, and, seeing us, burst through the crow . We nhyod in our room until-Mime. when. not bol nhlo to an my oxouo. wo (hounded owly to sh- uloon. Thou tho “blo- wou crowded with oak. who all npponrod too much oooupl in the bull- noo- ot «any: pny nny attention to us. Only one of 0 com yâ€"n allow. "il- loohlng nunâ€"noon: to me to look nt :1. more curiously tho I liked. In not. his gun boouno no «men thnt I become him with terror. nud wu 31nd indeed when we could rlu md louver thoAublo. _____ "I; hail} worst thing I could have said. He lawlessithud- .- ”a .I,,,_A,. AI,_,. “ Gentlemen." ahé niddnstnntly recover- ing herself, “bear witnesa. all of you. that I am the wife of an American oitwen. and thi_s young lady is an Englishmmnn." Ann n; _ AL‘ Illbl- vnv .. â€"- "Darn my sou pets! What's this? Beg your psrdon.l 'es,"‘ taking ofi his hat: " but what‘s this little difiiculty ?" “Bo's'n,” said Olive. quietly and with dignity. “ when I seiled with you from New York to Hevsunsh‘, four yesrs ago what was my name? Perhaps you willl tell these gentlemen.” wilt. You was Mistress Angel, the captain’s e." “ You hear. gentlemen. The captain’s wife. The wife of Ceptsiu Angel. of the ship Providence. in the Hsvsnnah trade. Is it likely that ngtain Aufiel’s wif‘e‘ should "Now: gentlemen," said Olive, " are you satisfied ? Or shall I ask my friend here to protect us against a man, probably a mean Yankee "â€"she threw infinite contempt into those wordsâ€"“ who would pretend that we are runaway slaves.” Liberty Wicks stepped to the front. and stood before us. " Ef," he said resolutely, “any man here lays hands on these two ladies. he lays hands on me." He drew a revolver from his breast. and looked round, with his fin. get on the trigger. “I allow." he said, “two minutes (or that onfort‘nste cuss to order his eoflin."r a... vau -â€"â€"4 â€"_ “â€" â€""u There was a movement among the little crowd winch gathered round us. one} mur- murs. 7 7 be a. mnkifi"? 7 flow. win you tell these gentleman. bo’s‘n. where you took on board this _ygupg lsdy ?” _ a .1 .I ,,_,L He had so resolute an air. and looked so terrible, this lanky men with the herd fes- tures and the weather-beaten cheeks, thet they all drew beck. He then called our boy. “ Where. boy. was you goin‘ totske these ladies ?" “ They was swine," ssidthe best readily. “ by the nearest way to Raleigh, on their way to Richmond. in Virginny. where they was 19 stay with their friends." “ That looks like runnin' away that does." said Liberty, lookin round with triumph. “ Goin' to Richmon . Goin' to head-quer- tern. Now. stand wide. luhbere all, and let the ladies use. By your leave, mn'em," he touched is but again, “ I will go part of the way with you. Lord love us 1 Here‘s a sweet English roaebud for you." He address- ed the crowd. but he meant me. " A sweet and pretty bluehin‘ young thing. and you play it that mean on her as to call her a. cussed yaller gell. Yahl I‘m ashamed 0’ North Cer‘line. Thut's 9. not." 7 , A The mm replied by rending the «Iver- tieemont, inting out as he read the emtnesso the description. Olive whiggered {39' ‘ Vlnv -_-_ -_- “I claim," I cued “ the protection of the British consul!" There was no British consul in the plane. ‘tle there no one here," I asked, “ who will defend two helpless women against a ":03 the port 0‘ Boscastle. on the coast of Cornwall, in England, " he replied. “Broug ht aboard. she8 was, by the captain and‘the pilot): I. Ag. We were in the earriage now. He hitched himself on to the foot-board, and we drove away as rapidly as our boy dared. the honest bo's’n hurling derision behind him in langu e which our would be oaptor no doubt un erstood. To me it was a foreign tongue. When we were outside the town, Brindgain in the “ piny woods." he changed s no. ' “ Boy." he eeid. “ steer uick out of this mod. Toke the first for ; never mind where it takes on to. I know that eleve hunting ooon. e came down here 3 pur- pue on the hunt for the reward. Them mean whites ’ud live on rewude it they could. Thought ou‘d make for the nearest town, end be en ed like as salmon in a. net. And he won’t give in 'thout Another run lor't. I see that in his eller eye. He’s gone to git e warrant. on he'll meke tracks after us as feet on he can In fut to yerth. Therefore. cross oountryie t 0 word. onleee we all go to the ma jail. where you. brother Snowbell. will tute the Confederete cot. end I shell grow let on the Confed- erate beeon." Tho boy grinned. md turned the tap off the :uin road into one of the little forest trac . 7 It ’wee rink , but we were complete] at his mercy. en besides. we remember his whispers on bond the ehip. Olive told him ell. She confused the she held been formerly 5 clove in this some state, though in oppeannoe on white so my Europun; thu she bud amped by Just thei, hgwever, 3 Insane: g] riege; an: we now ed to efloot our eeoepe hy the eune wey n which she her! before euooeeded; end thet it wen only by the accident of loeing our wey that we found oumlvee et Feyetteville e} ell._ _ Ho opprovod out Hui , und told no. which was 3 grout. oom art (or us. tint Tonnemo wu most likely. 3 this time. in the bonds 0! the North. so 31'. once over the Alleghmy Mountains we were safe. He then went on to spook of the captain. in" Aht flag." Ingrid. “ he was 11:11“ at 103. u lp, ougo. an â€"â€" 0 young logy." Then he ed Olive'u pardon. ~“ You need not," 0 said. “ I know my hugband gs woll_u§ you."‘ nu. \,‘L,,_ 80 we changed the route which had been leid down for us by our kind friends of that secret institution which bed behiended so many poor creeturee. end drove across the strange forest covered country by the cross tucks which we chose by compass. not knowing whither they would lead us, eo only thet we should not come upon any town. Towns. indeed. in North Carolina WON coerce. At lust we come to the Allegheny Moun- tains. It I had not seen those hills, I should have thought the whole of Amerioe wu one vast plnin covered with pine forests; heving seen them. when I think of places bountiful, my thoughts go back to the Allegheny Mountains. _ â€""u""â€"J __- â€" -we-.. V Once on the other side we were soon in Tennessee. wblive burst into crying and sobbing. It was the beginning of the end. Slavery was doomed. The man was Andrew Johnson. Two years later when the murder of Abraham Lincoln put him in the president's place, and fiapers decided the self made man, I thong t of the great deed he had done in Tennessee, and how he had, on his own responsibility. given liberty to the thousands who, before his not, were like the cattle of thefield. to _be bought and sold. I.- When. at last. we crossed the bridge at Niagara, we had been six weeks upon our journey from the momeno when we started from the flat and sandy shore to plunge into the depths of the Great Green Swamp. tho Underground nilvny; tint she had told Cabin Joflouon Runny. din Vdon- tin. Any]. ovorythlgg .bolo‘ro‘ thgir .mu. To oiu' great joy. the Federals held Huh- ville; and here. the very day we got there, We saw a great and splendid. thing. It was m the evemng; a. mighty crowd, almost entirely composed of negroes and colored people. were gathered to other in e gqued before _a great Quil‘ding, w lab was. “ In the name of this great Republic," he said in a solemn voice, “ I proclaim you. I suppose, the town-hell or government house. Presently there come forth to them a. man of insignificant presence, like, Paul, and, like him. the bearer of good THE WHIRLPOOL 0F NIAGARA. At last we were on British soil. Truly there had been no danger to us since Andrew Johnson’s proclamation at Nash- ville; but. as I have said, the country was wild with war excitement. and one longed to be away from the dreadful anxieties deflated on every face. pale and anxious; she had lost hope; she elt, she said. the approach of some fresh oalemity; she knew that her husband, wherever he was. would bring her new sorrow and himself new disgrace. That dreadful punishment in which the dead were tied to the living was here: for she wee joined with a. men deed go all goodnese. ‘ The train landed us at last on the Ameri- can side of the Fells; we crossed over and found on the English eide a. small hotel. where we thought of resting for a. few days before we begun to consider our plans. Ollve, especially. wanted _ rent ;_ ehe Wee Here our Eroteotor left us, with thanks which were eertfelt. if any ever were. In addition. rude and rough sailor as he was, he bed never intruded himself upon us. maintaineq the ghost perfect reepegt to- words us; had pfid all our expense}; for us; nnd now, with a courtesy and consideration beyond all praise. be advanced us a sum of gnoney to provide for our passage to Eng-’ I have repaid that money long ago; but the faithful, loyal service Ioan never repay. And though Iknow not where my protector may be I‘ pray for him daily_. He left u, then, to make his way to Liverpool first.end, if that failed.toNeeeeu. in order to find another berth in 8. blockade- runner. nothing daunted by the iiiâ€"enemas of the last. He attributed the disaster indeed. just as poor old Stephen did. to the prgeencepi women 0.330313} _the_ehip. Tg: place. on the English side. was full of uthern ladies; they did not come to gaze upon the Falls. but to watch and wait. Alas (or them! Their words were full of beast and promise; but the color was fading from their cheeks and the light from their eyes in the days when day after day paessed and the armies of the South made no headway. Their brothers were with those armies; their sisters were starving; their slaves were scatter- ed. their fields untilled; and they be- lievedâ€"oh! how these or creatures believed iâ€"in the nation 0 a cause most unjust. and pray -as only believers and iaithiul women can prayâ€"for the success of arms which should never have been taken up. I had written every day since we left Nashville letters to my dear Jack. telling him what we were doin .and how We fared. These letters I sent to ndon. but he did not get them till long afterwards. for a very ood reason. as you shall hear. For. when t is Poet toldhim what had happened. Jack. with no more dela than was neces. sary to turn everything he possessed into moneyâ€"took train ior Liverpool. He would cross over to America and search the States through till he found me. With him came his friend. the Poet. They landed at New York; here the heard oi the wreck and burning oi the arylsnd of! Ca Fear, the news of which was received wit: great joy, because her captain's name was well know as that of a most suwessiul runner. and this was a new and very fast steamer. They read in the papers, further. how two ladies had been taken prisoners. but set ashore. because it was no use carry- ing Southern wome‘n tea Northern a l. Presently they heard. havingby this I. me discovered where to learn news from the Southâ€"and. indeed, partly [mm the news- papers, partly from private letters. and partly from the information of spies. noth- ing was done in North Carolina. Virginia. land. CHAPTER X. or my other Coniederete Steteo. thet we. not immedietely know in New Yorkâ€"the horrible newe thet the villein Romney hed token udventege of the Southern prejudioee in the mutter 0! color to get e hue endo o3; eent through the country 8utter no.1! went wellug we might be expected In New York or Philadelp inin ntortnight or three weehe et lute-t. A _ ' As you knawmur mute wn ohm ed, md we came on with the help 0! no or pm_t.gotor. -.c . u ‘I When we did not eppear, end they leuned am we had been wried ewey after the danger st Feyotteville by a sailor, their anxiety was very greet. Then. because news of us. not being 01 interest. came slowly. the went north to Toronto. on the olnnoe 0 hearing more about us there [tom the people interested in runaways. But no one there had heard nuy_thing_ of gun awry1 Then they “vent nnything 0! our star . Then they went back to New York, an from tigerqto Phil;- delphie. where they learned the latest news from Wilmington. Then, because publicity would now be a great thing for us, Jack wrote an account of the story so tar as he knew itâ€"be sure he made the most 0! Ramsa ’s marriage. and his treatment of his w' 0. though he knew nothing of the Indiana divorce-and sent it toone of the New York papers. which immediatel published it. All the other page: copi it with comments. . Ever y at Wilmington knew the truth. use you cannot silence men's mouths. and the crew talked; yet so vigor. cusly did Captain Ramsay adhere to his own statement. and so camly resolute were his announced intentions of letting day- light intc any who ventured to make asser- tions to the contrary. that public opinion only showed itself in ageneral desire to avoid his presence. This method, adopted at first by the more aceful of citizens, was gradually icllcwe by the very rowdiest among the sailors and wild creatures who haunted the Wilmington saloons. If the captain showad at a ‘bar there would be silence. presently the visitors at the bar dropped away one after another. having immediate and immtant business else- where. This wasg ' g to _C_aptain Bam- and IS nobody offered him any Eaten. therewss no shooting to done. Presently, as J sck heard, thcre were murmurs abroad, the citizens mot and talked things over, the hue and cry was torn down from the walls. and the name of lynch was freely mentioned. At this junc- ture Coptain Ramsay disgppesred. Ilaâ€"y; he could net Znootva. whole. townfnl of men for the crime of having business elsewhere when he entered _e._ saloon; “I know that he will run the inland blockade,” said Olive. talking over things at Niagara. “ He will cross the lines and make for New York. Then he will come north. I shall wait for him here." " Will you forgive him ?" I asked. “ Forgive ? Oh! my dear. it is not 3 question of forgiveness. What have I not forgiven? What have I not endured? I must be with him to save him from worse things if _I may. An_dâ€"â€"_Wh_at is iEchild ?' , AL_ For below us, walking in the road. on the shady aide, were no other than Jack and the Poet, and I was running and crying to fly into the arms of my lover. How he greeted naeâ€"with whet wordg of mflion Va-.. â€" _. “ You hEéé' eiu'fl'ered much. Avie. My poor girl; I would I could hue suffered for you." "I thinkyou have suffered for me too. J oak." And then I told him of Olive. who hed left us together. and of what she had done. end of Liberty Wicks the quarter-muster. Nothing would do now for J wk but we must be mmied at once. to prevent sny further chmoe. he said. of the men Ramsey. or Angel. or whatever he culled himselt. running away with me. Could ‘I refuse my boy what he no erdently desiredâ€"the right to cull me his own ? We went. therefore. two days niterwnrda to the little Episcopal Chapel of Cliftonville. where we were mu- ried. the foot giging me ewey. ‘He gen , ,,.sl_nl and rejoicingâ€"I cannot set down. When he let me go for a: moment, I shook hands with the Poet. who hung his head guiltily. “ It was all my fault. Miss Avis.” he said; " I ought to hove followed you dny and night. I knew he wss s mnmeater. I saw that from the very beginning." “ He would come with me. Avis." add Jack. “ He has never leftme dsy or night. See what it is to hove s. {sithfnl Poet :"_ ‘ in; spam. in his old light. my my. but his voice shook. sud the tests stood m his eyes_ss 119 held ml 118qu $313“ . ._.2 A "â€" me also. I remember. the most bountiful bracelet. to be got a: Niagaraâ€"it had been the property of a r Southern luly. who sold it. to pay her otel billâ€"and a collee- tion of feather fans bought at the little shops beside the falls. Qud‘wheu ye came to England. he gave me his book of poetry. which I shall always read with pleasure. though I prefer Tennyson and Longfellow. out of gratitude to my J Stok's beet friend. vuv v. u..-v--â€"â€"- .. One mornin . a week after our merriuge. Olive came an told me. with tears.how she had just heard (rem some quarter whence she got secret information‘ that a warrant had been issued against Valentine Angel, alias Jefferson Ramsay. alias a great msny other names. including his first. Peregrine Pickle. {or piracy on the high seas. It was one of those great snd gallant deeds remem- bered and lauded by Ste hen Cobbledick. committed some yearshe ore. They had other charges against him. but this would be taken first. The little matter of kid- napping a whole crew of free blocks at Boston. and selling them at New Orleans, would also be brought up sin. Mean- while, there was reason to be ieve that he was making (or British territory; that he would cross the frontier at Niagsra; and. unless he were captured before. would be taken on the bridge. avv nu. a.‘ uvâ€"â€"â€" . The neat da saith; next ehe eat or walked. All nig it. too. she had no aleep; ehe never left her watch; he might come at mg moment. n the fourth day he came. lie was in some kind of dieguiae.hut she knew him. It was already growing dark; he walked in the shadows of the greet lun'e howls. away from the lights in the ahop windows. She touched his am. He turned. and recognised he: withan oath. W" Dov not orouvtho bridge to-nlghfr." said. "They are on the much for everywhere; lie in hiding; you wil arrested.“ _ _ _ _ un- www- He pushed her ":3ny from him wflh another ouch, wink quickly to the toll Olivo bpent mic thy on the other side. wMAshimil and wuiting. it haply she might ghghor ugbayd warning. U, ,1 AL- ....A -L‘ --s A-