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When Bull. diodâ€" Wo want! the brown hair. 3nd and jun .- hat on: Halo hands mound book we silken “and: than“ nun. - the crimson bit ! ribbon vovon Into u n she had worn with childish prit oothod dawn “to dumty how}: 33‘ ...L, 1.44. A. fit“ like . primrose into bloom. For pet unnry's «as we hung Whom the might but him when he Innsâ€" And 1» not any now he tried. Enough the lay listening (aided and! Whoa Rania die 1â€" Wo wrllhod In pnyor unsatisfied! We boggod of God. and He did smile In chance on us .11 the while; And we did no Him "mm I: out an; !_n!9ldlqa_thu_t It}: arm n hon. , A,..A_- n). I--- gfiilfiififi‘m' irvefidist iii- love he line. we had nothing 0!. And deem to us Be still deniedâ€" When Bessie diedâ€" When Beale died! Chould be mlegnphed or writmu to: but, In I was bound any wuy to go to thnt town. It would be just a well if I made my Inquiries in person. To this I quiu agreed. Iinttumiug the speed of me Russian pest I file newly-opened telegraph. I was ugly t9 sum to-morrow. .- .. n . . ,,,x 3AAAn_ Aid-iii When Bessie died- We mow the nursery blind. aside. And. on _lhe moguing in the room 80. after getting all the hints and inter nation I could, I shanked the chief for his oodneey. wd with my precious papers in my pocket, went w oomplme my prepare- fione (or my journey ; a journey which plight be a §honennd or $039 thonsanld 1111188 17:523in shorter, according to where it Ind pleased the Governor of Tobolek to bestow the wretelgeg Ceneri. Before I storied I received s letter from Priscilla â€"one of those labored and rather misty epiatlss usually written by people of her emotion in life. It‘ told me that Pauline was well; that she was willing to be guided ly Piisoills‘s advice. and to lemuin with her until the return of her unknown [Olalien or friend. “ But, Muster Gilbert." the letter went on, “ I am sorry to say I beiieve she is not quite right at times. Tue 9 or )oing lady talks wildly about an awful crime; but she says she in con-en. to wait for justios to be done, us s ma one rho has seen in her dreams duxing her illLOSz-l is working for her. She doesn'a know wh) it is. but it is some one win: knows storythingo" _ This intellige'uoe made me feel easier. Not only did it. rhow me that Pauline would waib quietly until my return, bun also that. some glimmering of the imme diate pum- migln be dswmug upon her. The clubiug lines at Princilla's letter made my heart beat with hope. nu. " This siterno-m. Muster Gilbert. she seemed to discover for the limb time that she had a wedding ring on her fiuger‘ She asked me now in same there. I told her I could no: soy. Then she eat for hours and hours mining is round and round. think- ing and thinking. I asked her. at last. wuss she was thinking of. ‘ Dreams I am flying to xemombcr,‘ said she. wish that pretty, quiet smile of hers. I was dying to tell the dear young lady that she was my own master's lswlul wife. I was droid she would take the ring 011. but she didn’i. thank A HELL UPON EARTH. It was midsummer when I left St. Petersburg. The heat was oppressive end quite disturbed my idea. of the Rueeien cllmnte. 1 went by rail to Moscow. by the iron rod which runs straight as a line from the one large city to the other. The Czar ordered it to be ac mode. without ourvee or devietions. When the engineers asked him whet populous places they Ihould take on their way. he Imperial Majesty took a ruler and on the mep ruled o emight line lrom St. Petershurg to Moe- oow. -' Meke it so," were hie oommnude, end so it wee made. as rigid and cereleee of the convenience of other rsous es hie own deep Jtiemâ€"e railway or some four hundred miles running eimply to its desti- notion. not during. however much tempted. to swerve aside and disobey the eutocret‘e commends. Yes. thank God. ehe did not I As I read Prieoxlla'e letter I yearned to turn home- wud and fly bank to my wife. But I con- quered the inclination. although I felt more and more certain that my meeting with Generi would be a happy one for me; that I should return, and. If necessary. once more place that ring on her finger and claim her as my own. knowing that she was purer than the gold of which that Ihlning oirelet was made. At Moscow. the colossal. I lingered a couple of days. It was there I had settled toengage a guide and interpreter. As I spoke two or three languages besides my own, I was able to pick and choose. and at last selected a pleasant mannered. sharp- loohiug young fellow who averted that he knew every inch if the great poet road to the east. Then bidding farewell to the mighty Kremlin with its churches. watch towers and battlemente. I started with my new companion for Nijui Novgorod: at which place we must bid adieu to the railway. We passed the old piemreaque but deeey- Ins town of Vladimir. end she: duly edmiring its five-domed oethednl I found nothing more to dish-em my attention until we reeehed Nijni. My oompnnion won my enxione that we should linger for e (by or "to us this any. The are“ lei: won. end homered (no; it wee 3 night not to be mieeed. I had not come to Bnuiato look at fairs or festivities. so commanded him tc make inetant prepara~ done for eontinnin the Journey. We now ohae one mode of convey- anoe. Being enmmer the rivers were open and navigation practicable. We took the ateamer and went down the broad Volga till we paeeed Rum and reached the river Kama. Up thin tortnona etream we went until we landed at the large, important town of Perm. _ V Paufinel my beansful Pauline! my wife. my love. we shun be happy you The next day I stand (or Siberin. CHAPTER XI. "W3 inn five a. a on the wastâ€"I think the fin lobgut syn I ever spent The winding river. the slow-going atom". I: mulled but on. when «undo than“ “um - the 011me bit ribbon woven Into u m aha bud won: with childish pride- Ioothod down the duinty bow ; nnd cried When Beanie dud. PAULINE. wished. thy Governog _o£ fl‘obgla‘k Whe- ‘mede me long tat thelnnd eadn; there one named to be muting pmreee. The reed then wu “nigh. no. running Into e hundred bonds. We were now nearly et the end 0! Europe. A hundred unlee (nuke: end we Iulleroel the Urel Mountain. end beln Annette Bunnie. â€" _ . ,Ae_,,_ u-euâ€"w â€"~W._- At Perm we mode our duel preperetionl. From now we must depend on post horeee. lven, my guide. utter the proper mount of healing. bought e terentessâ€"nsort o! phoe- ton. The lounge was stowed into it; we tookour sous; our first relay 0! horses were engsgedâ€"three in number end her- uessed in the peeulinr Russian teshionâ€" the yemsohilr started them with the words at enoouregement end endenrment which in Russia ere supposed to he more eflion- oious then the thong. end ewey we went on our long. long drive. We crossed the Urels. which after ell are not so very high. We passed the elone Obeliek erected. Inn told me. in honor 0! e Goeseelr ehiet named Yermsk. We rend the word “ Europe" on the aide whioh first met our eyes. and turning round we sew “ Ash” wmten on the book. I spent my first night in Asia at Enterineburg; and lay swske the best put of It trying to eeleulete how many miles stretched between Peuline end myself. For days and deys have passed since I left St. Petersburg and I have travelled st all possi- ble speed; yet the journey seems scarcely begun. Indeed. I esnnot even guess at its lengthnntil I get to Tenolslx. H, :4-) “a-.. I--.“ A trifle of soume tour hundred miles from Ekumrmeburg to Tiumeu. another of two hundred from Tiumen to Toboluk. and I shall swait the pleasure of the Governm- Geueral and whu intonnnfion he may ohgoee to give me. u I , ,NA l,__.'-J The carriage and ourselves are ferried across the broad yellow Irtmshâ€"thst river. she crossing of which by a Russian ofiosr at once raises him a step in rank; for such is the inducement held one to serve in Siberia; and at the east bsnk ot the Irtnish Siberia Draper Miss: "IL, _3 -LL A. .._.. _...... Tobolsh at last! The sight of my pass. ports renders the Governor civility itself. He invited me to dine with him and. as for prudential reasons I thought it better to accept his invitation. treated me royally. Hrs register told me all I wanted to know about Censri. He had been sent to the very extreme of the Czar’s dominicns, as his was acase which called for special severity. Where he would finish his jour- ney was not settled. but that made a little difference to me. As he would travel the greater part of the way on foot,andas there was but one road. I must overtake him, although he left Tobolsk months ago. [he escort which accompanied that par- ticular gang of prisoners was under the command of Captain Varlamofl'. to whom hlfi Excellency would write a few lines which I should take With meâ€"hs would also give me a supplementary passport based by himself. . c a Is . L, F Tho VGOVel'uur made a calculation. “ Somewhere about Irkutsk," he thought. And Irkutsk two thousand miles. mom or less, from Toholakl I brine the gum“ man a grateful adieu and spurred on at such epeed than even the good-tempered Ivan began to grumble. Men. even a Russian. was bu: mornal. he and, and I could nos expect no find Arab steeds among GoVernmens poet horses which the pastmeeters were compelled to furnish as about two pence a mile a horse. I left the yemaohlk and himself no time for retreshmsnu. Their sea had not grown cool enough to swallow before I wee Insistâ€" iug on a (rash stun. And as for a proper nnihu’s reign l__ Whe’ren do you think 1 Shall overtake u ipartyj" I asked. I, ,I,L:A,, Teal Until I made that journey I never knew the amount of tea a mortal stomach could hold. One and all they drank It by the gallon. They carried it about com- preeaed into brxoke. cemented, I heard with a shudder. by sheep‘s or some other animal'e blood. They drank it morn, noon and night. Whenever there was a stop. page and balling water could be obtained buoketelul of too were made and poured down thelr throats. The Impressions I retain of that long journey are not very deep. I was not traversing the country for the sake of writâ€" ing a book 0! travels, or to observe the man- nere and customs ot the people. My great object was to overtuke Oeueri as quickly as paneeible. and my endeavors were directed to passing from one posting station to another as swiftly as I could. We sped over vuet ateppee. wild murehee. through loreete of birch. tall pines, oak. nah. cud other trees ; we were lerried over broad rivers. 0n and on we went as straight to our deetinetion as the great post road would take us. When nature forced us to test we had to put up with euch pitiful accommodation on we could get. Unless the place at which we stopped was of some importance, ions were unknown. By dint of prootice I at last ocutrlved to obtain almost enough sleep. it not to satiety me. to serve my needs. whilst jolting clung in the tarantnee. It was a monotonous journey. I turned aside to Visit no objects of interest spoken of by travellers. From morn to night and generally through the greater part of the night our wheele rolled along the road. And at every posting station I read on the wooden poet which stands in (rout of it the number of miles we were from St. Petersburg, until, as the days and weeks passed. I began to feel appalled at the distance I had come and the distance I must return. Should I ever see Pauline again 7 Who can say what may have hap- pened before I return to England? At times I grew quite gispirited. I think what made me realize the length of rho journey even more than days or measured mtlee was to see. an we went on. the cannery geople gradually changing rheir coetume en dialect. The yemechike who drove us changed in appearance and in nalionality; the very breed of rho horeee varied. BM let man or came he of whar kind may may, we were well and ehillnlly conduceed. o The weeeher wee lorioue. elmoei boo glorious. The oulllvete country We peeeed rhrongh looked thriving end productive. Siberie woe very different in eppeerenoe from when in neuelly modeled with its neme. The eir when not :00 wermwee elmpl delieloue. Never heve I breuhed I more nvigoreling end hreoing elmoephere. There were deye when ehe breeze eeemed weend new_ llf_e ghroogh fiery yeln. V The poor]. I thong!“ hm} hone“. md whonovoq found_ 3 903g of 91399110111; :13, ”pen the Word civility iii] Infidel} apron the Want Inwved. How I should but bun trawl wimom thou yoga! $953111“! 1 cannot ny. 4,,A___ -2)- :_ “Afi‘ -I‘A-n 'vvvâ€"v w-â€"_ The whole county-aide in men pleoee wee buey with the hey-heryen; e menu 02 web imporunee to we eommuuisy n large “In eonvlete ue told OH (or some six week: to min in the work of uvmg we ompa. The wild flowen. meny at them wry beenuml. grew freely; me people looked well an! unbound. Aleogether my impreuiona ot Bibexie in Immune: wen 9129-9 0119-. . L-) L-‘_ AL- 3--) -l rvwâ€"v v Yet I wished It bod been ehe deed 0! winter. Then it in tune. in epite of cold. one tnvele more pleasently. Ivan newt-ed me am when 3 good snow road in formed and o tountsee mny be exehenged to: n sledge. the omonne of ground penned over in e do, in someehing muvellone. I an ntuii from memory to as how mnny miles mey be covered in twen y-Iour home when we smooth-going runnen take me ple_e_e of gheels. ,,n_~___ __._II _-_a.l__o_ tâ€"I-w' vâ€" u â€"â€"---- We bed of course. mious smell sooidenls and delays on the reed. However strongly built 3 “rent.“ may be. u is but moral. Wheels broke. ulesreee gave we . shells snepped. mice we were overmrne . bus as no evil except deley ensued I need not relsle the hleory of these misfortune. No: need I 'enumerate the towns and villages through which we passed unless I wished to make m story as inter- esting as a scripture genealogyâ€"Tara. Kianak. Kolinvan. Tomek. Achinsk. Kras- noyarsk. Nijni Udinsk, may or may not be tamiliarto the reader. according tothe depth of his geographical studies; but most of the others. even it I knew how to spell their names. would be nothing more than vain eonnde. Perhaps, when we trace the march of the Russian army des- tined to invade our Indian empire we may become better acquainted with the Czar'e Asiatic dominione. Yet at the entrance to each ct these little towns or villages. the very names of which I have forgotten, so surely as you found the well-appointed posting station. you found also a gloomy square building. varying with the size of the place, surrounded by a tall palisade. the gates of which were barred, bolted and sentriedâ€"these buildings were thgmtrogs. or prisons. . a - 7,,,#!_LA Here it was that the wretched convicts were housed as they halted on their long march. In these places they were packed like sardines in a box. Prisons built to hold two hundred were olten called upon to accommodate at least twice that number of luckless wretchee. I was told that when ice was breaking up in the rivers; when the floods were out; when in fact the progress muet pertorce be delayed, the scenes at these prisons or depota beggared description. Men. sometimes uneexed women wnh them, huddled into rooms rocking with filth, the floors throwing out poisonous emanationsâ€"rooma built to give but scanty space to a email number. crowded to suffocation. The mortality at times was feariul. The trials of the march were as nothing when compared to the hor- rore of the Bu-Oulled rest. And it was in one of these oetroge I should find Ceneri. We paused many gauge of conwcti plod~ ding along to their fate. Ivan told me that meat of them were in chains. Tuie I ehoulu not have noticed. an the irone are only on the lege and warn under the trousers. Poor wretched beings, my heart ached for them! Felons though they were. I could never refuse the charity they invariably pray ed for. So tar as I could see they were not unhndly treated by the soldiers and oflicere. but terrible‘talee were told me about their enfieringe at the hands of inhu- man jailere and commandante‘of prieona. There. for the slightest infraction of rules, the rod. the dark cell and a variety of other punishments‘were called into play. a #L,___ L-) _____J t I alwe) a felt relieved when we had passed out o! exgut of a. gang like this. The can- treat between my own position and that of such a number of my fellowmen was too puiutul to contemplateâ€"end yet it Ceneri did not clear away every shadow of doubt itom my mind I might retrace my steps a more mieenble wretoh then either of those toot-sore oonviete. I was not at all sorry to take a couple of daye' rest alter my tetiguee. I was not sorry to indulge once more In the comforts of compuetive civilization; yet nesrly every hour I won lending down to inquire if the convicts had “rived. More udently than I had longed to reach Irkutsk, I longed to turn the horeee’ heads weetwerd and etert on the return journey. Some week or ten days after leaving Tobolsk I begun to make inquiries or every oeuog as so when Csptauu Verlemofi a gang pussed. and when I might expect to overtake it. The answers I received so the Inner question corresponded with first given me by she Governorâ€"ell agreed, at lrkurek. or just beyond. Day after day I found we were gaining rapidly upon the psrey,end when at less we rescued she large. hnndsome town of Irkutsk. I rightly reckoned chat I had reached the end or uesrly the_end.of_ my journey: “,_I__A_lr â€"-â€".-J v..- __7 0n Inquiry I found Captain Verlumofl had not ye: arrived. A‘ the place where I bed In“ inquired I had been mid he had peeeed through a day before. no n was evideur we had overlooked and outstripped rhem. The best thing to be done wane Whit in Irkurek the ernwl of rho party. I had hentd no news from home since I [sit St. Peterehurg. Indeed I could not expect c letter. as, alter my departure irom Nunl Novgorod. I hid positively outstrip- ped the post. On the rosd home I hoped to find letters wciting me. Alter I hcd kicked my heels in Irkutsk for two days I received the welcome news that Captain Verlsmofi hcd marched hie prisoners to the ostrog It 4 o'clock that afternoon. I rose from my dinner sud went with ell speed to_ the prison: _ I3A1I:,k â€".â€" _‘-~_ _- A men in plein olotheeâ€"e oivilienâ€" demending to he conducted to the preeenoe of e Rueeien eeptein who hed juet errived from e long meroh. eeemed elmoet too greet e joke for the eentriee to beer in e eoldier- like menner. Their etolid feoee broke into eoorniul emilee ee they eelied lven it “ the little tether" hed gone quite med. It required mneh llrmneee, much pereueeion end e gretulty. which to the eimple mili. tery mind represented en unlimited quen- tity oi "vodke." end eoneeciuently meny heppy drinking houte. before wee ellowed to peee through the getee o! the high pelie- ede, end. with meny miegivinge on the pert of my guide. wee conducted to the preeenee ol the oeptein. A fine. fierce-looking young eoldier, who ered et me for disturbing him ; for heviog. y edvloe. edopted the Rueeien ooetnme. which by now wee eteined end ireyed by In no. . civilian whom any soldier mtg!“ tick a bi! anon. u was <1 haul to no mo clung. the pound ol the Toboluk Governor. km: undo in the uphin’u sppetnnoo. Bo ton. and with the at: mu county oflend mo 3 char. an! aim! mo in lunch it I spoke sh“ lawman. I muted him on thst point. and finding I could diapom with Inn's service. um him which to 1n“ tor mo. tnvol. thug 1n np‘hina ‘0 .139“ big; Vulunofi would not but of commenc- ing bmlnou until wine sud madame: undo their uppouwooâ€"then ho was n my net- vioe in anything and "gaming. I told him whn I desired. “ To speak in rivuto win: one o! my convicts. 00min yâ€"thiu loner places me “your pomqmda. But whig‘h ognvipt ?" “ I know none of them by thst home. Most of the names the politics! prisoners pses under srs tslse ones. When they leave me they will become numbers. so it doesn't matter." I suggested Censri. He shook his hand sgsin. “ I know the msn I wont is with you." I ssid. “ How shall I find him?" “ Eon hnoy him by sight ?" He led the way. and soon we mood before eheevy door. At his command e jeiler, armed wiih mighty keys. appeared. The grinding looks were turned. and the door wugpgned. “ Then you Ind better come win: me and try and pick him om among my unfortu- natoa. Lighfi mother cigaretteâ€"you will way ih'f [no added wjth moaning. _ “ Follow me." aid Vnrlnmotf, with a long ullat his 013 “one. lobe yedmnd stun mg on the threshold had much do to _keep 8(you: fainting. From the etench which rushed through it. that open door might have been the entrance to some peetilentiel cavern, et the bottom of which ell the impurities of the world were rotting end putrefying. As it passed you. you telt that the thick air wee poisonous with disease end death. I recovered my self as best I could. and followed my guide into the grim interior. The door closed behind us. Hsd I the power to describe the sights I saw when my eyes grew accustomed to the gloom. I should not be believed. The prison was spacious. but. when the number of the prisoners was considered, it should have been three times the size. It was thronged with wretched beings. They were standing. sitting and lying about. Men of all ages, and, it seemed, of all nationalities. Men with features of the lowest human type. They were huddled in groupsâ€" many were quarrelling, cursing and swear- ing. Moved by curiosity they pressed around us as closely as they dared. laughing and jabberirgin their barbarous dialects. I was in hell. an obscene. unclean hell! 8. hell made by men for their lellow~meu. Filth! the place was one mess of it. Filth under footâ€"filth on the walls, the rafters and the beams-filth floating about in the hot. heavy. peetiteroua air. Each man seemed so be a moving mess of filth. Zola. would revel in a minuze description of the horrors of that place. but I mun leave them to the imagination, although I know and even trust that no one'e imagina- ion can oomeneag theAgeolfiy, The only thing I could think of was this: Why did not these men rush out, overpower the guards, and escape from this reeking den ?_ I put the question to Variampff. " They never attempt to escape Whilst on the march." he said. “ It is a point of honor among them. If one escapes those left are treated with much greater severity." " Do none ever get away ?" “Yes. many do when they are sent to the works. But it does them no good. They must pass through the towns on their flight or they would starve. Then they are always caught‘and sent hangs." I was peering into all the hose about, trying to find the one I sought. My inspee~ tion was received wuh looks sullen, suspi- cions. defiant or careless. Remake ware made in undertones. but Vulemofi’e dreeded gresenoe kept me from insult. I exemine many groups wuhont success, than I [nude 9 tour}?! the prison. _ All along the wall was a slanting plat- form upon which men lay in various atti. tudes. Being the most comfortable station every inch of it wee covered by recumbent forms. In the angle formed by the prison walls I saw a man reclining. as if utterly worn out. His head sank down upon his breast. his eyes were closed. There was something in his figure which struck me as familiar. I walked to him and laid my hand upon his shoulder. He opened his weary eyes and raised his sad face. It was Manuel Generi In CHAPTER XII. TEE ms 0? THE MAN. He looked at me with an expression in his eyes which passed at once from hope- lessness to bewilderment. He seemed to be uncertain whether it was a phantom or a man be was looking at. He rose to his feet in a dazed. etupefled way. and stood face to face with me. whilst his wretched fellow-prisoners pressed curiously around 118. " Mr. Vang hen I Here! In Siberie l" he said. as one “snag believing hie_ own eeneee. “ I hnve coma (tom Eaglnnd to see you. This is flue prisoner I 3m looking for." I said. turning 00 the oflioer who flood at my side. mi‘iguing w some extent the noxious- neaa of fine ntmoaphero by the oignreno he pnffod v_ig_oronal_y. - nus,,,nn,,,ns __ ‘ _fiVfi " I am glad you have found him." he said polieoly. 8" Now the sooner we gee outside the honor . the air here' no qohealehyu " Unhenlthyi It was fetid! I won filled with wonder. M I looked et the blend French-speaking onptun at my side. ot the state of mind to which e men must bring himeeli before he could oelmly etend in the midst of his fellow-creatures end eee enoh misery unoonoernedlyâ€"oonld even think he wee but doing his duty. Perhepe he woe. It moy be the orimee of the prima- ere iorbede oym th . But. oh! to etend there in the mi et thoee poor wretchee. turned for the time into little more then enimelel I mey hemng. but it seem- to me thet the jailer mnet hove e herder heert than theyoret 0! hi- oeptiveel ‘ " Oorkinly; no you no mthoflud to do. I um I soldier; you in this mum no my Inpoflor other." " Muy I “to him ‘0 the inn ‘2" " I win]: not. I will find you 6 room l gsve him the true name. He shook his " I on: no himâ€"talk w him alone '2" I We were now ouhidc the prince doc! end hmlhlng [teen in: once more. The «pain led me to e kind of emce. em, end furnished buely enough. but u pen.- dlee computed to the noun we had jm quieted. “ Wei: here; I will send the prisoner? you.” All he turned to leave me I thought 0! the miserable. dejected appeareuce Oeuerl Ind presented. Let. him be lhe “re-seen. ville!- In the world. I could uos keep (tom wielr ing to do some liule lhlug to Dene!“ him. “ I mey give him food and drinl?" I celled. The captain shrugged hie ehoulden end leashed good temperedly._ A7, I1, L__ "one ought not to be hungry. Ho h.- the ration which Govaumeni says no Iufioiout. But then you may behnnm and minty. It no. I do not see how I an flop you sending to: wine and (codâ€"ct 009m (qr xopmelt."_ - - -.. .~ A u u I thenked him end torthwilh disputehell my guide in queue of the best wiue end men he could get. Wine. when ordered by egenllemsu, meson in Russia but on. shinsâ€"chumpsans. As an inn of en stendmg ohsmpugus. or u least in subs - lute. wine at Ilm Don. any be procured. My messenger soon returned will) u hoe“. ol the reel beverage and a good supply 0! cold meet and whns bread. As soon as is was plsoed on the rough table 3 tall soldier led in my expected uuuul. “ I have come a long. long way tomyon. Dr. Ceneri." I begun. " It the wsy seemed long to you. win“ has u been to me ? You M least on return when you like to freedom and_h_appiqesa.'_f He had eomewhnt recovered from his etupefaouon. and on he looked at me I now an eager. wmttui expreea-ion on his (one. Drowning as he wan, no doutt he caught the straw of my unexpected eppearu§ thinking it might mint him to treedo Perhope it was to enjoy a moment or two brightened by the hinteet or wildest glean of hope. made him pause before he spoke to me. Ipleeed a chau- tur Ceneri. into which he eenk weerily. As he did so I heard the jingle of the iron on his loge Then I told my interpreter to leuve us. The eel- dier. who no doubt had received his orden. Belated me gravely and followed his exem- ple. The door bloued behind him. end Caneri and I were eloue. He spoke in the quiz-t cone of despuil‘. I had been unable to prevent my words sounding cold and my voice being utern. I! my oommg had tamed any hope in his heart, my manner now diapelled it. He knew I had now made the jauruey {or his nuke. “ Whether I can go bxok to happiness or not depenm on what you tell me. You Inky imugiue it is no light mettle: which has brought me so far to see you for a law minutes. He loosed at me curiously, but noi aun- picioualy. I could do him no hum-"for inn the outer world Was at an end. If I accused bi ‘. of fit; murders, and brought each one home to him. his hue would be no worse. He Was blmied out. erased; nothing now could maker to him, excep‘ more or less bodily diaoumforn. [uh d. dared as I realized what his aeni meant. and. in thB of in) self, a oompuâ€" bionate feeling HUI? over me. “ Thank you.” he mud, ul‘uoat. humbly. “ You would roatoely belieVe. Mr. Vaughan. that a mu may be reduced to such u sun that he ouu hardly restrain himself at we sight cruepeu} we“ uu_d drnukg’ I could believe anything alter the inte- rior ot the oezrog. I opened the wine and pinned it betel-e him. As he she and drunk. I Ind leisure ta observe him anemively. Hie sufferings had wrought a green ohmge ; in him. Every teature wee eherpenod. AVOID I‘mh nn_nnnrl ulnahtnr-hn Innknd It 7 “ I have m3o'u of importance to any. but anti“ age giver yuu Romp {vino :Ill-d 1091!.” Hie sufferings had wrought a great ohmge , in him. Every leature wee sharpened. ‘ every limb eermed ellghcerâ€"he looked ot least ten years older. He wore the Rue- { eien penunta‘ ordinary garments. and ;' theee hung in rage about him. HIE feet, ; ewethed In fragments of some woollen ‘ materiel. showed in places through his . boots. The long. weary merohee were tell- 2 lug their tale up n his lreme. He bed 5 never given me the Idea of being a rohuet ‘ men. and as I looked at him I thought thut ‘ whatever work he might be put to. it would not pay the Rnneluu Government for his sorry keep. But the probabilities were. the_y would not how to keep him long. For a while I hid not the been :0 intet‘ rnpt ehe poor wremh. When he lets me It must be to return to the: hell peopled by human beings. Bue time was slipping by. Outside the door I could hear ihe mono:- onone step of the neulry. and I did not know what peri:.d of grace the [)0]er oop- toin might allow to his prisoner. The eelerv of the Baptist pnetor oi Grentville, Neb., ie 8100 a year. The recipient does not try to live on it. but works at his old trade of ehoemeking. Hie congregation do not object to this way of providing cheap ministry to them, but they have mede a tremendous row because sev- erel Bundeyn, in making annonnoementi from the pulpit. be included a notice thct he would mend shoes better and cheaper then the opposition cobbler. Now we think thet it is real men. The men new he could he neeiul in both channels and hie congrege. tion could not interfere. " Why are you so than httul?" asked u wife of her oonvaleaoem husbund. Ho bu] been very sick. and for sever-l duya hi. life was depnirad of. but he was getting better very rapidly. "I am gtraid.‘ ho “id in response to his wife's question, “ than I muy have oommiflod myself mine too I‘mngly with the m‘niator." u it in quest of sonnet-hing. I guess“ whn ho wamed and passed him my ciga- ouo 3nd 5 light. He thunked um um! begun to smoke wnh an au- 0! eujoymontr D-_ _ _L:I_ I L“) h... pk- L--_s ;- :..snr fie Me, noe voreoiouely. inn with ekeen appetite. The wine he need sparingly. Hie meal being finished. liegleuogd mount! The atosteat do th so in discount) in tho ocean in 26 850 on, five miles. or About 2,800 to» lean shun she heighiof the world'n Ionian monnuin posh. Moan. Even“, one of the Blmnluyn chum. which is found to be no. Ian. and upparomly I lime more thun 29.000 tau above the :0. level. T119 school populnion o! Vermm Plum follow me. Pnowi mm b s One Elect cl Confluence-cc. What Troubled the Flock. (To be continued.)