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n thakn'ttliiij hnol tor tl^fc -- is|>ait*Mil My i LIU ii, 'I- if i. - inn a crack in the VM aud th rotes all scattered, Aguarl in thakn'ttliiij h Theiak bottle *nti<ird, the Uul pie* m tbe ball. Tbe fruit on the tl.le by liu> teeth bitten : Wee prints of wet nncenou wtoiluwftii I .lost Poor i;ru,liMiiiuaa'ii cay, as tmek lui ux kittsii Dragged dowu on the floor. Soft fnrgla* ol laugh tr , t suuahiii)- ulauciut;, A* nuuiuboily fliU lu nod out like a l>inl : btrau^e accMuuu cnauclug wherever the duuc- UM Small fooUU| are beard. "Couie, Ktbsl. luy baby, jour grave eyes uplift 'Ki 8Un.i I ore at ujy aide. Do ycu know thu wee npriitf Who lulu KUIUU ever new uiiaohtof is (trifling From uioruiug till uighr." A smile I ike t urbvaui, w ooy an Sbeauitlas ib uiy fact lik the witch tbat Uu in. No need of more Rueeaiiig. " My trouble, my blessing, Come, K've uie a kins !" Tlu Hur,ery. CHAPTER IX. 4 lil_Ch LIB. Having placed the poor girt ID l'rinoill'i< OMHfcsrly baud*, I ftteneil the bent docur I ooald *hn.k of, and efforts were at ouoe made to reniore oouMiouanesf. It was lorjg before uy sign of returning anima- tion thawed itnelf, but, at (ant, she awoke. Meed I **> what a supreme moment tnat WM to me? I need not give detail* of that return to life. After all, it wax but a half return, and brought fresh terrors in itn Iraiu. When mor^iug dawued it found Pauline raving with what I prayed waa but the delirium of fever. The doctor told; me ber tttate wa a moat orilieal oue. Tuera wait bop far ber life, but uo certainty of Having it. It was during tbote day* of auxitty tbat I learned bow muob I loved my uuha[ jiy girl. How grateful I should be if the were giveu back to me, even an I bad always knoorii ber. iler wild fevered words out me to the beait. Sometimes io Eugliah, sometimes in soft Italian, sihe Galled on Home one : poke word of deep love and sorrow ; gave vent to the expressions of fond endear- ment. These were mooeeded by oriea of grief, and it seemed an if shudder* o( fear pasted over ber. For me there wan no word , no look of recognition. I, who would have given worlds to bear my name tnikeu once, duriug ber delirium, with an expression of love, was but a stranger at ber bedside. Whom wa* it she called for and lamented ? Wbo wai the man ibe and I bad seen slain ? I toon learned and if my informant vpoke the trutb, be bad, in so doini(. dealt me a blow from wbicb I should never rally. It was Maoari who itruok it. He called on ma the day after Pauline and I bad visited tbal bouse. I would not see him sheu. My plan* were uot formed. For the time I oould think of nothing aave my wife'* danger. But two day* afterward, when he attain called, I gave order* for him to be admitted. I ibuddered as I tuck the band I dared not yet refiue bim, although in my own mind I wa* certain tbat a murderer'a linger* were olaiped round my own. IVr nap* tbe very flugsrs wbiob had once oloied on my tbroat. Yet, with all I knew, I doubted, whether 1 oould bring bim to justice. Unless Pauline reovered, the evidence I oouli bring would be of uo weight. Even tbe victim'* name waa unknown to me. Before the aooaaa MOD would lie. bm remains muit be found and identified. It was hope- left* t > Uiuk of punitihiug the murderer, now tbat more thau three year* bad elapsed since tbe erims. Besides waa be Pauline's brother ? Brotbur or not, I would uuuiank him. I would ebcw him tbat the ornuawasno longer a secret ; that an out-iler knew every dttiil. I would tell him Ibis iu tbe bope tbat hi* future would be uaui.tjd with tne dread cf ajuat vengeance over- taking bim. I knew tbe name of tbe street to which Pauline bad led me. I bad noticed it a* we drove from it a few LI^UIH ago, and the reason of my drunken guide'* mistake W*H apparent. It wait Horace street. My con- ductor bad jumbled up Wai pole and Hor- ace in bis drink muddled brain. On what a alight thread the whole coarse of a life bang* I M<cari hai hoard of Pauline'* illnexs and delirium. lie was as tenderly M licit- ou in big inquiries an a brother should be. My replies were cold and brief. Brother or not he was answerable for everything. PrcHintlybe changed the bubjeot. "I scarcely like t j trouble you at such a time, but I abould be glad to know if you are willing to join me, as I suggested, in a memorial to Viator Emmanuel V" " I am not. There are several things ', must have explained first." He bowed politely ; but I saw hi* lips close tightly for > moment. " I am quite at your service," he said. Very well. Before all I must be aati* fled tbat you are my Wife's brother." He raised hi* biok dark eyebrow* and **>! tf\ am, la " That I* .mily dons. Had px>r Ceneri been with us be would have vouobed for it. " But he told me vry differently." ' Ab. be bad his reasons. No matter, I can bring plenty of olber persons. " Then, again." I said, looking him full in tbe face and speaking very slowly, " I mast know why you murdered a man three years ago in a bouse in Horace itreet. Whichever the fellow felt fear or rage tbe expression of hi* face was tbat of blnok astouisbment. Not, I knew, tbe aur- pnnoe of Innoceooe, but of wonder tbal the crime should be known. For a moment bis jaw dropped and he gaped at me in silnnoe. Then be recovered. Vauuban '.'" he cried. great a change does blindness make face. iiui he kuw ue. He dropped my arm and (-turci J bis foot lu fury. " Foolx ! Idiots!" he hissed. " Wb did they not letur du the work thoroughly? Be walked onoe or twice up aud dow the) room, aud then with regained com poeure atood in front of me. V 'U are a great aster, Mr. Vaugbau, he said, with aoooluess and oyuicisui wuio appalled me. " You deceived eveu me, an I am very suspicious." You do uot even deny tbe crime, yo .ilUin?" He shrugged bis shoulders. " Wn should I, to an eyewitness? Toothers will deuy it fast enough, Besides, as yoi are interested m tbe matter, there ia u iKVa-l.m tO do SO." " I am interested !" " Certainly . aa you married my sister Now my flue fellow ! my gay bridegroom! my dear brotber-iu-law ! 1 will tell you why I killed that man, and wbat I mean by my word* to you at Geneva." Hit air of bitter, callous mookery, as be spoke these words, made me dread wba waa to come. My bauds were tingling to throw hioi from the room. Tbat man I Hball not for obvioui reaaoua tell you bin name waa Pauline's lover. Translate ' lover' into Italian into w a the word dnuto nignint* iu thai language then you will understand mj meaning. We, on our mother's side, have uoble blood in our veins blood which brooks no intuit. He was Pauline's, your wife's lover, I say again. He bad uo wish tu marry her, and a Ceneri aud I killtc lum killed him in London eveu iu ber presence. At 1 told you onoe before, Mr. V turban, it is well to marry a woman who cannot recall tbe fait." I made no reply. So hideout a state meut called for no comment. I aimply rone aud walked toward biua. He saw my purpose written iu my face. " Not here,' he said hastily, and moviug away from uie ; " what good can it do here a vulgar souf- fle between two gentlemen ? No ; on the Coulineut any where, meet me, aud I will show you how I bate you." He spoke well, tbe self-possessed villain ! Wbat good oould il do '.' An unseemly Htruggle, in wbiob I oould scarcely hope to kill bim ; and Pauline the while perhaps upon the poiut of do- ub ! " Go," 1 cried, murderer acd coward ! Every word you have ever p,keu to me has been a lie, and because you uale me, you have to-day told me tbe greatest lie of all. Uo save yournelf from tbe gallows by flight." lie gave me s look of malicious triumph and left me. Tbe air of tbe room seim.il purer now tbat be no longer breathed it. Tbeu I weut to Pauline's room, and anting by ber bed beard ber parched lips ever aud ever calling in English or Italian on tome oue she loved. Heard them beseeching and waruiug, and knew tba ber wild words were addressed to ibe mau whom Maoari averred be had slain because be waa ihe lover of bia sister my wife Tba villain lied ! I knew be lied. Over and over again 1 told myself it was a black oould have been hid there waa no garden in whioh it might have been buried. I took back the keyt aud said tbe house did not suit me. Then I returned home, and brooded on my grief, while Macajri's lie ate aufl ate in way to my heart. Aud day by day it went on working and gnawing, corroding and warping, until I waa told lhat the crisit was over; tbat Pauline was out of dauger ; tbat she waa lii-ri-i if again. Wuiuh self ? Ths self I bad only known, or tbe self before tbal faul night? With a beatiug heart 1 drew near to her btiliide. Weak, exhausted, without ttrengtb to move or speak sbe opened her eye* and looked at me. It was a look of wouder, of non- recoguitiou, but it waa the look of restored reason. Sue new me not- It was ad tbe doctor had predicted. I might have beeu a total stranger to tboae beautiful eyes as they opened, gszed at me, aud theu reolosed themselves wearily. I went from the room with tears running down my cheeks, aud at my heart a feeling of mingled joy aud sorrow, bope aud fear, which words will not express. Then Maoari'g black lie citne out from ita lurking place aud aei/?d me as it were by tbe throat oluug to u.e, wrestled with me cried, " I am true! Push uie awav. am hi nl true. Tbe lips of a villain apt ke to me, but tor onoe be spoke the trutb. If uot for tbis, why the crime? Men do not oomnjit murder." Kven theu, wheu tbe moment I bad prayed aud _ for bad come when seuse, full aenae, was given back to my poor love I waa invaded, conquered and crushed to the ground by tbe foul lie which might be trutb. " We are utrai ^->ra ebe knows me uot," [ cried. "Let me prove that this lie i* a ie, or let ne be strangers forever!" How oould I prove it ? How oould I ask Pauline? Or, asking ber, bow oould I bei to answer? Even if sbe did, would ber word sa'iwfy me .' Ob that 1 oould see Ceueri! Villain be minul be, at I felt be was uot buob a double-dyed illaiu an Maoari. Thinking thus, I formed a de-p-rate esolve. Meu are urged to do strau^e acd lesperate things wheu life is at slake with me it wax more than life. It was the louor, tue happiness everything, of two eople ! Yen, I would do it ! Mad as tbe scheme eoined, I would go to Siberia, aud if money, perseverance, favor, or craft oould iriug me face to f*oe with Ceneri, I would wring tbe trutb, tbe whole trutb from bin ips! CHAPTER X. W KKAHCll or TUE TKCTU. " Are you mad, Mr. " On tbe 20th of August. 186, at No. Horace ttreet, you stabbed here, to tbe heart, a young man who was sitting at the table. Dr. Ceneri waa in tba ro m at tbe time, alo another man with a soar on bin ftc." He attemittd no evasion. He sprang to bis feet wiib features convulsed with rags. He iteizad my arm. For a moment I thought he meant to attack me, but found he only wanted to son my face attentively. I did not shriek from bia inspection. I hardly thought he would recognize me ; so alauderous lie - that Pauline was aa pure at an angel. Bat, as I strove to comfort myself with these astertions, I knsw that lie as it was, until I could prove it such, il would rankle in my heart; would be ever with mt ; would grow Ubtil I mistook it for truth i would give me not a moment's rest or peaiw, until it made me curse the day wheu K MI you led me inside tbat old church to see " tbe fairet>t tight of all." How could I prove the untruth? There were but two other person* in tbe world who knew Pauline's history Ceueri aud eld Teresa. Teresa had disappeared aud Ceueri waa in tue Siberian mines or some other (mug grave. Kveu asl though, of ths old Italiau woman, M,acan s slauder begau to throw forth its nrst poisonous HhootM. Her mysterious worda, " uot fur love or marriage," might bear another meaning, a dishonorable meaning. And other oiicunmauociH would ootue to ma. Ceueri'a haute to get bit niece married IIIH wish to get rid of her. Tbougljli of this sort would steal into uiv tuiud until th. y half maddened me. I oould bear to MI with Pauline no longer. I went out into tbe open air aud wandered about auulenaly, until two ideas occurred to uie. Out was that I would go to tba greatest authority on brain diseases, and coi.sul t him M to Pauline's bop* of recovery tbe olber tbst I would go to Horace street and tx.nnne, by daylight, tbe bouse from top to bottom. I went first to the doctor'*. To him I told everthiog, as viug, of count, Macau's black lie. 1 could see no otber way to explain tbe case without confiding fully. 1 most oertaiuly succeeded iu aroun- ing bi4 interest. Ue bad already seen Pauliue aud knew exactly the stale in which sbe baa been. I tbiuk be believed, as many otbera will, all I told bim except tbat one strange occurrence. Eveu this be didnotHdfT at, accustomed as be was to wild fabcies and freaks of imagination. Ue attributed it to this cause ; which was but natural and now wbat comfort or hope could be give me ? " At I told you before, Mr. Vaaghan," be said, " huoh a thing as losing tbe reoolleo tion of the patt for a long while and tben picking up tbe end of tbe thread where it foil ia not altogether unprecedented. will oome and see your wife , but aa tbe case now stands it see run to me it ia an attack cf brain fever, and as yet no special 1st ia needed. When that fever leaves ber I should like to know, tbat I may see her. It will, I expect, leave bar sane, but abe will begin life again from the hoar that ber mind was flral unhinged. You, ber but- batd, may even be an a stranger to her. Tbe case, I say again, is not unprece- dented, but the circumstances which sur- round it are." I left tbe doctor and walked to tbe agent's in whose hand the house in Horace street was placed. I obtained the keya and msde some inquiries. I found at tbe time of the murder the bouae bad been let furnished or a few week* to an Italian gentleman whose name was forgotten. He bad paid he rent in advance, HO no (equities bad xteo made about him. Tbs houne had been vacant for a long time. There was nothing Lgaiust it exnpttbat tbe owner would only et it st a certain rent, wbiob most people ipj'1-.r..d to consider too high. I gave my name and addrea* aud took be keys. I i-peut tbe remainder of tbe ifuruoon in searching every nook aud iranuy in tbe bouse, but no discovery rewarded my labor. There was, I believe, no place in wbiob tbe body ol a victim Across Europe halt way across Asia or tbe sake of an hour's interview with a iusaian |litioal prisoner ' It waa a wild oheme, but I was determined to carry it out. If my plan was a mad oue, I would, at lean, insure a chance of it*) Buooes* by putting all the method I could in my pre- paration*. I would uot rush wildly to my journey'* end and fiud it rendered fruitless by the stupidity or suspicion of some one vested with brief authority. No ; I must go armed with credential* which no oue would dare to dispute. Money, on* of the moat important of all, 1 bad plenty of, and was ready to ue freely but there were others which were iudiapeunablv ; my lirat step would be to obtain these. 1 oould no quietly aud systematically to work, for it would be days before I could venture to lemve Pauline. Only when all chance of dauger was at an end oould I begiu my journey. So during those days whilst the poor girl was gradually, out very, very slowly. regaiuiug ttreogtb, I looked up what frieuds I possess**! among tbs great people of tbe laud, until I found oue whom posi- tion was *uob that be oould ask a ftvur of a far greater man than huuaelf , aud, more- over, expect tbat it should be 'granted without dil iv. Us did tbis for luy sake with Much (ftioaoy tbat I received a letter of introduction to the Kuglisb ambassador at St. Petersburg, and also a copy of a letter which had been forwarded him con- taining ioHiruotlfln* iu my beualf. Kaoh of tbe leturs bore an autograph which would insure every assistance being giveu to me. With these and tbe addition of a letter of credit fcr a large amount on a Hi. Petersburg bank, I was ready to start. Hut before I left, Pauline's aaftty and well-being during these month* of absence must be oom-idei-d. Tbe difnouhie* this presented almost made me abandon, or, at leant, post jne, tbe execution of my plan. Yut I knew it rnu-,t be carried out tu tbe very letter, or Macau H lie would ever stand between my wile and myself. Better I buuld go at once, while wa were strangers ; better, if Ceueri by word or sileuca con- tinued tbo shameful tale, tbat we should never inn t again! I'auliuo wuuld bo left in good bauds. Prixcilla would do my bidding faithfully aud fully. Tbe old womau was by tbis iius quite aware tbat ber charge bad awakened to both memory and new forget- fuluesa. She knew the reason tbat for days and days I bad not even entered the room. Bbe kuew that I considered Pauline, in ber present state, no more my wife than when I first met ber in Turin. 8be knew tbat lome mystery was attached to our relations with each otbet, and tbat I was bound upon a long journey to clear this up Bbe was content with this knowledge or sought to obtain no more than I chose to give bar. My inatruotiODt were minute. As noon M she was well enough Pauline was to he taken to the seaside. Everything was to be done for ber comfort and according to do. Maoari, I learned, had left England the day after I had accused him of the orime . Ceueri was out of reach. I hoped tbat Paului* might be indoced to remain quiet uutil my return ; and 1 instructed I'risoilla, tbat in tbe evaut of her recurring to the subject of a great oriiue committed by paraouD she knew, to inform her that all was being doue to bring the guilty to tbeir desert*. I trusted the would, with ber usual docility, rest oui.t .-utuil with tbin scarcely correct assertion. Prisoilla was to write to me to St. Petersburg, Moscow, aud other places 1 must stop at, going and returning. I left directed envelopes with her, aud would send from Si. Petersburg iuntructioLS a* to tbe dates wbeu the various letters should be n idled. Aud tneu all I oould think of was done. All except one thiup. To-morrow morn- ing I must start. My pautpurt is duly signed ; my trunks are packed -everything ready. Uaoe, ouoe for a moment, 1 must see her before I sleep to-night see ber it may be for Ibe last t me. Bbe was sleep- ing soundly Pi i '.cilia told uie ao. Ouoe more I must look upon tbat beautiful face that I may carry its exact image with me for tbounand of miles t I crept upstairs and entered her room. I stood by tue bedbide and gaied with eyes full of tears on my wife yet not my wife. 1 felt like a criminal, a deaeorator, so little right, I knew, I had t ) be iu that room. Her pale pure face lay on the pillow the fairest face in all the world to me. Her bosom rose and fell wi h ber soft regular breathing. 1 ir aud while as an angel she looked, aud I swore a* I gazed on her, tbat uo word of tuau should make me doubt ber luDOoeuoe. Yet 1 would go to Siberia. I would have given world* for tbe right to lay my lips on hers ! to have beeu able to wake her with a kiss, aud see those long, dark laebes n-e, and ber eye* beam with love for me. Kveu as it was I oould uot refrain from kimiug ber gently on the tem- ple, just where the toft thick hair begau to grow. She stirred iu her sleep, ber eyelids quivered, and like oue detected at tbe corn- ueucemeut of a crime, I tl id. Tbe next day I was hundreds of mile* away, aud my mind was iu a sterner frame. If when I reached, if ever I did reach Ceneri, I found that Maoari had not lied fouud tbat 1 bad been fooled, cajoled, made a tool of, I should, at least, have tbe grim cjusolatiou of revenge. I should be able t j gloat upon tbe misery of tbe man who had deceived me aud used me for bis own purposes. I should see him dragging out his wretched life inohains aud degradation. 1 abould tee him a slave, beaten and ill- iraated. If this waa tue ouly reward I should reap it would repay me for my long journey. Perhaps, considering all that bad passed and toy present anxiety aud dread, ibis uuchristiau state of miud was uot uuuatural to an ordinary sou of Adam. Si. Petersburg at last! Tbe letter I bear, aud tbe letter already received on my aooouD t, insure met gracious reoept ion from Her Majesty's noble representative iu the liuasian capital My rtquett la listened to attentively . not scouted as ridiculous. I am told it is unprecedented, but tbe words impossible to be granted are not used. There are difficulties, great difficulties in th way, bat, a* my business ii purely of a domestic nature, with no political tandeooy, and as ths letters bear the magic autograph of a per- son wui.iu tbe noble lord is esger to oblige, I auu not told tbat tbe obstacles are insu- perable. I must wait patiently for days, U u-ay be weeks, bat I can be sure tbat everything will be done tbat can be done. There is, at present, or so tbs newspapers sty, little friction between tbe tw <; ,v eruments. Sometimes thia ia shown by requests more simple than mine being refused. Still, ws shall see Meauwhil*. who is the prisoner, and where is be? Ab ! that 1 cannot say. i only know bim aa a doctor named Ctueri an Italian an apostle of freedom patriot conspirator. I was not foolish enough to imagine be bad beeu tried aud sentenced under tbe name I knew him by. I supposed this to be a fal-c one. I. >rd was oetttiu tbat uo one of that uau,e baa beau sentenced within tbe la>t few months. That mattered Ir.t'e. Parmisnion accorded, with tbe data I had giveu. tbe man wruld at once be identified by tbe police. Now, good-morning as sooo as possible I thould bear from tbe einbaHHv "Aud one word cf caution, Mr. Vaughan," said bis lordnhip. " You are not in K;ig. laug. Hi-member that a hasty word, eveu a look a oacual remark to any stranger >uu nit m it at dinner, may utterly defeat tie sentries, glittering officers, grave lock- ing usher* and other official* ; uoble stair- cases and balls, paintings, statues, tapsitry aud gilding ; then following my conductor, I entered a large apartment, at oue end of which stood a tall, noble-locking man in military attire ; aud 1 realized that I was iu the preseuoe of bim wbose nod could away millions aud million* of hi* fellow creatures tbe Eoiperor of all tbe Russias tbe White Czar Alexander II. Tbe sov- ereign whose rule stretches from the high eat civilization of Europe to tbe lowest barbarism of Asia. Two years ago when tbe news of hi* oruel death reached Eugland, I thought of him as I saw him that day iu tbe prime of life, tall, commanding aud gracious a man it does oue good to look at. Whether if the whole truth of bit great ancestor Catherine tbe Baooud'e frailties were known the blood of a peasant or a king ran in bis veins, be looked every inch a ruler of men, a apleudid despot. To me be was particularly kind and oondesaeadiug. His manner aet me as muoh at my eate ad it is possible for a man to be iu such august company. Lord preseuted me by name, and after a proper reverence I waited tbe Czar'* commands. He locked at me for a second from hi* towering height. Tbeu be spoke to me in FreuoL. tlueutly and without muob foreign accent . " I am told you wish to go to Siberia?" " With your majesty's gracious per- mission." " To see a political prisoner. Is that to?" I replied in tbe affirmative. It i* a long j juruvy for such a purpose." " My business is of the most vital importance, your majesty. " " Private importance, I understand from Lord " Ha ipoke in a quick, stern way which showed that he admitted of no prevarica- tion. I hastened to assure bim of the purely private nature of mv denired inter- view with the criminal. " I* be a dear friend of yours ?" " Rttber an enamy, your majesty ; but my bappiuesa and my wife s happiness are at stake." He smiled at my explanation. " You Kuglinh are good to your wives. Very well, Mr. Vaughan, it shall be aa you wish. Tbe Minister of tbe luterior will provide you with the fullest passports and authori- ties, liun royage." Thus dismissed, I bowed myself out, praying mentally that no red-tapiam or bureaucracy might delay the transmission of the promised documents. Ia three days I received them. Tbe passport authorized me to travel to tb* end of tbe Czar's Asiatic dominions if I thought tit, and was worded iu such a way tbat it obviated tbe necessity of obtain ing a fresh pataport whenever a fresh government districl was to be traversed. It was not until I found the trouble, aunoyanoe and delay I was savsd by this rustic strip of paper, that I fully real. /.'id bow muob favor had been shown me. Those few words of writing, UL intelligible to me, were a magic spell, tbe potency of which none dared to government ber wishes. If ths grew ourioua (he was to be told tbat some near relation, who waa now journeying abroad, had placed ber io Priaoilla's baudx, where she was to stay until his return. But, unless tbe reoolleo tion of tbe pail few mouths oame to ber, she was to oe told nothing aa to ber true position as my wife. Indeed, I doubted now if abe was) legally my wife whether, if she wiithed, she might not annul the marriage by stating tbat at tbe time it took place the was not IB ber right mind. Wheu I returned from nay expedition if things were right, as I told ruystlf they must be, all would have to be begun again from tbe beginning. I bad ascertained that, since thedepar- ire of tbe fever, Pauline bad said nothing about tbe terrible deed she bad witnennud three year* ago. I feared tbat when her health was re-established her first wioh would be to make home atir in the matter. " t wat bard to see what ibe oould possibly your ends. Tbe system' of here in different from ours." I thauked him for his advice, although I needed no warning. Tbe trutb IH tbat an Englishman in Russia has an even exagge- rated dread of Kpiea and tbe OOUH ijueuces ufa loose tongue. Mire of u* are looked upon with itiHpicion from our taciturnity than from our garrulity. I was nut likely to err ou tbs la .ter point. I went back to my hotel, and for the next few days whiled away tbe time as best I oould. Not that, under ordinary circum- stances, I should have found muoh difficulty io so doing. St. Petersburg was oue of tbe place* I bad slways wished to visit. It* sights were new and stracgs to me : its customs worth studying ; bat I took little interest in anything I saw. I was longing to be away iu pursuit of Ceoeri. I was not foohah enough to pentor tbe embaasador and make myself a nuisance. Holievingbe woulddoall be oould, I waited patiently and in lilenoe until I received a letter asking me to call at the embassy. Lord received me kindly. " It U all settled," he said. " Yon will go to Siberia armsd with authority which tbe most ignorant jailer or soldier will recognize. Of course, I have pledged my honor tbtt in no way will yon connive at tbe oonviot't escape tbat your business ia purely private." I expressed my thanks, and asked for instruction!. Firt-t of all," he laid," my instruction* are to take you to tbe palace. The Czar desires to tee the ecoentrio Englishman who wishes to make mob a journey iu order to aik a few questions ' I would right willingly have declined the honor, but aa there waa no ohanoe of escap- ing from it, nerved myaelf >> meet tbe autocrat a well at I oould. The embasaa dor's carnage was st tbe door, and io a few minutes we were driven to the Impe- rial Pnlaoe. I retain a oonfnstd recollection of gigao- resist. But now, armed with power to travel, tbe question was where must I go? To ascertain this, I was taken to one of the beads of tbe polioe. To him I explained my case. I described Ceneri, gave him what I supposed was about tbe date of hi* orime and trial, and begged for information as to the best means to adopt to find bim ID tbe place of his banisbmeut. I wss moat civilly treated. Indeed, for courtesy commend me to the Russian official when you are proparly and power- fully accredited. Courri was at onoe iden t tied, and hi* right name and secret history given to uie. 1 reoagnized the name at ouoe. There is uo need to make it public. There are many men in Europe who believe in the disinterested character and noble aims of tbe nnfoituiiat* convict ; men who mourn him as a martyr. Perbap* iu the cause of liberty he was siugle-besrted and noble-minded. Why should I distress his followers by revealing any dark secrets tjf his privala life : I. a him, be ao tar a* 1 am ooLoerni J, Dr. Ceueri to tbe end. I learned from tbe suave, obliging liu*- sisu obu f of police, tbst a few weeks after I had seen him iu (i -nova, Ceneri had been arrested in til. Petersburg. A deeply laid plot, involving tbe atiusin- ation of tbe Czar and several members of the Government, bad beeu revealed through the treachery of a confederate. Tbe police. fully ooguiztut of (\eryti.ijg, had wailed until tbe pear was nearly ripe, acd then struck with dire reculta to the plotters. Scarcely one of tbe principals ei-ctped, and Ceneri, oue of tbe most deeply implicated, was shown scant mercy. He oertaiuly had few claims on their consideration. He was no liussian groaning under < pprestion and despotic government. Although be called himself Italian, be waa, in trutb, cosmo- politan. One of thone restless spirit* who wish to overturn all forms of government, save tbat of re publican. He bad plotted and schemed even fought like a man for Italian frsedom. He had been oue of Qari- baldi't most trusted workmen ; but had turned fiercely against his maater when he found Italy was to be a kingdom, not tbe ideal republic of his dreams. Latterly he bad directed bis attention to Russia, and tbe plot be was engaged io having been betrayed, his career, in all human proba- bility, was ended. After lying many months in the fortreea of St. Peter and Hi. Paul, be was tried and condemned to twenty years' hard labor in Siberia. Some monUis ago he had been despatched to hi* deitina- tion, and, my informant added, was con- sidered to have beeu dealt with most leniently. Where was he now ? Tbat ooald not be aid for oertain. He might be at the Kara gold washings, at tbe I'atkatek salt works, at Troitsk, at Nertaohinsk. All convicts were first sent ro Tobolsk, which watt a kind of general rendezvous : tbenoe they were drafted off, at the pleasure of tbe Governor Oeueral, to various occupations. (To be continued.) pleasure of tbe various placet and A clothes observer claim* that women fall in love w th polite nun, soldier* and ooaobmen booanae they wear button*. Judge Blanford, of Georgia, regard* n,.eoultiou at worse than poker. He says he cannot see bow any man ooald fool away months waiting to MS stonks go up or down when be might fill a fl.iab and rake in a jack pot in thirty second*.