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- ' ' I ii. ..! ! Ike Bave you brought uiy boots, Jemima V tt.ein at iuy < bttiul'rr <!<> r Doei Ihe wlr boil, Jemima? Place italooo the rt >r. Eight o'c uck already, U It ? How'i th ncaiber-pri'ity flue? Kiht i tu.erably erly . I can get away bynln Still 1 t* a little aleepy, ibougn 1 came to be at 1. l'ut tha bacon on, Jemima; lee the egK* er uioely done ! I'll be duwu iu twenty minutes or if powible, i Uee; I thll uut be long. Jemima, when I once begi to drene She > R no. ibe britk Jemima ; the ii gone, an little thinks Bow th t-luijiiurd ycarni to capture yet anotbu foity *iuki. Bince the bard II human only nol an earl village cock Wby >h ,u,.l be oalute the moruiag at the bou of H o'clock. btiUed be the voice cf Duty ; 1'rudeuce, pry the ct-a-w to chide. While 1 turu meaoftly, geutiy, rounJ upou m otbei ide. bleep, rn.uiae tby downy empire ; reassert tb able reigu ' Morpbeu* wby deeert a fellow ? lirlog tbo iioppita Lera again 1 What tue matter now. Jemima It cauuot b ! Bait prepared the eggi, the baou and tb matutinal tea ' Take away the jug, Jemima. Go, replenish MM) biuce the thvrrn o! . Iti caloric muit be ver nearly goae. She bu let t me. Let me linger till ne reappear agaiu, Let m y laiy tbougbu meander In a free and eaa veiu. After IK. p'iprofuunJer ao'ace, naught refrenbe liketbedoee. Uhouid 1 luibbiu iff, no matter ; abe will wak me, 1 "Upi- -e Bleu we i it you, Jemima f Mercy on u, wba a kuouk ! Can it oe -I can't believe It actually 10 o'clock 1 will out of bed and bliave tue. fetch in warmer water up ! Let the ten be ttroug Jemima. I aaall onl waut a cup ! Stop a ujijute 1 1 remember some appomtmen by tbe wy, Twoul i li>.e brought me ui.nu of mjney 'twe f r 1 1 o'clock t-dv Let tue diowu my diwppulutment, klumber, I tn> teveuth beaveu. You m>y go awy. Jemima. Come and call iu Mill Lttdt Mercury Nine o'clock Ceneri WM leaning back io hii cliair witi kiud of dreamy luuk oo bin face, mokiu lowly and plaoilly, taking, aa it were everything be ooald out of tbe luxury of i gold cig.r. I asked bim to drmk MIUI more wiue. He (hook bis bead, then turutd and looked at me. " Mr Yaugbao," be asid ; " ye, it il Mr Vajgban. l* ut WDO and what am 1 Where are w? Il il London, Geneva, o elsewhere ? Shall I wake aud fiud I bave dreamed of wbat I Lave goffered ?" " I am afraid it u no dream. We are io Siberie." " Aud you are not oome to bear me goo< news? You are not toe of us ~a frieLc trying at tbe peril of your lite to net me free ?" I shook my bead. " I would do all 1 oonld to make your lot eaaier, but I oome with a aelfiab motive to atk you aome ques tnna wbiob you alone oaa answer." " Abk Ibem. You have given me an bonr'a relief from uiitery . 1 aui grateful.' " You will aniwer truly ?" Way not? I have nothing to faar nothing to gain, nothing Io hop*. Fl*e bood in forced on people by circumstances a man 10 my state ban no need of it." " Tbe first question I bave to ak in wbo aud wbat u tbat mau M >oari ?" Ceuirf (prang to bia tea. Tbe name cf M*cn Breuud to bring him back to tbe world, lit) looked no longer a decrepit mau. II ii voioe WM ti iroe aud Rttru. " A traitor I a traitor I ' be cried. " But for bim I should bave snooeeded aud eioapxd. If he were only ataudiLg lu your placu 1 Weak an I am, I o mid fiud Rtrengtb enouxb to chug oh to bin throat till the vile breath was out of bii accumed b jdy !" He walked up aud down tbe room, olinob ing aud uuoluichiug but baud*. " Try aud be olm, lit. Generi," I laid. " I bavi nothing t j do with Lu plot* and politic*! treasoui. Wbo ii be? What ii Lit ptreutage? Il Maoari hit came ?" 1'be only nami I ever kuew him by. II n father wat a renegade I tahan who sent bin ion to live in England for fear bii pre oioui blood ahjuld b rpill io freeing bii oouutry. I found him a young man and made him one of us. Ilia perfect knowledge of your tongue wai of great xetvice : aud be fought like a man. Why did be turn traitor now ? \\'hy do >ou auk tbeHe quei- tionii ?" " Hi bai been to me aud asaerti that be ia Paulme'i brother." Ceoeri'i face, M be heard thin iutelli gei.<;i, wa eoouuh to bauiih lie number one from my miud. My heart leaped aa 1 guened that cumber two would be dii posed of as eafily. But there wat a terrible revelatioo to be made whan I came to auk about tbat. " Pauline's brother 1" Hammered Ceueri. " Her brother ! She bai not o." A sickly look crept over his features a* be ipoke a look tbe meaoiug of wbicb I oould not read. " He says be is Anthony March, her brother." " Anthony March!" gaipd Cenerl. There is no tuob person. What did hi w int bin object ?" be coutinned feverishly. Tbat I bh'juli join him io a memorial to the Italtai. Oovernmeut, arkiog for a reiurn of aome portion of the fortune you MM**" Oeneri laughed a bitter laugh. " All growl clear," be eaid. " He betrayed a plot which might bave changed a govern- ment for tbe sake of getting me out of tbe way. Coward I Why not have killed me aud only me ? Why bave made othiri suffer with me? Anthony March I My God ! tbat man U a villain I" "You are sure tbat Maoari betrayed yon?" " Bare '. yet. I wai sure when tbe man in tbe oell next to mine rapped il on tbe wall. He had means of knowing." " I don't understand you." " Prisoners can sometime* talk to each other by taps on the wall wuio i divides their cells. The man next me was one of as. Long before be went raving mad from the months of solitary confinement, be rapped oat, over and over again, ' Betrayed by Maoari.' I believed him. He was loo true a man to make tbe accusation without proof. But until now I could not see tbe object of tbe treason." Tbe easiest part of my task wan over. Mori'i assumed relationship to Pauline was diiposed of. Now, if Ceneri would tell me, I must learn wbo was the victim of that crime committed years ago, and what was the rein in for tbe foul deed I must learn tbat Maori's explanation was au utter falsehood, prtmpted by malice, or else my jiuruey would bave beuttr.ed me nothing Ii it any wouder tbat my lip- trembled an I endeavored to approach tbe ubjeol ? " Now, Dr. Ceneri," I said, " I bave a <1 lextion of weightier import to ask. Had l'uliue a lover before I married her?" Hi railed bis eyebrowa. " Surely you have not come here to auk that qaMlioiW- to have a th of jealouiy onred ."' " No," 1 laid ; you will bear my mean- ing liter oo. Meauwfaile answer me." " She bad a lover, fjr Maoari professed to love her, aud swore she should be bii wife. But I can moit certainly say ube uever returned bis luve." " Nor loved any one else '.'" "Not to my knowledge. But yonr man ner, ytor words are itrauge. Wby do you i-k .' I may bave wrocged yon, Mr. Vauirhan, but save for tbe oueifciug, her mind, Pauline was ti', to be your wife." " Yuu did me wrong you know it. Wbat right bad you to let me marry a woman whose aenies were disarranged ? It was orael t} both." I felt item and spoke stsrnly. Ceneri (bitted ia his ohair uueamly. It I had wished revenge it was here. Gazing on tniii wretched, ragged, broken down man, aud kuowiug wbat awti.ed him when be left me, would bave filled tbe measure dekired by the ui<Mt vengeful heart. I wanted oo revenge oo tbe man. Hii mauuer told me he pjke the truth when be denied tbat Paulme bad ever been lu love. At, when lail I gzed on her fair face, I kuew it would, Mtoari's black 1 bad been scouted. Pauline was ionooeut aa an augel. But I must know wbo wai tbe mau whose death bad fur a while dtprived her of reason. Oeueri was glancing at me nervously. Did be guena wbat I bad to ask him? " Tell me," I aaid, " tbe name of tbe youug mau murdered by Macari in liiudou, iu the pretence of Pauliue ; tell me why be w* killed ? ' HII faoe grew a-hen. He seemed to oollapue to muk bick into bit chair a help- leal bear, without tbe power of speech or moveuieut, without the power of turning LH !><" from my face- Till me," I repeated. Slay, I will recall tbe loeoe to yuu, and you will kuow I am well informed. Here is tbe table ; here is Mucari standing over tbe man he bas elabbbed ; here are yon, and behind you is auoiber man with a soar oo bin cheek. In tbe back rot in. at the piano, n uliLe. She is mogiug, but her song tr.ope the murdered man falls dead. Do I dikcribe tbe fcoeus truly ?" 1 bad spoken excitedly. I bad ued gestures and words. Ceoeri's ear's had drunk ID every syllable ; bis tvae bad fol owed every gesture. A* I pointed to tbe upf osed pokition of I'aulme. he had looked there wito a quick, startled glance, a* if expecting to see her eoter tbe door. He made oo attempt to deny tne accuracy of my reprtsentatioo. I waitsd for bim to recover. He was ooking ghastly. His breath came in spas- modic gasps. For a moment I (eared be was about to die then aud there. I poured iut a glass of wine ; be took it in bii trem- iliug hand and gulped it down. Tell me bm name?" I repeated " Tell me wbat be bad to do with Pauline .' Tbeu be found bis vjioe. Wby do you oome here t > auk me ? Pauline oould have told you. Sbe muni be well, or you oould tot bave learued toil." " Bbe bai told me nothing." " Vou are wrong. Bue must have told ou. tit one else aw tbe oriuie the mur- er ; for a murder it wan." ' There was auotber present beside tbe otors 1 bnve named." Ceneti started aud looked at me, " YD*, tbere was another ; there by an accident. A man h> ould bear buinot ee. A roan wboie life 1 pleaded for as for iy own." " 1 t ,ank you for having saved it." " 1 au tbauk me. Wby should you think me? ' If you saved any one'i life it was mine. wan that man." " Y u tbat man!" He looked at me more ttrutivdly Yes ; uow the features oome ack to me. I always wondered tbat your aoe seemed so familiar. Yei. I can under- tand 1 am a doctor your eyes were perated upon ? ' " Yei most successfully." " You can see well now but then ! I >ul<l Lot be mi-liken, you were blind ou saw notbicg " " I saw nothing, but I beard everything." " Acd now Pauline has told you what bap entd ?" " Pauline has DO! spoken." Ceneri rose, and io great agitation walked p and d>wn tbe room, bin chains ratt.iug a be moved. " I kenew it," be muttered, dreamed it il will never leave me. Bu wby oume to me ? Pauline, you say, ii recovering her seunee ube would bave toll you all." " I would not Mk ber until I saw you Sbe is herself again, but I am a straoger to her aud unions your answer is tbe one hope for, we eball uevar meet agaiu." " If anything I can do to atone " he begau, eagerly. " You oao ooly ipeak tbe truth. Listen I taxed tbe murderer, your aooomplioe, with tbe crime. Like you be could uot deny it, but be justified it." " Uow tell me V ' panted Ceoeri. For a moment I paused. I fixed my eye* u]> ju bim to catch every change of feature to read tbe truth m more than wordi. He vowed to me that the young man WM killed by your instructions tbat be WM oh God, bow can I repeat it I -tbe lover ol Pauliue, wbo having duLuaored her, refused to repair bis fault. Tbe truth I Tell me tbe truth t" I almost shouted the lait wordi my calmness vauiibed ae I thought of the villaiu wbo bad, with a mocking smile, coupled Panline'i name with shame. Ceneri, ou tbe otatr band, grew calmer M be grasped tbe purpjrtof my question. Bad as tbe mao might ba, evea tinned with innocent blood, I could have clasped faim iu my arms at I read n bu wonder- lug eyes Ihe baielesineas of tbe foul acou- aatiou. " Tbat young man tbe boy struck down by Macan'i dagger wae Pauline's brother my sister's ouild- Anthony March CHAPTKK XIII. t TKHHIDLE CONnEHSIOM. Ceneri having made this astounding announcement, threw bis wasted arms aorosK tbe rough table and laid Li i bead upou them with agenture of despair. I eat like ooe itupifi^d, repeating mechanically, " Pauline'* brotbtr - Anthony March!' Kvery veitige of the black lie wai swept away from my miud ; but tbe crime lu wbiob Ceneri bad beeu concerned aiaumed iu >re fearful proportion*. It WM more dreadful tbau I bad sunpected. Tbe victim a near blood relation bu own ilster'n child ! Nothing, I felt, oould be urged to noute or palliate tbe crime. Even bad he uut ordered aud plauued it, be bad been present ; bad a*sit)td in biding all trace* of it ; bad been, until recently, ou terms of friendship with tbe mau wbo bad struck tbe blow. I oould oaroely control tbe loathing aod contempt I felt for tbe abject wretch before me. My buruiug indignation would toaroely allow me to Mk him, in intelligible speech, the object of tbe cruel deed. But lor once and all I must bave every thing made olear to me. I a spared tbe necessity ol Mking tbe question I WM trying to force to my lips, i He oouvict raised bis head and looked at me witb miserable eyee. " You turiuk from nue. No wonder. Yet I am uot so guilty ae you tbiuk." " Tell me all, first ; the excuses may oome afterward, if anything can be urged in excuse of tbe crime*" I >p>ke aa I fell sternly and oontemplo- ously. "None can be urged for tbe murderer. For me, God knows I would willingly have let tbal brigu boy live. He forsook and forgot bis country, bat tbat I forgave.'' HM country t bis father's oouutry was England t" " His mother's WM Italy," replied Ceueri, almost fiercely. " He bad our blood iu his veins. His mother wai a true Italian. Hue woull have uveu fortune, life ay even honor, for Italy." No matter. Tell ue tbe whole terrible story." He told me. In justice t} a penitent mau, I do uot use bis owu words iu re-tell- lug it. Without his acjent aud stress they would sound cold aud unemotional, ('run. lual be bad been, but nol so utterly black as m> fauoy bad painted him. Hie great fault was tbat iu tje cauje of .laerty any wear, one were allowable, any crimes wire pardouable. We Eiglisbmeo, whose idea uf tyranny aod oppreiou in being debarred from tbe exercise of Ibe franchise, can u Italian, "I kuew it auob a crime cannot le bidden." Then be turned to me. " Tell me bow on bave learned this? Terena would die >efore she spoke. Petrcff is dead died, as told you, raviog mad." From his Ian wordi I presumed tbat 'etrcff was the third man I had seen, and Iso tbe fellow-prisoner who bad denounced [acarl. WM it Macari that double dyed raitor ? No be was tbe murderer -tuob n avowal would defeat hia endi. Tell me ow you know ?" " I would tell you, bat I inspect you ould not believe me." "Believe yoal" be oried exoitedly, "I ould believe anything connected with tbat Igbt it bas never left my thoughts Mr. aoghan, the truth ban oome to me in my aptivity. I am not condemned to this f i for a political crime. My sentence is od's indirect vengeance for the deed you witnessed." Il was olear that Ceneri was not such a ardencd ruffian as Maoari. He, at least, ad a conscience. Moreover, as he appeared be superstitions, be would perhaps >elieve me when I told him bow my accu- ate knowledge bad been obtained. I will tell yon," I said, " provided you ledge your honor to give me tbe full in lory of tbat fearful crime and aniwer iy questions fully and truthfully." He smiled bitterly, " Ton forget my osition, Mr. Yaogban, when yon speak of lonor.' Ytt I promise yon all you ask." Bo I told bim, as shortly and simply as I mid, all tbat bad occurred ; all I bad seen. n shuddered as I again described he ter- ble vision. 41 Spare me," be said, " I know It all. bounands of times I bave seen it or have neither uudermaud nor sympathize with a mau of in* type. We may call tbi Govern- meui rigbteoui or corrupt an we are Wuiga or Tone-, aod one side hippeus to be io or out ; but, at least, we are ruled by our oouutrjtueu, elected by some of us tor tbal purpose. Let us be for years and years al foreigner, and we iu ty patriotism in Ceueri a the mercy of a uuderiitand wbat eeune meaus. He and bii lister were tbe children of repeotable middle-' KM people not noble, an M iun amerttd. He had beeu given a liberal education, and adopted tbe prtfei- sbe WM, and op an ber return to ItUy eh found him, outwardly, nothing more thai a quiet, bard-working, ill-paid doctor. Bb marvelled al tbe change from the beat stroug vii-i >uary, daring youug man b had left. It was oot until be was certai her heart bad not forsaken ber oouu try that Ceueri allowed ber to see tha under bia prosaic exterior lurked one o tbe subtlest aod ablest minds of all tuon eugsgtd in working oot tbe liberation o Italy. Then all but old away came back Sbe admired, almoet worshipped him. She too, wan ready to make any sacrifice whe time should oume. Wbat aha would bave done had she bee called upon it is impossible to nay ; bu there 11 1 ttle doubt but ber fortune and be children's fortune would bave been freel spent iu tbe good cause. As it was oh died loug before the pear was ripe, when she died, such WM her faith in be brotber, everj>Liug WM If ft io bis baud M sole trustee for ber children, lu her Ian momenta tbe thought of her husband decided Eugliab proclivities made ber exao a promise tbat both tbe boy audtiiagir should be ytveu an Eogliah eduoa ion Toeu sbe closed ber eyee, and tbe orphan were left entirely to tbe trustee's mercy, lie obeyed ber bpokeo oomuaods to tb letter. ALtnouy aud Pauliue were sent U Kuglirb schools; but having no frieucs i their fatber'i native laud, or all old frietd having been lost sight of during be molber'e widowhood, the holidays wer pent iu Italy. They grew up almoal as iuuab It than as Euglith. Ceueri buibaudec invested aud managed their fortune wit care aua iu a bubiueits-uke way. I bave n doubt no far M u went, bis honeety wa aaimpdaobable. Tuen tbe longed-for moment came Tbe great blow WM struck. Ceueri, wh bad kept himself out of liltle aburliv plots, ftlt tbat now or never be mubt do . be oould for bis oouutry. He bailed th coining man. He knew tbat Oaiioald <va to be tbe savior of bis oppressed laud Toe tirbt ra*h step bad beeu takeu aud led to eocoeas. The lime aui hi man were al baud. Heoruii ere fl joking by thousauds U tbe ticene of war, but tbe cry WM "money mouey, mouey ' ' Money for armi am mmuiiiiioa money for atorei, food am 1 ttiug money fur bribes money fo everything ! Tboee who furmrbed tin smews of war would be tbe real liberator of their oouuuy Wby sbould.be hesitate Had bis sister ived ebe would bave given all tbe fortnn_ ibe po*sessed ae freely antte would have [iven ber life Were uot ber cbildieu hal Italians ? Liberty laughed al tuob a smal hing as breaob of trus t. Except a few thousand pound*, be ruth esely realized aud sacrificed tbe whole ol be children's inberitsnoe. Hepjured their houeauds aud thousauds into tbe baud leld out for them. The large sum was rent where il was most wanted, auc ?eneri averred that he freed Italy by tbe ipporluue aid. Pirbape be did wbo cm tell? Titles aod honors were afterward offered lim for hii great though secret service. It makes me think better of ibe man tbal be efused all reward. Hie conscience may lave told bim be had nol robb-d himielf kny way, hi remained plain Dr. Ceneri. iud broke with bia old leaden aud friends when be found tbat Italy WM to be a king dom, aud not a republic. He bad kept, I laid, a few tbounsnd pouuds. Tbe boy aud tbe girl were grow- ing up, aud their uoole thought t ial even bu patriotiam permitted bim to keep back enough to oou p'ete their education and start them in lue. 1'au.i je WM promming to be so beautiful tbat be troubled i, tie about IIT future. A rich booband would set everythii g right fo ber. Bui Anthony wbo wk becoming a wild, headstrong fallow wan auotber affair. As soon M tbe >outh should reach man's estate, Ceneri bad resolved to make clean breaHt of bis defalcations to tell bim bow tbe money bad been upeut to beg bis forgivenms, and, if Dtoesaary, bear Ibe penalty of I i-i fraudulent act. But so loag as any money remained be delayed doiug so. Tbe young man, if eviueiog no sympathy witb bis ancle's regeneration HIOU cf a doctor. Un lister, from wh mi Pauliue inherited her great beauty, lived tbnlifeof au ordinary Italian girl a duller life, perhaps, thau any of tuem led, M, following ber brother'* example, bbe refused to share in gayetiee wbiltt tbe wbite-ooated foe ruled tbe land. No doubt sbe would bave been faithful to ber mourning for ber country bad uot love oome upon the scene. An Eughibman named March saw tbe (air Italian girl, woo her.heait, wedded ber aud carried her away in triumph to his native land. Ceneri never quite forgave bis sitter for ber desertion and defection ; but tbe prospect* opened before her by tbe marriage were so great that he made but little oppo- sition to it. March WM a very rich mao. He WM tbe only aon of an ooly son, which fact accounts for Pauline having, so far ai Ceneri knew, no near relatives on her father's side. For several yeari tbe young hukband and bii beautiful dark-eyed wile lived in great happiness. Two children, a son and a daughter, were born to them. When tbe ion wae twelve and tbe daughter ten years old the lather died. Tbe widow, who had made few clone friends in England, and only loved the country for ber but- band's lake, fljw back to her native land. She wae cordially welcomed by ber old friends. Sbe wae considered fabulcmly wealthy. Her husband, in the first flush of bis passion, had made a will bequeathing everytbiog be p Destined to her absolutely. Although children bad since oome, so per- fectly did he trntt ber that no change had been made M to the deposition of his pro- perty. 80, witb such a fortune at hsr command, Mrs. March WM honored and courted by all. Sbe bad, until ube met ber future bos- band, loved her brotber above every one io the world. Sbe bad echoed hii patriotism, sympathised witb him in bis schemes, and liiteoed to tbe wild plot* be WM always planning. He WM tome year* older than chimes and pursuit of liberty, fully believed in bis integrity, i'jeliug ansurcd tha*. when be came jf age he would tuooeed to a Hpleudid inheritance, swilled by accu- mulated lavings, be threw away money in a thousand aud one extravagant way*, till Ceneii noon law tbat tbe eod of the reserve fond wan drawing oear. Sj loug as be bad money in Irind to meet Autbooy'b demands, be postponed tbe evil day of confession. Tbe idea, which Maoari bad tried to workout with my aid, of appeal- ing to tue Italian Gavernmtut for a return of some of the amouutneii ended, suggested itielf to him ; but to carry tbii out it would be oeoesiary to let bis nephew know wbat had takeo place tbe appeal must be made in his name. As the inevitable exposure drew near be dreaded i: more aud more. He bad itudied Anthony's character, and felt sure tbat when be knew the truth his one wish would be to take revenge on tbe fraudulent trus- tee. Ceneri could see nothing before bim but a well irnorved term of peual servitude. If tbe English law failed to touch bim, tbat of bis own country might be brought against bim. It seems to me that until this time be had committed no orime from which be oould not absolve himself on the grounds of patriotism . but now tbe desire to aave himself from punishment grew upon bim, and he determined to avoid the oonse- queooei of bis acts. He had never felt any great affection lor tbe two children. No doubt they bad latterly appeared in tbe light ol wronged innocents who would one day demand a reckoning with bim. They were in dispo- sition too much like tbeir lather lor bim to be greatly drawn toward them. He despised Anthony lor bis gay, frivolous life a life without plane or ambition and contrasted it witb bis own. He honestly believed he wae doing good work in tbe world ; tbat bis plots and oooepiraciti quickened tbe steps of universal liberty. In bis dark, H toret circle be was a figure ol considerable importance. If he were rained and imprisoned be would be missed. Had he not ths right to weigh bii own high pur piees sgaiuht the butterfly existence of bm nephew? Bo be reasoned and persuaded himself that, for tbe sake of mankind, be might do almost anything to eave himself. Anthony March WM now twenty-two. Tmsting bii uncle; oarelesi and easy going ; so long M bis wants bad been sup- plied be bad aooep'.ed, ootil now, tbe exouee made for deferiiug tbe settlement of bii affairi. Woetber bii luipioious bad at laitt been awakeued or not oauuot be said; but recently he bad taken aootber tone, aud WM lunUtiog tbat bis fortuue should Oe al once plaot d in bis baods. Ceoen. whose nchemei called bim for a timi to Eoglaud, pacified bim by amuriug him iiiat be would, during hi* Htay in Luodoo, expUio eyerythiug. The explaoalioL muit indeed be given uow, as AuthOLy's ls>t drafts had reduced tbe remnant of bis father's wealth almost to noiLiug. Now, ae to Maoari'i part io tbe affair, be bad been for years a useful and truated agent of Ceuen's . but moet probably with- out the latter'! lofty and uutelfinh aims. He appears to bave followed conspiracy M a trade by wbiob mouey might be made. Tbe fact, which seems beyond a doubt, that be fought bravely and distinguished linn-elf on tbe battle-field, may be accounted for by tbe natural ferocity of tbe man's nature, which bade bim figbl for Ibe sake of flgbtiog. Beiog mixed up in all hit plote be WM olteo at Ceoeri'H boose, wherever lor tbe lime being it might be, and on many oeoa- moos saw Pauliue. He tell in love wilb ber wheu ibe was but a young girl, and tried everything be knew to win bur hears. To ber he waa aofi aod kind. Sbe bad no reason t i miatroit him, but she utterly refused 1 1 give him the love be asked for. Tbe pursuit weut ou at intervals lor yesri - tbe man, to give bim hii due, WM con- stancy itsell. Again and again Pauline awiured him ot the b"pleMnean of bia suit, but after each rebuff ne returned to tbe attack. Ceneri gave bim no encouragement. He did not wish to offend him, aud seeing that tbe girl was proof agaiusl bis blaudiib- meot, let things alone, hoping tbat Maoari would grow weary of urging those reqoeete which were always met by refusals. He believed tbat he WM not seeking Pauline for the eake of tbe mouey which >b jutd bave beu hers. Maoari kuew wbat large sums Ceueri bad poured luto the patriot's treacury, and, no doubt, guessed wbeooe they came. Pauline remained at school until sbe WM oearly eighteen ; then she spent two >ears w.t i her uncle 10 Italy. It WM a dull life for tbe girl, aud she eigbtd audibly for Eugland. Altbouxb meeting bim seldom, she wae passionately atuched to bet brother, and was greatly delighted when Ceneri told ber tbat business would lake him tor a while to London, and tbal sbe might accompany bim. Sbe WM growing tired of Macari's partioaoity, and, more- over, longed to ate ber brothtr again. Ceneri. for tbe t-ake >'. receiving bii many political frieuds at wbat hours of day or night be chose, took a lurniabed house for a short term. Pauline'* disgutt WM great wheu sbe found tbat one of ber first viail- ors wan Maoari. Hii preaeooe wae ae todispeoeable to Ceoeri tbal be t x>k op bis aboie with them in Horace itreet. Ai old Teresa, tbe doctor's servant, accompanied the party aod waited upon them, tbe change to Pauline was a very slight one. Maoari still persecuted tbe girl without uocese. At last, almost derparate, be 'ormed tbe wild plan of trying to euliil ler brother on bii bide. Hit idea WM tbal Pauline's love, for Autbony would luduoi ler to yield to any wish be expressed. Hs WM no particular friend of tbe young mao'n, but, having ouoe rendered bim a ngoal service, fell himself entitled to sek a avor at bis bands. Knowing that b~tb brotber aud sister were peouileu he bad M besitstion iu io doing. He called on Anthony aod made hii rrqueet. Anthony, who teems to bave beeu a proud, arrogant, and not a very ileuant young mau, nimply laughed at bii uirertiueuce aud bade him btgone. Poor j>, be little knew wbat tbat laugh would sosl him I II may have been tbe retort made by laoari, M he departed io a whirlwind of age, tli.. t opened Anthony's eyes M to the " I rdy in which bis fortune WM placed. \i.y way be wrote at ouoe to bis uuole, iiMtiui; upon ao immediate settlement, u tbe eveut of any delay be would c lusult a solicitor, ai.d if necessary take criminal Tooeediugi against the trustee. Tbe moment which C<*oeri bad so long readed so long postponed bad o >me ; nly now, tie ooufts-iou, iubtaad of being t he intended a voluntary one, would be luog from bim. Wbetber be would be amenable to tbe talisn or Euglibb law he did uot know, ut be fell certain tbat Anthony would at ooe take steps to iubure bis arreal and etentioo. The latter, if ooly temporary, would ruin tbe scheme upon which be wai ow engaged. At any cost Authooy March muHt be iileuotd for a time. He Miured me with tbe lolemnily ot a yiug man tbat no thought of tbe dreadful oeans wbiob effected this was in bii mind, le bad revolved many plans and finally ettled on ooe which, although diflbult to xecute and vsry hazardous, seemed to ive tbe best promise of success. Hii ntention wss, with the assistance ol his lend* and subordinates, to carry Anthony broad and depofit him for eome months a lunatic asylum. The confinement WM only to be temporary ; yet, although eoeri did not oonfee to it, I bave little onbt but the young man would bave been sked to buy bis freedom by a promise ii orgive the misappropriation of the trust loney. And now M to carrying this precious plaa nto execution. Maoari, vowing vengeance or the wordi of ininlt, WM ready to aid in very way. Petroff, tbe man witb the oarred faoe, WM the doctor's, body and onl. Teresa, the old servant, would bave ommitted any crime at ber ma*ter'i immand. Tbe neoeasary papers oould bi btaiced or forged. Lei tbe oonrpiraton et Anthony to visit them at the house iu "orsoe street and be should leave il only i a luostio io charge of bis doctor and hii keepsrs. II was a vile, treacherous scheme, tbe suooees of wbiob WM very doub fol, neoesditatirjg, Hit mast, carrying tbe victim to Italy. How this WM to be done, Oeneri did not exactly explain perbipt be bad not quite worked oat the detslli of the plot perhaps the boy WM to be drugged per- hspj be counted opan bii Irautio stale when he discovered the true poitition ol affiirn to give color to the itatement that be WM of unsound miud. (To be continued.) A photograph of lightning ban been aitd> IB New Orleans.