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tin. hb,uu mil. I 'UN l.UBBNLKAl- WHITTUHL Auot i >8traam tbs Bircokrook runt bei.. .'u itn luaslSjf truutt Tbat . , .jft ripple i iu own, Tu: i u.l roar Is Ibu asa'a. Of Int- .1 signs It sesalon Tiit ml clmrob spin's up, Ami .. i liku, ou ablauk of <isy, IT, . , He sail of a ship. ho u, u t"iler at the wheel, It rni at iu will : tior u < >r |.IM,,I It left to toll Wi. ucu wan Ulronbrouk Mill. Tbe i i rs of that mill have fed IAM nee a (armor's nrew ; Hi-, o .<-p.t aru tbe stoueti Ulst K^ouuil Tb. r. fat ul bis sires. atati ' i- 1 bare ; bat Nature lost No i . . . of ux domain ; Shew I. but sue brought tbe old Wi uty back again. By it . .e sunlight through tbe leaves t a i iw uiout, green aud. Aua > . the vi, lot blooui of spring An. . i uui u's gulden-rod. UI-IT. t. whisper to the wiud, 'I'd. . .illow alp* ber wings Int- . ii spray, aud on its bank Th> y vug sparrow BIUKS. Tbe 3r.-t tbiog was to luduoe Anthony to ojiii t Uoraoe street at an hour suit- hie fur tbe developmant of the plot. Oennen ,.!> fait* preparations; gave his instrur' lo hia confederates, and thin wrote : < nephew begggiug bim 10 call upon h i iu it night aud hear his expiana ion of .uers. Pen. . \ ituouy mistrusted hii relative and l:> H uiates more than was suspected. Any way, be replied by declining tha lovi- tatioo, rv -utxeeet-id that the uncle should all rp. i. !.,uj instead. Then, by Maotn'e advice . .in,, was made the luuooeut i of luring her brother to tbe fatal i'liieri expressed bis perfeet indif i an l.i where tbe meeting took place, but. beiuy very much engaged, postponed it for ad.. .- two. Hs then told Paulina tbat s>- t *iuviu) wt,uld keep bim from home ut. '..i it the next nirftai, it would be jgorxli.,., 'luuity for ber to spend some tun sritu :i -r brother ahe had better ask kirn to oooiH and ace ber during bis absence. As be klrto wanted to see Anthony she must endeavor .. keep bim until his return. Paul.: ' jniwotiug nothing, wrote to her brother, a: i, aayiug she should be all alone niii late ai night, begged him to oome to her, or, if ha would, taae ber to some place otaoiu- at. Tbey went to tbe theatre togs toe:, .v -1 it was la o'clock before he frougbt L'<r back to Horace street. No Ooubt H!. l xKud bim to remain with ber while peruaps against bis will. Awful M the aL-r!. of what followed waa to tbe rl i. must bave beeo donbly so wbsn she new tbst iier entreaties bad lad bim to ku death The brother and sister sat alone for omu tiu then Ceneri and his two friends Maria tor:.- appearsoee. Anthony seamed eVpleasei! at tue encounter, bnt made the bast of matters and greeted bia uncle Civilly. Mioari be simply turned his back It was uo part ot Ceoeri's plan tbat any aat ol vi 'ice of restraint should take lane in tfe preeeooe of Pauline. What- aw r wa >< be done should be done wneo AutDooy wast about to leave tbe house. TJsaa be night be seuied and convoyed to tbe oeli . liis cries if needful being stifled. Pauline wa to know nothing about U. Arraug- tH bad beeo made (or bar to go QB the morrow to a friend of bar uncle's, with wh .. Hba waa to stay, ignorant of the pnrpjr: of the business which suddenly all d t.i.' [ lotteiB away. "Pauline" aaid Ceueri, "I think yon had belt r KO to bed. Anthony and I hsva i affairs to apeak about." 1 1 wiJl wait until Anthony leaves, ' sbe 1, " bu: if yon want to talk I will go into tbe other t itn." Bo eayi: >;, Hhe passed through tba folding doors ai. I went to tbe piano, where sbe at playjug and singing (or her own amuse- It is .x> late t ) talk about business to-night, .id Anthony, as bis sister left the room " Tou bi>J better take this opportunity. I flud I niuxi leave Kngland to-morrow." Anthony, having no wish to let his uncle scape will-out an explanation, reseated himself "Very , .1," be said; "but there ii no ead toliaxe strangers present." " They arc scarcely strangers. They are f ru.nJs of mine, who will vouch (or tbe ruth of wbut I am going to say." I will uot have my affairs talked about before a .n like tbat," said Anthony with am -u of contempt toward Maoari. Tba two IMU were conversing in a low tone. Pnuiiua was not far off, and neither wished u t! irm her by high words or by the appei rttnoe of a pending quarrel ; but Maoari beard tbe remark and saw tbs ges- ture. Ui- i , bla/.ed and he leaned for- wazd towur 1 young March. " It ma; bu, iu a few days," ba aaid, " yon will be willing C.OUKU to give ma freely the gift yon u'.Med a short time ago." Oeoeri i.-.tioed that tbe speaker's right hand wa- .1-1.1- tbe breast of bis coat, but this being t. favorite attitude of his, thought taOtbing of . lid -not condescend to reply, ritb a look of h, no donbt, r himself witb Dything else," lall insist tbat Hinder my care. Bne shall become beggarly Italian wordB the poor boy Jtook one step toward ^exclamation of rage, > oath wbiob might warn biB ped in his right band tbe long I iturl leaped from its lurking plaoe, as Ant' my Msroh looked up, and then ' bun - if back in bis chair to avoid the li * was strjiok downward with the foroe of tbat stroog arm tbe point fthedagfjir catering just D> 1 jw tbe collar- aa and abtnlutely transfixing tbe heart. Dthony M tron was silenced for ever I Tben, evrn as be fell, Pauline's song was i, and ber cry ot horror rang through he room. From ber Beat at tbe piano she eJOuld tee what had happened. Is it any wonder that the sight bereft bar of bar Maoari WM star.ding over his victim. Ceueri wsa stupifled at the crime wbiob in a moment bid obviated any nooessity (or carrying out his Wild plat. The only one who seemed ID the puassiiaioo of bis wits ws 1'eiri II It waa imperative that Pauline iboald be silenced. Her ariea would UrLu the neighbor!. Ha nubed forward, and throwing u large woollen sofa- cover over her bead, placed her ou the oouoh, where be held her by force. At llmi moment I made my frantic entrauoa bliud bad helpless, but, tor all they kuew, a messenger of vengeance. Eveu the ruthless Maoari wan staggared at my eutraooe. It waa Ceneri who, fol- lowing the iuatinots of self- preservation, drew a pistol and cooked it. It was ha who understood the meaning of my passionate appeal to their meroy he who, be averred, mved my life. Maoari. ai soon as he recovered from hie surprise, insisted that I (bould Bhare Aotbooy Marob'i fate. Hit dagger waa ouoe more rained to take human life, whilst Petroff, who had been forced by the new tarn of alturs to leave Pau.iue, pinned me down where I bad flleu. Generi struck the atael aeida and laved me. He examined my eyei and vouched (or (be trutb of my statement. Tbere was no time (or recrim- inations or accusations, but be iwore tbat auoiher murder should not be committed Petroff lapported him, ai.d Maoari at last Bulleuly yielded, with the stipulation tuat 1 should be disposed of in the rnauner already related. Bad the means been at band I should have been dragged at ouoe ; as it was, the old servant, who as yet knew nothing of tne tragedy which had taken place, was roused up and eeut out in search of the needful draught. The accomplices dared not let me leave their eiglii, so I wan compelled to sit aud luten to all their aotioos. Why did Ceueri not denounce the mur- der ? Way wan be, at leant, an accessory after the crime 7 I can ouly believe tbat he was a worse man than be ooufessed himself to be. or tbat be trembled at his share in the transaction. After all be had been planning a otime almost as black, and when tbe truth a* to tbe trust money wax known, DO jury in the world would have acquitted him. Perhaps both be aud Petroff held bumau life lightly; their bauds were oertaiuly not olean from politi- cal asiassioationi. Feeling tbat a trial must gu bard with them, they threw their lot ID witb Maoari'i, aud at ouoe ssl about baffling inquiry and biding all traces of tbe crime. From that moment there was little to choose between the degieea iu criminality of i lie three men. Mow that they were all tailing In tbe same boat, they bad little doubt of success. Teresa perforce was taken into their con- fidence. Toil was no matter, as, devoted to Ceneri, she would have aided iu a dozen murders had her master decreed them. First of all, they must get rid of me. Petroff for Ceueri would not trust me in Maoari'n hands went out aud found a Mlated cab. For a handsome consideration tbe driver consented to lend it to him (or an hour and a balf. It was still night, so there was no difficulty in carrying my seuaeless form to it without observation. Pdtroff drove off, and having deposited ne in a by-way a long distance from tbe louse, returned tbe cab to its owner and rejoined bis companions. And now for Pauline. Her moans bad gradually died away, and she lay in a death-like stupor. The great danger to the accomplices would hi from bar. Until sbe recovered nothing could be done save to carry her to ber room and place her under Teresa's charge. When aha awoke they must decide what oonrne to pursue. But the pressing thing waa, how to make away with tbe dsad body of the murdered man. All sorts of plaus were dieouned, until one at tail waa adopted, the very audacity of which no doubt made it a suc- cess. They were now growing desperate and prepared to risk mnou. Early in the moruing a letter was des- patched t j Anthony's lodging, saying tbat Mr. March had been taken seriously ill tbe eight before, and was at bis unols'i. This served to stop any inquiry from tbat cjuer- tar. In the meantime tbe poor youug fellow bad been laid out as decently as possible, and with everything tbat could be done to suggest a natural death. A doctor's certi- ficate of death was then (orged. Ceneri did not tell bow the form wss obtained. The man be got it from knew nothing of its object. An undertaker was then ordered to send a coffin and a deal ease (or the lame the next nignt. The body, in Ceueri's pre- sence, waa simply placed inside it, with nonsof the uual paraphernalia, tbe reason given for suoh apparent indecency beiug tbat it waa only a temporary arrangement, an it was to be taken abroad (or interment. Tbe undertaker marvelled, but being well paid, held bis peace. Then, by tbe aid of tbe forged oertiiioate, the proper formalities were complied with, and in two days' time the three men, in tbe garb of monrneri, were travelling to Italy witb the body of their victim. Tbere was nothing to stop them, nothing luspioious in their manner or in the oiroumitanoes of tba case. They actually took tbe coffin to tbe town where Anthony's mother died, and they buried the son by the Hide of the mother, with his name ana tba date of his death recorded on the stone. Tben they felt safe from every body except Pauline. They ware safe even from bar. When he at laat awoke from her stupor, eveu Teresa could ee that something bad gone wrong. 8be said nothing about the scene she bad witnessed ; she asked no questions. Her past had vanished. According to tbe instructions given ber, Teresa, as soon as possible, took ber to join Ceueri iu Italy, and he saw tbat Maoari'i crime had deprived the brother of life and the sinter of reason. No search or inquiry waa made for Anthony March. Carrying out hia bold plan to tbe very letter, Oenari instructed an agent to take possession of his (ew per- sonal effects at his lodging*, and to inform the people there tbat be had died at bis house and had been taken to Italy to be buried with his mother. A few friandi (or a while regretted a companion, and there was an cud of the affair. Nothing having been heard of the blind man, it waa sup- posed be had been wise enougb to keep his own counsel. Month* and months paaaed by, whilst Pauline remained in tba same state Teresa took charge of bar, and lived with her ID Turin until that time whan I law them at San Giovanni. Oeoari, who had no fixed home, saw little of the girl. Hia presence did not awaken auy painful reool lections in her mind, hot to him tba sight what be was eager to (orgat. Khe never ssemed happy 10 Italy ; in bar uncertain way she was pining (or Kugland. Auxioui to get her outoi hi* sight, be bad consented that Teresa should take ber to London- bad, iu (act, coma to Turin on tbat pertio nlar day to arrange as, to their departure. Maoari, who, even with a brother's blood between them, considered hei in some way hta property. Maompauied him. He bad been continually nritiu& Oeueri to let him marry ber, eveu as sbe waa now. He bad threatened to carry ber off by force. He had sworn sbe should be bis. Sbe remem- bered nothing why should he not wed her ? Bad as Csneri waa, he had recoiled from this. He would eveu, bad It been possible, have broken off all intercourse with Macau ; but the men ware too deep in each other s secrete to be divided on aooount of a crime, however altrocioos ; so be sent Pauline to England. There she was oate from Maoari. Tbeu cams my proposal, tbe acceptance of wbiob would take her, at my expanse, entirely off bis uaudi aud out of his ooji- paniou's way. Hence our strange marriage, which even now be justified by sayiug that should tbe girl grow attached to any one, should any leeling corresponding to affection be awak- ened in bear clouded mind that rniod would gradually be built up again. This, not in bis own words, was Ceneri'a tale. I now knew al I wanted to know. Perhaps he bad paidfid himself iu batter colors than be deserved ; but be had given me the whole dark history freely and unre- servedly, and in spite of the loathing and abhorrence witb which he now inspired me, I (alt that he had told me tbe truth. CHAPTER XIV. DOCH SHE RKUKMBEB ? It was time to bring oar interview to an end. It had lasted so long tbat tba civil captain had moro than once peeped in witb a significant look on bis face, as much as to sy there was snob a thing as overstepping tbe limits of even euob an authority ai I htlJ. I bad no desire to protract tbe con- versation with tbe convict. Toe object of my long journey bad been attained. I had learned all that I oould learn. I knew Pauline's history. Tbe crime bad beeo fully ooufessed. Tbe man with me bad no claim upon my consideration. Even bad I felt inclined to help him I had no meani of a ) doing. Why should I linger 7 But I did linger (or a while. Tbe thought tbat my rising and giving the IIK- nal tbat my business wsa finished, would immediately consign tbe prisoner to that loathsome den from which be bad emerged, waa inexpressibly paiufnl to me. Every moment I could keep bim with me would be precious to bim. Never again would be see tbe face of a friend or acquaintance. He had ceased speaking. He sal witb hia head bent forward ; hia eyes resting on tba ground. A tattered, haggard, hopeless, wretch ; so broken down tuat one dare not pproaob him. I watched him in silenoa Presently he epoke ; " You can find no excuse for me, Mr. Vaugban 7" None," I said. " It serms to ma there ia little to choose between yon and your associates Hs rose wearily. I " Paulina will recover, you think 7" be asksVl. I think I hope I shall find bar almost well on my returu." You will tell ber bow you have (oood ma ; aba may be happier in knowing tb Anthony's death has indirectly brougbt me to this." I bowed auaot to this dreary request. " I must go back now," be said, witb kind of shiver, and dragging his weary limbs slowly toward tba door. ID ipito of bis BIDS I oould not let the wrttaneil being go without a word. a moment. ' I said. " Tall me if tuers is anything 1 can do to make jour li(- any easier 7" He smiled faintly. " Yon may give me money a little. I may be able to keep it and buy a few prisoners' luxuries." I gave him several notes which bs secreted on his parson. " Will yon have more?" I asked. He shook his head. " I expect these will be htaleo from me before I spend them." " But is tbere no way of leaving money witb any ona for your nsa 7" " Yon might leave some with tba captain. It may be, if ha is kiud hearted and honest, a portion of it may reach me. But even that is doubtful." I promised to do so, and knew tbat, whether it reached him or not, I should feel easier (or having made the attempt. " But what will your future be 7 Wbere are they taking you, and what will be your life 7" " They are taking us right to the end of Siberia to Nertohinsk. There I ahall be drafted off with others to work in the mines. We go all the way on foot and in chains." " What an aw(ul fate I" Ceneri smiled. " After what I have passed through it la Paradise opening before me. When a man offends aain<t the Russian law hia one hope ia that bs may be seut at onoe to Siberia. That means going from hell to heaven." " I do not understand." " Yon wonld if you had lain like me (or months, uutried and unoondemned. If yon had been placed in a cell without light, without aid, withont room to move. If yon had heard tbose next to you screaming u their madness madness brought on by soli- tary confinement aud cruel treatment. It every morning as yon woke yon bad aiaid, I, too, nhall be an idiot before nightfall.' II you bad bean frozen, beaten, starvad, iu order to make yon betray your friend* ; If yon had been reduced to such a state tbat your death warrant wonld be welcome; then, Mr. Vaugban, you would look forward to and long (or the gentle rigors of Siberia. I swear to you, iir," be continued, witb more fire and animation than be bad yet displayed, " that it tbe civilised nations of Europe knew one-tenth part of tba horrori and deeds in a Russian prisoo, tbey would say, ' Guilty or iouooant, no human beings shall be tormented like this,' and for tbe sake of common bnmanity would swe.p the whole accursed Government (rom the face of tbe earth I" " Bat twenty yean in the mines I In tbere no escaping?" " Where oould I escape to 7 Look s>t Ike map and see where Nerlohin.k it. If I escaped I oould only waodar about the monotaiua until I died or until some of tbe ofbisuieoe waa unbearable. It recalled I savages around killed me. No, Mr. Vsngban, escapes (rom Siberia ouly eeour in novel "loan you must slave until your death?" " I li ope uol. I onoe gathered together iiiucb u.furm.UOJU respecting S.bo'lau oun VIOM, *>ud, to tall you the truth, waa rattier uiNgasied to and how incorrect the oomiuuu opinion la. Mow I can only hope my researches showed me the trutb." " I'UB treatment in uot MO bad, then 7" " ll ia bad enough, ss you are always at the tueroy of a petty tyrant. Tuori is no doubt but for a year or two I must slsva in the iuiue. If 1 survive tbe toil, whicu is very uuliksiy, I msy, by fiuding favor m the mler's eyes, be rt loaned Iroui further woikol ttint deeoiiptlon. I may even be alhwed to reside al some town and earn my living. I ha>ve great hopes tbat my profeseioual ikill may be ol use to me. Dootora sue toaroe in Asiatic Russia." Little as be deserved it, my heart echoed hit winb ; bat as I looked sit bim I felt sure there was small chance of bis euduriug even a year's toil at the mines. Tne door opened and tbe captain onoe more looked in. Hs wan growing quite impatient. I had no reaaon for winning to 1 ruiniiU tne oeuversation, so I told him 1 should bave finished in a moment. lie nuJded bu bead ud withdrew. "If tbere is anything more I can do let me snow," I said turning t j Ceueri. " Tbeis is nothing 8 lay I one thing. Hwiari, thai villain sooner or later be will gel but deserts. I have suffered so will be. Wbeu tbat lima oomes, will you try t j send me word 7 ll may be difficult to do so, aud I have no right to auk tbe favor. But you have interest, and might get intelli- gence sent me. If I am not dead by then it will make ma bappier." Wttbuui waiting (or my reply be walked hattily to the door, and wits the aeutry at bu aide was marobsd off to prison, i followed him. As tbe cumbrous look was being turned be pausted. " farewell Mr. Vaugnau," be aid. If I bave wronged you 1 entreat your pardon. We shall meet no more." " So far as I am concerned I forgive you freely." He hesitated a moment and then held out bis baud. The door was now open. I oould see the tbrouti of repulsive, villain- oiu (aoes the faces of hia (sllow-priaonsrs. I oould hear tbe jabber of curioaity and wouder. 1 oould auitll tba fuul odors com- ing from that reekiug dan crowded with filthy bumabity. And in suoh a place an tbu, witb such associates, a man of educe turn, culture and reuued taste, was doomed lo spend bis last day u. It wan a (earful punishment! Yet it w*i well merited. As he stood on tbe threshold witb oatstretobad hand I felt tbia. To all iuteuta and purposes tbe man waa s murderer. Much moved as I wss by bu fate I oould uot bring myself to grasp bis band. My refusal may have been bareb, bat I oould not do it. lie eaw that I did not respond to bis action. A fluab of shame passed over bin (see ; ba bowed fan bead and turned away. Tbe aoldier took bim roughly by the arm and tbruit him through tba doorway. Xben he tamed, sod bia eyes mst mine wilh am expression tbat haunted me (or day a. Be waa gsxiDg thus whsn tbe heavy door wasihut and hid him from my sight forever. I turned away sick at heart, perhaps regretting I had added anything lo hie ibame and punishment. I eonght my obliging friend, the captain, and received bu word of honor that any money I led witb bim should be expended (or the oon- vict's benefit. I placed a considerable sum in hia bands, aud can only bops tbat s part of It reached its destination. Tben I found my interpreter, and ordered horses to be at ones procured aud tbe taraotass brought oat. I wonld start without s moment's delay for England sad Pauline! In balf an boar all was ready. Ivan and I stepped into the carriage , tbe jremsobik loorivbed bis whip ; tbe horses sprung for- ward ; tbe bells jingled merrily, and away we wept in tbe darkneaa, oommeooing tbe return journey wbiob counted by th usand of miles. It was only now, when burning to find myself at home, tbat I realized the (earful dutanoe which lay between ms and my love. A torn of tba rotd BOOB bid the gloomy OBtrog from rny subt, but it was uot ui. til ws were milee and miles away tbst my ipirite recovered any thing like their former lone, and it was days before I ceased to thiok, st nearly every moment, of that ter nble plaoe in which I bad found Cenari, tod to which I saw bim again consigned after my business with bim waa finished. Aa this is not a book of travel I will not recapitulate the journey. Tbe weather nearly all tba time waa (avorabla, the roads were in good condition. My impatience jroed me to travel almost day and night. 1 apared no expense , my extraordinary paiMport procured me horses when otner iravellen were compelled to wait my arge grstoities made tbose horses ase their 9eet apstd. In thirty-five days we drove up to the Hotel Hasaia at Nijni Novgorod, with the tarantass in each a dilapidated condition tbat in all probability soother tage would bave finished its work in this world. 1 beetowed it, a free gift, upon my luide, who, I behove, sold it immediately 'or three rubles. from Nijni by rail to Moscow; from tf o.oo w to Bt. Petersburg. I only tamed n the capital long enough to pay my respects to Lord , and once mors thauk him (or his assistance, then, having collected what luggage I had left tbare, away for England I On my road back from Irkutsk 1 found attars from Prisoilla at Tomak, at Tobolsk and at Perm, also more recently written ones at St. Petersburg. All up to tbe date of tbe laat waa going on well. Pris- cilia htd taken ber obarge to Devonshire, laving been reared in that ooonty tba old roman had a great belief in its virtues. They were at a qaiet, bat beautiful little s-ateriug-plaoe on tbe north ooast, and ."ri-oills averred that Pauline " wss bloom- ng as arose, and aeemed aa sensible as Blaster Gilbert himself ." No woider after hearing this good news ' was ssger to reach home longing, not only to see my wife again, but to see ber, I had never vet seen bar, with bir mind itored. Would aba rsmarrbsr me 7 Sow should we meet 7 Would shs at last earn to love me 7 Were my troubles at an end or only began 7 These were the qaes- ,ions which oould only be snawared when Boglind was reached. Horns at last I Hew delightful to atand auiongone'a ooontryman, aud beer nothing but good, intelligible English around cue. I BJI brooied witb exposure to the wind and sun, my beard has grown to a great length ; ooe or two acquaintances I mat whan I reached London scarcely knew me. Iu my present trim I oould not hope that I Hooold awaken auy recollections in Paul- ine's ouod. By tbe aid of a rszor and freeh apparel I was soon oouvsrted to a fairly good sem- blance ot my former self, and tbeu, without having appraised eveu Prineilla ot my reluru, I xtarted for tbe west, to sea what (ale had in store (or me. What is a run across England after a man has made such a journey as my recent one 7 Yet, that pitiful buudred aod fifty miles seemed to me as long as a Ibouxaud did a mouth ago. Tbe laat few miles I had to go by coach, aod, although four splendid horses spun ua along, each individual mile ueemsd as long as a Siberian stage. Bat the journey was at last m.dtd, and, leaving my luggage in the ooaoh office, I sallied forth, with a beating heart to find Paulina. I went to the addren given iu Prinoil- la's Istser. Ths bouse was a quiet, little building, uoetJiug on a wooded bank, with a sloping garden in front, full of late sum- mer flowers. Honeysuckle twined round the porch, great sunflowers stared fiercely from tbe beds, aud oarnatiocs sweelentd the air. As I waited (or tbe door to be opened I had time to approve PriaoiuVa onoioe of s rtiatiug-plaoe. I inquired (or Mrs. Drew. She was not at borne bad gone out with tbe young lady Mjuie time ago, and wonld not be back until evening. I turned away and went in search of them. It waa early in autumn, but tbe leaf showed no mgnB ol fadmg. Everything was green, fresh aud beautiful. Tbe sky as oloudlsse, and a soft balmy air fanned my oliB.-k. I paused and looked around me before I deci Jed in wbioh direction tigo. Far blow my feet lay the liitle fiibiug vil- lage ; i to bouaes clustered round tbe mouth of tbe noisy, brawling stream wbiok ran down tbe valley, and leaped joy- ouslv into the sea. Ou either hand were great tors, and bebind them inland bills covered witb woode, and in front of me stretching away and away was tbs calm green sea. Tbe scene wan tair enough, but I turned away (rom it. I wanted Pauline. It seemed to me that on suoh a day aa this tne shady woods aud tbe running xlream must tffer iresistible attractions ; so I found my way down the steep bill, aud began walking up tbe riverside, whilst tbe marry stream daooed past me, throw- ing iu rich brown peat a tain ed waters into a thousand little cascades as it shot over and foamed rouud tbs great bowlders which dityated ila passage. 1 followed iti course (or about a mile- now elambering over moss-grown rooks, now wading through ferns, now forcing my way through pliant baael boughs then in an opun space on the opposite bauk I saw a girl sitting sketebiug. Her back was) toward me, but I knew every turn of that tjraoef ul figure well enough to (eel sura she wsa my wife. If I bad nseded extra assurance I bad bat to look at ber companion, who sal near her and appeared to be doaiug over a book. I should bave reoognuad that shawl of Pria- cilla's a mile away its like has never bees known on earth. Hard as I found it to do so, I resolved not to make my presence known to them. Before I mat Pauline I wanted to talk to Prisoilla and ba guided by ber report as te my future method ot proceeding. Bnt im spite of my determination I yielded to tbe temptation of drawing nearer from where I stood ( sould not see ber face-so I crept on inch by inch till I was nearly opposite the sketeher, and, balf bidden by ths nndar- growtb, I stood watching ber to my heart's contact. There waa the boa ot health upon bar obeek tbare was tbe appearance of health in every movement, and ai she turned and spoke a fsw words to her companion tbare was tbat in her look and in ber smile which made my heart bound. The wife I returned to was a different being (rom the Itirl I bad married. She turned and looked across tbe stream. Carried away by my joy I bad entirely emerged (rom my larking pUae. With tba river between us our eye* mat. She must in some way bave remem- bered me. Were it but as in a dream my face must have seemed familiar to bar. Bne dropped ber pencil and sketch-book and sprung to her (eel before Priaoilla'a exclamation of anrprisa and delight waa hesrd. Hhe stood looking at sue as though she expected I wonld speak or come to bar, whilst the old servant was sending words of welcome across the noisy stream. Had I wished to retreat, it was now too late. I (ouod a oroasing-plaoe and in a minute or two waa on the opposite bank. Pauline' had not moved, but Prisoilla ran to meet ma and almost shook mj hands off. " Does aha remember -does she know me 7" I whispered, as I disangsged myself and walked toward my wile. " Not yat ; but sbe will I am lore aba will, Master Gilbert. " Breathing a prsyer tbat bar prophecy might come true, I reached Pauline's sida and held oat my hand. She took it with- ont hesitation, and raised her dark ayea to mine. How did I refrain from clasping her to my heart I " Pauline, do yon know me 7" She dropped her eyea. " Prisoilla bna j talked of yon. Sim tails me yon are a friend, and that nntil yoa came I most ba content and ask no questions." " Bat do yoa not remember me 7 I fan- cied yon knew me just now." She sighed. " I have seen you in dreama strange dreams." As sha spoke a bright bluBh spresd over her obeek. " Tell me tbe dreams," I laid. " I oennot. I have been ill, vary ill, for a long time. I have forgotten much every- thing tbat ha| pened." " Shall I tell yon?" " Net now not now," sbe cried eagarlv. " Wait, and it may all oome back " Had sbe an inkling of tbe truth? Were tha dreams she spoke of bnt the straggles at growing memory ? Did that bright ring which was still on her finger suggest to ber what had happened? Yes, I would wait and hope. (To bs oontlnned.) ID some parts of North Carolina oatidten and kerosene lampa are still considered articles o( luxury, while raainoos torches are to be had gratia.