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The Heif of RrtMl Chase, BY T. W. *riKIIIT. inn ly her side in nuxit affectionate guise, was noleYodney, but itrmnic-r ! Hardly could Kv.m believe that hu eye were not play mi! turn false He started aa he nught have done had ui Apparition sudden- ly appeared before him. Hot .my lingering doubt* he might have had were dispelled a moment later whc.u the strang ' oice fell on his ear*. It waaa voice of aii alt*gelher anger a % CHAPTER IV on his ear*. U waaa voice of an al , dilferi-nt timkr' from thai of Voduey, pro- rosenU., \odnrd rewtl,e woman . arm ^ , , .. j wj ,V . ^-T"'* ? T ^ F , ""i; 1 **" 1 * lig.t lisp, enlently n .. iffecled. but n. pace the further end of the glade. Takingone , ihing with another the affair seemed U>fvan ^ , ^ , fe ^ ^ *o strange and suspicious that be would have T|, ere<( , fall no scruple about lisU ning lo their coi.- ' venation baa he been neai > r-. uh to do *o. As it waa, beyond a word now and again, he could make out nothing of what Ihey aaid to each other, the only thing evident to him being thatthrir conversation wo* carried on in French. So full and .-1. ar wai the moon light by this time, that any attempt on Sin was uymR t " I tell you .main, dearie, a I've told you before, that I nm.-li longer. an't keep the old man -(met He growl* like a bear with a sorehead wants to knot when llie affair'* coining to an end, ind lay* thai if tin- twenty pounds, a* promised, isn't paid with- in "- - -, -. " Vou shall have the money to-morrow part lo leaaeo the distance belween himself | mithoul ,.;,.. |>ll(kp iu Thereil i .. And M and them would have been to court inevitable f(>r IM , ||e mim httve tieil ^,. , ()ra f ,. w discovery. All he could do was lo bide , mwe a , v ,,, lllv A f ew ' ,, days, tell where he wa* and watch the progreas of ml|l """"*. " All rii'hl, darling. The twenty pound* At ihe end of ton minuU-s or so during i wl| , . h|j lnouth * of whj J^ ffM which the talk between the two had not | ,,,.., mB J . wftll , J . lneailoMcu ,, itndwolI |.Uell ceased for a moment. \ odney again embraced ; ,, ,, for fa jf hei . oul(l , anyuo(lv , the woman, after win Ii they at once part ed, he returning by the way be had come and again passing close to the fountain, and ihe disappearing in the opposite direction. After thu there was nothing li-fl for Kv in save to mak* his way back to Berrieticld at hi* leisure. It need scarcely be said with what eager ores he looked forward to his next mooting with Kdelme. "Krorn whal you tell me, the woman von saw can have been no other than Theiesr Cobran, Mrs. March men C.s maid, I believe, a Swiss by birth." So had described to her the singular interview of wlm h he had been an involuntary wit- ness "And, beside*, the time coin- cides exactly with thai which Therese ii allowed to devote to her own purpose* Our dinner hour is half-peat ait : and after Therese has attended to her mistress's toilet, she has a clear hour to her- self, which ihe cau spend either indoors or oul. at. may suit her neat. But with what ob i i "he should meet Mr. Vodney by ap- |xi ui. in nt iii the Chestnut Walk, and how . . |I|H n that they should lie on excellent trrms with each other, as, according to yout au-ouiil, they seem lo lie, is a* much a pu/ 7.1.- lo me a* to youirelf." "A puzzle to which there must lie a -ilitii.il M.tnett heir," said Kv in, "if one inlt knew hint and here to set about look- Kg lor it." When, later on, Kvan cam* lo turn Ibe all.tr. o\er m his iniitd, he quickly decided 'Im he would u*e bu l<est endeavour* lo be prcM-nt at tin next interview lielween Vod- uey and Thi-reac. which would lie nearly sure to take place, < l-fore, iu the Chest- nut Walk, when chance or oppoitumly imghl put into bis hands some clue, HiK-h, n carufully followed up, might lead hint 'inward no one could foretell whither II.. n-. was not at liberty till half-past iv, Kdi>- iisd told him ; and at that hour to thr minute Kvan took up hi* position by Ibe ,' . . i * , >._..- * * . 'i buy it. Rut not a won! more about him I .ei us talk il. mi ourselves and our plans. ' After coming nearly as far as the fountain, they had turned, and were now noinglnw k ; and from this point they |iaaaed out of ear- shut of Kvan, their voices teaching him merely an inarticulate murmur*. A few minuteslater brought the interview t a close They parted on ihe same affec- tionate terms as they had met. Thereae went first. Aa soon a* *he was gone, the man struck a match and lighted hii pipe : and then, tft.-r smoking for *omc minutes with hi- hands m his povaets and las back resting against a tree, he, too, took his de- parture and by the same way Then Kv in emerged into the moonlight and drew a deep breath. That Therese, forsomu pn. (><>> of her own was playing a double game could not be doubted. .She was allowing two men to make, love to her, and it wa* scarcely < >n ceivable that either of Ihem waa doing so a widow, Mr*. Rudd by name, gelher with krr daughter Klsie, an impish girl of fifteen. Last of all ihere i* Ann Abrey, the inter of Sampson, a woman of nuy, for whom it i* .nipossiblc to help feeling a profound pity. Years ago, with the man, who wa* evidently an old ac- quaintance What the carrier wanted wa* a couple of truue* of hay, which Abrey proceeded to fetch from the forago-hed. The hay having she hid a aeizure which deprived her of the boen packed in at the back of the cart, the :h depr 1 at the faculty of apetch. and at the aame time took away the uae of her left tide. It is her horn I go to ace once a fortnight, and my vi*it* are o evidently u pluaiure to her, that I cannot rind in my heart to give them up, although I am <|iiilu aware that the other inmate* of the cottage would prefer my nx> n chair which I Now and then few grape* or to my company Ann liU the day through thought*. by the chimney corner in hail made ipecially for her. I either take or aend her a other fruit, with an occasional delicacy from the kit. hen. tuch aa I think may tempt her appetite ; in. I when the illustrated papers are done with at the Chase, they arv put aaide for her. The picture* ainute her, poor dear, and help her to while away many an otherwise weary hour." " And when di<l you call at Mitnihiiiallow Cottage laatV Kvan pruw-ntlv aiked. " Km- days ago." " And you obierved nothing out of thu ordinary everything aeeiued to be going on a* uiual T " "Juat a* usual. Oh, by the way. while I wax then- the poitni^n brought a letter for Mr* Kud.l. It was from her sinter m- carrier paid Abrey for it, and the two hav- ing bidden each other good-day, the former crack.-d hi* whip, called "lee-up" to his horse, and went whistling on his way: while Ih* latter. after a look up the road aud down the ro*d, went back indoors. Kvau wu once more left to the company of hi* own He was atill lying there, debating n ilh- i himself what nil next move ought to lie, coniidering then anotber, but brat one plan and failing so far to *ee hii way to a decision, when he wan and denly utartled by hearing a low faint (train ofmuti.', but whence proceeding he w ui utterly at a low to conceive. Hi* tint thought wa* that it must come from the interior of the cottage ; but after listening breathlessly for a few seconds, lit convinced himwlf that *uch wa* not the case. Ur.w ing back a little way from the edge of the cliff, h half raised himself fiom hi* recum- bent position and tared around in every direction but no human being waa anywhere visible. Mill the strain went on -low, sweet, mysterious, while yet being compounded of only a few innple chords, a* it might be an <> D HILBN i , not law in London, aunouuciug that she was air sung in church by unskilled village folk ; dangerou*ly ill, and begging the widow to '< but all the aitine the |ue*lioii remained, how fo and Hay with her till she *hould lie and whence did it emanate t Involuntarily, tie better " Do you happen to know whether Mr* I'.ud I decided to go to London?" " I hoard her tell her father that she in- tended to catch an early train at Kernerield on the following day." Kdie hid said. Marahinallow I 'otlage Kvan i-ast his eyes upward, aa though half expectant of being able to trace it back to some source in mid-air, only to tell himaelf next moment that it was no aerial strains to which he was listening, but that rather did it seem to reach hint out of the bowel* of the earth. And then all at once an Hashed across his stood inland alm<it half a mile Iroiii the aes.- ^ astounding possibility flashed across his shore. It wan alow, stroogly -built, two- mind. Stretching himielf again at full length (toned house. Containing ix room* in all. and stooping one ear with the palm of hi* Its ou'-buildings Ronoisted. on the one hand hand, he hud his other ear clow to the o a two-atall liable and lock -up for -Samp' ground and listened. When he lilted hn Abrey prided himself on always keeping a head a couple of minute* later, a bright ly fast-trotting mare with a light trap to drive exultant look shone in his eye*. Kureka !' and, on the other, of a "fodder-shed,' he cried aloud a* he apraug to hi* feet it in : ami, on me mner, 01 a -[oaaer-aneu, lie cried aloud a* he apraii a* it was termed, a small, rudely-built, one- niiul be so ' In uo other way can it be tory edifice, havirg .1 signboard facing the' plained road, on which waa announced that bay and corn we'-e sold there. Mr. Abrey dealt in t small way in '.ho- commodities, his bierty among tl e country one-home hawkers," snd such ; knew that they could always get ' a truas of hay a penny or two-pence cheaper at the cottage than at any chandler'* shop either in Kerrn-rield or Wakenham. The cottage stood a little way aside from the fountain on the following evening. After waiting till eight o'clock without the Solitude of ihe walk having been broken by voice or footstep, he wmil his way, bat ing gamed nothing but a lesson in palience for on pain*. A similar result awaited bun ueit evening . hot on the third evening his with the knowledge or connivance of the other. But then caine 'he question Who WM this other man * Wan he Theme's real . . er. aud was he being hoodwinked by her' , customers being chiefly among tl e o Or wa* he play ing knowingly into her hands? | carrier*, "one-home hawkers," snd Andthenagam Whowaithc.'oldman'ofwhora like, who I he had made mention, and for what put jx.se was it essential that Therese should rind the sum of twenty pounds' WA* the outcome of the plot, of which there wa* little doubt that Tberese was the leading spirit, to Ix- sought in tin* fresh direclion rather than through the medium of Vodney, ho, it might be, wa* being quietly fooled and led on by Therese, while in reality ihe was work ing oul her ends in her own way and with- out the slightest reference to him at all 7 II waa even wilh more than Ins usual long ing for the lime to pas* quickley lhal Kvan awailed hi* next day's interview with Kile- line. His hope was that she would Iw able to enlighten him a* ' the personality of Tin-teen'* iwoetheart number two. Nor wa* liaappointed. "The person aa you describe him." aaid I leline, "with his slight lisp aud his velve- teen shunting -coal ami Inw cmwiied hat, proof. ray ca To-morrow I will put (To si CONTIM ED) It ex- it to the in r 01 BITTO ii ftaller's Mrnccle wllba h.irk In n..i.ilr Bay. Johann ChruU-MU, a .Swedish stilor em ployed a* a deck hand on board the fruit perseverance was rewarded. In i be meantime, Kdelme bad informed him that Vndnrv bad again Iwen up to the C'hue, and had for the second time assured high-rnad, backing so closx- up to a cliff of schooner Nancy liolini, plying between M< yellow .nandatone as alnio*t to touch it. This bile and Tampico, Mexico, wan recently the clitr, by the foot of which, for a distance of hero of an ailventura with a Urge shark in three mile* or more, ran the road between whi-h the rrum narrowly eicaped wish bis Wakenbain and Kallowtield, unlike ni.wl life though lining a foot upon whic the older .-liiN. which, as a tule. show a froutage Christeaen was amusing hun-u-lf to the sea, swept gradually up from the wharf by playing with a little dog which he shore till it reached Its highest point half a kept sending into the watt-i Her slicks and mile inlind, where it ceased abruptly will a iheer fall some fifty or sixty fee* in depth. From the summit, the i-ye. aweeping inland. bit* of paper. OIK- of these being thrown further than usual, the spaniel in bringing it out ventured into deeper water, and the A I -M ..tiiii> r ibai I* Kxpeelesl le full Train ui Mis Awful -|,re.l. " If the new engine I am about to hav. constructed i* not capable of making 100 miles an hour I'll give her to the first person I meet." This ilatement wa* made ihe other day by Mr. jackson Richards, the master mechanic of the Philadelphia and Reading Kailroad, who waa exhibiting to a party ot deeply in- terested persons the drawings for a locomo- tive which, if successful, is almost sure to revolutionize the construction of the high- speed locomotives. Mr. Richards has been working on his latest invention for the past ten yean, and a few day* ago the drawing* were completed and the patent waa applied for. If the new flyer is as successful as ex- perts predict she will be it is more than like Iy that the time between Philadelphia and New York, a distance of 100 miles, will bo made in leas than an hour. In outward appearance tbe new locomotive will not differ materially from the ipeedy engines now used on the Philadelphia and Keading Railroad between that city and New York. The peculiarity of construction lies in the fact that instead of the two cylin- ders as used at present there will be four. One cylinder will be located on each lide of the locomotive frame as at present and the other two will lie cast in what is known as the cylinder saddle. The inside pair of cylinders are to DC in one piece, and will lio on an angle. The outside cylinder! are to he horizontal aa at present. The four cylin- ders will entirely overcome what is known to enginoen as the dead centre, and the engine will be perfectly balanced without any counterbalance in the wheels. This latter improvement will, lo a large degree, do away with the vicious pounding which has proven so deatructi ve to modern roadbeds. The perfect balancing of the engine will be largely due to the working of the two cyl- inders so near her centre, and these same cylinders working as they do from luch a central point of vantage, will help out in tue matter of speed to a great degree. According to the expert* who have exam- ined the drawings the valve motion is per- fect There will be four valves one to each cylinder and they will be operated by two links, the same as now used for two cylin- ders. The engine u designed to be built on the Wooton fire box, t m same as is now used on tbe famous "A6. " which made a mile in the remarkable time of 39 4-5 seconds on Aug. -T Th* ordinary speed of the des- tined world-heater will be eighty-6v* miles an hour. look mawideeipanseof flat country, known next iiionienl a large dark shape rose from as ihe lineal grating-ground for cattle any where about, (ieologi*!* would tell you thai this low green let.-, v Inch Mr. Voduey would probably have likened to an immense billiard table ha.) in a^ea long ago been a the shadow of the harf and made a bieak for the .1m; Th. inU-lligedt creature st.-c.ing his i i :... tumed instantly and made for encouraging it with the si > He, cries. Th. can be none other than loin Abrey, your I tidal lake, communicating with the aea, but depth s uncle'* favorite groom Itut to think that he should he making I-v e : > Tli.-re>e ' -and Christ shark finding t'.telf out of it* to grow U-wildered, but dial oh, to ilunaof There-e i'.|..vvin. herself to be made love toby tw ..... en, and *l.e so .). net and unaviiiniinx, i.nier IIIIMIIK with the other wit.tnti. n '*-epmg h.-i-*ilf to .herself' lt -it |Mn.t:\ely dreadful. Sir Harry that he held m his hand* a clue. . SV |,.,i,|o you know of tu.sTom Abiey ' ' as to the nati-re of " he via, ...,i at k , ,, , ' , fc J; , Mf , ^ of hber.v to asy more just then, but which. course of three or f.ur day. at the vvould enable him to lay I,,, band ,.,, llloral ,.,, , 1(M , 1Ilt<)re . t . ., y , , ' a i th ,,, ,,, , t |, e wllo , t . ' the child at an hour's notice. That the child was alive and well he was in a position to assure Sir Harry ; il wa*, however, euential to the success of hi* ichem* that no precipi- tate steps should lie taken in Ihe mailer, bul tbat it should be loft entirely for him, Vo.1 uev, to work out in hi* own way. \S hat he was thui told merely -i t ed to drepen Kt an's bewilderment, seeing that nearly the whole of Yodney'i spar* hour* w. re still given over to billiard*. More 'hau once he laid to hrnself : "Can it be (MMiible that Vodney has by son e tin- ins dixotered that Tharese i* privy to the ab- ilii.tii n, and that, under the pretence of in. . IIIK love to her, he i* endeavoring to worm out of her Ihe secret of tbe child's v> , reabout* ?" If such were the csse, it | tends me when I go oul ruling He is always veiy respectful, and never presume* in any- way." Then, with a demure smile, ahe added . I lieheve he in mniiilered to IK- rather good looking, if that is a mailer of any consequence to you." "Of not tbe slightest consequence.' r.- ponded Kvan dryly " It might Iw more to the purpose if I knew something alHiui In* ti.te. rilent* and where my uncle ontrived lo pick him up." "Oh, my dear, he* a native of these fiarls Hi* ({ranilf.it her, Sampson Abrey, who is said to have been one ol the most notorious poacher* in tin- country year* ago, lives at Marsh mallow Cottage, between two way ; but whether Tom that, in the course of time, its channel hail ed the dog closely, every now and then n tilted up, and that the low but ture pio dravoring lo turn over upon it* back. It ' finally in. ceoded in this and made a inap at the *p<uiiel, which was fairly dragged from the water by Christeesn. who waded out as of Nature bad gradually transformed it into what we s-v it to day Al Ihe point where Marshinallow Collage waa built, the cliff fell back somewhat from the nearly straight line which it kept for a I considerable distance ..11 l-oth ide, forming hii footing gave way,' and Ue fell forward far as he dared. Hewoul.l have easily made the shore, bul a small M-IIII circular -.ip in the frontage, or bay, as it would have been called bait the cliff la.-wl the sea. Ai ihe door of | I , the water, lie sayi thr shark > .11 in the affair : .|.-d in making himself master of ciei there was nothing for him '..ID It us* a theory which would serve . ciiiint for much ; but it allor.led no Hii-nei to Die qunttion Km what p IN*.- had V.xlney imposed upon Sir il 'ii v with a false a<[ " .v Inch I. ad not mere _ |,r .red n I he card sent in to the iMronct -in Ii werrsomeof theperpleiiigpi.,li cm* win* Ii Kvan kspt revolving mini. t,,i,..! ,, . 'tood waitingthisevenin , by the foiin s >. v it in.iny niinutesliad he been there, 1 1 r a H' tbe previous occasion, he ssw the I. .ne > woman emerge from thetieeial the I ner end of the glade and nlvanco a I. way into the moonlight. Kvan s heirl l-egan to pulsate al exprm* speed as he m ..gnised the woman for Tberese. Tbe vt mli which possessed him most at that IIICUH tit was, that after Vodney should have I her, as he doubt leu* would in the course of a few minutes, in their pacing to nether to anil fro they might come sufficient I n. ai hi* hiding place to allow of his overhearing a portion st least of the confer- ili.iii Ix-twcen them. Thereon, still keeping to the luwer end of the glade, began to walk slowly up and down, turning and retracing her steps every dozen yards or so. ft seemed to Kvan that he could detect an an of rxpri tam \ iii her attitude, and moment by moment he looked to see Vodney come brushing through the trees into the moon- lighleil walk. His nerves pricked and tingled; all other aeii*e seemed merged in those of seeing and hearing. Ah ' here waa Vodney at laat. Hut this he entered the glade at tbe other end, by Ihe same path which had brought I n-He As before, the tin. I thing he did wss lo embrace her. Then, with his right paused around her waiit and her Irfi 1 ii ! held in bis, they came slowlv in in. . lion of thefountain, talking earnest- I ii.e.inwhile. Kvan drew back a |a i o and, scarcely breathing, waited. ' what was this which all but foi.-ed "x, laiiitioii from hislips ? The man who lju.it kii'dThrresc and wat.ii.ivt ilk ('.mid the irrnndfalher in question IM- ihe " old insii "to hum the twenty pound* was lobe paid, i I if whom Abrey had spoken lo There** in such uncomplimentary terms Assun.no* -""I to IK.- the case, and Ix-aiiu. I in mind the v i> unis item* of information <> mtiiv siin|i|i IOIM feilurc* in connection with the itl.ur to allow of hi* letting it rest with- out endeavouring to pr.ilie it to the utter- u.osl After a few minutes given to iH-nt cogi tat on, he said : "As to tin* Marsl.m low Colt. nje, in wh.it direction doe* il lie fiom here ?" " II lies alHtiit half t mile inland, Itelween the Chase and the .tea, and on the high road w In h runs fiom Wakenham to Kallowlield. Hut why do you want to know about il ?" " Kecausti in the course of to morrow I pin IK.H.C taking a -.troll in tie direction of it ..ml there are so many cross roads in this parl of the country that without proper instruction* I might easily miss finding it. -Do you happen to know anything of the family -that is, how many persons it comprise* in addition lo old Abrey " " Ye* ; I can lell you all alxmt them, for I make ,i point of calling at tha cottage at least ones a fortnight." ing her lover's louk of Then not i prite, Its added "The miluir is very easily eplained. One day when I was out riding, about a year ago, Xenobia cast a shoe, and she is > very tender-footed that I was rather put about. Abrey, who was in attendance, suggested that I .should w ut lit his grandfather'* cottage, which wa* clote by, while he took the mare to a forge and had her re-shod. After a It t tie demur, I agreed to hi* suggestion ; and linn it was that I came to make the ac i|iiaintance of the inmates of Manhmallow Cottage. Viral, there ii old Mr. Abrey, whom very few people, imagine, could per siidde themselves into liking. Of him ! med not say more. Then, there is his cl.l"-' I lighter, a woman of forty anil passed clear over him a* he lay tor a moment the cot struggling u. right himself. The sand how lage, about three o'clock in the afternoon of everj a fforJed him but litlle support, and, tbe dav following that of bis last interview aeeing his lerribleeiiemy ret urn. he made for with Kdie. knocked Kvan Matchmei.t. He ,| le leeper waUr.swimining as rapidly as po* was clad in a mil of rough homespun, and ,,t,le His object was to reach the Jilcs of the le looked dutty amllired. Il was Samp whartiug. and Ui climb one of the beams, bul Abrey in person who responded to his Jf ore he could lay hold upon the timbers mock. the (hark wa* upon him. An expert iwiinm- i iu you tell me how far I am from Her- > er, the sailor dived to the bottom, follow, .i nelicld ! asked tbe young man aa he raised by Ihe ocean wolf, which was at the diaad- greally impede nil movement*, and it is to i this alone lhal Christesen owed his life. Dodging the shark'* I uili, he (truck out for | the ithur*, bul seeing that the animal wa* close upon him, again dived. By thi* time a hit for a mon lent, "and which rnad I vantage of bein^ in water so shallow a* to niMt take in order to get there?" A man between sixty-five .ind seventy yean of age muscular and broadly built, but I tall : with a massive be id. a tangle of i//led hair, keen (teel-gray eyef set *l.ut with mi intricate network of wr nkle*. and i ' r g " owa u* 4 ' K ll "' l '"' lh wharf and ruiCKod but powerful face, in vi Inch forceand shore walchmg the scene ttith brcalhleas craft see.ueJ combined in .-qual proportions 'interest, and suggi-ming various impoasible hwas he Hi,,, ,, .onfrontedKtan. schemes of reot-ue foi the imperilled man. and ,>'ler -yeing bin. frou. head to foot, gave But uo one dared lire upon the .hark for fear him, ina couple ..t curt ar.nlenc.-v the in- of hitting ihe Sede instead, and the only foiuiatK.n he had asked for but was not aid that could ! given wa* to throw rope* really in want of. Scarcely had Kvan time to Christesen, who va* beginning to show to K.-I out a word f thank* before tbe door "K 1 " "' I* 1 '\haulion. was coolly hut in his face, vt bile so erfe, tti- ' A slain of bloo.1 soon horritied the be illy I, i.l I be old m. m's burly tittle blocked tiijuie up the doorway, that he had lieen unable to obtain even a glitiip.se of tbe interim (..it ing tin- cottage Ix-biud him, Kvan kept on in the direction of Wakenham for npwnni* of a mile, till, in f.i t, he oann- to a break in theeacarptnenl of Ihe cliff, caused uy a Und*lip in year* goni- by . up which he contnveil to scr.vmble, and HO land himself .n the summit. Thai dime, he doubled back in the direct n>ii of thn cottage. Hi- Ii nl noticed that ilia- portion of the lill which so i |..i.'l, ov i-rlooki-d the inv demesne of Sampson Abrey wa* fringed with patches of dwarf brush- wood, with a thick undergrowth of bracken and tall weeds ot variou* kinds, ind il had struck him that he.-e was a ualu ral hiding-place from winch, himself im-i-en, :ie could observe every one who might come soon holders, and on Christeaen's next ap|x9ar an. < on the surface of the water it wan .teen that his right fool had been completely SBveied close to the ankle. He was blood ing piotust-ly and swimming with difficulty while ihe shark followed only a few feet behind He succeeded, however, in reaching the t ml of Ihe lope ilnowii to him, aud lay- ing hold of this, waa quickly drawn lo land, when- he fainted. The shark, seeing his inev e-'.i|H-. turned .Unit and was making lot I he gulf, when a ilo/cii shot* sti'ick Ih* w.itei aboul him. Il was uol known, how ever, whelher or not he wa* struck for, sinking instantly, he was seen no morn, but em Iy on tbe followfng morning his carcwi was found stranded on the beach a mile or iw., Mow the city. He measured nearly 1- i m U-ngth, and vv.is of tliv) specie* known hammer headed shark," a variety , , the " tlld<>or l>rocee<liugi of j nro \ y foulM i oul O f tne Indian Ocean, but I hose below. A ihort half-hour's walk %loi'g ihe gr.is.sy down which spread itself U-t ween the sea ami the dill, and on which the only living things beside himself worn a few scattered sheep, brought Kvan back to the hollow in the encircling arms of which Marshmallow Cottage was built. Stretching himself at full length on the turf, he dragged himself along, parting last year's dead bracken and undergrowth as he did 10, till he found him- self close to the edge of the olifT, where all ho had to do was to puih aside a screen of still Icaflesi hrnihwood and look down. Patiently he waited withoul stirring for more than an hour before any sign of life beyond a thiii curl of smoke from the chimney was discernible below. 'Vhen a earner'* cart crept into sight iu the dis- tance, and crawling slowly alon L ! he high- road, arrived in about ten minutes' time opposite Ihe collage. " Yo-ho I House ' house !" called Ihe car- rier a* hit horse came lo a stand ; and next minute Samp Abrey emerged from hii cot which sometimes migrate in large numbers. Christeseu'a wound was considered a very dangerous one and serious fears were cuter tuined for hi* life, but he is recovering slow- ly- A rsrlrall of Ike )* for France , /.- '/' !/>> uublishe* the following from Portsmouth : " It ii (laled that her' Majesty the (juen of Knglaud i* having a magnificent portrait of herself prepared, which she will haud personally to M Wad dington for transmission to the French Qov eminent. The portrait will be placed in i frame containing the blended emblems ol France and Kuglaud, aud will bear anexpre* lion of personal good will towards France and the President ot the Republic written the Queen herself." by I'm |.|.n -i " Thompson, you are dii charged. ' Kmployee. " But what have 1 done, sir ?'' Kmployer. " Nothing. Absolute- ly nothing. That is what I complain about. 1 '* Sjlrsve. In the churchyard of Tarlaud, a village at the base of the Aberdeenshire Morven, i* a gravestone which ought to bo interest ing to soldiers, ai marking the last resting place of one of the first officers of the fam- ous "Black Watch." It is inscribe I : " Here, lye* Allan > McNb son of the laird of . McNab soldier in Sir Duncan Camp- bell's Independent < omp any who died Marh the 9 1735 Aged 19 years Humanity wilh piety both j virtues shin lug clear and , those indeed are in youlh of birlh and worth lyes here, Manet post vulnera (?) virtu*. " M -rs jauua virtae," on a scroll, Jecor- leil with skull, cross bones. Mid sand glass. The r.'d regiment was raised in 1729. It consisted ot siv independent companies, commanded by Lord Lovat, Sir Dun. -in Campbell of Lochnell. Colonel (irant ol Hallindalloch. Alexander Campbell of Kinab, John Campbell ofOarrick.aiidlieorgeMunro of ( 'ul. an n Sir Duncan Campbell's oin pally nuuilxr.-d one .-aptaiu, Iwo lieuteu an la, on* ensign, and a hundred non-com missioned onicer* and men. These com p.. me* were stationed in lawless regions of the country to enforce the Disar.mng Act, to suppress diaarlection to tbe overnmenl., and to preserve law and order among rival clans aud between hostile lairds. In a district famous for its ti.ugh Tykes," and for its "olub Uw," we nee. ' not be iu doubt as to the buiinees of Sir Duncan and his soldiers in Crouiar. Tbe olhcen. of those companies won High land gentlemen favourable to the Revolution principle! of 168*. The aoldiers had no distinctive uniform, but wore the ordinary dress of the tune. Hence they were called the " Black Watch," in contrast to the red of the regular troops. When the (ix inde- pendent companies weru incorporated into one regiment, iu I7.W, Archibald M'N'ab, another (on of the laird of M'Nab, received an uusigu's commission. He was raised to the tank of Colonel of the (1st regiment. He took part al Ihe battle of Quebec, and died I Till, being interred iu the family burying ground at Killm. John M'Nab, another son cf the laird, wu taken prisoner by the rebels at Preatonpans, aud wa* cou fined by M'lircgor of dlengyle in Ihuiira Canlle till liberated after C.illoden. He wai the father of " the M'Nab " of tradition aud storv. Jem t LlaeV* telee. The Rev. H. H. Haweu ii one of the few .wing musical authorities who cau Itoast thai Tie heard ihe famous Jenny l.in.l in her nie. Here is what he aaTS about the Swedish nightingale's marvellous voice: ' Mendelssohn, who had heard everybody, said *h* wa* the greatest artist he had ever tnown. Sontag, whose voice waa said to IM naturally rounder and fuller, praised her to the skins. Lablache thought ncr incom parable. In listening to one of her wonder- ful oaderuas ou a certain occasion the open-mouthed band were so eleclrined that they forgot to come in, and Mendelssohn, who wu wielding tne batou, instead of get ting into a rage, burat oul laughing. The hardened old maestro, Uuhr, at the close of a scene in ' Somnambula,' Ihrew away his stick and burst into tears, and teais were often seen streaming down Ralfe's face when he conducted the ' Figlia del Kegimento' at Coven I I i ard en. Her shake held people breathlesa ; her ' voix voilee' seemed to carry them up to the star*. I remember her singing Sullivan's letting of t !eorge Her- bert's 'Sweet day, so cool, so calm, v> bright.' The dream-like echoes of the note* still linger in my car : it wa* something unearthly far away ; like the cry of a wild bird loit in the sunset. To say that she had a sopra- no ' dramatico' and soprano 'sfogato' in one that her compass extended from B below to t i on the fourth line above, may be very irue, but Queen Victoria said t In- best thing when ihe declared that the ' charm' ol Jenny i voice was 'quite indescribable," aud so we had belter leave it alone."