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IJV1 I than i uiiimlf. with hia Wk turned to her mil tA.heli.tle, troopof servant., aud a very 'n!" by side with Ins digiiii'UJiiihMtaiWi nr>snif ilnukge look in hu fa.--. One hand was) wiff, l..,r,| lleruanl Clainv" win i t,,iM , _ ,, proaasacdciowto liiiinleaalhouglito easeionie tt>i , Hood receiving his guettii titum tkipico*e>.ci'j|' n there, a and thofingrsofthe other were ous corridor which led mulblxjiii || knlitnlHj t 1; I lockc^d around ibtilulf silieet of note piper lit 1*11 room of his town niiiMniiiimpii II w vwii whic h he had j uit recei x-ed, rn.nipling it up getting on toward midni>fhi,MUttl.liiiita JSSBSM M* i astarwly recogni/.fcble muss. He hail of arrivals was scarcely y 1 '""! i- : i l-y" .ma ^ n ,j til 1 Hr-n, a|i[*a rta.nct ol a man who hasreceiv- thc broad marble sUircm Inl Wi luri utiw ith J a blow hioh for the innment St\s wither - banks of palms aid sweetliiuiiill lf ||iiifU'- 'iia,-i, "1 " sO> " kii fa'""- Hu features were wai still thronged wilh H u lsr*l<'*rii!''l 1 im|*iive, l,ut hisi face had a cold. in marvellous costumei nl lui u<| lukisiin ini numsTbed look . suuUll trie hgh' haul diedout jewe.lry.and tall. ' acabwaa wailing. Without waitingto speak to the man, he tf|>|>< i| i|in.-kly inside uud pulled down the window. The driver open- ed his trap-d'ior and looked down. " VVher t... sir T" he asked. It wa naily half a minute beforn Lord Alueston untwered. Then he gave the ad- dress with some hesitation, ana in no low a Ume that he had to repeat it. The man touched his hat, closed the trap door, and drove off. some in gorgeous uniform', litotoitlhaMUw . orders giist/oning upon thtii |MI*I - kmA i M Fa in curt dress, and fewer mill iililigtlili ilxBiit aiy evening garb of civiliw I nut Nil*'" VTU first function of any mini U iifHu lutsnre to ''* - s coll, da, at a season liuli proniislliWK.|btiiti - -p tlniialiy brilliant one, ami p'W>l*raU; ''' v*u of hi eyei, lea>viiig thein gluiy and dim. For SHI lirifi Kile lie HOXM! u inofcionleu aa .tue; then ludiliml y heihivercd like a dW'akrui ioj (ruin a niilcmn nsghlinire, ind inovi',1 hisi huiil i|i i> lily from hit lid e . ' al all in the chandtnimUnrclitllx) o^*m don society would have th|H%iijNiii it. And as they trooped if Mj|ip llititiiiw druggetcad stairs in incufi MI mn> uny states-men and peers, luarmim men of the world and nwiNellinil ItlliMsU former with, the latter in Ml(n faint cm nt Ji sat, their womrnkiud ; auJwifl'imwyliiUfe'iBcttJ pasae.l on into the hall rooinUm uifciiintti IMSsif. ing * une graceful little npurUloJiicel ol iilnini back t-)ii, who 01, ul, I only see hisj , mi, it lit* t. imperfectly, begiiu lo won- der vwhat wji tbe in.it tn. Sli roc anil ,, alk,_c,l ilul>- over toward him. Thewund mi, 'of heamiitlioff skirlitnailingover thethick. Ju i tk- From their courteous host niii-rliiraftosso.rjt- of besssr nulling Koft carpet at?- inrj lo asuilifriily recall him from huibtractedilat,-. He turned round ilow I ly ami ft* -,! KIT. " I_ltinec?fjiry lor tne U. write an an iwer - to thu note," lie remarked iinietly "If my s^ahssnce for a few minute* i okneivcd, you The sjrillhesl>le tomake onieexcvisw forme, matter ia reillyaii important one." 1 1 ;r cyebro Mrs, Imt wsva too wel 1 " A oolilician. a diplomaU,iifiii,M,iBilik'hesMa<siil! 1 > ral - toednoce much ius-piiie,or cevencun- sf a imble family. Lord Aiflti'iMMtoniiiii't s-a-rr| 0i ' l > well known and popular lnWloiMlollitiBni>trH! From Downing. Sir set !'' she in|iiire1, in winch he lived. It mil tin mid tobe-iaxM none rhsUntly. "I didn't notice theseal strange, indeed, had he li mom * 'I. if- km ~Ve.;fron. Downing Street,' io an-wer- pt>puiar. Uokat him aslilii.ixliiliUi-/oo ver!" 1 '"Ilmay take me Home little tune to the plump little band of tkikbll-klnif U M snd welcomes her wtikilililiiiilillipe aae-i'li which in one sentence i-onUin m liain ii i|(rn*r-aii and a compliment. His IKI rang tn MM t i tki rare c.iiiiliinalion of an eafnliilly^lliiinliilly |liti . i crnn tl;t rer, Imt y ou may re 1 y upon ni y being aa eipt diti,,ui s poiiible. ' Shane turne.l awiywitll a ulijht inclination of tU ic hri'l, ss.ii.1. leaving him, entered the Iwll- room. Me- moved forwird and guvely li.'M iheinrL&inopenfor her, taking it fimn isnil of n. icrvnut who was slati'im-*! ! ; then he retrsvced his ateps, md. ti,,- U th'T- type of features and <litint:|i(|ii(ipnitrii There is nothing cold about) ri 1 1 hi fyl U Id eyes or his small, firm mouil, lUli ,H, tiikjit } ., former are clear anil pifrc:i;.su,,;ii u.,(ll s t i,|' v * '"S' 1 " suite-room by iprivate door, and about the lalter lhml.rli.li-ibrkii.il J ^.'psas eddnwn sv Hightof stain, through an - .lightest trace of that initawiiwiioii ikk na oth*r door, svn.l along piisa S cB until lie often mars faces of that ty.. IT w. ft ilitaa**, ah r e ni ' d lk sa.pmrlm.u t, on the ground-floor of gray in his coal -black Lie* until wwily vl^io 1 * 1 " ^ 11 hecallssdhiiitiady. lend him an added dignity,*! Ini id II dUUik! _ wan ig-at room, nuely proportioned atoop of his high should. nno iuoreil,itauat-ip l>ncl han,lwnr--ly furniakjed, lined with looks ..(the horseman or the itiiilmlil.ltiilta . n, fronnsn floor U> c 'iling-a, worthy tii,l. for lx>rjAlcealon, vholar.iathor. audpoli- din. He paced across lhe thick, dark carrz~x)l like sv nun in sa dream, wiih tkt-.l V !/ - iulli>w p nioTenioiili.inil Malik :i,t'. .1 hisi r in Iron t ofiblaolc eliony writing table tn- wn ilb Icallen, and iiilei of <-on, -|, ,n- IT, kii'l !lui'-booka. For u niomtiit lie sat lx>lt upright, gazing into vsvi-aucy, or horseman or the ilnliilnlitgiltii! t!m . tin sloop of gaucherie ratkBfwijrajruW Ihill t. Imi otherwise, for, notwithiliiiiliriiliiiilUiilililit, lit still towers head and >MnUnt - iki majority of the guest* ifa mlvlmi In n * -MI coining. HI- looks wlul'm i.'i' 'iitiitly-^I l_j u ail arirtocrat and an uinii i! prfTi-: breeding ; ibe wry protttj* " tfiiyp ol n iK '.i liidiman of high birlh. Sflidiiui iirhlihi SB Two honnhatl pasted since Lord Alceston had left his wife side, and he was back among his guests a^uin. Certainly he was amply atoning for hu brief desertion of them, for every one was declaring tl.at he waione of the most charm ing of hosts). II,- deemed to he in all places at all times, and to be incapable of fatigue. No* he was the liisantl soul of a little group of gossiping politicians, now among a bevy of tlowageri, telling a> story which wan just sr.rlicienlly ritt|ue to awakfii their keen interest wilnout making them feel bound to sp pear unnaturally prudiih, anil conse- t|iiently pi.trfni; tli-m all into a delightful temper. Now he was acting as bis own matter of cermuui.-i. :tnd introducing exact- ly the right people to one another, ami now he is walking through the mazes of a square dunce with an old-fathioneil stately dignity which runny of the vounger men envied. Wlirrever he went beseemed todrive gloom before him and to breathe irayety int the dullest of the dull. Kveu bis wife watched him aJiuiringly, and wishe.l that he would always exert himswlf u he was doing then, for there were times, as she well knew, when he wai hut u nonchalant host. Hut to-night he was excelling himself ; he was brilliant, dignified, ard full of tact. She liegan to wonder, as she paced slowly through the rooms on the arm of a (irand I'uke, and anxwered with sweet smiles but only partial attention his labored common- places, whether that not from l>,>wning I , Street had brought any pood news, j chango for his penny. Placards leaned Vuiona of her husband at the head of lhe against the walls, were spread upon the Cabinet and entertaining for hia party, pa.emenl, and were almot thrust into the liegan to float before her eye], aud she gave ! J'acesof the ever-hurrying throngs of passers- whether the lui/e tloor is securely I,, U, I " " Nvillson crostu; i the room and trieil it. "U is lo ked, your lordship," he declar- ed. " Very goixl ; you can go. " The door closed, and Lord Atceston, after one more furtive glance around, slowly fin- ished his tea, drew the revolver close to his MI, I.- and recommenced writing. He had barely finished another page, however, be- fore his t.i-ii suddenly sto-ipetl upon the paper an I his heart gave a great thob. Again he heard, this time without tbe possibility of any mistake, and dose be- hind him, that low, stealthy sound. He dropped bis pen and stretched out hia shak- ing lingers for the revolver ; but een when bis hand had closed upon it he could not turn round. A col. I horror seemed to have stolen over him, freezing his blood and iniinliing his limbs. All his sen nations wre those ol a man in a hideous nightmare ; hut this was no nightmare. Again c inn: lhe >.< tlrhy sound of a cat- like treatl close to his chair. A hot breath upon his neck, and then, as life flowed suddenly again into his veins, and he strove to cry out, a handkerchief was pressed into bin open mouth aud he felt his senses reel betore tbe wift, deadly influence of tho hloroform wilh which it was soaked. Still be struggled for a moment, half turned round in his chair, anil caugbt a glimpse ot ' pair of burning eyes fixed upou bla, and reu'l murder in them. " Vou !" he gasiwd. " You ! One arm seized his, and held them from bohind. A swift gleam of blue steel flash- ed before his eyes; a sudden pain. It was over in a moment. There wai a brisk sale for the evening papers on the following day. All down the Strand and around Trafalgar Square the eager newsboys were shouting out their ter- rible tidings, and for the lover of sensation there was very good value indeed in ex by, and this is what they announces AWFUL MURDKR DC THK EARL OF ALCKSTOy ! and a little lower down AN'OTHKR TKRRIBLE MURDKR IN THK K.AST KND! An immense sensation was created this morning in all circles by the rumo-, which has unhappily proved too true that the Karl of Alceston uati been found at an early hour fore the snd the- guests were depart ing ... .. _.. ... , - - lore the faint K leams of approaching morn- or V are this morning our repsenlative ing. At la-t their hour of release had come, waa put in possession of such facts as are -elf up to them uutd tbe growing owl- ness of Iter companion 'it m tuner warned her to abandon dream ing for the present and de- vote herself to her duties. Hut she made a mrnUl note to inquire of her husband re- specting tint note at her earliest opportuu- iiy. At last the spacioui rooms liegan to thin. Royalty had come and gone ; the ix rfunn- of ciotics was growing fainter and fainter and the fairy iightii were growing .liniinT anil dimmer. K.-mier than before all the plagues of Egypt do London beauties fly be- and Lord Al.-aion s<iu|;ht his wife. already known, lows : lirirlly, they are as fol- pearince- and enough WiwitotteiitaW * i,,; s ralKn-rnlthcB tlnrk cri insou curtains hu li trouble the page* of this it| .'(wrf. Hl ,|, huistig beior* him, then suddenly hi. head iti-i.ot ne.eutary here lusiMoniMpiiunibl 1 . lim (lr " -pH"!*"" "ii fold ed vnu au J remained she looks his wife. She, toM^iltotiso^ctra.,! r ~"' llll " r '' '"rnnrly aquirter c,f an hour. 'Iv'iiitiml, an<larislocralii',uilifliliiiiiili[iy v v>J * en '"'"' -**"-'' u|>hia fai-ewas aoarroaand mire, and reverences lx)rkni.lM<.lci,Job<miir '""- ''- ml'.'ugli willa somo swift Uirible his wife. I trosswilile-ks tlionghhe were pan* ing through Al lasl the stream gromiliinilimlmitlliiismn ner. Mtri ieliw '* ordesL A great many have arrivil i 'ii II iil...[imni>-r >nu Idc poured hiiiutlfa glauof waiter frmi a iln il .(inner party, and iki iMu Ik lisri srun carsssafe nhictx aUnd at IIM clbowr and drank maile their bow anJpasv<lltMiill.tbg|llliit-ieB rur it a-s lowly. 'J'hen he act the empty llaas) t .in. , I archway to wr,, ' . ii Mjasrulu dowswn, ind. leani.ic forwird iia nil chair. " I have a letter to write for the morning '"* " : it. " lie remarke.1. " With your penni. " m that during the holding of a m 1 will t-ome to your room for a cup of recoplion and ball .ast night Lord Ak-eston a in half au hour. recieved a letter, the origin of which is at do' playing the morit delighlW lolinild WJ[flutW'i:presssedth knob of an electric lx-11 in ilj- wa!t/es. there t-oinei a lull ll-ill L llrrlili.l I- ~lnp, w,tl _ I ofpu.it Ui him. closii.g her fsnwiths lil'li n rilli mu, (luimssv m-n down the empty staircastulijqiiliaiiiiipilklsil Inn I. He stifles the wj u pxrj iliita 1s Inn of yawns, and, smiling apiloj4uiJi|lo(ftitilj, ( :f,:i her his arm with ,t ctiurlnjiliiiltniiliiibl Jst, k his charm ,,f manner, mijllliniJlitHuKKiiie-9mJi masssn a floe. /walmmt isnmMutely Ibcre ^Mras k MsT| Lin >i-k nt then ilwir.antl himervant Neillaon apiBt . I ord Alccsiton looked at him fixedly, an thu -ngliKtk ingtoiliiu* veri'iiiii't liing in thu post mm tea in Lady .\l"'toii, seeing that save for the servants) they were alone, indulged in the luxury of syawn before she answered : " !><. I want to have a few minutes' talk Don t be longer. Ku-rytliing has gone off well, I think V 1'hanki to your admirable arrangements the lodgers will he able to identify or give nny it.-.f ripii,.n .if either of the men alleged to have visited the deceased. Failing this, it teems highly probable thai Unit crime will be another addition to the long catalogue of undiscovered murders in this locality. We are not at present in a position to state de- finitely whether there is anything to Justify the supposition that this most lecent crime is by the same hand and for the same par- pose as others committed in this neighbor- hood, as the police are maintaining a strict rt-ti- . nc-e in tne matter. And so for one night, at least, Londoners had plei.ly of horrors to gorge thenvielves ipon and to discuts eagerly in public-house and .lull, railway carriage and omnibus, re- staurant <tnd street corner. Two murder* in one night, and both wrapped in mystery! What food for the sensation monger, what a funtl of conversation fnr tin- general pub- lic houses, society at their clubs and social functions. I'learure seekers, dinning and flipping at their favorite restaurants, were ready with their solemn expressions of hor- ror and their more or less absurd theories. A million tongues were busy with this one Milijert, backward and forward the name of i he peer and the name of the woman, Tru ly there is fame in death ? In his stately bedchamber, on snowy sheets, pillowed with lace, and s.rewn with flowers, his fine face white and rigid with the calm of death, lay Bernard, Lord Alceston, Karl of Harrowdean ; and on a coarse straw mattress, barely covered over by a ragged, none too clean coverlet, in Betbnal Cireen lodgi-ng- house, lay the woman who had called her- self Mary Ward. For him there were mourners, at least in name, and loud in lament for here there was none. But, after all, what did it matter ? Around him, as around her, the great world of London re- volved without change in its mighty cycles of vice and misery, pleasure-sees:ing and fortune-spending, %nd if more voices wore lowered at his name than hers, more tears dropped over his damask sheets than over her ragged coverlat, what matter ! Whose was the profit? (TO mi present a mystery, which compelled him to alwent himwlf for some considerable period from his guests. Later ou in the evening, I however, he rejoined them, and it was universally remarked that this lordship had never appeared in better health or spirits. Nothing further happened, or has since yei, I think .o." he .u.wered courteously. ! h.ippened, to connect the receipt of this And th.-n, with the smile still lingering on | etter *** fe rfl !' crllne wh . lc ; h wen v h. j lipsi, he turned sway and went to his library to report. After the departure of hid guests, his lordship went straight to his library, Apparently he soon forgot his wife's in- I promising to join his wife n,l tike tea with liniiif he did was to ' " tnrle elaborate. " I think that we mi^l mm lit vnlimi oacr>," he remarked snarely, "ttiintl ttumlri! I : fatigued, I fear. " She nhriiugcd berwhitei)ilUltltiiUi,lulMfas> l.nj llhelwl liopeil to Ho so, how- .-U t.-il, !ur it r.-min-.l er in half mi hour. All we Lave been able to gilher of what nuluiemieiilly occurred is, thai about nine o'clock this morning as she hail seen nothing of her husband, ' and had not heard him go to his room, Alceston sent her maid to make en- al olulely ifiipauivo. Theonly exprrwion disacenuble waione of re<|iectful attention. Hi! < nuilor withdrew hit nearching gaze wit h itilight. niuvt'iiH-i 1 1 of inv, and Immondii, and laidlinlrilMiiilrlnlili il lutlt gav --e Im nr.ien witli hit eyes fixed upon upon his .-oat alefvr it. .\ mere lnllf. \Vluiwi,WniMfnli,VilHli want here, I wonder?" linn tlie> f> talilt l>c fore him. lieiiny uliter from my room, Neillson, an. 1 felclinic ahinwm -to the tnewi door, of oa-oune." Lonl A!, enton paiiseil,iiillnil!<iiillini|nsuiv> mil, faced a tall, grave lookiii|>!niii;itrvi)l.liiii s saniit ' Very good, my |.r.l of sol XT black, who wainliiiuuMwii|ili>l I oil; f~ Srillton wraii p-rfcuolly tiaillfd ier\aiit, t" I'lhini, making huii)tl{ii wyllni|li rsH the hufsa. helitd n>t IWHI at>l to conceal a throng of livened fnoimitliiliei win bl l-l tbt sta rt of tin prise. lrci Ain-t.>n m,t. ,., ,- i nn-ase. He carried a tnlii Him null ulw Ms|ver an_l fnnn. . t in his hsud, upon whidi lamp n|Mliusuav ii|lt "~' Nnll-i.n ." hi-aaiil. "you wrill remrin- ! brsssr wliil I tolil you whenyiu entered my Mf sss-vrlur : The mm l>owed. " I Ho, my lord. I w.at iw to he iur|riseil at no order> which you luve "n ght|ivi- nieinil UK ver to re|>eat llni.i. " LtiriAI. --.t n ni<1deil. " Very goo<i ; i.-mir t tj oUy UidMii m the present in note. " Is that anything inipiilii! :niliorlin:,Siillin.i.si a-k.-il In- inivl.-r, frowmi|t^iliinrilii|kil|. " I lx-!ievf ao, my lor,l 'ln'nl' 1 "ilii'iiiiinii'ini ed -ii)logeiic*llv, " or linillim uulilm H taken the liberty of l.r, ![';:' >?( itui lM.,r.-r ilei-linetl to wait hm urn in mil " ,T . Hi Dnriitf; lhecommeiiceiiililliiliiilolliwnr-.v-*riili' tr nc." s|M-r- I, l/rd. \lcesiiin 'sejfiMicnhiilmlnl (> * "I Hull cloiomy lord. ' The doorcloitd i i. ii the sii|iercriptioiiiil(iaillliiiiltliii*f w wliicd an tl Lml A l.eiion WIBJS led ilone for a niin- l,t\ i, -fore him. Ilc'lureiBincMoiiuioKlii^H , , km ' nl-v He looked uarefully sarouud, as e r. H rein ii kitbln ,'kif )|H|c M IsiJ i thc ongli to CkMiuri' himsielf of the fact, for t h : in hm manner. lli)t nilin MII rim ressmdinj-laiit p upon liis Jek WH|I,,.\,|\ nun', nor did he ask nj ([i (Wj i|iuliin. .a. lie ah- adeiUntl wii|iiito iniiilli,-ionl to ilispol ni'lily "toi.<l ,|illte tjll,ii[l i-i,lluitli'ii:(l;iniii-i i, li.' ill- iiluom wbii'li Iniii^ almul llm tail r,,>m. , holding bisbreathni.iMHM^MiiUs slnl- 1 SisasdiWy lie rote ami vtilke<l with swift fiitlv down at the onelnm!i,il)KUifi,ljoiso < llx -il .-n: !t t .-|uui tli furthermost corner, n. i'.- I ; Hffm, .1 to liavf[inirni'inni' m rn.iie in wlneli st,o<nU liUck mkrlicHt witli nl.l di, I not even put out hisliaili, illiiiiji[ilni t tit fimn fisssshioned l>raunngK. 11, naiitx d to litn the nxlver until Neills>iim>nnraiiiililhin inisnofii fosrr a moment-there wai no sign of \eill axain. fiutuiii, for tbe tint thing order i* cup of strong loa to be brought to him at once. Neillion Uid it down by his tide on the tible, and was about to depart when his inutT c-allnl him liack. "Neillson, I've Imt tho key to the baize i door M>inewher<- 1 1,,, ini.rning Send down , 'l'nes. .she went in company with a foot- to HelUon . the lock imitb. as soon as you m * ' once to the *****' a " a - """8 u - tliiuk tbat hi w ill I* up, anl have another abl to P rol;llre 'l'iion or to obtain any . i >. reply, summoned help, with tne resull that ontj nmti'j. | _ *,' - _ f . . .. , too door wat forced open and the terrible " Very good, my lord. Shall you require me ..L; in: ' l.in.l .\li-etloii tlrtiw out his watch and i '" r * r< looked at il. It was four o'clock. He ' c " lhe '" 1 ' civered with blootl and his hesilt,l with it still in his hand. I ll T" l cut completely round from side to f ftpe-t-wlij discloM-tl of Lord Alceston loaning f ' )rw rd n lhe ' ' Ul '"" side. Although we are not at liberty, for ob- vious reasons, to stale mole at present, we i understand that furtherstartlingdisclosures have been made to the police by members of the household, but that at present there is nocluu t ' tho in in lei --I. If I do not nut; |,.r you in half an hour yint i-;m ^"' t" bed." Ill 1 il.-i-ldc.l. The do<ir closed, and Ixird Alceston wan h'ft alone. Fnr u moment or two be sipped bin lest leiiurcly. Tli"n, drawing some paper tdWitrd him, li'* roiniiit'iice.l to write. He had covered iwonh"c-ti , if note paper and hml wiiiinenccd the third when lie , suddenly ceased writing and stalled vio- ! ' hlll l' N"'ln. " Mieved to have abcon l,n.ly. Waning forward he pressed the ' lei1 - " '' vin B "' "> ur he * ra ' th knob of the electric Iwll, ana then, half ftailiilly. he turned slowly round and g'.tn >! a,'ros the ninm. S\e for tbe heav- b.id.'d lamp win li sttiotl on bin talde ii was still iinilliiiiiinated, and the grntter part of it was enveloped 'in shadow, lor the ' >' } * en foul "!' closely drawn curtains completely shutout ' _**" '* .....i. i^.i..!.. i.i AI . . tloulit that NCI morning. '.' i M. A warrant has been issued for lhe man Neillaon on surpu-ion of having been .in, .-nu-.l in the murder of his master, the Karl of Alceiiton. The a, v used has not the Btruggling daylight. Lord Alcestnn drew t In- hii.lf from his lamp with tin^ei* Ahii-li ir.iniil'il it little and held it high mitr liidhnad wtulu he looked svurchingly around. Tht-i f nit s.if i kn-'ck a* the door, ant now ascertained beyond that Neillson has absconded. The police are nuking every effort to trace him, and ir>- conlideiit of succt.tn. The .le.-iM-c.l earl was lhe thirtl sin of the I.. ml Kiipert Clanavon, Karl of Alces- ton, from whom he inherited th title and Inwr. it lie " Will your lordship lilitltkili HnilT! said in a low tone. I. nid AI'i'Hion stretcknll look it after a was very much like an iwlinilwuviliuiiii ilwl Ilireetly hi* linger^ li.ijtlwmnli diwlijiin seemetl himself again. I!.- I, xiked swiftly itriitlU Innilil liim'lliHil I nl no une hod obwi veil his pwii(U)iii]ji(liliiii was satisfied. The fixiliiiiitslinraiiiti)ilii(isii - -inline were still ahaorlied, parib i|ll|iti llnnli ,l> partly in cont<-mplatiDillltii)illlnllliti[j|w.t^ai. Uii wife had bt-fii strugglin|iiMlii;iilhiiiftict, bracelet, whidi sheTiadl|ji|tlml|i|iliil|iui[ j mid. Neillson alom- ba<l l:eeninp|itriii|Mliiiit I < tniio- ti, e anytliu.j unusual. " Vi.u did ,| nl, rigliO'nlllllnl \nllm l.nii. mull excuse me for one momnl'kiir'lil' hftlU IvI turn- ing lo the Countess. "HiiArfTliiiilnpri il- :uuy |x>iuibly ie.|iiiie my iiutffaiiliiioliiltil'jiitiaoi&Boii,' She Imwi'd her hfud liijciiniMijutill^iil I, . I link- Inwii upon the kin, I ,nlnX numiiesir i aeiw) fanning hcnelf. Ird to !IMIl nor VCD vtil t lilt leon one mile, Sf|li|||^||s limit w ,_, |n|i he bad taken frt>m theiikwhuilvitillii s ilioi, ilelu-ste fingers. Kor ituaUn'MinlUtiiUiaa Ultj, itnil sr-i-i i,l in, lineil tOfkiwyoriMimyiunflpcfloa.xDeil. III.- ini|.nle. l'owr\fi,|,,,-if| |wJmy, ,'t X, nil, standing l*cli bshlad SJMH *M d isa fulim, wlneli littlj , oncenled liiiihiiiiiiliiiilrniiliiif lii f, he U'li.itev.rtl.e "iiii-i,iii,iij||iiMi|liil m 9 fa Inn they could hair f, fni In- ,-ft-ini-il 1,11,11,1* iiftnihi nsi i it a glai.vi. Kill be ilid n.tii;,,,,,*, iiuw'Wjr U bis wife'i side. so>" -n's reuiris. Then he ilrcw it Imncb of kesy from liiiptwket, openetl one ol tt.e lo- war Jra ween, and, pushing hia hainl I > k lo-v the remote coiner . UlMMst fora uiti m- cut. Apparently he foul wltat he want- eiI3, for sucldriily he withdrew hit hand, ti annftrrecl some ohjcact to his) pocket and rsjSBturuxl Lo hit teat. Almost iinme.luti -ly M ilU"ii i t *a|i|i,'nr, il , ,,irr)iii^; tin 1 ul.ster u sunder liis n,rin. " The li&iuom ii >%t lhe mr>^vs door, my li^Til,"liif a ill, holil.nn upil ,t Lord Alc;ston rofo and iittTered himself t<X3 he helpca*! into it, "Viry j^. .,!. You fekliod it yourielf, I hssssMf "Ortai n ly, my Lord. It there anything oil so!' Ilinian*>er buttoned hit coat up to his KIT iri, Mid <lrmg M. slouch cap from the :kel, pill leii it over Mil forehead. Then he .it n, ''I f >i .iniiiin i -iit. "Nil, t liurr i m tiling ele at present, eillmi," he aniwcared ilowly. "I ahali ek thu door, and i f I im 111,1 Hired (or you lie let i t underst ootl that I am cngugad n pmiiin nn {Hirlant 'lesptk-h. ' The in. in bowotl mid witli.lrcw. Ixird drawing out Ini. key from hit n - ockel, followed hinrt tothe il<r and i-are l.-,ll> |,,,-k .-il it on i lir insnlo. Then, re- K- rosiinii tlie room, he tlreit aside. a.Inpancsr t mi aixl inilinkc-,1 n iin.ill unm i ,1 oor, whioti olond svftcrUn withi ipring. I It wulhstniitlosmsi dark p(.<iiuge, along hi.'hhe I - lil. pawed ra|/iilly unt i 1 he enie/rgen si,!iitrcejt,aillii' curner ofwluch XeilU.iii ei.teretl. Urd Al, ,t,.n i.nt ,iivn ette. 'l * the sixth peer. During his the Uuip with an unmistakahlc gesture of . youthheheldacommismon in theSe,-ond Life re |j e f ; (iuards and served with distinction through the Crimean campaign. On the doath .if lux two elder brothers however, his lordshipleft the army, and taking his peat in the House of Peers, devoted himself to polities. His lonUhip was created a K. C. B. in 18, was a member of the Privy Council, and ignite recently his name was mentioned as tin- |irol>aule successor to Lord H in the Cabinet. The deceased peer was married in |S 1. 1 tin- 1. 1 U Margaret Agnes Mon i. in, I. only daughter of the Karl nl Montaud and leaves an only sou, Lonl Bernird Clana- von, who succeeds to the title and entailed estates. lielow, cast almost in insignificance by such a heinous crime ns the murder of a peer of the realm, was a shcrt paragraph headed : ANOTHER TKACKDY IN " Keilloii," he laid, qui'tly, "there in some 01. e in the i ' N.-I ll-,,n l,,,iki-'i .11-,, uinl in I ill, -n luck at hu in. mil i in, -ic 'iilniwly. "Someone, in the room, my lord '" he repealed. " ImpiiKiiule '. 1 lieg your l,ir I thip's) pitrd'in," lie added confusedly, " I meant " St-vcrmiinl what you iiieint, Neillson,'' intc. ruiitfd Ins iiniMer. " Look behind that HTffll ' N. -illstiii approached tbe screen very gin- gerly an,l IM-.-I t- .1 itrnund it. ' There* no une there, my lord," he de- clared, with relief. Side by litle they walked roiin,! the apartment, Lonl Aloeston hiddliigthelam|>aliov his head. They din- ooveretl noth iig. nlivinuitly, save them elves there WKH no one else in the room. Lord Alceilon resumed his neat and set the lamp down. " It'savery atranze thing," he said, in a low tone. " I'm not a nervous man, and my hearing is remaikaldy good. I i uulil have sworn that I heard a shuttling fiiotat i'p. Neillaon, fetch my revolover from my room and see that all the chambers are Illttdc-.l." Neillson withdrew autl during hishriefab- cnce Lord Alceston sat around in his chair with biieves reslleudy wandering almut the interior of the apuitment. I'rosentu Neil- MIII reappeared andiilently laidasmitllihin- mg revolver on the desk by his mauler's sine. " Anything further, your lordship V " No, you can ^o to bed now ! I ini|ipoge it must haro been fancy. Just see, though. THK IATT KM>. MURDKKOr'A \VOM.\\ IS A I.IIIN.ISi.-lllll SK. Just before going to pren.-, information came lo hand of another awful murder in Kitldell Street. Bethnal Creeu I!., .id. On lieing called according to runtum, hy the proprieties* of the lodging house, a woman who went by II, e n tine of Mitry Ward was discovered lying, across her bed quite dead, and stabbed to the heart by some sharp instrument. Th deceased women wan known to have been visit. .1 i'i th it-.- in I in i nj tne early |,u i nf the night, tbe latter of whom left huriiud- Iv, Imt in. struggl. i or ei-iesof any sort M , : ,- In ,n , I, and no mispicion was cnlertained of foul play. It is not known whether any of I'll rl.. II. ,11 ! I .lu. ..I I ,.n A writer in the Kducational Monthly on "Patriotism in Education," considers that in our schools, and more especially in those devoted to higher education, tbe teachers of history and of the subjects coming tinder the general head of Knglish litera- ture, have a vitally important task to per* form, in imbuing scholars with sentiments of patriotism. The writer does not hesitate to iay that, lying aa Canada does between the surging tide of British civilization, traditions and greatness on the one hand, and the rushing stream of American pro- gress on the other, lesson* may IM learned from a comparison of lhe two, which w II he valuable beyond expression to the stu- denu in the course of tlitir future careers. Uut Canada itself has a distinctive reco d aud noble past. Edmund Burke once re- marked that " he knew of no more absorb- ing and instructive occupation for the mind of a thoughtful man, than to trace, in all their peculiar grandeur, the bold and swiftly formed outlines in the history of a young and patriotic people." And Canadians have much to l proud of. Aaide altogether from the cherished deeds of Hritish sailors, sold- iers and statesmen in ages gone by, possess- ed by us through an historic continuity which the American have so unfortnnalely lost, we have memories in this land of our* worthy of onr ancestors ami worthy o the great races which are commingling upon our soil. The war of 1812, with its gallant victories, can never b forgotten, and while warfare in itself is not an object of congra- tulation, the principle upon w.urli it is bas- ed may, and upon that occasion did, voice the noblest sentiments of humanity. The writer quotes the Rochester Herald, which says " we have no sympathy with that sub- limated sentiment which derides patriotism, clannish and provincial, and aims lo throw down the walls of home and native and adopted land. \Ve believe that men are better for having a country, a Hag and an which these hu^e animaln were slaughtered allegiance for which they are willing to do and dare and die.' 1 To this end, certainly the teaching ol history can and should breathe such a spirit. Inference, conclusions, incidental references historical allusion*, praises given to patriot* ami patriotic actions, comparisons casually and bnelly instituted ; in a hundred ways the point can Ins driven homo ami the lesson taught. < 'anulian hialory involves upon its nv.Ts page some instructive reference to notional development. In using the word " navional " no distinction need lie made It-l ween Canada and Britain. Our people, by their Hag and institutions, are British now, and no reason exists why wo should not expand into a powerful Itritish na- tion upon i mi, ii in soil. The writer thinks tint' much stress is luid up- on the events of a very distant past. Why should a student of the day know nil about Ciesar and little or nothing about the I > nnnnm of Canadit. It is the conslant in, -ill, -.iti, HI of history f rom a patriotic stand- point which would remedy this defect. With tin-' patriolinm would necessarily go aliuif for the flag which waves over theland of our birth anil adoption. Il represents everything that our fathers cherished, and to the children il should be the embodiment of the conn Iry in which 'hey li\e and lhe home in which ihey centre their affection. The monster coal strike in Kngland which began a week ago was brought to a close on Monday, the miners having decided 'hat, the purpose for which the pits were stopped has (wen achieved. In all the his- tory of labor there hss never been a more senseless strike than this. Tho object of the men in stopping work, was to check the outpul of coal, to prevent the market from being glutted, and thereby to avert any pos- sibility of a reduction of wages being made by tho mine owners. For this they have sacrificed a week's wages themselves, have thrown thousands of other workmen out of employment, and have disturbed trade, in dustry ami traffic without any positive as- surance of benefit to themselves, either in the present or the future. For they have been siicce.suful in their efforts to obt tin a pledge, that there would l>e no re<lii,'t:n of wages from the mine-owners. The latter, indeed, appear to be the only people who have reason lobe satisfied with the strike of the last week, since it sent up the cost of coal, ami enabled them to clear off their -HI |,iiin stock at abnormally high prices, at the same time relieving them Irom thu neceasily of paving the week's w i to their men. II