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 mmmm mmm mm MP* â- â- â-  'fy â-  V ^I Him I â-  -v't i oM i ^iry if rw:^ • t^l ili THE STIRKBRIDGE MYSTERF. C»APTEB I. Stirkbridgs waa » villM^e in one «f tfee i JBoglieh midlMid oonntiM. Ic wm » qaiat, • «Jd (Mhioned place, looking olean and pictmr- V ati^iM, with ita whitewash^ cot'ases, oobbly awMwajTB, qaaint old chnrch, and lon.i; «tretchea of green award bordering the road apoa whioh it atood. Haifa mile beyond it ^»ias a small thongh thickly Bet wood, be- longing, aa did the vill»g=) itcelf, to Mr. ;Solert Brotherton of The Towera. Mr. Brotherton waa not popular in the vlll«ge. He waa rarely at home in the large :koaie with the high tower, from whioh the .. 'SQuniry could be seen for milea around, -liltaated at one end of Stiikbridge, and «kieh waa hia nominal reaidencp, and when 1m did occaalonally, for a few weeks, oconpy Zhe Towers, hb haughty manner to the ^-sdagers, and the indifferenoe he ditplayed to tbe smsll grievances in whioh they some- 'tEaaea wished to interest him, as their land- lord, did not prepossess them In his favour. For twenty years Mr. Brotherton, having aaoceeded bis father at the age of thirty -five, had •waed The Towers and the ectate be Ifloging te 4t, nnwedded and be had come 'to be regarded aa a oonfirmed bachelor, ' When at length it became known that at the ripe »g9 of -fifty five he was about to marry, A considerable amoant of surprise and curios- itf ««8 manifested, etp3oial]y aa the bride â- "•â-  ramoored to be a yonng foreign lady of i^rreat leanty. The marriage never oame oS. On the morniiig preceding the day on which Jfr. Brotherton should have proceeded from vStirkbridpeto ijondon to claim his bride, he was found dead in Stirkbr'dge Wood. The sleepy old village was roused to a lerment of excitement, especially when day after day paased without bringing the die- oovery of any cine to the murderer. That- tfa« act had not b^on suicidal, waa proved by tte fact tSat the wound which had been the cause of the death waa euch as could not have been self-icfiioted. In spite cf the unpopu- larity of the victim, the utmost interest waa evinced in the steps taken by the authorities for the qetection and capture of the perpa- trip aomewhare mora often. Eh t Don't you think ao 7 By the way," with • jovial langh, " 1 hftva a oonmiastoii to perform in which yon ue conoemed â€" a apeoial msaasgo to yon from a lady. ' A sntpioions frown f .-om the old man re- warded this sally, and bendiog his shaggy- browed visage close to the smooth face of ehronghoat the day, and tha roada of Stirk- hrldgs ware aatarated, and tha oabblea dark- •aad with moistara. It waa nine o'clock, and with tha exoeption of a aoUtary fignra harrying along the Hi^h Street, no one aeemed to bs abrod. The lighta of lamp and fire were ahinlng from many a oottege window, and the sound cf load laaghter, and of tiie olinkiog of glasses, came through the doora of the Red Lion. The solitary wayfarer waa the page boy from The Towers, and, judging from the tdarmed ezpreasion of his face and the speed the smooth face â€" the reverend gentleman, he shot upon him I ... a glance, so threatening, ao nnoanny, „ h^J^ whioh he came daahiiig up the atreet malioious, aa to cjkuse him involnntarUy to »"!»««»* overcoat or nmbrella. hia errand In a moment, however, the parson recovered his asnal shrink back good-natured equanimity. •'Poor old fellow ' he thought "If he continues in hia unhealthy secluded style of living he will go from bad to worseâ€" from a little queemeaa tc dangerous madneaa. Nothing like moping for nnhinging the brain." Aloud he continued 'My wife declares ahe is thoroughly offended. Yon have refnsed to see ns twice lately when we have called at The Towers. Yon have refused to visit na. And she wants you to atone by attending our baztar next week, What do yon say Will you comet" Mr. Sbranghneesy advanced still closer to hu interlocptor, and his thin lips parted in a repulsive grin, revealing his gleaming teeth,^ as in peculiar guttural tones he enunciated the following extraordinary apeech. "A death'd head at a feast. A bkeleton upon the hearth. A madman at a baziar. Ab I Ah I Ah I" the end of the peal rising almost to a shriek, and causing several persons noar to regard him with redoubled attention. •Good Heavens 1" thought the vicar. "He's worse, fifty times worse, than he was three months ago. He'd simply frightful, beyond the reach of any icflnence of mine, I'm afraid. ' And with the hasty remark, "Ah, my train, isee; good morning," the Rev. John Birristaw hurried off. As near an approach to a smile as waa ever to be seen on Mr. Sbraughnessy's grim countenance now momentarily played i^pon it, -tratorof tha crae. Bat he remained 'at' " ""°*^ " settled him at last," he large; unpunished, hia crime one of tho^o '*?'itt«'ed. " Confound him. He's taken a mysterioua deads whioh now aad again hsiRt vaat amount of time learning his leaaon of the moat atrennoua t ff jrts of the police, and ' i®*Y"S,*'*® alone, iear af^r year haa he by-and-by Siirkbridge, becoming unable to extract fresh matter for discussion from the aabject, let it drop, rc'.apatng into ita former ooodition of bnculic tracquiliity. Twenty yeara paaaed, bringing with them few changea to the village. Tlie owner of The lowers now waa a nephew of the late Mr. Brotherton, who had inherited the whole of his nncle's proparty. xeaidodatThe Towers, disliking a country life, and, unlike Mr. Brotherton. he was accustomed to let the house. The laat tenant, who had now been in posaea^ion imore than five years, had taken the place on » long lease. He was not an Englisbman aoone knew exastly what his nationality waa, soma sayiog Spanish, some Italianâ€" but hie English was tolerably well spokea, he having in boyhood lived much in Eng land. He was, in appearance, except for the remarkable brilliancy of his dark deep set eyes, an old man, grey haired, hollow- cheeked, wrinkled, and beat tn form. Hia manner of hvi-ig waa plain in tha extreme. The Towers was a lirge hcuae, and during its occnpution by other tenants it had posseceed a large staff of eervanta, but Mr. Straughaeasy employed only three â€" a houar keeper, a housemaid, and a page, with «caaiona} help from a village gardener. He lived in almost hermit-Hke aeoluaion, never, except for an infrequent early morning ramble through the wood, or when upon certain state oocasiona he lett Stirkbridae for the day, being seen outfide hia grcunda, and refusing admictanoe to all viaitora. He waa conaidered odd, eccentr.'o, "a bit touch- ed," by the villagera, though Mra. D.iffiald, him honcekeeper, said he seemed sane enough, a tittle perhaps becanae of the striotneaa with which ha preserved hia seclusion, but chiefly becanae of a strange habit they had learnt from hia servants he indulged in. The largest room in The Towers was a long, low apartment, from which a narrow winding staircase led to the tower, which â-  had been built to satisfy a whim of old Mr. ' Brotherton 's, the murdered man's father. In JiuM room Mr. Straughnesay apent the greater part of hu time, and aiaca hia occupation of the hooae no one but himaelf had been al- lowed within it, he locking the door both upon entering' and leaving it. Such a pro- oeediog conld scarcely fail to aronaa aome cnrioNiy. particularly ia a place like Siirk- bridge, where small tninga were hugely mag- nified by gossiping tongues, and where the dearth of larger Interesia made even the moat trivial doings of ita inhabitanta established and contiBcsua aubjecta for conversatior, and Mr. Stranghnessy and his myaterioua chaniMT tnme to be looked n^n by some of liia homUer neighbours with a certain aaooDt of awe. The occadiona upon which Mr. Stranghneasy waa accustomed to leave Stirkbridgo were when, once a quarter, he went to Berri cfaestPT, a manufacturing tiwn fi^ty miles distea* What was the purpose of his viaita to Benloheater was not known, but rega larly, with one exception, aince bis coming to S:iTkbridge had he, the first week in Jamntgj, April, July, and Ooiober, made hia •xoB»kii8 thither. The one exception had bfea when nearly a week 'of soaking wet weather had come one Ootobor, only one day FViday. being tolorab'y • fine and Mr! Scra^h^aay among hia other peculiarities waa utmiBely superstitious, believing Friday to be an asluoky dey, and being unwilling to travel upon it, he had put off hia journev «â- Â«! tt» week foUowine. ' pestered me in this way. While hia lady wife, with her aire, and her gracea, and her subscription liata, hangiog aboat my doora, hae driven me nearly madâ€" nftsrly made me the old lunatic the intelligent villagera imagine me to be. Well, well I think I've aettled the R?v. John Barriataw now." And, still mumbling to him'^elf. he climbed Ha never "**' *•" '^*'° *°^ ^** oirried away. One morning, a month after the _. â€" oncur- renoe of this little episode, aa Mra. Drifliald, after receiving her master's orders for the day, waa about to retire from the dining- room, where her daily audience with him usually took place, he called her back, aaying he had some pleasant news for her. .."^^'"'°^*'8'^*y"i* WWlo holiday. Mrs. Dr ffiald," he said ••you and the other servants as well. I want a few repairs doing to the house, and a few little altera- tions ihat I think it would be venient to have done while it They will not take long to do. more cob waa empty, perhaps a week or a fortnightâ€" and I am going to eive you a fortnight's holiday." « » T^ VJ*,*J "'• „Thank you, sir." said Mrs. JJiiltield. "But some one wrl be iranted jast to look after the place a bit, sir, won't there?" ahe respectfully irqaired. "I shall do that," replied Mr. Ssraugh- neeay. "I am not going away myself I wish to superintend the workmen. I shall have ray meals brought from the Rad Lion, and I dareaay aome woman from the villace hour villagi or so a can be got to attend here an day. " *• X ea, sir, no doubt," agreed Mrs.Drfffi.-ld, trying to prevent the surprise ahe waa leel ing expressing itself upon her face Mr Straughnessy was reveiaing the oider of things to whioh she had been accustomed. At her other situations, repairs had been condnoted, along with painting, etc., during the family s abaence, the servants remaining behind, ••And when are we to go, please, ••The aooner the better," repUed Mr Straughnesay. ••As aoon as you can manage togetreadv. How long would that be. do you think I" •Two or three days would belongencnjb sir jaat time enough to write and Jet our frienas know when to expect ns, and to get r^^AT, *„, ... w-.â€" ^^^^ of ua Sc," â-  " eo we have jast lo withont overcoat or nmbrella, hia errand waa an argent one. Atoab the middle of the village waa the house of Dr. Loton, the Stirkbridge medical practitioner, and it was on hia door atep the boy paoaed. He rang the bell, inqaiied for Dr. Loton, and waa told the doctor waa within. " The maater's been taken ill," he gaaped, hia breath oomiog quick and nhort, "very UI. They think 'e'a poiaoned 'imaelf " " Good graoiona 1" ejaculated the man who had answered the door. •' Well, I for one am not anrpriaed. He waa a queer nn, waa Mr. Stranghneasy. I'll tell the doctor at once. Lucky 'e 'appsna to be in." Dr. Loton waa informed hia aervioea were in immediate rcqueat at Tha Towers, and drawing on hia top coat he at one prooeeded thitherwarda, in company with the boy. Swiftly atriding along, he queationed hia com panion aa to the ciroamatencea anrronndiog the caae. Ha elicited the facta that the poison taken waa landanum, and that hit. Straughnesay had been accustomed to induce sleep by ita means, though never, as upon this occasion, before retiring for the night. Arriving at The Towers he waa met at the door by Mrs. Driffield, who, pale acd dia- compored, ushered him upstairs to Mr. Strangfanessy's bedchamber, the room in which he had been found, lying back in an easy chair, motionless and ii(;id, with sn empty bottle labelled «• Poiaon" lying by his aide. Huddled up in the chair, hia face grey and pioched, he was a ghastly sight. The doctor took the nervelers hand hang- ing over the chair ia hij, Af er a while, •'Ho ia dead," he said quietly. •'Daad!" repeated the housekeeper. " That waa what I feared. ' " When did you last see him alive " the doctor icquired. '•I saw tiija JQ3t after dinner to day, sir," •'Did you nocis^ anything strange in hia demeanor I Did he seeoi in hia u.ual spirits â€" not dcnresaed at all ' Mrs. Driffield considered a moment before replying, hor fiagers nervously twisting the fringe of her black silk apron. 'He waa very quiet, air," abe said at length "but that he often was. He wasn't one to talk much to his servants. Now I thirk of it, though," he did look graver than ordinary " Dr. Loton meditatively rubbed hia chin with bis hand, a habit of hia when think- ing. He remembered how many times he had heard Mr. Straughnessy spoken of aa not being in the full possession of his mental facnltiea, though Mr. Barristaw had often asserted he waa merely a little oddâ€" nothing more. Even the vicar, however, had latter- ly run with the popular verdict, giving aa his reason for the changing of hia opinion an account of hia laat interview with the old man, when ho had been both shocked and startled by the wildness of hia manner and words. He (che doctor) waa strongly lEclined to suspect Mr. Straughnesay s death nad not been caused by an accidental ov»r- dose- as the housekeeper upon firat seeing him had suggeated-but that it was a case of snicide-snioide while in aa unsound state 01 mind. ,„^f'!.**"" °' ••" thoughts was hero inter- rupted by a succeaaien of loud piercing ahrieka in which waa a sharp tone of terror? Uming as they didâ€" with such startling ^d, no doabs it would "Whaliait^lfaryt'aaidlfn. Driffisld. •' Try aad toll oa, there'a a good nrL" •• I've seen a ghoat," aaid tim girl, with a ooavnlaiw ahadaar,aad a ^aaoa of appralMa- alon towarda tha docrr, aa If in expeotanoa of tha appoaranoe of tiia oaoaa of liw f rights " Mr. Brotherton'a glraat. Him aa waa mar dered. Iooaldn'tbeiniatakan,"afaaoontina- ed, vehemently,'aeeing afaint amile onrl.tLe dootor'a lipa. " I knew Mr. Brotaerton by aight when I waa a girl. I remember him aa plain aa ever. It waa iiim or liia ghoat 1 aaw np in the maatet'a room, loonld take my dying oath of it, air." "Nonaense," replied the dootor. "Yon foolish girl, yon have let your imagina- tion run away with yon." And he turned towarda Mra. Driffield. " Yon must aasiat me to place the body on th.2 Ied, pleaae, Mra. Driffield," ha nld. "It will be better there. And Mary, yon may be required to lend na a helping hand." Mra. Driffield did aa aha waa requested, bat Mary ahakin^ with nervons fright, was anabla to render any aaaiatance whatever. The body removed. Dr. Loton waa abiont to leave, when Mra. Driffisld stopped liUn with a question. •• Will there bo an inquest 'sha aaked anixionalv. ••I doa't see how it can be avoided." n- plied the doctor. "lb is tolerably dear ha died nrom an cverdoae of Undannm. Whether the landanum waa adminiatered with anioidal intention or not, ia not at all clear j bat either way, an inquest would be held. Aa I aaw him firat, I think yon sav. Apropos of the Drn,-.7^' Waterloo reUc. at DS'r^lii^ dent write, to the LondL T' »5 incidant may intere,? ,° " GlofS they aee the watch ofsT'^iLV day. June 18 He w'^^'^iiS body, a bullet enterlna^i"'"" t^S the back. To say tW «k..lV wound one would lik" iJ!^^ ili^ thoae days bad .oZ\^i^L^ waa aa you found him, ••Yea, air) exactly like that. Hia supper had been laid, and the gong sounded â€"he kept very old-fashioned hours, dinner at twelve, supper at eight,â€" but he hadn t ^come down ao after wait- ing nearly half an hour, I came up to hia room. I knocked several times and at last, being afraid aomethiog waa wiong I opened the door and came in. The blind was drawn down, the lamp lit, and he waa lying in the chair jaat aa jou saw him, sir. 1 spoke to him, and toaoed him, because I thought at first he was asleep but when I bent downâ€" I am rather short sighted, sirâ€" and loosed closer, and saw what his fao was like, and noticed the bottle, that in the morning had been nearly full, empty. I thought he was ill-had psrhaps taken too mush laudanum as I'd heard of people doing, and I sent Tom for yon at once, sir.' «w^?" •*'?.;?" ^^ "^^^*" "P"«* the doctor. "Well '.with a laat look, before leaving, at the pale face on the bed, "I think there is ncthmg further I can do in the matter at preaent. so I will wiah you good-right, Mrs. Driffield. Come. ?5i„n^^ K " ^. Sreat atate of terror! "don t be so foolish. Take my word for it. ghoata don't exiat out of anyone's imagina- tion. " "Bat I aaw it, air," ahe insisted, "with my own eyea. It waa no fancy. I waan'e I Itlt Mr u'^^rtf".** **** '» °* the ?oom. tM *^ • ^â„¢"'"'«»°. " hia ghost. And I must leave the house. I wouldnt stay another night in it for worlds." "What I WIU you leave Mra. Driffield all alone here ex jept for the boy? Surely you cannot be so aelfiah-ao silly. Uome. take me with you to the room you speak of, and i'aH io'onsw" "° ^^-^PP"-^ S^^oat "Oi, Idaren'o go there ajrain sir 1 daren'c if I waa killed for not |oig," criel Mary emphaticaUy. ' "Tell me how I can find it. then." be .aid Ha thought that perha^ if he ir speoted the apartment and found the cause of the girl'd fright-aome trfflin^ thin.r h! wother, Canada. Three year. UterTA'^*' recovered in aot^e "oS ' ' because ha was left alone; i^*^ (P »th. and (."T***** party at B ailence of interest, and heard. routed, and hia7,.o vllut'^nJ^"i bited to the asaembled co.r.^« round at laat to hia., and o R N the surgeon, and everybcdy n, ^H "Oh, than you are theZ!T^" watch r Had a ghoat frrCl" e^l they could nof have boenSt^ However, a shako of the hin^ right,myboy."m.de;hpti23 happy, though he fslt thV°h ?«? '4 have died on tn., field Th H peculiar make, ^aa h.nded doj'^y atory to the hero's godaon. and! tf to our enterprising Anga m,' 1 .S Waterloo relics. '""•""I following. 03tob*T J, IS -, wan a fiae bright day. aba aky bnt aparrely fljcked with clouda, •he ataoaphere warmer than ia naual for «iat time of the year. About noon, Mvaral people were in Stirkbridge natien, waiting for a couple of trains ^^H* were shortly due within a few minutes «each other. They stared hard when Mr Knngfatesay's bent figute alowly meandered "_^t»« platform, but no one ventured to HOeaa him. and to none did he vonchaafe a Veetinsr. He stood looking aimleaaly down we liae in the direction from which liia *nin waa expected, apparently obliviona of all arownd him. until he waa atartled from bm ahatnetion by the approach of a gentle- man â€" a abort, atout, good-tempered-looking â- lao fai dergyman's garbâ€" who had jaat entered the station, and who in hearty 8»"1 tease «eee ted Mm. "Gjod-morning, Mr. Straughneiay," he said, holding out hia hand, into which Mr. 8traiq{hBesay very reluctantly placed hia own. " Glad to tea yon on^ a fine mominsr Vkt tl^a. Better for yoc if .yon tnek a Uttle ready for ua. We're none of us Scirkbridee folka, you see, sirâ€" â€" •- let " .i.'7^"n V ^l "y tJ'" ^»y8 from now, that will be Thursday," interrupted Mr Straughnessy. "That will do qnite well for ni6. ' The servants were wall pleased at the prospect of a hoUday, but their pleasure did not prevent them experiencing and express iDg aome wonder aa to the motive for which their jiaater thua sent them off. Jhey did not accept his reason aa the correct one. Ihey had heard no p-evious mention of alterations, and there waa little repalrins needed. Their suspiciona naturally jumped to the oonoluaion that the myaterioua closed chamber had aomething to do with Mr Straughneaaj'a desire to be rid of them, but whether their ooejacture waa well founded or not they had no means of judging, and when Thursday »me rounl they departed Mrs Driffield and the boy. who wm S nephew, to visit some friends at Berriches- ter the housemaid to her home in a neiith- bonring village. ' anfet of 'k^T*""*! the beforeundisturbed quiet of the house, and foUowing closely aaw Dr. Loton entertained, and which had not preaented itse f to her mind before, that Mr. Straughnesay'a death waa auicida and L Jh? 'T^^'i "accident -they complete iLte^r- ^."ffi^ldoffher balance.^ She ?^^ "^i'" •.?'"*^«» """"t "hair, ntter! ^unnerved, while even Dr. Lomn ex^rieno- afran J"i""T "'"" "m^mberi^ that th?^m """" '•*' "•«' circulated through aS.rVff '^^°°fr^""'8 the man who now lay ting gooror",!"' '""P*"'" -^^"^^ °'°--' ha^H?""!!,**" houaemaidand the page Thpi^t /i"'°^^'8"'« hy the kitchen fir? 2en Illnel^lf" ^T'""^^ "" master's sud- den ilInesB. hu strange ways, the mysteri- thfai""^^..""""' "•* by and-by-thoSh this waa not in connection with Mr. Straugl- anothe nike"k?n"d^ThtUr ii^^lf thit^th^^M- ^^'«"»' timethey h^ « thu., thOT M«y, remembering there were oertam dutiea aha h,^A 5^." '^*5* the A Former Channel Bridge Project Which the present one appear, indeed In 1868, according to aS dd of London "EogineetiDg," the Frfnci or endorsed a desicn prepared bvMCi Bontet, who waa called an engineer modestly proposed, fcr £8 000 COO to m threelyears. ten spws of 9846te( with a capacity of 24 loaded tmiiu centre of each span. There were to lie parallel main trusses 198 feet deep il ends, and 51 at the centers, each traal fully and wonderfully composed of parallel (nearly) horizontal ironwirai cabla m the sama vertical plane. After woven together by cross ropes th to become endowed with enormous ri to flexure, and act as rigid beami wrought iron piers were to be flMled buoys, arjasted by an enormous s in the center and leveled on and with the nnderlyins! sand by screi much like the adjustment screws p at3. nessy, save another of liL bridge Wood an M nJ?'Cther'*£ ^^ T" "^^" "«" Btoirw3 hn^' /. "° ^^^ " aervants' Boairoaae; but after completine her t»«fc "T!l",ly."°»*"'"^.?P from the kitchen fling thing he w?uJl,tt^ew E^eSiiv* ""-^'^^ I "y «ran^~d7oTthe- to Mra' Driffi "d* for MSrS^," h^ S " "" ^^""' "' a^iSLi^/"'^*^' " p-'"«. *« 'â€" Driffi3ld° J^r ^°° *n* "^^ "'" " Mrs. not tar from here-on che next landing But do you tbink it ia well to go? Yo*a have not lived in the aame bouae^w .h Mr! Stranghneaay Hko we have, and you don'i know what strange ways he had. I haven't Tt .tin ' 1°.?'"""" »^' "Oh like m^IeU* but BtiU," shaking her head, "the mmer whaiTi?"'" "J"' """ *»^«"' no knowing what he may have had in a room tharn? one-none of us, any way-has been in thi2 laat many a year." JZ"'V^^°^ ' ' " ' I-oton with a D^ffi;M^"°t" â- *°"»»'« woman/ Mrs? Unffiald surely you are not afraid T rtV« say.yon will have heard of the EEqnimalt QiavinK Dock. It is said that the British Goren will soon be asked to contribute to t of lengthening the graving deck at i malt, British Columbia. TiieamoiDtg canatrnction of li .andnowBni)tb(r$ being jaat naif the aum needed for thei is applied for. It hae been diacoreKdli the dock, which ia only 433 feet in la will not be nearl long enongh for tiwi ateamera which the Canadian FuiieS way Company is conatructini?, and i Britiah Government is greately inte in the new mail service it ia thongii t will not be unwilling *o aid in the inpi ment of the dock.- [N. Y .Time*. hear now of marvX, wi? f'^l^i and cures, and the vioCSS^"i} Waterloo you were shoSh^^'VM therefore you wer« i "L""»iil ko, a dead man, and onrte,""*;!' He atiU retained conoion«. " »m1 "Take thi, watch toX7rl'°^S him- ' more was not aaid i '^31 •enaible. The call, a„V',.'«»l*4:l wounded, the flying'hMf """ i! puraulng army genfrZ "» W.BiJ-^l ?aon,andafterthe8eaK°J?r made he forget where Ch^fM who waa shot through ^gtV fore, the watoh remained i„\-^i After the war. he was oJel^"?*a ment In Canada, with « --^J««i fanding the dead man-r thought, and the watoJi Upon the morning of the Monday follow- ing, Mr. Stranghneaay left by train for Bjr richeater, returning in the afternoon acoom panied by a couple of workmen and aome luggage. For severaldays the men remained aleepmg at The Towera, their meals served along with Mr. Stranghneaay's from the Ked L'on, and a woman from the village attending for an hour or two a day. Af^r their departure Mr. Stranghneasy Oontinued aa before until the return of his aervanta. Mra. Driffiald waa curiona to notioe I^-*-«!5*t' alterationa mentioned, bnt not â- pecfisd by Mr. Stranghncsiy, had beui oarried out bnt, ao far aa ahe could aee th« S!ri!5.*"J^-I»!r«^.-" theaamfr^fct por- Blowing oat her candle aha m. .» abort flight of atepaZS^ting SS fi^' ' on which wa, her roomwiSt fhe f ron^^f Jf « "r* K*l^ '"^--d oppoaite'^^"'"-*-*^- Viotor.'a's Spring Tours. I hear that beeidea going to ItalyinMa the Queen will probibly pay a visittoGf many at Whitsuntide, in orderthatiln" be the guest of Etnpr as Frederick at w^ berg, in the Tannns, and her M»i«!ty* afterward be eatfrtained by the E«| tricks imagination'aomTti^ea p'ava bvIH^ ^^"'i*'" ** ^*'""'""' "" '"'^*"f the atrongeat of ua. Marv had h«f « J^r *fi opomng of the magnificent maaBoltim cpaet by the .uddennew^of Mr Stranli' nessy'a death, and so became 7^\t ^^' to hallucinations. ThatL a"" " he of obambsr, *he myaterioua Thoae she left it a fortnight ago. S"!?Ji *• honse that had .,,,„«. „„„» fa need of improvament were nnchangaS. w,Jw 5" «•"«•.» the conoluslon that tiho work done had been, aashe had anticipatS? She stoodâ€" faaoinatod hv .»â€" i that the opportaniS^av h!f„t^[*' """ â- taira ae the end to the landing quick, firm ateps ai The asoended the the paaaage. above, and with apartment, from-whtrr*" "' "" ^hllS!!:?^' '» *m further' «"' "XL'V 'd'"l'"" ** *»- i?th:"d-r^ "" ^c---^ " of the darkneaa aronad then^ is being built there fnr the receptaos H coffiaof the Emperor Frederick. wbicbu»J Transferred to it on June 15, the i" anniversary of his death. The inM being superbly decorated and "'•'"'t^ mounted by two cupolas inlaid »!»*â-  tian mosaics.â€" [LondonTrnth, What the British Pay for Tobwc* The cost prioe of tobacco annually ^g ed into the ijnited Kingdom u bat»* 000, bnt taxation of one lort « «"â-  amonnts to £9 000 000, and "'"' *! inolnded retail profits and coat cltw paratna n quired by smokera, '.f^ J down coat of smoking to the Bn»» j Irish public at £16. 000,000, being «7J per head per annum of the adult i lation of the United Kingdom. fadependent One of them bandaome youth, with a in SiJrkbridge atranmr to him it, and after within the myaterioua chamber. CHAPTER n. ilT** "** November night. Fo* whh • tend«icy to a dr zz ing raS, had*p?f;2S door srbtk"i a "S" ^;:r"»« *»• terrified aoreamV ahe^lif JS* ^* "â- â-  *he what thn^or'Z^lSS Zf k"?^* •'"Sf^Mr..DriffiddttdSdX " ** wiaved m:?" j5«jnL*",:iS" 4 with an ».ffriahted nZ^ u^l '""**»*f fa Mxe Driffisld fo'SK.r'DKS^U*' ^h. " Whar, iathe matter r What h. •d yon " aaktuTfth. I " .. â- *â-  »'»rm- I»g tonw. **• ^~*"' *» ^»»«t. "ooti.- "Oh.rfrJ-d„.gafaeiaoalattd. Ksfth'siTdy-i^i^Ser^^^^^ the two Uroh iWwhS^i. ..??,""»"• "«• "»-i«g bIw2nUl?.^„Xra"^«^* angar depioted ntmn lw.*fc#! v • waa.fiaroa »pon thatTth??on«JJli!°^***«'P*'Wy I coat, to Dr. oame JiOtOK'a mind that «d rtThToretmnSLt^ "" »"" knife waa thJlIJSff^j5»«"»thth; not wonder at m£," 5^ "*??!• ^tf " I ' •"« Small iJ the exact image of Mr X«.3â„¢^„'"" ^o»" »*« night, «d yet with «faa^;£**r;'"" ««»• Second Small English View of the Cxonin ' American diasatisfaotion vith*f verdict ia ahared here to the isu Nobody donbte that there ba« bett » J riage of jaatice. the Home B"l« "/nd] Eaglandaereeing with the Uunj"' ia the qneation treated as •"•y.J Three oi the vilest wretches •/"'^.rfij awi left nnhnng, a»ys the Gi'^»"r^ S while the leadmg journal o' 1«7«^1 Ihe result abortive and llitl* bono»^' American administration of ]iti bpeak Enplish. Strangerâ€" "Did a pedeitrato r way a few minuets ago ' ^m* Grangerâ€" "No" sor. IVe »**°.^' toter patoh for more'n a no**' r^u" thing haa paat cept one aolitarv waa trampfa' erlong on foot, Fir;^8 are Easing EveU'fJ^^ L«5r .^^j^Mtho Firat Small Boyâ€" We had » jK* 'inanimation and ourlona Second Small Boy-That W; j^ i F. S.B.~Ye8. Pa fired u»t""' iTi-i'TiriiiYi-f'i" " ••