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 «(i«R VI.â€" (OoirannmD. lito»*» " .i. .taring in 'ront fiTJ** ".idling ^with "' '.Mch enchained and f-dn. „ the wu dry- â- eniaiion in of hu upon leiB- For »n instant she aat in to /^r then, awaJiening w ^!f£ a moment, and utter '*2rSii.«h« threw her«.lf jiercing^^gmaped them In her ti-irens, dear Mias Lncy." ^^ jCtcheU, thinking ib wa. an ^S and hurrying cowards r" S »»tom8--ment, ahe tpnag Itl»j8^ Tyes bLzing with excit- iA.fl to me, all of you. Mrs. ^ear mias we are all herel" f!l!iewh»tl hold in my hand!" *^Ti oreBBed round her. ';;S SLter'8 pencil-caEel" de- '^jlhZr continued Lucy. ^t loIk« Uke a lock of red hair. an it have ocme from What W t" \!m" cried Lucy, groaning with iT^it your poor miBtreaB haa K«d 1" exclaimed every one.- L .niallv murdered 1 LTwbomr-"Byherhn.band." Kdetf MiM Lucy,, t^^}^ .^»»?} • IM thing you are saymgl cried Mrs. Qfearingforherreaaon. "What T jui yon have of what you say Tiese I" replied Lucy harshly. Bat what do they amount to rno donbt left hifl pencU-case with n fjm certain he did not; I saw him lit into hlB pocket just before he J^ehooBe. I told him the ring was I snd, see, it has broken through Ibthifl very room. Providence haa red it bo that tUa terrible crime may toaght home to him. The red hair I lotnnderatand at presentâ€" I suspect I put of some diaguise that he has I; but no doubt an explanation will Bat what ought we to do " Inquired [Mitchell, her ruddy face pale with 'ctnnot think. Let u«. eend for ior Manrice and take his advice. But jthmg I implore you all to promise Ibythe love you bore your poor mis- ); ui that is that you will keep the jet oi her death faithfully until Doctor rice urivea. I am certain in my own I tiiat s fearful crime haa been com- I here but I cannot convince you kijielf he will help me when he Sow, Mrs. Mitchell, will you el" indeed I willl" cried Mrs. Mitchell, 1 Lucy's resolute tone had pro- la great tffect. "Oh, Miss Lucy, ito fear yon are clearer- 3ighted than My poor, poor miatresa ' Eaiily, Fanny, Harriet, you will do m, will yoQ not 1 You all loved (mistreBB." iy that we did We've lost our best Id, ' cried Emily, the spokeswoman. yUn, Mitchell has done so, I promise jind 1," " And I," said the two others Inly. IXow two of you go and fetch Doctor liice. Don't wait for him merely le word that he is wanted here at once 1, Mtfl. Mitchell, lock up this fearful kand let me go away and think." Jie old woman did as she was directed, ng at Lucy with a sad questioning ex- non, and then followed the weeping oti down-Btairs, shaking her head nfully. [Poor Miss Lncy I" she thought. " I she could cry it's not natural forher ie It BO hard like I fear me she will f »»y soon. I shall be thankful to see Ft Maurice." feuiwhile, Lucy was walking up and TO her room, endeavoring to calm her- ^to thiok rationally of the fearful oc- ""ice that had taken place, and to find method of elucidating the mystery. Kichmond had been in the house I the night she was perfectly con- i. Bnd that he had in some way hasten- ..!^^ '"also a foregone conclus- j'J^-yoiid that everything was dark fJiMik Heaven, I have a friend near JrJJoigtt. " I should go mad J^ble trouble if I had no one to leton,. .^*^ it seems not to have rdettk"^i°"°^ '^0 I »«» »"e loved WZ^eveâ€" the cruel, heartless, :rjnB*ietchl" she said to herself. ,^pant me strength to go P«ot Maurice, taking with her "» ttyrterlous lock of redhid». jj^J^ER VIL »eiJJjV»!°i»te« Doctor Mamioe h»«i«riLrf,.**«d hurriedly. "la W^V^w^.' catching sight of "S»C?'?^t««topped«idd0n. -Tj.»^* has happened r I4?ij^it'"'**** «e 111; teU me, iHn^'*«»»had he nob caught her ha Iof«ii^]Mi^-'*4aii whole faf« to yMur AiMltoiwC let mm," '^imsti i **Ohilnu(h, ^nak, fiortatt^iAM' cried ahrinkiiiK teom Itpa. bbA eo' herfaoa with herhende; ** 'i'M t fa the time to think oi o un e l fetf* And then (die told Idai, WiHi Ineeka, and In A toanlaoiM toke, aDttiA hedoee n rred. The Dotrtor'a honNW and iw^ y t jim knew no bonnda, for he agrted iia£fld^[. ingly with Lnoy in â- napeeBK Edgw. ** Let me aee the rr^irfl niw and fc*?- •' he said ^^ â- Â«Â»nMr, Now, although Lney had »»^otlnniwl the look of hair to him, ihe had aaid no- thing about the oolor the peneU^caie, in her opinion, was mntdi morelaq^rtantaa eyidenoe. iif. ..„'•«- i.-vor, •-^"' Directly his eye fell upon it, he started, and cried czdtedlyâ€" .^ " Good Heerena I The ghost I This then is an explanation ofkl Oh, the cniel, cowardly yillain T' " What do you mean f" eagerly aaked Lucy, for a moment bewfldwed by his manner. " Do yon not aee 1 Thie van haa fan- personatod the ghost and, in order to still further tert^ Lis nnaospeeting vio- tim, he has disguised himself bf wearing red hair. Yon remember she tdd us, poor thing, that ^e was perleotly aware of her stnuige, morbid antipathy t" ' Then tne sound I heud in the paa- sage is explained." " Oertahily it isl" '0h, what shall we do " cried Lnoy 2 ** How are we to bring it home to him Help me. Doctor Maurice pray think for me." ** I will do my very utmost to help you," he seid gravely, ** not only for your sake, but for the sake of justice; cmly you must trust me Implicitly and believe I would give my life to save you from pain and sorrow. Li the first place," he con- tinned, ** I must go up-stairs to the room with Mrs. Mitohdl, and ina fewndnutea I will rejoin you here." When he returned, his face was pale, and wore a very serious expression. ** She evidendy died in a fit, poor crea- ture, induced by excessive terror. She must have suffered horribly at the last. Now," he said to Mrs. Mitdiell, who had followed him into the room, "let me aee the servants I wish to spcnak to them." When iihey were all assembled, he said, "I have just been to see the bcidy ot your poor mistress, and have no doubt what- ever that her death was caused by an aw- ful fright of some kind. You all know how ill she was a few days ago. after hav- ing seen, as she belteved, a ghost. I said at that time, should anything of the sort occur again, I believed that the conse- quences would be very serious. Now 1 am firmly persuaded that no ghost ever appeared to your mistress but that your master, for some wicked reason of his own. disguised himself by wearing red hur, and so succeeded in frightening her to death." "But, sir," said Emily respectfully, "if master was here last night, how could we have received a letter from him this morning, dated from Boulogne 1" " That I cannot understand at present.; and, as I don't feel at all able myself to solve this terrible mystery, I am going to telegraph at once to Scotiand Yard and, in a few hdursa detective will be here. Until he comes, keep as silent as you have been .about your mistress's death, and be particularly careful nottomentkm It to any of the out-door men-servants." When they had left the room, the Doe- tor asked Lucy to break the seel and read |; thelet^. ^. t.,i " We may leam aomethlng from tt^ he said. It was to'thfa effectâ€" " My dearest Wife,â€" I am awfoUy sorry I am prevented from coming this eveidn^ I am so^rall you wffl have been anxidns.. But th^lict Is it U ahnost imposrible lot me to leiif e for a few days, unless I ttak* upmy mind tolinse everything. Olcwurse if Miss Starr were not with you, I shomd come, notiriflistariang this but, Mltte, Ithinkttnouldbeireaktodoso. Writo at^once, as llamlvery anxious for news.of you. Li grpat lukste. «*Ypur veryljaving «*EDaAB. " I suppose there is no doubt this is Richmond's handwriting 1' inquired Doc- tor Maurice. "Yea, 1 am certain of tnat. " Well, it is of no use our bewildering our brains unnecessarily. 1 will telegraph to Scotland Yard immedi»tely, and we must be guided by what ^e detective will advisel I ?»fll return in -the afternoon and, in the meiafiilie, youmnfct tryand be as cool and quiet aa you can, *jdl»veMrs. MitcheU to sit with yoi^ ^- W^? a few hours." He pressed her hand, look- ed lovingly and piliyinglf •* her and left theroom. ^iâ€" All day Luiy â- emahied alone, reattess and miserable ahe did not send for un. Mitchell, aa sh^dtthe old woman agm- lous lamentotiona would be mwe than Ae could bear. Bvety now and «»withe i^ membranoe of Doctor Mamdoe'a wordaand .HSLSfeJSfE SH^^Sk^ throSjjJ*»»»^iif 'iS would not enow herself^ •^??*^.w waSntely turned her tiiMghto fa •»**« ^^Sttoway the dr«i*y JKH!?*^ tn. Uto In the afternoon, D^torMwmoe arrived; and, w hour after, the a««««»»^ at FecBhunrtnt onee. a.9 qMdfi^y, end with #«Mi (^JMion, toihe atoky; flcetisf « moment, m^â€" would think Ai^iing of S •^ideooe. 1ftis«tairhfli thering whi^laldUto the Ma^ worn d^; whatee likaiyjhey would aa/. b# Hm itfflUeff dtaectly he Mt you.^t|fia. Riohmoqieawlt, ilok- ^itup,and^tooklttoherieoml fThis lock of redhib laTery mnoh the more important evidence of the two, aathaioer- tainly Indicatea that aeme man was ill her room that nif^t. It ia, you see," he aaid M he exsmieed t% *% portiMi ef a theat- liflU beard with atraie^hair, which, aa it hsa no fewid^ticm, haa ^irldeBtlj been stuck upon the' flab irith aptttt-nm J diffarent portions the gum here has fadl- ed, and the look has faUen ofL I have â- een po many of theae things that 1 can tell at onee what thtjy are. It is neoeem- ry in ^eae essea to know evetyti^," he continued. ** Doea Mr. iKieimond benefit peeonlar- Uyl^hiawife'a death? And did he seem attached to her 1" ' I esn answer Yea,' to both of thaw questions," replied Lu^. ** Mrs. Rich- moad had ton thousand pounda a year, entirely at her own dispoMl and I be- lieve she haa left it all to hhn. And he certainly seemed devoted to her." "Ah, that makes it more difficult for us," remaked •Tobson. cheerfully; " but there was dearly a motive for wiuihig die Piorladv deadl Now, sir, if you please, should like to go up-staIrs and then, after that, to make a careful examination of the house and grounds. If we could find such a thing es a footprint, it would be worth sometiuig to us aa evidence; but I don't suppose we shall. He Is evident- ly an artful fellow those letters prove that." " Ah. yes, Mr. Jobson 1 How do you account for tiiem 1 They oompletly baffl- ed us." "Very likdy," he answered drily; ** but they are in reality easily seen through. He must have had a confeder- ate at Boulogne. Yon say he told yon not to expect answers to your letters for four days that would joat give them time to send them backwards and for- wards. My firm impresuon is that he has never left England." "Gkxd heavens I" cried John Maurice. "What a horrible scheme 1" **Yes, it'sa very queer case," said Jobson gravdy. ' I don t know that I ever met a queerer. And, now, sir, if you please, I am reskdy." When they cane back, Jobson looked unmistakably puzzled. "I can't fiad a trace of any kind," he said. " I must go into the garden and smoke a pipe and think. In case any of the men see me," he added, by way of cau- tion, "yon had better say Mrs. Richmond is worse, and I am a consulting physician from London. You can keep them out of the kitohen too by stating that the house must be quiet for I am afrdd, if you give the women much chance of talk- ing, the secret will not be siife. How they have kept it all this time I cannot imagine they must be a very nnusnal sort of femdes, and it's of lAie utmost im- portance it should not be known, for I am very much mistaken if Richmond has ever left the neighbourhood." With that he went out; and Doctor Maurice and Lucy saw him pacing gravdy op and down the garden f(» over half an hour. Watching him silently, they at last saw him suddenly stop, then turn to- ^ward the house, and walk rajpldly in their "diraction. ' " He has hit upon something," remark- ed Doctor Maurice and then they wdt- ed breathless with anticipation, " Jobaon oame In with a look of triumph in hia ^ea. ' I I fblnt I see my way clear now, ne began, "though perhaps you and the young lady may object to the means we must eisf^Mlt However my motto is, •TreadieryTSbt^be^nidt with treach- arft"' "But what do you want us to do " ask- ed Doctor Maurice eagerly. " Why, tiils^and I see no other way of fixing It on himâ€" for I â- nPP»«i.,«'» no deotor would hedtate tosayMrs. Rich- mond died from naturd causes 1" "Certainly I should have sdd so jw sdf, had I not known of fUtaftfiOfpidous drcumatancea." ik*^ ^e i v i-* ' Wdl. then, our only chance is to get him to cruninato hlmadtftmlt^I t«^ that may be dolie in this way. You, Miss Stwrrmuit write a letter to*im, mfing th«thla wile isTeiy much wd«#^*5M«- qnenoe of another appearanceej #« MMt. lid that Doctor Maorics bdlerea fi any meh thiitf should happen ' pkiiMi m her uewnt shattered atate of nei^ea, the re- SSTSlHit be fatd. Then •dd^you aieoompdledto go home on FtMy «» and tfcSTk* Jbtchdl i» «»fi»»d*» J»S bedwitlieaato rh^ai «ti»m. J5 »J^"" unM him, in theae dgc ui iis mi w » Je le* turn before night «m ygM f y -y jf tk« ttigavesrvmite wtiU «*»*_J» f ta.*b«iutay:xeL*pJb(t*» • â- Â»Â»Â» " _^„^ lrtnh»J*w nnh of thiaUMerf "I «nnlrbeilwe^ttaa;»2n!^ •ad then that he^_^mf^»^ "*% faeHM e«e that the ^*.hr^««i •• w inighfraai' the'ev^ coaniAe The poor lady'e •aothmoonk" wMltoaMtrtlit I aee ei. detecting him. bodv nnrt he.llHnsyed "But why should ii^li^^^SSSCSUi Me way to make anre die ia absent biM^le v entur ea here. I preansse he bad le e irffc of aaesrtalnlng that you were notintlw room last di^t, Ifisa Btanr r ** By watohlng he oonldhave aaenthe light in myroom, mid I sat atnqr i9!ui4ow for some time before lying down? on my bed. He might also have heard usaaytog good ni^ht if he had llatanedâ€" every^dng waaao atOl. and, the lower roomli;:;fr|t being lofty, the windows are not ftU|iwm the ground." .;-.• "Then he probably waited until he fdt sure you were safdy adeep before he en- Ijeredthe house. Now wl at do you say to my plant" "nMafeacful aonrse toheTetpadqBtf ' answered Doctor Maurice '*but I «d?no other way of aeapmplishing ov ends." " But,^' cried ' £uey. '^it eeema ap de- nading to spreed inch an awful trap I Cannot we do our dear friend Justiee^tii- out so much deoelt and falsehood f*- iW "I can think of no other way." repUtd Jobson oddly. **0f course it wodd be pleasanter to go through the world with out dlsdmulalion of any kind but society must be protected, and it seems in sndi a case as this that the end will quite Juatif y the means. It wodd be straining honour too far to shield such a ruffian as this 1" "I must own I sgree with Mr. Jobson," sdd Doctor Maurice {^vdy, **though I grieve from my heart that you should be mixed up in such a horrible afldr.* "Then I will do aa you wish," IA17 agreed, with a shudder. "I am sure jpu wodd not counsel anything yon felt to pe wrong but you must tdl me eiamif wm to say I am quite inoai»ble of coUeciMg my thoughts. " Even Jobson looked at her with pitying interest as he sdd â€" " It does seem hard on a young lady like you but it cannot be helped; any one else writing wodd at once aronae Richmond's suspiolcms." Lucy sat down, and, with a hand which she vaidy endeavoured to steady, at tiieir dictation wrote the following letter â€" "Dear Mr. Richmond, â€" Pray dome home at once. Y^.ur poor wif a is much worse. She had another attack last nighty and was found this morning insemroibi^ I am compelled to go home on Friday for a day or two, and Mrs. Mitchell is ill in bed and cannot be moved; Let nothing prevent yourcsmlng before nights aa dl the young servants are so dreadfully ner- â-  vons. They have positively refused to re- main in Mrsi Richmond's room, and we cannot induce her to have a strange nurse. D:ctor Maurice says am^hn attack cf the sane sort would most likely prove fatd. Heave by the 6,30 train. I trust you will mani^ to be here before I start. "In great haste, yours fdthfully, "LtTOY Stabb." "Now, " said Jobson, " I will wish you good-n^rht. I will post this on my way to Lulmouth, and, if you shodcl want me, yon will find me at the Imparid Hotel but I shall be round here early in the lye â- !]fiMB., man pot one the»» IB faienbator and the read! morning. He bowed respectfully, and left them. For a few minutes they kepi complete sil- ence and then Doctor Maurice sdd hesi- tetingly â€" " Dear Miss Sterr, I cannot go to-nq;ht without one word from you. 1 spoke im- pulsivdy this morning bad I known' the dreedfi^ trouble you were in, I wodd have wdted i but now, hadng spokcm, I cpibnqt rest without some assurance from you. The happln^n of my whole life henga upon your answer. Ah, if youtaiew h«»w.| ^kmptoy, an instsnceoc deeply I love you, you would forgive me I jnij»ity court of generd "Ohi Doctor John," oriad Lucy, buBit^ 4 ' • ing into tears, "don't press me for att' answer now it is disloydty to 'my poor friend to think of myself noi^." "But," persisted John tcntly, "may I speak to you again whra brighter times have come for both pf us, as pleaa^ Heaven they will? • » "I fed as if I shodd neyer knoi^, a momeht's peace t«»«i," edAed' tJaof " but if I ever shddd,'^: she murmured^ " dear Doctor Maurice, you may speak ' "Heaven bless £hd conalort' jooiMf^ darling]*' he cried and theni, toking'fisBr hand Mid Uasing ill Inviagly. he w^^f thousaai bidieb of Yb- giniaoystesa'Bave recently bean bedded nee* Bast Pio^iidenee, R.L Jotham JfUnmrn, of Durham, Me., leni a newspaper^ifithout tiie aid of glaaasa on his one hui||iaredth birthday. W. E. Pliinaer, of Newbiny. recently bought at swi auction a waiming-pan 167 ' yearsdd for 87 cents. Aunt Nancy Lindsay. rf Double Beadk, Conn., has made • list of 2,248 worda fromthelettenln the word **ineom^e- hendbllity." A Nashua, N.H., bonoein haa jut deluged the country with thirteen million spring drcdais, whidi weiis distributed in twenty-seven thousand leakages. John Snow, a Bath. Me., erpremmsni has an old whip which has seen seventy yeantfservlee. It waa used on the fint stage ever drawn into Bath. Richard H. Oladwln, of Moodus, Conn., has a cow whia3i gave Urth to a calf re- oeotlywhiol^adno tail nor qres. The Calf is hedthiy, and otherwise perfectly formed. Henry Curtis, a Stratford, Conn.. none genarian, has dways lived in the same house in which he was bom in 1796. He served in the militia in 1812, and remem- bers every president except Washington. m t II â€" â-  « â-  The Swallow's Karrelons Specsd Among dl the migrants, the swallow has, perhaps, attracted most attention ia all ^es and countries. It arrives in Sus- sex villsges with remarkable punctuality none of the ndgrante perform their jour- neys more rapidly than the swallows and their congeners. A swift with young ones or during migration, covers from 1,600 to 2,000 miles a day. It begins business, feeding its young, about 3 o'clock A. M. and continues it till 9 P. M. At that sea- son, therefore, the ssdft spends nearly dghteen hours upon the wing, and it has b^n computed that at the ordinary rate of travelling of this ven Cast bird, it wodd drcumnavlgate ^e globe in about fourteen days. At a push, if it were making forced flighte, the swift wodd probably keep on the wing, with very brief inter- vals of rest during fourteen days. The speed of the whole tribe is marvelous, and seems the more so when compared with that 6f the swiftest of animals that depend for their progres s ive powers on legs, however many legs th^ ssay be furodshed with. The hare is swift, yet In Turner's well known pic- ure of rain, steam, and speed, the hare's fate is seded she will be run over snd crushed by the engine ruihing in her wake. The swiftest animals soon break dovf n at forty miles an hour, which the swaUow nncontcionsly accomplishes, merrily twittering all the while. All the swdlow tribe are found in every part of Ghteat Britain, including Shetiand, except the.swift, which is not found in tiiose is- lands. A Hach Goremed ConmmnitT. I find on examining the record that there are 522 puUie officers oi one sort or other in Bermuda, writes a correspondent fromthat placeâ€" « tittle more than one- half of aH the addt white citisens. And in this I do not count the queen, who la absent- ' for salaries they get all the way from $16,000â€" that Of the governor â€" down to nothing, at dl. The governor sportaa cabinet of miniatora, about aa numerous as President Cleveland's. Then Instead of relying on a eoUple of justices of the peace, aa a ConneotUmt town of the same sfase wodd do, they have a court of oaaxb of vice ad- liae, aoourt of orduMMV, and a court of chancery, with their euefapd associate {astleBa.! Thsn theylhdulgehi tlw granctlnzwry ai im rrgilar pariiament, with upper and lower hue, nk» those of London, and the f .rn^-slx members dt month after month, a'idt);DBf*tc|mDUt a tteman^onsdoie of Ih. T^ jiiiffldent to gorcfin the ttnpire 4X Gre*t Britain. And there are two citliaa, an leach d«y haiua Idl-^edged mayor and bowd^aldersaen andcqmmon.eoun- cill paw ia that ^or a government 1 away. "^How might hsve besDi "but now aoipu ifM^dogoan iti A gditieman whO cMter Coianty, S. v.^ *1 happy I thought poor Lp has come^ver dlspfl!' r r~' r-^ How Children aRrVtmsed Soatii. UBOittn 'Juan' fiMnd in »«tet^Sttle rt%^dteiiit.6 fight guano diatdholtf' JUlimMonb^ eTploddfaigulangi with it vhllMdd^ ^t 8 yeem oMmmiMe^ ^JS"?^ the twoddn« timw^tf • Wj hand. They wereaaked Wl^ thit d^ not «l*^ plaeae, when theamsUesf bne lesplsM Ibatshe was toe Uttle to tmt^ tiy han^ ka. Bo*h irer»j»heerful end .hapgy^M intareated In thdif ^Wtok, auA their la«her. How Water msy Flash into lee. A- oorraspondMit of "The Sdentifie eye on 1 There are fffty-two widows in fla^Httle teWis-e P w epe cl b^ Jisu .wi !»^.;gr or.. Ameriam" says Tliree timea during the winter I have seen water i nstan t a neously converted Into lea. I have ;read that water conld be reduced to atomj^ature lower than 82 degreee Fahrsohdt, and Btm not form ioe, and halve seen water nlsed above 212 degreea Fdiredielt, whian, when agitated, suddenly exidoded with snoi force :iaa to nearly easpty the ysasd oontdidni it. The tatftantaneoue fcNuti^oCieet aaw In •â- â- â€¢*»â-  IfB pitilyilllBdwithwnler. Then waa leo in Ihe floor, edpi phMy fiUed with water hdd thick coveringacf ice, but tiie water InthepdlwMaB d«a m osystsl. In- tending to dip a dapfd, I aeddeBtal^ atouck the edge of the psil, endqdckaa aifaMhef HdbtllMM ahot framdieaideB of the pdl towards the emUer. kog, â- laBd^needlse of ioe, beaatifnlly marked onidredgae. These needlee hi a few Mooada^iewwBlil the water for an iaoh or ei^ bdow ths inifMf ^«loM^ pecke wiiJi iheae ddidato dibol*, wUeh, when asy-eiV! Pill r h.r fill kl iijt'i n i^ â- : I lA: lit [-:â- ;â- : Ml 'I- ii"'ii'ii in^ •- ;â-  i i'l}iCi,i:3,r. â- *Jj=- •â- f. glib -.tsmt timm