THE WE8T SHORE. the worst of it. See how the leaves and ground are raked up." " Yes, I've been looking at that, and think you have hit it right; but where is the other party, and why did they fight?" " It's my opinion," said Tom, " this old devil had a partner, and they have had a quarrel about the di vision of plunder, and t'other feller got away with this one." Both then returned to the wounded man, where they found the plunder bag the vultures had dropped, which confirmed their opinion. " There is no doubt," said Jack, " but that the old rascal down there was one of those human vultures, who rob dead and wounded soldiers, and he has been killed by his companion." " Oh, wouldn't I like to get hold of t'other one for a few minutes! " said Tom, as he clenched his fists. " What is that under your foot, Tom?" Stepping back, Tom picked up the finger Fagan had thrown upon the ground, saying, as he did so: " By thunder, if it ain't a man's finger! " " And here is where it came from," said his com panion, lifting up the hand from which the finger had been cut " Well," said Tom, " this beats me. Them devils would cut a man's throat for five cents, I do believe." " Yes, and not hesitate very long about it either. My impression is," continued he, " they thought this poor fellow dead, and to easily obtain a riDg, cut off the finger; and, no doubt, in losing a finger, the man has gained his life." " Providing," said Tom, " we can save it" " We must do the best we can," replied his com pan ion. " I'm going to put this in alcohol," said Tom, as ho put the finger in his pocket, " and if the Yank gets well 111 give it to him." " And if he dies, what will you no with it? " " If he pegs out, I'll give it to my gal as a souve niras them Frenchmen say of the battle-field." Lifting the officer as gently as they could, tho two rebels carried him to their camp. When the reced ing footsteps of the two men had died away in the distance, Joe crawled from his place of concealment and went to where the body of his late task master lay. " Now, Mr. Fagan," said he, as ho delivered a sav age kick upon the body, " I give-a you wbat-a you give-a Joe; you kick-a Joe, now he kick-a you," and suiting his actions to the words, ho kicked the old rascal until he had completely exhausted his strength. Then seating himself upon a log, he said " Joo rob-a dead soljars no more." He remained in this position until tho light, break, ing through the tree-tops from tho cast, warned him that day was approaching and it was tirao for him to be moving on, as it would not do to let tho soldiers find him there. With difficulty, he roso to his feet and staggered in tho direction of their lato rendez vous. Hero we will leavo him, hoping that ho kept his word not to " rob-a dead soljars any more," That Old Fagan deserved tho death ho met, and that Joo did a good deed in sending his soul to meet its God, no one will deny, and when wo think of tho treatment his slayer hail received at tho hands of that hardened old criminal, who can deny that ho did right in avenging himself upon tho old vulture, thns ridding himself of a brutal master, and tho world of a curse. It is almost a year since wo left Colonel Harring ton busily engaged in renovating and, as ho said, modernizing, his house, and wo must turn bnck to tho events which followed that act of rejuvenation. Tho carpenters had driven tho last nail, tho paint ers had given tho finishing touches, tho carp :t wero brought homo and laid, and in fact, everything was in readiness to receive tho distinguished guet Tho old family 'carriage, which had boon in riisuno for years, was despoiled of it cobwebs ami sent to tho shop, whero it received extensive repair, including a fresh coat of paint A monogram, in gold, was added to tho panels of tho doors, giving tho equipago a de cidedly aristocratic apioaranco; and when John drovo into tho yard, ho called tho colonel to inspect tho al most now carriage, " Looks very well, John; looks very well," said b, walking around and examining it in all it parU 11 Yes, sir, it is almost as good as new; but this old harness don't correspond with tho carriage." " That is so, John, I am glad you called myatten tion to it I will order a new set at Jones this after noon, and you can tako tho horses down and have tho harness fitted," It wanted tut a few days now until Frank Von Brean would arrive, and tho colonel was on tho qui vive of cxrx ctancy. Everything was pronounced fin Uhed on Friday, and tho following Wednesday tho visitor was to arrive. In tho meantiwo tho colon! had gone over tho house at lewd a town Urn, to vn that nothing bad been overlooked or left nnfi&ishL Mrs. Harrington, alio, felt anxious about th Comfort of their cxreted visitor, who she knew had been brought up in tho lap of luxury. Tho room allotted to FraiA's use had been refurnished throughout, and nothing wm left undone which would add to iU at tractiveness. Now that tho timo for this visit wm so near, Amy became nervous and resile. Hho showed