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BRIEFS FltOJI T1IK OLD WOULD.
M. Carrollon, lease ot Her Majesty's then
tor, in-London, has ..disappeared with
1,300.
At 8)te1cid iin American nnmcd Johnson
won the Shrovetide handicap, beating sev
eral n ted Kuglish runners.
I'rinco IJismnrck lias decided not to ad
dress tho rcichatag on the spirit monopoly
bill, 8H he feebi certain the measure will bo
rejected.
Viscount Diipplin, aped 37, heir of the
Karl o! Kinnoul, died at Monte Carlo. It
is rumored that he committed suicide on
necoutit-of .lieiv.y. Rumbling-losses.
A delegation ot British seamen waitid on
the president of the bonrd of trale in Lon
don to unjo tlio necessity of a rhuna in the
free trade policy ot the government.
At Koine- tho anniversary of the death of
Guincppo Matclnl, tho Italian revolutionist,
was observed in an orderly manner. His
bust in tho capital was decorated with a
garlaud. .
A couference of representatives ot the
powers will be held in Constantinople to
consider tho Greek question, which is grow
ing troublesome). Tin Turks continue to
reinforce their military strength along tho
Greek frontier.
A collision occurred between two trains
on tho railway hotween Monte Carlo nnd
Men tone. Tho train from Mcntono was
. (illcd,' njid a number ot carriages were
smashed and Ml into tho sen. Tho num
ber of deaths is unknown, but it is believed
that twenty persons lost their lives.
Tho Knglish government has placed gun
boats at tho service of Mr. Tuke in his work
of relieving distress among tho inhabitants
of tho islands along tho western Irish coast.
Indescribable distress has been developed
among the is'oplo inhabiting tho Arran
islw. off Gal way, which, besides having
hardly anything to eat but moss and sea
grass, nru without nr- and often without
doUiiiic nnd shelter. It is not raro to find
girls 17 and 18 years of age kept in enforced
hiding during tho day timo because bereft of
overy tiinwi of clothing.
Foreign Committee Chairmanship.
Washington special: Tho deatli of Sen
ator Miller, of California, leaves vacant
oiib of tin) most important committee
chairmntibhi.s of tho senate that of for
eign relations. Sonator Sherman holds tho
position next to tho chairman, and at a
meeting oX thocommittee recently presided.
Next in order is Senator Edmunds, with
Fryo and Kvarts following in tho order
named. As Senator Edmunds holds tho
chairmanship he most values that of tho
judiciary of course ho would not abandon
it. Hmiator Shorman, when ho was elected
lireiideut pro tern, resigned tho chairman
ship of the library committee, but ns it is
comparatively unimportant, ho made no
saciiiice. It is no secret that ho would
gladly hare accepted tho foreign relations'
chnirmniiftUip, at tho timo Sonator Miller
was chosen. It has not been tho custom ot
the presiding ollicer to hold a committee
chairmanship, but thero is no rulo that
prevent it, ami it has been done, notably
in the c:na of Mr. Edmunds, who during
his entire service as presiding ollicer, held
the judiciary chairmanship. Senator Fryo
oo mm next on tho committee on rules,
but ho would probably willingly surrender
that to become tho head of tho loreign re
lations committee. Mr. Evarts, it is un
derstood, would not object to tho position,
and bccaiiHO of tho eminent position there
aroHomo who are inclined togivo it to him,
notwithstanding his brief service in the
BLMialo. Air. Evarts has no chairmanship.
HER LIPS SEALED FOR LOVE.
Striuiso Story of n Vouns Woman's
I'crulliir Vow.
Miss Francis ISrauuelli, says a San Fran
cisco dispatch, in 1870, loved and was
loved by a young sea enptain named Her
bert Schrady. Her relatives opposed tho
mn.tr i. Seven years no Schrady sailed for
a Mediterranean port in command of a
merchant sailing vessel, and tho ship was
wrecked in ths straits of Gibraltar, and it
was reported to Miss ltrnnuelli that her
lover had gono down with tho vessel. Sho
refused to believe it, and vowed sho would
nover again ojhmi her lis in speech. Sinco
that time she has kept her vow, and nil tho
efforts of her friends to Induce her to break
her voluntary silenco have failed.
Tho publication of her strange story a
few days ngo attracted tho attention of a
guest of tho Grand hotel, who called on
Miss ltranuelli and told her that ho know
Schrady, who is now a man of wealth in St.
Petersburg. "Knowing that I was coming
to San Francisco," ndded tho visitor,
"Schrady begged mo to find his old sweet
heart, whom ho still loves." During his re
cital Miss Hranuelli. who is quite a pretty
young woman, satlislless, though shoheard
overy word. The story seomed to make no
impression on ho-. Hor mind is evidently
blank, and if her lover comes back to claim
her ho will find, instead of tho spri.'htly girl
ho left seven years ago, a hopslesa imbecile.
Taxing Railroad Lands.
Wasliinston special: Senator Van Wyck,
from tho commlttco on public lands, has
submitted u bill in rogard to taxing rail
road lands. It is n remody for tho dillicul
tics discovered in tho recent decision ot tho
-supremo court on tho Trnill county, D. T.,
tax ciifics. It provided that no lauds
granted to any railroad shall bo exempt
from local taxation by states, territories
or other municipalities on account of tho
lieu of the United States for tho cost of sur
veying and conveying tho same, or becauso
no patents shall be issuod. Any such land
sold for taxes shall bo taken by tho pur
chaser, subject to the lion for such costs, to
bo paid as tho secretary of tho interiormay
provide. Thoact is to apply only to lands
opHsito and coterminous to completed
portions of roads and in organized coun
ties. H liny railroad corporation required
by law to pay the cost of surveying lands
granted by congress, shall for thirty days
neglect or refusa to pay any such costs, af
ter demand by tho secretary of tho inter
ior, tho attorney genoral shall a', onco com
mence proceedings to collect tho same.
Tho fnuians ts. tin; Negro.
Under n treaty t IS'5'5. says a Washing
ton dispatch, the United States government
agreed to pay the C'lierokeo Indians $111)1),.
000 fur their lauds in the Indian toriitory
lying west of tho Arkansas river, and tho
inoncv whs to be distributed pro rata
among the tribes. The Cherokee olllcials,
however, refused to pay the colored freed,
men of the tribe, former slaves ot CTie In
dhuiH, their pro retn of the claim, which
nmoiiulH to $73tl.()oO. J. Milton Turner,
of St. Louis, ex-minister ol Liberia, is hero
in the Interest of the freodmeri, and the
romuiiuHloiier of Indian affairs, recognizing
tho justice ot tho claim, has prepared a bill
which Iiiih received tho indorsement of Sec
tary Lninar nnd which has been sent toO
coivckh In a special message by tho presi- ,
den The bill is in the hands of ltepresen
tutivo Ward, of Oregon, as a sub-committee,
nnd will be taken up on Monday for :
ttcliua. I
LAID OUT BY CLEVELAND.
He I'llt III Veto to the Hill QtllrUns
Titles to l)es .Tloliie Klrcr Limits.
Tho president returned to tho senate
without his approval tho bill to quiet the
title of settlers on Des Moines river land in
Iowa. Tho president, in his veto message,
nftcr describing the nature of tho proposed
legislation, says that overy possible ques
tion that ought to bo raised In any suit re
lating to theso lands hns been determined
by the highest judicial authority and it tho
substantial point remains unsettled ho be
lieves there is no didlculty in presenting it
to tho -proper' tribunal. Tho president
continues as follows: It seems to rao that
all controversy which ran hereafter nriso
between those claiming theso lands have
been fairly remitted to tho state ot Iowa,
and that thero they can bo properly ami
safely left and the government, through its
attorney general, should not bo cajled upon
to legislate the rights of private parties. It
is not pleasant to contemplate tho loss
threatened to any party in good faith
caused by uncertainty in tho language of
laws or their contlicting interpretation, and
if thero nrc persons occupying these lands
who labor undersuchdisubihtiesnBprovent
them from appealing to tho courts for re
dress of their wrongs, a plain statute direct
ly to remedy such disabilities would not bo
objectionable. Should there be meritorious
cases of hardship and loss caused by an in
vitation on the part of the government to
settle lands apparently public, but to which
no right orlawful possession can be secured,
it would bo better, rather than to attempt
a disturbance of titles nlrondy bottled, to
ascertain such losses nnd do equity by
compensating tho proper parties through
an appropriation for that purpose. Not
withstanding tho tact that thero may be
parties in occupancy of theso lands who
suffer hardships by tho npplicnnt or strict
legal principals to their claims, sately lies
in non-interrerenco by congress with tho
matter, which should bo lett to judicial
cognizance, and I am unwilling to concur in
legislation which, if not nn encroachment
upon judicinl power, trenches so closely
thereon ns to bo of doubtful expediency,
ami which at the snmo timo incrensed tho
elements of litigation that have heretofore
existed and endangers vested rights.
SALE OF FORT OMAHA SITE.
A Kill Introduced ly Scnnlor liuuler
fcun Tor It I)l-.osnl.
Omaha IJeo Washington special: A bill
was introduced in tho senato to-day by
Mr. Mnnderson providing for tho sale or tho
site ot Fort Omaha, Nebraska, tho sale 6r
the removal of tho improvements thereon,
nnd for a now sito and tho construction of
suitable buildings thereon. It directs tho
secretary of war to sell the military reser
vation known as Fort Omaha and such of
tho buildings and improvements thereon ns
cannot be economically removed to tho new
silo provided for. In disposing of tho pro
perty the secretary of war shall couno tho
grounds to bo platted in blocks, streets and
alleys, if in his judgment it would insure to
the benefit ot thegovornment in making tho
sale of the site, having duo refeionce to tho
requirements ot tho houses and buildings
locnted on the grounds in such cases as
they may bo sold with tho ground. The
hecrutary of war shall also cause tho
lots, lauds and buildings to be ap
praised nnd sold at privato or pub
lic salo at not less than tho
appraised value, having liret been offered at
public sale. The expenses ot advertising
and sale shall be pni I out of the proceeds
of tho sale and tho bnliinco paid into the
trensury of the United States. The secre
tary of wnr is also authorized to purrhaso
siiitab o grounds of not less than U00 or
more than f00 acres in extent, to ba
situated within a distance of ton miles of
tho city of Oinahii, nnd construct thereon
tho necessary buildings with appurtenances
Bufllcieiic for a twelve-company military
pobt, to be known as Fort Omnha, in ac
cordance with estimates to bo prepared by
tin: war department, and u sullicient sum
of money, not exceeding 1150,000, is ap
propriated to onable the secrotary ol war
to comply with tlio provisions of the act,
provided that the titlo to thehuidsaiithor
ized to bo purchased shall bo approved by
tho attorney general.
IIE LOVED A MURDERESS.
Feculiur Display of AflVctlon by n Con
vict Ol' SC. liOlllH.
A remarkable mode of displaying affec
tion was demonstrated in tho city jail,
says a St. Louis dispatch. Among the
prisoners nro Sadio Hayes, a colored
woman, convictod of murder in tho first
degreo. and William Lacy, a black bur
glar, under a penitentiary sentence. Tho
pair grow very nffecuonato of late, and
notes oT a tender character were frequently
smuggled from ono to tho other. The
woman assured tho burglar that ho was
the only object of her affections and re
quested him, if ho thought as much of her
as ho pretended, to send lier his finger with
'-ho ring on it. Lacy is to leave for tlw
"pen" to-morrow. After receiving tho note
he tore open tho solo of h's shoo and e
ttacted tho steel shank nnd sharpened it
to a razor edge on tho walls of his cell, llo
then deliberately sat down and cut off the
small linger of his right hand at the second
joint, placed the ring on tlio severed finger
and sent them to the cell of the murderess,
llo tneu tied up tho stump with a piece of
string 1'id then wrapped up his hand In a
hankerchlel. Tho jail guards discovered
the blood and soon learned what had hap
pened. Tnoy took tho dismembered linger
from tho woman. Lacey's only explana
tion for his conduct is "I loved hor." Ho
is perfectly sano.
"You 0M Fool, Como Uncle."
Washington special: The following lettor,
written by a bright and witty Florida girl,
sent here to one of tho representatives of
that state and by him fonvardod to tho
love sick Florida sonator and may havo
something to do with his reported inten
tion to 'leave the western city: "Why
should the sonator seik tho cold sterile and
forbidding wilds of Michigan in tho dreary
winter months and amid the blizzards of
tho not Hi to waste his virgin affections
upon the heart ot a scornful and unrespon
sive woman? Lot him return to his own
sunny laud whero tho mocking blid over
sings in the magnolias and tho lemon trees
loud tho snlt air with odors n nil the orange
iloHors scent tho passing gulo. Why does
ho turn away from us, his sisters ot tho
balmy nnd languid south, who long for his
kisses. Como hack! Come luck I Oonifc
back, oh, Johnny, you old fool, come bacUl"
'Hanged by a Mob,
The three notorious Archers, who have
been confined in the county jail at ShoaU,
Indiana, govern! weeks under chnrge ol
murder, expiated their horriblocrline nttho
hands of a determined mob on the night ol
the 0th. The mob inarched quietly into
town and directly to the jail, situated in ,
West 8hoals. When the jail was reached
the keys were demanded, which were re
fused, when tho spokesman ordered them 1
to go in. The front ileor wns battered
down and the Iron cell doors wero treated
likewise. The doomed men wero led out,
taken to the courtyard and thero hanged
to tree. '
MY NELL.
You ore nobly born, I know,
Rich, and l)cnutlful, and fi.vs
And they tell me (Is It sol)
That jou waste a thought on met
In your hazel eyes last night
There win tenderncf nnd truth;
Hut there came n softer light
To the poet In his youth.
I can give you high esteem,
Gracious (rleud and lovely belle;
But 1 can not love you now
As I used to love my Nell.
We were paupers, she and I,
And the bread was hard to win ;
Hut our garret near the sky
Let God's purest sunlight In. i
Sho was meanly dressed, you sec,
In her faded cotton gown;
Hut her smile was heaven to me, '
And I never saw her frown.
You are like a roo In June,
She was but a lily bell;
Yet I can not love you now
As I used to love my Nell.
AW were young and life was sweet,
And we loved each other more
Wheu there seaio was food to eat,
And the wolf was at the door.
There was always hope, you know,
We could dream that skies wer-i blao;
Hut my darling had to go
Just before the dream came true.
I am left alone with fame,
And the great world likes me wot I;
Hut 1 can not love again
As I used to love my Nell.
Then forgive me If the light
Of your presence leaves me cold;
You are young and gav, and bright,
I am growing grave and old,
And the brow she used to kiss
Is more wrinkled than of yore.
But the treasure that I miss
Is not lost but gone before.
Some have many loves, hut I
Learnt to love but once, ami well;
And I can not woo you now
As I uted to woo my Nell.
Good Words.
Doctor Antekirtt.
A SEQUEL TO MATHIAS SANDORF.
By Jules Veiiie9
ATJTIIOR OP "JOCRNT.Y TO THR CENTOI5
OP THE JJAUTII," " Tltir TO THE MOON,"
"AltOU.ND THE WO Mil) IX KIOHTY
DAYS," " JIIClIAErj STEOOOFF,"
" TWENTY THOUSAND liEAOTJES
UNDEH THE bEA," ETC., ETtt
Translation co)urljUtcd Ly Q. It', llanna, ISSi.
CHAPTER VI Continued.
Lottors nul despatches seemed to
arrive from overy corner of tho mighty
6Ca whoso waters batho tho bhores of
so many different countries. They caino
from tho French coast, tho Spanish
coast, tho const of Morocco, of Algiers
nnil Tripoli. Who sent them? Evi
dently correspondents occupied on cer
tain matters tho gravity of which could
not bo mistaken unless they wero
patients consulting tho cololirated Doc
tor by correspondence, which did not
Bcemto ho probable.
In tho telegraph offico at Eagtisa tho
moauing of theso messages was a mys
tery, lor they wero in nn unknown
tonguo of which tho Doctor nlono
seemed to know tho secret. And oven
when tlio langungo was intolligiblo what
Eensocould bo made out of such phrases
as':
" Almoirn, They thought they wero on
tho truck of Z. It. Palso trial n6v
abandoned."
"Recovered tho correspondent of
II. Y. fi. Connected with troop K.
3 between Catania and Syracuse. To
follow."
"In tho Mauderaggio, La Valotta,
Malta, havo veriliod tho passage T. It. 7."
" Oyreno. Wait fresh orders. Flotilla
of Antel; ready. Elootrio No. 3 under
pressuro day and night."
" It. O. 3. Sinco deatli. Both disap
peared. "
And this other telegram containing
nomo special news by means of an agreed
upon number :
"2,117. Sine. Formerly a broker.
Service Toronth. Coaced connection
Tripoli of Africa."
And to nearly all theso despatches
thero was sent from tho Savareua :
"Let tho hearch procued. Sparo
neither trouble nor money. Send now
papers."
Hero was nn exchango of incompro
hensiblo correspondence that seemed
to embraco tho whole circuit of tho Med
iterranean. Tho Doctor was not as much
at leisuro as ho wished to appear. Not
withstanding tho professional secreoy, it
was dilllcult to prevent tho fact of this
interchange of mysterious tolegrama
from becoming known to tho public,
and henco a redoubling of tho curiosity
about this euigmatio individual.
In tho upper circles of Itagusa, Silas
Toronthal was perhaps tho most per
ploxod of men. On tho quay atGravosn
ho had mot tho Doctor a few minutes
after tho Savnrena had arrived. During
this mooting ho had experienced in tho
first place a strong feeling of repulsion,
and in tho second an equally strong
feeling of curiosity, which up to tho
present circumstances had not allowed
tho banker to gratify.
To toll tho truth, tho Doctor's prcpenoo
had had a disturbing inlluenco on Tor
onthal which ho could not explain.
By prcoerviug tho iucogiy'to ut Itagusa,
and continuing tho difficulty of access,
tho banker's desire to seo him again
had been greatly increased ; and several
times ho had gono to Gruvosa. Thero
ho had stood on tho quay, lookiug at tho
eohoonor and burning with envy to got
on board. Ono day oven ho had been
rowed out to her, and received tho
invariable reply :
"Doctor Antokirtt does not bco any.
body."
The result of nil this was that Toron
thal felt a sort of chronio irritation in
face of nn obstacle ho could not over
come. And so, at his own oxpensit, ho
seta detective to watch, if the s;V5tori
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"the Mooit roi.i.owr.D
ous stranger made 11113 visits in Cfravoz
tho neighborhood.
YTo may judge, thoroforo, of tho
unepaint'ss with which tho banker hen
that Boril; had had an interview with
tho Divtor. and that tlio day following
n visit htul been made to Mudamo Hath
ory. "Who is that man?" ho asked him
self. But what had he to fear in his present
position? For fifteen years nothing
had transpired of his former machina
tions. And yet nnything referring to
tho family of those ho had betrayed and
sold rendered him uneasy. If remorsu
nover troubled his conscience, fear occa
sionally did, and tho appearance of this
Doctor, powerful owing to his fa mo and
powerful owing to his wealth, was any
thing but reassuring to him.
"llut who is this man ?" ho repeated.
"Who is ho that comes to Itagusa and
visits Mudamo Bathory ? Did sho send
for him as a physician ? What can sho
nnd ho havo 111 common?"
To this thero could bo no answer.
Ono thing comforted Toronthal a little,
and that was that tho visit to Madame
Bathory was not repented.
Tlio banker had made up his mind,
that cost what it might, ho would mako
tho Doctor's acquaintance. Tho thought
possessed him day and niht. By a
kind of illusion to which over-excited
brains wero subject ho fancied that ho
would recover his ponce of mind if ho
could only seo Doctor Antekirtt, talk to
him and ascortaiu tho motives of his
arrival at Gruvosa And ho sought
about for some way of obtaiuir.gan inter
view. And ho thought ho had found it, and
in th s way. For many years, Madamo
Toronthal had butVored from a languor
which tho ltagusan doctors wero power
less to overcome. In spite of nil their
advice, in spite of all tlio attentions of
her daughter, Mudamo Toronthal was
not quite bedridden, but sho was vis
ibly wasting away. Was her complaint
duo to mental causes? Perhaps, but no
ono had been ablo to discover it. Tho
banker nlono was awaro that his wife,
owing to her knowledgo of las past life,
had conceived an invincible disgust and
an existenco which tilled her with hor
ror. Whatever might be tho cause of
Madame Toronthal's stato of health,
which had puzzled tho doctors of tho
town, seemed to afford the banker tho
opportunity ho desired for entering into
communication with tho owner of tho
Savarena ; and ho wroto a lettor and
sunt it off to the schooner by a messonger.
"Ho would bo glad, ' ho aid, "to havo
tho advice of a physician of such
undoubted distinction."
Then apologizing for tho inconvenience
it would occasion to ono living in such
retirement, ho begged Doctor Antekirtt
"to appoint a timo when ho could
expect him at his houso in tho Stra
dono." When tho Doctor received thislottcr in
tho morning, ho looked lirst at tho Big
nature, ami then not a musclo of his face
moved, ho read the letter through to
the last line, and yet nothing showed
the thoughts it suggested.
What reply Hhould ho givo? Should
ho tako advantage of tho opportunity to
visit Torouihal'H house, nnd become
acquaintod with his family ? But to
enter the house oven iu tho character of
a physician, would that uot embarrasa
his Juture action V
Tho Doctor hesitated not a moment
Ho answered by n very short noto,
which was handed to tho bankcr'u uor
vant All it said was:
"Doctor Antekirtt regrets that ho is
unablo to attend Madame Toronthal.
Ho docs uot practico in Europe."
When the banker received thislaoonio
reply ho crumpled it in his hand in his
vexation. It was evident that tho Doc
tor would havo nothing to do with him.
It was a transparent refusal indicativo of
a settled plan.
hon," said ho tohimsclf, "if bo
does not practico in Europo why did ho
go to Madamo Bathoryif it was in tho
charactor of a physician ho wont to hor ?
What was ho doing thero? What in
thero botweon them
Tho uncertainty worried Toronthal
exceedingly. His lifo had become n
burden to him sinco tho Doctor had
appeared at Gravona, nnd wou.d continue
to bo so until the Savarena had sailed.
Ho said not a word to his wifo or
daughter jiOit hia futile letter. Ho
kept hia anxiety to himself. But ho did
not givo up watching tlio Doctor's move
ments and kept himself informed of all
his prooecdiu25 at Grav-sa and Itagusa.
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rir.uiti: mom akah.
Tho very next day camo a now and
equally serious alarm.
Pierre Bathory had returned disap
pointed to Zara. Ho had not been ablo
to accept tho position that had been
offered to him tho mauagonient o?
important smelting works iu Herze
govina. "Tne terms would not suit me."
That was all ho said to his mother.
Madame Bathory did not think it worth
whilo to ask him why tho terms woro
unacceptable ; a look Millleed hor. Then
sho handed him a letter that had arrived
iliii ing his absence.
This was tho letter in which Doctor
Antekirtt asked l'ierro Bathory to
visit him on board tho Savarena to dis
cuss a proposal ho was in a position to
mako to him.
Pierre Bathory handed tho letter to hia
mother. Tho doctor's ofl'or was no sur
priso to her.
"I was expecting that," she said.
"You expected this?" asked tho
young man in astonishment.
" Yes Pierre! Doctor Antekirtt camo
to seo mo whilo you wero away."
"Do you know who this man is thon
that everybody is talking about at
Hagusa ?"
"No ; but Doctor Autekirlt know your
father, anil he was tho friend of Count
Sandorf and Count Zathmar, and in
that character ho camo here."
"Mother," asked Pierre, "what proof
did tlio Doctor givo that ho was my
father's friend."
'"None," asked Madamo Bathory, who
did not care to mention the hundred
thousand florins that she wished to keop
secret from all but herself aud the
Doctor.
"And suppose ho is somo informor,
some spy, some Austriau detective?"
" You will see that."
"Do you advise mo to go, thon ?"
"Yes, that is my advice. Wo should
not neglect a man who is desirous of
befrimuling you for tho friendship ho
boro your father."
"Butwhathas ho como lo Itagusa for?"
asked Pierre. "Has ho any business
in this country ?"
"Perhaps ho thinlcs of doing some
thing. Ho is supposed to bo very rich,
and it is possible that ho thinks of offer
ing you a post worth accopting."
"I will go and seo him and llnd out"
" Go to-day then, and ut the samo
timo return tho visit that I am unablo to
return myself."
Pierro embraced his mother, and it
Boomed as he lingered near her as though
somo secret was choking him somo
secret that ho daro not tell. What was
there then iu his heart ro sad and serious
thnthodaro uot confide it to his mother?
"My poor child," murmured Madamo
Bathory.
It was ono o'clock in tho afternoon
when Pierro entered tho Stradone on his
way to tho harbor of Gravosa. As ho
passed Toronthal'M houso ho stopped for
an instant only for nn instant' Ho
looked up at 0110 of tho wings, tho win
dows of which opened on to tho road.
Tlio blinds were drawn. Had tho houso
bcou uninhabited it could not have boon
moro shut up.
Pierre Bathory continued his walk,
which ho had rather slackened, than
stopped. But his moroments had not
escaped tho notico of a woman who was
watching on tho opposite side of tlio
Stradone.
Sho was abovo tho usual height.
Her ngo? Between forty and lifty.
Her walk ? Almost mechanical. This
foreigner her nationality could bo easily
seon from her Drown frizzled hair and
Moorish complexion was wrapped in a
dark colored cloak, with it hood thrown
over her headdress ornamented with ita
sequins. Was sho a Bohemian, a Gitalin,
a Gpsy, a Egyptian or a Hindoo? So
many types did she resemble that it was
dilllcult to say. Anyhow she was not
asking for charity and did not look as
though sho would accept any. She won
there on her own account, or on tho
account of somebody else, watching not
only what went on atTorontlial'abutalso
what took place iu tho ltuo Maiinella.
As soon us she caugut eight of the
young man coming iuto the Stradone
and walking towards Gravosa, sho fol
lowed so as to keep him in view ; but
bo adroitly that ho was unaware of her
proceedings. Besides ho was too much
occupied to bother himaclf with what
was taking place behind hia. Wheu ha
slackened 11 is pace iu front of Toronthal a,
the woman uluckenod hem. Wheu ho
starto I oii nguiiTsliu started on, suiting
hor pace to his.
ltcaohiug tho first gato of Ragusa,
Pierre strode through it swiftly, but uot
swiftly enough to distance tho strangor.
Onco through tho gato sho fouud him
hurrying on to Gravosa, and twenty
yards behind sho followed down tho
avenue.
At tho samo moment Silas Toronthal
was returniug to Itagusa in n covered
carriage, so that he could not avoid
meeting Pierro.
Seeing them both, tlio Moor stopped
for n moment Perhaps sho thought
they will havo something to say to each
other. And so with kindling eyes sho
slipped bohind a neighboring tree. But
if the men wero to speak how could sho
hear what they said?
They did not speak. Toronthal had
scon Pierre twenty yards before ho
reached him, and instead of replying'
with tho haughty snluto ho had used on
tho quay at Gravosa when his daughter
was with him, ho turned away his head
ns tho young man raised his hat and hia
carriage drove rapidly on towards
Itagusa. t
The stranger lost nothing of this littlo
scene ; nnd a feeble smile animated hor
impassable face.
Pierre, moro in sorrow than anger
continued his walk without turning back
to look after Toronthal.
Tho Moor followed him from nfar.
nnd might havo been heard to mutter iu
Arabic ;
"It is timo that ho camo 1"
to hi: ro.TiNcni.l
A PRINTER'S TORMENTOR.
, How ai. Zoln Corrects nnd ICovlsci
1 Ills MtimiHelrpt.
The Vicuna Alhjemeine 'cilung pub
lishes an interesting article by ' Hrnsl
Zii'gler. who evidently writes with per.
sonal knowledge, on Zola as a literary
worker. The article might, perhaps,
be well named "Zola as a rrinter's
Tormentor."
"Zola writes everything himself; lit
never has a secretary for his extensive
correspondence. lie even seals hit
wrappers and addresses them when liu
sends his friends brochures or his trans
lators material. He also writes liij
literary manuscript hinwlf. Out of it
this printers compos.) what aro called
'placards,' largo pages with four gigan
tic columns of text. Theso aro sent to
the author carefully revised and free
from errors, and then Zola begins tc
correct, lie lills tlio wide margin al.
round with hundreds of marks and let
ters; ink lines cut through tlio text, thin
threads run crossways and diagonally,
entwining like a-lasso a sentence scrib
bled in an open space; scarcely a line ii
exempted from the hieroglyphics of the
master. Hero a noto of 'nterest must
innko room for ono of exclamation, hero
a semicolon is changed into a full point;
a comma before or after the ct effect
ively divides a phrase; participles aro
replaced by adjectives; substantives
tako tho place of pronouns; redundant
adverbs must also dissappear; tho 'past
delinito' is substituted for tho 'imper
fect;' more descriptive words supply the
place of tamo ones; for an expression;
repealed in live or six pages a synonym
is introduced; whole phrases aro remod
eled, sentences are condensed into two
or three words, and even half columns
aro ruthlessly consigned at once into the
compositor's type case. It must bo a
bitter task to break up tho print again,
but there is no help for it. Tlio extra
fees charged olsowhero on authors for
corrections aro not known; nobody
complains; author and publisher rival
each other in n common endeavor after
perfection. After such a corrected to.xt
tho Paris journal prints, and tho trans
lations aro done in exactly tho same
way.
"In the newspaper print tho publisher
sees his work a step nearer tho book
form. Hut tho process of alteration ia
still unfinished, aud Zola is uot tho man
to watch this process with his hands in
his pockets. Ho now pcrcoives in his
work a thousand things which escaped
him before, aud ho begins anew to cor
rect more industriously and moro re
lentlessly than before. Ho makes ravaged
on the text, rolining and touchingup the
periods, reconstructing wholo pagc.
and sprinkling column after column
with new improvements. 'Tho fouillc
ton is for 1110 only a lirst draught,' ha
onco wroto to 1110. At last coino.s tho
day on which tho publisher, Charpon
tier, receives tho last hon-n-tircr tho
now work is ready; Zola will novcrmorc
withdraw anything from it, and ho cau
now rest."
As a matter of fact Zola does not
rest, for we aro told that ho sits down at
onco to sketch a new work directly tho
ono last revised has left his hands.
"It is seldom that Zola docs not re
ceive tho proceeds of a new work before
tho original manuscript loaves hia
hnnd." Tho novel is, howovor, appear
ing rogularly all tho whilo. " '(Jor.
miliar began in tho papers on Nov. 25
188-1, nnd Zola only finished his work in
tho following January. 'IfEuvro' bo
gan on Deo. and Zola writes to-day
that he fears he will not bo ablo to put
tho word 'End' aftor tlio last chapter bo
fore tho middlo of February. Ono may
picture to himself tho clroumstancea
under which such a work Is producod.
Day after day the Paris feuilleton de
vours from thrco to four hundred linos.
Tho printor sends now 'placards' to
Zola's house, waits for tho corrections;
the translators need material; tho pub
lisher is importunate, for ho must havo
tho long-detained bons-a-iircr, sinco on
the day on which tho last feuilleton np
poars tho book must bo in tho market.
So, harassed and tormontod, Zola cor
rects airain, end at the samo timo writes
tho last quarter of his romance At
this time he neglects all business affairs,
forgets who has sent him monoy, and
why, whilo heaps of ununsworod corro
spondenco strew his table In ti fuw
lettora which ho absolutely must writo a
phni8o always occurs which In Its stere
otyped repetition admirably expresses
tho condition of tho nuthur'a mind
nnmely. tho cry of anguish, 'Jo sula si
bousculo.' "
Tho official rocOrdu of 8an Ilernrdln,o mm
ta, California, do not chow a tingle birth or
death In tho county during 1SS5.
"Chccso Btlck8' uro a new edible at Wash
ington receptions, and It U claimed that twy
arc the promoter of Aigcstlou.