■ w r y * THE REP !» î TR A IL 5 B y G V S T A V C H A P T E R IX .— (Continued.! The traveler looked at him fixedly for • moment or two, nnd then laid hia hand firmly on his arm and pulled him toward the table. “ Now, look here,” he said to him curtly, " I Intend to pass two hours In your hovel, at all risks; I know that between this and eleven o'clock you expect a large party.” The landlord attempted to give a de nial, but the traveler cut him short. “ Silence,” he continued, “ I wish to be presi tit at this meeting; of course I do not mean to be seen; but I must not only see them, but hear all they say. Put me where you please, that is your con cern ; but as any trouble deserves pay ment, here are ten ounces for you, and I will give you as many more when your visit' >rs have gone, and I assure you that what I ask of you will not in any way compromise you. Now, I will add, that I f you obstinately refuse the arrangement 1 offer-— " “ Well, suppose I do?” “ I will blow out your brains,” the traveler said distinctly. “ Bane it, excellency,” the poor fellow answered, with a grimace, ” 1 think that I have no choice, and am compelled to accept.” “ Good | now you are learning reason; but take three ounces as a consolation.” £7 ' he landlord, forgetting that he had de clared a few moments previously that he had nothing In the house. Instantly cov ered the table with provisions, which, if not particularly delicate, were sufficiently appeti/.ing. When their hunger was at length appeased, the traveler who seemed to ;epeak for both thrust away his plate a n f addressed the landlord, who was mod estly standing behind him, hat in hand. “ And now for another matter,” he eald "how many lads have you to help you ''” wo, excellency— the one who took four horses to the corral, and another.” ^“ Very good. I presume you will not requir" both thoee lads to wait on your friends to-night?” “ Certainly not, excellency; Indeed, for greater security, 1 shall wait on them alone • ^Better s till; then, you see no incon venience In sending one of them Into the Ciudad?” “ No Inconvenience at all, excellency; what Is the business?” “ Simply,” he said, taking a letter from his bosom, “ to convey this letter to Senor Don Antonia Rallier, in the Calle Mon- tertlla, and bring me back an answer." “ That Is easy, excellency; If you will have the kindness to intrust the letter to me.” “ Here It Is, and four piastres for the Journey.” The host bowed respectfully and Im mediately left the room. “ I fancy, Curumllla,” the traveler then ■aid to his companion, “ that our affairs are going on well.” The other replied with a silent nod of assent. The travelers rose; in a twink ling when the landlord returned and re moved all signs o f supper, and then hid his guests behind an old-fashioned coun ter. C H A P T E R X. The travelers had scarce time to con- tea] themselves ere several knocks on the fioor warned the landlord that the myste rious guests he expected were begluning to arrlv. The door was hardly ajar ere several men burst Into the inn, thrusting ea.u other aside In their haste, as if afraid o f being followed. These men were seven or eight In number, and It was easy to tee they were officers, In spite of the pre caution of some among them who had put on civilian attire. They laughed nnd jested loudly. The door o f the rancho had been left ajar by the land'ord, who probably thought it un necessary to close It; the officers succeed ed each other with great rapidity, and their number soon became so great that the room was completely filled. As for No Lusacho, he continually prowl'“ I round the tables, watching ev erything with a corner of his eyes, and being careful not to serve the slightest article without receiving immediate pay ment. A t length, one of the officers rose. “ Is Don Sirven here?” “ Yes, senor,” a young man of twenty at the most answered as he rose. “ Assure yourself that no person Is ab sent.” The young man bowed and began walk ing from one table to the other, exchang- tng two or three words In a low voice with iacb of the visitors. When Don Sirven bad gone round the mom, he went to the ■er«“ n who had addressed him and said With a respectful b ow : tT “ Senor colonel, the meeting Is complete and only one person Is absent; but as hs Id not tell us certainly whether he would us the honor of being present to-night, “ That will do,” the colonel Interrupted; «main outside, watch the environs and no one approach without challenging dm, but If you know who arrives intro- hlm Immediately.” “ You can trust me, colonel," the young W »n answered, and, after bowing to his aoperlor officer, he left the room and cloa- ad the door behind him. I The officers then turned round on the Senrhee and thus found themselves face to face with the colonel, who had sta tioned himself In the middle of the room. Tbs latter waited a few minutes till per fect silence was established, and then •poke as follow s; "L e t me, in the first place, thank you, eaballema, for the punctuality with which yon have responded to the meeting I had the honor of arranging with yon. I am delighted at the confidence It hae pleased you to display in me, and, believe me. I ahall show myself worthy of It; for It proves to me once again that you are really devoted to the interests of our country end that I may freely reckon on yon in the hour of danger. Yon under stand as well as I do that we can no longer h e our necks beneath our dte- potk faverament. The man who at this E A I M A R D moment holds our destinies in his hands has shown himself unworthy of his man date. The hour will soon strike for the man who has deceived us to be over thrown.” The colonel had made a start, and would probably have continued his plaus ible speech for a long time in an em phatic voice, had not one of his audience interrupted him : “ That is all very fine, colonel,” he said, “ we are all aware that we are gentlemen devoted, body and soul, to our country; but devotion must be paid for. Whut shall we get by this after all?” The colonel was at first slightly em barrassed by this warm apostrophe; but he recovered himself at once, and turned with a smile to his interpreter: “ I was coming to It, my dear captain, at the very moment when you cut across my speech.” “ Oh, that is different,” the captain an swered. “ In the first place,” the colonel went on, “ I have news for you which I feel assured you will heartily welcome. This is the last time we shall meet.” “ Very good,” said the practical cap tain. The colonel saw that he could no long er dally with the matter, for all his hear ers openly took part with their com rade. A t the moment when he resolved to tell all he knew, the door of the inn was opened, and a man wrapped ffi a large cloak quickly entered the room pre ceded by the Alferex Don Sirven, who shouted in a loud voice: “ The general. Caballerea, the general.” At this announcement silence was re established as If by enchantment. The person called the general stopped in the middle o f the room, looked around him, and then took off his hat, let his cloak fall from his shoulders, and appeared In the full dress uniform of a general offi cer. “ Long live Gen. Guerrero,” the officere shouted as they rose enthusiastically. "Thanks, gentlemen, thanks,” the gen eral responded with numerous bows. “ This warm feeling fills me with delig>.t; but pray be silent, that ws may properly settle the matter which has brought us here: moments are precious, and. In spite o f the precautions we have taken, your presence at this inn may have been de nounced. I will come at once to facta, without entering Into Idle (peculations, which would cause us to waste valuable time. In a word, then, what ie It we want? T o overthrow the present govern ment, and establish another more in con formity with our opinions, and, above all, our interests.” “ Yes, yes,” the officers exclaimed. “ In that case we are conspiring against the established authority, and are rebels In the eyes of the law,” the general con tinued coolly and distinctly; “ as such we stake our heads. I f our attempt fails, we shall be pitilessly shot by the v ictor; but we shall not fail.” he hastily added, "because we are resolutely playing a ter rible game, and each of us knows that his fortune deends on winning. “ Yes, yes,” the captain whose observa tions had, previous to the general’s ar rival so greatly embarrassed the colonel, said, “ all that le very fine; hut we were promised something else In your name, ex cellency.” The general smiled. “ You are right, captain,” he remarked; "but I Intend to keep all promises— but not. as you might reasonably suppose, when our glorious enterprise has suc ceeded.” “ When then, pray?” the captain asked, curiously. “ A t once, señores,” the general ex claimed. Joy and astonishment so paralyzed his hearers that they were unable to utter a syllable. The general looked at them for a moment, and then, turning away with a mocking smile, he walked to the front door, which he opened. The officers eag erly watched his movements, and the gen eral, after looking out coughed twice. “ Here I am. excellency," a voice said, issuing from the fog. "B ring In the bags.” Don Sebastian ordered, and then quietly returned to the middle of the room. Almost immediately after a man enter ed, bearing a heavy leather saddlebag. It was Carnero. A t a signal from his mas ter he deposited his bundle and went out, but returned shortly after with another bag. which he placed by the side of the first one. Then, after bowing to bis mas ter he withdrew. The general opened the bags, and a flood of gold poured In a trickling cas cade on the table; the officers instinctive ly held out their quivering hands. When all the gold bad disappeared and the effervescence was beginning to sub side, Don Sebastian, who, like the Angel of Evil, had looked on with a profoundly mocking smile, slightly tapped the table to request silence. “ Señores,” he said, “ I have kept all my promises, and have acquired the right to count on you. W e shall not meet again, bat at a future day I will let you know my intentions. Still be ready to act at the first signal; In ten days Is the anniversary festival of the Proclamation of Independence, and If nothing alters my plans I shall probably choose that day to try, with your assistance, to de liver the country from the tyrant« who oppress It. However. I will be careful to have you warned. So now let us sepa rate; the night is far advanced, and a longer stay at this spot might compro- mlss the sacred interests for which we have sworn to die. C H APTER X L The Alameda o f Mexico le one of the most beautiful In America. It la situat ed at one of the extremities o f the city, and forms a long square, with a wall of circnmvallatlon bordered by a deep ditch, whose muddy, fetid waters, owing to the negligence of the government, exhale pes tilential miasmas. At each corner of the ! promenade a gate offer» admission to car riages. riders and pedestrians, who walk [ silently beneath a thick awning of vsr- dure formed by willows, elms and poplar* that border the principal road. These trees are selected with great tact, and are always green, for although the leaves &rs renewed, it takes place gradually and Im perceptibly, so that the branches are nev er entirely stripped o f their foliage. It was evening, and, as usual, the Alameda was crowded; handsome car riages, brilliant riders and modest pedes trians were moving backward and for ward, with cries, laughter and joyous calls, as they sought each other in the walks. By degrees, however, the prome- naders went toward the Bucarelll; the carriages became scarcer, and by the time night had set in the Alameda was desert ed. A horseman, dressed In a rich Cam- preslnc costume and mounted on a mag nificent horse, entered the Alameda along which he galloped for about twenty min utes examining the side walks the clumps of trees and the bushes; in a word he seemed to be looking for somebody or something. A t the moment when the traveler reach ed the Bucarelli the last carriages were leaving It and it was soon as deserted as the Alameda. He galloped, up and down the promenade twice or thrice look ing carefully down the side rides and at the end of his third turn a horseman, coming from the Alameda, passed on his right hand, giving him in a low voice the Mexican salute, “ Santlssima noche cabel- le ro !” Although the sentence had nothing pe culiar about it the horseman started, and immediately turning his horse round, started In pursuit. Within a minute the two horsemen were side by side; the first comer, so soon as he saw that he was followed, checked his horse’s pace, as if with the intention of entering into direct communication. “ A fine night for a ride, senor,” the first horseman said, politely raising his hand to his hat. “ It is," the second answered, "although It is beginning to grow iate.” “ The moment Is only the better chosen for certain private conversation.” The second horseman looked around, and bending over to the speaker, said ; " I almost despaired of meeting you.” “ Did I not let you know that I should come ?” “ T ru e ; but I feared that some obsta cle------” “ Nothing should impede an honest man from accomplishing a sacred duty,” the first horseman said. The other bowed with an air of satis faction. “ Then,” he said, “ I can count on you. No----- ” “ No names here, senor,” the other sharply Interrupted him. “ Casplta, an old wood ranger like you, a man who has long been a Tlgrero, ought to remember that the trees have ears and the leaves eyes.” "Yes, you are right. I do remember it, but permit me to remark that If It is not possible for us to talk here where ain we do so?” “ Patience, senor, I wish to serve you, as you know, for you were recommended to me by a trusty man. Be guided by me, if you wish us to succeed in this affair.” “ I ask nothing better; still you must tell me what I ought to do.” "F o r the present very little; merely follow me at a distance to the place where I purpose taking you.” (T o be continued.) * THE RED s M s T R A I L 5 whenever she sees me all that la said an done In the convent, and there Is ■ goo deal to learn from the conversation sf nun. She takes a great Interest In mi and as I am fond of her, too, I listen t her with pleasure.” “ Oh, go o n ! Go on !” “ Well, this time 1 have nearly finished It appears, from what my relation tell me, that the nuns and the Mother Su ; -rior are utterly opposed to the general’ plans of marriage.” “ Oh, the holy women !” the Tigrero ex claimed with simple Joy. “ Are they not?” the eapataz said wltl a laugh. “ This is probably the reasoi why they keep so secret the return o their boarder to her senses, for the] doubtless hope that, so loug ns the pool girl Is mad, the geueral will’ not dan contract the union he Is meditating. Un fortunately they do not know the max with whom they have to deal and th< ferocious ambition that devours him ; at ambition for the gratification of which he will recoil from no crime, howevei atrocious It may be.” “ Alas I” the Tigrero said, despairingly; “ you see, my friend, that I am lost.” "W ait, wait, my good sir; your situar tion, perhaps, is uot so desperate as yos imagine it. Yesterday 1 went to the coo- vent ; the Mother Superior, to whom 1 had the bouor of speaking, confided to me under the seal of secrecy— for she knows that, although I am a servant of Don Se bastian, I take a deep interest in Dona Anita, and would be glad to see her happy that the young lady has expressed an in tention to confess. ’’ Hence?” Don Martial quickly inter rupted him. “ Well, the Mother Superior asked me to bring her a priest or monk in whoa I had confidence." “ Ah I” “ Y’ ou understand, my friend.” ” Yes, yes !” “ And to take him to the convent.” “ And,” Don Martial asked In a clink ing voice, “ have you found this confess or ?” “ I believe so,” the eapataz answered with a smile. “ At what time are you to take this cons fessor to th- convent?" “To-morrow.” "V ery good, and I presume yon have arranged a place to meet him?" “ I should think so; he Is to meet n s at the 1‘arlan.” “ I am certain that he will be punc tual 1” “ And so am I, and now, senor, do yon consider that you have lost your time In listening to me?” "O n the contrary,” Don Martial re plied, as he offered him bis hand with a smile, " I consider you a first-rats hand at telling a story.” They went out of the room. The Tig- rero^— Minted his horse and followed PR- l-T" while the eapataz re-entered the ..oiise. After numberless turnings nad windings, the rider nnd the footman at length entered a wide street. •"nils Is the Sccuudn Monterllla,” said the peon, “ and that gentleman,” he added, pointing to a horseman who was coming toward them, “ Is the very Don Antonio you are looking for.” ‘ You are sure of It?” the Tigrero ask ed. 'T know him well.” “ It that Is the case, accept this pla»- tre, my friend, and go home, for I no longer need your services.” The peon retired. During the convew satlon the newcomer had halted In som* alarm. - - — " 'Tie I, Don Antonio,” the Tigrero shouted to him. “ Come on without fear — I ain a friend.” “Oh, oh! It Is very late to meet • friend In the street,” Don Antonio an swered, though he advanced without hes itation, after laying his hand upon his weajion to guard against a surprise. “ I ain Martial, the Tigrero." “Oh, that Is different; what do yon want? A lodging, eh? I will hare you led to my house by a servant, and there leave you till to-morrow, as I am In a hurry.” "Agreed ; but allow me one word.” “ Slieak." " W h e ie Is Don Valentine?” “ Do you want to see him?” a “ Excessively.” ‘T h en come with me at once, for golug to Valentine?” (T o be continued.) I ended, he, too, remained silent for some C H A PTE R X II. On emergiug from the Paseo, the cap- time. At length, raising his head, he atax went ahead, followed at a respectful looked at me for a moment angrily.” distance by Martial the Tigrero, who en "W hat are you doing there?” he asked. tered the Calle del Pajaro, and about the “ I am waiting," I answered, “ for the middle of the street saw the capataz's orders it may please your excellency to horse, held by an ill-looking fellow, who give me.” gazed curiously at him. Don Martial He looked at me for a few moments as stopped before the door, dismounted, if trying to read my very thoughts, and threw his bridle to the fellow, and, with then laid his hand on my arm. “ Carnero," out saying a word to him, resolutely en he said to me, “ you have been a long tered the house. time in my service, but take care lest I He then found himself in utter dark should have to dismiss you. You do not r.ess, but after groping his way, pushed like," he said, "servants who are too In forward. A fter crossing the saguan. he telligent and too clear sighted ; and now entered a square yard with several doors; lead me to Dona Anita’s apartments.” one of these doors was open, and a man " I obeyed with hanging head; the gen was standing on the threshold. It was eral remained an hour with the young lady, and I never knew what was said Carnero. The tiger slayer went up to him ; the between them. It ts true that now and other walked on. The eapataz took him then I heard the general speaking loudly by the hand and whispered, “ Come with and angrily, and Dona Anita weeping, and apparently making some entreaty to me.” H is guide led him through several him ; but that was all. When the general rooms, took him up a flight of stairs, and came out bo was very pale. The morrow opening a door conducted him Into a room at daybreak we set out for Mexico, and I Vina Anita followed us in a palanquin. faintly lighted by a lamp. “ Now,” said Carnero, after closing the As soon as we reached our journey’s end door, from which the Tigrero noticed that Dona Anita was carried to the Convent he removed the key, “ sit down and let us of the Bernardines. where the good sisters talk, for we are In safety. I must give received her with tears of sorrowful sym you a few words in explanation of the pathy. The general, owing to the influ mysterious way In which I brought you ence he enjoyed, easily succeeded in get ting himself appointed guardian to the here.” “ I am listening to you,” the Tigrero young lady and Immediately assumed the management of her estates, which, as you answered. “ W e are In the mansion of General Don doubtless are aware, are considerable.” " I know It,” said the Tigrero, with a Sebastian Guerrero,” the eapataz then re sigh. marked. “ A ll these matters settled the eapataz “ What?” the Tigrero exclaimed, with continued; "T h e general returned to So a start of uneasiness. “ Reassure yourself, no one saw you en nora to arrange his affairs, and hand ter, and your presence here Is quite un over the government to the person who known, for the simple reason that I started for his post some days previous ly. I will not tell what happened then, brought you In my private entrance.” as you know it.” “ I do not understand you.” The Tigrero raised his head. " I s that “ And yet It is very easy to explain. For reasons too long to tell you. and which really all?” he asked. "Yes,” the eapataz answered. would Interest you but slightly, during “ On your honor?” Don Martial added, Don Sebastian's absence as Governor of Sonora I had a private passage made. E v looking fixedly at him. Carnero hesitated. “ Well, no,” he said erybody save myself Is ignorant of the ex istence of this communication, which,” at last. he added, with a glowing smile, “ may at C H A PTE R X III. a given moment be of great utility. The Don Martial watched the various room In which we now are forms part of the suite I occupy, in which the general movements of the eapataz. Seeing at last that he did not seem inclined to make the has never yet set foot.” “ But suppose you were to be eent for, confession he was bo impatiently await-d Carnero through the general happening to want lng, he touched him slightly. started as If suddenly branded with a you?” hot Iron. “ Certainly, but I have foreseen th at; "W h at you have to reveal to me must It Is my system never to leave anything be very terrible,” the Tigrero at length to chance. Although It has never hap said In a low voice. pened yet, no one can enter here without “ So terrible, my friend," the eapataz my being Informed soon enough to get answered, “ that though alone with you rid of any person who may be with me.” In this room I fear to tell it you.” “ That Is capitally arranged, and I am The Tigrero shook his head sadly. happy to see that you are a man of pru “ Speak, my friend," he said in a gentle dence.” voice, “ I have suffered such agony during “ Prudence is, as you know, senor, the the last few months that all the springs mother of safety. Enough on that head. of my soul have been crushed by the fatal If you have no objection. A man, whose pressure of despair.” H e r P lo t C o n n in g lf L a id . name it Is unnecessary to mention, but to “ Yes, you are a man carved In granite. A story o f an am azingly audacious whom, as I have already had the honor of swindle conies from Madrid, Spain. The telling you, I am devoted body and soul, I know that you have struggled triumph heroine Is a handsome, elegantly sent you to me to obtain the Information antly against lost fortune; but. believe me, Don Martial, there are sufferings a dressed woman who the other day vis you require, and which he supposes me thousandfold more atrocious thau death.” ited a specialist In mental diseases on able to give.” “ The pity you testify for me Is only “ Senor,” the Tigrero answered, “ I weakness. I cannot die before I have ac behalf o f her husband, who, she said, was a sufferer from religious mania. thank you heartily, for you know as well complished the task to which I have de H aving explained the case, It was ar as I do what perils are connected with voted my wretched existence. I have sworn, at the peril of my life, to protect ranged that she should return In about the carrying out of these plans." "W hat you are saying is true, but It the girl who was betrothed to me.” an hour w ith the afflicted husband. will be better, I fancy, for the present, “ Carry out your oath, then, Don Mar T h e next scene o f action was a Jew for me to assume to be ignorant of them.” tial, for the poor child was never in eler’s shop In another part o f the city, “ Yes, yes, my position is so precarious, greater peril than now.” where she selected diamonds to the val the struggle I am engaged in is bo wild, “ What do you mean? For heaven’s ue o f $3,000 on the understanding that that, although I am supported by sincere name explain yourself,” the Tigrero said friends, I must be prudent. Tell me, she would buy them i f her husband ap passionately. “ I mean that Don Sebastian covets the proved. W ould someone accompany her then, what you know as to the fate of the unfortunate Dona Anita de Torres. Is wealth of his ward. I mean that remorse home In a cab and the money would be ■he really dead?” lessly and shamelessly laying aside all hu paid Immediately? "D o you know what happened In the man aspect, forgetting that the unfortu A trusted clerk was sent and w ith cavern after your fall down the preci nate girl the law has confided to him is him the lady drove back to the doctor's pice ?” Insane, he coldly Intends to become her house. In an ante-room she took the "A la s ! n o ; my Ignorance Is complete.” murderer.” Maple Stifiur u Delloacf. Carnero reflected for a moment. stones, “ Just to show them to her hus “ Go on, go on I what frightful scheme M aple sugar Is In reality the same as band,” then entering w ith sublime as “ Listen, Don M artial; but I must tell can this man have formed?” Axe you ready to “ Oh !” the eapataz continued with sav cane or beet sugar, plus a small per surance the doctor's study, she In you a long story. hear it?” age irony; “ the plan Is simple, honest, centage o f m ineral substances and an formed the specialist that her husband "Yes,” the other answered, without Indescribable aroma and delicacy of was now In the ante-room and ready hesitation, “ for there are many things I and highly praised by some persons.” "Explain yourself.” taste. So It has remained fo r man to to be examined. am ignorant of, which I ought to know. “ Well, koow all, then; General Don counterfeit maple sugar and to attempt Leavin g a visitin g card, the lady Bo speak without further delay.” Sebastian Guerrero Intends to marry his to ndd to slruirn o f ordinary sugars “ A t the time when the facts occurred ward.” took her departure and the doctor, bid ding the supposed patient to enter, pro I am about to tell you I was living at "M arry his ward, he 1” Don Martial ex such flavors that the mind o f the epi cure breakfasting o ff buckwheat cakes ceeded at his leisure to ask profes the Hacienda del Palmar. Hence I was claimed. only witness to a portion of the facts; Yest You little know this man,” the reverts to the old sugar camp where be sional questions. T h e Jeweler’s man the rest I know from hearsay. When was puzzled at first, but soon be real the Comanches came, guided by the white eapataz repeated with a laugh, "w ith the spent the early springtim e o f his boy Implacable will, this wild beast with a hood days. ized that he had been made the victim men, Don Sylva de Torres was lying human face, who pitilessly breaks every H e hns made many Im itations; some o f a clever fraud. The doctor, how mortally wounded, holding In bis stiffened one who dares to resist him. He Is re ever, Interpreted his agitation as arms his daughter Anita, who had sud solved to marry his ward In order to strip o f them he has even dared to register caused by his complaint and when denly gone mad. Don Sebastian Ouerrrero her of her fortune, and he will do so, I In the patenf nfllce ns dlscovertos of after two hours m atters were finally was the only relation left to the hapless tell you. W e have now reached the point the secret old M otlier Nature told the young lady, and hence she was taken to I have been aiming at so long. Now maple tree, but none o f them, though explained the lady Impostor had van bis hacienda.” listen to me. I told you, I think, that on they may make good sirup, hns mads ished w ith her spoils without leaving "W hat?” Don Martial exclaimed In sur her arrival In Mexico Dona Anita was maple sirup except at the sugHr or any trace. prise. “ Don Sebastian la a relation ta take)} by Don Hetmstlan to the Convent chard, o f sap drow n through a apll% Dona Anita?” of the Bernardines.” caught In a bucket and boiled down J es t m Boy. "D id you not know that?” Yes, I fancy I can remember you over fra gran t wood fires.— l/eslle’s “ H old o n !” said the learned chemist. 1 ” 1 had not the slightest Idea of It.” saying so.” "W ell, this is how the relationship "D id n 't I give you a bottle o f my won "G o od ! Dona Anita was received with W eekly. derful tonic that would make yon look exists: Don Sebastian married a niece of open arms by the good nuns. The young P ro je c t fo r n U reeter fie ri!a . Don Syiva’s, so you see they were close lady, on again finding herself among the twenty years younger?” W hen the project for the congolW ly connected. Still, for reasons never companions of her childhood, treated with "Y o u did,” replied the patient, “ and thoroughly made known, a few years after kind and Intelligent care, gradually felt datin g o f the suburbs o f the city Into I took It alb I was then 39 and now 1 the general's marriage a dispute broke out calmness returning to her mind ; her grief a “ O reater B erlin ” has been cnrrled am only 19.” which led to a total suspension of Inti gave way to a gentle melancholy; her out the Russian and German capital “ W ell, then w ill you please settle macy between the famillee-” Ideas, overthrown by a frightful catastro w ill be tile so-ond largest city In this little bill you owe for the tre a t | The Tigrero shook his head. “ Go on,” phe, regained their balance. In short, the rope and the third lurgest In the world. he said- “ How did the general receive madness which had spread Its black wings I t w ill then have more than 8,IM),00Q ment?” “ Oh, no. As I am only 19 now, I her r over her brain was driven away by the Inhabitants and w ill outrank I ’srla hr “ He was not at the hacienda at the soft caresses of ths nuns. am a minor and minors are not held about 230/100. A t present It hs* "Bo, then,” Don Martial exclaimed, ''she about 2,260,000 inhabitants, 260.000 responsible for the bills they Incur. tim e; bat an express was sent off to him. The general came post haste, seamed has regained her reason?” Good-day, sir." less thau the YiSnch capital, and Is greatly moved, gave order* for her to be “ I will not venture to asaert that, for the third city o f Europe and the fourth kindly treated, appointed several women she Is still Insane In the opinion of every M a d e H i m s e l f So. to wait on her, and returned to his post body.” In the world. Naybor— I called to see Nervsy last at Sonora.” "b u t In that case — ” n ig h t hut hs wasn't at home. A n o m a lf of "Summoned by the French Invasion. I “ In that case, as all the world believes Hubbub*— Ob, yes, be w ax "D octor,” AHtd tt*? p oll«»*, after to* presume you are alluding to that?” It, It must be so until the contrary is Naybor— N ot st all. I tell you------” great specialist had sounded "Yes. Almost Immediately after these proved.” tlnlsed and catechised him, bshrt Hubbubs— But I tell you he was, and events the general returned to the Palmar. “ But how did you learn all these de makes me so nervous?" very much at borne. He monopolized He was no longer the same man. The t a lle r “ In the most simple manner My mas -Y ou ’ ve lost yonr nerve.” responded the morris chair In my den all even horrible death of bis daughter rendered him gloomier and harsher. For a whole ter, Don Sebastian, ha* sent me several the specialist, demonstrating. t o " * * * ing.” — Philadelphia Press. week he remained shut up In bis apart times to th# convent with message#, end chance decreed that I recognised In the Ms own — Philadelphia Isslger. E very day there drops Into the cof ments ; but, at last, one day he sent for me to Inquire as to what had happened Sister porter a relation of mine. The fers o f the New York elevated railw ays The China TlmeaTpublished In Pekin, at the hacienda during his absence. I worthy woman. In her delight, and per 27.300 nickels, to say nothing o f the had but little ts tell him. The general hape, too, to make op for the long slleoee | Is printed in seven different language* other coins and bills. ■ t me say ail I bad to say, and when she Is compelled to maintain, tails me Í