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WHITE & McINTOSH, VOLUME VIII. rofessional. Si|{ I!. A.JELKS, « RACTicixci Physician, QUITMAN OA. (IFPICK : Brick * ; Messrs. -T.-Iks A . January ill, 187 l jamers ii in cUfonirn anb (Tomisrllor at Hate, QUITMAN- CA. Opkick. in rHE Conn E March 17, 187!. Bskkjpi HESSET .V KIAGSUiiIiY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Quitman. Brooks County, Georgia. February 7. 1873 (5 JED WAR I) R. HARD EN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, QUITMAN, GEORGIA, Office, in the Court House, second floor May 26, 1872. ly DENTISTRY. l)u. D. L* RICKS, HAVING recently ,v" . attended a thor- / /L / DiigliCourse ot Lee- ■ ■* N v \ / til res and graduated \ ' ■ •\L the New Orleans Dental College, has AC" returned to Quitman, Cp and reoconed his of- ' / , T \Vj 7 _ Thankful to friends and patrons for past favors, ho will be pleased to serve them in future. Good work and mod erate charges. March 14, 1873. 11-ton Du .1. S. N. SNOW. D E.N TI.ST, QUITMAN GEORGIA. TJ ENPECTFVLLY silipits tin* |Y'Y#' XV patronage of the Citizens nf mK.i j l iJwk Brooks county, and will endeavor, l»y faithfully executing all work entrusted to him, to merit their confidence. Charges moderate, and work guaranteed. up stairs, over*). TillmanV store. March 21, 1873. 45-ly Miscellaneous. I)Kt Mi C. WII.KINHOX. Dll. A. I». EMITS!. LARGE CRUS SIGN. WIIKINSON & SMITH, ~wr EEP on band a IV Complete stock > ,'i7r , S~*g x of Fresh and Pure /f)L MX J Ijt , DRUGS »m> ,vjKVV/**r j. MEDICINES*-; t.„t /id., . AV-a • 1 V n-niY;' :. Paints and Oils, J Rr, ?‘nh;i ' Articles. Ac. - on reasonable terms, compounded. • • ,nll hr- after L< sold at n. 31, 1873. .0-1 y Sff I ! rWNIIE undersigned, who I: - mi • \ - ■ i a. many years in tin* < SiilV (ILES, notifies the publi that ii*■ ;%>•< ;,- nlnad. and will make to order, any number <>\ Jungles desired, and deliver them on i tv- > .bi< . .u>. l&Br Orders left at Cap?. Brook-' ‘ore, Qui; man, will be promptly attended to. S. T. #OIXG. L> oks county, June 12, 187;?, 24-ts \ w\i ii.. rVBr.ISIIED BY J L. PETERS. 590 BroadwayN Y Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of milked price, j VOCAL. Above and Relow. Soered .Sens, by Juch, §0.30 | lt;,ck to tbe Old Home; song and chores, 30 Beautiful form of ray Dreams Stewart, .... 30 Darling, weep no more; song and chorus... 35 Do not weep so, sister darling; song 30 Don’t forget to write me; song and chorus,.. 35 Void we our hands; song or duet; Iloildieu.. 30 Done to the Heavenly Garden; song ;.. 35 If you were I. would you? song 30 Kiss the. darling, ere we part 30 Little Blind Nell; song and chorus 30 Little Dan , song and chorus 40 Lord, forever at thy side 25 Meet tne, Dessie. in the Dell 30 Meet me, dearest, with a kiss 30 My boy across the sea 35 Oh! Give mo a home in the South 40 Oh, Sami song and chorus 35 Only for You! Ballad 35 Our Little Pet; song and ehoru3 40 Papa, stay home; Temperance song 40 Save one blight Crown for me SO We pray you sing that song; duet 35 Wilt thou weep when I am low ? 25 ir4STRUSVIESrfAL. Polkas. —Sunbeam, by Hinkle, 30 cts; Belle of Saratoga, by Victor, 35 cts.; May Flowers, by Simon. 35 cts, Mazurkas.—Awakening of the Birds, 50 cts: Happy Thoughts, by Walker, 30 cts.: Laughing Wave, by Vt ileon, 50 cts.; Sunbeam, by l’acher. 40 cts. Gallops.—Charlie’s and Freddie's, by Kb:- kle, each 31 cts. SHOTTLSCIIES— Fatal Glance, by Young. 20 cts.; May Morning, by Schmidt. 50 ctx ; Sun beam, by Hampel, 35 cts ; and Willie’s, by Kinkel. 35 cts. Maiecues. —Belle of Saratoga, by 'Baumbacb, 40 cts.; Mollies, by Kinkel, 35 cts. Any of the above mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address JJ. L. PETERS, 039 Broadway, New York. May Ist, 1272. IS-ts e **PBWYW»*^ Quitman. IfMlPli OF rw. WORLD. T !r E QUEEN m, HIVE -——-AND IIONVY LXTB AOTOR l | fk s ■! has nmvhased tin* LIGHT . H • > BEK IIIYL and ATKIN jSf >.V-- 11' ;NKI \'l: V i'< ML as j>atcuti*d by j T. .ARji'itsf ititb for tho on tip:' State of Georgia and the Eastern portion of Florida. The HIVE has proved by its merit* to be t.lie« most practical in use, having the advantages of all others, viz : case of access to the brood frames, without having to remove the c ver. ho ney boxes, surplus frames, or honey board. The brood 1 rallies being removed from the buck of the hive without, in the least, injury to the combs or disturbing the working of the bees. The EXTRACTOR is the most simple, cheap, and durable machine that lias come before the public. It will empty large combs or pieces with great facility. It works very easy, and the prin ciples applied are the simplest in nature, being the combination of gravitation with centrifugal torcc. Any person or persons desirous of purchasing or examining the Hive and Extractor, will call at my office, or address me at Quitman, Ga. terms: Single Right to use Hive $5 00 Single Right to use Extractor 5 00 JOHN A. IRVINE. Quitman June 5, 1873. 23-ts fi>. W. PRICE, OVIT'M IA <:]'OU(ll.\, Unit liv l::i )u?t op- aL'" Y- Yv ened a FIRST Cla: - 7 J , SW'.Vi Merchant wa. TA IlImiNG 4 ESTABLISHMENT in Quitman, and has on hand a fmo lot of Cloths and Cassimeres , suitable for making Dress and Business suits. He has also on hand a Select stock of READY MADE CLOTHING. jfSSP*Cutling. Cleaning and Repairing done on short notice I’rices moderate. April 10. 1873. ! 1 y CARPENTERS WORK. John D. Bozeman, QUITMAN, GEORGIA, j rTVAKES this method of informing the public | 3 that his Ms LL business does nos interfere j with his business as a HOUSE CARPJJNTfIR; and he is fully prepared to do all work d< .red, Fnvornlde T '-nns as possible, and to • I • ■ ■! all parties | interested. He will FUI» NISH LL r v j arid h ■ < in p e him a trial. May to. 187:1. LOOK HERE! Good ( alien at 12? Cents. j A C Of# B A U L vR IN Dry Good- Notions, H irci ware, Crockery, &e. ({nituian <*eorgl«. rpAKES pleasure in notifying I,: hi■uul-i and 1 the public gonoraily that be has reifei veil SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK i«r:s, which will be sold on fair and honorable ter;ri -. These goods were purchased on very favorable terms, and I am confident can and will be sold as cheap as any house in town. My stock embraces almost everything kept in a retail store in the interior— Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Domestic Goods, Heady Mule Ihihlwj, hosiery, Notions, Boots, Hhoes Da Is. tie. <fc. The Ladies are specially invited to pay me a visit, as 1 have many things that will meet favor in their eyes. Purchaser? arc also specially invit - ed to give me a call, as I am determined to sell as low a? any one. Thankful tor past favors.a continuance of cus tom ie solicited. JACOB BAUM. Marcli 21, 1H73. ly T H K ' P ' ’ "niiAUWjo ■ ***£'* £’**£'* 8 i familTnewspapir, Established on the Cheap Cash plan, at tile low rate of only ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Address, INDEPENDENT, P, O. Box BGS, Savunnuh, Ga. K:.U3 SHAW 1 . races THUG PEOPLE’S RI IMTS MAINTmU,«JNAWED BV FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY SAIN, QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1873. • THE DEATH RENT*. ■Wlien Or. Eilwavtl Inmsfiold was a votinw man, ami just euteriiit? uiion thu ja •. of nu'illeine, ho located himself i in tip- then town and now city of . There was I rat one other physician in the place, and he was an old man, who was irn me (oo far advanced in years to pay t he proper attention to his business. Thoyoung doctor had a hard time at i. st;-for the people of the place had a si ran go and bitter prejudice against yinui;r physicians, and for a while turned their faces from him. •It was fully a year before lie had any thin;- at all to do; and had not lie been provided with money enough to support himself in a shabby way during’ that . time, he would have starved. As it was, lie was almost discouraged, and was seriously content plat ing a speedy departure from town. lie was sitting in the little room lie called his office, one evening, puffing away vigorously at his Gorman pipe, and pondering the ques tion whether to go away from h —, or remain and fight it out a little longer. It was snowing heavily out of doors, and the wind was howling around the houses at a furious rate, it was an excellent night for thinking, and the doctor felt that ho would bo perfectly safe from cull ers and patients, and would have ample time to discuss the important question which perplexed him. He had thought it over a hundred times before, but had never fully made up his mind either way in regard to it. He. could see very Jittlo lobe accom plished 1 i maiiiing, if indeed there was anyth b, ‘Sut mi the other baud, to go away . i ■■ cowardice. It, seemed like ;il.:iinimdie.- the field ill disgrace, like victory of ignorant prejudices over science. He was thoroughly perplexed. iSnddenly be was aroused by the loud ring of Ids door-hell. In genuine aston ishment he opened the door, and saw standing before it a man well wrapped up and uevered with snow. “Is Hr. Landsflcld at home?” he asked, hurriedly. “I am he,” replied the young physi cian, in n state of bewilderment. “Wnat do you want with me?” “Old Air. Gravely, on the hill pis very ill; sir,” was the reply, “and you must go to him right away.” “Why don’t you go for Doctor Joues ?” asked the young man. “I have I.ceu for him, sir,” was (he re ply, “but be says h isn’t well enough to venture out iuto such a storm. You’d both r hurry, Dei tor, for the old man is bad off, 1 ecu t"ll you.” Doctor I. in’. Held needed no urging. It seemed to him an unusually lucky I chance that bad thrown into his hands as a. ? :_t " lit the wealthiest, and most, iullu ontial man in the place. He did not part so to think much upon the subject, but hastily attired himself for his errand, nnd in half an hour was standing by tie- sick man’s bed. Mr. Gravely was bid vd ill, and I. sure a was one that required the exercise of consid erable skill on the part of the physician. The young and» f >r, who w > ■ dip man of great ability, managed it ably, | “and ;i . fiV fiiorui <<; f .s : - ’two and and old 1 * i, * 1 and of letteK, he was not :;b a runted for a 1 v.■ *k; Mill in tin meanfir ■ he was called I n see several otla rof the old doctor’s ! •n; . \vbom in las! wor! ;;■ r, ’knas.: forced to an opt a ytmiig n.an or do i i wu soui medical advice. lie gave entire satisfaction in every case, and when Doi tm- Jones appeared on the ground once more, he fully on- j j dorsad the young man’s practice in the I j of ->! r. Gravely, and even went so ;, , .: ii • I Ito Ivoconie his .... r, with a view to making him his when lie should retire from his ,■ i ,r. ar he iut. aded-to do at no very | distant day. ; Dr. Hniil:.field was Jairly ovcmlielmod > by this . iidd' a good fortune, and for a ! while could s- arcely believe it real. Ho made i.lic li-’ot of it, however, and accept ed the offer held out to him. Once under the wing of t lie old doctor,' his fortune was sure; for the people of L seemed to think that as the part ! lier of the man they had looked up to so long iii matters of health and sickness, lie was a very different person from the young man they had frowned so coldly upon because of liis youth. When Mr. Gravely recovered, lie took a strange fancy to Dr. isindsfield, and declared his intention to do all in his power to secure thu young man a pros perous future. With two such fib n.J;>, his career could not be otherwise than prosperous; and in five years aft r bis midden change of fortune, he was the only physician of L Dr. Jones having retired, and turn ed over to him all his large practice. Mr. Gravely was a widower aivi ' ibl lcssinan. It had been the go m,t de sire of Ids ! ! fo to have a.son to inherit his fort ’ ir Providence had denied j him this ' .*•. urig. i About l sic uue of lii# wife’s death, he , had adopted a young girl whom he ! found in a distant, country town, and she | had been for six years the rc puted heir ' css of lii.-. wealth. Blic had taken his name, and many persons looked upon her as the very embodiment of filial virtue. Julia Gravely was in her twenty-third year. She was tall itnd stately. Her dark, rich complexion, large, lustrous black eyes, and luxuriant hair, at once revealed her parentage. Her parents had died when she was a mere child, and she hail been taken, out of pity-for her lonely condition, by a worthy couple, who reared lier until hoi sixteenth year, when Mr. Gravely, whe chanced to meet, her, was charmed with her beauty and vivacity, and adopted her. Her father had been an Italian artist., I possessed of genius and its usual aceom- I paninient poverty; and her mother had ! been an actress of sonic reputation in [ In r native land, who had forsaken a promising career there to follow her hus band to America-; Julia united in her own character the impassioned and unstable disposition of her father and the fierceness and subtle ness of her mother. She was [radiantly beautiful, and she know that it, was that which had at first Spawn Mr. Gravely to her. She made good use of it to retain the hold she lmd gained Upon him; though in spite of all the kindness ho had be stowed upon her, she really cared very little for him, yet managed to make him and every one else believe she was de voted to him. Bho overwhelmed him with her demonstrations of affection, whidi were as hollow as they all were vi olent. She gained lier end by them, however, and succeeded in convincing the old man that she was as "entirely de voted to him as tho Ugh she had been his own child. When Dr. Landsficld appeared on the scene, she regarded him •with intense dislike. There seemed to exist in each, opposing qualities wliieli would forever keep them apart. As she marked the growing fondness of her adopted father for the young physician, she became jealous of him. She feared he might either deprive her of tho foi l line which she had always believed would lie hers one day, or di vide it with her, and she coveted it all herself. Sometimes, as she thought of this, she felt that she could destroy the intruder, so deeply did she liate him. Dr. Lansfiold was sincerely' attached to Mr. Gravely. Ho had from the first regarded tho old man as his best friend, and the many earnest proofs of friend ship that he had received, bound him to Mr. Gravely by the strongest ties of es teem. and gratitude. One day ho was sitting with the old man ill his library, when tho latter, producing ji paper, handed it to him, and said ; “Edward, since I have known you, I ha.ve looked Upon you as I would have regarded a Bon, had I been blessed with one, lam a very old man, and I may die at any moment, In view of thin, 1 have prepared my will, which I wish you to read.” The doctor took tlxe will and read it in silnee, but the tlush and strange look which passed over his face as he did so, showed that lie was not a little astonish ed by it. The will gave to him the en tire estate of his friend, upon condition that he would marry Julia Gravely. In case the marriage did not take place, be was given the bulk of the estate—about two hundred and fifty thousand dollars -while Julia was given one hundred thousand dollars. “1 fi el deeply grateful to you for your gi uerosity,” lie said, after a pause, “but, 1 hope it. niay.be many years yet before i shall profit by it.. Hut why do you v, i h me to marry your adopted daugh ter?” he asked, alu nptly. “She has nev shown any preference for m«. Indeed I ha ve always thought she disliked rue.” “I wish to leave her safely provided • for,” said his friend, with a smile. “A j young woman with so large a fortune and I ho protector, in in danger of being bad- Ily treated in t' • world. If you can mar ; vy her In fore I di , it, will make me very li.ippy. Bile. i■ a good giil, and you will j hardly find one more beautiful and ac complished.” | “Does Miss Gravely know this?” ask ! eu Doctor Mansfield. “No. I shall, show her the will to day, and to-morrow 1 will have it execu ted In due form.” The conversation was abruptly chang ed, and tho doctor soon after took his h earture. A few hours' Later, Julia Gravely, sitting by her adopted father, read the draft of tin: will. Her face was turned from liim, and be did not see the fierce and almost fiendish expression that sr • pt over it as she learn ed the contents of the paper. There was still a dangi rous expression in the eyes as she turned to him, but lier face was calm and smiling. “I thought J. was to have been your cole heiress,” she said, caret ssly. “True, dear: There is now a will, at mV lawyer’s, signed and sealed, constitu ting yon the sole heiress Os my fortune. Hut this suits me better. I slmll leave you perfectly comfortable, and if you see ii! to marry Edward Lanilsfii Id, you will hav all 1 *ba»o t" give. T. -monow I shall cancel mt in”'’ "’ld and replace it with this. Hut tell me, dear, what do you think of it ?” “It is so sudden that I cannot make up my mind,” she said, seriously. “To morrow I will tall- more freely with you.” She left him with a kiss, and sought, her room. Once there, her calmneits van ished and she gave way to an nneontrol ablo outburst of fury. She paced the floor lniriidly, talking to herself angrily in her native t ongue, and her small hands were c'inched so. i tightly that the nails drew blood from ; her palms. When she went down to tea that caven ing she was quieter, and os she met lew adopted father, eveiy trace of passion had vanished. There was a stranger and sj briliant light in her eyes, hut ho did not notice this. While sitting at the tabic, he saw she ! wore a strange and curious ring that he i i ia d never seen before, and asked her I how she came by it. ’’Whctt-wy mother ditd,” slip replied, • composedly, “she left a little Casket con i taining a few trinkets forme. In a note which accompanied it she stated that t his l ing had been in possession of her , family for over two hundred years.” Nothing more was said concerning the ring, and when Julia left the old man at his library door, she pressed his hand tenderly, and said in a strained and un natural tone; “to-morrow, my father, we will talk about tho will.” Air. Gravely drew bis hand from her with an exclamation of pain. “Your ring has cut my baud, I be lieve,” he said, abruptly. lie hold it up .to the light and discovering no sign of a wound, passed into the library. Toward midnight, Doctor Ijandsfiold was hurriedly summoned to at tend Mr. Gravely. The old man had been suddenly smitten with apoplexy, and the case was urgent. Without a moment’s delay the doctor hastened to the house. Ho found Mi- G lively lying insensible upon a sofa iii the library. J ulia and the housemaid were standing by him the former calm and silent, and the latter ovewliekneil with grief. He was informed that the "hi man had been found lying on tho floor in an un conscious state by one of the servants who had gone into the library for some purpose. How long he had lain there no one could tell. It might have been several minutes, or perhaps several hours, as he had been in i.lio library ever since slipper. As soon as lie learned this, tlio doctor went to worki It was indeed a had caSe. There was every symptom of apoplexy in its worst form, and at a glance the doctor saw that human skill woUld avail but littlo. Ho used every exertion that science was aware of, lull iii vain; Death had claimed the old man. As Doctor Lauds field sat by the side of liis dying friend, with his hand on his pulse, and anxiously noting every beat, he could not lwlp wondering that death should have come to him in such a form. Mr. Gravely had never manifested tho least tendency toward apoplexy in his effort, to account for his being, attacked by its Ho was uttorty at sea, and his medical skill was of no assistance to him. Sud denly his eye rested on Mr. Gravel’ys hand. It was a smooth, white hand, one that would show a-cut or scratch in stantly. As he gassed at it, Doctor Landsficld saw on tho inside of tho middle finger, two small marks, of a nature so singular that he bent down to notice them; They were very small, but seemed as though they had been made by the claws of some luihiixtivo beast, and from tho appear ance of the Wounds he felt sure that they had been made very recently. Something, ho could not tell what, im pelled him to look up, and as ho did so, liis gave encountered that oftj ulia Gravely. She was standing at tho back of the sofa, and looking at him with intensity of expression that startled him. Her face was ghastly pale, and her eyes shone with a kind of wild terror. As there eyes, met a sickening feeling crept over him, nnd with an involuntary shudder he drnppi and his glanco upon tlio hand again. Mr G i'svly died that night, and Julia ’ informed the doctor that the funeral would take place the next, afternoon. Mr. Gravely had said I'requeuty while living t,hat. lie wished them to bury him v,'lbin I weiity-fonr hours after death, and Julia was determined that his wishes should be carried out. Tin; doctor told her that although the symptoms in his friend’s ease all pointed to apoplexy as the cm e of his death, lie was not convinced of it, and wished to make a post mortem examination of the iiody, to ascertain tlio true cause of the affliction that had fallen upon her. Julia started violently, and exclaimed hastily: “I could not bear to have liis body treated so.” Doctor Landsficld urged her to con sent to examination, hut she steadily re fused and throughout the interview man ifested the greatest horror at the idea. Hmaily, the doctor gave up the attempt and Went home. As Doctor Landsficld sat in his room that night, he thought long and earnestly over wiiat had just transpired. Tho more ho dwelt upon the subject the stronger became Ids conviction that Mr. Gravely’# death was not caused by apo p!cxy;a;idJio could not help believing that the marks on the hand were in sonic way connected with it. But what could they be? Perhaps they were the mai l. < of tlio bite of some poison oict insect. But no, tliat could not lie so, for thee was no insect known to him that coifl.d leavcsuch an impress behind it. The marks looted as though they had Is eit mad" by the claws of a minative Don. Then the doctor thought of Julia Gravely’# strange conduct, and her vehe mence in refusing to allow this Jiost-mor tein exam ination. 11. was all very strange, and he shud dered a:-; lie thought of it. Still ho was not satisfied. The day was breaking when be rose from the deep reverie into wlii-’h li" had fallen, and went out to the stable. Saddling his horse, he rode rap idly to a nei;;hl»i‘ "ig town, where lie had a long interview with a brother physician who was e:,t;ihl : bed there. Emm the .-vc surprise of b s tiieiul it seemed that Doctor. LarnWield’s communication was one of unusual importance. The funeral of Mr. Gravely took place in the afternoon of that day. ft was largely attended by the people of the town a,nd surround ing country, and among them was the phisician upon whom Doctor Landsficld had called in the morning. When the funeral was over he went home with the latter. It was fully midnight when two men drove hurriedly up to the door in a wag on, and removing a long, heavy box from the vehicle, carried it into the house. As the light fell upon their faces, it revealed the countenances of Doctor Landsfield and his friend, Doctor Ellis. Without speaking, they proceeded to secure tliS room. The coffin, for the box they had brought was nothing else, was placed on a couple of chairs ileal' a long table; the lid taken off, and the body of Mr; Gravely laid on the table. The ex amination was speedily begun, as the proper instruments were all ready at hand. “By heaven, Ellis,! >vas right aftorall.” “What is it now ?” asked Doctor Ellis, pausing. “Mr. Gravely did not die of apoplexy. He was poisoned. See here,” lie contin ued. “Here are traces of a strong min eral poison which has produced effects precisely similar to those of that disease. See, it xvas infused into the bitted in. some way, and has done its erraild well; lam confident now that this poor man was the victim of some fotll play, and that those wounds on tile finger wore the cause of liis death.” “Y<nl uro certainly light;” said Doctor Mils, musingly. “Poison was the cause »of this man’s death. But who eoilhl have administered it?” “That is what perplexes me,” was the |v l'b- i “May upl Mr Gravely lmve taken his own life?** asked Doctor Ellis; “No, lam confident he did not. 1 know he had the strongest motive for wishing to live.” “I am inclined to agree with you that the wounds on the finger wet other, attseof his death;” said Doctor Ellis, “and Unit fact induces me to believe that this i-; a case of suicide. They were beyond a doubt, made by a singular instrument, of which 1 have lately read in a envious old Italian work left mo by my father, who was profoundly learned in the mys teries of poisons. I refer to the ‘death ring,’ as it was called. It rv.ufveiy com mon in -Italy during the seventeenth cen tury. It is a broad, flat circlet of gold, with a movable slide on one portion of the outer surface. By slipping back this slide< iWti claws of fine, sharp steel, steeped in j ust such a poison as this we have discovered, are disclosed. The wearer cf this ring, wishing to exercise his vengeance, has but to press bis enemy’s hand, when the sharp claws will be sure t o make a slight Scratch upon the skin. In this manner the poison will be infused into the blood, and death will surely follow. Now, as these rings are at pres sc’nt among the rarest things in the world and as Mr. Gravely was fond of collec ting old relics, I think it, extremely likely that he may have used it upon himself.” “No, no: I am sure ho did not. I know iti “No one else hero could have one,” said Doctor Ellis, positively. “But toll me, do you suspect any one?” “No one,” replied Doctor tandsfield. He shuddered as lie spoke, for there Hashed across him the recollection of a strange and antique ring winch he had soon upon Julia Gravely s liaud the night her adopted father died. He said nothing, however, but Assisted his friend to replace the body in the cof fin and screw down the lid again. After this, it was driven back to the village cemetery, and le-intei cd in the giavt) from whence they had taken in. When they returned the day was break ing; After breakfast, Doctor Ellis sot oil for his hornoi Doctor La udsfield was sfr'cly perplex ed. He knew not what to do. lie knew now that his friend had been poisoned, and lie was equally certain that Doctor Ellis was -w oug in supposing that Mr. G'avcly had committed suicide; Ho was sure, in his Own mind, that Julia Gravely had mu -do cd the old 111 n to prevent the execution of the will, but lie bad lio proof of it. As several days passed away, and he heaul nothing of the intended will of Mr. Gravely from her; or frtttn her lawyer, he became eon vinoed of flush He determined to tost the mailer as soon as ho could, by obtaining possession of the ring he had lioticed’on her finger. To accomplish this lie prepared* pow erful compound, which, if desirously used, would enable lam to render her in sensible, and thus secure the riiig. He had not long to wail, for in less than a week he was called in to sec the young woman, who was suddenly taken ill. As lie stood at her bedside he saw that the ring was still upon her left hand whore he had noticed it at til's!. She was even more beaut iful than ever, and it seemed so hard to think that so lovely a woman could he guilty of so foul a crime. But he had felt that his suspieionswore not unfounded; ami resolved to test them as far as lay in his power. Quiet!v prod'o lug the compound that he had b ought v : -h him. tic a ringed it so that she Would exee-ience its ,nil ef fect, and i a a few i(foments he saw a gen tle and and ca my lan nor steal over he’ , and in less than ten mimi cs she was helpless. The effect of the dug would not last long, and,he had but little time to carry out his plan; Drawing the ring from her finger, he moved back the slide, which In; quickly discovered, and saw two fine claws of sled lying underneath it, and coated w'th a dark gray substance. They were, beyond a doubt, tlio inst; uments that had made the wound on Mr. Gravely’s hand, and all his suspicions wore con firmed. Only one thing remained, and that [52.00 noi -Annum NUMBER was to prove by actual experiment that the ring was poisoned, and capable of producing dec lb. llow to do tins was a difficult question. Glancing round the room, lie tw a cat do/.'ng quietly in one corner. With n i e..c l :unation of joy, he sprang to it, and sc fifing, gave it a scarp scratch with the claws. Then readjusting the ring, lie slipped it back oa the young woman’s liond, imd [ a t down to watch the cati In lea.; Ilian half auhoU-' she manifest ed signs of dir.;-,Hi ness, and finally foil to the floor. Iler breathing .became more difficult, and her fra-nie and swelled fi iglihU'ilHy, Until at last she lay quite still. After waiting a, few miiiut.es, Doctor Baiidsfield c;:.minted Inr. and found that showas dead. Raising the window, he tli ew the cal. out on the lawn, and then turned his attention to bring Julia back tb consciousness. ~ She soon revived; and he Inflr her, and Hastened home, cilrryjligf with him the cat he had picked up on the wav Aeare ful examination showed him fluil. she had died from the effects of :i poison similar to that which had I teen fata Do M r i Iravely This was all lie wanted M,. "as deter mined to hying the murderess to jUsticr for her crime, and he was equally resolve ed tb elm ego her with it before causing her arrest. Perhaps the hit ter resolution was not wise, hut he wished to carry it out. in or der to set hiSMndi l at rest concerning the affair. Waiting until Julia had re covered, ho called on hei one afternoon: She met him calmly and w'th distant politeness. Adroitly turning- the con versation to suit his purpose, he said at length: “1 have been thinking of the death of your adopted father, Miss Gravely: 1 have always doubted that, it was caused, hv apoplexy.” She r'n ted and ttirhwl. ghastly pale, but ho n ('feci id ndt, to no tice libs, and wont on: “'This was my rea son for wishing to hold a post-morteni examination to which you objected sH strongly. I foci cobfideijl, Mini jle Was* not a victim of apolpe-.v;” “What do you think vfrik the matter with him?” she asked, nervously, and making a visible effoi t to bo caliri' “I think lie was poisoned;” replied the doctor, quietly. She sank back in her chair with her lace perfectly livid, but t.ho doctor; still affecting to bo unconscious of this, con tinued : “There are certain mineral poison's'that will produce almost, every symptom of apoplexy, and as my friend was not slib jert to the disca.se, I think he inltsl; fiavo fallen a victim to one of these. But let me 101 l you a .- nguiar dream I have had lately, which has influenced nni greatly in my lie'icf. Ido allied I had to make the post-mortem examination in spite of you, and that on the night after the tm* rial, I, in company with a brother physi cian, had the body exhumed and taken td my home. There we made the examination, and found flint poison had caused your arlopK ted father’s dtc.t.lj. There were strange marks on ouo of his fingers, which we had reason to suppose were caused by some instrument which had been used in implant!bg the poison in the system, The body was re-iiitei red, I thought, and I determined to leave nothing undone to find the murderer. I had reason,- ifi iny and vam, lo suspect, a certain beautiful young woman of this place, and shortly afterward, as 1 thought, I was called in to see her du mg an attack of sickness; By means of a powo ful d' ug I rendered her insensible, and and -ew fr om lief finger a mysteiious ling which I had sttnposcd was the inst ument u-cd in ivruing my frond’s death. With it, l idled a cat,- and then loplaced 1; cu ln-r hand, fully ait lied of i'-e co- ■ of my conclu sions. Tho dream Ims influenced mo sd greatly that I have dote: mined to cause the arrest of the part.» I suspect,.” Julia lay hack in her cusb'oned chair; with her eves closed, and her faSS tho Inn- of tl rave. Ib-r forehead was damp wMr a painful pe asp'cation, and her hi'calh eauic heavily and with difficult ' *'/• As the a nd; 1 .'or fu ,: hod speaking, she opened her eyes and gazi-d at him with an expression that haunted him to his latest hiiii!'; “It is useless lo cntefld against you, she said,in a strange unnatural voice. “It was no dream yon told me, hut a ft.- 1- ful i-enhiy. This is the i ing, ,and its power has not. been eye -• ated by you. See.” and A— drew back fho slide, and exposed the chows to h'-s view. “They arc l.e iblefor good ex 11. I used theni on lum to i sec|>eyou, a id now they are • •qualiy powei ful to proven* you triumph ing over me.” As she spoke eln ro'-<’d her hand and p • -cl ii. - gainst In-.- lo;. lu-id. With a cry of hor'-or, Tf.'icto • Landsfield sprang foi-wn rd, lint it was !< • tale, 'the print of (be dais • we- visible upon her brow, anil (he pby u know Os hh anti-' dote that could save bin'. “What have you done?” he exclaimed; in a t remliling voice; “Baffled you.” Dm replied.' as she swept past lrm to her eh umber. In a few lion s tin' you.’’ woman wav aco p c. Shore’ si'dtlie omed'os which t ii,. phv -a offe • and hough he did not knew i hat he <oi nt . e her. She w:ise;d>n a ad oompSseu Until olie bceame ■ i u,*eii -aide, aul (bed m a short time after ward. Doctor L.tnfisfielfi was horror-stricken by the te l J’lc ir.igcdy, and as he left tlic unhappy house that had witnessed it, he looked a dozen years older than when he entered there