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MARCEL’S PORTION. H NOVEL IN THREE PARTS. BY SAIVDY DfTAVARKS. Entered eccordteg to Act of CopgrtM, by the Hkeald Fcblmbino Compact, in the office of the Libra rian et Washington. [Continue* from loot Sunday] PART SECOND. CHAPTER IX. CHXBUBS TEADDEN MHM A MDJTAEE AT THE mm auLPHua sraiaos. True to bis promise, Charley, daring the first week of Jnlj, started for the White Sal- phar Springs, in Virginia. At this time the distance from the springs to the nearest rail road station was silty miles, and the trip was made by old tashioned stages or, as was not frequently the caee, by the prirate eqnipage of summer tourists. White Sulphnr Springs had long been a place of fashionable resort. Over ninety years have passed since the waters have been nsed by others than the Aborigines, and for the pain half century the springs have been yearly visited by large numbers, especially by those wealthy Southerners whose sectional pride forbade them going to Newport or Sara toga. Here the most distinguished statesmen and politicians of the Sonth met daring the recess of Congress, and hen numerous polit ical measures were discassed and political problems solved. When Cbsrley reached the terminus of the railroad Mrs. Carroll's carriage bad not ar rived, although he had written her, accord ing to request, in time for the letter to reach her before his departure from Gorem. He was, therefore, compelled to put up at the hotel in the little village and pass the night there. On the following day tbe carnage arrived, but as the horses were jaded from their long journey, he decided allowing them to rest until the next morning. Meantime, he whiled away the time by watching the negroes making merry at the depot, and by convers ing with two planters who subscribed for the Repeater and had introduced themselves upon observing his name on the register of the hotel. These gentlemen, with the char acteristic hospitality of Virginians, endeav ored to persuade him to spend a few days at their residences before going to the Springs, but he was compelled to decline the invita tion. At daybreak he entered the carriage and was driven along the dusty road with all the rapidity that two thorough-bred horses could attain. By night ho reached a small town situated thirty-five miles from his starting point, where he rested. Early next morning Charley renewed his journey, which was quite without interest until the carriage began the ascent of the Alleghany mountains. Here the scenery became very grand and imposing. All along the route dense forests, seldom trod by man, beantilnl in their green foliage met the eye. Whenever the vehicle ascended some more than ordinarily prominent position little valleys, half hid from view by the sides of the mountains, came in view, breaking the monotony of the wilder scene by their cairn and tranquil appearance. Springs, sur rounded by a luxurious growth of wild flow ers, gushed out from tbe roadside at every few yards, and every hour or so a mountain stream was either crossed or one was seen in the distance, its waters glistening in tbe sun shine, as they calmly murmured down the mountain side or leaped over abrupt descents, forming tiny cascades and waterfalls. It was twilight when the carriage drove through a gap in the mountain, and Charley found himself in a lovely valley surrounded on every side by highlands. The evening waa cool and balmy. Dimly towering some eight miles in the distance, rqae the top of the Alleghany, from which came the evening breeze that fanned the cheeks of the traveler, invigorating after a day of tiresome journey ing through a fierce July sun. Crossing a sluggish stream of water known as Howard's Creek, the carriage drove to the opposite side of the valley, near the lowest part of which the Springs are located. As he drove by the hotel and through the village, which was evidently full ol visitors, and en tered the road, he passed a lady walking along in the same direction. She ha.lud the carriage, which was promptly stopped, and as she came up, Charley aaw that it was Liottie. He alighted and she welcomed him very kindly. He insisted npon walking with her to the cottage, and ordered the coachman to drive on and announce his arrival. “ We hardly looked for you before to-mor row morning,” she said. " Your letter did not reach us until the very day you wrote that you intended to atari. Mother ordered off the carriage immediately, but Henry, our coachman, is so slow and thinks so much of the horses that we feared he would delay on the road/'y, rm rmr “And your mother—has she been wall ? " “Not so well as we could wish. She has bad one slight spasmodic attack since our ar rival, and although she has recovered from it, she Is, of course, quite weak. I was so very much alarmed when she had it, as all the doc tors can do is to alleviate her sufferings. All have declared that nothing can’ be done to cure her.” “She is not confined in bed, I hope." “Oh.no. She is about, but she seldom leaves the grounds surrounding onr cottage. Every evening, while she is well, I take a stroll to the village, where I have a number of what bad been a mere fancy deepened into affection. Knowing that she loved and was loved, and had pledged herself to another, whether raebly or not it was not for him to decide, he nevertheless continued to love her. Vainly, he knew, for she had never given him the alightest encouragement, and when they were atone she invariably spoke in the most affectionate terms of Marcel, never hinting at their engagement, it must he ad mitted, bat still speaking in language that coaid not be mistaken for mere friendship. Ah, this love! How completely it takes possession of poor humanity, especially vrtien it ia a first passion. And it was the first time that Charley had ever loved a woman, although he knew dozens of pretty and amiable girls, who would have not been alto gether averse to have guard the affection of the good looking journalist and future pro prietor of the Gorani Daily Repeater. But none bad touched his heart uutil chaooe threw this little brown eyed girl in his path, and then, knowing that be was yielding to a passion that was utterly hopeless, he became the slave of IaHtie Carroll. Sometimes he wondered whether ahe did not perceive that he loved her. For his part, he believed that be could not help showing it Every glance from beneath her long lashes, every touch from the little white hand thrilled him through and through. Hating to be with her, he could not resist her invi tations. And she, ignorant then of his sentiments toward her, innocently did all that was in her power to make his visits agreanble. and press ed invitations upon him with genuine warmth, “ for your sake, dear Marcel, "as she privately wrote that young gentleman. The morning for the pic-uic arrived. Pre vious to it Charlsy had been introduced to the Misses Graves, two charming young ladies, who had promptly included him among the list of select gentlemen invited. The time, too, had passed away pleasantly. Lottie and Charley had strolled through the hills and through every part of the valley in company with the Misses Graves. They bad never, however, ascended to the top of the mountains, the pleasure of this trip being re served for the grand occasion. Mrs. Carroll being too weak to bear the fa tigues of a ramble through the forests mud a climb up the mountains, did not go, and Charley started with Lottie alone. They went down to the village, where the party, to the number of over three hundred, assembled. She spoke as indifferently as she could, but her words, instead of dismissing the subject, as she hoped it would, only brought about a* avowal It can and will always be of inestimable value to ins,” he replied. “I know thdt it la very wrong for me to say this to you,” he add ed, “but it had to come sooner or latex, and it is bettor, perhaps, that It be said wow, so, that yon may understand in the future why I cannot continue a visitor of your mother. I avoided coming here last summer because I foresaw that 1 should tell yon how dearly I love yon if we were thrown together, ae we have bean this day.” She had risen to her feet when he began speaking, bat she listened quietly to all he had to say, and waited until be was done before ehe told him that which be already knew so wall. “I am very sorry, Mr. Fradden." she said; “I thought you knew—” “That you were engaged to Marcel," he interrupted. “Yes; he told me of it before he left for Europe. I am aware what you think,” he continued. “It is very mean of me to speak es I have done, knowing what your relations to my friend are. But I do not desire you to harbor one thought of me inconsistent With your loyalty and your love for him. For my own part, I would not per form an act likely to injure Marcel in yonr estimation. You will bear me witness that I have not sought your love. Except to bring you his letters, which I promised him to place in your hands, I have not thrust my self upon your society. Even my being here now was hardly of my own volition. "I have been to blame, Mr. Fradden,” Lot tie observed. “I importuned you to come here. If I bad snapected this 1 would never have caused you to fesl the pain that you most now feel. From my heart I beg you to forgive me.” “I have nothing to forgive,” he replied. “You hava been innocent of all efforts to lead me on to loving yon. You must pardon me for speaking as I have. To-morrow I leave here because, of course, it would be indeli cate for me to remain longer. I desire now to take along with me the assurance that you do not regard my language as insulting to you. “ She bad been inclined to feel aDgry with him when he first boldly avowed his passion. But wheu she looked at the young mau, and saw how utterly broken and sad he was, her anger melted into pity, and she considered The programme was to drive to the base of i how her own conduct might have influenced the mountain, and then to ascend it on foot, j his passion. Trne, she hud only treated him Some thirty Degroes, with three wagons filled | w ith marked kindness for the sake of Marcel, with edibles, accompanied the excursionists, but he was not obliged to know that. One of the Misses Graves, escorted by a I «*X do not regard it as an insult,” she said, young attache of the French legation, rode in I and she spoke with more than ordinary gen- the same carriage with Charley and Lottie, tleness. “I feel very flattered at your pre- who, it bad beeu agreed upon, were to be J ference. You have done me quite au honor, with the Senator's party. They laughed and I It makes me very sad to think that you have chatted gaily as they drovq along,Miss Amelia j entertained any such sentiments towards me, Graves, a lively-, witty girl, keeping the others i because, us you aie aware, I am privately en- in good spirits by her sallies at the expense of j gaged to Marcel, and-and—and, we love cel's letters wounded his self-pride, but he perceived that she could not have spoken in any other wsy. “Oh, I’ll bring them regularly os usual,” he replied. They kept silent until the carriage entered the hotel walks, when he half turned and ad dressed her: We will not see nraoh of each other ia the future," he said. “ But if at any time I can do anything for you—if I can serve you in any way, you must not hesitate to call npon me.” The carriage stopped before the ladies en trance of the hotel. “And now # good bye. Good bye, dear Lottie, good bye.” He took her little hand in bis and pressed it to his lips. Then opening the door of the carriage, he stepped out, and aided her to alight. With a face full of emotion and sympathy, she stood on the steps which led to the door, and waved a farewell with her handkerchief, until the vehicle waa hid from view by a sud den tarn in tbe road. (TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.) Monsieur Ducros’ English. Upon alighting ana ascending to tbe top of | each other.’ I know it. God help me, I know it.” the mountain, the party broke up into smalt j And the young journalist turned his bead bodies, each going a different route to view the scenery. Mr. Graves engaged in a polit ical discussion with a Senator from Alabama, while his wife joined a group of matrons whose duty it was to see that the dinner was ready in time. For a little while the Misses Graves and their escorts rambled through the woods in company with Charley and Lottie. Then Miss Amelia and tbe attache strolled off, and their example was shortly alter followed by Miss Grace Graves and a handsome young man, the son of a Southern Governor. “We are deserted,” remarked Charley. Yes. Amelia is determined to carry on a flirtation with Mr. Ducros, and Grace is en- aside to hide his emotion Lottie stepped beside him and placed her hand gently upon his shoulder. He turned and saw her sweet eyes looking upon him fall of pit}' and sympathy, of kindness and affec tion. And he also saw that behind her sor row there was none but the purest and ten- derest affection for Marcel. “Let us leave here, Mr. Fradden,” she said. “As we cannot bear any other relations to wards each other we can at least be friends. I will not ask you to remain at the springs any longer. Neither will I expect that we shall remain on intimate terms with each other. 1 shall always regard you as one of my best friends aud so will Marcel” she added, “when gaged to Mr. Dutton; so I suppose they wish j he learns how kindly and how nobly you to bs alone.” Shall we continue our stroll, or shall we return ? ” he asked. I must first show you a small bit of natu ral scenery,” she replied. “Marcel and I used to visit it frequently wheu he was here.” They moved on in an opposite direetion from where the others had gone. Through a narrow path, evidently but seldom traversed, for the grass grew in tbe roadway, and from amid them rose the tiny yellow butter-cup swaying in the mountain breeze, she led the way down a hill. Then she turned and walked along the base until the abrupt walls of the mountain stopped their farther prog ress. A steep wiuding path beaten out by the stiff earth, with here and there a step hewn oat of toe rock by some tourist, or have acted. Shall it be so ? Are we lriends?’ “As you will.” He took the baud she gave him, and led her down the steep menntain side. When they entered tbe little valley below he stopped and spoke to her. “ You will give some excuse to your mother for me,” he said. “Tell her anything. Say that important business compels my immedi ate return to Goram.” “ You had better see her yourself," she re turned. “She would think it strange if you left without bidding her good-bve. And now,” she continued, suddenly, as they were about to resume their walk, "I wish to say some thing by way of explanation to you. Marcel’s letters had led me to believe that you loved Mittie. I saw how cold and indifferent she probably by the orders of the hotel proprie- I was, and my purpose of paying you unusual The Father of All the Darkies. From the Mt. Sterling, Ky , Sentinel. Fortune Snow, tbe 124 year old darkey of Tennessee, an account of whom we publish on our first page, and Reuben Bain, tbe 133 year old darkey of Southern Kentucky, pale their ineffectual ivories before a colored an- tedeluvian named Sam Bowles, who lives near the foot of that wonder of nature, Carring ton's Bock, one of the attractions ot that charming resort of Rummer, the Olympian Springs, in Bath county. Sam ia so old that the clock in his rude cabin long ago ceased ticking off tbe hours, old Father Time haying given up in disgust the job of numbering the hours, days, weeks, months ■ and years that stretch out that old nigt er’s life a long ways back towards the dying hour of the late Mr. Methuselah, who was said to have been no spring chicken when he handed in his checks. Sam claims to have been tbe cook on ihe vessel thkt brought Christopher Columbus over. He doesn’t exactly know his own age at the time, but thinks he was upwards of forty. He was born in Africa, ana was pre sented to Queen Isabella by a Moorish prince who courted her favor. He is one of the most remarkable specimens of humanity in exist ence. There isn’t a hair about his person, and he says he hug been bald-headed all over for nearly two hundred years. He does not remember how long he has beeu blind, but distinctly recollects that the last sight bis eyes ever looked upon was that great warrior, Ponce ae Leon, kissing an Indian princess behind an angle of the stone fort that eminent military general erected at San Augustine, Florida, and which still stands as a proof of the correctness of the old darkey’s memory. His blindness was brought about by his*be ing stung iu the eye by a musquito or an alli gator or a buffalo, he doesn’t know which, as be was asleep at the time. He lost his last tooth one hundred and fifty years ago, aud owing to chronic rheumatism iu the gumshaH been compelled to subsist by smelling his victuals. Taken altogether, old Sam Bowles is a curiosity, and we have no doubt of the truth of his story, for he proved it to us on the spot. “Why, massa,” said he, “do you see dat dornick out dar ?” meaning Carring ton’s rock. We assured him that we saw it very plaiuly. “Well,” said he, “I planted dat dornick when it was no bigger dan a warnit, (walnut), de day I fust settled heah, an’ you may know dat’s been no little while.” We believed him, and came to the conclusion that lie is really older than he claimed to be, for, though no geologist, and never having tended a crop of rocks, we are satisfied that it took substantial old Carrington several thou sand years to reach his present imposing pro portions. When we suggested that it was that anciant mariner, Admiral Noah, for whom he cooked, he emphatically insisted that it was Columbus, who, he maintains, was a better sailor in a minute than Noah was in a three years’ voyage. Not being posted in nauticle matters, we gave into tbe old darkey’s superi or knowledge of things pertaining to the sea. He thinks hie life has been prolonged by drinking the Olympian waters, the only bev erage he uses, a barrel of which Mr. Gill has had hauled over to his cabin regularly every week for about a hundred years. Art Items. Foreign Notes. A family festival of rare occurrence recently took place in Fischental, Centon Zurich, when M. Kneoht, District Judge, and his wife, celebrated their diamond wedding. A singu lar circumstance connected with the affair was present on the occasion. All three are still robust, and enjoy the best of health. Tbe London Echo remarks that the list of visitors to Baden-Baden seems lately to have been drawn up by an individual cherishing somewhat exaggerated views of the degree to which female emancipation should be carried. Tbe following entry" occurs among those of tbe earliest arrivals: “No. 1,473, Mme. Rosa Schreibner, wife of the first Rabbi (Ober- Babbiner’s Gatfcin), with her husband, a child, and a nurse.” The Swiss Times notices that the higher Alps are attracting a large number of visitors this season, and some successful ascents are recorded, among others that of the Jungfran, which has not been attempted by the Roth- thal since the catastrophe of last year. “A few days ago,” it adds, “this dangerous ex periment was accomplished in eight hours and a half by Dr. Dubi, of Berne, accom panied by two guides from Lauterbrnnnen. The return to the the little Scheidegg, by way of tbe Silberlncke and Guggi glacier, was ac complished in nine hours. A Frenchman, j named Haberiin.is also reported to have made the ascent of the Finsterharborn by an entire ly new route. On the 30th ult. a M. Lavater, of Zurich, succeeded in climbing to tbe sum mit of the Grand Combin, one of tbe peaks of the Great St, Bernard. It is the first ascent of the mountain this year.” “Antiquary” writes to the London tim*s to call attention to the fact that the house occupied for many years by Sir Isaac Newton, in St. Martin's street, Leiceater-square, is still unprovided with one of the disks generally placed on the houses which have been inhab ited by gentlemen of distinction. There are several in the immediate neighborhood, but tbisfeouMais still unheaded. Its look is dirty and dilapidated. A return recently issued giving statistics of new work executed by the Telegraph Depart ment of the English posf-offic© shows that* from the 5th of February, 1870, to tbe 31st of March, 1872, a total of 46,146 miles of wire has been erected, 215 miles of underground telegraph laid down, (including twenty-three Varieties. A fuel-saving cook—The one that “boils with indignation.’’ Delaware City is eating fcu.ter tL- -ants >0 cents to the pound. As a watering plaee, tbe ^-uBgara rails are rapidly lolling away. It takes twenty-four hours to make one day, but a good dose of physic will make one weak. The war cloud now hanging over the Ar gentine Republic appears to lack a “silver” tors, was next ascended, and as they neared the top the splash aud murmuring of water met their ears. “Here it is,” exclaimd Lottie, lightly springing on the top ot a small rock which Stood to the left of the path. He clambered up to her side, aud looking in the direction to which she pointed, saw that they stood upon the brink of a precipice. They were probably eighty feet from the miniature valley below, and the descent was so steep that not even a mountain goat could have walked to the bottom. Just below them a large spring of water gushed out from the side of the mountain, just falling into a basin formed by a project ing shelf of rook. Over this basin, which acquaintance*. 1 met some friends from! thing.” South Carolina this afternoon, one of whom spoke very highly of you.” “ Ah! Then I have an acquaintance here? , ‘Do you speak from ! Lottie ?” experience, Miss She blushed and turned her head aside. “Dear me—no, indeed,” she replied; “but attention was to aid you in your suit with her, as much as bee inse Marcel thinks highly of you.” They walked on, again ascending to the top of the mountain, where the great body of the excursionists were gathered. Neither spoke again ou the subject, although they conversed with each other on various topics and acted so that no person present suspect ed what had occurred between them. On the return of the party to the village, Lottie retired to prepare for the ball, and Charley sought out Sirs. Carroll to inform her of his intended departure on the follow ing morning. She was quite surprised at the announcement, as be had not hinted the probability of bis leaving so soon, but she overhang the ravine, the water poured, at accepted the explanations he made, and ex- first in an unbroken sheet, then breaking ------ into separate streams, continued to descend until it became mist, forming a beautiful cas cade. The borders t>f the precipice Were fringed with a luxuriant growth of shrub bery, and back of that was the forest sur rounding and shutting it out from view until they stood upon the very edge. “Don’t you think it pretty,” *,aid Lottie as they stood together gazing down over the edge and watching the silvery water as it broke up into mist. “A very romantic spot,” he answered. “^ust such a place, 1 imagine, that lovers would deliebt in strolling to and whiling an hour away.” Oh, it is quite famous for that sort of A Boston man has discovered that stars have the peculiar effect of making him dizzy when seen in the early morning. Note by a chiropodist (in the country for the first time).—“Most be very painful—corn in the ear. ” The New York Graphic thinks that Lo, the poor Indian, is getting lower and lower every day. Why does the sting of a bee carry convic tion with it ? Because it makee you a bee- leaver at once. To cure nose-bleed, tbe Scientific American says, vigorously move your jaw*. Mothers- in-law never have it. It has been found that red cedar chips and cloves sprinkled on a shovel fall of coals will clear a room uf flies. A Wabash (ind. > editor returns thanks for a centipede sent him by mail from Texas, be ing the first cent of any kind he bad seen for a month. Piano-fortes bear the beat character of all manufactured things, since they are classed as grand, square and upright “Closed in consequence of a debt in the family,” is the communicative announcement on the door of a fugitive haberdasher. A Jamaica negro defines heaven as a place where one can lie in bed and have his jug of mm brought to him by a slave. As the quickest way of making a fortune, a contemporary suggests marrying a fashion able young lady and selling her clothes. A placard in a Brooklyn barber-shop win dow announces “Boots blacked inside;” but must that not be very bad for the stockings ? The editor of the Baltimore Gazette, after ded a Bad-looking man in the middle aisle. The orator seemed to be disturbed bv the in- miles of pneumatic work,) and 248 miles of years of experience, says: “A woman is like cable submerged. The total number of new ! tar; only melt her and she will take any form instruments brought into use during ike same j you please." period, leas those which have been removed, j -Where are the patriotic men of ’76»" is 6,421. These figures include private tele-| s houted a patriotic orator. “Dead,” respon- graph work. ' ' ..... -- Victor Hugo, says the Atliemoum, has near . ly finished a novel, which will be published i formation, in the month of February, 1874, under the Joueph Cady, of Philadelphia, bore it for a title of Quatre-Vingt Trei'e, with the sub-title j year while his neighbor scraped a violin, and ~ ... — then hia patience gave out and he rushed in and gathered the player to his father. A Pennsylvania preacher, while holding service recently, gave thanks for the prosper- ‘Premier recit: la Guerre Civile.” The plot carries the reader for an instant to Paris, and the imposing figures of Robespierre, Danton, and Marat appear upon the stage but the action lakes place almost entirely iu ( ous condition of their crops, “excepting’ O the Vendee. The relations of the Vendeena i Lord, tbe corn which is backward, and the to the English, and those ot the Channel , oatSf wbich are migbtv thin in spots.” Islands to the Breton coast, are illustrated l y m : , ,< t». , , documents hitherto hardly known. An en- The response m full of Mr 11,chard hardly counter between au English frigate and a French squardron is said to be grandly told. The Paris correspondent of the Pall Mali Gazette mentions that great consternation filled the Radical camp when it w as announced Grant White to the Graphic invitation, is as follows: “If I could re»d my title clear To mansions in tbe skies, I'd bid farewell to every fear. And with yonr gas arise.’’ that M. Henri Rochefort An exchange says : about to start headed man follow ‘When you see a bare- i cow through the front for New Caledonia. He was sentenced to , gate, filling the air with gardeD implements transportation by a court-martial more than | and profanity, vou may know that his cabbage tnrn vhoki Knt ran «1w> nlax tliat Lin KaaaltK i . , > , . .. two years ago, but on the plea that his health would not stand the voyage he was allowed by the late Government to remain in France. plants have been set out.” A North Carolina murderer who expected rieved, exclaimed : yet got ready for uy iut) iiu« vjruveruuieut iu idiuhiu m a i, , , , , . • , , •. , This indulgence formed the subject of au angry I , 7 repneT , ed ’ debate in the Chamber, but a medical board ! * ” eT " V 8 ° 7 t reported against the removal. It now appears I bUt * hut s&meihm « came np to that another board reported the ex-editor of j P La Lanterne and the Mot d'Ordre to be quite well enough to join his fellow Communists. The commercial statistics of France for the first half of the present year have been \ tb em. published. The total imports during that period Amounted to 1,561,000,000 francs against 1,678,000,000 francs in the same I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth. 1 hate to see a load of band- boxes go along the street ; and 1 bate to see parcel of big words without anything in liazleit. “Let go that jib—let go that jib, quick !” shouted the captain of a down-east sloop to a ■iftuusk iiuuvn iu wc muib , , , - - .. . T . , . . - period in 1872. Of this an or the precious I m “T? .k ‘ tonchtug yer metals amounted to 221,000,000 francs against | old J lb . , replied Jonathan tndtgnafltiy as he 211,000,000 francs in the first six months of hls “ 8ts dee P er lnt0 h,s "ouserloons Michael Angelo would hare been just 400 years old if he had lived until next ye^r. New Bedford has secured one of Bradford’s Arctic pictures for her public library. America has only thirteen pictures at the revenue of the first six months ol 1673 shows last year. The total exports of France amounted to 1,952,000,000 francs against | 11.727.000. 000 francs in the corresponding period in the preceding year. The customs revenue amounted to 113,000,000 francs against 78,000,000 francs. The revenue de rived from indirect taxation amounted to 404,- 0 X),000 francs, against 325,000,000 francs. The total revenue received by the French Government was 504,000,000 francs, against 404.000. 000 francs in 1872. Consequently the ‘ It is Mr. Grave*, the United States Sena- j this place hes the reputation of having been tor from South Carolina. He says he has met j the spot where many engagements have been you on several occasions in Washington. His , made. There was once a young lady who fell wife and daughters are here for the summer, over and was dashed to pieces below,” she Do you know them ?” “ No. My intercourse with Senator Graves has been purely professional.” “I must introduce you, then,” she return ed, “they spend to-morrow evening with us, for the parpose of making arrangements for a grand picnio and ball, to be given by the vis itors one week from next Monday. It is to be quite a fashionable affair. The President, several Senators, and twotor three foreign ministers, besides a number of other distin guished men -will be present, and we expect to spend a very pleasant time. Of coarse you will make one fif the party.” Conversing thus theyfcwalked aloDg until they reached a beautiful cottage situated on a rising ground which ^overlooked the village and the entire Valiev, as far as the eye could reach. It was surrounded by a large and tastefully laid out garden, near a fountain in which they found Mrs. Carroll seated on a low chair, looking very thin ami sickly. She greeted him Very cordially, begging him to •xcuse her not rising, as she felt quite weak and expressing the hope that he would 6pend at least a fortnight with her. After retiring to his room and changing his wardrobe, Charley took supper and then went into the parlor, where Lottie and him self practised the now music bad bought and sang—at least she did—until tbe evening was far advanced. 1 do not wish to be regarded as desirous of making a mystery of what the reader is already aware. Charley loved Lottie and did not attempt to disguise the fact from himself. He had taken a fancy to her from the day when he met her, then a mere girl, on the car while en route for Baltimore. Thrown into her society frequently after that day, continued. “ This was the very spot on which she was standing when the earth gave way. It is hollow underneath, you know, and forms a kind of cavern. ” As she spoke, Lottie walked nearer to the edge of the precipice, and pointing to the spot where the tragedy took place, pressed the earth with her feet. It gave way, and she stumbled, but before she could fall over Charley caught her by the arm, and placed her out of danger. pressed the hope that he would find time to pny another visit to the Springs before the season expired. “W* will not return to Baltimore till the middle of September,” she said; “ you may, therefore, be able to come and see ns again.” He would not promise to come, but he told her if it was possible he would do so, although he declared it exceedingly doubtful. The same night he escorted Lottie to the ball and danced with her three times. The Misses Graves teased him about her, asking him if he intended to publish an account of their interview at the cascade; to all of which he replied by saying that if he published what had occurred, the young ladies would be dis appointed with the perusal. “Dear me, Mr. Fradden,” said Miss Amelia laughing, “you don’t mean to say that Lottie has refused you. That is the only thing that could disappoint us.” Charley laughed in return. “No, Bhe did not refuse me,” ha replied, “and for a very good reason,” he added, “I never asked her to have me.” “How disappointing,” put in Miss Grace. “Wo were building all sorts of castles about you and Lottie. Amelia and myself were to be bridesmaids, and Messrs. Ducros and Dut ton were to be groomsmen. Now you have spoiled a delightful arrangement.” Observing that Lottie had become very red in the face and was indulging in a succession of blushes, Charley parried these thrusts and changed the subject. She was quite confused at the open language of her young lady viKzx i« __ j f , a friends, and was glad wheu Monsieur Ducros She was yery pals and frightened, as she nl „, „„„ sat down under a large lire oak. j came up and remiuded her that she was en gaged ta him for the next dance. A lew sec- gravely, after she had become composed. “Yes,” she answered. “Suppose I had fallen over ?” “I would have followed you.” She looked up as he spoke, for the tremor of his voice sonnded strangely in her ear, and there was a depth of tenderness in it that startled her. Lottie saw that he was pale and trembling. “You are very gallant and very kind,” she said, blushing. “I am glad you were not called upon to sacrifice yourself.” “Would it not have been a sucrifico worthy of the object?” Lottie held down her head and her face flushed up. There was no mistaking the meaning of his language, if even she was in clined to ignore the affection that beamed from his eyes as be stood lenuiug against the next tree looking down upon her. She was quite startled nt this manifestation, for she had not even suspected it before. “You place a higher value upon the object tbau it can ever be worth to you,” she re marked, finding she w.mld have to say some thing. | The next morning after breakfast the car- ! ringe was announced at the door ready to ! carry him on his journey. He bade Mrs. Carroll good-bye, aud was about entering the vehicle, when Lottie appeared al the door. “You did not intend to leave without bid ding lue farewell ? ” she said, iu a slightly re proachful tone. “Do you mind my going with you as fur as the hotel ? I am to spend to-day with the Graves’.” He banded her in the carriage, aud follow ing after, took a seat beside her, just direct ing the driver where to stop. “ That was treating me very shabbily,” she remarked as they drove along, “ going off without freeing me. Remember, wo promised to be friends.” “Rut these partings,” he returned, “are they not all pain on oue >ide and pity on the other? However you are right. We are friends. ” “Theu let us act us such, ray friend, ’ she answered. “But about Marcel'* Utter? Won’t you come at all to see us again ?” j The connection between his visits aud Mar- Yienna Exhibition, while France has over one thousand. The Shah has ordered his bust from a dis tinguished English sculptor. The preliminary work in plaster has already been exhibited, and is prononneed excellent. R. H. Parks, tbe sculptor, has settled down in Florence, where he has plenty of commis sions. He is now engaged on a large scrip tural group, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.” Some repairs b£iog 'effected in a fountain at Narbonne, Aude, tbe discovery has been made of a splendid mosaic. The design con sists of a medallion representing Bacchus holding the thyrsus in his hand, the whole being surrounded with vine leaves and a mag nificent banner. This work of art is to be transported to the museum of the town. Mr. Brown, tbe painter, has abandoned tbe picture he had been commissioned by Mar shal de MacMahon to paint of the shah’s charger and favorite dog, in consequence of the difficulties which were thrown in his way when he wanted to see repeatedly the saddle and royal caparison for his work. M. Couder, the artist, died recently in Paris at the advanced age of eighty-five. Although his paintings show rare talent, Americans have a standing joke on his picture of the surrender of Cornwallis, which hangs in the palace of Versailles. The pleasantry is that Lafayette fills the foreground of the picture and George Washington is scarcely visible. The magnificent collection ot ancient armor purchased by the late Emperor Napoleon III. from Prince de Soltikoff is still exhibited in the restored chateau of Pierrefonds. Those beautiful objects were about to be offered lor sale by the liquidators of the imperial civil list, but they will now probably be purchased by the nation, as negotiations with that view have been commenced by the represeutativej of the State. The Morning Post states than on a further examination made yesterday of the principal fresco paintings in the new houses of parlia ment, it was ascertained that a similar pro gress of disintegration to that detected a year or two ago in the painting by Mr. Maclise, R. A., of tbe “Meeting of Wellington and Blu- cher at Waterloo,” was also apparent in the opposite picture, by the pame artist, repre senting ilie “Death of Nelson,” and that traces of decay are also observable m the splendid work of Mr. Herbert, K. A., depict ing “ Moses Delivering the Tables of the Law to the Israelites.” The first named painting is regarded as the chef d' ccuvre ot the artist. an increase upon the corresponding period of last year of 112,000,000 francs. Although men are accused of not knowing thteir own weakness, yet perhaps as few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes their is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.—Swift At a ap.ritual seance the other night, the spirit ot Fulton was called up. Instead of talking about steamboats and things as every body thought he would, he could only be in duced to say over and over—“ Tom. they give me to eat of nothing but cold waffles up here, and if it keeps up I shall break Gabriel s head with his own trumpet.” Csesarism. In the action of widow Milliere against Captain Garcin for shooting her husband without trial on the steps of the Pantheon, at the period of the downfall of the Commune, the civil tribunal of Versailles had delivered the following judgment: “Whereas, the wid ow Milliere demands damages from Captain .. . _ . * _ ~ , . „ Garcin, pretending that it was by his orders ; i0,k 3 ' r ‘ :d wlti 8 *“ LINCOLNS DESIBE FOB A THIRD TERM—HOW NEAR BEX BUTLER CAME TO BE ING PRESIDENT. The respective merits of asphalt and wood paving have been under discussion by the au thorities of the city of London. When hones fall on asphalt, their legs, it is urged, are “spread out,” and they become injured for life. Falls on granite paviug are not, as a rule, attended with such serious results, nor do horses fall on wood paring to the same ex tent as they fall on asphalt. The question is still under discussion. Wiutei halter, tho painter, who not loug since died at Frankfort, where ho went to fin ish the portrait of a lady, has left uforture of 4,000.000 francs. His eight last p:uutirg< are now being exhibited in the art guiltry of the above named town. that her husband was executed; whereas, on the 26th of May, 1871, the insurgents contin ued the criminal and formidable struggle which they had undertaken against the army which entered Paris on the 23d of the same month ; whereas, the execution of Milliere was not an act personal to Garcin, who only obeyed the orders he received from his supe rior officers; whereas, civil jurisdiction has nothing to do with act of the army, the supe rior principle which regulates the separation of powers uot allowing it; admits the demur rer, declares itself incompetent, and condemns the widow Milliere m costs.” Gatling guns are to be sent to the Gold Coast. The London Standard says: We un derstand that the field artillery at Cape Coast Castle is to be reinforced by tbe addition of two 0:45-inoh Gatling guns, wbich were dis patched from the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, a week ago. About 10,000 rounds of ammuni tion have been supplied to each gun, which would admit of continuous firing for a period of several hours in case of emergency. A lightly constructed field carriage has been forwarded with each gun, contrived with lim ber boxes to hold eight or ten drums ready filled with cartridges. Two non-commissioned officers of the Royal Artillerj' who have been trained in the Gatling mitralleurs at Wool wich—a practice requiring very skillfull man ipulation-left for Cape Coast Castle last week, and will conduct all operations with the Gat lings ou their arrival. When we reflect that 800 yards' range nearly every shot from one of these guns will strike a moderate-sized tar get, and that they have the capacity of tra versing automically, we may reasonably pre sume that the effects produced by them upon undisciplined bodies of natives will be con siderable.” The French Government, recognizing the importance of improved agriculture, especially at the present time, issued a few months ago a programme of international trials of reap ing machines on the government farms at Grignon. These prolonged trials have just concluded. The American and English makers were there in full force; the former were Burdick, Johnston, Whitheley and Wood; the latter were Hornsby, Howard and Samuelson. Hornsby and Samuelson also sent over their own trained horses and men. All the ma chines were severely worked for several days in heavy crops of winter and summer wheat and oats, a good deal laid aud twisted; and ! alter varied aud protracted tests the judges— all of whom were anpoiuted by tbe Minister of Agriculture—maae the following award: Howard, of Bedford, England, first; Burdick, of Auburn, America, second; Wood, of Hoo- siok Falls,, America, third. Further trials were then gone through with selected ma chines in the English and French sections, and the judges gave Howard, in addition to the first prize, the gold medal of honor for the best machine in every class. I cannot think it possible that Grant wants another term. He has often expressed to me a wish to get back to his farm- away from the cares of office, where he might enjoy peace and quietness for the remainder of his life. His ambition has been satisfied. He has been the commander of the largest armies the world ever saw, and stands with Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln in securing the suffrages of the people. Then, he has been prudent in his investments, which will give him an am ple competence to live on. No, I can not believe that he will be a candidate for a third term; and as for the office-holders around him forcing and flattering him into running again, I don’t fear, as he is not the man to be moved by eitheir force or flattery, and yet ve cannot tell what may happen. Lincoln was Grant’s counterpart in patriotism aud honesty, and yet I know that it was his desire that he should have a third term. Seward and Stan ton were for a third term, and the policy of the administration was to have been shaped to that end. I don't know how well known it is, but I do know that it is true. I had Lincoln’s confidence, and Stanton wi s made my successor in the War Department at my request; therefore it is natural to suppose that I had bis. Lincoln and Stanton thought highly of Butler, and I will now tell you of another fact that is n- t generally known,|and which will show you how near Butler came to being Pnridtnt in* stead of Johnson. In the spring ot 1864, when it was determined to run Mr. Lincolu for a second term, it was the desire of Lin coln, and also that of. Stanton and myself, that Butler should run on the ticket with him As Vice President Accordingly, Lincoln sent me on a mission to Fortress Monroe to see General Butler, and to say to him that it was his (Idncoln’s) request that he (General Butler) should allow himself to be run as second on the ticket. I, accompanied by William H. Armstrong, afterward member of Congress from the Williamsport district in this State, did visit General Butler and made the tender, but he refused to accept the posi tion. He said there was nothing in the Vice Presidency and he preferred remaining in command of his army, where he thought he was of more service to bis country. I hope Butler will be elected Governor because he wants to be, though 1 would rather have him remain iu the House or coiue to the Senate. There is a lady at Saratoga who is fond of pets. She has nine singing birds, one parrot, one tame dove, one peacock, six dogs, nine cata (some of which are kittens), two squir rels, two gold-fish, three turtles and a young alligator. Amoug the dogs is a black and tan weighing only two and half pounds, for which she paid $75. A young lady at Cipe May attract* con siderable attention in her la?t* bathing suit.