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ur Portrait Gallery ‘ le Ti party, it •f .'the other [ ranged by party, ant hi,-. The ested in pi re,-t 1 icari i«l Itiagrapliirti ol IliMiiignMx-il JI**n :in«I Women. HON. L. Q- C. LAMAR s a native of Georgia, lmt has spent the most mgr: >i«aiinrui«lie<l Men and A local whipping <>f a let Ttvelvt opposite, to til, their ha weapons swelling to the tt tiijiered end mad- mixture The made mu ■ould he half mil whipsin, must The met the simp and shir no hats naked, whip, v by an e sides v tuft of; other 1. The; j there MS- tins Mid UlO , ., *,ISU .1 .. .... ..... glory tingu-.shed ability. He stands among the of ha first men of that august and venerable body: and a he is consulted on ail tin* leading questions of debate, and when he rises to speak, he never fails to command the earnest attention of both sides of the Chamber. The Senator is vet in the prime of his powers, and we trust that his valuable life may lie spared toaehieve still more eminent and lasting services for his state and country. icfcive and mature part of his life in Missis dppi. He is a man of line physical pr por tions and of commanding person and address, 1 He lielongs to one of the most distinguished families "f the South, and in nnte-hellvm days was classed among the wealthy planters of his State. He is a lawyer by profession, but has devoted many of liis best years to litera ry pursuits. For a considerable jieriod he occupied an important Chair in the Univer- sitv of Mississippi, and we are assured that the highest positions were tendered by other Southern Colleges and Universities. His va ried contributions to the periodicals and res views of the country, display critical scholar ship and high hr/lrs-lrttrrs accomplishments. He is by common consent a man of lofty ge nius and thrilling eloquence. Senator Lamar was appointed by the Con federate Government to a high diplomatic mission to England, where, by his brill.ant talents and polish,si manners, he won the ad miration of British statesmen and scholars. His election to the Senate of the United States was the highest honor his State could confer upon him, and it is universally conceded that he has discharged his ex .It,“d trust with dis- ” 4 ' -------- the A Southern Republican Vievl-. a /iliranT the only] ,V a ,’SAvftiern Ket • voU>(1 f or Haf r ; man m bis pr» < * n - t interesting a.. WheeU-r, sen-fc , t „ our assorti. selva ! raiset liana, tin- tt but n ' and f Th 1 their J ful bi ists, f miL tractive i in the Southern | Of-, of mv room, and had lett me mercies. Oh. Mr. Aliel, that was the latter 1 est • f all: I could not believe it. and yet, ! everything seemed against you. Those who have a manv frieiuls don t know now i one feels with I ait'one, and when that one \ turns (H/itinst them, it is dreadful. They told i me that all yrtur friendship for me was only | a snare meant to deceive me, and That if you 1 was mv friend, vou would act like one, in stead of giving them the false key to the door i of mv room. What, could 1 say? You might iave been detained I reasoned. ‘Detained I h sneered Madame Batile. detained him, and besiib s, h..« ........ ... ...... - — 1 *■ - find vou, and what key km to usi - ation we desired? .viler,* to ina, >*,,*.* ....... if he had not given us the inforni- What could have how could we have li just where to ' ■ ’ ' ’ - O'. ^. - - They told me it was all a would do anything for money. | and that vou had been hired to betruy me into their hands." I “And vou believed all tins of me, Sudn, : said the doctor, rep-oaohfullv . 1 “Yes 1 did. I just thought you had de- ! eeived me all along. Their reasoning seemed so plausible. Forgive me. Mr. Abel; reinem- i her how uuhappv and hopeless I was." ‘•\n,l what was their object mstealmgyou awavT asked Algernon. “I'll toll you. I'm coming right to it. Hie first night after we reached Grey Stone Man sion. Madame Batile came to my room: you j see, I was kept under lock and key all the time with nothing hut bread and water to i eat and drink, and it w.,s dreadful ,-old—so ,.„ld that I had to lie in bed to keep warm. ! Well as I was saving, Madame Batile came to me one evening, set the candla down on the table. I was not allowed a candle ora | lamp, or fire of any kind. ‘Sada Sands. I she said, ‘do you like this kind of a life? 1 j told her no. "‘And perhaps you would like to j be a tine lad‘y and have every, liing you wish, i a nd lie am'stressof a handsome house instead | of a slave.’ I replied that I would. Then | she said. ‘Not a living soul knows you are here. Think of it. You maybe kept here for a life time end naWMiift I the reward you deserve tor \ ; vh, rill ill |ft28 1 ha Sada ^ ** Doctor; OR, The Avenger of the A\ rouged. By Lieutenant fell*. CHAPTER XXII. Sada Sands dea.U ^^slle.l?the curtain stupitied Cnide^g what^was left for that white face, -phis the end! tins tim in the wide worm. faraway SHE SA1 :■ smell of freshly As he opened the door the si... - him baked bread anil steaming coffi t gi _. ( . t The table, set back against ilw , V ' kf for the doctor.—the others had 1' ^ Sada S it before the lire, her back t. w.irdi' \l, .1 as he entered: Alice was 'msi'ycna inserting colors from her worsted basket an .mulling >k«»It- | mth. -^tTkyls cast down, >kiii A i >. LOST UPON Hfl ritvm; ever, then > ap at lnm. y< >u f< >r- “But to have so that would have rendered ur wish satisfied. , . . ,, \- i, iii^orthig^ctdnrs'fJnm'ber worsted basket a,id 1 ^ *** •‘^Twas'd^id.uk How 1 matching them with a ^ ^ f" ’ [ thought you hail be- • 111." she repeated, 1 -Yes- l came very near . — ^ . aid Abel, spe iking luhtlv i said vou had Imped never a-ain.'so that would have render . -Trolling vl , -— V. Ce take .'•*. , >;■ - ttjK yioRNIN* ,i.-h ranv'- i don't suppose Three ,T?. v conci 1 "" l “d have wanted to marry me *■ .. »i i»vr *** <*iazv. *>he laugh«*<l a little crazy. [laugh. reared the girl was losing her rliaps this was wiiv she had ar- destroy herself. This was win ded so calmly of death. qualified for i pain in | “i. - V ill I IU1S li a teacher; I was subject to j strange will: my left side when I sewed “Let this be done n This, Mr" Abel, is what .she told Ime and she went on to tell me that I riVcle Lvman died, he l ad made a whici ie commanded me to marry Joe. under “fear of hi- deep displeasure: that he loved •file boAfalid wished hin. To inherit his,-sj • j.v . tin,’ 1 would Ye provided for by IV * j ■'& hj s w vif,». I did not oelieVe it. but ! ioush( # Ai;t»d me a pap* r to rend, a miner upon i\v time, and with large l — ^ 1 Lyman's i)ecu!iar'*n«HTjtten over in l nele ! lieve it. And this is the (•oncluLion‘ l „^° r ^ t have seals long iu a time, so I could- never iiope to gain J recorded—otherwise, let Sad.a Sands and" foe cedle. What could I do?, know the curse uf a d ing i man will rest upon - as I. Lyman Sand . . , - - w K um ; *nle,l—otbei a li ving bv m v needle. AVhat could I do?. - -Nothing: rio. absolutely nothing. That was them.’’ the way darkness settled down over me: that ' , " l asked her why I had never heard of is the way 1 became more entirely Mrs. this will before, and she told me it was he- Samis slave, than ever. I lost my hope: my I cmise Joe loved me for mvself. and flint lie she arose, her white around the vlio hated me What bite arounci tiic mean. Mr. voei. imi * ■* “Sada!" exclaimetl tlie doctor. And 1 trusted you. “Mr. Abell" She sprang to« ard li ntb.1 .. A ,„, was , t.ilss.-r" er face upon his bosom 11( , u .' i "Wasn't you. who gave Mi; **My poor little Sada its all I faLe k- v to open the to<*rof darling." said the doctor. Sl.e drew he.self , g^3 awav from him. .. ilT ... tl „ ive ,i i *• I. Sada? Never! “rth Dr. Abel, she said. I bad l"a>‘ ; u tll;lt true. Mr. Ab «1 Father that I might lit ver see > ou the'^quel, That he had ever put so in the future- Simon?” spoke up the ’ “Milvtie saken me. Ah. * trayed me to tho.- “Betraved you. Sada •• Is not that the word! Mr. Abel! Isn't it t< And I trusted you Madame Batile the i\ „ ml that Sada aid Abel 1,. - i. an,is sun e, man ever. I lost my hoiie: my ! muse Joe loved me rcr mvself and t) why vou Wish for death Wily did voutn to hfll ne"'f e m' 1 " ' fr ? ni ,la - v to day, "'ished to win my affection instead of hav- take Vourown life'" J ' 1 11 foi nor,hmg. caring for nothing: wish- mg me act from compulsion. ‘Loved me'' I “I was Ldsef-ablV." m^Fs Ude “b ‘ ^ ’!>' U ^ le L X 1 7 ied; 1 , t( ' M 1 >'>' that I did not heheve “And wliv were vou miserable?” I™' ,' /" the '-old ground. But my ; ever loved me. She said I was at fault by I sa\I can never be Happy again. I I f,-....... 1111,1 does betray be false to a the go, a!, ‘Sada. don't blame me—oh, don t | “Dr. Aliel, this is the May >e | (Ji(1 j nut ( ij e ” )h! is that true, .‘ii. --.“e. , , , L.s ! ,‘ii. Sada. and let me a miu, .■ .. , —: 11 ,i..t enoroach vou she lot “ It is the truth tell vou mv story ” bitterest part of all: ; f^distrustii.j vill not reproa for having s, little ..... - ..... ... , e i ifv am the \\ te ok Three Fixi;ered Joe. "Oh: G4, not his wife, Sada.'” “\es. h wife. There «as a marria Grey Stoin Mansion, last, night. There was p a bride whgave her hand to the man whom ’ 1 it he, I Curse me if you will; hate me at i oiti’t Here, nom she am T t ' t ./^\, per with bran,., — nose. Lets run ue work in re al earn- At fiS i re saved, my little one. be- | g.. ..4-.^#. f. .»* you 1 Here hold the narvsuo... -*.— i ‘Because you were soc, ..... 11 ' ' --undy and flan-1 auge there js more iiapp,ness ui store for \ than you have dreame ‘ " Shi i’ first so paralized was Algernon m. i “Happiness. She i est Y ii^oiiinreliend that life might not be | jly “Happiness: j h ! d i?.. U ^ti„ct But at the words of the wo- that can never come to me word The doctor l»egan ^tory of his meeting his i,,„g illness, and his ;iirtbisf()rmy , ‘And you she exclaimed | something that ,-orld “ Never The doctor qieated the : you are speaking ot e to me in this then, fierhaps. you « r is a long time. Sada." ! 1 have said; and it m ctor never forgot the look of anguish , pise me toi i...m r,.oiiirpc ns she till lied i l_-i he did not comprehena tnav ‘ thewo . utterly extinct But at the ^ ^ an(1 man, hope sl , ’ '\ vo ,! k helpingtlieeountry- romiandbK^vjfe^ntheir^ffoitsJ know ^ e lg0 j j^^h^^Wer her features as sue | she pause,i a,,.. — bat ‘ as a physician, greatly aiding | from him tu.,1 sat ] -b.wn b^ the ^ ^ , , team «.to M, ^ ^ get J and exiierience _ . - him in tl^task. { color crept into B>' anil b. , » marble-like cheeks: tbe white liP'- ' l feeble Uniting ofthe a flutter of th< P'“ ’ { t , jjinbs t „ld them “Thank God. Sada came back to Slowly and P^: ’ (ir ^;; l ed that seeing consciousness-^ Algeim ( t etfect „p,m , Lim so suildeiilN migm ' ‘ f tJv sensible, ■ ier ' o b k",tu -X til!' fire, and left U-. went bai k to h - { AUee. Sada fell her to the i aii > C t1k . young coun- into into a sweet i u i,ors of the day ti-vinan, weaned out !,y the.^ ^ and eve.ung. te ; i n t„ tlieir snug fire, the child' after showing the truildle-lml. a ::'.Li h ‘"lid ivtire when h. awav from him and sat ,io«n - laid her arms upon it. and wept again quietly to herself. Alice was looking blank'amazement. “Let me explain a little, my good woman, said the doctor, feeling that something ex planatory was due to her. under the circum- ?tM„ces- “this young lady and 1 are old stances, tms y {<)r her. and and told her the whole •‘Three-Fingered Joe, •arch for her. uif,‘red all this for my sake: he elided. dory. Mr. Abel, ill lint hate m: - - , V i„, you will not (les- i. hat I am ab, ,ut to aa_\. e,l and looked up through her listening friends; I have been ■angely found her Mr. Abel, vou wont get weal to me.” ■‘And’you'll remember that I n } n nothin.. :i girl, ignorant of the way • *t but nth kin Will S I'l I" knowledge and ex- Dear doctor a room u ,. ali c<e ! d, f;;:r .V an.rwcnt to sleep. Tl.eold- eoveied lounge , eu ,. lork ticked lazily faS a“Jow in the corner, the hands pointing to and slow m tue , The cut> large, gray the ‘ wee *>“■ i,.,oi,ilv uoon the rag-braid- have thus str—„ . •• And so you knew her last night: me liow ealm you were about it. lhat - the reason why you would sit and watili " “Y^r tv woman, calmness ^ and j wati-hfiilness are needed m f'h^gencics. •Well did 1 ever! How romantic, is tni voung lady a relative of yours, sir: ' “No.” “Lovers, perha]*? . .... -No no.” said the doctor quickly. la l old enough to lie her father, my good woman , but when her uncle, her only relative died, lie left her to my care. “And you los. her!’ “And was hunting for her when vou came ‘last night? Howstrange^m^siid while you ® ;l “” 1 VTe,i"'to tell some one ^ '.u-'ielV but 1 did not know of any one to soinach.l, p jddv Mag'><>n. and 1 Mr- Abel. I could not make her a confidant of my deeper teel Biddy was a noble-heart- vholly could not enter •ould,” continued her 1 know y> the . a jci.piiv u]»on the rag-braid rI h^ou^r^u took a deep interest in down on the ''^ h '^ t ,-n beneath on the Im? thing: but I told him I knew it was flitted, now ovu lie T,; n)on sto le softly to u- kindness.” .. , (lf bright mg-cai Bet. A'r. j and there I " “The sun is stalling chwnU out of ^^t, every breath, Laid Algernon, tak.ng Sada s hand ion of her calm, white face, | vines and evergreens the’ bed watched every expression "i in-* a wake to fearing lest, it I ‘ * „ssed the night away, find lier dead. 1 1 of coming began to When the ^ L,‘ru whid-.ws, Alice and Si- steal in “Ull'froin slunilier. The doctor crept mon arousedJromM ( n,i r (>i > m an)1 Hept. lie away into tl out. am I needed rest, was weary ‘‘"'LLr' Lnnd. When he awoke His slumliei »«■ V throueh the white cur- the sunshine came m tm -.*ueQ ^ ]t tains, and tin jjis first thought was •^I’l^o&oSbtwasof his weL i shivered at doors." that just as lireaVli, | sai,l Algernon', taking S !, das hand. 'j are you fa, - e - 1 i .in L.us xwo, mv i.hild: et us walk a bit “I know it, Sa<k ed woman, vet sin into your liner leeiin^ U I loved her as well _ Sa.la. “Love w as all I had 1 hope God will rewam her. her set free. Dr. - , . of Biildv's The doctor was about to t i ii s ;, r . death, but he din not wish to au t row. so iie was silent, i “Now. 1 want to ask. Mr. Abel, before I begin. I “Well.’ . if ] had been l (lr ^K/rH^God wmdd have for- jriven nief „ “1 don't, know. Sada. S “\\V1I I tried todp.wn myself, and bad as if 1 had if you willlespise me. for what I have done: only remetoer, Mr. Abel, I am so misera ble.” ‘ Sada, 13 not desj,ise you: I only pit v y,>u: I t ied to sre you, anil yet, my poor child, i lull ratlieriive seen you ilead," said Abel. ‘And 1 Sglit death: you foiled me: why dii you nobt me die? ” Tie low vailing voice softened him. and lrigrew tiller-hearted. Had he not i>een crtel?” Toll Te 11 about it, my poor child I do not‘(Tidnm you; you, no doubt, had a reEon.br marrying Three Fingered Joe. telmiUiat t was?” ‘V, l hid a reason. Mr. Abel. Let me go ,w‘ bad,to where 1 first knew you: to wlimiiele .ymaii died. Don't you think UiiL-lynian was :i good man?” “Massuradly, I ,lo.” “Ale loved me: yes. I knew he did: he was tvs kind to me, and I never wanted ! for aling while he lived: but he died. I j don * to think over how miserable 1 was. Do .‘Sk me why? Beeause I had known whasdom was: I had lieen earessed and pettid indulged: I had been loved and guaty the tenderest of relatives-the kind est omb. The contrast eame; it was too grestumied me: it took awav mv rea 1 « , ' *“ v ' v * mil I ^ £ \> 1111 L"“ ~ c -- . * oiiiuim miui nun *■■ :unt be comfortable ami imleixmJfnt- as fiom a serpent: his touch seemed pollution: B ell, Dr. Abel. 1 refused at first but the | I shmme,. him, and he knew it: and this cold, the hunger, the friendlessness ’themise | ■ msed all the fury and revengefulness of r .y. and l nele Lyman's dying wish made me , Ins fierce nature. give my consent at last. But I told JoeTd d i . ie ?’ JOU aatc me, Bada Sands: you forget not love him, and did not believe I ever could 1 am stronger, and have the power. I'll hum- This is the storv. Dr. A1k*1. Iij,] I do wrono-i b!e you. yet. my little Miss Seornful; I’ll Yes. I know I did. I see it now • hut "listen• nr'ke y'.u heg* f,„- merry at my feet, as the Last evening we were married: Mr. Fish an ei (*sl slat,* that walks the face of the earth: minister, married us I made no’re 1 swear 1 will,” he would sav 1 snonses- f ,H,1 r , , ‘ V° n i swear 1 will,” he would say. “And you, Sada?” “I, what did I do; what could I do; I sin auk uway, terrificti and trembling. The T , ***’• * uinue no re- sponses; I did not say I would love, honor and obey, but my silence implied consent After we were married. Madame Batile and • ^ , Mr ‘ F ^ sh ^<‘ r f talking together. Joe came to etnory of his words pursued me and in- 2 , an ' , I<1: ‘ The game is j,laved out now- eased my dread of him. If l,e e„i-e,..„i ‘Sana, and a man and his wife are one ami , iie was silent. you a question oi two (_)k, l am so 1 I son.v I tried to rise above it ! i might ! as vive tried to stem the tide as Airs. Sanath. Not in blows did she vent her ang in laying burdens upon mv should ers,vy, I nearly sank beneath them— exeme from tile society of every one wlnny equal,♦and giving me only the low! most uncongenial for my asso- eiatt Mrs. Sands would not have dared to tine down bad I been old enough, strmgli, to have risen above all these triaassert mv own lights. Air. Aliel. vasn’t | yoimoiv what constant wear and de prell do. 1 did not know that a spirit !1 'l grow so weak as mine did. care of you now “WiH you?" ; into the doctor' O til,* ,10,10, S - • -Why, certainly I will •able: I'll take I It hliistieitv after a time, and settled ,-iiilil " j done earth of dispair. Oli, those ■'V'J.,‘,1.. looked up eagerly bonarv, silent hopelessness, when I ,. ' | thou had forgotten me, and that, ' Kl ‘''' savl Biddy, 1 had not ii friend in ihe ^“V. ■ , ,. m can die and I can’t, veiception, a virtuous girl, without i and month i ...t . ,,ver ?»>: e - v !' s quite la mud^-il-i^a^iiemoto but tl.,‘ fore- | !! rof,a i 1 “ dl ^ ll ^escast 'down, all th of the morning lost upon her. the: thought of putt Simon. , ^ ^ air will help you, my c “£ S’.““iii« h.n,l through Mi*», *»' • • • TT - **”* she was 1 die. 1 ha^n t «»n> J vv j ( | e world. I | ha*, but my soul craved for sorae- thi; not that there is anything low the girl to recover herself fully oei«»ri . SNSNSrCUi.,,.,- * ' 11 bnght- int- . £• a liostess had obviated that Site thought ot 1*1 , i j .. dried and all the | ness oi me *••**» - * . He nevei -was from with tl iat grea 1 kn , ,w him?" he asked: see me, i mar, face. " ,,ul , ■ ■ ..‘honed that she would not. ! since you last saw himself, and almost nop up close to He arose ana , ner, 7 * V He took hold ssrw : ,.o“o»,.k -w, ; g&gsgs. er reaBz-'l^ tl^." u . lst( .,, amT pale, and the lssir^r]l wais g Llt'glad to "t 'know*'him j see'me?* f fear! and 1 »ave been very ill theTo be sure, I mud it go out to , ..... I ' hai, but mv soul craved for some . : i- f P „dent and I always t hi; not that th have no home, 1 mad.pel • j ,, r doing house work. But, Air was -” ... f ..i.vavs be.” Alsd some Rind of occupation that “But vou wi.l ntt * *^ ‘ • j wove and satisfy my mind, and j "I hope not. much room when thi: drudgery, never could do. and, “One doesn t take up Ties not feel as if I had stremdli t thev are dead. \ What ail d the . I Yever did he Le"eb"hlpair upon a human C ° U ‘Ato y!'.u crazy, Sada Sands?” he asked, almost sternly. drl ! The doctor looked at >he was speaking. fr.*“ mvself. I foi i in 1 th is' was'i'ni j .ossible “ rWn fel t e “ 111 so i"f °" e ’ s ; " "is and carried .'• „V L'V,' S ~rT t d '"' rs ‘ i,II(1 placed in a ear- rhenlknew by the man's voice and flu womans, who answered him, who mv captors wen*. They were Madame Bof'le aid Ihree-tmgered Joe. This knowledge r,t.,l!to a " d ' ,lil1 tUat which all mv ]riedm 0 trails never caused me to do: I aithful Biddyiisi-dto do ImlfVff Tt ! dt told heuften did she work all night so I M \C 1 , asny burdm. What could I do J that thi years, for a support? I was you had given them a falseLey to the’d.Io, niitness. My health failed iu< ne.isks imjM)s«‘d by Mr. Sands, .* " puisiieu me ana m- i.*> jaavea out now. eased mv dread of him. If he entered my ‘”»da and a man and his wife are one and om T left it immediately, if I could do so ! should have no secrets from each other - and I met him in the garden, fear lent me I f ,e * I< "‘ s . don't you know, Saila, I vowed once fitness and I fled from him as from a pes- ! t,l . 1 l l ,rlll k‘ you to my feet. Well, wife, that '•"'•“ !t I could not avoid him I was dist- * , uas J llst :l clever bit of forgery. Now ;t*. made Sf i? voursdf fi 1 you can;’ Doctor, I felt then that I was a wretch for not dying before I married tins man. I crept awav, when un observed, and stole out of the house and tried to end my miserable life. You know the rest •Now, my friend, say what you w ill; 1 < an bear it. Denounce me and scorn me forever* vou cannot think more meanly of me than 1 uo of mvself. will 'i" nothing of the kind, poor child, I pity you. [ do not wonder at your , , — , consenting to the marriage under the cireum he matter, as I would never j ?“*"!?*•. 0h - just God. what wickedness’ ek after this, I w as thrown B ut tueir punishment shall come. Aly lamb, ling, as you remember. After thank heaven you escaped from the wolves " "Havel indeed escaped? Oh! I trembie every moment for fear he will find me and toree me back. I had rather die than to live with him. \\ hell 1 fancied that he loved me and that it was Uncle Lyman's last wish that ! should marry him. it was dreadful enough tothink of then; but now that I knmvthe depths „t his villi,-my. and that he has done this tor revenge, or for money. I will die bv m.v ow n hand before 1 will call him husband or submit to lnm as his wife. I am afraid A on are shocked at me. Dr. Abel. I know you are a t hnstian and I elieve that we omfiit to try and forgive our enemies. So do I. I don t want to do any harm to these people. I don t ask tor revenge upon them, thou-fii I know they deserve punishment. God s how often I have praveil that joe mi"-; i better mail. But that has nothing to'ilo with mv ace,-opting him as mv husband, or livin ' With him as ns wife. No; the doctrine of < hnst has nothing to do with mv ease, and EsnotpractH-.d; and. as I have said lie fore [ will die by my own right hand before l will live him. Am I wrong, Dr. Aliel? Speak to me. A ou look at me in silence. Tell me my one friend, what must 1 do ?” Algernon wished to reply with perfect calmness. He was a God-feari, g. just and honorable man. He could not advise her to go back to the man she hated and despised. Who had so cruelly deceived her. He could not justify her in her determination to de stroy herse t. lie said : “Let me take care Of A ou, s«da: 1 am a poor man. but w hile I have an arm to protect you with and to work tor your support. I will he like a father hT .° U a! ' H l "’ t afr;li,,t( > D'ust me: vou will believe me true to you now, if all'tlie rest ot the world tell vou 1 am false “J will, SO lu*Ip me CtimJ.” “Remember your vow. Sada: there mm, come a time when your faith shall he tried- I trust there may not, yet we cannot foresee. < ontinued on sth page. r< xml If swiftm tiJeiu anr * al1 ^ aiv fear and dislike, I suppose, made me appear disdainful to him. By and by his commet changed towards me; it was after he anil Madame Batile and Airs. Sands had been closeted together fora longtime in earnest con versation. He treated me more kindly after this and never threatened. He bought me cosily presents, which, however, I never ac- eep-ed • undone day. when he nu-t me alone on the piazza, he asked me to marry him." “And your answer, Sada?” Aly answer, Mr. Abel, was no; that ■*• usi less to urge the matter, consent. A week a into .jail for Stealing, as you remember" Aft* till', as i told you once before, he urged his imam ns suit again: again I rejected him , "" , k «°' v the details of the trial; you know how | escaped by poor Biddy's sacrifice. Ah’ tell me. Air. Abel, what has become of Biddy avhere is she now?” "l,’. s all well with Biddy,” said Algernon evading a direct reply. "All Well ; oh. I'm so, so glad : then she's not now in prison,” "No, Sada ” “How did she escape ?” "God made a wav for her escape, Sada ” ei'd" BUt ’ g ° ° n ’ ,MV <hil1, t< ‘ 11 llle to tlie ; I wall. Arr Abel. You look kind. I don't y,,u "j' 1 , 1 curse me: you will remember all I Ivue told you, and how- I have suffered ! £ . lla r« erre 'l. may be that will atone tor the fault. "I told yon I waited for you tlie night vou *‘fi me in that strange room, and told me you w ould come back again in an hour, but vou did not come. It was dark when you Went ■k rifc