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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
Bertha rendered valuable aid in marking
and packing away their clothing. To this
steady, attentive daughter, th&dond mother
confided lectures, admonition, and tender
guidance, for the sake of the younger girl
she trembled to place amid strangers.
“Mama, please look in Meta’s trunk. She
has so much stuff in there I do not think Ha
ger will ever pack her clothes in it,” said
Bertha.”
Mrs. Glenn opened the trunk and found va
rious gifts that Meta had treasured, from her
friends—tiny vases and cups, juvenile books
and little ornaments, even gourds given her
by the negroes.
“Dear child, she is trying to carry her
treasures with her. Let me see; I will get
her a smaller trunk for these queer little
things; they may each be*** with them a
memory that she loves. I would not deprive
her of the pleasure she may find in them.”
“Ah’ mamma, you are so kind; who else
would humor Meta in this way ?" exclaimed
Bertha.
“No one else, my daughter, I know; and
that may be my reason, if there is any, for
doing it. When you get to school show that
you feel an interest in these little ways of
your sister’s. Never tease, or laugh at her
for them. Remember, you are very differ
ent, and your tastes unlike. This must cause
each of you to be lenient with the other, for
you must be willing to let each choose herself,
her own mode of enjoyments With duty,
principles, and all they involve, there is no
choice, with these last the face must be fixed
against emotions of all kind. After doing
right one is sure to be happy, however pain
fully the work was done.”
Mrs. Glenn sat in a chair, by Meta’s trunk,
and began to remove her little keepsakes into
the trunk Hagar had brought. On one of the
boxes was written: “From my precious
mama.” Mrs. Glenn opened the box and
found a bunch of withered violets only.
Some time ago she had plucked these and
given them to her little girl, though she re
membered nothing of the act or date. “To
think she would value this,” said the mother,
as a tear fell on the withered things. “My
dear little girl is not so thoughtless as one
would think.”
The day of parting came. The steamboat
paused before Colonel Glenn’s landing, and in
a few minutes went on her way, leaving a gen
tle mother and some dozen of faithful ser
vants upon the shore.
The ride on the steamboat, then a change
at Savannah, into a large steamer, which bore
them to the “city by the sea,” whence they
departed by rail to the village which was so
fortunate as to contain Mr. Berwick and his
noted school.
A pompous, smiling little npn, in black,
met them on the piazza. His black eyes gave
each one a piercing, smiling- glance, that
seemed to say: “I must know these people
and I must please them.” He led the way
into a parlor, furnished with exquisite ele
gance and taste. ,
Then he managed to make each one so
much at home, that he elicited the peculiar
feeling, from each, that he or she was the es
pecial object of his interest anil regard.
He was a fine talker, and artfully made
himself and his school the subject, without
appearing egotistical. In front was a room
containing a costly piano, some chairs, and a
quantity of new music. Around the piano a
dozen or more girls were laughing, chatting
and occasionally talking to a girl about
eighteen who was playing softly a beautiful
melody. A side door o]iened into another
room, where numbers of Ixtoks were ranged
against the wall—several cushioned chairs,
and one or two divans: a table with a hand
some boquet of flowers, completed the furni
ture of this room. Near the fire was seated
a lady about twenty-five, knitting a snowy
scarf with zephyr wool. She wore a blue
merino trimmed with black velvet.. Though
only a side view could be obtained, yet there
was a beauty in her face, a grace a 1 suit hot
figure that rendered her distingue even from
the young girls, in their city costumes. Be
was opening day and a freshness was seen
everywhere.
“Meta, you are eating like a bear; see the
others have mostly stopped,” whispered
Bertha, for her sister was oblivious to any
other fact but satisfying a very keen appetite.
“See the little man. I mean Mr. Berwick has
risen to make a—a speech, I suppose.”
“Yes, I see he has,” exclaimed Meta, drop
ping knife and fork. “Well, I must stop, but
I’m as hungry as a bear still.”
“Young ladies,” (here a dead silence) “it
is well to repeat now our table rules," (the
little man smiled.l “When the bell rings for
any meal, you must assemble quietly in the
entry way. Then enter the dining room,
two and two in a lady-like manner. The
seats you occupy now will be yours the whole
term. We allow no loud talking at the table,
no laughing or ill behaviour of any kind.
As you enter you must leave. You are dis
missed, young ladies,” he said, bowing his
head.
The next morning the teachers were at
their desks. The girls seated on the long
benches, were silently watching the bald-
headed, red whiskered man, who seemed to
be supplying each room with necessary books.
Mr. Berwick had taken Bertha into his
recitation room—first room the pupils named
it. Meta had been playing with four or five
girls who belonged to the second room, and
followed them to the benches^ and was in
high glee laughing and whispering when Mr.
Berwick came to the door.
* ‘Is Miss Meta Glenn in this room ?” asked
the young man with the long nose. “Is Miss
Glenn in this room J”
“Yes, sir,” and Meta came out quite abash
ed before the two dignitaries.
“I only wanted to find which room it is
better for vou to go in. I think Miss Doane’s
will suit her,” said Mr. Berwick to the young
man.
“Is Miss Doane that beautiful lady that
was with you in the library, Mr. Stinson f'
“No,” said the long-nosed man, smiling
quizzically.
“But Miss Doane is a good teacher, and I
expect you will think her very pretty. But
tell us now about your studies.”
“I have been studying geography, gram
mar, arithmetic, spelling, reading and writ
ing, analysis, Quackenboss’ Composition.”
“Read this,” he said, handing her his class
reading book.
Meta read the few lines distinctly and very-
much as if she were talking. Mr. Stinson’s
small eyes gleamed as he bent down to look
at her.
“Now tell me about geography.” Her an
swers were accurate on this and on others of
her studies.
Mr. Berwick, who hail left during her ex
amination, came in just as Mr. Stinson hail ,
concluded his questions.
j‘We had better give her to Miss Doane, I
think, Mr. Stinson. She is just the age and
size her little girls are.”
•‘But her capacity will place her here with
my girls.”
“What! O! I suppose not. Miss Doane
will teach her a full year more.”
Mr. Stinson knew the polite’ principal was
in the habit of putting his pupils in lower
classes, the longer to retain them under his
tutelage. His thin lips were just a little com-i
pressed as he spoke so that those near could
eas ly heard him;
“Examine her, sir, in Miss Doane’s looks
She needs no more teaching, I think, in that
rooom. ”
Mr. Berwick's eyes flashed, but he knew
that he could but yield, since he had allowed
himself to be thwarted by the man he dared
not combat where right and wrong were con
cerned.
“Ah! well then, I will leave her with you,
Mr. Stiuson. All 1 can say is that she will
be prepared for Mr. Desmond when she
leaves your hands.”
“Capacity—c-a-p-a c-i-t-y—capacity.”
Mr, Stinson smiled as he heard the child
whispering then spelling the word.
“Veracity—capacity," she whispered again,
then her eyes twinkling with curiosity she
side her was a young man, bending over a
huge book,-... - f.’iJi'.tW-ykir.. autism all burst out suddenly. “What does it main.
‘ —“ ^ ly ~ - i.TTt/n» 1 ' •'Mil*T.-TT.rr -_..C3J<S-rrOtttyr:-—♦nt
is it I nave when you say 1 have capacity
r ft
itiJ **-, ■’>**•.'! "“
one fawn nke grace of his ns-a-vts.
After an hour or two in conversation, a
tall lady in black entered the parlor and was
introduced as Mi’s. Berwick. Though her
manners were a little stiff and frigid, there
were warmth and sincerity in her eyes, and
in the words that fell in pleasant tones from
her lijis. Mrs. Berwick spent no time, as did
her husband, in merely entertaining, for she
went to practical points directly. “Your
room is ready, j’oung ladies, and as you
must lie tired* I Will take you there now, if
you desire. After awhile I will give you
a new room-mate.” Turning to Meta, she
said : “You are young, dear, to come so far,
but I will put you with my other little girls,
and I hope you will have a*nice time.”
Colonel Glenn'succeeded in tearing himself
from the loquacious principal and repaired
to the village hotel. Mrs. Berwick led the
way for the sisters through a very long, nar
row passage, and entered one of the rows of
rooms on the l«ck of the building. She made
a few explanations, telling them she
would send one of the girls for them when
the bell rang for dinner, and then left them
alone.
Two cottage bedsteads, two double wash-
stands, which held four pitchers anil wash
basins, a frame covered with calico, to hold
dresses, a small glass hanging to the wall on
a nail, was the entire fumitnre. There was
no fire-place or stove, and the l»are floor gave
the room a chilly aspect. The trunks were
soon brought in, and so crowded the "vacant
sides of the walls that there seemed no places
for the other two who were yet to come.
“These are our chairs, hey !” laughed
Meta, as she curled up on her trunk. “The
roon is so small.” said Bertha, “not large
enough for two, and four will suffocate.”
“When summer comes,” added Meta, “I
wonder if all are so—the nice parlor made
me sure of a nice room.” “I’m so hungry,”
Meta said, adding this last with zest.
“Why, Meta, and it is only i i o’clock—at
2 they dine.” laughed Bertha “get some of the
lunch out of the basket.” “Why, Bertha,
didn’t you see me give it all to the little girl
on the cai-s. She said she was hungry.”
“No, or I would have stopped you: you see
you want it yourself now.” “1 thought they
would give us lunch right away. Mother
always did.” The mention of her mother’s
MANDRIN,
THE FAMOUS DESPERADO
How lie P.’vyed the Role of
Melnot—His Romantic Love
—Ills Hat .g Advei.
lure* and Crimes.
In almost every book of French history or
biography that treats of the first half of WW
last century, mention is made of Mandrin,
the famous bandit and smuggler, who, with
an organized band of followers, lived first
in the mountains of Dauphine, and after
wards in those of Savoy. Victor, Marquis
do Mirabeau, writing to his brother the
baillie at his government in Gaudalope, in
1752, and prognosticating the tempest gather
ing over France, says, “Mandrin, the head
of the smugglers, has routed two regiments
or detachments, killed thirty-five men,
wounded many, and taken three officers.”
He was bom at Saint Etienne de Saint
Geoirs in Dauphine, on May 30, I7I4, and re
ceived the name of Louis. His father was
of low condition, and got a precarious living
partly by theft. Some counterfeiters, .b o yy
ever, taught him their business, after wiircn
he felt himself upon the road to fortune, but
he was soon betrayed to the police, fired on
the gardes champetres sent to capture him,
and was killed in return by one of them.
Young Louis, on hearing of his fatieris,
death, vowed vengeance against the authori
ties. He began by acquiring the art of coin
ing. He was rapidly gaming reputation
when the war of I733 broke out, and he en
listed in the army.
He made a good soldier at first, but jspdn
grew tired of discipline, and deserted with
two of his comrades. His captain, who hail
taken a liking for him, would neither de
nounce him to the authorities as a deserter,
nor erase his name from the muster roll,
hoping by kindness to win him back to his
colors. Mandrin had meantime returned to
his old employment of counterfeiting, and
was as successful as ever. The kindly can-
tain having come on business of hin^/ii"'
into the neighborhood of Saint Etienne, sent
for a younger Mandrin, and informed him if
Louis diil not rejoin his regiment in a week,
it would be his duty to send his name in to
the authorities.
Mandrin, on hearing this, became very
angry. He set spies at once on the move
ments of his officer, and found that on his
way back to his regiment he would pass
through a wild mountain gorge attended by
one servant only. Mandrin rode armed to
the spot and waited-for his coming. As soon
as he saw him he went to meet him^and
humbly begged him not to be his rum/\^
offered him money enough to buy nvsmjjsti-
tute, and pointing to a little farmhouse on
the hillside, where he said his moth, lived,
he begged him to go in there, and . draw
up the necessary papers. The first crime of
Mandrin was the most atrocious in his life.
The officer accepted the proposal without
suspicion. As soon as he was entangled in
the windings of the path, Mandrin drew
close to’him and fired a pistol. He fell, and
before the servant could turn his horse or
draw a pistol from his holster he, too, was
•hot dead at his master’s side.
“Mandrin had talent, great skill and won
derful good fortune. He had natural elo
quence, and could talk over those lie desired
to win. His imagination was active, he had
courage to plan great enterprises, and bold
ness to execute them. He never hesitated at
any crime that he thought necessary to car
ry out his projects, especially if they had to
do with any schemes of revenge. And yet
there was a soft side to his character. He
looked innocence itself. Only when you
gazed full into liis eyes could you detect the
savage temper which broke forth in mo
ments of rage. He was always talking
about probity and honest men, but ' ”
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The kind ladies fame nPx f
their protege. “Dear sisters ” he t*] 0 *0*
death of shame and pain will a
how calmly a true penitent
ecution!”
them
can await his ex-
Mandrin was affected to tears as to.... , „
thus, and so were the ladies. They i)roiid°^rt
their good offices with the governo/ a,'®?
ingly they went to see him, mrt iskcHPmm
do a last kindness f or Monsieur VtePa •
He yielded to their import,,,^nftSKd
the desired indulgence, couple,! with the con
dition that they would keep the secret to
themselves. 10
The guests at dusk were hroiivht
captain’s cells Mandrin addressed them in
his new character of penitent, and appeared
to use his influence over them wid^-eat
effect. The docility of the audience andthe
eloquence of the preacher touched the he u-t
of the jailor. He consented to pled™ them
in a social glas-. The wine had Wn drug
g ed beforehand In a few minutes the
,oor man slept the sleep 0 f the just.
quarrelling over the soul of the deceased
procurew; flames, too, (the product of some
fireworks), burst forth from the four tow
ers. Roquairol bad flung a sheet over his
head, painted with flames of fire. He made
his appearance in the servants’ rooms, brand
ishing a lighted torch, accompanied by his
four men, dressed like satyrs, dragging after
them long chains. The maids swooned, and
in another burst of fireworks the demons dis
appeared.
It was quite plain the poor procureur was
in the clutches of the devil. He had been
seen—he had been beard—there was no room
to doubt his fate. The news spread through
the mountains.
The next night Roquairol made his appear
ance on the terrace accompanied by fourteen
devils. The widow had surrounded herself
with friends, but numbers only added to the
general terror. When Roquairol and his fol
lowing appeared, the women fled away and
shut themselves up in a large chamber.
Thither Roquairol pursued them. Some tried
to escape out of the window, some fell upon
their knees, some sprinkled all the place with to use
holy water. If a drop fell on any of the
devils they howled as if they had been scalded
with hot oil; they stretched out their long
claws as if to catch hold of the women, and
rattled the chains of figures dressed up to rep
resent the deceased attorney. This personage poor man xieju, me sleep of the just
kept crying in a lamentable voice, “This Mandrin locked him up in the cell broke
chateau was ill gotten! Woe to those who the fetters from the legs of his companions
inhabit it! They shall burn as I bum! Woe 1 opened the gates and doors, and marched
' 1 boldly out of prison, walking at the head of
bis band, who sang as they passed 'i&be th •
street. Very soon they were in (he moun
tains, having, in the words of the French
idiom, secured the key of the fields. An hour
or so after they had left, a servant brought
the chief of the mare-chaussee a hunch of
keys which had been flung into his room
through an open window. The chief recog
nized the prison keys, and hastened to see
what had taken place there. The robbers
were all gone. A regiment was immediately
sent after them, but it was too late. The
jailor was incarcerated in the place of his
prisoners, and the ladies received an admoni
tion never again to interest themselves in the
fate of an attractive criminal. Mandrin com
pleted his audacity by writing a polite note
to bis late confessor, requesting his attend
ance at some future time when he should be
really on his way to the scaffold.
Though the pursuit was hot, he managed
to elude discovery, but, having lost his cha
teaux, he had for some time no fixed place of
abode for himself or his followers. Ho there
fore had recourse to a bold expedient. H
ordered four of his band to take possession of
a hermitage conveniently situated on a bill-
side, to arrest the hermit, and to keep him
in safe custody. These orders were executed,
and a few hours afterwards Mandrin took
possession ' of the hermit's cell. One of his
men was already dressed in its former pro
his impunity- The acted like
consult ms ^“ jimeof his exploits reached
The king sent
consult ms his exploits reacueu
wacssw-* troops to restore
"onhearing this.Mandri^displaj-lfre^
deatn 01 aim_p am will soon exnkt
offences against society. Before le^to®
world, which I have suUied'bv
wo uld gladly perform one act of virtue lnS 4ii
I desire ‘S to i’mtake 0 f a last meal with mv energv and courage. ““ £ from the
men, now confine,,, 8S , rnthis | soffi ££*£& **** jails of
prisons. He brolw rap j d clull y, a nd, to
Boury, Roaane, Th >ers, answer for what
show that he was ready t . registers
he had done h« had the I d
everywhere brought to inm.
to them and woe to me!”
This went on half through the night. The
widow abandoned the castle about dawn, and
took refuge in another part of her estate at
the house of one of her farmers.
Of course the affair made a great noise in
the country. Every one had his own views
about it. The esprit* forts turned it into rid
icule, and said it w»s all nonsense. Three
clergymen—a Capucine and two abbes—re
solved to sup in the chateau and to pass the
night there. They had eight men servants in
attendance, and three women to cook for
them. Roquairol felt that he was liound to
get the better of this committee of investiga
tion. He had several days for preparation.
The supper was to be Served in the great hall
of the chateau. He broke an opening through
,the wall of this room, and covered it with
boards and tapestry. He also made an en
trance from a dark garret into its great chim
ney.
All was quiet till the guests were seated at
supper. They began to think their presence
had laid the ghosts, and to congratulate them
selves accordingly. But at the first mouthful
that they put lietween their lips they laid
down their knives and forks and listened.
The noise they heard, appeared to lie behind
them. They turned and saw a monstrous
bear, which, walking round the table, sniffed
at the dishes. Masters and servants tumbled
over one another in nhcir fright, and all rush
“Wait for your future studies to learn you
that. You will find the opportunity in your
lessons of synonyms.”
Meta never rested, however, until she un
derstood the full meaning of the word.
By a “Coup de main” Meta fell into the
hands of the best of all teachers, while Bertha
became Mr. Berwick's •pupil, an unfortunate
honor since that little gentleman was regard
ed by the men he employed as far better fitted
for the small talk of the parlor than the ab
struse sciences he professed to teach.
A glass door separated Mr. Stinson's and
Mr. Berwick’s apartment. Miss Doane, in a
room barely large enough for her twenty
little girls, taught with a faithfulness equaled
only by Mr. Stinson.
A large room the size of the Chapel on the
second floor was assigned to Mr. Desmond.
He was writing master, as the number of
desks indicated. A portion of the room was
devoted to black-boards, long benches and a
table, for he was also teacher of mathematics,
and in fact whatever other branches the
overcrowded teacher saw fit to bestow, and
he saw fit to accept. He stood between the
two other gentleman as heir to their legacies
in the shape of sundry classes,
regarded as too advanced for
ed to the further end of the apartment. As j prietor’s robe, but they treated the holy mail
they fled, an ape of fearful size jumped upon '
the table, and upset it, putting out all the
candles. Four devils came through the wall,
brandishing lighted torches, eight others
(dragging after them the late procureur)
rushed upon the scene with howls and demon
iac laughter. “I burn! I burn!” cried the
procureur. “Oh! castle ill gotten! Woe to
all those who dwell in thee! They shall
burn!—they shall burn like me!” Next came
eight other devils with pictl forks, and
Mandrin himself came down the chimney in
a bull’s hide with immense horns, escorted by
four blackamoors with torches. Altogether
there were twenty-four persons. The abbes
and the menials were wild with terror. The
friar showed more nerve, until one of the
devils set fire to his heard, and then ran after
the others, applying his torch to their wigs
and clothing. Helter-skelter, pursuing and
pursued, they rushed into the court-yard.
The stampede was general. The torches of
the demons waved behind their backs. The
devil takes the hindmost was in the minds of
all of them.
After this, Roquairol remained in posses
sion of the castle, and handed it over to
Mandrill. For this service he was made
was tall and well made; wiffl blac
heavy eyebrows, an aquiline nose, regi
features, a broad chest, handsome legs, and
prodigious muscular development.
The bandit w as not insensible to the ten
der passion; indeed, his first attack of the
love malady was violent and excessive.
A rural gentleman had died, and left two
lovely daughters. Mandrin fell madly in
love with the younger ones. He ventured to
write to her clandestinely, and to send her
presents. They were returned to him. This
rejection of his suit filled him with despair.
One of his men seeing something hail gone
wrong with him asked what was the matter;
and Mandrin made him his confidant. The
brigand, who was a keen observer, said in
rieutepant on the snot.
L’ Ali k unis or prei'arf
pre< aiftiijh>. were taken
serve so valuable a piece of property. Man
drin never went to bed without firing a few
fuzees out of his window, and his men, from
time to time, were sent into the underground
passages to drag about heavy chains. In or
der to prevent any one from visiting the
chateau by daylight, a sentry was always on
duty, clad in the skin of the liear. The place
was better guarded, says our phaniphlet-
vvriter, than the garden of the Hesperides.
Once domiciled in the chateau, Mandrin
rapidly made progress in Ills vocation. He
continued his counterfeiting, and took to
smuggling and brigandage on a large scale.
AH this while lie w:is pursuing nis love affair
with Isani'a. He supported the character of
reply, “I see why she will not listen to vou. i baro1 * de . Mandrin with great success, an I
She "is noble. You of course have not ‘told completely won the hearts of the young lady
her much about yourself. Take my advice: “ er family. .
visit her family; call yourself Monsieur du A He even passed off Roquairol for a gentle-
Mandrin, talk about ‘my estates,’ 'mv ser-af *11111,.and succeeded in winning for him a
vants,’ ‘my horses,' ‘mv carriages.' They 1 promise that lie snould have the hand of
are simple, inexperienced country folk, you I 1 ® aura s sister. But on the eve of the wed-
will soon take them in, and love will flourishJj “Oigs an unexpected event overthrew these
under shelter of your nob'li y.” ■ projects of marriage.
“You have opened my eyes !” cried Map* An officer of the army <m his way to Gren-
— - • • - • 1 oble heard the story of the haunted castle.
lot believe a word of it, and resolved
' see for himself. After investigat
ing so far as to feel certain that there was
| some hoax at the bottom of the affair, he put
| himself at the head of the rural police, and
I made a visit to the castle. The ghosts ilefentl-
him company. They j The den
.ho district, and excel-, I to astonis
them were musiqiaiis^t
All I
:t
:. which®were j’Iriii. “I begin to see that my eonppution I
■ Mr. Stinson, i with the people ill suits the rank an/! [viffr'f “j
r Berwick I of her I love. Henceforward I am Monsieur j r° a , s
and not quite enough so for Mr. Berwick.
Yet such was the tact, the perfect art of I Mandrin. But can I keep up the cbarac-
the gentlemanly Mr. Desmond, that he ward- j frr
ed off much of the extra work the principal | “That’s easy enough, my captain. Get a
was inclined to give him. | laekev, give him orders to call you Mon-. . and flnnn- i wli iin<r ..,1
This first school .lay Mr. Desmond was j sieur le Baron incessantly, ap^ar at your , 3 1\,,V ^
walking his school-room alone. His soft ! ease, frown on everything that savors of
white hands were ‘ ’ ^
A suit of fine black
Such a face rarely . - - _
In the making of this man, nature seemed to 111 nil arm chair: start up abruptly humming
lavish her choicest materials. j htune, anil when you walk throw nil your
weight, not on your heels, but on your toes.
Then all her relations will be sure to say.
‘This man is of distinguished birth, no com
mon person would so conduct himself in the
presence of noblemen.' "
Mandrin carried out tl
helped his suit greatly
ol room alone. His soft ! ease: frown on everything that savors of j . ~~r“ a T ',‘ ,
crossed idly behind him. | vulgarity: do not acknowledge acquaintance | ,,,,r,‘”,i int>,pi r torn V
k setoff his noble fieure ' with any one you ever knew: be lilienil of I pursued m then tuin t
y surmounts such a torrn. | monosyllables: stroke your chin; lounge back j ‘i 1 ^’
Now and then Mr. Berwick, full of im
portant business, stuck his head in the door
and asked the principal teacher, “if he would
superintend a class of first girls in Geometry
half advanced—or just take for awhile a
class of Mr. Stinson’s girls in fractions.” In
variably the handsome head would incline
gracefully to any class the first girls coni- j was considered to have*
posed, but the Stinson girls were rarely so 1 and the next time he s[Kike
easily shuttled over to the lord of the” big ! was no talk of dismissing him.
room.
Weeks were passing pleasantly away to
on their assailants, but these proved the
| stronger party. The band was forced to fly,
by the enemy. Man-
of baron-, took refuge
with Isaura, feeling sure that no one in her
j household would suspect him of being a cap-
| tain of robbers. But one of his men betrayed
i him. A party of officials, disguised as burgh-
ers, came to the house, anil took him into
custody. Isaura thought them tradesmen
j from the neighboring town come to insult
name cheeked Meta’s w ords, so she only ran | young denizons of Berw ick’s school,
to the basin and dipped her face in the wa- Order was rigidly enforced in doors, yet.
ter; not before Bertha saw her however, and
many quiet lady like amusements were
arranged by the wily principal for his girls.
To lie contiuued.
Tlic Hi-i<lf;'e Over the Tay, and
Some Aineriean Bridges.
There are ten truss bridges across the Mis
sissippi above St. Louis, which are not re
garded as very wonderful structures, ami
called her “cry leby.”
There was nothing to amuse them in the
room now that all was fixed, so they sat
down ami talked of this first hour in their
new home. After a brief silence, Meta ex
claimed, “I'm tired of being m here ! Can t
I get out!” “You bad better remain quiet,”
answered her sister. “But I ve been sitting
down for so many hours—good bye—I’m go
ing some'* here.” So saying, the door closed
and she was gone.
Following the long dark passage until she
came to a staircase, she went up this and
found herself in the fourth story, in the
midst of a number of attic rooms, furnished
in the 'ame scant manner as their own.
Passing through these and coming to another
ffight of stairs, she ascended them, but her
passage was barred off, for the stab's ran up
to the cupola. Meta pushed aside the flat
door and scrambled through the opening.
She had never been on such an elevation be
fore. Down lielow were groups of girls play
ing under the trees. All around were the
white houses of the village, and beyond these
were the plantations and the country homes.
A soft, blue haze seemed to rest on the green
forest in the distance. Meta gazed upon
every object, sulidued and pleased. An hour
]>assed, when she heard the dinner bell, and
she reached her room jnst in time to meet a
young lady sent to guide them to the base
ment.
“Why, Meta, where have you been ?” asked
Bertha anxiously.
• “On the top of the house,” she answered.
“Why, Meta!”
“Yes. They have a cupola here—a large
nice one.”
“Meta does as she pleases,” said Bertha,
smiling apologetically at the young lady,
who accompanied them.
The long dining table was filled with about
one hundred youthful forms, who were more
intt rested in casting sly glances at the new
faces than in eating the very nice dinner. It city of the Golden Gate.
_ Isaura—the
young lady—loved him with heart and soul.
Meantime business was not neglected. Coin
ing and smuggling went briskly on. but
Mandrin began to feel the need of some .se
cure and comfortable retreat for himself and
fur liic ?i*iiul whom f htiv Miurhl - . }cafo fVnrn
tiil the police stated they were acting by roy
al authority, and their commander asked
Isaura what interest she could take in the
fate of a smuggler, a counterfeiter, and a
robber. Isaura made no answer. A blush
1 letrayed her secret. .She rushed to her own
chamber, and her kite love turned at once to
rii and rage. She tore up all the letters
with great consideration, consulting him in
every difficulty, and obtaining from him
much knowledge of the neighborhood, and of
its manners and customs.
The scheme was an eutire success. The
false hermit was even more popular than the
true one, and soon vein ure. to visit the
grand vicar of the diocese. He informed
him with meek submission that his prede
cessor-had been removed by ;ui ecclesiastical
superior, and asked the countenance and pro
tection of bis most reverend father, which
were immediately accorded him.
Assured of the favor of the ecclesiastical
authorities, Madrin and his band settled
themselves comfortably in their new quar
ters. Eight-aml-thirty bandits brought all
their belongings into the hermitage, and un
der pretence of asking alms, they thoroughly
explored the neighboring country.
Mandrin recognized his band, and exerted
himself to maintain strict discipline.
“ They had,” says their historian,
“fixed rules for going out and for coming in.
They dined and supped in common. Man
drin alone had a private table set at each
meal for six persons, and invited five of the
hand by turns to keep him
had the best wines of the
1 .alt Stiwv*. of the _
and amused the rest during the repast. They)
slept from 4 a. m., to 4 p. in., and worked
from 9 p. m. to bed-time. If any disputes
arose they were settled by the captain anil
lieutenant. Any one who would not yield to
their decisions avus put into confinemnt. It
is lielieveil that several women were in the
hand dressed in men’s clothing. But Man
drin always maintained that he never admit
ted any woman to Ins hermitage except the
lawful wives of a few memliers of his band,
or two or three of their near relations. “Not
for virtue’s sake,” adds the chronicler, “hut
because he was always alive to the danger
and embarrassment <>f having any thing to do
with children.”
He was not long left at peace in his new
quarters. His exploits in the neighborhood
soon brought that part of the county under
suspicion. His asylum was once more inva
ded. He tried to esiajie through an under
ground passage connecting the hermitage
with the country beyond, but the prevot of
the archers, who had been sent on the expe
dition, hail knowledge of the outlet, and hail
filled up the mouih of it with a great quanti
ty of dry brushwood, to which he set fire.
The wind was high, and drove the smoke and
liame back on the fugitives. Mandrin was
unwilling to be burned alive. He was turned
back and burst into the hermitage, braving
his enemies. He was knocked down, howev
er, and again found himself in prison; this
time at Grenoble, where ull possible precau
tions were taken against the invention of
pious woman. Mandrin was allowed to see
no one but his judges. He was condemned
to death, and led forth to execution.
The only favor he asked was to walk to the
scaffold. This was granted him. His arms
were pinioned and his thumbs secured with a
cord. He was led thus towarits the place of
execution. As soon as he saw the prepara
tions for his death, he gathered himself to
gether, made a mighty effort, broke the ropes
that liound him, overturned the confessor
an 1 the executioner, burst through their arch
ers, lowered his head, and dashing through
the astonished crowd, made for the city gate,
and was soon in the mountains.
what men he had set m*, w,u '
“^bThis way into Burgundy he me ^ a ^
tatehment o/lHarcourt’s regnncnt^ He£
RSwSsrwsss --
mavor before him, and said he must levy a
contribution of twenty »nd franc,on
the two local bureaus of the iarmers ol
taxes. The mayor tried to remonstrate,but the
tax-gatherers themselves assured him that
res’stance would lie useless. He then yielded
to necessity, and twenty thousand francs
were paid over to the conqueror.
Mandrin continued his triumphal niareh,
successful everywhere, till his good fortune
forsook him before the city of Autun. There
he encountered a considerab.e body of the
ting’s trootis. Monsieur de Fitcher, who
^ecnaanded them, summoned him to surren
der. But Mandrill refused submission, and
threw up earth-works for the protection of
his little ai my. He made his men a spirited
harangue, and then attacked the soldiers. In
this Ihis last fight 1 he commanded as captain,
but fought like a private in his army.
He was everywhere. Three times he ral-
ried his disordered followers, and brought
tiiem back to the charge: foaming with rage
when he found they could not break the line
of the enemy. At last, after furious light
ing. the three divisions of his little band were
scattered almost at the same moment, anil
Mandrin saw them taken, scattered, and
slain. He made his escape at fir.-t, but for
tune deserted him: one of his own band be
trayed him. He was taken in the night after
tiie battle, bound from his head to his heels,
and carried into Valence May 10, 1755. . Five
of bis comrades were confined with him in
the prison of the Superior Court.
All was now over. He saw at once that
firis time there was no hope for him. He re
signed himself to death, mnl met his end with
courage, having confessed his crimes. It was
thought at the time that he was really peni
tent. He looked upon the scaffold without
emotion, but without bravado, and made a
living speech to the spectators, as was the
custom in those days.
’ He was broken on the wheel May 26. 1105,
in the forty-second year of his age. A mail
nf his noble physical organization, and in the
prime of life, could not die easily, “but he
gave up his life at last." says his biographer,
who, in common with all Frenchmen, has 110
humanitarian sympathies with criminals,
"with his eyes fixed upon that Heaven which
frowned upon his many crimes.”
ABOUT WOMEN.
4.IOSMI1*, I'lSmON*, ETC.
“Josephine, you have altogethei too many
cousins for a family that is foinl of cold meat
—you must look out for another place.” “Oh,
madam, please’’—. “It’s no use—I give you
warning.” “All right, ma’am—I take your
warning ma’am—and heaven knows, ma’am,
it's glad I’ll be to get out of this house, ma’am
There’s not a living soul in it I’ll regret
ma'am, except Ponto.” Except Ponto?”
Yes, ma’am, except Ponto. The steps that
clog stives a lady that has dishes to wash!”
dear girls are always doing something
ish the lords of creation. The recent
*yif drtjai. tlcit ajmdrmUv,
came down to the glove fit and Tevealeil lie!
witching curves, caused the head of many an
old batchelor to swim; and now new perplex
ities rise. The dres-es are gradually getting
shorter,and Seraphima's little feet and striped
stockings appear.
Twenty-four thousand larks were killed
lately in England to embellish the bonnets of
tiie ladies. If beauty depemls upon the slaugh
ter of birds to enhance its attractions, it sure
ly must bo on the decrease. Whenever a pret
ty girl wears on her bonnet the bright plum
age of birds without a sigh of pity for the
cruel slaughter of the forest innocents, she
may be looked upon ns destitute of the 1 edit
warmth under her left arm. Many a married
man is shocked at tiie wing-adorned head-
gear of to-day.
The niuch-talked-of marriage engagement
between Lord Wentworth and Miss Fletcher
the author of “Kismet,” is broken off ami
the American colony in Rome is much ex
cited against the faithless nobleman The
correspondent of the Anglo-American Times
writes: "It is fortunate for Lord Went
worth that Miss Fletcher is not English or in
England, or there might liea lire ich of prom
ise case that would amuse the two worlds ful
some time. I11 the meantime the poor girl’s
health has suffered intensely, and 1 hear that
all her beautiful hair is cut off. ”
A singular suicide recently occurred in Chi
na. A young widow publicly announced that
she would hang herself rather than yield to
the wishes of her parents anil marry again
and the sacrifice was actually consummated
m broad daylight. A crowd of the woman's
friends and admirers assembled, and the
tragic-ceremony was preceded by a reception
ot \1s1torson a platform erected for the oc-
casion. After receiving the mingled applause
and condolence of friends, the poor creature
chalr - placed the rope around her
There is a very
ana was soon in the mountains. vouiur ladv in nf VkT • J . ,U ? UUUK ‘
The assistants all ran after him, but he ran New York! who divides herrime',"'
faster. His two brothers and many of his utmost exactness ' V rl '
band were, however, put to death.
The strength required for such an escape
. moat and several toAvers, casemateR^fe-iU. un
derground passages. While Mandrin was
gazing at it, his companion informed him
made little or no resistance, but followed the
officers to prison. The darkness of his dun
geon. the insufficiency of his food, and the
bitterness of his thoughts, caused him to fall
dangerously ill after a few days’ imprison-
must have been wonderful; but a few days
later he was retaken in a forest about night
fall. The archers could not get him back to
Grenoble that night, and were greatly
alarmed lest he should again escape them.
They loaded him with all the fetters, weights
and ropes they could command, and put him
down into an empty cistern. They laid
precise and methodica
i * SO mm ! !' me t, ?. eati "S- so much to visit-
m^, so nun h to reading, etc., and on no
“ Tfr, herself'to deviate from imr
inics. If she has a caller she says look-in-
at her watch, “Now I-have just ten minutes
riin?V° U ln 1 ' vlthout infringng uiioumv
called not
Hi-1.7 ago to u-l.dc to her flic sad nartioulu
otti'c death of he,-much lieloved 1
ei. The methodical young
1 (iron 4-„ 4. J >
randmoth-
wonian was ut-
that its owner was just dead. “Would you j ment H is‘career Avould have probably come
! take possession • [ ie contlI l ue< J: j to an end at this point, but for a most unex-
| Tou can have it if you will do as I telj pected intervention.
1 you. in a fortnight we can be installed i nM , ,, , A „
1 he bold adventurer was already famous,
.... „ over
the mou+h ot it boards and stones, find placed tecreci even to t UQ1 . . « • »»»*•-* ***.-
two sentinels on guard whom they relieved i time-card Ki,e "!f , duln t: for Set her
every two hours. 1 „ l()st r .,.,,, . torth her watch at tiie
| But Mandrill got away before morning her frienil to ciU iVV" ^ory, and begged
I after alb He broke his fastenings, east, off 1 and twentA ^-! ’ aS four mimftes
I his weights, and used ins handcuffs to break I with her di.n.l, iJn C<>mJs she must practice
a hole through the side of the cistern which ! H S -
Mandrill, who knew his follower's re-
aiid several devout ladies, moved 1 iy a mission-
pirit and by feminine curiosity, asked
yet seven of them have spans as Jong those of i sources, at once put himself and his band un- i al -> s .
the Tay bridge. The bridges at Winona, La | der his orders. Roquairol, well aware of i Ica\ e to vmit him in prison. I11 the interview
in length, yet the same bridge has two spans go at midnight and make a noise of demons j
4o6 feet long. Over the same river is a truss j through the house, knock about the furni
bridge, at Leavenworth, with three spans of ] tore, and maltreat the inhabitants. The ser
315 feet. Across the Ohio there is a truss
bridge at Steubenville with a span of 320
feet, one at Parkersburg of 350, one at Cin
cinnati with a sjian 515 feet—the longest truss
yet built—and one at Louisville of 400 feet.
The truss britae over the Kentucky river on
the Cincinnati Southern railroad has three
spans 375 feet in length, resting on piers 175
feet high. The bridge over the Hudson at
Poughkeepsie has five spans of 5oo feet with
piers I35 feet above high water.
Last year 646 people were divorced at San
Francisco, 1O4 of the decrees being granted
on the ground of cruelty and desertion. In
the same city 207 persons came to their death
by violence, eighty-eight of whom committed
suicide. That is an unhealthy record for the
vants will all run away; no one will stay in
a haunted chateau.
The body of the procureur was interred in
a church of the Capucines in a neighboring
village. Roquairol made a careful examina
tion of the localities. On the evening of the
funeral he got into the chateau with four
men whom he stationed in different parts of
so unchristian. The pious ladies were much
moved. How could they leave to impenitence
so interesting a cr.minal ? They exerted
thems rives on his behalf, until at last the gov
ernor of the prison caused him to be transfer
red into a better cell, and treated with less
rigor. Mandrin then consented to receive a
priest. A good friar visited him, who was
charmed with the state of mind in which he
found his penitent. The ladies congratulated
themselves on tiie blessed influences of kind
ness and humanity. Mandrin lost no time in
the building. The widow sat alone in her j *™e »>
bed chamber—the servants were making I Braking use of his unproved condition to lay
merry in the kitchen. Roquairol went I P a «*^
straight to the room where the old attorney
had died, and began to toss about the cur
tains and to overturn the chairs and tables.
The widow, in the next room, frightened out
of her wits, rushed down to her servants’
saa, saxsss sssssa \
, —*•—•» i-n-
ery
first evening he found himself alone in his
new cell he wrenched an iron bar out of his
window, and could have made his escape im
mediately. He did not intend to go alone,
however. He got out of the window, but he
made use of his liberty only to show himself
then on the frontier of Savoy. On an open I whether she w
rear U *!' e *i : “, blit 1 wish to kuo..
■eiUscosUy dresses:” “f un der-
meu and announced that he declared war
against all farmers of the public taxes a
race of publicans very odious to all men for
their exactions, cruelties and dishonesty. He
then called upon his men to swear as he did.
All took the oath. Mandrin walked up to the
altar, drew his sword, and opened a vein in
'. ; !if.‘' a [ n “ e ’ “ t * J0rw >se known
cretion; she is forty years old^A^ in ,' lis
to the French srn-i ii A ear => < ld. According
kept his oath and thenceforward was a I 's published by J B uinfnmn T
dangerous man. No words can give modem j f‘>.ladelphia, is no more'marked ’
society an idea of his audacity. He and his bee " >» many other liooks fi, 11 llas
T s ■ at ‘he most un- j *wf“‘y years. “Moths” is “Ou ,i a 7- ^ I* asC
in plot and in
looked-for places, plundering the tax”coUec- i anJ through—sensational 1 ?.-'^ U i tla through
tors when fchev Iwust. if atioiw . luIltU
rSS^Kler^ ' Tb«eh t intended to take with him, were almost under the cont^oTtfc!j noTe^
them foi his plan, j captain s 01 ders. His boldness increased with i ‘ ,c excellence. The En?Iis!iT,f^*u- ,d 1,1 a rti:
__ - -auguage 1101
Dauphine, Languedoc, part of' Auverone,' i ‘j 0 " that is not relieved tor* th “P 1 ? 1 eonrnp
the Lyonnais, awl the country round Macon 1 }*» of a qualifying nioral amtest SU S
”i ^ — by such poor apology evei
tic excellence. The English 111 a, *t ,s_
production is bad and t^e FrenchT P ‘ easing
rienth is worse.