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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
NAEMA.
A Beautiful Eastern Story,
The young merchant reeled as much on ac
count of the question as the powerful blow.
“Barabbas!” he stammered, “no, 1 do not
When Naema han had time to recover her
senses and become somewhat calme r , she
took a survey of her prison. It was a gloomy
vault with a passage opening from the back
ground, the many crooked turns and side
branches which were bewildering to the eye.
The young woman felt an inclination to re-
. „ . move herself as far as possible from the place
Anted from the Swede by one of our came to Jerusalem. You are now to render | w j, ere s | 10 feared the Roman would return.
^ * I .. /IOAI lilt fill* trrtlll* nlfkf. ^ Ol. .. l> lllllilll
know him.” .
“You don’t believe I have spoken to tne
robber since I captured him perhaps! But I
have, and I know a way of making suck fel
lows speak the truth, too. I’ll tell you that.
I have been waiting for you ever since 1
CHAPTER IX.
most learned Contributors.
IIY O. A. E.
CHAPTER VIII.
With a clouded brow Flavius mounted on
horseback in the court, in order speedily to
execute an order from the Governor. He
received ibis commission joyfully, *
hoped thereby to gain an opportunity
persing his feelings and calm the storm that
was raging within him. But at this moment
a slave appeared, who called him to !• lu\ la.
Though vexed he was ohliged to inform hoi
of the governor’s order in person.
When he entered Fubia’s hall, Salathiel
was there. F avins darted a sharp glance at
him and then turned to Fulvia, gloomy and
^ olUte ' • • he asked
me an account for your plot.” j gi, 0 reflected for a while. Then, having
The clever Jew soon recovered his senses, | ler resolution, she confided herself to
“Gracious lord,” he said, with a false leer | tbp protection of the Eternal, took the lamp
and a cunning wink, “as far as I can recol- . - n | ler hand and moved slowly toward the
lect I may have seen the robber Barabbas j ( j ar |- silent galleries. Her way led through
sometime perhaps before 1 set out on my j carved out rock-, up and down several stairs,
travels, but I do not know him at all.” I along dead walls and past openings on all
“But,” continued Herigarius, “the only j s j dps The flickering light of the lamp threw
he
of dis-
one of our slaves who remained after our
light on the mountain recognised the scoun
drel. And ho was in your father’s yard
when we left there. His own words have
corroborated the statement of the slave, and
I cannot see how it would have been profit
able for him to charge you w
seems to me to he so clever that
hardly have originated in anybody
brain'but yours. Did you not induce the
robber to attack us. and was it not you who
furnished him and his company, the Gali-
leean shepherds, with arms? You know per
haps, that the governor has set the robber
free. I suppose you would buy yourself free ,
also, if 1 were to deliver you over to liis j
Therefore I have <le: ided to \
a dismal glimmer on the rocks around her,
hut the delicate girl traveled on resolutely.
Finally she came to a cave from whence
there seemed to be no issue. Naema put
down her lamp: it went out. Full of anx-
Now a woman came into the garden with
slow steps. When Naema saw her figure ap
proaching in the moonlight and found that
she was one of her own people and sex she
decided to ask her for assistance. The woman
in the meanwhile wandered around slowly
and stopped in several places, as if in search
of some tracks or traces of somebody that
had walked there before her. Naema went
quest,” and, rising, the man was about to
retire, when Blanc he Deveigne, the belle and
beauty, the rarest flower amid all the court
exotics, came forward, and with a smile upon
her lovely countenance and a sparkle of mis
chief in her violet eyes, said, in her well bred,
silvery tones:
“Monsieur, pardon; but you would not dis
appoint so many, especially the ladies? We
* ii :—....t,i iiut.-o run* f"tii’t.i11t.ftlfl
up to her aud greeted her in a trembling are all so impatient to have our fortunes told
S I by the pretty queen who is said to have the
cap
the
embroidered bodice and tiny
making a charming costume,
merriment was at its height a man.wrapped
in a long, dark mantle, and masked, stole to
the side of the monarch, who stood in an al
cove watching the dancers, and m anot ei
moment the flash of a dagger v . *‘ , J
the Spanish dancer, who threw h.rse f be
tween t e wool 1 be assassin and the c m ror.
The blade passed through the rounded arm
and the Countess de Lisle sank laintir .it
Surely your maj- | Napoleon’s feet, while the man who attempt-
™ade in I ed the murder was secured. He P rc *
the I be one of the many enemies of the great 1 ■
to ' queror, whom he styled a “tyrant and mu
i v , ' , . .■ C' i.., r ' rlerer.” From this time Tara the gipsy s
ave been profit- j j pty sbp i eane d against the rocky wall. But
nth a plot which i s()on ’ bpr attention was aroused bv a dull
could
else’s
sound like the murmur of a crowd, which
' penetrated into the vault. She raised her j
I „ v «s and discovered a streak of daylight in a j
' distant corner. She hastened thither.
| Through a fissure in the rock she saw a strip 1
| 0 f the skv and heard a noise and commotion I
i in the street below. She could distinguish
several languages, both foreign and i.uat of j
her own people. ■ i
A singular feeling awoke in Naema s li
utsidei
own eyes have seen the blood flowing from hi-
heart.” , , , ,,
“Alas!” sighed the girl, the thought of her
own misfortunes yielding for the moment, to
a feeling of deep compassion, “the noble for
eign lady sent me to her husband to-day,
when she heard that he was about to pass
the death sentence on the great 1 Uysician,
a vulgar, wandering vagrant iike her tribe, j h
You are mistaken. She is fit to mite with | ....
the eagle, and she shall, she shall. But you
n to this day can be seen
rums of old castles and strongholds built
:enturies aero, the count, who had property
does he deny that, I have acquired the girl haps, that the governor has set the rubber ] jn the st f eet below. She could distinguish I dPS j r j n ,r him to set his prisoner free. but with a vivid blush upon her cheeks and
bv honest purchase?” free. I suppose you would buy yourself free . several languages, both foreign and that ot j “ If you ar e one of the governor’s servants, lips. Her hair was bluish black, and was
‘The expression of a flaming anger was de- . also, if 1 were to deliver you over to his ; h( , r own pe0 ple. T *■ i said the woman, “your mission was m vain. • braided m massive braids, falling far below
Tiicted on the features of the proud Roman judgment. Therefore I have decided to j a singular feeling awoke in Naema s heart The v ] iave given the liberty to a robber, but | the slender waist; her eyes were intensely
j judge you myself. I despise gold and will . ^ she listened to the free life outside U-om I niv son has lost his life.” dusk and fall of fire, her teeth white and
she said “you are my relative, ] let y’ou have all the benefit of your bargain, j bottom of a cave in the rock, the en- I “You are then the mother of the great I beautiful. Her dress was crimson, and
‘Flavius
but your plot against my life you must pay j f rance to which was
i f° r -” , ^ | fore
irs I Salathiel, who knew by the resolute tone
of liis companion that it it would he no easy i amon ^
matter to get out of the clutches of the Goth, distress
the
looked around with greater anxiety than he
ever had experienced. The whole section of
the valley of Jehosopliat, where they now
were, was entirely deserted, everybody hav
ing gone to witness the execution of the great
Physician.
j lined than tierore.
chile, and the dieary
and 1 have loved you as a son. 1 love you
still, and mean well by you. Where is the
girl? Bring ner to me. Let her lie your
since her brother himself, the dealer in hu
man-beings yonder, acknowledges that lie
has sold her to you. But I wish to have her
about me. With me she will learn to con
form to all our customs, and renounce the
rude fashions of her people. She is indeed
too good to lie a victim to your tickle fancies.
Flavius; but it, is tier fate. Besides some
dark powers seem to bear sway around us
now. To-day is a bad day. How is it about
the physician before my husband’s tribunal t
“He is condemned, anil can no more lie
saved,” answered Flavius, glad to turn the
attention to some other person at least for
the moment. “Herigarius is incensed,” lie
continued, “because the governor has par- - ,.
doned and given liberty to the robber whom in a withering frown. L will tell
he cantured ” I hate you from the bottom of my heart, i j she wep t „
“Yes ” said Herigarius, who had been saw the young woman, your sister, and my ■ bouis dragged on their slow course, filer
standing near a pillar ami now came for- heart was touched with compassion for her disturbed heart beat so loudly that she might
ward ‘Hint ri-dit is right. The robber had fate. A brother who can sell his sister for ] bave counted each of its pulsations! It
deserved to die. Yet he mav go, as far as 1 vile money appears to ine not to he worthy j sePim ,,l to her us if it ought to have tired
, are only they should not shed innocent I of breathing the same air with his fellow- der t jje burden of her distress. Slio felt'
blood in his place. I have brought the Jew- men. Your customs, the laws of your peo- her thoughts had been roving all o
- ■ ■ » . - “ ' “ i- “ world in search of a glimmer of cons
without finding any. Finally her
filled her with terror and she coniine
dreading the darkness not less than him
held the keys to her prison.
But at last the darkness dispersed,, A
beam from the brightening sun again fell
upon the earth. A gleam of glorification
suddenly enveloped nature. An indescriba
ble feeling of awful solemnity filled even
Naema’s breast. Then with the sunlight a
flow of hot air streamed in around her. A
dull rumbling was heard far below. It was
a subterranean thunder that gradually in
creased in strength. Finally the earth trem-
1 of any fur-I bled aud the rock split with a terrific crash
..Tew. and I 'before the horror-struck girl. It was an
earthquake. Fortunately no piece of rock
fell on her from above, but behind her in the
long galleries she heard the walls crumbling,
and the ledge through which a shimmer of
--------- daylight had penetrated was torn loose and
f the people that you must he acquainted I ,- 0 j] e ,l down i'-to the depth below, leaving a
with the customs of the circus.” | i ar ge aperture behind it.
He threw aside his cloak and showed two | Naema had been kneeling during the short
swords which he carried under his arm. The time the terrible phenomenon lasted. Then
Jew started back in terror and fell on his j s - ne r , )Se am j stretched her arms toward
knees. Talmona uttered a shriek and Sula- j heaven. She took courage, anil went ynt.
thiel said to her in Hebrew: | The street outside the prison vault consisted
“Call for help as loudlv as you can so that i ,,f a narrow path close to the deep valley of
somebody may come and save us.” Josaphat, on the other side of which appear-
“Silence!” commanded the Goth, and ' pd the s hadv elevations J mount Olivet
from any other habitation.
Here day after day the beautiful woman
languished, seeing only her stern, unrelent
ing husband and her keeper. At length, af
ter two months had passed, Tara, with a
fierce light in her dusky orbs and smothered
i wrath darkenin'' her fair face, resolved this
foliage. Their tears drew them close to one
another, and their mutual compassion soon
formed a strong tie between them- v\ hen
the Sabbath morning broke, and the sun
above Mount Olivet poured its light over the
pie of Jerusalem and the palace, the sor-
it. Let one at a time come to my tent, ask “My mind is made up; I will endure no long-
me no question, but listen to my words an l j er;” and while the count arose to ringfor
follow my advice.” The girl spoke in low, i supper to lie brought in, liis wife, taking a
musical tones, standing gracefully and in a Ikjx of ivory from her bosom, concealed it
careless attitude before the group. Atlength, | beneath her handkerchief, awaiting the ad
vent of the evening meal. "When the count,
■•as liis nightly custom, drank a glass of
ine prepared by his valet, he did not
e slightly hitter taste, but in a few
he complained of dizz ness and
, and being carried to b"d he became
and before day dawned was no
pitality
to be in tlie city also.”
“Bring the girl here,” repeated Mima.
“Tell me the price of tie . I will buy her and
give her to you, Flavius. Bat she must re
main with me until I choose to deliver her
to you.”
Salathiel made a deep bow.
“Sublime queen,” lie spoke, “ornament
and ruler of the Occident! You are not ac
quainted with our Eastern customs, but y ou
are great and just as the people whose
daughter you are. You will not deny me
my right to the money: and, besides, the
Roman patrician lias promised to treat the
girl with kindness. But l see yonder, one of
the female slaves of our house, who has
neither been sold nor given away. She lie-
longs to me, and I claim her, relying on the
same justice which grants me my money ac
cording to this obligation.”
The dark Zalmona stepped oat from
among the slaves. Her duskv features wore
an expression of an accute pain —such as only
an African eve can betray. And yet she
kneeled submissively before her master’s son
anil kissed liis hand, though her heart was
full of aversion for him
countenanc
“1 am willing to throw up the bargain,
gracious lord,” lie stammered, “though a
large sum is involved in it, that cannot be
earned everv day.”
“Wretch!” roare 1 Herigarius. ‘‘von speak
about money and value your sister’s life by
gold—1 cannot, even count the sum you have
received—but 1 would not as much as cause
a tear to dim the eye of my sister for it. if I
had one. But there is no need of any fur
tiler explanations. I hate vou
mean to kill you. Yet I will not take your
life like an assassin. There is n mode of
lighting among my people which we call
single combat. I know that von have sold
so many poor gladiators for the amusement
there where we can rest. Afterward:
cun go with me to my cottage.”
Now resounded from the high walls of the
temple the horns of the Lovites, by tlie blasts ,
of which they announced the morning of the j
holy Sabbath. From many sides their sol- j
emu salutai ions were answered by exultant j a £, en tively.
shouts and the rattling of trumpets, a.ii a- “You ar ■ fated to see manv changes and a
ter sounded across the valley the tones ot tne I forej sod end vour days. You will
holy hymns, which, accompanied by psalters , we(! %vjth one w i lom yi >u love, but he will
prove false to you; but, lady, you may avoid
of crimson cushions, and as Blanche let the j
] drapery fall at the entrance, Tara, with one !
little hand, motioned the court lady to ad
vance. She did so; and the fortune-teller, j
taking the snowy, jewelled hand within her \
own brown palm, examined the lines very
Holies. Innumerable masses of people, awa
kened and summoned by them, floured up
toward the holy mountain. Even the valley
of Josaphat was full of men and women,
who were going to the Lord’s house. I hen
Naema and her companion disappeared
among the elevated crowds.
[CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.]
t ■■ i:
Fulvia contracted her dark eyebrows
nacini
me- threw one of th
GIPSY COUNTESS.
V - I/icuieiit iu tfie*£ife ol
Napoleon Bonaparte.
“He brought it on himself.” said li.s wife,
as she gazed upon him. “I could not endure
confinement—I, who have always been free
as the wil l bird, to pass my remaining days
in a convent—that thought made me desper
ate.”
When carried to England for trial (for
Tara was proved guilty of poisoning her hus
band) she was sentenced to death; but,
bribing her jailer, she escaped to France,
where she once more gained her former in
fluence over Napoleon. But when misfor
tunes came to the conqueror—defeat, exile
and despair—then Tara, the gipsy, forsook
Wr protector and friend.
Years passed. In a far-off city, miles and
miles aw :y from th« gay French capital, a
poor old woman, wretched, sick and infirm,
wandered about, asking charity of those who
passed h*r by. Every one noticed that
•ound her throat was a blood-red cord, and
t-ered in his .
times and followed the slave who was .
nvardlv mere) S ”/ 1 < lo . nl , v
rord. dr. ;l "' 1
the usually
he grasped the sw,,,.,. „i. tr.,..;
Ethio- though still kneeling, to mi*. r..
garius with a. quick, linexi^,, hi ‘
emotion ot sympathy or hun.i'iatiom ( )nly j t , lat no ,
” “ns i sa ;r —
• ■
t ' Talmona threw herself on the ground at
Fulvia’s feet. ..
“You do rot wish to go with him,
pea:-?” said Fulvia. “Well, I will buy your
fl “Alas' great ladv,” said Talmona, kissing
the hem'of Fulvia’s robe, “he is my masters
son; I must obey. But you, noble lady, be
kind to niv master’s daughter.
“Fabius ” said the Roman matron, an
unanswerable anguish weighs on ray mind.
Something portentuous is taking plait
around us. The air is sultry and oppressive.
Ihavenoper.ee since that unjust sentence
had .i*”' 1
prirripcl the
nth
But, the Goth,
off him, observed lib, tisPi , hnnil
treacherous lunge wi'li h_ j
and replied to it with
straight through the Jew
>r tears j tlier on arose steep and inaccessible from tin
Then | depth of the valley, and looked as if they
were of the same piece with the mountain
itself, their foundation. From above she
heard dismal screams of ! he priests and Le-
vites. The preparat oils for next day’s great
Sabbath had been interrupted by the fright
caused by the awful events which were tafe-
r which went
ct. The latter
ik, rolled over
was passed on the Physician. I have not an - •• property” ne ! young girl slipped and fell near the rock,
en learned if Naema has donejny biding | “Take-up your me c * a it You ! where a few dense almond bushes concealed
Naema was possessed by an indistinct fear
of danger behind her. She must flee, but
did not know wln-re to find an asylum. Then
she heard the noise of horses’ feet approach-
bent buck with a terrible*' u * w i jne <m the narrow street The thought of
an l ive up the chost. . .. ‘ rlavius, and how he ha<l couml her the day
groiind nnd started to* rr*J J ^* 1< " fhreateu- | strength and impulsiveness of despair sue
iiic voice anil commai Herigarius le- rushed down into the hollow, where the ledge
strained h r j of the prison-vault had rolled down. The
It) S. A. Smith.
Paris was wild with enthusiasm, and shouts
of “Long live the Emperor!” came from eve- j
rv street and lane of the great city. Ap I
plause, congratulations and expressions of,
confidence came to the great conqueror from j
all quarters. At the palace the scene was a
brilliant one. The magnificent dresses of the I
ladies, their costly velvets and flashing jew
els, the rich uniforms and court costumes |
blazing with gems of tiie courtiers and brave |
generals of France, and then the thousand
gleaming lights, the gorgeous furniture and j
ornaments, the parade and pomp of royal !
, ‘Take up your nif
and carried the message to my husband. sa j f l. “It is your da...
Brine- her here, Fabius. and do not nnscon- , must go with me to hr
* ■ - - ——’ 1 . r”™ i." 1
mg a sign of resistanc
accustomed to blind
‘but,
strue mv good intentions.
“Pardon me, Ftilvin,” lie answered,
I must first execute yotr husband s orders to
the chief of the Jews’ grand council. It con
cerns the life of the great Physician who
appears to interest you so much. Afterward
1 will immediately deliver the girl to \ou.
“Well Flavius,” said the Roman matron,
arising, “I will wait a couple of hours, since
the question is ab-ut that man’s l>f“- Make
haste now, and finish your business. But
come’back when you have done.
Flavius went out. ., TT
“I will finish mv business, too, said Hen-
nrius “I will follow the Jew who sold , - -
anu ' - - few words to say to i countered, until t
her from the sight of t he horseniet
I “See here what the earthquake has done!” . , ,
one of the riders remarked, as the horses ! piercing eyes and haughty air. looked every
was a lady, the daughter of a we .Itiiy 1 iul-
owner in the north of England, that she was I
well educated, silly and romantic; meeting |
the handsome ^ipsy la-1 at a fair she fell in i
love with him, ran away from home and in !
pial to fairy-land. ” “* I two years after died in a decline, brought on !
Sealed under a silken canopv was the Em- ' by exposure and her rude wandering life, i
peror Napoleon, and at his side Josephine the i From her I get my refined tastes and love of |
Empress, whose quiet yet r gal demeanor i (, ase and luxury, from my father the art of I
would have marked her anywhere as a ilis- j deceiving and talent for reading character. ;
tinguished personage. Napoleon, with his • My little spy and helper, Antonio, is of great '
pale, intellectual countenance, his dark, service. He, by going to the servant’s hall!
and pretending to read their future, finds out |
all die sorrow that will come if you w 11 givu
up your high station, your riches and luxury,
aini marry oil who truly loves you but L too
humble for one as haughty as you to notice.
You will meet him soon; marry him and be
happy, or we 1 the noble and y our life will be
full of shadows.”
Ending abruptly the girl motloue.1 her vis
itor away, and Blanche, pale as a lily, after
placing s une morey ill the hand of Tara, left
her presence. To i a ii one the sibyl predicted : day aftei day, as the beggar woman sat in the
coming events, gave them warning aud star j sun holding out her hand for aims, the cord
tied even the most sceptical by her wondrous i about her withered throat seemed a huge
skill. That night there was great rejoicing 1 serpent enwrapping her in its folds,
in the encampment for Tara had received a ! One day she was missed from her accus-
lerge pile, of shining gold from those -who ! tome 1 place on the steps of the in -ss covered
Av;ob-.‘-;;'’SAg‘i‘"*JA? f_ j j cathedral and some charitable persor
party to the gipsy queen, Tara, at the .dose | the mysterious woman w-'th tbe cord enci*-
of a warm October evening, was seated in cling her neck. She was dying, and her last
her favorite haunt near th -silvery stream, confession was that she was once the Countess
The moon slowly ri-ing above the Distant de Lisle: had murdered her husband, was
hills transmitted the soft gl--am to aineti;>st- 1 condemned to death, bu*. escaped, and when,
ine mist, the foliage of the treis looked mot- j years afterwards, she again visited England,
tied with silver while their shadows lay un [ she was recognized, was arrested, but,
derneath in great black patches, now an 1 through some unknown ii.fluence, was re-
then could be heard the sweet notes of the leased, but was condemned to wear a cord
whip-poor-will and the merry chirp of crick about her neck for the remainder of her
ets. Deeply lost in thought the girl noted ! da vs.
not the beauty of the night nor heard the j Thus ended tlie life of* the gipsy countess,
sound of approaching foot deps. j and Napoleon, once her friend and protector,
“I must, I ■•■•ill be great, 1 care not by died in exile. Truly, our sins will find us
what means, but rich and powerful I will b - I out.—American Cultivator.
come. My father tells me that my mother I
his sister. I have a
that scoundrel.” , .. , „
And then the honest Goth left the hall.
dered. She only lool
in order to recognize ( , own f))( . f)ea( ,
picked up his arms, f , |ndpr a House
body between som iin , lp H his
lemon bush, j hen
cording to the direr
Talmona followed ;
a at the plain north
strangers had their
'n met with people;
, , v all whom thev en-
but they passe t f) tent, which
Ou'side the tent a
ice, did as he or- st ?Pl ,ei1 ” Htsi(1 * the prison-vault Look what
>nnd attentively, 1 a la - r ^ P lere - of r .°': k has , ?'.’ VVIl!
»lnce. Herigarius
av ac-
..alathiel had given,
ice.
Thus they soon
of the city, wliei n ‘
tents. There the'
Salathiel had desJ om T(l]inona r
slave was stand .
ft was a fearful execution!” said another.
“The man was certainly innocent.”
“He is dead,” resumed the former.
“My lance pierced his heart,” answered
another.
“Some of his friends have asked permis
sion to bury him,” rejoined the first. “Do
you believe the governor will allow it?”
“Why not?” answered the other. “He had
no grudge against him, as far as he h'mself
was concerned. The man was a great phy
sician, and has done much good.”
“His own countrymen hate him though.
Thev do not know what is good for them.”
loth left the hall. ! , ■ . . j. I, .-Mm she uttered a sin-| “Rut an earthquake celebrated his death,
He went down into the court where he | n • ‘ ; the same time jov I and the sun was darkened. The gods must
waited until the Jew came from the inner J. ' . ’ j .er own neonle, and j have wished to avenge tlie death of an inno
apartments. followed by his female slave ovpr fi.p'ts she had witnessed, cent man. May they inflict their punishment
who carried the bag of gold The crowd had sonow over the, thp tpnt a]ld immp . on this ppopIe| a
in the meanwhile assembled in front ot tne ■ ■ I Hasub appeared at “The (lav of vengeance will come, when
palace in order to follow the condemned d.ately the figur we shall plant our eagles up yonder on the
man on his last journey. Heiigarius met , . ime had elapsed, the temple walls, however strong and defiant
the Jew with these words: . I ,,, f . become haggard from they may look. Now we are here as friends
“Have you received your money? and is , oi i . . _ e looked at Herigarius and protectors, but one day we will apriear
the trade quite closed between you and the | g^ef andmiga as avengers.”
patrician?” , .. T . ,S the monev,” said the
“Yes,” answered the ^w, quickly throw- , “Give vour, man It is thp pay .
ing a suspicious glance at the T • | Ui'th. _ " iter’s lost freedom.”
money is duly paid and I am just going to : meat for yoir put in ft w) - ldsbriek . Ho
carry it home.” . _ • ■ l,,n tore the srrav hairs from
‘I/eti us go, then.” s« d Herigarioiis^ vvho j heat his bn>-. OI , p at hi , , lome when)l
IjRIi ..-y , l w » , ■ 1 ! |Ui:e Rb in'! Jiume Wilt'll un
had observed hi? glance. “You need not be his head, as I Ws transaction . Bllt
uneasv about your money. You have trav- , was informej.
eled so much and seen so many people that Herigarius <
you well know how unfounded the fear is , - -> n
which I read in your face. A Goth never
debases himself into a robber.
“Gracious lord,” replied the Jew, I know
that I am nowhere safer than at vour side
but the wav is long Mv fathers tent is
pitched outside the cit.v. It is the third one
from the Northern gate ”
“I heard you sav so.” resumed Lerigan-
us and I am glad of it. for T want to get
awav from this abominable, bloody tribunal,
at least until this commotion is over. Let us
go this way.”
At these words he carried the Jew and liis , bis abonjj yfm ahout tha( . Farewell,
female slave nut of tlie palace on the oppos- B°t th^ hate vou. If you want
ite'side, to a little back street. Tins ran ’j’ - | c d mal £n find me in the governor’s
tween the palace and Jerusalem s tenure to i to see nj b ope at least to procure
the end' of the Valley of Josaphat. Heri- , palace. ^ f| 1H governor’s wife and
garius followed the part of the palace under you no
which * subterranean world of dark passages , your d_
With all my heart, say I,” exclaimed a
be jeweled and perfumed exquiste who stood
near the count, “I am all impatience to catch
a glimpse of tbe gipsy queen and to see
what the future has iu store.”
All the ladies were ready aud willing
accompany the gentlemen on their visit
“Welcome be that day!” somebody ex
claimed. “The blood of the innocent cries to
Heaven!” repeated a hollow voice from the
rocky cave, from which in tlie same moment
Flavius emerged, pale and with oewildered
looks. “She has perished among the falling
stones, the inn icont, the unfortunate girl!
: Or perhaps pitying gods have saved h“r in
and the detestable l s ' ,me rel ?°*? passag®. Bring torches: Every
“I pity y eh kin ’ of trade among , thesB hornd vaults must be semch-
law that T^erstanH that vour villain” ed! Follow ine soldiers! Dismount and
your peopl. this tradp - jr , st | come to my assistance!” u J -
h !o"ot be unmade now. In I lhe *’ or f aie " oia-yed One of them le-1 | away through the shaded avenues out into
will; but^ ^ j s , mv oonso ] f ion t/> i awav lioi*ses, while the others eatered tne beautiful country where the roving band
the mean^ keca ; nthnt . VO |ir d ,, 1!rh _ | the vault of gipsies were encamped. It vvas a scene
Naema had heard their conversation, but toi an artist. Oil all sides ail autumn-hued
did not understand the foreign language, forest, which the rays of the declining sun
though she recognized Flavius’ voice with a were bathing in a sea of liquid, golden light,
shudder. But, the consciousness of her dan-
j ger was vividly present to her mind. As
inch the great general and conqueror. The
Empress, noted for her love of splendor, was
attired in a rich, white silk, thickly covered
with gold embroidery and costly lace; on
her dark, shining hair rested a coronet of
diamonds and a necklace of the same gems
flashed like a river of light on the white
tlie secrets of each family: and now, will iie
come? 1 have waited long and patiently to
gain the desire of my heart; 1 must and I
will be great.” Such were the thoughts of
Tara, and
had not heard the footsteps that came softly
and rapidly over the mossy ground, and not |
Historical Holes.
The palace of Versailles cost Louis XIV.
more than *200,000,000. At one time 30.O0O
laborers were employed on the grounds,
which were sixty miles in circuit,
Jerusalem exisied 700 years before Rome
was founded. :!oo years before tlie siege of
li’oy ami .100 before the hanging gardens of
Babylon were built.
Henry usually known bv the addition
of Beauelerc, on account of his love for learc-
was the fourth son of the Conqueror
deeply was she meditating she j an ( .^' vas ‘ ,or11 at, Shelby, in Yorkshire, in
Billiards were invented by Henrique De-
u \
throat. Her mantle was of imperial purple until a deep but musical voice addressed her vigil", a French artist, in ih ■ reio-u of Charlts
relieved by small, white flowers formed of did she awaken from her dream.ng. I IX., about the year i5 7 i, and at once came
pearls. She was surrounded by a bevy of i "I wi-h to see .ara, the gipsy queen; can to be a most fashionable and captivatin'-
beauties whose fresh, young charms far out-| y°. u “U’ect me to her! and looking up, the game.
John Adams married the daughter of a
Presbyterian clergyman. Her father ole
shone those of the creole Empress. I bright moonlight revealed to the girl a gen-
After the affairs of court and camp had i tleinan dressed in plain, dark clothes, with
been discussed and the royal pair had re- 1 nothing about him to denote rank or wealth,
ceived the congratulations and compliments ' lmt underneath his chapeau gleamed out n
of those by whom they were so greatly ad- I pair of keen, dark eyes, and his face, pale
mired and revered, Napoleon and Josephine | nnd intellectual, was stamped with nobility,
retired to the privacy of their own apart- j while he had an air as though born to com
ments, and then each one gave themselves up , maud.
to the gayety and enjoyment of the hour. | “Sire, you see before you the humble per-
“What say you to a visit to the gipsy : sonage you deign to seek; command me, for
camp?” said the young Count St. Aubyn, one ! I am your obedient servant.” And the wily
of the handsomest gallants at the court. “I 1 gipsy knelt humbly at the feet of Napoleon,
hear that among the tribe is a beautiful girl, j for she knew him i i.mediately.
a sort of queen, to whom all pay homage, j Struck by her great beauty the emperor
and this Tara, for such is her name, has a raised her from the ground and with looks of
wonderful gift of seeing into the future, can ! admiration, which were not lost on the cun-
lift the mystic veil and read a page from i ning, artful fortune-teller, he bade her lead
each life for those whose curiosity prompts ! the wav to her tent, as he wished his fortune . . . .
them to take a peep into the dim beyond.” t told. He had heard of her wonderful talent , I lls affections on the other sex.
jee'ed on account of John’s being a lawyer-
he had a bad opinion of the morals of the
profession.
As late as the year 1786. the bodies of crim
inals hung in London were burned at the
foot of the scaffold, The usual mode of
hanging was to drive a cart containing
condemned from under his feet,
to hang till death ensued.
„ fhe
leaving him
Shakespeare loved and wedded a farmer’s
daughter. She was faithful to her vows but
we could hardly say the same of the great
bard himself. Like most of the great poets
h > showed too little discrimination in bestow-
Iittle dis
. -peculated
as they dnl 111 this country not lone ae-o in
railroad shares. Bulbs were sold for enor
mous sums—13,000 florins were paid for a
v°u. T I'V'Vr. or be sold to anvhodv
ter shill ] n itu|.pd Flavius. She is
else but : j bp (Tovernor’s wife. You
if you like
ere is my son?”
now in th
can see li,
“My Shp.j him as he deserved for
I n' 1 p,. ds " answered Herigarius.
'Jirords Heriararius left. The
and gloomy prison cells spread like a network, j Witl n B nxioii»lv inquiring look on
At the end of tbe street, where the corner 1 old mi followed Herigarius with her
of the palace rested upon the foundation of j the "Fished between the tents, and
~~ " " <> M es *• the money bag on tbe ground
then weeping bitterly. But with
and r wdd p j aculations she related
place.
W iA IIV da ughter!” exclaimed tlie
. father by turns, tearing his cloak,
discjji, the ground. He scattered
a rock a path led along the edge of the val
ley from the so-called Stephanas gate to the
Golden gate at the court of the temple. They
followed this narrow path along the edge of
the valley, after having turned the corner of
the palace From the Stephanas gate where
the valley was full of vineyards, they took
course northward alone? th© hank of th©
brook of Kidron. where the surroundings
were desolate and no people in sight.
“We are bv ourselves now,” said Heri
garius, “and I can tell you something I have , of * „f h im. our old master,” she
on my mind. Here, Jew, do you know Bar- | 1 R | aV es. “And you two come
abbas?” sa l let us fetch our young master’s
At these words he stopped suddenly and . w
his heavy hand fell on Salathiel’s shoulder, ct
soon as everyIhing was silent, she rose to
cross the valley and reached mount Ol vet in
order to hide herself among its trees. S >«n
she came to the brook Kidron, that flows
along the bottom of the valley. She follow
ed its course to a small bridge from which a
patli led up to the mountain, not far from
the place, where lately her brother’s blood
had been shed by the hand of the avenger,
without her knowing it. The embarrassed
girl soon came to a garden, through the open
gate of which she entered. There til her
strength deserted her, and exbaustel and
senseless she sank down on one of the ter
races.
W hen she revived her senses the evening
had come, and before her astonished glances
rose the magnificent temple in all its gran
at predicting future events, and lie wished I Tn flip venr lfivA utwi ,0--.,..
her to tell him something of the past, a little flower-mania raged in (V 11 ex raordinary
of the present, but moreV the future. I retorence t^tufi^in “ hkM m^ ch,tfly *"
An hour passed, and when the emperor ■ -•
left the {gipsy camp it was with a lighter '
to | step and a smile on his stern countenance, for !
_ to ■ ia Napoleon’s nature there was much of 1 sin"le tulip,
the camp, and soon carriage after carriage j superstition, and he implicitly believed all I 0
j with their gay and lovely occupants, rolled ■ that Tara had told him. She had flattered | Sir Robert Cotton, who died in 16-1 wi-
him by the bright pictures she drew of the 1 & great collector of literary mi l imL
brilliant future, teiling of more victories, qtinrian curiosities, in the British Museum
more conquests, anu that emperors, kings Ins large and valuable collection’called “Tlie
and princes would humbly sue for favors at | Cottonian Manuscripts,” are carefully nr
his hands. Nothing was said of defeat, dis s-wed, and are easily accessible ia thus-, uhi
_ , , . „ appointment or sorrow; all vvas rose-hued ! d «ire to see and copy them.
Through the leafy intersticies a picturesque and full of brilliant promise
encampment of gipsies could be seen at a | One year passed rapidly away. Then
there appeared at court a new star, a fresh
exotic amid the bouquet of rare flowers—
one whose dark, rich beauty far outshone
the cold, stately lily, Blanche Devigue. All
recognise in Madame, the Countess de Lisle,
Tara the gipsy. All. but the empress. She
knows her as the wife of one of the haughti
est and most powerful nobles of the
little distance. Standing apart from the j
other tents was a small one made of alternate 1
stripes of crimson and white. It was near a j
silvery stream, the music ot' whose running
waters made a sweet, low melody. As the I
party of high-bred court beauties and gay
cavaliers approached the tents, men, women
and children came out and gazed curiously
riier date than Ca-sai’s
Coins of an ■
sion were not long since found
house which was being torn fi,
>f this French
scille
Parts
inva
n an old
"ii in Mar-
»(tl,eee e ,,,OyJr™,l S ro„p. SiS‘S2JSE5i?tl2«K KX?
“VVe want our fortunes told. Bring the Lnown K Wer6
“Indeed,” replied the man, laughing scorn
fully, as he very deliberately sat down on
the mossy ground and took a child in his
arms, “metuinks, my naughty gentleman,
deur, illumined by the’bright moonifthrt I y° u forget you are away from court, where
and *d and was nearlv deprived of I Sabbath night. She recalled the words of cringing and fawning is the fashion of the
d,ls i by his overwhelming grief.
co 'Uras the first to regain presence
King David, which she had so often sung, j bour. Here you are iu the forests, out in
that in that sanctuary the wounded dove
should find shelter and the deserted svallow
her nest.
“Oh, that I was there!” she sighed, “and , a — —
could find an asylum at thy altar, thou great When you ask iu a more fitting w.
God of my fathers!” ln y daughter I may comply with
the free air, not more free than we, whom you
address so loftily. We are not use 1 to such
a manner. Nay, I care not for your f
I am king here and brook no com
her predictions and her influence, these
facts were a secret even from the vain old
count, who fondly imagined his fair wife
was a pattern of prudence and virtue. One
night a masked ball was given bv the em
press.
The costumes were all that wealth could
make them, perfect and costly in the highest
degree. Among- thp mnskoiv ti,„
• a » U , ttl'P YRI’Y
aucie.it and curious, where the streets are ,
narrow that the people can shake hands
divided into the old town'andtoe 0 , 1 '^' “ *
from the windows of opposite
’ivided into the old town and t
■ new.
pe
forehead, somewhat after Hm ^ ,
modern fringe (whichVerta '$ a,m " f the
to the beauty or grace of our ^ir?„ eS . n0t atM
with a heavy curl hang i 1 1,rla,ll «n..w,
side of the face. This stylefuav h" T ^
on the silver coins of the tliree
Edwards, whose reigns lasted from ^72* to
Among writers who were fremientlv „l