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Jiou 26*ugcj q J KftTAIIMSIII'D 1820. > 1 The Telegraph Printing to. Publishers. f MISADVENTURE, By W. E. NORRIS, Author of "My I-'ujwd Jim,” "Mjuob axd Mikor,” “Matkkoxy," etc., etc. [All Eight. Rmr^,] CHAPTER XXAlll,—A CotU'ETEt-T Ad- tlmt you luid loft tho placo never to re* . viax^ turn.” ' MACON, GA., WEDNESDY M< )RNIN(J, NOVEMBER 27, 1881). Arcluo hastened auay, without notic ing or caring whither lie went. He passed through tho shrubV. rios, crowed a. corner of the fork, and at length r.‘ached c summer houso commanding a view of Al>bot«mort and the bay, which had lv*en erected in the days when summer Uuses were tho fashion, but which was row given over to spiders and car trigs. Hera he ret down nnd tried to think. The ilr&t question he asked himself was whether his petition was really at des- j .era to as Mark Chetwodo had Hindu it out. Coppard, no doubt, was corrupti ble; Copjwrd would liardiy have held Ills per.ee ki long lied ).# not expected to de rive pecuniary advantage from silence. There was that possibility; and there was, besides, tho hopo that Cicely, when Imtfi ahnnld ho tn linr wniilrl the truth should be revealed to her, would understand and accent it. Surely she would take tho word of a gentleman rather than that of a notorious vaga- l« nd: surely, too, she would see the ab “If I agree, should I bo sent straight out to Bulgarin?” lie asked presently. “No; i think you would have to go first to Athens, and then either to Salon* ica or Constantinople; but you will un- r . „ derstand that I am not at liberty to give La Lelle America!, e, y OU any particulars until you become ono of us. You would receive your in structions in London.” “Well, m chance it,’* said Archie, with asigli. “When ought I to start?’’ “If you ask me, I should recommend 5 ou to start enily to-morrow morning. ’ot that tilings nreripe in the East—for l believe they arc r.ot—but because, if l were you, I wouldn’t see Miss Bligli ngain. I don’t think you could very well see her without betraying yourself, and I know that, for her sake, 3*011 wouldn’t wish to do that.” But do you mean to any that }ou “But why should that bo a necessary condition?” inked Archie eagerly. “I am afraid lie would consider it bo; these half-educated T“«pto nrd always ohitinale. You must remember that ho retdljr believe. you Intended to kill Mo r . RJ to... and bis belief would luinlly be , vou td ,Imply Adt, without packlngup thvbrn hv ™„r -l.nl.,I thing.« My teg * word uaiiyfelv. ihskcn by your denial.' “Thon why didn't ho say so before?” him. He was an a A . n. t ■, m l ■^ , although his acting did not entirely de- Mr. Chrtwode did not linppen tie In c*H her. it confirm.nl that forlorn lio|>o want of huch a thing, but lie v.ted ; of 1 ers that his f. u y for the English Coppurd to be so good as to give li his gir! ..uhl fm»» nway and leave him in attention fur a few minutes, if hwas what, after all, wgp perhaps his normal I not in a hurry. to: iiion. Their conversation inscns.bly friendly and less circutn- ’ them grew le t delimit of d Ik*t re their interview id rea lied the }K»int of tli ;• wa-> to he done with the be l'ii;h estate?. Cicelv ! * ! 1 * iv« d w ith i 0 ihim/it tho mtt'j of her nturo mid hi. souuwlmt to the effect that ho would tom Ijupdou. But for his .ior in alcftiti-ig him-.. If on •Hill, slit? WOUl l Jill- 39fSs£ ^TAr;^zv.! design forcounthyiiousk CALHOUN, THE N 1 A tfla r bami , ha* changed hi, mind. and thinks, rightly or wrongly, that it would not. It isn’t quite a case for bribery, you sea; though 1 don’t say that a bribe would bo refused.” This ohitned in well enough with what Archie recollected to have heard from Coppard’s own Ups; yet ho could not think tlmt ho must submit to ruin and shipwreck because a drunken old fisher- ( man disapproved of his marriago. "Of surdity of" imagining that her cousiu coume," said he, “I would make It worth had deliberately compassed her broth- Oupnariu whits to hold his tongue. And er's death. Nevertheless Archie dont you thluk that, if Iliad a talk with could not flatter himself that I 1 "". I .00Id get him to understand that either of these idu rnitires was likely to, nil*h.keii about Cicely? save him. From the payment of black- Mark did not reply, but .hook hi. bead, mail lie shrank, having sense enough to ; taking his chin between his Anger le aware that that would be tantamount » nd thumb, looked gravely down at the to an admission of guilt, and would j C **T** > , probably icsjlt in nothing better than | "I know whut hy mean.," Archie went the putting off of tho evil day; while aj ' °f-, '’Cicely and I duln t agree as to his formakiugatnrdyconfessiontoCiccly.lio laying up tho arrears of Ins rent, and could not but perceive that Ills own tolly there ware one or two other points con- had rendered such a courso useless. She nK ‘ cd »Rh the property about which might accept Ins word, hut sho wuuld wowcrc not quito of ono mind andwltjcli not pardon Ids cowardice, nor would tho ho ®»Y have heard of. But tlmt i,n t to consent to becomo his wife. Ho felt so *»T Ihat them hiu been any real dispute sure of thU that he dismiss, d the idea of hetweehus. You can assure lilm of enfession from bis mind almost lm- that. I should think, if howontbehevo mediately. What, then, remained? m '- .... ,. , , Nothing, that h« could tie. except to , * /«r that ho wouldn't be con- uwaittho course of even;, lvuslvely. vlncod, answered Mark. -‘And even if Even If he cared about saving his neck, The truth is, my dear Bllgh. it would he scarcely .vorth white toha». that although I am very anxious to servo recourse to flight; for ■uspected mur- y°“ to th. best of my ability, I am still derereemn be arreted anywhere and more anxious to spare your cousin, and evcrvwhere in these days. Moreover, »»«<* her sako quito ax much as for he hid no great fear of being hanged, yours that I want you to leave Abbotsport. Hanging is not a dignified method of 1 am afrebl you haven t vot realised that making one’s exit from the world, but if under no circumstance, could you be lie wer.- to lore Cicely he would lore «>“• h * r huslmnd now. I tell you everything, and hlj life might as weU frankly tlmt. if nobody else Hepped in to end with hie hope*. i Hop your marriage, 1 should fuel bound That is the kind of thing which is to do so. Ono can t allow any woman to "aid and aeldens or sever meant. JMtnT is ignorance a man who At Archie's ago the physical clinging to killed her brother; though> S» may have life which we all have in a greater or done It, re I bay. no doubt tliat you did, In. degree Is very strong, and it is not ■" “«o self-defcure I am quite sore likely that ho would have .urrendered ,y«> w ero situated a. 1 am, you himself to the police fcithout making a »oi ld look at the matter juat aa 1 do.” dash for escape. That tho very best Unhappily this waa .ally too true; and thing he could de. under the clroumf.^b* faint sperx of hop. which had been stance, waa to aurrender himself to the kmdle,l in Aridnc a heart du.l away, police waaan aa|>cct of th. csss which I , h « “ ld - m » lu " didn ,,t present itaeU to him. HI. one vole,-., '#1 hadIjadea cUa*!',;.-r. f wus to rvtain Mich lovp aa Cicolr B at the time, it nil h^fi .v** Um". <Uffcr- SSnaUetOEitaSnViuid that long- but itb to* bto now. All that I ing recnT ^Jilir^o^h^-YSJ. «n do for her U inrev.- h.r from the lifa. so far,aa this place U concerned, ia hiimfliation of «vre hearmgtbe truth. If at on end,'’ Mark had told him. Tho •'“'/ f «"'M * U»t wl*ou» running words rang in life eara liko a aontcuco «»»/! bhawfil think 1 have deserted from which there waa no appeal. I **«. .... ... He oat foravcrjlong tiuio where ha Yai. (»«wd tUrk; “that it M-bat was, and had arrived at no daciaioo, 1 wA* *kink.. It is beat tlmt ah. should " hen -t hu Kid HI>4 WAitUcieti w^a tte atftHni niter a tuoiuent down toward Ahliouport. Chetwodo, (»“ d probably lie waa quite aincere), "I who had spoken of giving him a--U|. never felt more sorry for any man in my anc, wield porefbly he able to advia. lifa than I do for you,-Wight but I can Idm. bethought. Chetwodo was clever suggest nothing hut flight to you; there and cool-headed and seemed disposed to !* iKjthiug .Iso for It. l'erlmre it soiindi le friendly. Th. lack of relf-reliance, nearth.i to any re; nevertheless, il U which was tho iswr fellow’s worst fait- <*“»«■ J™ »re young enough to begin ing, inclined hun to clutch at any hand | * career elrewhere. held out to him, and If he had aometimre _ •’That wlll ho so easy woo I it r re- U-en a little jealous of Mark, tlmt was a •“™' d Archie, with a bitter laugh. “AH petty sentiment which had beau die-' ono has to do la to forget everything and pelted by far more pja-erful emotions everybody. I euppore you mean llmt 1 At all ovenls.it was essential that h. had better settle in Aiutralia under a should consult with Mark, since he was i feigned nam.I” in Marx’, power, and lie was fully pro- ' * d °n« "• " h T y«* should change pared to be guided byre ImpirtUI a I T<«r naniei You might setlls In Aim- counsellor. ih-menibcrlng, however,, tralln, if you Ihouglil that desirab a, hut that he would not be expected before »*'•“ * thinking to^ay what I evening, he did not proceed straight to could do for you it .truck mo that you Mr. Simpkins’, but streyed for some little “%*•« P>»*«r the chaure of a little active utanco along tho beach and thco. »vvlce in Europe. I think I could very and nfcver Ik- iu-nrd of again’;'' ,, . , -- 7— —-- -- i "No; 1 should tmek upovcnvmiig,mu Hmt might rauw unhappinea. to MUiiwanted ond by the ilrat train, Bllgh. Ho thought at first that it would leaving a measa -o to say that I had been railed away suddenly and would write from London.” •’And would you wilte from I/)ndi;n?” “Yes—a fen* line?. Yoa will have to tell your cousin that she i< release.! fioni lier endowments and tliut, for reasons which you cannot explain, you are about to quit tlio country. It won't lie a pleas ant letter to write, but you can make it a abort one. The s, or ter the belter,'* Mark's quiet, uncompromising way of stating tho case did not fail to impress the weaker man, who, after tliut, ac cepted the instructions given to him without reshtnucc or demur. lie vrus told where lie was to go and what he was to do on reaching London; he was cautioned against teeing anybody except the servants when he returned to the Priory; be was oven advisod as to tho terms in which heshomd let the servants know that he would require a dog-cart to take him to the station in tiie morn ing. It all sounded very sensible and nracticul, and Chetwodo, if not particu larly sympathetic, was doubtless doing the best ill his power to befriend one who could not benefit much by any friendly offices, lie sat with Mnrk until tho iiignt was far advancoJ, so aa to give Cicely and Miss Sklpwith plenty of tune to retire to bed; be beard a good deal about the state of feeling in the Danubian principalities, and gathered that, although his companion was no enthusi astic believer in Panslavism, tho adhe rents of that cause were numerous and E iweiful enough to disturb the peace of urope. “At least,” Mark said in conclusion, “I can promise you that there will be a big fiu ;ht some uny, and all the informa tion that 1 have had points to its taking nle^.v Aswan Ifnie. If Ire Ia Ire luiiMtn I ,l,tei', distance along thj beach and then, throwing himself down under an over hanging rock, apathetically watched the ml .ing tide till long after sunint. Into as he supi*»ed it to ho when he mdied Mark's temporary abode, his ar rival teemed early to that gentleman, vho was flubbing his dinner, and who greeted him with a surprised' exclama tion of “Already! You must havo likely procure that chance for you. Archie pricked up Ilia ears. “I wish you would!” he exclaimed. “It is just the ono thing—the only thing —that I should care to five for.” “Ho I imagined. Well, 1 can't make any promise, because it is very doubtful whether war will break out this year; but i can bring you into relations with Ixit l cau bring you into relations with pcoplo who will only ho too glad to avail :ui«u« 'fiourerlelf. hrepitalllr very *^1 fonjot * UrwmnreJ Archie t "uud I. “ V %*“ !*P!“ A I ‘liuuMr.'t havo gone if I had remem- hcrcdil. I luvon' taw ycu. r placo soon. How it is to be begun 1 don't know, but in nil probability a rising or mutiny in Bulwarin wifi »«»»«• first step.! Now I' will wuh you good-bye, Blign, and if you won’t think 1 mean to be ironical, I will wish you good luck too.I Wo may meet again uuder mure exciting circumstance^:—who knows? But if we don't, you may at any rate trust me to keep your secret,** Archie thanked him, wilhont any mental reservation, and went away. Ho was too wretched and downhearted to ii j.i?ct h ry : i. .r did iff f taUh Chetwodo 9aiId hare 9 :*•.! olnenvt e you then us lie had domv For his own )M»rt, [ a stray bullet was al! that he of Fortune, and that modcht aspiration wax pretty sure to be fulfilled, ho thought. No hitch occurred in the progiaiuinu which had been sketched out for him. It was between 13 and 1* o’clock when h- r.t fh?- Priory oniHH requisite order to a sleepy footman. During Iho night he packed up n few of his belongings and slept a little, and loug before Cicely was stirriog the next day ho liad taken his lost farewell of her and of home. It may be that he had ca)iitulatcd too readily; but nd one can give hiniaclf qualities which art foreign to his nature. All hie life loug Areliie had been subject to the influence of tbuaeinto whoso com panionship ho had Utu thrown, and it would be ns at surd t.» blame him for taking Mark Cbetwode's advice aa to blame a blind man for allowing himself tube led iuto n ditch, CHAPTER XXXiy^--MA»K’« Orron- turned Archie. “All 1 ask for is a pretty [>f getting shot. I'm willing against anybody, except the queen.’’ Mark smiled. “You will bo asked to conspire against the so-called Priuco of Bulgaria," he "Doyou mean tossy tlmt you have l ad no dir.ucr? Well, I can't offer you v ’ ry Umpiing fare, hut such as it is, it in carrjriDEout • ^ " mX hun.rv " tlul d fi-te c ' ot th -® w fi° *" ConmlHnf h Z ? ’ UgnInS hm. 11, i. not . very Intunrec- ^'$$Si , sL,' o r££z I 5sr.r^ns 1,1 a ** ate of coll.ipse. Tou must | | dethronement would V* proliably fol- L ra * na « c a B»uttonchop and aghus b a Huto!aa occupatibn. nndihen And Mk 6 I tho fire would be started! If fighting U * . , ^ f . . .. what yoa want, you would 1# likely to Archie yielded, not thinking it worlh ,. e t pluuty of it, supposing that you could yln'e to daoute about trifice. Ah a mat- Sofia in a quasi-military capacity w of fact, he did want food and felt ^ t hc right moment. Only you will >«lt.-r after it, though scarcely more | ttve to sw*ear blind obedience to your v-si-rful. When he nad finished, his employers: otlierwise they wifi have n*t. v. lio until then had refused to en- nothing to do with you. I myself hare Ur K»n any dbcussioo, said: I done tits sane thing; and it they call “Now let us endeavor to bo as sane upon me I shall have to go, littloasl rruccnablu as wo can. Have you care about such matters nowaday*.” jheugh: nt all this aftereoua aLout what “What do you mean by blind obedi- t*» become of you?” ' eroe!** inquired Archie. “I suppose ,“l hxvo Ijecn thinking about nothtrwr »:>*»y won't oH*** to sssassina!® any- r, ««un%«teu Archie; **uut tluukiug , body, will they?” c.^a’t seem to mend mitters much. 1 1 “Upon my word I don t know, an- IP P'X what will becomo of mo will be svrered Mark. “I msde very few in- u at | sIiaII be tried for murder,” qulries when I took my oath of nllegi- “Oh, I think not. Tlio case, you see »nce. I bollcve that ono is bound to •tand. thui: Tlu.ro Ucno witure. wUo QUHny ordm thxt OK mij r. •; r^’Fared lo wear tlmt U. »aw a crirej.hull ••njJSto between you and vour rouaiu rererelnx. Huy genoreUy mato cboico of *-uch ended In ih. way that wo know aonre othawwa uwlare pwwiu. You, re of: ho certainly couldn't wear Ihat you * n ex-cavalry officer, would not beat all IToiokod tho .trucrlo or that you mint **>«■. »" d fcaotu uql^y tbet Ujo; «to .nd in that way. Tho unlucky dr- - » » ,l d »•“* ?°“ A tcfiuunc, of couree, U your having wouhln t wtw for Urero, : what occurred; but there U no I are aurethat ^ ^^nrplo ;•'? for that now. WcU. it to happrot »>*““ putting wood to any pareon whom *i»»t that witness is to some extent in they wanted out of tho way. fr ppwen Apparently ho does not love Archio was sikiit to* a few minutes. J**u, unt hehasa deg-hko sort of nttsch- The offer tendered to him was scarcely n ter Miss BU^h. and altogether I seductive cue, yet it bore enough of the J? inclined t6 think that his silence character of n forlorn hope to f*« ^htk# secured. That is, if he knew. him in bis ptveent desperate stale, That providence ever Intvrvenee in hu man affairs was a doctrine which 31aik Chetwode held to boa lucre superstition, for he considered tliut oil evidence and experience go to prove tho contrary. Since, however, most jeople find it ncc- ei-ury to believe that their destinies are ruled by somebody or something beyond their control, he, who had nt one period of his life beeu a great gambler, had learned to t«lseve firmly In runs of good and ill luck. Of the former he had hitherto had vary much lev** than his fair share, but now the tide seemed to havo turned, and it behooved him to taku full advantage of it before the ebb should st t in ouce more. On the morning after his inter flow with Avvi.ia Bligli he wssabie to tcli him* If that hn had not txeu re miss In this plain duty; nor was his self- approval disturbed by any (wagft of ccu- sciunce. Good luck for ouc maa very often, if not always, implies bad luck for another; still it is not the fault of tiie lm ky ono that the nature of things is what it is, sod Mark had really done all he could to facilitate the retreat of his dL-cor.ifitcd rival.' Even had lie had no per.oni‘1 intere >t iu the nistter. it would have boon out of tho quextiou to let Archio marry the sister of the man w hone deatli no had caused. It now remained to deal with Madame Sourav ieff, w ho was still formldabUr, or at any rate might become so when site pleased. For more reasons than one Mark was now extremely anxious that she should leavo the neiglihoriiood; but hu doubted whither she would do that, and of course it would be fatal to let her guess his wish** Upon the wltole, it seemed advisable to walk up to Upton Chetwode and try to find out which way the wind blsw. Accordingly, be set out as soon as he had finished his breakfast, stopping at the postoffice to dispatch a tclccrara. trhfrfi vexed the young woman to whom be handed IL Why should people want to send telegrams which, read forward or backward or in any other way tliat in genuity can suggest, form nothing but sheer nonsense? That sort of thing shows a nasty, secretive disposition, and justifies the suspicion that those who resmt to it are no better than they obould be. But Mark, having thus prepared a fitting reception in London for Archie, went cheerfully on his way, without any pity for baffled local curiosity, and pres ently whom should be meet but Mr. Coppard, going about h*e daily avoca tions, which were various and at this time consisted in the hawking of fl«h upon a barrow. Coppard touched his cap, when bsckooedto, and said, with an air of much innocence, that he supposed My time in yours, sir,” repli* d'op- bet i pan I urhanslv, ' “Well," said Mark, “I won't i . i tl • you long, but I think you hud h r t • *i< told that youug Mr. Btigh left hi/ ■ don thi? morning, and that he wifr> , »e ably never return. It seemed to < . 1) to fc?t h m know what I had bear#' i *m..: you, him, finding that your stun' a* | ro- •uirstoulially occuratu, I was conf^^^^H to iusist ii]Km his releasing Missi.^h J writ from Iter engagement. This In* Imwne, T Jtrei or will do: so that tho uinttelMHHB now very well 1« nl!owud to restJJu*] hsw derstanu thU, however, you wifi I m> » l.u.h-mouey citlier from him ojocu|Jjym me. aud ” 1 wMM “hir,” intunupted Coppard, dran/i i hiniself uti, “I haven't usk-d forjcmlps nor y et don't mean to da If 4jia*L£pi wanted to Iw bought lioff, 'twoumar Hppj lieun easy for mo to go to the ylnj n gentleman nfoio now, *Twas forliti* • > Lkflv'n bike osl kep' nuict, and ]ai for Mu* Cicely's sake as 1 ‘ “ I -- - told you tat 1 !'• *«>alla “Jli, I thought it was because pu j W Ai biu " were afraid of being sent to pVisoa. lit •*’ l*oi t Ot never mind. Whatever your reaps for speaking mny Im've been, I iliil 1 can gue you quite ns good a one forpl speaking again: namely*, that you a|j put yourself in a most uncomfortM prcdiciffnent if you da Do you kwr what an accessory after the fact WI was not sure myself until last r.i^t when 1 looked him up iu ulaw book i l | 1. che\ed that 1:# had been ipon some matter of bu*i- lid have thought no more it was, t»he coald not avoid l that Madamo Souravietf lie for all this. Pending an •he held her judgment in t is* to say, that, although •d, alto oUiaine l through- long day from formulating i which were In he;- mind, lUsSkipwith without mercy lady took the liberty of laying conduct umouiitcd to noth- n outrage. But on the fol- ai ningtlie i»o*t brought hern \t(.(ordinary, and at the same equivocal, tnat she had to read ree times before she could be- vidmceof h. r own senses. It »u term* (and without giving tint Archie had thought fit V • of the girl whom beloved: *ly: I don't kuow how found that he is one who, having coji- t<* »*rite t-- you, but it matters very little ranee of tho cotnmissiou of a felonv, V-' w- 4 I -ay " «l n't say. Yon Wontun- ceives, relieves, comforts or *etsts,'l< »h him. and 1 can never tell you, why I felon—in other words, who helps hinio ( I at giMfjou up. But so it is. Yon evade juOice. And do you know, h. j m r. • ir »ni this moment. I am gohur Coppard, that in nmnlercawsacoamoft*. I t< ue I .ngland, aud I daresay you wifi after the fact may be punished by ] iiil I n« * « % vi n 1 n ar of me again. Tlie| servitude for life'/’ < • Coppard quaked visibly. He did know much about the laws of his • • u- try. but such personal experience • ns U had had of their operation had not t«n reassuring. “You wouldn't never go for to do t. sir r he exclaimed. “You wouldn't •«• the ruin of a man as done you no liiniuk, without it was them leverets, whlh you'll allow as I give you inform tt In amountin' to up’nrdso' their value, -if “Oh, 1 shall not ruin you, of cot-. «'' answered Mark; “I only thought it mi t to caution you against raining ycui sG Good morning.” That seemed to dispose pretty satur* torilv of Copnard; but a much h-s f hand method of treatment wax requi for tiie next person whose discretion 1: it possible, to be secured, ‘and Jfl Huk wm shown into the presenev Madame HoumviefT he -had assume* worried end anxious air which that I; not unnaturally misinterpreted. “Oh, no, I haven't” said she, laugh in answer to what she imagined to 1 • unuttvred question. “It warn't for t purpose that 1 went to see Mi rosterduy, and your sitting m« quite uiiDccw-ary. It would h unnecessary 119of me ngain. H»o only Il have is that I know that ^■ot make you nearly os mis- n. j as it makes me. You told me fu tlu- 1.1 -' thnt yqp did not lovsme,l iMm I hardly understood what \mi ae.int at tho time. Latterly 1 have in 1- M.s> 1 Utter, and I have sometimes dt it id w 11 ether I could have made vou lump', though think I would have tried. Tii r arc a *nat many more things that 1 I void like t.. write: hut 1 dare not wr.te fit-^n, lest)on should that I am not ini cr. nst atiout what I have written nli ily. If you set inc down as a mad- 111 nor a Moundrcl, it must be so—I con' help it. Ail I ask you to believe isl tl. .ll Hiiouldn't have taken this step If had U th? U ..t 11 I ’ 1 any possibility of avo1<^ bye. Cicely, and Gooa blei •nr loving oouisin, “Archie Bliom." pw bad taken a good deal I this most unfortunate ly c. Debarred os he was ling at the true cause of nd despaired of making ppronching to a case for to felt that the only use of L’icejr nt all was to con- rrcvtM aide war his renun- H»* IimU thought «>i half nesses and nae*4ities of human nature | to know tlmt his oppoitunlty was at hand. (To he Continued.) IN A 00x1)1 It WITH A TIUBU. , Keeper** I xrliltig Hide Wllh * Mnnll Klrnssrrta, From the New York #Bfi. Tliere ws» a story iu the Sun the other day abtmt fin elephant that got loose in Hot oken and made things lively for a number of men who were trying to get him to tiie Adstus Express freight de|K.t nt the Courthindt street ft rry. He was lluully slih petl to tho winter quururs ol Wallace x AnUtrxjn's show iu lYnr, Ind.. together with a carload of otlu-r wild aulinalp, and Edward Thiuler, a vouug uiau iu the employ of Chants Iteiche & Bta, went tn the car witn them. Among the animals was a Bengal ti ger, four 3 ears old, nod of an u ly ids position. Young Thieler went hJI tho way to Peru in tiie animal car, and re turned to this city yesterday. “Everything went cmootnly between here and Philadelphia,” he tolJ a re porter yesterday. “Just before wo reached Harrisburg, about 3 or U o’clock in tho morning, I noticed that the tiger was getting uneasy, and found that he had torn aeTeral of the iron bars out of tiie front of his box. He was trying to get at a sacred cow, tied about four feet “/drove him back with a pitchfork and moved the sacred cow out of his reach. When I next turned my atten tion to the tiger lie bnd forced his way out. I got behind the elephant. Prince, wlien the tiger sprang for Prince's head. The elephant knocked him down with hi* trunk, but tho tiger went for him again and the elepliant dashed the beast against the side of tiie car and stunned him. * . •. “I went for Mr. Anderson, who was in the smoker,- and we managed to beat lum l«ck into his box and fasten a wire screen over bis cage. When we reached Harrisburg we got some board* aud tatclted it up. "W. lay o.er in Columbui on Tutoday night, and toward midnight 1 waa awak- t urd by tha animal, and found that the tiger waa cheering |h. beard, of hla cage again. 1 got aoin. more board., hut found that I bad no nail., and to I put them in place aud put my book agam>t thrtn, braced my fret again.1 the ttd. of th. car, aud .toyed with the tlg»i tcratching away ou the other «ido until S o'clock In the morning, when aom. of to. yardmen cam. down. . "The ek-phaut behaved all rignt until lb. tiger attacked him and tore a big .lit In hi. ciitck. Tlien he got mad aud . ,M th. too? fon. of ay. Inch—. He knocked a hole in tho roof, and mort or Ibe tlui. traveled with hi. trunk .licking up through ii. 1 thought .vary minute that n low bridge or a tunnel would tako it off.” A Plo.ling itxlilbltlon. Tho Mexican Financier wrltce: "H ho would call attention to the tmoko and dux* enveloping it, and lo tile little black onto rushing and crowding -wimi great hut puriwelnw nctivity through teawrrfcct imai ita .t recta Tho little black anta were Turfon. b. Imd ended, BvSw.d'rm th. higher altitude rf EX-V -nvod to U-rnttokeg rrsjon. it does not seem strangs that to havo undorjjonj a cl»ar.„M. Ixistt .ui of many intelligent people prefer to l»w jSSShtSiSS 0V tailViiuit within the narrow limits of a city. Life high-toned gvnUuony, wtek a - • - » prevent me.” Mark made a slight gesture sxpressiv4 of patient resignation. “Is it,” ho uskcd, “very bad toato t< remind you that I undertook this busi ness at your suggeation and with a good deal of reluctance? I *•«H.nikcti me to succecti when there so little probability of my succeed ing, and uow that success seems to be within my reach yon apparentlr want mu to fail. H is unfurtunste j because 1 cau hardly draw Isick with credit lifter going so far. Still, if you wish me to draw back, pray say to. Now, as si ways, I am at your order*.” “I have no order.! to give you,” Ma dame HouraviefT declared; “there are certain things which esnact lie ordered. 1 don't tliiuk I shall give you any more assistance, tliotigh. You seem quito ol»l»j to stand alone now, and I contest that the plaints of tho lover who is going lobe jilted liave become unspeakably wearisome to me. That itmluds mu that l kept dinner waiting nearly an hour for him lad night and that ho neither ap|Kmrcil m>r sunt an exeuw. Do you think that such conduct would jus tify mu in dropping his acquaintance?” “Perhaps it would,” answered Mark; “but 1 doubt whether you will lie trouli- htl with lum again so long as you are at Ab' otqxrr. La t night he came, in a gnat statu of agitation and excirement, to toil me that ho had made up hi* mind to leave the place, and I presume that h.< has ulreadr cone.” • To leavo tlio lilac.!” echoed Madam, ftouruvl.tr. oMUing li.-r eyea "Uoeatbat lucau tlmt ho admit, lu. defeat, aud throw a over lit. coutin to airo himself from being thrown over? I should never l.uvc MipiwMcd th.it ho had to much .plrit lu liiua.’* 1-c.U.ly he U more dreoalrlng than .pirlt,d,” uid Mark: "potoiM/ alw ha is more willing to throw his cousin over now tlan ho wo, a .bort time ago, But i daresay you know more about tlut that; 1 do." The iusinuatiou was not lost upon Madam, houruvietf, nor waa it allugotlwr displeasing to her. ••Nonsoiiwr alw returnad, laughing. — . , . , II. look, upon me aa a mlddffigrf |ag«m*nt, you know, and you wbbnl • iatho is neto break itoff. if , .id i »preposterou. tl. which an. man or woman dwelling wfcin fivo miliwol Ahbotaport could Iuto Col 1 him that >ho waa aura to ndpt. To Cicely hi. latter appeared to atyrd ataolutt-ly cooclusite proof of tba sdn.ln.us of that ttworv. and it must ha chfrestd that it nu-de her quito a. angrv if Madame (Sourarietf Imd anticipaU'd tilt it would. Anger was, indeed, tlio i ly motion, except attoni.hm.nt, to i itch she was moved by It. She neither I lieved that Archie wm "mberabl. — I it was Ih. sort of atoertion that h. v ia bound to uiak. under auch circum- > lueea—nor felt any pity for ono who, t sho supposed, had been onlrafqwd by i Icaigning aud unscrupulous wuuiao. I SOU'0 extant be might have Usttt a - ;tim, bat tt was evident that ha had i 4 been a very unwilling one. And now it waa nacamory to faca th. I rtasteful duty of announcing that aba ,d been jilted to her relation, and tonds, beginning with Mias Skipwtth. via, liko other distasteful duties, u.d not dn in auractirenato by being cootora- ated; so that Cicely determined to tako c first piumto without further delay, ia maicbed straight into lha little ora tug-room, where MiiiBklpwith wa, meraliy to b. found, busily tngagud in sing nothing, aud taid: "Aunt iSumui, I hate coma to toll tint iv engagement ia at an and. I havo lU bad a letter from Archie, who say. nt for aom. time put he ha. doubted hethtr wo couhl havo been hapny oilier; aud oa 1 myaalf bar. felt L... into doubt, it U o trtaiuly better that tr. Iiould pan. He think.of going abroad; o that 1 hope there will not bo much wkwardneu or diocomfort about it" ki» ftkipwllh was overjoy. I; but at ha same time sba felt that it would be xmtrary to all tradition and propriaty to et to sarious u matter a. too rupture of in angagtment pas. without some show if cunstcrnation. Siw llisrefora threw bar hands and ejaculated: •Ob, my dearibild, bow vary dread- tuir "It may he.” answered Cicclv, raimly, •but 1 doubt whether you tlihik n, hunt ftu aa. You never liked tho en wouuui-and tho wont of tt to that b. light, becaun tlmt to just what 1 am. tt ell, 1 congratulatayou; yon hava noth ing to do now but to otop into to. placo which ha haa beau so obliging as to ’“lar'k looked doubtful “You think aoT said lie. *‘I am not rate ttjtt h. wooldn’t have done mo a gr.aur ser.ic. by remaining In hi. place ratiur lot,gar. However, hehaa seen fit to take to hi. breto, and aaba k« did not honor mo by expreodng the lightest four of my baoomwg Ida ,uo- cresor, I can only aaaumu that tba suc cession question doton't interest him as much aa tt ought. That of itsalftoan excellent ream f.w Utss nu-h'i fceein. decisively, “She will be very angry with him, but toe cvrtolidy will regret Idm; end after a Urn. aha will be glad that 1m took mat tore Into his <>» n hands, tottrad of freeing her to .peak tint. I hadaimeat decided to go away to-mor row, but now I think I will wait a few days longer and to. wbat happens” "Oil, a few day.) Nothing w ill hyp- eon in a f.w days.” Well, If notmng Impptu, I might n linger a few w . k«. l'rohablr I •hall be able to tomportM with Boris for that length of time. “I sincerely bopo you will - answered Mark, who sincerely hopwl the contrary. It waa tmpoadbto to snggnt any mo- tivo for departure to Madamo Bouravleff; and, that beiug to, b. wisely took tha IIm of imploring her u--t to dasert , and s-nd tins tt.w.inc can porta, ability of Am pplr tbs mar _ »to 1» a mort exe.ll would saggivt that imago ttf t Mr. ))75jMt6U *V HccruUry Uccollerll Cirent Carolina Kialssn I Maoon.-Nov. 23.—Editor T oM aeronaut In this*moraioKH ima* of jrc ■d to say. while find tbs tollowin^. t II purpe John WIms, the intrepl 1S3? ‘iSiWJK he woukl declare that everytUinj: on the Rlirfaoe of the glob# wax mean, flirty insignificant >hen nto.ing over a eUy ■ Full to Hie brim of abolition and prejudice, I waa eoflcr to get of th* gr*»*t Month CUrnlbta nu!H diNunionist, and when ho was poii to me in tlio Senate dwfcber I g; a starching scrutiny. Uk. apji satisfied mo completely. Hose be a perfect image and etnbotli within the narrow limits of a city in the country U brooder, sweeter, purer, freer. City houses no longer monopolize all the convenience?. Witness *h® modest though attractive design for a country bouse subuiUtffl herewith; Size or StTtictoro—W idth (front), *4 feet: dopth. ftt feet 0 inohee. liixht ot Stories—Cellar, 7 feet; first story. 9 feet 0 inches; second story, 8 feet 10 inches; attic, 7 faet 8 inches. Materials for Exterior Walls—Founda tion, stone and l>rick; first story, clsp- bosr;U; second story, shingles; gables, shinglt* and panels; roof, sliinglea lutellect, a iweet dispoaition. heart uud a conacientiou- derotioalu wbat he believed to 1»> rigl.t. I waa vexed and artoatolMd that such a change should have occurred in my feeling S toward the Great Nuiiitler. itaetaue.1 to me that I was* becoming a traitor to myrtatiuaaan abolitionist, hut as timo went on the change «ko went on, in ■pit. of all that I could do.” While I now heartily indoi oeall tlio . writer my. a. to the ‘.wee, uiapootion and round heart' of the great Carolinian, or a. Mr, Dyer mya, the ’Great Hullilior.' in roy youth I waa taught differently. Then, the peoplo of North Carolina con- ■idereil nuUiltivuion as the Pom of all villainies,' and Mr. Calhoun himself a ••Mnarter of moh hktaoe. tieto. That lo b. haled need, but b. Mto.” Tha peopio of tho two Carolina, were unlike in sentiment. The one gavo obedience to law without guy quo.tlon as to effect; the other gave K grudg ingly, and, in more instance, than one, almost rebelled, llenoe, a suspicion waa rngenderevl among th. people of Nortli CvroHns that Mr. Cklhoun's policy would result in war. Brcsideat Jackson, how ever, succeeded inputting a quietus to nullification, and there wasouco moru tn the gallant little Palmetto Mate. lough everything wee quiet, .till tlio feeling of animosity to Mr. Calhoun existod, and it ia to show tba extent of tills, feeling that I rotate an incident in my own life. I think it was some time In April, 18M, that Mr. Odhoun’» great rival. Hr. Clay, visited the capital of North.Caro lina. remaining in Raleigh some eight or ten days. 1’erhapa never before had such a multitude of people congregated in the city; nor do I exaggerate in say ing that it waa larger than the Confed erate army, if not of Wlierman'a, tint paasod by the city at tlio close of ttio war. No man eeerpoMes«ed greater per- . serial magnetism than did Mr. Clay, llo drew to him not onto mee to>-tortre-- ; and children by a ntouelc-- - , , H that waa irreeiatiblr. Indeed, no mm ■ "ever had such friends or such enemies” a. had the great Kentuckian. Of course, aa Mr. Clay was nt tills timo an avowed candidate for tho pr.-,iib'n v. ho 7 .ired Intel | S symbolical of Hiu curious maimer in which American foreign tredo to ‘encouraged’ by the Washington govemnuR'. Even if the effigy of Mr. Wlmlom were of leail, and the head of wood, we should he entirely satisfied. The entrance ot toil llnaling miueiim into the harlmrs of flpoureli American coart citto. would cause a reti ulion. and there can he no doubt that lha reprewntation of tha eternal conflict between protect km ut idea, ami aspira- tiooa for foreign trad, would he eoaily comprehended liy hualnrea men from VtraCru. to Buenos Aim” All Um same, it to by auch efforts aa tliere to make different countries familiar with esc 1 other's production, and require ments that international trade to stimu lated. ’ The llollral spot On Farth. Pteailh. CMcare Km Tho hottest region on tha earth to on tiie southwestern court of Persia, where Persia borders the gulf of tho nai name. Forty cooaecutira days in the moallis of July and August, the ther mometer haa been known not to fall lower tlarn 100 degree., night or direr, and to often run up high re 158 de gree. In Ih. afternoon. At Bahrin, In tli. center of Ibe torrid |«rt of thb tor- rib belt, os though tt were nature', lu- t.nlion to mak. tlio region aa unbeara ble as possible, no water can In obtained from digging wells 100, 500 or sv.n 800 feat deep, Jet a comparatively numerous population contrive to live tliere. thanks to copious spring, which break forth from th. bottom of tiie gulf, morn than a mils from ahure. Tho water from there eprmgs b ob tained by divers, who dive to tha bot tom and fiU goat sklua with the cooling liquid and tell it for a living. The wurco throughout; pin.ter ci rcle, and rent in hall, parlor, totting and dining roc oak irin, in hall and rflslns sonnv (i “ gto pine trim In second etonr: whit* p In remalwtor of boure: main mantels to cost (80: stained window.; both ' ’ talned glut piped for t “Ya, my dear, but I never expressed wish that he should break tt ofi| Ihat I a rtry diffwvnt thing. I mud say 1.1 bto tabavior to altogether unex- icable to me. What cau have bren ito motive I" ’•Ob, the u«>al and quite auffleient ins—incompatibility of tompar," an- weredCktiy. “We hava found out our ntotake in time; let us bo tliankful for hat and ray no more about It. And she refused to make any rreponre o the questions andiurntbea of her aunt, s ho thought her rather bard aud unfeel- °Tha trutli of the matter waa that tha -M teas V-j-fr..!.- j itac. Him i'lad loved Archie in one mate, if not in another; she bad firmly haltered in hia tors fur her; and to b. rejected to agree able to nobody. But tt waa imporeibto to open her heart to her aunt, who would never understand her, so presently she slipped out of the house and, tot ting down In a shady currier of tha gar den, fell miserably sad and lonely. Al- her life .hr had been more tooaty than mort girls; though she had scarcely been aware of the fact. White herfaliier had lived she bed had a friend who was al ways kind, slwsvr sympathetic and abb to enter into all her joys and sorrows without raying much about them, but DOW ha had been taken from her aud there waa nobody—absolutely nobody— toft. Tba most seil-reUaat ef mortals mu-t feel the need qf compaaton-hip ’ mas, and Cicely felt it bitterly The f-arsin their wum, were of these submarine fountains to tbuuxli, to ha in th. green hills of Oaman, some 800 or WO mites away. Sirs, narks} 1 ! Itatrrtalnmrnf. Mm Macksy, tha “Bonansa Quean,' has. writ.i the Iywidon curres|sindent of the Msncheeier Cmrior. providedduriu,' her absence the public of London with a gratuitous entertainment of thc most diverting nature. At her open window in Buckingham palace gat* is a wonder- ful green parrot, which attracts hun dreds of people every dav to haarhiut talk. 'Hie crowd one ftunday was so great (list th* |o-iccicen had to request tlio people to mor. on. "Move op,” echoed the parrot. to tho intense delight of lha mob. "Po ly, what to o'cotoca’/’ asked a mao. Tim parrot, pretending lo lerh at the eteeh. r-rier! ret ‘e sever- "Halt past 5." and ha waa right. "JIow old are you. Polly?'' "Don't know; bow old are your waa tha answer, which, uf course, provoked great merriment, la which the parrot joined. Asked what day of the week it waa, the wretch hupped about scrawling, "Hun.iay. Go to prayers. Ora pro nobis.” And fall into a paroxysm of laughter, which was quite cootagloos. Ona Pact i of rhetoric, said an xicoku Haft)It. Exterior Colors—All clapboards, light brown; trimmings, water lable, corner boards, casings, cornices, bands, ver anda, pat* and rails, dark seal brown; front door finished with haul oil. all other outer doors and outaide blinds jointed dark seal brown; rain water conductors, dark seal brown; gables, dark Uiff with dark real brown panel.; sashes, dark'buff; vtrsilda flours, dark brown; veranda ceiling, varnished nvlurui colon panel work in lint and second storia-, dark seal brown fur stile s aud rails, and light brown for jsahcls; sidewall shingles, bud; root sliiccies, dark brown. All toiinglea should bo dipped in stain before laying, and havo u good brush coat applied alter laying. Accommodations—Th. principal r-oms and their sisra. clotets, .lev, aro s'-ow u bv me liocr plans printed herewith: be- udo Ilicsc there ore two rooms and a hall ilnislird in the attic, and tl .ro is a cellar under the whole house. Tile combina tion of front and buck stair* economists space. There to • cost and hat closet in tiie hull and a closet containing a wash basin under the main stairs, fttatiouary tub. and sink in tlio kitchen and a largo pantry adjoining. The lobby entranre to tlio kitchen from the back porch lias a reis-s for an ire box. By enclosing too ou.eouj »1.1. uvssiug MU OJK'U Uir re sort is provided tliat Jwill he proof against mosquitoes and oilier iivtoct*. Special Features—An attractive and roomy house. Large enough for a modest rich man and small enough fur an am bitious poor man who iutrtids to become rich. Cost—Built as descrilrai, for all local ities w litre price, lor materials and labor are about tha samo as those of New York, tS.t.00. Built with brick walla in place of frame, (4,000. T hose w ho an interested in there architectural designs an. It to a fact, estab- should compare the estimates with the 1 of thousands of estimates that are givan for many oth.r publiJied designs. _ Invariably il will le found that for designs of equal d oua inquiry —< licrvabouts. It waa asCcrtainad that im bad left his hotel and gone direct to tho depot of tho Raleigh and Gaston railroad with a single escort—one man of my,, own name caul th. only adherent tho sat statesman had in tha oily. Putting on a bold front, 1 marched down to the depot and bravely walked Into a car. Aa I rtejiped in 1 was con- fronted by a dtoUnguisI ' l-io 'k.nc gsnttoman. arrayed In * wtobfll(k>graKr of black, who appeared to bo taking things arey, as bo twlrtod hM grdden sriectaclca rouud and round, nor did lm ■ sen at all disturbed at my apjrevrnnre. Tha coach waa small and wa. yvimitivo ifl it.iuphototery* andyct hae.--n.cd ,.-r- fcctly at area. Imlced, there waa some- • thing so pltss**" about him that I did not haribsto to approach closet to him, and, with hat in hand, said; "Pleare, air, can you tell mo if 1 can - sw Mr. C alhoun?" There was a smile upon hia fins coun tenance aa ha quietly asks: "My young friend, my name to Cal houn. “What, tor!" "Calhoun—hold." But he spoko too tote. Before ha. completed tho answer I had gone head foremost out of thc window, almost div locating my neck In tha fall, but crazad, with .horrible fear 1 gotup,nowtopped until I waa safe at home. This was all tho result of being taught that Mr. Calhoun waa a bud mao. Years afterward l lute[ th. honor of an introduction to him in Wilmington, and lio remembered tho Incident, with a hearty tough over it. Tbeyesn spoil by, wlien full of roars and full of honors th. grout matt died at ids post, the entire South mounted, for they knew that a prince had fallen. L wa. ono of a guard of hot:".' ilia m -v Iho iciuaiua at Weldon, ou tlu-n- ro Charleston where they wtrorec, . \. .1. :.s wo all know, with every d not. - of respect by the stricken people. It lut* hoeaaur h« . prltft -• to ba met tiie equally disti WeUlcr, Ui-nry Clay, John Tjhti K. I’olk, Millard nUn i i eminent American stai -inen. hi oue of them waa more amable j ally than ha of whom Mr. D„ r so jdeasantly. Ijfftot thrr KWH sU rvmlafl w, W« esn iutw our tivse sabltme. ii. : k'ootiiriats oa From tbs N*w York Troth. Orerhcard * a aWlgii<u cor? Fussy old gentleman to a chance trareiinglndy “firs you any children, nisdome?” ••Yes, sir, a soo.”» “Ah, indeed! Does bs amoks* “No, *ir; ho has nsrer so much as touched a cigarette.” “Ho much the better, msdxme; tho use ot tobscco b a pohocous habit. Does be frequent tbs dubs?” “He bos nsrer put his foot in one. "Allow :uo to congratulate y< i. I*** he ccino homo ktte?” .. r . Us goei to bsu airecuy Riter ••A model young man. ms Jams q in./sL-l t • rasn. How ckl is !*•