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 Twy^^^ -J H 01 ' HE Tlim tV IT, Sona BOttUii after this oovamtion with ay eztiaarttMxy ohrk, flir WitiiMi, J«nr», aa old dientDf miaa, diad. I wm mnanoo- «d to MttMd Ufc ftiMnI, «ad «to taM tw -will aMkrwud. He day befora I wtnt down to hi* oouitry-hoiiae, I .thought it woold IWJM well if I looked tfchroagh tbe dr^it of fau will, ia order to be fMnHiar with iti proviaione. Hie box was bnraght in. and I MNNi mt my bandapon the doonmeiit I wanted. 1*^ waa dated in lS67-^tae year Wilaon eina to maâ€" and the draft waa in my deik'a haadwiiting. It waa a Tdhunin- oiia,.doaDaBtr:t. eonaiating of a good many aheeta o^j^per, joined together at 4;be oor* aer. To the inmt page waa affiaad a alip of white .pMMT.fieanng aondry memoraadaâ€" alaoin WilMn'a bandwritiogâ€" aaggeatin{[. moat likely, a few alterationa to bw made if I approved (rfthem. Aa I bent tbia piece of paper baek, to read the worda ooaoealad, I aaw writins ea the other aide ci it, and my heart atooid atill as I knew that the inriting waa identicaJ with the writing of thoae worda which laid been atamped apon my brain •inoe the day of Boland Northwick'a death. With tremUinff handa I detached the dip of paper, opened my aecrctaiie, and laid it aide by aide with the nets ot warning. I had been decewred by no fancied reseu- bUace, the writing waa the aame, and so peculiar waa the penmanship that I felt «oiivic«ied that no .chance conld have pio dnced these two epecimena from different peraona. Tme; the writing on the newly- fonnd paper waa better and firmer than on the other bnt I compared lettsr for let- ter and fonnd them exactly alike in their formation. The hand t^at wrote one wrote the other and as the two tLpi of paper lay before me I felt that the murderer of Roland Northwick had had his day. Then, with professional instinct, I aat down to think calmly over my ducovery. The paper which I had so ufiezpeetedly found contain- ed what appeared to be a portion of Byron's "When we two parted." Probably the writer was an admirer of |the po^t, and had transcribed it for her own pleasure. The paper had been torn, lengthways, down the centre so tliat only the first halves of the lines were left. Bat this was more than enough â€" I oonld have sworn to the identity of the writing had only two letters ap- peared. Now came the difficulty. How could I connect the two papers What Idieory conld I form Here, through an extraordi- nary chance, was the clew starting from my very office. Here it had been lying for five years. Now that it was within my hands, whither would it lead 7 Could it be possible that Wilson wan in any v ay mixed up in the affair t I shuddered at tOe thought, and felt inclined to dismiss it as prepbiter- ons. At first I even contemplated asking him point-bliuik whose writing, it might be on the back of the slip of paper he had used; bnt recognizing the neceea ty for extreme caution, 1 decided not to do so. I endeavor- ed to throw my memiry back to the time when Sir William's will was made. Looking through my old diaries, I found that aoout that date we had a preu of business in hand but I could recollect nothing more th»n takmg Sir William's imtmotions, and, afterward, seeing mm execut.e the will. I felt I must tndcavor ti get some more in- formation belore I took any df ciaive steps so, pinning the two pieces of paper together I placed them in my pocket-book and sent for Mr. Wilson. I was quite composed when he entered, and running over the aheeta of the draft, asked "Do yon remember the circumstances un- der which you drew this up I ask, as there are several little thinga in it I ahoold have worded differently." Wilacn took the paper in his hand, look- ed at the date and replied "It was one of the fint things I did for yon, before I had quite caught your atyle. I remember, aa we were very busy, I draft- ad it at home, and you altered a good deal of it before it was fair copied." Then this fact waa pretty well establish- ed the paper, whoever wrote it, came from Wilson's house. I saw clearly that my first proceeding was to aecertain everj thing I could respecting hia antecedents and private life. I looked up my letters of 1867, and fonnd from them that Wilson ban been re- commended to me by Forbes and Thwaites, of Bristol, a firm of high standing. Having ascertained this much, I went fin search of a private inquiry agent. .1 hated the idea of having to si5y on one of my household, aa it were, bnt the ser'oua nature of the case gave me no option. "Can you attend to a bit of bnsiness fat me " I said. "A few private inqniriea I want made." "Csrtainly, sir," replied the agent, pro- ducing hia note-book "we are rather alack juat now." "I want yon to go to Briatol to-night. Inquire tl ere of Meatrs. Eorbes and Thwaitea aohcitora, from what part of the world Jamea Wilaon came. He waa bankrupt in 1866, I believe, and they were concerned. " The heada of my instrnctiona were rapidly jotted dawn. "Then yen will go to the place at which he originally lived, and find out all you can abant him. Hia connections, private life, etc." The agent nodded. "Then you will ascertain hia private ad- dresa in London, and get all pardonlara you oan of hia hiatory since he came to town. As som as yon know enough, write me, and I will call for your report, "Cue of defalcation, I anppoae?" said the man, oloaing hia note-book. "Somethmg of the sort," I replied, and wished him good momins. I did not chooae to take anyone into my confidence this time. I woold get all the links together before I pnt the chain into other hamds. In five daya' time the agent aent me word that his report waa ready. I had been anxi- ously awaiting it, so haatened to hear what he had diaoovered. There waa a good deal in it that waa of no oonaeqnence whatever bnt the detective had done hia dnty in getting the fqlleat in- formation. Sifting oat all extranema mat- ter, I learned aa follows Jamea Wilson was of respectable family. He had been well ec^ncated, tiien articled to a firm of solicitera. Aftnward he aet up in practioeat a riaing watering-plaoe m the Bristol Channel, where, as IT bave already stated; he becaaM iavolved in aome nnfrata- nate building traaaaotiona, failing iaconae- queaoe. He had married, wtit tH pno- tioe, tiie danghter of aweU-tp-do Retired teadeamaa^bnt aa nvaral mtmhtmWloM to Loadoaan wiia'a faiaBy l«t «"~4!!!*** â€" j-a^ monaalby hia failvra, they bwaaaa oon^wa- ly oatnMd. Wilaw eame died on February S2ad, Wa Thef aaMai^rffv^'"W4iAVKf- a*d aHaafc aM oSipir^'Ttar hS^ ohOdraa. aad^ dw« ••And," addad â- ay«"'oâ„¢""*» ^^'l*'""' ing amila, "I ilad IN** â- Â»Â» *»• '•l]?"^.*? SiiZrhe haM M^poat of o«»^^ olark to Mr. Maittaad, aoUoitor, of Bedford Bow " ••Tbaakyou,"BaidMr.Maitland. "lam mnoh obliged to yoa. It baa bjsaa PM^oJ to me to inatitnte theae mqnbnea, bnt i waa bmrnd to aet ay anmd at reat about Mr. Wilaoa." Altboieh I had gaiaed UtOe direct evi- denoe, my ani^unoaa gatiiered i^cmpt. Impoaaible aa the idea aeemed, the *J"*â„¢ ny of the handwriting proelaimed that Jamea Wilaon mnat in aome way be conneot* ed with the perpetrator of the fool oriine. At leaat, be would be able to identify the writer of the meaaage. My agent had aaoer- tained that hia wife had died on Febroary 22J, 1870â€" two daya after the blow w atruck. As I thought the matter over, the fact of Wilaon not having mentioned hia wife'a death at the time, and hia mialeading words t} ma on a recent occasion, which had mideme conclode he was nnmarried, {tended to make it apptar possible that the writer of the warning note wasMra. Wilaon heraelf. Even the tremnlona nature of the band- writing wculd be accoonted for; as she must have been at that moment lying on her death-bed. How Rjland Northwick be- came entangled witb Jamas Wilson's wife was a matter of little consequence now. Detective skOl must unravel all tlaiit,^ and DO doubt drag a painfal scandal to light. For me, at present, it waa aufficifut to know that could 1 prove the writer of these two papers lying m my pocket to be James Wil- son's wite, I had enough ground to justify hia arrest aa tiie murderer. This identification must be my first task. I determined to make no dela]^. The th.ught tfcat for yeara I had been in daily uontact and oommunioation with the cold- blooded murderer of one of mv dcareat frienda was to me horrible. With this dreadful auspicion hanging over him, I felt it almoat impoaaible to bieath the tame air with Wilaon. much leas to transact my usoal bnsiness matters with him. I felt that I might betray myself in his pretence, and, witn the acute suspicion which snofa a orime must engender, he would guess what was passing through my mind, and fly from jus- tiee. 1 left tne office, stating that I should not return that day, and the next morning sent Wilson a letter, sayina; that an urgent private matter had called me into the ccun- try. The link that joined the two others I must have befora pr.ioeeding any further. I knew the name of the church in which Wil«)n lad been marrfe 1 the object of my journey was to visit it. I inspected t e register of marriages, and, kuowinjgr the d«te of ibe cieremony, had bnt little d ffi ;ulty in lighting on the signatures of Adelaide Fletcher and J^mes. Wilson. The resem- blance in the wricint; here was even closer to the warning mesiage than that of the 1 nes of poetry I tal so fortunately found. Perhaps, from the emotion natural to a young girl when signing her muden lame fcr the last time, the strokes were tremu- lous, even as fiom another cause they were tremulous in those fatal n ords that now lay side by side with the bride's signature â€" "My hnaband knows all. I couldn't help it Bewiki« " With all my lingering donbla â€" with all the hopes I cherished as to Wilton's inno- cenoe oispdled, I haatened back to t3wn, nerving myadf to perform a harrowing duty the next day â€" iSte dnty ot denoohoing' aa the murderer of Boland Northwiok the man who for eight years had been my constant oompaaion and frosted atsooiate in boai- Lata aa the hour was when I reached Pitddinaton, I drove atraight to Inspector Sharped house, Accuatomed to aurpriaea at ajl nours. the attute seatleman expreaaed no as'oniahment at seeing me, but awaited patientiy ainr communication I had to make for hii bearat. Tet for once, at leaat, in the course of his checkered cjreer I believe he wat taken aback. "If yuo will be at my office at eleven o'clock precisely to-morrow morning, I will point out to yon the man who murdered Roland Northwick." The inspector sttured. "Tell me Wbiire'to find him," be said, "and the handoafia ahall be on his wrists to- night." I hesitated. Something restrained me from telling him to whom my suspicions ported. It waanotBMaqy.;bnt Iwishedto give Wilson one chance of explaining the thing which bad led me to aoonse him m the crime. •No," I replied. "I cannot cMn teU yoo hia name at thia moment. I iwt manage mattera in my own way.- He will come to my^ffioe tomorrow, otisrly unanapecting. I will then point him out to yon, and yon c»4 take the proper coarse." Inspector Shaqe promised obedience to my instraotibna, ao I left him to dreapi, no doobt, of the reward he might claim •6'aaor- row. Tired as I waa with the day'a woik, I alept but little that night. I was drawing mantal pictures of tbe painfnl procfeeding of iio morrow. Then, between sleeping and waking, a wild thought took poaacaaioa of me, I fancied that for aome reason or other Wilami had divined my anspiokms. and that on the morrow he woud be afaaent. So strongly did this idea impreaa me, that I actually roee, determined tC go ao the de- tective at onoe, reveal all I knew, and let the arreat be made at once, ao that jnstioe should not be defeated. Then, aa my sensea retnrned to me, I saw how utterly impoaai- ble it waa that Wilson oonld snapeot aay- thiog, and, lying dpwn once more. Ire* aolved to let matters follow in the train I haddeeigned. Still it waa not withoat relief I aaw, upon entering my office ^in the morning, my con- fidential derk at hia naoal post. He aalut ed me with his invariably Mlm politeneaa. For the life of me I ooold not retnm the greeting bn^ averting mj faoe, hurried in- to my rooai, the entraace to which lay through hia. I opened my letters in a me- chanical way, in the present ezoited state of my miad giving little head to their contenta. I ooold think only of me thbigâ€" waa I not TOmfr aft er allT Conld that quiet, adf- pceaaaaed. geatle-apefeea'-aiaB, aow aitting .witilimafewfeetotiBe,iM guilty of oae of thchfoAct dnd naoal daaficaif :cgua ever Dttpetoated? Ibegaa now almoatto wiah Chat my fear of the pceoaadiag id(^t had la wdlfoaid«l.ad hia flight had ilf« nuaaeaof hiasailt. Tftirmmntea the Joor^ -7 «««• «b«of papenin hit Iwnd, and mnning *t^^'at m«^ ^nr.Jfc M|jWjni thk» are aeyeral things aboat wh»h I •liraldUkatoocasaltyoa. .. .^-.^ I dioddered aa be apoke but hjirtwd there with hia impaaarfle «»*«^-5 miad. evideatiy. ben* only oa b?â„¢;^" S^ abaord to aoppoee that this waa tiie haarc, crept op the ataireaae to J**^" bSwm^M* tiwaa white flngera, holding DJwWbaMaaaapan, were the "fi* "^wS d!ld rmind the^lndle of the knife that nwraed my poor f riead's boaom. ^at the far bedtaticn aad nacertamj tywaagoneby. In an boor Sharpe woold li here? eager for hia prey; and until he SmTl drtomined that Mr. Jamea Wilaon ahoold not be a momeat out of my sight. I rose aad walked to the office door, looked it. and placed the key in my pooket. Hen I rasomad my aeat; and motioned Wilaoa to one near me. My nnof oal pro- ceedinga, I fancied, troubled himâ€" he ti«n- ed a ahade paler if that were poaaible, bnt he aaid nothing. .. v. j t Many a time aftorward, in oold blood, I have wondered at my folly at thua, rf my own free will, cooping myself up with a m»,i whom I suspected to be a murderer a m^n who might have made preparations against a aorprise of this nature, and to whom my life might be as nothing. Bat I was the stronger, although the older, man of the two. Wilson, althounh tall, was tlim, almost to thinness, and I waa certain that in a hand-to-band struggle I oonld overpower him. I felt diairuat and horror at my companion, hot not fear. He looked at ma izqoiringly. "Mr. Wilaon," I said, "aome time ago you led me to underatand you were unmar- ried. I have since ascertained that yonr wife died in February, 1870 " Wilton, whose acntenesa U Id him that I did not niake thia assertion with the primary object of reproaching him for concealing the true state of his domestic affairs from me, made a simple gesture of assent. "I find," I continued, "that your wife died on the 22-1 of February- two daya after the murder of Roland Northwick." As I spoke tbe last words he knew what was coming â€" I coold see it in the man's face. "And," I concluded, ' firm certa'n facti whico have ocme to my knowledge. I have decided that you, even if you did not strike the blow yourself most know the murderer." Wilson rose. He was perfectly calm, and speaking in his usual quiet voice, said "You must be mad, Mr. Maitland, to make sucn an accuaalion â€" againat me, of all men in the world? Withoiit troubling to df|ny it, I aak you, aa a lawyer and a man of bnainess what possible motive could I have for committing such a crime?" "The day before he was killed, Roland Northwick received a letter of warning from a woman^^a woman whose busbsnd he had doubtless w/ooged. Till a few days ago her name was unknown. Now, from the similarity of the curious writing to that of another specimen which I have ascertained was written by your wife, I know that the warning wa« sent by her. James Wilson, you wretched murderer 1 Your b our hat come I have already denounced you, and in a abort time tJie efficera wiU be here." Wilaon sat silent for tome time. I was on the alert, expecting that my accusation would b4 the aimal for an attempt to ea- cape. Bat nothing seemed farther from his thoughts. After a while he raiaed hia eyea to mine, and aaid qnetly. ^Yoar knowledge of ecmmon law cannot be very great, Mr. MaiVbOid, if yoa think that any FiOglish jury wiU convict a man upon the fancied resemblance between two aorapa of writirg. But yonr deductiona are better than your lawâ€" I did kill Bolaad Northwick." ;The audacity of this foil con^eaaicn. apoken as if he were mentioning an incident in hia career of little moment, ao auipriaed me that I could only ataie at him and ejacu- late: "Villain I Rnffiaul" "Yea," continued this strange man, " I killed himâ€" I will tell you why I killed himâ€" that it, if yoo care to Ijiten to the tale,^ and if there is time before the war rant arrives." 'â- The information will be sworn at eleven o'olook," I stammered; marveling at hia ex. traordinary composure, and by it compelled to give him aa answer to his qnestion. "Till then." I added, "I shaU not loie sight of yoo fbr an instant." He smiled faintiy, almost oentemptooosly. He might really have been an unmtereated spectator of the scene. He began to apeak, and, in a moment, his whole manner ohanB- ed. He waa tranafigur«d, and I knew that at laat I was face to f aoa with the true man. His brows contracted, bis deep-set eyea burned with fierce light, his cheek flashed, ' and the veins on his forehead stood out with emotioa. His speech was rapid, and his language eloquent. Hia geatoUtion was striking; hia thiu, lithe fingers clasped each other, or were extended to give due influ- ence to his powerful worda; and aa I watch- ed his aotiona and liaten^ to hia words, I comprehended that andefk. the oold sorboe of ruierve, oqier that welUtitting mask of anave polileoeaa, beat a heart shaken by the strongest pasnou and capable of the deeo- eatteebng. Aa t stood face to face with bun, I ooold aoaroely redise that this waa the same maa whom I had seea daily for eight years. ' "I will be brief, Mr. Maitland." he aaid •1 Jdlled Robmd Norti.wiokbS;oi\l'",i duoed my wife. 1 had loved her aa a boy â€" llovea aad mairiedheraa amaa. If I had no waaltii to give, I gave her aooh love M man haa never yet given womaa. I be- beved her to be the moet pore, ai well â- â-  tiiemoatboMitihil. of womSTS me .K waaaimplymy life. Every hope, every thought oi mipe waa for her happSeaa. Oh. howl loved tiiat woman lov^TT ,r«! And «»t night when, atiioken with the ill- neaa whmh aha knew woold be tal. wbea I hung ovwr her pilknr and tended her with confeadte to me, niy Iife\raa at aa end for ever. Aa, trembliag at death, and the sobbed oot her ahame t» ipe jmyiag for my ^P^T^*^." «»* thejsfcd^whom S; ^Tf^^y^JST^ womaa aa noved riaid m^ ht»-Pf^ haBear.«d wW^ uj5te35fcT^Vcallth.^J^ jS. jlhinh waa toblai»e« tha «w» «r»6 wo- ««TtSl^/ • Sat amnaWl die,' The SS3bof flS^intrSre were^f liwl. inter- it They bal fiirt met ootaide tiiia very ^M. w^ ahe woold freqomfly wait to SS^^ »o«.. Howth2i*?l'jSt S!erS«id, or what artt M used, I know Sr S»w» a beaotifol woman, aad he waa a gallant h«id«ap»^ yonog maa. Y«t Jh?da?b" been when IoobM have -howa Mgay and gallant a front aa M.- Rotand NcSwickl He bad made « «d of my life, and hia own ahoold pay forwt. •The next morning Iwai ootaido Ua hoaae,bat fonnd no maana of gammg a-j »tem^oe. I knew all hia babit* '"'k!^ •rrondtimea b»i been to hit rooms on boat. "" To-morrow," I whiaporad to my wife, who now lay almost â- lf^"«!" "Sl,"???! ibieâ€" aad ' tO-mocrow ' it waal Yon know the rest "I reached home in the evening, and lean* lag over my dying wife whiapared: ••He is daadâ€" I forgive yon now. •She tpoke no more. The next day ahe died, and that lo"k of horror which aettled on her fase when I wnispered thoee worda of forgivenneaa never left it. He waa aileat. • Yon wretched man!" I cried. "Do you feel no remorse?" ,,,.,. ••I feel n»» remorse. My life became a blank. Lwe paaaed out of it with me wife's death. Hate left it when I drove that knife through her seduoef'a heart. Since then I have cared nothhig for lifeâ€" nothing for "Bat the hereafter- beyond death!" I cried, appalled by aooh oallontnem. Wilaon iuid a^ain seated himself, and re sumed his usual mask. His recent excite- ment had vanished, and left no trace. His ordinary quiet anule psssed over his feat- ures. ,, ••Intellectual men with my views, he said, •'trouble little about the fntuife, and fear it less." In spite of my horror and disgust, I could not help feeling a oerbun amount of curioe- "But how coold yoo avoid detection?" I asked. "Simply by not trying to escape it- I oared little whetherl waa discovereMi or not. Some strange instinct induced me to take the watch aad chain, which now lies a shape less mass, buried in one correrof tbe cellar beneath this house. I only wanted access to the room. Having done what I had re- solved to do, it mattered little whether I came out again or not. By aome strange chance no one saw me so I walked down the stairs and reached the office as usual. My glove was on my hand when I struck the blow. It was stained with blood, so I burnt it. That was aU. Had I been arrested that day â€" as, indeed, I fully expected to have been â€" I should have made no defense paying the penalty of my act as carelessly as I shall noa* " "But how could yon meet me? How could yoo go about yonr business as usual, with this awful orime on your conscience?" "I tell yon, Mr. Mutland,; I neither felt nor feel remorse regret, or even wish to evade justice. My life, aal understand life, ended. I simply waited, never doubting but all would some day be known." I feit it was too horrible to hear this man difcossing bis orima and apfHroaohing a â- hunefnl end aa cotlly aa though he were speaking of some client's ordinary business matters. "Now yon see. Mr. Maitland," be oontin- oed, "why I refosed yotirkind offar cf a partnership. It will matter very little ^yonr olerk being arreated for mnrder hot had I been your partner it woold not have im- proved the standing of yonr firm." I tiianked Hm mentally for his considera- tion, but said nothinc(. I was determined to to apeak no more. It waa too painfnl, and I longed for Sharpe to arrive and terminate the interview. Wil8(m;aa though reading my though ta, glanced at hia watch. "I see that my time is short," he aaid. "I have one lett» I wiah to write before tWe bandcn£Ei are on my wriata. Would it be asking too great a favor if I requested yoo to leave mt alone for a few minutea " I told him ha waa at liberty to write what he liked; but I ahoold not quit him. He alightly fehrogged his sfaoolders, and sayint(, "As yoa will," took a aheet of paper and commenced writing. His letter was a very short one. He placed it in aa envelope, laying it on the table with the addresa do «mward. The Ttaiinates stole uo, onrely it maal now be elevf n o'olook. I woold have looked at my watch, but a kind of feeling of deli- cacy restrained me 'I waitd seme time longer and then glanced at Wilson. I wa^ sitting nearest the door, with the idea of cutting off any att mptsd espap v Wilson wv in my osoal seat at the toble which was li tared with letters and l^gal documents. Tax tabl!, I should add, was between na. A he finished his letter he took np a brief and oommea^d perusing it. Even at this aw- ful moment he appeared to be interested only in the work which had done so well for so many years. Hia left hand held the aheet he was psmsing near his eyes; the remain- ^of the document hong down, hiding his right hand as well aa the neater portion o, hia body. As I sat waiting nmil the hoo' soonded from the heigbbdrug ohoroh tower* and wondering at the aelf-command die leaved by the remoracleas morderer, be lorft' edaoroaaand metmygan. There waa aa upreaaiooin hia eyea, wliioh I had never before notioad theio. V " ^.^b^^tbean thinking, Mr. Maitland." he said in his gentle voice, "that, after alL I ahooMltke to eooapeihe gaUowa. Aa then are ooly two waya of esoapiagâ€" one over yoor My, and aaotlurâ€" i «hooae that other _ad before I ooold oompiwhend the hid- den meaningof liis worda 1 heard the lood reportof a pistol, aad Jamea WiUou fell •^n ,/"*?? ^y offioe-table, ddogins ft •ad aU ft held w^tii hi, heart* rblood. si^STqi.L^^" " -eiataaoe, la- "peotor Sharp*, who was waitnis ooidde.' ss-aa^'^;!fftf «»« A^^ be had jart p«a»d waa«d- dwjjd to me., ft ooataiBed only ,^ dafi2^«Srift.?*^ » «tei»aiW At Ilia inml^ m% in.%M ikl " "n-f i I ,.T: had to appear. Istau*,^^^ that our convet«*ij!*'li(*,^ been upon a mattwojij** i2^ «Madae*«d mnoh to*^ letter which I p^^^ _^ ed all. The v^rSte*5! In an oqikrand state o»»^' I never looked for J*/" knowing that nous woTijTJ'i^! detective, no doubt h^^ W" .ionaastotheideattSS«?J toarreet. for he MSa***««iri? aboot him but Iâ€" J? t"' ••tfcia whole tnith why Roui'"'»-3! mnrdered. and why tT- ^**iSI him.-lfinmyoffi^7ij^J nvrataye above written; ^H|l Among the mihW ^JT;' tinont it ia recogn z^ thS " ^d tune for the effioacion,ZBLl!fiJ airy either on th.bSSS?**J| priaea againat the flankior^ » f being past, a «lonou,f,Z^'«f*J that arm, and that onnoS? '^»i when weU discKr5?«»»8 weU-oomnianded caralrV m, S i power of secnriDg f or ik.?*' "« immanity from the danBenM«l arms are u a higher r t.o ,^^ 1-^mg i«r. in the conact 3^,'5 oide the fate of a campji J **' iii|J high authcrldes, Field.M,rfel| Moltke has rscorded hi» ^- • *• M cause in fut.re thetst JeK? *«l erywillnecesriteteaSL" the role of cavalry will bT2 M Greater skfll will co doubt t"" handling it so as to KKte"2il ciaively at tbe critical mo^la;*^^ Victonam tov only by rtp^diW b? ' mgcan the eff-^ct of the b^k„ pr. ,zed. mxrj provi"5 I°V, cavalry a victory s rirelv V,,i'r^ cavalry is beaten. 3 ccordbgVMi] li, the battle is entirefy W jfi other hand, it ia victorons, the VJ complete. From tne day when aJ destroyed the Roman host at rt»!l!l that on which. 2 000 year. aftoSl British tquadroDs, charring the «Sl the old guard at Waterloo, "prsv»wl rallying" after the antihiiS?! French cavalry, tJiT axiom hai bJi.' In tbe last great war cavalry on U 2 were on several occaii(Mu noblT sbI in orJer to gain time for the infMihl heroic effort to avert disasten jlraJil parable, but neither in the "death ri Worth or Rejonville, or in the w alanghter of Sedan, were theloa«iiL as those incurred by cavalry in the ia muzzle-loaders Tliat the effect of Sel of modem weapons, requiring u thni their use considerable skill and t â-  judgment of distance, would be Teni tructive to cavalry movint; rapidly the zone of 400 yarda remains to bet la a trial which took place in Indiabs 4 Gardner guns and a detachmest â-  picked shots file-firing at 6 statioDnJ gsts at 5S5 yards, the distance bgf* known, tbe latter made only 24 hitia 411 rounds, and at 90O yards volleji the distance being knotrn, only 36 liil of 630 rounds. The Gardner fmi even less sucses^ul, a result Ugtsl/e^ aging to cavahry.â€" [The FertniibM view. 1 A LitUe Ylrginia CfirL Joaquin Miller, the poet udi has bten down in the W«it Td moon^a'na and he writes to thsNni Stan "A little Virginian climbed nptti^ like a little pet squirrel; shewnj friaky; ner bur as black, bushy uiil ant; her eyes as bright and minyt' large and beautiful. Ah, met nyi went all to p^ecea at onca. She 1 doz^n yeara oid, and yet she waiti But she didn't know it ai aU;ihi dream of auch a thing. And thtti^ made her ao ten fold formidable. her my »e»t in the packel cu.aij ttanked me with such pramptMl gi ace, such precision of sil.nt, fM that I wanted to stand there befoie kr wait all fke daya of my life forbsrtof But she never spoke. Her hsir »J tumbled about, ber dresS was tonl her small, dimpled hands were itm briar t o :n. Pretty s o on she diwd n hand into her pocket, threw badtkiy hair with the right hand, and 10 IT crack a lot of chestnuts with the* of teeth and the reddest Mps yoe*3 at. D«ar, lovely little girL Sin' quasBiieat bit of nature I ha^ Beffl eferegoik And although I AaU i«| her again I venture my lifetW" the b«st blood in the land, one of*' families of the war; a pitiful li8»1 whose yaltant people went do« »J| Mid never came back to her °|°°!|T| mother's inother any vcare. Aodt oontrasther wild refinementwitht ed vulgarity in lace anddiamoodi oo» enoonntered in New York I tp»\ thinking, indthmkingof theitr»P1 tioos of life in this np and doW •" ours. Oriental Wood Cfnai- The £aat Indians are natnianvgj ed oarvers. L- ng before the oowri the H ndoos beautified the »*^y' templee and homes with »• "rj wont of the kind. Thefaoihty^. haa not left them, and a block 01 under their chisels soon b**"*,!!, the most beaotiful tracenes aafl "*• the flora of the East »»"'^7«1 form.. The Oriental wood owj^^ reapeot are uneqnaledâ€" they â-  ^i ity of oonoeption unitjd witn a^^j eontion which is wonderfuL sim^y the snggsstions ot simpiy tne snggesaoiu "• ^t dnraghta'ng paper with noJ* "JS* ndntTtia of fockground •oppjj' like,wnioh areneoeasary » Tj,t here. There they in tnj«»n*g^ aa bmshee, for tiieir h»»». T. ia«i are acquainted simply »»*""„„ i»l ia conveyed, and with o"" a^ft theonisela lily or ^V^^imr pomegranate lies imbedoe? thonghft had been *»Lr»^hiiei picked and enjoined. "" ^iD^ onaurpaased in what » ^^^vi' oarving they are atalo"""^^* whioh are required in '^fc0* apartinenta or halls.--l«' Advertiser. ^^^ ft aeema like tiie ^J^^^ I mOkaian geta drowned IB 0" [â- till higher, in utinga, 263 wat 'j^' -^- "^^