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The Heir of ' a* if satisfied with her scrutiny, she pointed I The ithhrrnghlua-Uio oe of which she ' lh * , 8 " BY .T W. M-M..K CHAPTER V. After an early breakfast on the morning of the day following that uf hit visit tu the rottage, Evan Marchment booked himself by train to Whitcastle, a to* n about a do/on mile* away, whence he at once .In- still retained Ihe u*e to an object hanging on the wall a little distance away. It wa* in ordinary school lalv Kvan gathered her meaning at a glance. Taking down the slate, he placed it on a small uvitl table by Ann'* elbow. Then, having produced a piet* of pencil from her pocket. !..- began to write, slowly and laboriously. Evan eteadymg the date for her meanwhile. When she had finished her iwntence he looked up at him, and he, sUwping forward, read : " Swear to me that you are speaking the truth." . - Kv.iu drew huiHelf up, aud lifting his hat rromSouire Baynard. Oak )e,K-. \\ ... , , . .. j tw ^ ,,, .,,,, m ^,, lt ,, f Mtb, to Sampaon Abrey Marshmalluw , , Je . ven> that wll<kt [ have told you n the Cottage, by Wakenham. Tall upon me ] trulh , here at four o'clock this af lernuoii, without j Ann uoda(Ml ,,, ,, ione a lhllt Bhe ^ f W *" **" y " * P"' ' 1 **" " f more lo write. ' Light that Unlsrn which hangs iu tne corner, she wrote. "Take it with you, and go down into the cellar. There you ; will find a door, linen it, and pa** onvratd i lill you re*jh the cavern. There you will hud the ' and lool : she lia* Evan'* heart ^av* a ^real bound a* hi* eye* t<wk in what ihe ha<l written. "<!od The effect of this massage, at Kvau ..a! .1 lated, would be to take Abrey from home for two or three honn at the least, for uot ^!!M hV,,TXTw ill he ihould reach Oak l)eue would there he any possibility ol hi* di*o.\ .Ting that tlie meaaage wa* a fictitious one. Than Squire Baynard, there wa* no man better known >n t hose part*. At a quarter past three the same afternoon Kvan drove out of the yard of the Klack Hwau in a dogcart which h* had lured for hi! : up .it Sh laid Evan, a* low n the pencil intimating tint man, without a word, led the way to which at firsl aighl briitled with difficulties, iidy, where, of late, Sii Harry wa* but Vodney ' indomitable patience (ufricedto always to be found at lln.i hour of the overcome theae one by one. day. With him wax F.ddine. Tom Abrey, from the tir*l day of Theme* As Kvan entered the room, 'till carrying appearance at the Chaae, had fallen madly the child, who, however, wan no longer in love with her, little likely aa she seemed nwathed in lhe shawl, Kdie prang to her to excite *uch a passion in the breaat of the feet with a cry, while Hu Harry rose stiffly good-looking groom, who could have bad the from hi* chair and, 1 1 cmblingiu every limb, pick of a score pretty girls, as he wa* quite stared aa though he beheld aome vision from , aware. However. MO it wa*. Vodney, when the tomb. I informed of Tom's infatuation, at once pro- "Sir. 'iid Kvan iu ceremomou* accents I posed to turn it to account for the further a* he put down the child, " it in possible I ance of hi* scheme, and Therese wa* instruct lhat you do not recognise me. I am your nephew, Kvan Marchment. IVrmit me tohave the happiness of restoring to you your grand- , sou and heir. " With that he bowed . gravely, and turning, would at once have left the room liad he not found the way : aome twenty yean before, hi* grandfather , barred. While he waa speaking, Kdie had had underg jne a sentence of penal servitude > glided forward, and wai now standing with i for being concerned, with othen, in a poach ; her back to the door. | ing affray in which one of Sir Harry's "(wandada, I'ae come back to you, ' keepers wa* unfortunately shot. Since | said Frank as he ran forward aud clasped that time for some reaaon known only U the old man round his knees; "and me himself, old Abrey had nursed a bitter , won't go away from you never no more'" grudge against the baronet, ind had often On tin? scene that followed il i* not need : been heard to declare that he should notdie , ful that we should dwell, and what (till re- eaiy till he had had hi* revenge. Herewa* I | mains to be told mint be ael down as a tool to Vodney 's hand ! The old man waa ' briefly a* may be. : accordingly approached through hi* grand A warrant for the arrest of smpon son, who, to do the young fellow justice ed to afford him a certain amount of encour- agement, and to lead him on to talk of thil, that and the other. Among other family nutters which Tom in the fullness of hu heart confided to Thereae wan the fact that, written. you '. You are a good woman." he ex- Abrey waa al once issued : bat when, early had no liking for the job, but was led on by the occasion ~ By the time he al oiild iea"h ' '-'" n d fervently. Then he took down the j next morning, the police went in arch of hi* mad paaston for the waiting-woman to Marahmallow Cottage, Abrey assuming luin '* llU?r " '"' lighted the candle iu it from I their man, he wa* nowhere to be found. He ' do thing* which at another time h*_ would to have carried out the instructions convey- ed In the telegram, ought to be well on his way to Whilcaatle Opening it, he went down a Hight of -lone 6m arriving at the jotUge, Kvan pulled step, wTiich lande.1 him in a gloomy apart up in front of it and called out " Home ' house "' s* he had heard the came, do lhe dai before. There wa* more delay to-day the had hu own match-box. Ann's fingei -indicated , had decamped in the course of the night, i have turned from wilh abhorrence. The end to bin, the door which led to lhe cellar. I taking Klsie wi'.h him, and neither of them ! of the matter was that old Abrey agreed, men I that seemed to extend whole of the hou*e. I fouud the door i.e had been 'look for. It wai of rude | consisting merely of a few I 1 1) fastened together thrre- or four cross pieces. under lhe tly he irected to than there had been then in answering summons, and it wa* not till after he repeated it, and had then waited while took was being taken of him lhroug!i the , window, that tie door wa* opened by a tail ' ""'rlll,butiiierely**implelatcli. which luiii girl with very bright black o\e* and a h * v wo* placed ao high up as to I* out rrfty but .omewnat sullen ..preasion of 'j llie r ^ ch j " f hiW ?[ *" or , """; ..i.ntcnanr... This mull be Abrey *rand Near at hand wa* a heap of bri.ks. as though daughter Klsie. Kvan told himself tne '*"' lay beyond the cellar had al one lime impish girl "of whom Edelme had made ' h r > " w ll f du P ** d onl y Utelv n V* nr ' { - M.enlion to him. The fact that she had in ! h"-'h, indeed, onafter investigation, proved .wefedhi.summons.andnothergrandfather i '" '*' l >" <** On -'penuig the do.n ,-..( was ill Imtpruofposi. ive lhal ihe Utter had i* 01 "* ' orw * rj ' Kvlu found himarlt IM .1 l-ft home in response to the telegram ' narrow passage between *ix and seven feet Ity this time jtvafj had alighled: and was , !' waa ever seen in tlioae parts again. Kut >imp Abrey was uol lhe only one misiinif when aske<l for. Wilhin aii hour of iu iMX-oming known at the Chaae that Master Frank bail been found and brought construction, | home by a strange gentleman, both Thereae iMi.udt loose- C-obran and Tom Abrey disappeared, and by means of there Iwing nothing al the lime beyond having neither xuipicion to connect them with theabducticn of the heir, no effort* were made to trace ' a written promise that no further inquiries either of them. Next morning, too, it be- , should be instituted and have claimed the cainr known at the KUu-k swan that the reward. To what extent this precious mysterious Mr. Vodney was HOI '<> He scheme wa* successful, aud by what moans had apparently retired to his room as usual ' it ultimately came to gri-f, we have already -.otn.- time after midnight ; but instead of seen. doing .>. he must hive slipped out of the One point remains to be elucidat- .'".. unseen by any one, and so have van- ed for the reader's behoof to wit, by ished, probably in the direclion of the what means the child wa* spirit- railway station, leaving, however, owing to ed away from thr Chase without for tli* sum of fifty pounds, to be paid in two instalment!, to take the child into hid- ing for a month, at the end of which time some one wa* to fetch him away, and Abrey wa* to lie no more troubled in the affair. The aome one in question would have beeu I Vodney, who, in hi* sham role of private ' detective, would have taken the child lack | to Sir Harry -after lirst obtaining from him _ on, leaving, however, owing to ed away from the where, but for the lantern he had | some little overnight ouliis part, a fortnight'* any one save those concerned in the plot be the neck of In* horse" Klsie stand t l<rou Kht Wlln """ ' ie would have lieen in j bill unsettled for bed and board. in| a bit the wiser. When Fanny Dale ng on the doorxtep, her bright suspicious ^tal darkness. 1'reuiug forward carefully, j An examination of Marshmallow Cot ; quitted the nuisery in ordet to take Mrs. lummoned her, I girl, I am iu want of opiug ai while, he came presently to a curtain of fad- of ha i.an My good girl. I am iu waul of a trns. *,""" ne eMle P"*" 1 ^ c " ay. ' Li-an Kvan, in hi. easy debonair '! "'rcn, on pushing Mide which he found mer. a. be prided u, dr.. off hi, '""'"U : lh . "l"*"" '' !!, nl _. '. ZZ fived 011 him, waited to hear why he had *'"' tne ' l( *''' tnrown '" lr '"" "' '"'" ''"' ' **# * UI ' tne secret cavern with which I Marchment her cup of tea, Thereae, who pa*age gradually sloping downward the it wa* connected left no room for wa* on the watch, darted dowu*lair and, doubt that the latter had been utilised entering the room, laid tn Frank : " Your in years gone by lor the utorage of con mamma ha* *ent for \on, darling. I m to tradand goods, but thai, when smuggling lake you to her. " With that the took him 1 have In- ml Mr Ahrey's hay "dcrable ai/ Imt whether natural or artili- I ceased to be a profitable game, the entrance up and hurried l>ack with him to her owr iKhlv spoken of so have made uu mv cl *' '" '**'' ne ' lh<!r tlm * nor inclination just J had been walled up, and bad so remained room, having first flung wide the window, mind t.. try it." ! tne " '" determine. Kor the moment, indeed, till Sampaon Abrey found a use for it such There she offered him a narcotic to drink "It is very good hay ir I believe " ! * ** w "* "''J 001 ' *"*' ODe ""'> * '"'d as had never been dreamt of by hi* lespect- which had len supplied her for the pur ..e.| Elsie. ' I will 'fetch you i rus ' P*"" 1 ' lloeked an<1 large eye.1, seated on ' ed progenitors. j pose by Vodney. It was not at all diaagriM- ,. ,hed." I a truckle bed and silently turning the leave* ' Abiey had made noallempl lobunicn hi* ! able, and Frank, who was one of the most 1 ireftilly shutting the cottage door she "' * ptoture-book by the light of a lamp flight with his herpless sisler. The liaronet ( obedienl of chilaren, made no difficulty timied m the direction of the Ud wi.,,.1, tixed sgainst the wall over hi* head. In one | and Mias Kenton between them charged w i .inr dorru 01 more yaids away' corner an oil sl-.ve wa* burning, probably themselves with the future of the poor It) the way, " went on Evsn followina wl1 '' * view "' r "" n K * tenipeature of ; wnina.i, for whom a home was found where her up in leuure'ly fashiou "' I lie that Mi ll ' e ' ; ' ve ' hioh, however, wa* by no mean* she would be duly cared for. Al.iey de*l also in corn. Yon may a. well <">pl**autly cold A small table, acouule ! Sjr H arry s reveraal of feeling towardi hi lei me have a sample lo take with me I of rsh bottomed , haim, and a few oiher nPB h ew WM u.at of a prejudiced and obsti may be able to find him a cuitome i -.r two ; rt ' el <>' "'">" furniture, were scattered j MM Dut , t lhe bottom kind hearU-.! man, among my friends " about The height of the cavern varied in "Very well. Sir : I will give you 4 1 Afferent place* l.ut nowhere could it have .ample, 1 ' responded the K irl "**" le " ln * n ' r " ln 'wenty tothirty feet Evan began to whi.tle a though eve.y - ' After a momentary pause 4TO*K*> TO DC TW. The rvu.uK efitepfcea IsiDeBseerike Old Bibles I* let a stralltllr rtelsire. In a work on the Criminal C >4* of the Jew* Mr. Benny give* an interesting account of the various inodaa of punishment of those convicted under the Hebrew law of capital odenres. Nothing call be more absurd, lay* the author, than the notion* generally car- rent respect ing the manner in which theae punishments were carried out by the Jwa The atoning of the Bible and of toe Talmud was uot, ai commonly suppoeed, a pell-mell calling of tones at a criminal ; the burning had nothing whatever in common with the process of consuming by tire a living person as practiced by the Churchmen o? the Middle Axes ; nor did the strangling bear any resemblance to the Rnglish method of putting criminal* to death. The stouing to death of the Tal- mud was a* follow* : The criminal wa* conducted to an elevated p'.ace, directed of hi* attire, if a man, and then hurled to the f round below. The height of the eminence* -on, which he wa* thrown wa* alway* more than fifteen feet -. the higher, within certain limit*, the better. The violence of the concussion cauied death by dislocating the spinal cord. Th- ete vation wa* not, however, to be to high a* to trreatly disfigure the body. This was a tender point with the Jews ; man was creat- ed in 1'iod's image, and it wa* not permitted to desecrate the temple shaped by Heaven* own hand. The tint of the witneues who had leitified against the condemned man acted a* executioner, in accordance with Dieut. xvii'7. If the convict fe.l face down- ward, he wa* turned on hi* back. If he waa not .|uite dead, a stone, so heavy a* to require two person* to carry it, wa* taken to the top of the eminence whence h* had beau thrown . the *econd of the witnessed then hurled the stone w as to fall upon the culprit below. This proves*, however, was seldom neccasary, the semi-atnpid condition of the convict, and the height from whicb he wa* cast, insuring, iu the generality of cases, instant death ft may l well to mention. in this connection, that previous to the carrying into effect A sentence of death a death draught, as it wiu called, wa* admin- istered to the unfortunate victim. This beverage wa* com poaed of myrrh and frank- incense (Itbaoa] in a cup of vinegar and light wine. It produced a kind of jtupi t i.-tion, senii-conaciou* condition of mind and body, rendering the convict indifferent to hii fate and scarcely sensible to pain. As soon at the cutpiit ban partaken of tlie stupefying draught the execution took place. cam aboul swallowing il. Five minute* liter he Wits in a sleep so sound that it would have been next to impoeairile to awake linn. For the time being she laid him to rest on an impromptu bed in a large clothes-closet which opened out _ _ of her room. But it was uot till long after about The height of the cavern varied in ' w |~ |l along had IHXMI poaHcased of aii midnight that she found an opportunity of uneasy M C4MIACIOI anesx that he was in the After a momentary pause, Kv.ui let I In- ; had been said which need be" .aid ' ' llr \*"> dr "P l -' 1 '"' ' '"'". 1 " 1 putting down On reaching the door .. f th. , e,| | |.,, ' Untern, advanced smilingly toward, the turn-d the big key in Ihe lock and went in. * d . "'"' "' I"''' '"'K 1 ' 1 k Hie interview between Abrey aud the car ' trl '"-'J J l1 "' il't of a .Hanger for the rir- . ,f which Kvanhadlen witnes* th* tw ". *'** " 8V " met before Kranki*, he .U) before had inspired luin with the idea *"' w?|rtiii|l ihe name Kdelin.-ollenspokr paasing lhe slill unconscious child into the wrung, wiiile t*i stiff necked ^acknowledge i-nrg' <>' Tom Abrey, by whom, in turn, it | it r>en Hi hmuell. Vow lhat it bad been was handed on to Klsie. who wa* waiting; brought about, it was a reversal full aud c.iniplete ; had it not been so, il would uol have been in keeping with the 111*11 M he was. Kvan and Kdrline were mariied about IM nionthsafler lhe occurrence* herein narrated. which h* was now endeavoring lo put inlo "' h "" ''? "' ntve t!om * lo '"' '' 5"'" A few week* Uter Mr. Marchment was au "'' pracUce. Null whistling softly u, himaslf ! V " ur m m "" n '' grandpapa want yuu at ..u,,,.,^ nott however, to any rich English- ' lie .trolled after the gfrl till he reached the : , " !* *"," * 1 " 1 you w * Bl to "** ""' man or noted per*onge in London *ociety, pt-n door of thi- ihed. One yUnce round n ' *"" * Iml to a certain SigniH- l.uigt CasUnrlli, the tlie interior waa i nouub Iu nnlv u ...,!.. " Ye* : me wan', lo ao ho-e rwam vewv one man in the world of whim she went **. in the shrubbery, her grandfather, with his horse and trap, lying perdu just beyond the. precincts of lhe park. To Tom Abrsy, although the suggestion emanated from ) Vodney, was due the. heel-marks under the ' nursery window which Mr. Dimwadeeiam- med so carefully by means of his magnifying Ijlan the interior waa enough. It* only window was in the roof, us only door lh one Inr which he wa., (landing. EUie had already selected a truaa of hay from a li.-ap which half filled the shed, and had ci ossed to a bin in one corner iu order lo take from it a sample of corn. Now wa* Evan's opportunity. An iuslaiil Inter the. d.>r wa* ihut and locked. As the bolt shot e, a shriek broke from the girl. Again Ye* . me wan*, to go lio'"e Aguiu vewy IMM. b, riMpi.iidc.l the little fellow, alier re girding Kvan f'.i . moment or two with hia jgravejU oi 1.1 r\-i. \* if >b.- coming of the latter were '|iutc a mallei of course. " Me dreadfully tired of this (iwace. Me want to see Kdie aud Fanny and ^wan.ia.la agam. Me .jinte weady to go " \\ ith that he tlml up the liook and did from the In-.l i.. thr one man in the world of wb >m she went in fear, who bad foun I her out, as she had always had a presentiment he would, and whom ahe accepted, feeling surs il would be as much ,-n her life as worth lo refuse him now he waa fr<- tfler the way she had led him on and then tbrawn bun over five years before. There were several features in conned mn with the abduction of the hen which Mill tl.nr Thrre wa* one thing to IM- said for and again he ilaalied herself agai**l"lhe those who had been his jailers foi so long a j remained inexplicable to Kvan and bis wife door, and shook it in a fren/.y o? rag and ">. be had tuffmed no neglect so far a* ' and, for anything they could see to tlie con- fvar, although she must bave recogniM*) the cleanliness was concerned, and but for the utter futility of such effort* as she . oulil put 'pallor resulting from the want ol da forth to force the stout old timber*. She I *nd fresh air, he looked in fairly goo. might hurt and bruise herself as much a* dition. *h<- -Hose, but it would be to no avail. There was a knitted shawl lianguig over a A few awifl stii'l.n took E\au to the cot chair, which Evan took the liheity of np- pi .. printing, Mid proceeded to wrap it round the boy. While tliusengsgad his eyes were attracted to an accoidion on a shelf clone by nid the ongin of the mysterious music was tag. Without a moment'* hesitation h opened the door and wenl in, and it e found himself in what wa* cvidf nllv '.he living-room of the family. Itionly .M . iipanl M i worn looking gray iisirrd woinsn.who *' once made dear to him. It waa doubtlea* wim enled in a large ciiHliioned chan by the the girl Kbie whom lie had heard playing, chimney coiner. Kvan knew at nn.-e that the sounds rnacliing him faintly througb -In .mid be none other than the Ann Abrey crack* and i-revivei in the roof of the cavei n ..I wlmiii Kdcluie had told him, she who had < '"' '>' *tretcli-rd on the grassy iilopr -.i tier speech, a* al*o, in a great measure, ' overhead Ann Abrey's eye* brightened when, tin e trary, seemed likely to remain so till the end of the chapter. Rut when three years hsd gone by, enlightenment came, and that ma way the most unexpected. (m a certain afternoon Mi F.vm March- ment's servant uif.imed hei iniilreas that there wa* a fennle diusaed in deep mourn inifatthe door w bo desired to >peak with j swiftly thai her, but refused to ^ive any name. 1 I'acitic from Despite then waul of means, There** and Vodney ha<i got married. All the woman savings liad gone towards satisfying old Abrey, Vodney making sure that he snould presently get the amount hack from Sir Han v under the head of expense* About six m. in' lit after her marriage Therese had come in for a legacy of two hundred pounds. Thi* had pio\ed the ruin of her husband. Iu two years he succeeded in drinking himself lo death : and now his widow had come to beg sufficient money lo enable her to join tome relatives iu America. Il i* enough to say that In- money was found her. rim KNU. Hn i <l tie me of her limbs. His first glan. e had In-en round the room in search of the nn.tsing child, it haply he might lie there ; tli.-n he turned U) the invalid, and iheir eyes met. In the >>. -be looked at him he read the in.i/emeni and fear which his sudden ap- |M-ariiiic, and without the girl, hail given ! forget poor Ann Ahrey. " rise to m her mind. It was no part of hi* Kvan, with hi* hand grouping hers, This ii. miner has been uuex unpled for the breaking of records for rapid locomotion on land and sea. The Atlantic hax been crossed from easl to west and fiom wel to east mure ever before, and an ha* the Yokohama to San Krunciaco. The strange! -proved to IN- Thsrese Cobran ; Euglinh stalflsmen are (till (Nmderiug the but bow thanked' Edeline. was more ' political poMlbilit.fi latunl in a passage of shocked ihui she would have cared lo ex | iweuly days from Japan to l.undun acros* press in word*. | the American continent. The other day the " I must crave your pardon, inadame, for little steam yacht the Vamoose developed a venturing to call upon yon, began Therese *peed of thirty miles an hour, aud her rival in the Hume cold unmodulated lone* which wonder, the N'mwood, will try todoitill Kdie leniemliered so well : " but if my neoet lielter. On a recent Sunday in .Inly the later. Evan emerged from I he cellar ' aity wen' uol a very biller one, you may rely lloyal Illue Limited, changing eugines at with I'r.iiik in hniarms. Slate and urn. 11 iqioii it that I should not ! here to day. Philadelphia, made the 'J2U inile^ fro n Wasli were .^iin lirounht into requisition "I'leane "Sit down, and l"i me offer yon i\ gla.is ing ion to New York, wilh the usual allow- five my love and respects to dear Miax of wine l>efore you say any more," answered auc for atop*, in -H'l minutes, al the rate, enlou, " she wrote, " and beg of her not tu F.delinc, whoiw* sytn|xilhelic nature had at ou an average, ol il '' miles an hour, (hie ome tireii touched bv lhe evident forlorn nub- was made on this trip in 44 second*, iu *> second* each. told ness of the womin. Ami then nhe wore a and two successive mile K Ian in frighten tin* |ioor creature, and he her he knew Miss Kentor far ton well for ! widow'* cap, which ot itself was enough to As the fastest train in England, tu* Flying a*tr I to reassure her. them to beany fear on thai score. Oul- touch Kdie to the iitiiuk ; and her mourning Scotchman, runs from London to Edinburgh, ' \ mi have nothing whatever to lie afraid ""'' na foun't b.t hor*c ano trap as he had ol. hesaid. " I am not here either to rob left them All w* quiet in the fodder nhed. sullen |iati>-M. . the the house or to do any harm." Then a sud den thought struck him- " Vou know Mi** Frnl. m, who often come* to ice you V he asksd. The eye* lighted up, and the expression of the drawn feature* .banged in an instant. The. reply was a vigorous nod of the head in the affirmative KUie was awaiting in i ei u i n of her KrauJfalher, or the pawnn^ .! aome one who, in response to her calls for help, would set her at liberty. It was with very mingled feelings that Ki.m Marchment rang thu hell .if the main entrance to Itolhwull Chase. Hill through no fault of hi* own, he had I nnto, so was very, very shabby. ! 4IIO miles, with a similar time allowance lor The story the had to tell, which must be stop*, in eight hour* and a half, or at the here abridged, waa both a sad and a strange rale ol ."i IB miles an hour, thi* fast trip of the Limited was deemed a record breaker But as the time draws near for lhe World'* Fair at Chicago the rivalry between the great railroad companies grow* more in- tense, aud the other day the New York Cen- Iral Itailroad < nmpany made a greal effort win b was a supreme succeas. A special on.- Vodney hail Iwen her lover, and subse- .|... ni ly her hualmnd, and hi* wa* th* brain which had planned the abduction of the b. n of Kothwell Chaw. Thereae and he had been engaged for some years ; but Vodney was still *o poor that the i iir . Have a <e*aplele ?<* !> >! *r the KeversinaeBl. It is uot lo be imagined that a veritable uation of shop-keepen like the Chine** would remain, owing to the refusal of tiov- eruiiient to convey their correspondence, destitute of a postal service. They have, indeed, a very complete sy*- lein of their own entirely independent f the State. In every town of any *iie may be seen tea or a doceu shop* with th* sura. llsm Chii," letler OUICM. or postal e*- lablishment suspended oulside. Their business is lo carry nol let lers only, but small parcels, packet* of silver aud lh like, usually to other towns in the same pro- vince, but alao on occasion to other province*. 'I hey are, in facl, general carrier* ; or. perhaps it would be lairei to *ay, the) oc- cupy much lhe same position in China now as did the " agent*" at Harwich or Dover of th* postmaster general al lhe beginning of the eighteenth century - so miscellaneous arr t 'ie packages committed to their chanre. They have no fixed tantf, varying accord- ing to weight, and there appears to be ao limit, within reason, to the SIM of letters or parcel* they will carry. The charge for [lien i* fairly constant, but in estimating the cost of conveyance of parcel* the tirr and shape alone seem to Iw taken into ac- count. A rough calculation i* then made, which the ender i* at liberty if he ran to abate. In fact the transmission of parcel* i* regard- ed a* being quite a* much a matter of bar- gaining as the purchase of a pig. As there no monopoly, each poet office ins* to underbid it* rivals, and competition some- times verge* on the ludicrous Since the institution of female poll-office clerks in England how many complaints idoubtle** quite groundless) have there not be>n from the would be purchasers of slam pe who have breu kept waiting at the counter while tlie post mistress and her assistant compared notes ou last Sunday's fashion* T in China this deplorable state of thing* is reversed. There each post office KM it touts, who go the rounds at very short in- terval* to each place of business to beg for the privilege of forwarding their letter*. The bankers are the be*t cuitomer*. and a* post time draw* near (post time i* fixed at the open ports by the departure of the local steamer) you will see a tout enter a bank, and interrupt the clerks with an entreaty to be allowed to convey the let ten they have not yet copied. He i* dismissed for half an bom , and meanwhile two or three rival* will appear ith the same rejqtieat. The lucky man i* he who happen* to conte in aa the lettsn are waled. loi i: t i tut IIIMJIIUII UU |r\<lll UI 1I1B UWM| MO Ml* IFVfU, "M P "- J ~~t ^r ., . * ,, "You like Mis* Kenton, do you not, and to *peak, an ouU'ait trom the home of hi* prospect of llieir marriage seemed a* far train was run from New \ ork to Ka*t would do almost anything for her " con -! ancestors. While he awaited the owning liuuvd l.i in; (..which the reply was a stilt of the door, the whole scene of his interview more emphatic m.d than before " It was with his unole a year before flashed as freshly Mis* Fentim who told me aboul you. In a across hi* memory a* though it had been an little while ihe and I are to be married," , incident of yesterday. Again .Sir Harry's wrnt .nthe young man. " hut she is in j cruel words seemed to smite him like a lash : Hreal dialres* and trouble owing to the loss ) " I would rather my ward should marry yon- of my niiuin, little Frank Marchment of , der crosHing sweeper than marry you. " To- time had weeper than marry y r, the whirligig of i K. -(dwell Chaae. Now, 1 have reaaon to 'day, h iwever, Iwliev.i thai the child il hidden either under brought aUmt K t Ins i oof or aomewhere close by ; so, if you cut tlie proud old really care for Miss Fenton as yon give me j to be indebted to the nephew whom he hail I. inland lhat you do, you can prove it insulted and treated with sucli contumely off as ever. He had tried half a score ways of making a living, hut had failed in all. It wss while matters stood thus that Mrs. Mai .-hiii. -nt one dy in a moment of passion struck Therese on the cheek with her slip- per The Swiss resented the indignity bit- terly in her heart, although al the lime she seemed to pass it over lightly and to have forgotten all about it a few hours later. once by telling me liow and wheie I can find '.lie boy." He had spoken very slowly a"d distinctly, but marcely bad the words pasted Ilia lips before the full force of their absurdity struck van'* revenge. It would Wn l WM Prl>P more to the purpose, h, i man T*x the quick lo have loTer resented it, 01 pretended to do so, equally with herself. Then it was that he proposed to her a scheme for the abduction for the restoration of the missing heir the hop' , the pride, and the joy of hi* declining yearn. Evan at thai moment would have been more than mortal if the thought all unbidden though it came had not found an echo m hi* heart . " But for the child I him Fnr the moment he bail forgotten that be waa preferring hii request to a ' am now bringing home, / should one day be M him wo-n*n He bu his |I|M with ' ibc master ofRothwell Chase !" vexation. "Show me your mseter's room," he said H* could see UuU Ann had undent, uj o lha footman who li K! opened the door, lal he said. For the (pace of a few second . _nd now stood staring at him and his bur- r ,Arst<ida*araluual> on his face. Iticu ...i. m blank liewilderinent to Ituffalo, and made the 43*H miles in minutes, iiiclud i.g slop*. So great n ipeed for such a distance is believed to bs un- equalled. If this rivalry continues and tinimtale* invention, as is to be expected, the joun?y from Europe to Chicago will be one of the greatest marvels of the century tu visitor* to the great Exhibition. lslas ! Ike Indus Orean. It is said that between the island ot Mad- r V " agasoar aud the coast of India there are 10. of Ae heir, whch, if H could only be sue- ^ ltUm , , mof w ,,, ch are lnh . olte j. , d , U . I' 8 On any of ttiese island, a man can live and """ * uiu IN we. In the first place, it would give Therese the revenge she was longing for, in the mother'* agony and distress foi the loo of her child ; while, in the second place, if Vodney could only contrive to be the medium for the restoration of the child, he conld claim the reward which would doubtless be offered, and thereby at once remove the only obstacle lo lhe marriage of himself and Therese. It wa* a scheme i any support his family in princely luxury, without working more than twenty five day* iu the year. In fact, on aome of these island* he need nol work at all, a* nature provide* th* food, and no clothe* are required. The most difficult up* and down* of Una e are keeping expense* down and appear ce., up Mlrknel tenant ! Beat taken f a *Ual WatrksBan. Muliacl Feruau, living beyond I . ville, in Pennsylvania, near the Nicholson tunnel, to-day waa roused from a four year*' leep, which wa* broken only by semi-con ciou* period* produced by hunger. Fernan was for inauy year* night watch- man at the tunnel, and worked a small farm ou which h* lived during the day. He be- came so exhausted mentally and physically that oue morning, ou returning home, ho sank iuto a profound sleep, from which ho could not be aroused that day. Kor several days he lay asleep. Doctor* watched over him until hunger O* woke him, but after eating he again off, and ao it ha* gone for theae four years. The man in all tni* time never utter- ed an intelligible MnUnoe. The doctor* ascribed the sleep to over- work and the dampnessof the tunnel through which be walked after loo passage of every train. His health continuing good, they left thu sleeper to hiiuself. He wa* recalled to hii senses by the death of a daughter who lately relumed from the -West