Baronet th a eHr'pWl!i5*re A GUILELESS VETERAN. to*h thousands more. Now, Mr. Buttershaw from the table and smashed it to pieced Xot the Water Alone. belonged to several clubs in addition fi in his impotent fury. In an article in the St. Louis GlobeDemocrat to the Greville, for bis aristocratic But Mr. Punter was equal to the occasion. Punter-Pocketn London Truth* "Hush!" said Mr. 1 "vo 0 friends were powerful enough to on the "Secret of the efficacy muc^m No one precisely knew how Mr. Simon musn't chaff him tohoi He ZTy insure his admission to many similar "Gentlemen," he said, "this a barefaced of mineral waters" is the following on Butteishaw came to be a member i eV?lver time waslost institutions, and, of course, he occasionally tCphh swindle. These two scoundrels .anu the mode of operation and cure: though he is sucoht innocent." of the Greville club, but on the other played at them, and asked s- Mr. Butter- are confederates. ^Possibly the one lnes The mode of operation by which the bus inlSSn hand, no one particularly cared. He their members to dine at his chambers. has robbed the other of his share of 0 workedne d^cussio various mineral springs benefit the invalid shi5 the plunder, but I believe that they was, as a matter of fact, an original if in a small roulett shor W lnveste tat ^?l is a matter not determined by One fine day Mr. Punter chanced to will divide it abroad. Meanwhile we tr a member, but he had been abroad for ft??/i? earnest solicitation of his an inspection of the results of chemical be walking somewhat moodily down had better leave our worthy host to ad-fte some years and when he returned, the f^V^ his own reflections. Personally, I St. Jame's street, when he was accosted analysis of their waters. As before Cude !n,T g- But all Sir Hecbe the character of the Greville had undergone shall have much pleasure in horsewhipping by a friend whom he had not inmn intimated, the effect upon the 8 ESc ff him on the first occasion that seen for some weeks, .and who happened a very considerable transformation. physical body of expectation raised tor attempts to make the General I find him outside his own rooms." to be a member oi a club called to a high pitch by accounts of wonderful It had once been a sober join in were fruitless. On being vehemently Parthian, situated within the immediate cure brougrit about through their and steady institution, frequented pressed to declare the reason neighborhood. agency, accounts for many facts ol for his reluctance, the old man at Released from Sing- Singr. chiefly by barristers, journalists and -THE "Come into the pothouse and have this kind. The hope of recovery may length modestly acknowledged the rich city men, who played mild whist A swarthy son of Italy, covered with a drink," said Punter's friend, and Mr. BEST TONIC. 9 cause of his scruples. make a bread pill, sometimes, a wonderful smiles and a new suit of clothes, Punter assented. before dinner and slept comfortably remedy. The mere fact that an This medlOfae, combining Iron with pnr '^The fact is," he said, "that I have emerged from the front portal of Sing "Anything been going on here lately over the smoking-room fire in the wegetable toiics, quickly and completely invalid seeks the help of the springs oniy gambled about three or four Sing prison just as the old-fashioned in the card line?" inquired the latter Cores Dy?p paitu Indigestion, Weakness evening, feut for some reason or another, indicate his willingness to follow medical ImpnreBlK*l,Aialaria,ChiUsaiidFeTer8 times in my life, and upon each occasion clock in the entrance hail tolled twice gentieman. and Neuralgia. directions which he would not heed men about town gifted with 1 have won very considerable "Not much here, but we've played and with light step marched along the It is an unfaiUngr remedy for Diseases of the at home. For instance a sufferer sums of money. Now, of course, some Kidneys and LYrer. cash rather than with brains took to once or twice in Buttershaw's rooms, circuituous drive leading to the railway It is invaluable for Diseases peculiar to one must have lost, and I cannot bear from Bright's disease may know and there's an old chap, a pal of his, station. It was Giovanni Lorino, ioining the Greville, and it sprang Women, and all who lead sedentary lives. tore to think that I mav have been the It doesnot injure tho teeth, cause headache.or that constant potations "of bad who wins like the very devil." who had been sentenced to four years' with comparative suddenness into produce constipationother Iron medicines do. MIXX cause of unhappiness, and even of whisky are making his condition worse. "Really?" imprisonment on December 17 last on It enricbes and purifies the blood, stimulate* fashion, and even notoriety. Fast poverty." the appet te, aids the assimilation of food, relieves "Yes he's an admiral something But he disregards his medical adviser his confession of the crime of grand Heartburn and Belching, and .trengUr young gentlemen agreed that it was "But, my dear sir," laughed Sir Hector, sounded like Burnaby, but it wasn't. at home until he thinks something larceny in the second degree and whose ens the muscles and nerves. "some one must win and some the correct thing to belong to it the White-haired old chapwears specta- For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack of pardon had arrived from Albany at radical must be done. He goes to a Energy, AJC., it has no equal. one must lose. If you always win, I cles." 10:30 a. m. The reason assigned by old members dropped off one by one, spring of alleged wonderful efficacy in 3~ The genuine tas above trade mark and should advise you to stick to it. I "You don't say so?" said Mr. Punter, Gov. Hill for granting the pardon was that sort of complaint, and is pretty crossed red linos on wrapper. Take no other. and the Greville acquired the reputation only wish that I alwavs did." feeling a very singular sensation. Ba*fB\fWr Ktorracoijaic^r. co, RHTH,OKK,HD. that Lorino had rendered "special sure to obey the advice of the oracular as the haunt of gay sparks, who TUTT'S The General mournfully shook his "Why' What do you mean?" service to the state" in that he had "resident physician." who tells him sat up till unhallowed hours of the head. "I have known so much mis- "Nothing' nothing! I'll have another protected from injury and perhaps that the waters will do him no good if ery," he continued, "come from gamblingother split, please." morning, supped off devilled bones and saved the lives of instructor James he keeps up his potations. He receives men may Tjlay, that is not Mr. Punter left the Parthian, meditating champagne, and played cards and billiards Bulger and Keeper Paul Hart. the same caution about tobacco. PILLS my affair, but you must really excuse much more gloomily than before. for stakes which would have When away from home he has nothing me. The last time I remember On his way to the Greville he Lorino was employed in the moulding-room grieved and horrified the old habitues to do but follow the advice he receives and he appeared to be lost in melancholy mans met another friend. of the north stove foundry, respecting his health. The reflections. had any of them been left to tell the "Hullo!" said the new comer. "You and at his side worked Michael Marron, prospect of relief, the strange surroundings, look preciously solemn. Been losing "Well, what happened then?" tale. It was ut this period that Mr. 25 YEARS IN USE. a young Now York "tough," who is the unusual diet, and continued money?" "I was induced to play a game called, 'Buttershaw returned from foreign serving a ten-years' sentence for grand Is, Th Greatest MecUcal Triumph of the Aga.' drinking of water occupy his mind and poker. I believe there is such a game, "Yes confound it!" replied Punter not?1* parts, and he found-no difficulty whatever larceny. Marron had been troublesome is there "How's luck with you?" fill his stomach, so that he don't miss SYMPTOMS OF A to his keepers, and on the night in scrajaiiig an acquaintance and "I believe "Mighty bad. Nearly broke. Met a there is," chuckled Mr, his favorite drinks and cigars. He is TORPID LIVER. of May 10 was reported for punishment Punter. even an intimacy with the new chap in Buttershaw's rooms who away from his boon companions, the 4 by Instructor Bulger for stealing cleaned the whole lot of us out." "I did not understand it all," continued generation. Mr. Buttershaw had, air of the mountairs or the forests Less of appetite, Bowels costive, l'aia lathe work. This offence consists in hurrying RE Mr. Punter grasped at a lamp-post the General. "We played with head* with a dull sensation in theback acts like a tonic. The appetite and in fact, many qualities which in the sand small mouldings, after Bart, Pain nnder tho shoulderblade for support. "What was his name?" counters, and I merely did as I was digestion improve. Expeditions are enabled him to shine in the soety Fullness after eating, with a disinclination the task set for the day has been he feebly gasped. told but at the -end of the evening I to exertion of body or mind* organized to visit natural curiosities counted, and thus having so many which frequented the Greville. He "Barrabas, or something like it. found I had won, gentleman, no less Irritability of temper. Low spirits, wltky in the vicinity, so more active exercises pieces ahead to lighten the next day's afrelinjo*" having neglected some duty, Ought to be Judas Iscariot! An old than sixty dollars!" was a middle-aged but well preserved iffs. sinner1. Say he's been Peruvia con than usual are taken. Weariness, Dizziness, Fluttering- at tho work. When the instructor appeared The other gentlemen seemed to be man, wiUh a'considerable flow of anecdote Heart, Dot* before the eyes, Ileadachoover 3 di- in the moulding-room the next day sul at Odessa don't believe there's seized with a violent fit of coughing, the right eye, Restlessness, with reby and a large and varied expert aUful dreams, Highly colored Urine, and* Marron struck him in the face with his any Peruvian consul in Odessa, but but the General Tvas evidently oblivious ces. Costumes for Seaside Belles. CONSTIPATION. ence of lite. He seemed to have plenty fist and then picked up a heavy ironshod Fm going to a chap in the foreign office of his surroundings, and went on: om- of money, gave capital dinners, drove sand ram. With this he wa= From Town Topics. TTJTT'S FIL.T.S are especially adapted who can find out. Ta-ta look "I did not like it at all, and I could 'lse to such case*, one dose effects such a about to fell Bulger, when Lorino The fashion for elaborate costuming mighty bad take care of your self." not restore the money, for I did not a smart phaeton and always appeared change of feelinjr as to astonish the sufferer wrested it from him. At this moment know even the names of those with in bathing dresses was started in They Inrrea so the ppetite.and cause tliobody Mr. Punter, in fact, felt very bad indeed. to have'sufficient spare time to join in te TuLc oi r*le*ti,tmi tha trotem is Keeper Hart came to the assistance whom I played." Was it possible that, after all iff- Long Branch by the fast class of actresses, nonrlshed, and by th-i Tonic Action on any festivity "which happened to be the Digestive Orirana.f tegular Stools ar of the instructor. Upon sight of him his vast experience,feehad been sharped "So what did you do with it?" and it is from that summer produced Pi Ice aftc. 11 ^litrray St..Wf.V. proposed to himn. But there was one Marron's fury seemed to increase and and swindled like a guileless schoolboy'? "I gave it "to a hospital," said the resort that I hear of the new phantasies peculiarity about Mr. Buttershaw 0Y seizing another ram, he turned upon The very idea was torture, and General, solemnly "and three weeks which find their origin in the vivid GRAT HAIR or WHISKERS changed to & Hart, but was again foiled by Lorino. he rushed on toward Greville but before which endeared him to his new associateseeven afterward one of the gamblers of that GLOSSY BLACK by a single application oi imaginations of these brilliant women. this DTK. It imparts a natural color, act* he arrived there he remembered The murderous convict was finally secured evening shot himself at Monte Carlo." more than all the rest instantaneously. Sold by Druggists, oent A great deal has been said of the bathing *that Buttershaw had invited and placed in a dungeon and "Well, I'm sure that none of us are by express on 1 eceipt of $i. put together, and this was his persistent costumes worn at Narragansett him to dinner that very evening, when the excitement had been allayed likely to shoot ourselves," said Mr. Office. 44 Murray St., Now York. illMrack at cards. Not that he and he determined to do nothing Pier, but if people really desire to see among his fellows work went on as Punter so you had better join us for gambled very high, or lost very heavily, rash. He would consult the duke, usual." to what extent women will get themselves once, General. You can stake as low PARKER'S V. Sir Hector and the rest, and warn Paragraph No. 18 of the "Rules of butrbsnevettwon and the punters as you like." up, they must take a trip to HAIR BALSAM Buttershaw that he had beep cherish the Executive Chambers for the Government at the Greville speedily recognized the Long Branch. The fashion contingent "No, my dear sir, I really cannot the popular favorite for dressing dng a viper. But perhaps Buttershaw of Prison Officers" orders the hair, Restoring the color but don't trouble about me. I'll look at Newport doesnot bathe in the fact that for Buttershaw to sit down was in the plot himself, and Mr.Puaat that when any convict renders any when gray,and preventing Dandruff. on." sea, and although there is a splendid at the card-table meant the distribution It cleanses the scalp, er's very brain began to reel with per great and special services to the state, stops the hair falling, and is beach for the purpose, it is only used "Mr. Buttershaw shrugged his of =at least 50 among the com- .plexity. There was no 01*3 particular in the prevention or quelling of an insurrection sure tc olease 50c and $1. sizes at Druggists. -shoulders, indicating that further argument by the townspeople. There is this to in the club, so he spent the afternoon pany.* \Wherefore they voted him a or in the saving of life or PARKiirtfS TONIC was -hopeless, and the game in a fever of impatience and appeared be said about the matter, that the the protection of property, a full report capital bellow, were always ready to proceeded. The General watched it at Mr. Buttershaw's chambers punct bathing dress certainly was hideous of the facts and circumstance's, dinewit3 him, drive with him amd win The Beat Cough. Cure you can use with much interest, frequently sighing ual t the minute. He was the first to enough a few years ago, together with the names of the persons his money, and in their hearts looked and lifting his eyebrows in mute protests and the best known preventive of Consumption. arrive and lost no time in questioning oognuant thereof, must be forwarded and a complete disguise, and PARKER'S 1 ONIC kept in a home is a sentinel to as the stakes grew higher. The his host about-their mutual friend, the uponi.hon as a poor pigeon who had keep sickness out. Used disciectlj it keeps the to the governor at once. Warden that the bathing dress of to-day is usual,1 result was much the same as blood pure and the Stomacji, Liver and Kidneys 'General. been sent among them by a merciful Brush prepared a statement in accordance decidedly not hideous, neither is it a in working order. Coughs and Colds vanish before Buttershaw being the principal loser "It's a very odd thing that old Bar'nabae with this rule and strongly it. It builds up the health. prpvidesaee for the express purpose of disguise. Last summer, at New London, to the tune of about 150. The general If you suffer from Debility, Skin Eruptions, should always win," he began. recommended Lorino's pardon, as a being pkicked. sympathized with his friend after Cough, Asthma, Dyspepsia, Kidney, Urinary or Mrs. Helyar bathed in a short "Yes isn't it?" said Buttershaw, innocently. measure calculated to inspire the other Female Complaints, or any dborder of the Lungs, a somewhat curious fashion. Now,*&mong tiae members of the white dress, the waist cut open at the "Ican* understand it at Stomach, Bowels, Blood or Nerves, don't wait prisoners with a respect for discipline. "It's just as well that you should Grevillenthere weo nobles of high degree, till you are sick in bed, but use PARKER'S TONIC neck in a point, both in front and behind, all." Lorino, who cannot speak a to-day it will give you new life and vigor. lose, my dear boy you have plenty t' besides baronets of more or less "Ionet two snen to-day who have short sleeves, long scarlet stockings HISCOX & CO., N. Y. word f English, and wh knew nothing spare, and I don't like to see you wins ancient lineage, and commoners Soldby Druggists. Large saving buying i size. lost money t him here," continued and slippers with Louis Quinze of the rules governing prisons in from your guests." wealth"*nd distiaction, and with ail Mr. Punter. this country, had no intimation that heels. One of her amusements was these personages Mr. Buttershaw icontriveddxr general,w "You needn't be nervous, "Indeed?" replied the other, with a his conduct would secure his release, driving over to Osprey Beach with get not merely friendly, but said Mr. Buttersihaw, grimly "its puzzled air. Mr. Punter began to feel and appeared to think that he had Count Sala and going in bathing there. familiar. Thus, when the duke of Omnium about nine months since I won a halfpenny." luncomfortable. only done what any man would wae making op a shooting party But Mrs. Helyar will not be at New "Yes one said he had lost to an Adimiral have done under the circumstances. at Gatherum pack, some intiimate London this season. She found it "Rum .old fish, that," said Sir Hector and the other to a Consul, and 1,000 AGENTS, MEN AND WOMEN. When the news of his re\ward friend jWas sure to ay. "Ask Buttershaw as 'he and Mc. Punter walked dull and is going to try Newport. iboth "these seemed to be exactly the was communicated tohimhisjoy he's very harmless and he .al- tirel new bookjus booklostpublish.*lt publ ForJOHN B. GOUGH'S entirely new home in the early morning. "It would -same pprson as our friend Barnabas. Enti- At Long Branch, last summer, it knew no bounds, and after thanking LIVIN TMTIS&ASl' ways loses when Sir Hector FJa^h be rare sport to getshim to play." tled Mr. Buttershaw burst into loud was the event of the day to go to the his keepers, he took the $5.3.2 allowed wanted too enjoy the society of a iew "Oh, we'll do it some of these nights, laughterunnecessarily loud, Mr. Punrter A perfect treasury of gcod things, a series of 1XBM bea:h to see a certain beautiful woman, him for mileage and made the fastest starts of burlesque at Greenwich'Or PICTURES painted at oniy never fear. Buttershaw gave me a hint thought. the wife of a well-known broker, possible time to his home at No. Richmond!, Buttcrs&jftw was generally JOHN B. GOUGM not to frighten him at first. But what 'Fac is, my dear fellow, old Barna- Dathe in blue silk tights. She had a 36 Downing streeti ai this city. invited r he was -snever in the way an old innocent he is." 'ba&is a bit touched in the upper story. peautiful figure descriptionloassome as wel a beautiful Lorino is said by the prison officials and was-invariably willin to devote can paint them. It gr^esv *n psr race. Th of the Mr. Punter's prophecy came true He'-s knocked about so much and been mancnt form.his best thoughts,hit to possess intelligence far superior to himself feathe oldest-and plainest member most stirring anecdotes, tcgethvS not very long afterward. The same wounde so often that he fancies himself aathing dresses being made by fashionable with manifold experiences and per* that of most Italians sent to Sing of the. company, ohus smoothing company assembled in Mr. Buttersshaw's all sorts of things, and I humor eonal 1 eminiucence^, never before dresemakers reads like a description Sing. He is 30 years old, a basketmaker published. Tue tenderness ot hitalios i over all manner of unpleasant jealouas,ies rooms, and owing either to the him. He really was in the confederate and the spice of his humoi of ball dresses, the only dif'erence by trade and owns a small and heartburnings when Mr. Orcesus are quite irresistible. A magnificent excellence of the liquor provided by army-got an awful crack on the head Koyal Octao Volums, containing being the length of the skirts. gave aidinner he always asked Buttershaw. farm in his native land. He first eame nearly 700 pages and.2tt his host, or to the persuasive tongue feom a sabre, and has been a bit funny But these are often worn tor effect on Superb SnB'w in, s. (for he never tnade a mistake to this country with the family of an enterpriS1 -of Mr. Punter the general gave way ever -since, though perfectly harm- WF WANT the beach, the fair wearers having and1 'in praising the wrong wines, Italian nobleman as valet. He fell in fTt OAR I ing, intelliRcntcaa. and consented to join in a game just less." vosseretoMip, '7 this be ok to th* really no intention of getting wet. was sure cuO discowr some beauty love with the lady's maid in the same i -7,^ tensof tho-isandswlioarew^ttia* to amuse the company. The compamy "y jove, I don't know so much for it. So competition, and it is now out i.ellinc all otK in Mr-f Croesus' tpictures or china party, married her when they returned however, were not quite so much rslOtol. Ministers, Editors, Critics etc riTeitthei* about that," said Punter, ruefully. onqtuuifled endorsement and wirh it Godspeed. .AgentaT which i had hithrto been overlooked. home, and came back here to seek amused as thay had expected, for the AJbdallah's Dexterity With His "Well, he's had alotoutof me, too," mew pr Hme to vud.4 money and at the tame time cvcutS S Mr. Buttershaw became mOitnvghly jirst^lau book Eiclusire territory and versSpecial his fortune. The actual crime for worthy old man carried everything beifore sighed Mr. Buttershaw "paid him another Steel Scimetar. Terms riven. Send for large illustr&fed circulars a universal iavorite, md the members which he was committed was gambling. containing fuirparticulars Address A. O. NETTI.KI him, and the more he won the 500 to square our accounts TON*CO,. Pubs., 27 N. Clark St., CBjicago.IUt of the Greville, especially those who John Fisk in the Atlantic for July. He won a small sum of money apolegetic and deprecatory he became. oniy -this morning. But I wonder i had won mocey from him, united in Of all the barbarous communities from one of his countrymen at cards, "1 was right," he earnestly protested where he has got to. Excuse me, and NEW fiaODSI LOWEST PRICES! wishing long life and prtofpenty to so and upon complaint of the looser was with which the civilized world has had "Iwnfatedto*vin Gentlemen, don't I'll jwst go and see if he has sent any i useful and desirable aa acquaintance. arrested. Although he returned the you think I had better stop? I would to deal in modern times.perhaps none message." I It.has prevapusly beewaaid that Mr. money the charge was pressed, and a much rather put the moneyI fear it The other guests came in one by one, have made so much trouble as the Mussulman jButtershaw gave capital little dinners, four years' sentence resulted.New as .nearly fifty poundsintthe pool and and Punter relapsed into uneasy silence, states on the southern shore of -the scene of which was generally laid leave you to play for it." York Tribune. but as the general did not appear iin hiscomfortable chaitalbeBS in Jermyn the Mediterranean. After the breaking Of course nobody uI agree to so he began to glance impatiently r*' *-*,^Dealer in- street, and ojarpne of tiaese occasions Why Never Married. ap of the great Moorish kingdoms of absurd a proposition and ttthe General at the door. Presently Buttershaw 3ie invited the /Duke of (Qmiaium, Sir oomtinued to play, wmningwit extrasteadiness, the middle age, this region had fallen returned, and after apologizing to the Letter in the London Times. IHecter Flash, HtLr. Crcesias a ad one orordinary DRYG00DSrr but laenentingthe new comers for his absence he said, under the nominal control of the For parents and near kinsfolk it is 'two mote congenial spir&s to meet his while over his abnormal luek. turning to Punter: "I wonder what customary in Corea to mourn three Turkish sultans, as loids paramount '^GROCERIES, old friend, General Barnabas, of the Atthe end of the evening behad won the deuce can have become of Barna- yearsj Wbat a deep influence this of the orthodox Mohammedan world. "United States .army, who had never nearly 1,000, and sat at bhe table bas?" prescriptive usage has upon the life ol NOTIONS, ETC. be.es in Eoglandt before, and wished to Its miserable populations became with a'huge pile of notes, golid and I 0 All had now arrived except the General the people is illustraeed bv the following se.e a little of London life. the pray of banditti. Swarms of half U's in fuont of hire, looking ihe very KiesliDg's Block, and Sir Hector Flash. The clock stoiy of an aged bachelor who was "He's ,a capital old sgaofffeman. picture tcf despair. ticked onward, and Buttershaw swore savage chieftans settled down upon asked why he had never taken a wife. Baaroabas," said "Mr. Buttersfc&w to ftEWULM?" MINN. "Cheer nip, Genec&l," said tfee duke audibly. the land like locusts, and out of such "My parents as well as myself," he Sir Hector, "has been everywhere, bar "we'll get it all back another night, "Thin is absurd," he said, we won't said, "were desirous that I should a pandemonium of robbery and murder Englaud, and done most things In never iear. wait any longer. It's 8:30," and he marry,and asuitableyoung lady beinq has scarcely been equalled in historic fact he has,mly one fault that IJanow "I'm afraid not," gaoaned thea/neient rang for dinner. found, our betrothal took place. Then of." times the pirate states of Morocco warrior. "I wish I &ad never begun Soon after they had sat down, Sir my future father-in-law died, and we "Andsvh&tss tha$?" inquired .the this. I ought to hase known how it and Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, Hector rushed panting upstairs. had, of course, to wait three years. 1 baronet. would end." "Very sorry, old man had to see gradually emerged. had hardly put off my mourning than "Why, nothing will induce hisia sto "Blessed if I ever sat? a man make some people offby the tidal wave train I had to bewail the loss ot my One of these cheerful creatures who play ca,rd&." as much fuss over losing as old Barnabas for Paris. Where'* the General, by the own poor father necesarily here N as reigned in the middle of the eighteenth "Oh, we'll sooai get him over thstfT" does over winning,'*' said Sir Hector way? He hasn't a double in London, another term of three years' waiting. century, and was called Muley Abdallah, "Well, I wish you would, for of to his friend in private, "I wonder has he?" When these were up the future especially prided himself on his course it's 4, nuaiance w/jen one uxam if he would Jed me a bSt, if he's so Buttershaw looked nervous. mother of my wife took sick and expired, peculiar skill in mounting a horse. insists upton standing out but I don't precious shy a!bout keeping it?' "Not that I am aware of," he said. and thus we were obliged to delay Resting his left hand upon the horse's think you will be steccessfdl. However, i Weeks passed by, and the general "Well, as I was on the platform I our marriage another three years. neck as he sprang into the saddle he Ahere's no harm in trying." i made several gallant efforts to lose met him, I'll swear but when I went up simultaneously swung the sharp scimetar Lastly, I had the misfortune to lose The evening duly arrived, and Mr. (the money he had won, tut without to speak to him he shook his head, jabbered in his right hand so deftly as to my own dear mother, which naturally H&uttershaw's guests were presented to success. In fact the more he played at me in German or some lingo, cut off the head of the groom who caused a further adjournment. So *he General, who received ihem with the more he von .and the jpunters of andjumped into the train." held the bridle. He was a fair sample that as four times three make 12, that atfctely and old-fashioned courtesy. the Greville chito 'had excellent reason* "What!" screamed Mr. Buttershaw, of the Barbary monarchs. The foreign number of years had passed over our He was a white-haired old gentleman, fco -regret that they had conquered his turning perfectly livid, "do you mean policy of these wretches was summed heads and made us both the older. a spare, erect figure, And wore very vacuous resolutions. Eveia Buttershaw to say he has bolted?" up in piracy and blackmail. At this time my betrothed fell ill, and large spectacles, throiygh w&ich he groaned in spirit, and expressed Sir Hector stared in amazement, and j a benevo Their corsairs swept the Mediterrannean as she was at death's door I went to company1 **5Bm beamed on the frequent wishes that old Barnaba3 a mystiiQed silence fell upon the company. and ventured far out upon the W- pay her a last visit. My future brother-in-law lent and genial manner. During the haa not taken it into his head to ocean, capturing merchant vessels met me at the door and said: 3jal he told many curious stones of I make a pilgrimage to London "I didn't say so, but he's certainly and murdering or enslaving their 'Although you are ndt formally married, his adveotures, his marked American 'Before the old man came," he would gone to Paris." crews. Of the rich booty a fixed proportion yet perhaps I may for this once accent adding much to their pouat, lament, "it was bad enough. I used Mr. Buttershaw gave vent to a sort was paid over to the robber look upon you as maj~. and wife come while his refreshing innocence of certain to lose a hundred or so a night, hut of yell. soverign and the rest was divided in and see her.' I had hardly entered subject* amused his hearers vastly. now, I assure you, I've lost over 1,- "The infernal, swindling old thief!" among the gang. So lucrative was and been for a moment face to face He had never made a bet in his life, 500 to him within the last fortnight. he raved. this business that it attracted hardy SODA had only twice entered a theatre, and with my poor wife than she breathed Why, he must have won thousands!" "He's robbed me! He's robbed all ruffians from all parts of Europe, and Jf seemed to know as much about women her last. When I saw this all thought Ie had, indeed and from all appearances the lot of us! He owes me 15,000' the misery they inflicted upon mankind as a hermit. of marriage fled from roe, and I hay* the discomfitted gamblers I'm a ruined man!" during four centuries was beyond ''This old simpleton will be the fully expected that .he would win And he seized a heavy decanter remained a bachelor ever since.! calculation. BestintheWorlcL 4