Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1874, Page 11

@ FIN & CHI CAGO. DAILY. .TRIB Ty AL SUNDAY, MARCH..15, 1874, AN by "~ FASHIONS, The Latest Importations from |, 7 -Europe. ~ Englisfi Jnckcts--Cashmcre: Hantles and Mantelettes, ’ Polonaises and. Model Dresses. - The. now- gnods ; are slowly - arriving from abroad, and are baing carefally opened. It was very objectionabls in * the Bismarck ™ to be 50" long en ropte,—Dearivg, as sbe did, the mana- rles, strait-jaclkets; and other fetters of the Su- preme Goddess, literally tying :}:e bands of Fashion, sud keeping the promises to pay, whether in grecnbacks or on legal cap, still uo- usedin the pockets of our dames. How well that"she did not go down! TWhat would the Joss of the masculino representative of-'thai name have been to " fashiondble” Chicago, or even tho living freight tho vessel bore, com- pared with tho loss of hor cargo?. “Bho ia safe, has arrived, sud her goods are passing through the customs. The- advance-guard, however, is already here, -0 fow of thoe choico articles for models, which third-zate dressmakers, wha csn- pot get o chance to go.to Parls, would give— well, meither their hands nor their eyes, but anything olse, to ece ;. but they are only shown' o tho favored fow: the faghion writer, of Toz TRIDUNE, and & fow well-known, much-valued, Jong-pursed customers. It is universally con- ceded - that the leading fimm in Chicago Bas but one rival in America, and no superior,. fnregard to tbe style, costliness, and eleganco of the germenta which they import. -+ That frm is in Now York; but, though they may petbups equal; they do not oxcel, our own-city trade.. ¢ 0f exquisito beauty were many of ‘the goods ehown us; but, to comwencs with the outer wraps sad moro substantial fabrics, we will first note : THE ENGLISH JACKETS. These, made of a German cloth, the name ot which, {ranslated, means spun-yarn, gre higliest in favor. Of Paris "out and make, fastened with buttons .of oxidized gilver, they will bo tho garment for early epring, when beavy £acques and furs ate laid sside. Thoy are perfict in cut, very plain, eimply bound, with lupels inserted on the skirt 2t the eecond seam, pockets, revers, and broad cuffs. Of Paris make, tliey cost from $25 to £35, while in. German importations they can be bonght ot prices raugiog from €10 to $25. Tho Dorlin manufacturer buys the one garment in Patis, and makes the hundred after it, of the same cloth, the same cat, a fac simile in fact; bat, sfter all, there 15 a je ne sais quoi about the French model which stamps ‘it 18 unique, and ket its Berlin corpetitor seem but the bour- gecis imitation of its anstocratic prototype. Later in the secson, we'are again to bave the CABUMERE MANTLE AND MANTELETTE, or fichu. Herc Fancy las run wanton, and given us such a wondrous vatiety of bows, tabs, Jjets, Inces, and embroidery, that ono knows not how {o deseribe the new mantle, talma, Tolma, or whatever it. may be. Imprimis, though, the backs of nearlysll of them are fastened in to the waist by a belt. The back is the objective point, and mo two garments are made alike. ne of these was slashed to tha waist, and bad o fan-shaped plaitiog of silk 1n- serted, which looked like a basque back. Fclded rovers of Cashmere, trimmed with lace, passed from the front over the shoulders, fell in tabs at the back, ana was fastened with pretty bows of ribbon. Lace and insertions are profusely used. Thase in Yalk' eud “jetted laces predominato ; but very fino lace, made of ilk with raiced figures, having the effcct of embroiders, is used forthe finer garments. 4n offort i8 being mado to re- etore gilk mantles to favor, avd, while this is Deing easily arrived at sbrond, it is not probable that it will become general in Chicago, most peo- ple pafezring the more durablo Cashmero gar~ ment. These aro in 2l prices, ranging from $20 £y 2100, e bave by no meaas sa’d good-byo ” to THE POLCNATRE. It is too useful and comforiable a garment to be readily thrown aside, and 60 like Charity in its capabilitics of concealment. The shabbiest drees grows a8 respectable under it as a repo- tation which has also met with the rough usege of the world does beneath the cover of Charity. Conld there only be a politica! polooaise devised for members of Congress, what a fortune the * mantua-maker for’ callous consciences . might reap! Gen. Butlerwould necd one mmploin the ekirts, with large {wckcu ot the sides, and mapy folds to conceal the seame; President Grant's garment might be mado cloge-buttonod, with no special individnal character abont it ; while the revers, the folds, the twists, and knots which adorn the fominine -garment, would all have their igpification in tho Congressional toga. Wherais the Worth who shall create the litical polonaiso? It is needed. Largely- inflated Logan would nat despiss it, even if, in Lis anxiety to force his peculiar fabric upon all his countrymen, it should aftcrward fall a drug tipon the manufacturera’ hands, and become 8o ¢3mmon 2s to be worihless even to the laborer; fair to the eye, but an expensive, & ruinous gar- ment in the end. However, we have notlung to do with -that, fair ladies, snd the - polo- paise which our fashion pregents to us riss su- porior to Charity, and_require the, freshness of Aurors iteelf to matcli with them. T¥0 IN GIEL-BLUE camel's hair were the vety hue of heaven ; but how they were to bear tho smirches of Chicago’s Sying fiecks of bituminons coal. and - yet retain their - perfoct purity, wos a problem which we dared nct try to solve. The first of these wasa eireet-garment, or . rather for carriage-wear. . In country-lanes, when June days are growing > & close, or by tho eca-shore, ‘when the - il g sun _of A t. growing Lirga in its decLme,” welcomes - fresh breezes, this bino nolonaise would be simply tho Pfiflenfion‘uf prepriety; but, in Chicago strects, ts friend ond sister of a darker hue—black, in- deed—will put in a plea for sufrace, and will re- ceise it by universal eclaim. This love of a blus ono, though, will be tho ethereal model for its more cartily rister. It was not s redingote, thongh thote were no darts in tha front; but, by £ome peculiar cut of the modiste’s scissors, it was made to fit as perfectly as though ithad boen cut with the ordinary darts. ‘ho long fronts sloped slightly _sway from tho waisi. The back was draped; how?—ask the designer, for it passeth tho imag- ination of ordinary mortals” to oonceive, much Ioss to enticite or explain. It was intricste, and looked simple; one of those labyrioths of mantu- making art which to comprehend needed a clus 28 certain as that which led to Bosamond's bower. There were many seeling it last week ; we doubt if oy found it. Thore may bo baso imitation, but the King ooly who has clasped hands with tho architect knows its intricacies, and he will only teach the favored faw who-are ia his confi- dence. However, wo'll tall all ‘we lmow; aud then, if yoa think you have tho throad, why pur- 6us it to such conclueion 4 you may. < *: THIS:POLONAISE R was looped ‘on the. sides; particularly. on ono £ide; and upon the. oiler, turning toward, tue from the Eide seam, was & revers of eik. The pocketa were two overlapping, points, with bows and ends benesth them af folded silk. "The edgo was finished with & piping "of silk and sis Tows of stitching. A standmg collar with a silk mzing inside, finished the neck. The sleaves cuffs aud plaitings to maich, whilo the front hadlarge pear) buttons the entire lengiy, *with z‘flduun-hu o3, bound with silk, upon the opposite . THE OTHER POLONAIBE,~ . foracool evening, overa pale-blue ailk, would €oem tha perfection of goo taste. Tho back of this was of fine camel's hair, elaborately trimmed ¥ith folds of silc and _wide Jace and 1osertion. is lace was wrought of- white -gilk, similar to theblack before descnbed. The waist hada Tow of the ipsertion, forming "8 Pompsdonr £quare at the back, while a fold of the silk and a 20w of tho lece made it high fu tho neck. The entire fronts, which wore ‘long, were farmed of olds of gllk and rows of insertion” ‘and lace. The belt- which fastened -this-had o of silver- and a silver pouche, besutifully eagraved snd fimshed with balls of silver filagree, and fastened to the belt by.delicate CIBumsA The eoge of jthe pouthe was open, the c2atre only being eolid, auq the-wholo was Lined Tith blue eilks to match the garment. 2 ‘THE PRICE? " 0 you ask? 4 AhT fonsieur, " says the Freuch Todiste to the American buger,‘‘clest charm- }mw Cest si joli, and so shesp,—deuz. mille rancs.” “Preposterons!™ is the roply of the ?A"bhucf:‘ An}&;?x’n( }l',h'o is posted in tbe price of - “Plaitdl, ” with " the inimitable-and Jusstlaning “shtug’ which g : & . French woman o B ah“pnu,svrran SROUT00Y dawns upon bLer “ but £4001" " * Monsieur must romember ze talent, zo ' exprit,:what you'call ze bLrain. ' When ze grande | artiste, he paint you one picture, you do not pa; him for ze paint,and ze oll, and zo canvas, bnb’;oz ' ze idea. El pour nous, Monsieur, we {00 are zo grauds_ artisfe de_la_mode.” Ii'is trus; what: more is to be said? It is brains, ideas, aruistio thought, and perfeot exccution, that demand the . price ;.and they must be'paid for. You ean buy yoir Guido, your . Marillo, ~your Raphael, and your Titian, and copy it as often -a8 you please ; but you must pay for the grand original. Yassing from these to ; MODEL DRESSES, the -first in black .silk was ossentially & lady's. dress. - No upstart parvenu .would care for it, however much it might tone down her rudds,’ hellyhock coareeness to a semblance of the lily's stately presence. What a pity that barbario peo-, 16 wio have scaled the 18 of clvilization can~ seldon find the juste miliew, but touch-the posi- | tive of louduess or_the pegative of dowdyism ! AL Polonius! here, indeed, ** 'iis trus, 'tis pity, iy ol e oy i b, 68 ut o ourdress of dresses: .The slirt was cut to resemble a Princesse robe, and was, but for .thé pipings: on the stams, quite plain, It was buttoned all the way from band to hem with very largo round buttous of jet passementerie. The front wns narrow at thetop ; and the throe side gores; also narrow, sloped away in gracoful- curves at ths bottom ouly finished by thros tin: pipings. | The back breadths wore covered wi folds turning upward, laid on loosely, and form- | ing » pouffe, or pannier. From tho centre of theso: fell a 'sash and loops of -tho The . bottom .had a Spanish . flonnce trimmed with & shirred puff and rufle, ‘and faatencd on the skirt by & series of.long slashes, - through which was drawn a folded baod of the silk. The basque was plain, with & simulated Med- ici collar ; while the sido forms at the back ex- tended in long, slightly-wideniog sashos, until they touched the flonuce, where they were fin- ished with jet-tassels, The short basque-backs were in full curves, but perféctly plain. It was such a relief after the much-over-trimmed robes that it looked like Chambord triumphing over the Bonnet-Kouge. Turning from this, snother cartoon is opened ; and we, the - privilezed, peep in, and find AN EVENING DRESS, or a dinner dress for fashionable summer-out- ings. The potticoat is of whito gilk, the bottom having a shirred flomnoe, pinked on’ each edge, while the tablier is covered with ruffles to march. Tho over-drees is of a green and white brocaded - gauze. It 18 long in the back, looped with a sash of ‘the green, which matches the pecnliar shade toa tint; while the frout elopes diagonally ecross, in the antique st¥le. This is also tnmmed with an exquisite white silk lace, which looks as if it had been ‘made for some Eastern BSultana. The basquo of the striped goods had & fancy postillion-back, while the elceven were of white silk, with s -cuff of the gauze, or grenadine rather. Laco and rufics of the white silk tioished it. OTHER DRESSES. A dolicate lavender silk, trimmed with black, was pecaliar from the fact that the ruflles were pinked, and then alternated so that a black point was visiblo next to cach onp of the lav- ender. Several rows of theso make ‘charming trimming, 3 A model black grenadine was of striped goods with & large ~ polks dot - brocaded - om it. © The - tablier was 'of - plain black grenadine, tho button belvz finished with a shirred rufile; while shove this, extending over the front and first-6ide gores, were puils divided by wide bands of jetied lace. This jetted lace is a conspicuous trimming in all the new goods. Turning back from the tablier were rovers, which were also. finished. with the jetted lace. The back had a fall Funifir poufle, beneath which were loapa of sk, forming a large bow; from this extended on each side three siik straps covered with jot, aud fastened to either side by bows of eilk covered with the jeét lace, an nated in size. 3 Such are some of the models. The market is also filling up with a vatiety of new goods, which we sball describe before long. A.D.H. RY VIS-A-VIS. Brilliant were the lights [n tho chandcliers, Gay was the music that reng down the hall, Happy were the fair and their cazahrs, Tuat night; when T saw hier first at the ball, Modestly crowned with » circlet of curls As soft as the finest pray of the sea, A peerless gem in the casket of gitls— A bright ponpareil—was my Fis-a-via. You've heard of Saint Elmo's twin fires, whore light, Picrcing she storm-clouds at night o'er the aea, Brought the tempest-tossed such joyous delight Well, 60 with the eyes of my Vis-u-vis. Her glance, like the gen’rous lght of the sun, Fluug a Lalo of joy where'er it weat, While licr artless smilo bronght to every one A turill of delight that secmed Heaven-sent, By the plaint of the wind thro’ the forest, In the rour of the wavo o'er the breaker, _By tLe Ulat of the gale and the tempest, “Thoughts of mep are oft turned to thei Moker, Here, *mid the shimmer and sheen of tresses, Auil tho gliter snd glesm of the dincos, 7Mid the lwuglter, and laces, and dresses, And tho music of walizes and lancers, I wondered then, if ihero was on this sphere A grovling skoptic above the cod, Who could look at her, £0 young and so dear, And then deny the existénco of Godl Long dead are the lights in the chandellers, _ Hushed is the musio that rang down the hall, Gone far aro the fair and their cavaliers “That met {hat holiday-night ot tho ball, The memirics that linger now as T wiite.— The joy of dancers—iheir innocent gice,~ Yes, ali that I heard or saiw on that night, 1 shall forgot—but notmy Fis-d-tzs. And, passing down the corridors of life, THat fierecly ring with tho strugsics of men, How often I wonder, 'mid all this strife, Jf T ehallover ses her agaia ? And from 1ifo’s cold blast, sud the sun’s hot glace, " 1 constant s pray fn myheart that He 4 Will ever carcfully shelicr and sparo My transcendeutly-loving ¥igi-vis! THE FOAM CF THE RIVER. There » picture of life in the foam of the tide, "As you watch it come glaaming o ewift throngh the 7 Yo, . Where tho stream ripples on in its strongth and ita MLB. time to the lion-véiced, wild wind, of ‘inrch, . Spinning round, spinning round, With an eminous sound, Where the treaclierons eddy hugy cloge to the shore; Then away, far away, Like & vanishing ray, "4 %3 swallowed and lost in the sea evermore, Thus rockiess and stern the sinner glides on, Though tempests may warn him and lightning may iver, 2 YI41 fof ever and ever his Ioat soul hus gone To Eternity's 503, like tho foam of the river. Whin the west swind is waving ths emerald corn, " And tho foam-beils come gicaming along on the stream ; . oe 53 When the tall fern waves, and the blossoming thorm Aakes the world look lovely and pure as & dzeaws,— How they Linger around Where tho lfiy is found, And the blue-bells and violets weave s device} But they leave them ot laat, * s And they calmly glide past, A are wafted afar to tho Islands of Spice. - Tius calmly and _purely the good man moves oz, To_ all things aud a1l men of pleasure tho giver, 7Til his spiric all purels to Heaven has goad, ~On Eternity's wave, Like tho fosm of the niver, There's & rain-cloud comes ap in the blue of the sky, And“ The Bow of tue Promise * ia spanning th fand, And the sain-formed, rose-tinted bubbles go by, By the mosn-covered stons and thd glittering strand ; d Bt their yanjshicg sheed . Leaves o mnn:nn"sxgm Of tho bright and the beantifal gone {rom our aight ; Thelr glory ‘departs, - But thoy 16ave in our hearts The bue of the Raintow, its Lope sad its light, Thus fading and bright, s0ns of Genlus speed on,— “Though yure 3 the glow where bright moonldoma quiver " Their mexory remsins when the bright soul has + gone, : On the Ocean of Life; like the foam of the river. * Joux FITZGEBALD, Conx Crry, Iraland, Februsry, 1874, N i ————— VANITAS VANITATUM | b ' Ohdeary me1 deary mel B"’u‘:m’m{lamwl‘?h i This teaching and preaching, this living by rals, - Thiz drodging at By, nd this druiging st sckiool T Y on deary ma! dosry mel ‘Howll {his folly doth weary e Thees dresses and tresses, these parties azd balls, This going s-shopping, this malang of calls, - - . Ok deary me! deary me! o 1 Whis foily doth wesry mel -.:.. This mguishing, languishing farce they call I Thoss kisses aud blisses of ducky and dove, - - Ohdesryme! deary mo} How a7 ttifs folly doth weary ol - Thls Gning snd wining, this talking of scazidal, Thi malied which maketh of all things Landie! « i .'dmbndmry met dreory me. ‘How all this fol weatymel - . - - This dnrdlng,“gni\‘wng,&;d:g ety T ek ey BT Yoy el ts. - fabriciie |1 - ' SENSATIONALISM. {A Protest to the Pulpit, the Press, ’ * and the Prison, 'Sen,_s,n'{ionnl Sermons, and the Can- . onization of Criminals, * Nothing * wins public 4pprobation” to-day ex~ cept it bears the stamp of Sensativnalism. Yet the sensational eloment in any work is like the magpificent play of color in the over-inflated bubble,~a sure sign ot its speedy dissolution. _Somebody has remarked that, when a men has produced one really good work; the public takes care that he shall never produce a second. How true this is, any ono can recognizq bylooking around upon the distinguishqd persons who are now living upon, and vainly trying to live up to, the reputation they once gained by one lucky stroke.. To begin with, there aro the, DEGENERATE AUTHORS. . Who would have believed that the wondorf: genins that coald create those masterpieces of fiction, * The Woman in White,” *No Name," Armadale,” etc., could dwindle down to the. producing of such stuntod intelloctual fruit a8 * The Dead Alive " 2. Doubtless the publichers and the'author both thought that an American novel by the suthor of *The Moonstone™ would be tho sensation of the hour. Think of the woman whose firsk novel ran through more editions, and was translated intomore languages, than any, other English book except the Bible, condescending to write - such . flippant trash as ‘ Pink and White Tyraony™! Surely, writors who have sttained such high positions in the world of letters ought not fo feel that thoy can afford to write eimply for money. No caviling of critics, no error in the treating of » gubject, no resting on their oars, could aver do them one jot of the harm = poor book can. iA renlly bad book will not lessen the writer's influence like a medfocro ons. The moment & writer loses all pride in his work, and begins to vrite simply because - the public will buy, right then. the public begins to cars less to buy what he wntes. Fame is & bard thing to” get, and a harder thing to keop. The men who have painted, and written, and composed music, in garrets, and starved through life, ll for fame, never had & taste of its swcet- . ness; while some poor, bedridden wretch of & Hood, scrawlinz rhymes for bare bread only, bas won immortality by the simple ‘Bong of a Shirt ;" or a penniless Dickens, jotting down his comical conceits, hoping simply to earn s pit- tance, leaps into world-wide renown as the gu- thor of “Pickwick.” Fame comes only by doing work well, and evon then only to a fow ; and let Do man presume on his_famo, and seek to ang-. raont it. He can retain it only by ignoring it a8 far a8 may be. - Herein lics the mistake of many. A TOPULAR PREACHER. He started out in his ministry with an intense desire to save souls, A man who is thoroughly in earnest is always potent, and, when his ener- gios aro bent on a grand; ‘unselfish object, he bacomes irresistible. Men are carried away with him =8 by a strong current. Tho glance of his eye, the tone of his voics, his magnetic enthusi- asm for good, all draw eonls to his, as the mag- net will attract even the most worthless clippings and filings, and, by contact, endue them tranl- eiently with somo of its own power. It is trne that the man's power les greatly in hia own porsonality; and yot, lot-him sdmit that truth to” himselt “for oue moment, snd in that moment his power is lost. Ynstead of a heaven-endowed orator, he sinks to a mere scnsationalist. Alas! who hes not scen this self-travestvon tho part of the minister who, only a few yearssince, started upon his work determined to preach only Christ and Him crucified? The world was indifferent to Sinai, and was eager {0 hear of Calvary. The new-Gospel megsenger drew crowde. He was called to the city. His church is beautifal. The most artistic music by the best trained mmu- siciana paves the way for the sermon. Hia text is atill Love. -It is chosen with a view to ena- bling the &peaker to show his power of playing upon the feclings of his audience, Suppose the words are, ** Simon, gon of Jouas, lovest thon me?* Hardly has the melodious voice fintshed nttering the Words, whén o rustle of paper and the scratch of a pencil ata heard. A glance be- bind us is enough. Thenceforth through the sermon, whenever wo hear that littlo noige, we know that the reporter is hard at word tapping and pocking at the sermon, like & woodpecker at a tree, to oxtract the dainticst morsels for the public’s Monday morning's intellectnal break- fast. - The Reverend orator knows it tco. He would be more than mortal if he did not batray, Dy & more careful enunciation, and & little pro- liminary pause,—so slight as to escape gen- eral notico,—that & passago romarkably well odaptad for _ an' oxtract waa abont to be delivered. We all know that type of sermon which * produces a profound sensation.” 1t opens with = most elsborate piece of de~ eéription. Wo almost seem to sec the photo- graph of Christ as Ho stis by the lake-shore, with fHis disciples fresh from their fishing-la- bors,~—tho red light of the fire casting in hadow the rude implements of. their craft, and bring- ing into reliet their toil-worn faces. We almost seem to hear the soft Inpsing of the water npon the shore, and hoar the keelof the deserted fishing-boat as it grates upon the sand. It is like some wonderful picture ; and we listen a8 intontly and admiringly as_we would watch the artist paint it with marvelonsly-quick strokes. §A11 _!his) timo the reportorinl pencilis tapping, apping. i Then follows the thrillingly-pathetic appeal of the resurrecied Savior fo the ardent Peter. (There is silenca on the part of the reportorial pencil. It may be that now it is listening for itself, and'not for tho public.) Then comes_ the - personal 'application. Who shall analyze tho secret of its soothing charm ? Not a hecrt thero but focls that its secret anxie- ty about eternity Ia stillod ; not a’sinfal soul but rests patisfied that it is easy onough toloze. If thatin 2)l that is necessary, it will bo saved. Everyhody is 60 glad that he came to church. Evervbody is #0 glad it ien't the fashion to preach doctrinal serr®os any more. Then the hymn is read in the most per- fect style of eclocution, and rem- derod in the most finished style = by the perfectly-trained choir, amid the putting on of ovorcoats, and furs, and rubbors. A stranger to American customs might suppose that ‘there was to be a race for the door, and every ono wanted to start on time. Then tho crowd pours out of the house, all satisfied that their rolicious machinery runs right, because it agrees with the prenchers. It is idlo to speculate what a bomb- shell exploding among that congrogation of con- tented sinners would have been tho enunciation by some practical Christian_of tho text, “If a man Jove Me, he will kéep My words.” But the scneationalism of . preaching, which appeals to ns but once a week, caniot produce 80 demoralizing an effect as the - . DIET OF HORRORS to which the daily papers have scoustomed us. There is always & column devoted to crimes. Nobody pauses to read a single murder. The murdcr must include at least a small family in order to excite comment, Does anybody wonder at the increase of crime? The very readers that pore mogt eagerly over the circumstantial ac- connts of brutal murders and horrible suicides are the very ones to be stimulated thereby to re- peat tho horrors over which they brood. The proportion of perfectly-sound mindsin & com- munity ig incred.ib? small; andeven those which are well balanced sare prope, in the whirl snd cxcitement of this faet age, to loss balance. Who, then, can estimate the in- fluence of onp highly-wrought, elaborate ac- count of s suicids, read by some man whose business ruin or domestic disgrace stares him in the face, or by some woman wei%hed down by sor- row, aud overwelghted in the struggle for lifa? Yho can understend the impetus to murder thus iven to & naturally-weak mind, constitutionally eficient in moral seose, and eaothing with pas- sion over some real or fancied injury? What a bitter satire on legislation that men could think $0 pass o law to prevent the dissemination of the foxlous ‘Oanads -thistle, while these newspa- er-scconnts -of crimes, containing the secda of ¥u¢ura crimes, - are- scattered _broadcast, and o man uiters » ‘protest. Who shall toll where 3 thistle-down will light ?, Perhaps in your iarden,—perbaps on your beighbor's land. Tvery one must have noticed of lale years that &micide among children—that almeat unknown crime in earlior days—is now-steadily on the in- credze. Surely there conld be found no more scathing commentary on the reading and-the conversation to which children are nowadays ac- customed. Any thooghtful person who will re- all the perturbed mental condition produced in liim by the perusal of somé deteiled account of some startling crime,—the repulsion and loath- fog of the horrors already koown, tho craving for future rovelasions,«the brooding over minut- ‘cat details,—will shndder at tho effoct whichsuch | reading must bave on young minds and on ill- balanced intellects. ., . T Bat the reoding man 'of $o:day régards a sui-! oide with more complacency than & murder. The criminal is done with. In other cases, thore is the trial to bo staved off by overy devico known to Iaw; thera is the chronicling of the dress, and coll, and fare, and dutios of the prisoner. Above al), ehould -the almost unparaileled verdict of © Gailty:” be given, and the ‘Gnbernatorial firm- ness mz:\cnlondy remain unshaken, there is tha ' TRIUMTR OF TOE SCAYFOLD. © = ° “ What 2 spoctacle forgods and men was it when . Perteot heldall the reading community -inpaled on zn interrogation-point, Tossting over a elow fire of cariosity. * Had he mado a confession ? Whohad it? What wasit? Was thera a lator. one ?"—ato., ote. Thera in bis "coll was a great, hardened wrotch, who, after.years of brutal treatment of & long-snfering wife, had finally Xilled her in the most dehiberate manner, and with the expressed_conviction that * Hanging was played ont.” Yethe was the senention of the hour. Never were the Ispt utterances of a dying esint caught up, snd chronmicled, and perused, as were the sulien responses of this wife-murderer. He approciated “his time ot triomph, and, with his coveted ‘‘Corfession under his pillow, ke held his interviewors at bay, and gept the mighty public on the qui-vive. ~ ® Tt was only s day or two after the exocution of. Rafle that somebody enthusiastically re- marked in print that, whatever else might be ‘gnid of him, * He diod game.” No. It was his viotim who died game. The noblest man who lives could not die no mors grandly than in dis- charging bis duty, 5o O'Mears died.. No felon. can die game. He goos out of the world & hardened, -sullen, defiant sinner to meet his i‘:ennn: soul to its mercifal Maker. 1t Loyond bolief that, 1n this ' enlightened sage, we =should continue to admiré the traits tbat enraplured the nnchristianized anclents. In tho days of the Spartans, when stealing was a virtue, it was wall o #imiro the stoloism of the Sparfan boy in silently allowing the stolen fox to tear out his vitals. The modern verdict on the thiei's fato should be: It served him right.” But what an illustration of the modern idea of responsibility one derives from the accounts -of oriminals, wherein their education, birth, sta- tion, personal advantages, and family tios ara emplojed to soften popular indignation < e sympathy. For _what is 2l this hoe-and-cry sbout educating tho masses, if not to elevate thom above crime? What stronger check does any one have than-the opin- ions, and influences, and moral restraints that hedge about the.well-born ? Half of us are kevt in our orbits simply by tho high opinton in which our friends and acquaintances bold us, What are family ties for if not to elevate us, and re- strain us from ovil:?. Surely it {s high time wo made a stand againas thia tide of false sentimont winch is nndermining all good things. . Wiron-Hazer, —_———— HUMOR. Phebe Couzins, Esq., charges only a moderate “ Phe."—Poslon Post. 0 __A Western critic recentlysaid of s new novel, “Tts incidonts follow each other ke & shovel- fal of hot coals.” ’ —A gentleman, whose wife does not wear a fur cloak, asks, *“What is tho mosi valoable jewel in Washington :” and anuwers, ‘ The Alas- ks seal-ring.” : —A Keokuk butcher gives away & chromo with every ten pounds of meat. ~—%1 can always tell water when I see it,” re- ‘marked Toddy Blossom the other day; * it looks 50 much like gie." ~—There is & woman in LeMars, Ia., who calls the * cerebro-spinal meningitis ” the * serious old final come and get ue." —1It is a rule of etiquotte in Arkansas that no true gentleman will eat with his leg thrown over the back of his neighbor's chair, If he can help it. - —TUpon a man whose body was found in a river, &, Coroner's jury in Ircland returned the verdiet that the individual came to his death by a blow on the head, * which was given either be- fore or after drowning. —The Detroit Free Press says that if yon fire & ehot-gan in any direction in this constry yon will bit & poct. To which the Ohio Sials Jour- nalzcpliéas '*Wo want a ehat-gun,” —Tio handled a gun carcloesly, and put bis gnge%‘ylumage on,” i an obituary which appears in a Western paper, s - —An Aberdecn philosorher has extracted the following !e‘ply from an advanced free-school lad to the query, * How is the earth divided?” By earthquakes, sir!” 2 ~—Sald a great Congregational preacher Toa hEJ:: “Yuglreng: 3 bm!lrii.(u.\ ereaturs! ™ Tho hen just for that Laid two crgs in his hat,— And thus did the Hen re ward Beecher! _—A question from Punch: Minuie (inqui tive child)—**Mamma, you told me that ladics should always be first, didn‘t you?”” Mamma— “Yes, my darling, certainly.” Minole—*Thon, if you please, why wasn't [ born before Wiilie! ™ Z-A new style of boye' trousers hes been in- vented in Boston, with & copper seat, ehect-iron knees, riveted down the seams, and water-proof pockots to hold broken eggs. —During & recent freshet in Connocticut an editor telegraphed another at tho scens of ac- tion, “Seud me full particalars of the flood.” The angwer came, “You will find them in Gen- csi Judge, or’a An ambitions young lady was talking about her favorite authors, wilkn & literary chap asked her if sho liked Lamb. With a look of inefla- ble disgust, she answered that she cared very listlo about what gho ate comparad with knowl- edge. S —Lamartine wag asked by s friond if be did not spend too much in advertising. **No,” was tho repE', ‘* advertisements are absolutoly neces- sary., Lven Divine worehip needa to bo adver- ll)islrid.? Else what is the meaning of church ells 27 —A man sbout to purchaso a pair of boots was sgked what number gu wore, and answered, with some surprise, * Why, two, of course.,’ —Among ibe gifts'to a Penneylvania bride, & few days since, was & broom, to which were at- tached tho following sweet, sentimental lines : This trifiing gift accept of me, Tts use I would commend ; In sunshine uso the bushy part, In storms the other cud. —Ohio men don’t aek each other now to go in 2and bave something to drink, but. maiatain per~ sonal friendship by paesing around handfuls of magmificently-developed peanats and gum-drope. —Delroil Free Press. —A Kentucky paper apologizes for having spoken of “thored-acaded, malignant mule who dispenses the county money,” by saying that it wrote: * Big-hearted, valiant soul.” —The latest precacions saving is by an infant on the Pacific copst. She hud torn one of her nails to tho quick, and going to her mother, while the pain filled lier eyes with tcars, snid, holding up her wouuded finger, * Msmms, I dess I s:xlll have to go up to heavon and dit anozzer pat ou.” 5 —A fat French lady eaya : * I am go fat that I proy for a disappointment to make me thin. No soonar does the disappointment cone than the mere oxpectation of growing thinner gives me such joy that I become fatter than ever.' —North Adstws bas tailor long known for his keen, pungent wit. - Not long siuco a well-known clorgyman called at his shop with a pair of pantaloons, and asked him if. they could be re- paired. 7The knight of the shears mnrolied them, held them up in a most artistic manuer, carefully examined them, and roplied: * Yes, yes ; the Enees aro the best part of them.” The revercnd gentleman saw the joko, smiled bland- Iy, and gracefully bowed bimaolf ont. —The saddest thing in life isthe spectacls afforded by a young person who has burnt all her hair off her forebead with a hot elate-pencil snd cannov afford to buy a row of curls. —A Nebraska jonrnal invitingly says: * Who say8 farmors cannot get rich in this State? Fif~ teen years ago s young man came to the State with & dollar in the world. -Last weck he went out of the Btate, carrying with him the sum of one hundred sud thirty-eight cents, the saviogs of fifteen years .of fmgu.l life.. Come West, young man; come Westl” .. 3 —A good littlo boy out West undertooktocome the G. Washington on his mother in. this way: Hecut off the cat’s head with the traditional batchet, and then hid the defunct feline in the meal barrel: When the old lady went for meal to make the *‘hoe cake " for the frugal morning repast she discovared the cat, and interviewed ber littla son. He said, “ I did it, mother, with my little hatchet, but I'll be swizzled if I can iell the whole tmth about this little affair.” Now most mothers would have kissed that brave, truthful Iad on his noble brow and kept right on using the meal out of that barrel just the same, bnt this one didn’t. .She said, *‘Come across my lap, .my. son;-come .scross my iap.” He came, and for awhile there rose a cioud of dust Irom the seat of his troneers that effectually hid she son from view, and the old woman noiv sports gogzles and is lavish in the use of Pettit’s eye- galve. That good little boy had poppered the eeat of his pants.—Green Bay Advocate. - ° | DANBURRIES. An applicant fcr old . clothes at a Pine street residence Baturday received a half dozen paper collars with the advice ¢ to turn them and chalk the edgea.” = E —One of the hardest working men in Danbnry earns his bread by the aweat of other people’s brows. He makes sweat-leathers for bats. —There is a general opinion that the ice cro) {\;x;’ 1674 mx‘,l' Prove s completa failure, and mud suffering has been spprehended ara the ‘wealthy next summer. e ¥ i i - —There is always some incentive to- the MY WIFE’S MAID. The series of burglaries which startled the public in the sutdmn and_ezrly winter winter of the year 186- was of n description to alarm any bouschold, The general features of each rob- bery wero the same. In cvery case s gangof from"geven- to elevon masked men had broken into an izolated dwelling containing an unustal : smount of silver or jewels; hadintimidated the inmates by threstening them with fire-arma; mastered them, sccured them, gagged them, then quietly proceeded metliodically to strip the house of all tho valusbles {t contained. ' Their intelli- gence of the premises : e 5 . WAS NEVER FAULT. Secrot drawery and slidiog panels, supposed to bo known only to tlie’ family, were songht and . opencd at once, and safes, whether built into the walls or exposed in closéts, were equally at their mercy, and easily forced py means of drills and gunpowder. v ‘The police secmed indofatigable in in vestiga- tlon and pursnit, yet five of these audacious and astounding robberies had succeeded each other without & singlo arrest taking place. Flenty of rumors were abroad that the gang were in the hands of the authorities, but such statements contained not & grain of trath, for the dctec- tives were abeolutely in the dark, % My own poition filled me with aoxiety. My house i8 six milea from town, sct in the centre of wide grounds, remots from any habitation but the gardener’s’ cottage at the gate. Both my wife and myself had inherited a large amonnt of bolky family plate, and ‘besides this useless metal, which never came out of the safe, I kad soveral eontl.v eervices prezented on the occasion of our marringe, threo large ealvers, ete., testi- ‘monials from societies of which I had been an active member, to say nothing of a complete and varied assortment of ‘emall articles in silver and gold. Then my wife's possessions WEBE TLOSE OF A IRING for she had been the daughter of a millionaire, and all her life a spoiled child of fortune. Be- sides plate and jewels, her house contzined a valusblo collection of 'statuary, paintings, aad bronzes, snd I was only too cobscious of having expended a fortune uponthe surronndiogs of our daily. life, and was inspired with grave doubts as to its eafety, Brooding over such thoughts, and reading the newspapers, filled with specuiations coucerning theso mysterions burglarles, I soon became the victim of an exaggerateddisquietude. Had my own withes been carried out, every ounca of silver and every jowel we owned would have been sent into town to my bankers', but my wifa objected, lsughed at my apprehensions, and begged me not to worry. Dut I continued to worry, and perplexed my- gelf with conflicting plans for safety, and one day while in town L wont to the headquartors of the police,. aud inquired far Beits, the detective engaged on this case. 1ie ndmitted me into his private room. I asked for the latest news. Hadauybody been arrest~ ed? No. Was nnvbody to be arrcsted? ' He »gx;ugzed his shoulders. Was anybody suspect- ed? He chuckled softly to himself. “3Iy dear sir,” s8id ha, ‘YYE SUSPECT EVERYEODY." “Then,” cried I, “arrest everybody on suspi- cion! Good God!' I catmot sleep in my bed, for something assures me my turn will come next. T can's decide what to do, Betts. 1My wife won't let tho gilver and the diamonds go out of tho house, and this very night I may be awakened to find 1onsked men Btaudiniovar me with loaded pistolha, who will rob ry hoase under my very eyes!™ : Betts shook his head; mused alittle with his logs crossed and bu left forcfinger pressed into his cheek. ‘*By-the-bye,” said he, preeeutly, * how many servants have you, Mr. Powers? Pleaso tell mo about them individually.” I went over their names, and ths detective checked them off in his momorandum-book as I gove the facis connected with theni. Saunders, the butler, had been with us seventeen years ; the cook, five years; coachman and groom, soven; ond the chambermaid, three—all fix- tures in the household but Marie, my wife's maid, who had come within tho last four weeks. # An1" exclaimod Batts, *whers did you get Mario ? Way she well recommended ? ™ : “Qh, yes; sho is French, and has just coms o tlus country with a family by the neme of De Sturges. She wag nurse to a child who died on the passage, and was thus thrown out of em- Eluymcut ; the advertised, and my wife saw her, iked ber, and engaged her.” “Yon con:inue to like her? " « Capitally BHE'S A PERFECT GENTUS, with effective magio in ber fingers.” + Did you see her former amfi!o,n:re Hd “Yeg; both Do Sturges and his wife,—chatty, agracabla people, of eome means, lp?nrcnfly, and are goiug to settle in Now Orleans.” ¢ Describo her, if you please,” said Betts, with a kocn futcrest, which surprised me. * Ob." he added. as I siared at him, * give me leave to bo curious.” “With all my heart. Bfarie is small, black- ered, biack:haired, compactly built, with remark- ably neat bands and fost. Shoe had n saucy, lnuf!u'ug face, and her hair i8 short, crisp, and curly.” + How abont her voice >” #Yery clear aud ringing, She does not speak ‘English fluently, but usnderstands every word tuat is said to her.” + Now about her little ways.” #¢ A thorough Frenchwoman, with a knack of pleasing eversbody. I don's know when I've seen such an artless, good, hunfiy little girl.” Botts laughed unezsily, then bent his head on his band, his elbow resting on his knee, Mr, Powers,” said he at last, looking up with a pecaliar.flash in bis eyes, * 1 am going to TAKE YOU INTO MY CONFIDENCE, but yon must be diecreat, or you -will ruin me. I've sworn to eco this thing through; or resign my vosition. I'm sick of this infernal foolory of calling myeelf 5 dcteotive and_ letting Satan reign night and day all over the city. 'The news- papers drive mo mad! They know :nothing about the abatacles we contend with, and -goad us into premature steps, which coet us our repu- tation, and end ip failure. I've'been working in the dark these niue weoks, bnt, by Heavens, I beliove you'se ehown me a glimmer of light.” His manner indiested intouse’ excitement ; his words came spasmodically, Lis face worked, and be had to draw his bands two or three times across his mouth before he could go on. Then, Fmdncing a note-book, he opened it at well-worn eaves. + Thers have been,” he began, looking at me with & gort of smile, **five great robberies with- in the last six months, and eack one has these special features, characterizing it as the work of the same hands as tho other four : “ First, the combination of gcven to eleven masked men, all adroit burglars ; second, an isolated honse is attacked, sure to contain ample provision for a succeseful robbery ; third, the thieves know the premises ; fourtli, e e a2 nol reeident of U] ited Btat ol be may bo the Oldest Masca, = - THE LEADER OF THE GANG is a small man, of active habits, with s clear, shrill voice.” o stopped and lookod at me. “7 did not know thers was a recognized lead- er,” I remarked. Ho drew o large book from his desk. ¢ Here," said be, *is the full testimony in all five cases. Run your eyc over it, and you will sco that the gevoral facts all coincide. ~ The small man gives directions and leads everybody,"” +¢ Probably some London cracksman.” Peuts nodded, winked, then leaned forward, and whispered 1 my ear, *f 1 STSPECT IT'S A WOMAN.” 4 Tmpossible ! no woman has the nerve.” # A she-devil, thepn—aomething in a- woman’s form at all events. Now for the facts on which I baso this belief. The rest of the gang arc a8 frea and easy with each other as you please, yet no one ever lays s finger on thia littie one, but ail draw back £o let him pass. - He gives ordars exerts bimself when ingenuity is required, bal when strongth is needed he looks on 'while the others fall to work, Besides, young Stewart, who was brought down stairs in his night-shirt the night of their robbery, told me jokingly that he believod there wsa & woman smony tho thieves, for one of them took offense at his bare legs, 2nd ordered them covered up with the piano epread.” # Siill, & very airy hypothesis this about the woman.” . *You have to jump at conclusions sometimes, and find facts to Buit. As soon asThad mastered theso details, T was impressed by the conviction that one of ‘the thieves had been on the premi- ses before. At Mr. Stewart's, for instance, the safe is built into the wall, and a false panel in the wainscot i3 the only opening to it; yel the Jfirst_place tiw burglars _approached 'was that “panel, which the litle fellow slid aside at once. Bo 1 get to work looking for a suspicious charac- ter in the house, and found all satisfactory till I eame to & French governess who staid with them rix weeks Jast spring. Now, eir, in each honse entered these masked devils thers has been during tha past twelve months some similar tran- pient inmate. At Wardwell's' it was a French cook, in white cap and apron; at the Lowises’, the young 1ady’s page, a clever Battona ; at the Pratts, a protege the ckildren, 8 bandsome vagrant Italian boy, with' s ‘violio. ‘And now, 23Lr. Powers,” continued Betts, bringing bis band ® swear that you have this dangerons inmate undor your own roof, in tho character of TOUR WIFE's MaID.” 1 started as if I had beon shot. “Impossible!" I pasped ; * impossible ™ «But why, sfr, impossible " - “The idea is monstrous. Marie is a swoet ‘Jittle girl, playfnl a8 a kitton.” - *But, Mr. Powers, you are & man Of the world, and know that & woman is pob proved honeat bocause she bewitches you.” **But, Betts, admit that thoagh I am an old ::Al:l, my wife Sau-hthoraugh wnmu,han& as o o, suspecta all her own sex, yst she i tively fond of Marie.” i FE *‘ Marie is a clever little puss. Wherever she has lived, a8 man or womsn, the whole famity" have adored her. ‘I bave always thought,” he ‘went on, with a gort of chuckle, “ that no-fact abont women is more damning than that tho good ones are, 3 a sule, the dull opes. Put spirit, sparkle, intellect, into anv one of thom, and ebe is certain lo play the devil. Has Marie shovn an interest in these burglaries 2" _ There could be no doubt of her bavicg ques- tioned me concerniug them . with intense eager- nes=s, and if I spoke to my wifo abont any appre~ hensions while she was present, Mario NEVEB LOST A-WOBD. * Does she know about your silver ? Has she any charge of your wife's diamonds ? " Istarted. That very morning I had shown her my eafes behind & false book-case in my study, and asked her opinion whether any ons could'mistrust thoso “innocent-looking _ecyclo- pedias, or suspect the oxistence of a closet 6ix feot square between my room and the library. I was ashomed of my own grecnness, but made a8’ clean breast of it to Betts, who was good enough to refrain from expression of bis opinion of my diseretion. : “ 3y word for it,” ho cried, “ghe has becn waiting to find out that recret, snd now she will leava your housa within forty-eight hours. Her pretext will be a reasonable one, and she will promise to returs, but when she docs retrn she will bring her gang at her heels to rob your house for you.” The idea of conpecting our pretty Mario with such ontrages flled me with horror. I rojected it strenuoasly, “ Beliove or not ss you liko,” ho retnrned, with aehrug, * go long as you only follow my advice. Just out of curiosity, TARE HOME A LITTLE DOG with you, and see if Marie does not sot to work to bewitch it at once. Then the moment sho speaks of leaving your house, telegraph to me.” Our interview lasted anotber hour. WhenI left him I went to & dog-fancier's, and bought a littlo yelping_black-and-tan spaziol, and carried him home with me. It was approaching dinner- time when I arrived, aund my wife was in per room gittiog befors the mirror with Mane brald- ing her bhair. ‘I entered. as was my habit, and sat down by the fire, snd let the girl draw off my boots and bring my slippers - in her usual way. It seemed an unmauly treason to suspect berag she moved nbflol‘l‘lt mo ']lilh her bright smile and easy grace. She rarely spoke, unicss actually ndl.fl’axssed, but her intuitions of any one's wishes amouuted abaolutely to genius. i _‘r‘ Whom did you see in town?” ingnired my wife. * Don't speak of it,” eaid I, looking fearfall about, as if the walls had ears, ““but I was will Beotts, the detective, Yon must not repeat what I saz, Marie.” Never, monsiear!” cried Marde, _“The fact is," T procceded, sinking my voice into a sepulchral whisper, * that gang of masked burglars have boen traced to New Orieans, and may be arrested by this time.” “'Then I hope, doar,” said my wife, laughing, “that you will again sleep soundly in your bed. After yon got up lest night for the fourth time to promenado sbout, pistos in hand, I decided it might be batter to eat off pewter and wear Trench f”' jewelry than tolead aach a Life.” 1 too Iaughed, and stretched my legs comfort~ ably. ¢ Yes, I mean to slecp like a Christian herentter; besides, I have brought home a dog.” ‘A poa!” exclaimed Marie. siartled. “Yes.” I turned and looked at her atten- tively. *“Don's you like dogs ?" She protested vehemently that sho loved dogs bettor than any thing in the world d when Jingle, the spanicl, was producedit was so oretty 5 ei%hé toses her playing with him thatI was {réshly incensed with Bettsfor putting hiscarsed suspicions into my head. Sno topk the litile beaat to bed with her, I bolieve, and next morn- ing ho would oboy her lifted fnger. ‘That very day ehe received & letter from Madams De Sturges, her former mistress, asking herto come in and pass a fow hours with her before sbe left for New Orleans. Marie carried the lotter to Mrs. Powers. **Madame wisbes to talk to me about Mile. Helene,” pieaded the girl, with tears in her oyes. *‘To-morrow will be the birthday of the pauvre ange, who lies at the bot~ tom of the cruel sca.” Poor Madamo De Sturges,” exclaimed my wifo, touchod at the thought of the sorrowing motber; * yon must spead to-morrow with her, Marie. Goin st 9 o'clock and come back at 5.” Marie was grateful, and told melting stories about the pauvre ange—her beauty, hor pisty, ber intelligence—and nothing conid oqual my wifo's sympathy, snd when the girl went into .town the next morning sho actually carried a note to Madame Da Sturges, written iz my wife's very best French. : Mesuswhile I had telegraphed Maris™s proposed 'movements to Betts, and now, with ome nerv- ousness, AWAITED EVENTS. The detective had warned mo that she wonld win the dog’s affections; that ehe would leave the house, promising to return, but would not ro- turn, Two of theso predictions were already verified: butif Marie came back I conld laugh at his suspicions, and regard them aa futile. But Mnrio did not retnrn at 5 o'clock gram arrived in her stead from Madame De Sturges, eaying that she had kept tho girl, and would write at length and explain. Next morn- ing s letter was received from that Iady. She told my wife she wasill, vetobliged to travel; homesick in a strango land, withont s familiar woman's face near her, and thnt she bad per- suaded, almost force Marie to remain and set out with her and her husband for New Orleans that very oyoning. An incoherent, tear-blotted note from Marie accompanied this, filled with gmtestlfinnu of sorrow at the neceusity of thos eserting us, Sho was torn by conflioting foel- inys of fove toward Mrs, Powers and her sacred duty to the mother of little Helene, the angel child, whom she bad 8o dearly loved, and whoso voice ghe now beard calling to her from tho spirit world, bidding her remain and comfork the lonely mother. - z 4 ‘While my wife read this to me with tears, T BTOOD AGUAST AT BETTS' PREDICTIONS. Theories are fascicating, but when specala- tions turn into threatening certainties, aud thera etares you in tho face conclusivo proof that your honse js about toybe Tobbed, you-experience small pleasure in the accurata foreknowiedge of any propbet. 3 1 instantly telegraphed to Betts that I would meet him at my sou-in-law’s ofiice at 12 o’clock, then proposed to my wife that she should go to town and epend & couple of days with our daughter, and offercd to drive her in mycelf. Wo set off within an hour, and after leaving her up town, I hurried down, eagor tosee the dotective. It was on the stroke of 13 when I enfered the office, and X thonght at first that Betts had failed me, for noone_was thera but a ponderous old gentloman with gold glasscs and white sido- whiekers. Iam not used to inirignes and mas- uerades, and when I recognized Betts fn this inguise I conld hardly rofrain from exclaiming at his cleverness; but his own coolness kept me within bounds, and I sat down beside him and ‘began reading s paper. Presently, with Lis oyes still fastened on bis Herald, he edged toward me, and dropped theso sentences into my car: . 4 11°8 ALL GOING DEAUTIFULLY. . . . Ifollowed the girlin yesterday. . . . Went to —botel. . . . The Do Sturgeses booked there nll straight. . . . Whole party left Jarsey City at 9 o'clock last night, ticketed and luggage checked to Washington, . . . Slipped out of the carsat Newark, ail three in men's dress, and wero back here before mid- pight. . . . Met eight fellows I know at a saloon in —— street, and I can enot all eleven of ‘e this very mipute. . . . Theyre ata den in —— stree:, getting ready to piay their littlo game somewhere to-mght.” * At my house ?" I cried. He shook his head. “Donno,” said he, looking straight into the fire. “ Look here, Betts,” I whispered, * this may ‘e fun to you, but, though I'm no corv:rd. it's death to me. Why not arrest 'em now 2” “Yes, just 80," b returned irritably—* why not? Where's vour evidence? Now, Mr. Pow- ers, just ook at this matter sensibly. ' Yon know as well a8 1 do that balf the thieves we catch get i because no one will swear to their identity at their examination. Now I am anxious to make sure thing of it for anni "md tske my osth that I caught them in the act.” . + & Yop mean to arrest them WIULE TIEY ARE BODBING M2 " “Tdor: « All right—only J should profer to have the row in another man's house.” T saw at once that Beits’ opinion of me had gomo down to zero; but ho diezaised his con- fempt, and went on to tell mo that he bad dis- patched one of his men, Johnson name, to my place to make a recopnoissance, under pre- tense of trimminz my evergreens. Upon this man's report, aud upon two or tures other oven questions which be did not think it worth while [ b 3 down heavily upon my knee, “Iam ready to ' Monsieur, tous aj porte, and 20 teaslal t0 explsin, depended his programme for to- fi’ghl. 1f by auy poxsibility there wan & likeli- vod of my house being entered st once, I wag t0 know it by dinner-time, that I'might be pro<" pared for the burglars, was meantitae to g9 home quietly, and spend my. time in my usnal Tanner, g0 as to excite no comment among the servants, and Teceising no word from Botts I was to rest eatisfied, and cousider my house safo for another twenty-four hours, Iwent home accorting to direcdons, and set’ about spending my day in my usual way, but tho house was so still, ‘and seemad so deserted, £ found it impossible to read, even to sit quietly in a chair, for more than five minntes at a time. So I called the little dog, Jingle,.and set ont for - a wall about the grounds; feeling kome cnnosity togeta ghm}i)sn of tho datective, Jobnson. It was a black December aftornoon, a shivering wind in the tree-tops, and leaden =londa prowis- ing snow before midnight. The bare ground was frozen hard, and 3 fow dend leaves oddied about 'in gusts that rose and fell at uncertsin intervala. I heard the sound of an ax throngh the sombre stillness, and Jingle frisked forward sud barked at o man_hacking at the firs in the shrubbery. I addressed him regarding his work, and he winked back his appreciation of OUR MUTUAL SHARPNESS then I wen! on,'recounoitred a few minutes long- er, and again tarped in. The day eeemed end- less, and I was glad when Saunders lit tho gas, and ehut out the shiyering landscape and fuue- real clouds with - the heavy curtains. Dinner- time came, and brought with it a semblsace of .occupation, and when I was half through my meal Isuddenly remembered Jingls, snd sent for him to keep. me company. He waa nob in the house. It flashed upon we that I had not seen him after passing Johnson in the thicket, and I dispatcted the coachman to eall him inj but only echoos answered the cry. _ He bad evi- dantly remained out in the grounds with tha policeman, and I dismissed the subject from my mind, finished my dessort, and weus back to my library fire. No word had como from Betts, hence I was s+fe for to-night, st all events and Ibreathed froer, and stretched my. logs. sud dozed until 10 o'clock in comparative comfort. Then, rousing myself, I lit a iantern and went out the door and alcug the side piazaes io speak a word with Johngou, who, Batts had arranad, Wwas in any case to keep a waich undar the coy- ered carriage-way. He was not there. T did not understsnd it. Had he got drunk, or had Betts faken bim sway? Perhaps, howover, be was still loitering at the cdge of the grounds; accordingly, I walked ont on the lawn, and swung my lantern two or thres times. Then, as it was bitter cold, and was be- ginuing to snow, I turned in, and, finding that it Was almoet 11 o'clock, I oriered Saunders to close tho house and send the. servants to bed, and to bed I went myself, But 23 s00n as thy light was out, and my haad touched the pillow, I was freshly ‘impressed by tho mystery of Johuson’s disappearance, snd so-. cordingly I'got up, opencd my pistol-cars, took out two revolvers, and putting them and a sword- cano within easy reach, I roturned to bed. *“ Deucs tako this suspense ! said I, as I again lay down. ‘‘Isha'n’t slecp a wink.” But efter tossing a few times, and assaring myseit I conld not close my eyes, I foll asleap,—at least, aftor a time, 1 was awakened by a bright hght SHTNING PULL IN MY FACE. % Good God " I cried out loud, * they'vs coma to-night.” For thres men, with black cambrc masksconeealing their fuces, stood over me, esch pointing a pistol at my head. “* Ple=se to got up, Mr. lowera,” said one 3£ them, in a cool, civil way; * pleaa 4o put on Liat dressing-gown and those slippery. You shall ack bo harmed in the least if you will cnly be guiet and obey directions.” With three pistols auned square in his eyes, any man wiil be docile, I sup- pose ; at least I got up, and put on dressing- gown and slippers. Then one of the men canglif my arms, drew them bshind, and manacled tiem ; snother gagged me with ans of my own sillc landkerchieia ; and thos rendered harmless, I was led down stairs, where my household, in va- rions stages of night-atti-e, pagged, and tied back to back, were awaiting ma in the dinfng- room. I was put intoan arm-chair, and {aens ed to it by feet and hands, then was laft aloge to stare about me. Maddenéd, desperata though L was, when I discovered tiat the sixth of tho priconers was Johnson, the detective, I recog- nized hum with a kecn sense of the rnidicalous, zad only wished that Betts—iwhom I waa men- tally uulhnma:ifiumilh curscs oY loud bub deep—wero in lus place, and tasting aome of our humiliation. Beeides the three maske a men who hed mas. tered mo and brought me down. there were five others in the dining-room. Two were left 22 sen- tinefs over us, aud the rest at once fell to work in & way that meant business. - A small, active man (WAS IT OUD MARIE?) motioned toward the sideboard. It was wheelsd aside and stopping forward, he pressod the slid— ing panel, and disclosed the closct where the ail- ver in daily.use_was kedslt, and tho shelves were a2 ouce stripped, and tho contents piled on the o. The bedrooms up-stalra were noxt visited, the locks of drawers aud wardrobes wrenchad epert, and the contente thrown pell-racll on the fHoor for tho chief oxpert to decido on what shonki be carried off. The upper rooms gutted, they caa down with their spoils, which they piled high be~ foro our ayes on the tablo, and then loaviag us again alone witl: our eentinels, thoy went through tho entry into my library. It was a dark hour. I leaned back my hend and clossd my oyes, and felt that fato wad crasl to me. Only one consolation illumined the Liack- ness of my despair—my wife Lad carried ber jew= els to town with her, and 1 was spared tho ha- mibation of telling her I had lost them for her tirough my idiotic faith in Betts. Thero was a long silence now, which I understood but too well; it was followed by three muilled explotions that shook the house like an earthquoke, and al- most simultancously was heard the ngisa uf a suflle, and I opened my eyes te 55e the room FILLED WITH POLICEXEY, and hear pistol-shots exchanged, while our two seatinels were thrown down, disarmed, aud pin- icned before my eyes. T looked and Lisfened, mentally stanned, with- out clear comprohension of the meaning of the uproar, for, with the noiso of fire-arms. the claag of manacles, and the beat of heavy fect, the tu- mult was somewhat terrifying. In less.time than it takes me to describe it, ths situation bad been reversed, and now Batty, the detactive, appeared in the door at tho Load of his posse of men, who brought in eight of the cavtared burglars, two of them wounded and bleoding profusely, whils tho rest showed sigos of having maintained a stout resistance ; all had lost their masks in the melee, and disciosed sullen aud brutal visages. “How are you Mr. Powors?” Inqaired Betts, coming forward and releasing me. *'1 hopo you're not hurt. I beg your pardon for takizg- posuession of your house in this wey.” Why did you make o think ) was safo for to-pight, Betis " X ! s Bacause,” he replied, with a shrag, *I dis- covered you were just a little upsst at the proa- pect, and I felt afzmd of you." He ran kis eyo over the group beside me, and when ha saw Johneon, bo grinned, aud gomg op to knocked his manacles off. ** You'rs a protty d tective, you ace,” enid ho, ‘10 be caught ;iedl up by the very fellows you were in wating o™ Still, Betts was in too high good humor to bo angry even with the hamilisted Joburon. 3oan- while I was peeping ivto the faces of the thioves, fearing to find Marie among them. “otts,” I gasped, eudderty. 4 YOU HAVEN'T GOT THE LITTLE ONE.™ He gave a tigerish cry, aud glared from oza to the olher of lus prisoners. Yo are suro there was another " “No doubt of it,” I returned; *‘any ous of these fellows ia four incnes taller than ths Teader of the gang.” ; 1n another fnomenl be bad sot picked man at swork ssarching both house and grounds; but ke never sacceeded in findiug evea a tracd of the eleventh of the party of bargiare, Noreven after tho conviction and heavy sentencn of tha other ton, would any one of then? confesa the secret of their leadorship. 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