Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 11, 1874, Page 11

THE CHICAGO D;\ILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY OCTOBER 1i, 1874. 11 RE?URNED TOURISTS. I = peculiarities of Differont Cflasses of Them. P The Jolly, the Pretentions, t}m 'l.)ugmatm the Patriotic, tho Conscientions, and the Transformed. et bal Emcounters Between Those Who Haue Been Pilgrims to the Same Shrines. yerl —_— How Rosabella Was “Much Im- proved” by 2 Trip to Europe. pher days bring back a geodly number ! from over the sea,—those who went + brief recreation in the !mix:!mer. % who return from » residence montls, ,:': ;::;n Isnd. The explorers of the of yeurs B s andl the Colorado cazons have s atitlo brosner, a littlo mddier, o ij, “habbier. as to apparel, than they weat aWAIL With those ml]mg exceptions, your - Lbor it like Herve Riol, ** just Lhe same man :sfl:efa:e.' Bat it iy far otherwise with thosg vayagers ko will hereaiter enjoy among thoir fellow-cik tzens the eaviable distinction of baving s+ beon 1o Europe.” The latter,—in thoir own es- timation smd that of their friends, at least—have uftered . . g G A sea-change, Tiato something rich and strange, The pem!hfifl&‘“ the tricks and the man- ners,™ as Jenny Wren would say—of the tourist »4 home, .5re not less noticeable or amusing than those of. Jis brethron who are still sbrosd npon ‘The Oct their travels. There is, for instauce, Le wha' may be called TOE MGASLE, OR THE JOLLY, OR THE LOQUA- g €10TS TOUBIST. Thia is ho who hes journcyed over balf, perhaps the whols, of the imotm world, and, retuming homeward, is ko ono who hss taken 2 loag draught of delicious wine, His braiu 18 kindled, his tongme iv unloosed. Amidst the prosaic soencs a2} occupations of his daily life, & word, s phrase, a picture, will enddenly recall the mar- volous regions once trodden by his feot, and, pres- tof-the wld glemor returns, the ewcet enchuat- ment is upon Lim. Then, like iue Ancient Mariner,, he must epeak, he must tell his tale. Show hite but the faintest gleam of interest, the eliphtesty curioeity, and vou shall hear of the Alps, and the Seine, and the Pyramids; of St Peter's Church, and Grotto's Tower, and {he crombling arches of Dome. Listen, and yoa sball hpar how soverelgns dine, how Princes talk, hoss artisty work. You can look upon the Saltan's harem, hear the fall.of tae fountains in the rardens of thie Pope, 2ud sit in the palaco of fhe Czars He is s veritable Sir John 3snde- ville ; 8nd, if you arc in a sympothetic mood, you may travel over balf the world in & ferw hours, siithout fatigue aud withoat expensc,— fer he vrill carry you slong with him, an eagle bearing a second Ganymede. In a state of mind severoly criticsl, vou may possibly waste some cmtempt upon bim for the immense paius be appenrs to be taking to entertain yoo. De- Iluded martal! It ig not for your sake thai heis ‘Epinnin bis interminable yarn, exhansting him- salf in Enimtiuns and mimeries. Itis that ho msy Eit down once more in front of the Doric glories of Prestum, feel the eoft Campanian air sbouts tam sud the fragrant thyme at his fect ; that he mey ride once moro inst the vine~ wreathad gorges of Sorrento, and hear sguin the liquid raelody of the Roman chiidren's voices, climbing the Capitolive Hill. At dinner-tzbles, among '8 few congeninl hsteners ; in long eum- mer-aftarnoons or _ stormy winter-eveu- ings, among simplo, ~ urassumivg folk, who Bave no reputations to Leep up,—what & rare,delightful compenion bois! Bat let 808 envious or enapyreciativa soul obtrade wpon bhun a hint of tesioueness, zud, like Hawth czoe's inimitsble story-teller, hs enaps off thp ihicad of his narration botween his teeth, :ind is heard no more. He has a whole- gome fear of being confounded wita auother repreaimtative tourizy, who may Le called THE PESTESTIOUS, OR THE VULGAL. This is tbo familiar pervouage who thinks a trip %0 surope s sort of royal sigmes, owing o the maker, fashion, posi- tion, -sud the lodge and man- pers of high socicty. Whenever the compaoy in which he tieds himself appears veglectful of his meits, ko introduces the magic phiase, “¥Wheir 1 was inPsaris; " or, **in Loodon, we —with Aimilar remizders of- his claims to votice. The gpest differenve between Limsell and the Jolly - Pourist is, thut ho does not care for tho thinge themselves: he values them only for the impre: son they produce upon others. Before e we1 avroad, Lie sescited a8 a direct inenit a0y 20usion to Evropcan experiences on the ati of an scqoaintavce. Did some lack- efs ‘wight maks an :eadvertent mention of places - 3ad customs familiar to him tinouga the sajvtru of veats, Lo assumed inst a free: ¥ng coldesy, which impliod: * I obsorva yoar izagenerous attempi to trinmph over me, and I mes it with the coptempt it deaerves.” S0, al: 10, in meling the covoted jouray, Le did BOL 50 mach eujoy the sights aud ecenes throngi which ke yassed, a3 he did tho imagisary sur- mse or chagtin of ceitain Smiths, Joneses, or Thom psons, could they behold bim making ac- quain knco with all tLis magnificenge. If Lo is - ¢f & positive dusposition, e resdily develops o : : : THE DOGIATIC TOUBIST, whohaslearued the indizputable formula for ev- &7 {23, —from whose dictum there is »o appeai. Whas s greater fun than to observe & passage- z-amm s beiween two of thia cluss whose inior- metio b has beeu derived from rival authorities : 4 Tbo. ballet of Lz Scela is the tinest in Surope.” Ibog sour pardon, the ballet of the Gaand Oper:\, Paris, is the finest in the world.” . It is wella jpdersiood tiat thai of La Scalnis the finer. "4 It is universally admitted thas the one al Teis is -superior to all others.” **Whon Greek; meets Greek * is nothiug to this encoun- ter. ()f Dormatic Tourists, the most interesiing varie'n- is the oae which may bo dalled = e THE PATRIOTIC. As to "Parie, *¢ Greatly overrated, sir; a few fine buildxigs, ' good mauy paris, fountain siatwds 'and ° thar -sort of fummers, bub D% jan - airtight stove in tbe | city, Dor - a Mochanical Bakery. Deficient inthey very simplest of modern 1mprovemen ts. 8 toydtecomyanies : Lord, @ir | the most con- tempBAble svstem! . Not s steam-sngine from oaeerd of tho town to the other. I wes going Moug; the Boulevards whon a fire brokg out in tbe18mer story of one of tie houscs. Now,in Axepea, you'd bave bLoard the belis riug 2d e edgines teariug np like medo 5 bul th taeyalice just cloared the space arcnud the 0 body join who would take b place 1u the line w1 wosk wich the rest. I saw foliows Lueza 2 winte kids and embroiderod vesty, you their ¥ey i to oper= aud balls, passi buckets and vorking ou_the ropes Obens.. You wouldn't belisve whet e fuss theas Zolk & made nbout that ridicutons littls fire.” As foB ;m: ;‘mYnu Hoves aawn city, wir, du}i would - more improved by n coat of whitowash. P“fld-'gl Pool gas nnd sidowalks, As to the gal- €0l 3, it's my firm Delief taat there never wesa #18 per humbuyg tian wint ave calied the works AL e Ol Masters. I'd raibier Lisve 3 laudsoao by Hart, o Kensott, or Biersiadt, uan the whols °§;me.m. Tor figutey, I'd rather sze a portrajt #iny Lorena thun all the 3larys or St. Cetiar- L";:km the world. Germars? - Well, honest and fl-trorking, Pve no doubt, but limited, s E» opimion. I met a merchaus “=3n. that T took a sort of faucy to, and 1 tried ¢t him 10 Jauuch out s liftle,—toldghim the ;’!’rbumgoing o1, he'd nover be 1ith to his fibg dax. Amd what do you think be said? 8 he never expecied toboTich. 1 gave him WP after that. No ambition whstever," Rl pa be is noi more amusing than v THE CONSCILNTIOUS TOTGRIST, - '+0, according to his temperament, pationtly Phicded or energetlcally dasked through the list Ly {‘reecnn«.—d Bights, resolutely repressing any ;n(anmon to saunier or meander, omitting oding, and nothing excéur well-ezrned sacisiaction which atiends 3 daty faithtullz performed. ile bas not ey docided preferences for éne sight over Shber, nor & very vivid remembrance Of things Pn which the gulde-books are not ologuant ; - ba 18 quite suro thzt Le hes eshausted the ject, and deserves his degrce as a twavelor. enjoring there in +*Did you 600 the Certoss, Mr. V2" “H'm!— let me seo; is it—is it at all celebratod?” :* Quite 5o, I bslieve.” ‘0, then we st hevo havoscenit: we saw everything ! I _ The most indulgent critics of these eccontrici- ties ara THE BETURNED TOURISTS THEMGELVES, and an 1noxhanstivlo fand of conversation acd enjoyment suddenly opens betweon two people who~ difcover that they have boen pil- grims 1o ihio ssmo shrines. In such encoun- fers the mutunl mania is to prove that each has scen moro thau the other, or to plaut 2n inextinguishable regretin his neigbor’s broast for some hitherto unsuspeciea deficiency iv his sigbt-socing. In this attempt, certein well- Kknown but ingenious little devices aro played off upon oach other, to the entortainment of the byetauders. One of the most popular is tho fol- lowin; * You visited tho Capitoline Muzcuw, of conrse ?” ** 0! of coursc.” **Saw the Dy ivg Gladiator “Yes.” **And the BMarble Faon 2" * Yen.” * And the Infant Hercules " *“Yes." ¢ Did you see the new statue they had }:m oxcavated, called tho Veaus of the Capitol 7 t wasn't in tho main rooms, but you had to ask the attendaut, =ad he n little room for a special fee.” no; I aon’t remember that we 0! I'm so sorry that yon didn't see érat. I really consider it better worth seeing thanall the rest of tho statncs put together. Much tiner than the Venns di 3fedici. I wouldn't have missed it for anyibing.” Or: ‘ You wentto Borrento, of course?” *‘Yes, ijndecd.” ‘‘And out to Capri?” ! cerfainly.” “Went into the Blue Grotto?" “O, yes; not haell of our party went inside; the wind was norshonst, sud it wge quite daugerous; but we made up oGr miuds not to come away without oatering, if we staid_there threo weeks. Ferfectly beantiful, waen't it3” **Deantifull You remember the little rock at tho farther end, just-largo enougl to hold one person. Did yon ‘got up on that =" SN0t b T wos afraid vou didu't. Very few people do; but do yon know, now. that's the finest thing about the Grotto, tho viow from ihat point. Pertectly exquisito! Yon can't nu- derstand Huus Anderseu's description nnless you get upon that rock; ” aud &0 on with in- ‘creasing uelight as tho discomfiture of his victim is apparent. But the peculiarities of ell other tourists fade into nothing beside those of thg class who may be eptly termed THE TRANSFORMED,— they who went awzy Amgricans, and return neither American nor Efglishman, Germuu, Frepchmau, nor Italian, but au inbarmonions biending of those feutnres which each nation wouid do wall to loge. 'The exmo complaint was doubtless made against the traveled Englishman of Shakepenro’s dsy, for Portia says, *‘He Loughs his doublet in ltaly, his ronud in France, Liis bonnet in Germeng, and his behavior every~ where.” > Whenever we talk of these things, we alvays come back to losabella. She grew upon the 1llinois prairies, nud, when she was very young, her father made » fortune in wheat., They lived in a large, handsome Louse, which had nothin; rematkable about it, unless you cell it remar! able for a house Lo be as hospitable. as cheerfal, and delightfui as thoirs was,—aud I am afraid we shall come to think tht some day, “Chera was no ** igh art ” about tire furuiture, fact, very -few people evar noticed how it was fur- nished. Toere was npothing rurc or pecubiar. Yet there wero two or ihres very good pictures: for the ways of the houso were €ocnsy and ioformal that it was very popular with tho small fraternity of artists, and Some- tinies Mr. Blddls bougkt & picture that pleased Rhim, and sometimes 2 peinter gave one to Bosu- bein. Few of uscen remomber the timo when TRosabells was not our synonym for whatever is DEST AND DRIGITTEST. She was so frank and_gey, €0 impolsive, uuaf- Tected, and cordial. She hiad large gray eves, a Toseate complexion, ud_ a great desl of sun- &biuy hair, which sho used to twist deftly about her head. But, if onc of those burnished cuils bod mot been siways falling down over hor ehoulder, or alittlo golden cloud blowing over her forckead, it would not Lave been Rosa- bulia. Her family were the centrs of a httle neighborkoed, whero somo of us were rich and some poor; but we never thought much about ber wealth, except 88 being very con- venient when we wanted large rooms for some social gathering, or & carriage for somebody who hadn't an escort; for Loth were very much at the scrvice of ber friends. Her fatler, Mr. Bidale, was a hearty, genial man, of bluff but kindly address,—s man who knoew notbing of books or art, bat a zreat deal about woods, bar- veyis: aud men. I don't kuow wiat & Parisian would bave thought of him, but an old Gresk— if his typo is well gsetched in Homer— wouid have taken to him mightily; »nd ¥ think le would not have cut a bad figare _in - _mecting of Enalish Iandbolders. Mrs. Didule wis a metherly, affee- tionate women; bat we thought her perfesi, becausn ste made the bouse 8o aceessibie. The sun was ainays shining into their rooms, rogard- les of farmiture: we could gos up a dsnce al auy moment, vith no suggestions from her as 10 carpeis ; if you went by 1o honee, somebody was eure to be siliing by tie window, or the piano was sounding, 2ud you were temnted to 1un ap she st2ps aud droy in for o moment with a message for liosabella.’ Figuratively epoak- ing, their door was always open. One dey Mr. Biddie coucluded to tako the whole family 10 Europe. Xozabeila was in ran- tures, ance so were we for ber sare. Sie woula learn all the new dances, and teach tuem to the rest of ms. Sae would eclvo alle our unasewored qeeries as - to placea, people, and life, in thore 5ld countiics. She weuld show them whas sors of o girl this New ¥ orld could produce sponteneously, as it were, vers pluins waere the lnizois aud uocs had hanted o ceatury ago. She was 0 brave, aud vet 20 wodest; s0 begatifal, acd yet so thoroughiy utural. ' We admitted shat (hoze Courts and Salaces micht bold a hun- dred gitls as lovely, and far mwote culuued, but not, we assoricd, ctly sucit & witl as Rosa- tella. What wae uur patoet, oar mational myen- tion. So sha went, and wus gone £wo years. When | she came b: heard shat she unlocked wan b We hed no doubtof 1t. On our way, wo learnec that tho yroper nawe of the femily wag now Diddelie. Thai confused us slittle. No did tho wauilc-gioved servant who opeucd tho door, aud informed s wizh gentle compaction that tho reco; tici-day of the family was Fharsday. Wo went thers ‘Whurscay, and gaw Rosabsile. Mo doubs sho was very much in- proved. Sho moved with unusual grace and Mateliness. Ste was politeness it She emiled with superpatural sweetvess, ond thore was about her & sercne tranquillity whicih noth- ing easthly conld dictarb. Ehe wzs dressed like o Pricess in a fury tale. She not talk much, snd there wes noc warmith or enthusiasm abont her. We learncd that warmch and enthusiasm were not high-bred. Mr. aod Alrs, Didule were as muca changod 88 their daugbrer. They bad lost their old case and heartiness; spoke of art and foreign sceues ; bat they were not quite suro of sheir Frenci ac- ceni, and looked care-wora snd uncertain of themselves. 'The rooms were ndorned with atat- ues and copies of famous picturer, but they wore 20 longor tho rooms in_which we bhad bad stcl rood times. The spivit of freedom and inds- nendenco bad goae out of them. Taey. like their owners, WERE TRANSFOLMED. 2 Gradually wo fell ot of tle habit of droppivg in upon the femily informally: aud on recention-doys thora was a finely-dressed crowd, and it nas didicult to achisve mors thau a polits pursve or two with the hosta . Alvo, wo I2it ol inviting liosakella to cavcesls, incti d similnr cniertunments ; by **we,” I meen thoee of us who had not car- riages. When sho was & briguc Americau ¢ in simplo raimezt, there was 0o incongruity in takune bor o 1ie horse-cars ; bu, for a *lady of the great s she ind now bacotme, the absurdity of such = conjutction was ovidest. We dul zoi dare costemplatoit, In shors, wa Bave lost Rosubolta. She bLas lost something also. for she doea not 1ook hoppy. e hear that sho i8 going_back to Paris, and we are nos sar- prited. Witk our eimpler iifo sho is out of tune. She is an atien ou her native scil. i This is why we owe something of a gradge to the Cunard and Inman steamers railing o gayly into port thess bright Octobor days. Yet migit there not be A MOVEL TOURTST who should bring back the apoils of 211 other lants to enrich, but not transrorm, our own? who shonld learn from France {us refinement of materiol esistence, from Italy the lore of the beautifol: leare the German thoroughuces and the English soldity; and yet refuso to reei for these the gifis which the New Hemisphere gave to the American? For such we sull do- voutly prey. who caurot help believing that a pallia hot-house lly is logs perfect than a hardy Jrairie-rose: sud that no soil, nor speech, nor type, is 2u lilely to lead n man to greatucss as that wnich Nabure beetowed upon him at his Dbirth. CnarLrs Laxpor. A Homazuce ia kenl Life. + waa recently summoned to inig bedsice of a young gentloman of Buf- fulo, with whom she <as about io be married und go on x European bridal tour. In com- Pli:m:e with his request, they were urited an Lour before his deztt. sud_the maid-wife-widow has vow returued to ulichisan the possessor of tho very couidarable worlaly goods of the de- parted logroom. e — e A STRUGGLE FOR A CROWN. The Jewel-House in the Tower of London, and the Treasures It Confaims. The Daring Attempt to Steal the British Crown, A Nenrly Successful $3,000,- 000 Robbery. and Capture of the Thieves. Pursuit My first desirs, on reaching London, was to ~isit the world-renowued Tower. Tho immense pile stands on tho eastern extremity of the city, and is wonder'ally imposing,—not for ity axchi- tectural beauiy, for it hay none, but for its gloomy, solemn eolidity,—every stono seeming to frown derance to chance snd time. It ap- pears to have becn built to last forever. Cam- menced moro thaa cight centuries ago, by Will- iam tho Conqueror, it gradually incressed in etrength and imaportance, until its name became familiar throughout the civilized world. For centuries it was the abode of Ntoyalty, and tho Kings ard Quecns of England not only fonnd | shelter within its.walls in time of war, but homes of Juzury sz magnificence ia time of pence. In procesy of time, it becemo o pnson as well asapalaco; and, if tho dumb stoones could bo mado to spask, woshould shundder at the blood- curdling seets they would reveal. Among the uvhappy victims who have perished here, mostly at the bands of the hecdsmen, we recall the names of Lady Jare Grey, Catherine Howard, Anne Boleyn, Sir Walter Raleigh, King Jobn of France, William Wallace, Lord William Linssel), the Countosg of Salisbury, Sir Thomaa More, aud a whole ‘army of other unfortuunted, con- wpicuous Lor'thoir crimes or thelr virtues, their misfortunes cr their intmgnes. THE LINENSE STRUCTURE covers an aroa of 12 acres, aud within this gpaco numeroas septirato baildings bave been crected, including the Barracks; White Tower; St Yeter's ‘Toror, Bloody Wower, in which the yonng Drincot wers murdered; the Dowver Tower. jn wnich the Duke of Ciarence was drowviied iv a cask of wine ; the Brock Tower, in which Lad ¢ Jaoe Grey was contined ; the Bean- champ 'Lo'rer, which was once tlie prison of Aono Doliyn ; the Auscam, Armories, Bicture- Gallerizs, nnd the famous Jewel-House. ‘Within “the. latter building £re kept the crown- jewels of the ish Empire. [Prominent among them {s tha crown worn by Victoria at the time of her coronation, which originally cost nearly $1,000,000, and which containe, in the aggrogate, TWO *MOTSAND EIGHT UUNDRED DIAMONDS, of varicizs eizes, and all of unrivaled brilllancy. Besides, tho jewel-houss contains numerous other orawns, of monarchs long eince dead; the Orb.—a globe of gold, 6 in¢hos in diameter, studded yith dismonds; 55, Edward’s Staff, of solid goldh, 4 feet and 7 inches long, and weigh- 1mg 10 po ands: the Goldzn Sceptra; the worid- renowned Kobivoor, valued at 16,000.000; and nume:-ous other jewels of enormous value, the property of the nstion, and esacntial to the maibtoust ce of Royzl maguificouce sad pomp. These bembles have a curious history. In the early days of the nation, when hor monarcha swero both poor and proud, these glitteriog ap- pendngea of the Kingly estate wero not iufre- quertly s pouted” to raive money to meet their persomal expenzes. Heory IIL, Edward HL, Hexry V., Hesry VL, and Richard I1., esch Lor Towmed largye sums of monoy from tho mercuants of Londou, leaving with tho lenders thess crown- tressures a3.3 pledge tha she louus would ba ro- aid. PO the sbolition. of imopaichy, i England, after ttio death of Charles I, the jewels wore stolen, dertroyed, or sold- On tho .Restoration, Charles IL. caused A NEW BEGALIA to be coustructed, at a cost of 31,500,000; and a large chpmber ia the Towor was_sot apart for thoir safe -heepiug, which is now koown 28 the Jewel-House. It strack the writer as 2 little ginguiar Lhat the English Government should cnact n insiguiSicant teo from each visitor ; and I could nctyopress the thoaght, cud hardly tho Cexpresicn, that it waa naseemaly for the Britmh prtion to tura chowmaw, =ad exhibit the Laubles of lis sovereigy at 3o much per head. Though the Jewel-ilouse is it noar {hs centvo of 2 rarge coilectica of buildings known Dy the geuezai name of the Tower of London, ardly, weliis, aud corsidors, of which are ‘wiarming with peopie, and though carefolty watehed apd strcozly gasrded, numerous and iugenrous attempts Have baeu made to STEAL TUZ ACWELS. Ameng thoioost noled, 88 vell as the most dariag, of these sttempts, was thit of Col. Blood, mads 1 1671, which, for ingenuily of plot and boldness of execution, bay not beekr excelied by suything 1 thero modern dage. Bload wasthe sonofa wesalthy Irish mor- chant, whove meats enabled Ium to give his son = liberal edncation, and whoege social position pecured him tho advautages of good society. Young Blord was a Liberal in scutiment, end gerved in Cromwell’s army, whero hie attained tha rank of Coldnel. On the Restoration, his estates were confiscated for the part le had borv 17 tte revolution, and he became t penui- logs wandurer. LIDNATTING A LOBD. The Duke of Ormoud, Lord-Lieutexant of Troland, ned been vory active in procuring tie con- fiscation oV Blood’s property, and tho lat re- golved upon revenge. Cailing to his aid four daring aud desperato men, whom he K in tire army, ho mounted them oo fleet horues, and waited sho opportunity. One daik, siormy mght, as tho Dake’s car:ingo was pasriog aloag thie streels of London, the vebicle was stopped, his Grace dragged from it, bouud, mounted be~ biud one of his captors, and hurried away to- wards Trburn,—their avoweil intenzion being to hang bim on the gallowsthere. Fortanately, on tho way, o succceded in looscniog the cords, jumped from the Lores, and escaped in tha Pitehy darkuess. A reward of $10.000 was oiered for the arrest of the daring kidnappers, but nono were ever appretionded, and it Was many years befors Blood's sgency in tho businees was known, or even suspected. His uext exploit was an attempt to STEAL TIE CROVN. He needed money, and he hated Royalty; and thess reasops wero quite entcient to prompt him to the commissicn of tbe offense. The val- uables wero in tho Jowel-Hovso, under & glass case, exd under the cepecial cato of Talbos Ed- warde, en old offcer of tie King's household. DBut Blocd was nob easily baffied. Hespent severzl months dovis.ng ube manner of the rob- bery and parfecting the mezns of escape. He fouad that it was cesontial that he should first cetablish relations of intimacy with the family of the Keeper. 5o he sssumed the garh of a clergyman, aud, in compeny with o woman of the town, whom ho Lad {horonghly instracted 88 fo bis desizan, he virited the Jowel-Iiouse, introducing {5e wonian os his frite.” Woile examiving the jewela the womap, in accerdance with her ivstractions, feigued sud- den illnoss, swoonod, sud way ecarricd by the kind-bearted Keeper to his private apartmonts, Mra, Edwerds reudercd bher every possibie n. TIHE 10GTS PABSON profersed the deepnst gistitnde for this kind- ness, #nd, ina fow days, returned with some lile presents for Mra. Edwards, 28 2 token of his_apprecistion of her kinduess to his wife. An intimaey thus gradunlly grew up between ti degigning hypeente and tie Edwards fanil They were chzrmed by Lis general urbanity, aj- parcnt _respectability, aud geeming pioty ; and their blind confideuce greatly lessened the diffi- culties of the villain's tesk. Among the members of Mr. Edwards’ family was a handsome daughter, some 17 rears of age, in whom Blood professed a deep 1interest, zad finally proposed to her parents 2 marrisge with a nephew of bie. whom he represcuted %o be young, respectable, aud fiioua, witk an income of .£300 a year. The young lTady's varents approved the suggestion. and it was arranged that the suitor should call on a certein day.—Monday, May 9. On tho evening bufore ed, Blood called, and requested which he Iruceedcd togive, his nepliess might bo roceived at 7 o'clock in the morumg.—An bour, 18 wili bo perceived, when fow people would bo likely to be abroad: and also asked pormirgion for his nephew to bring two friends with him to see the regalia,—nusigns ing a8 o reason that tho friends were compelled to ileave London at sn carly beur. The simple-minded Mr. Edwards was only too glad to oblige his csteemed friend. and gladly consented to the arrapgemeni. At an early hour in the mornmng the family wers up, sud prepored to recaive their guests and their fatare son-in-law, R ARTIVAL OF THE ROBBERS. the pretendsd parson and kis Promptly fricnds made their appearance,—overy one of thom boing a conspirator, aund cach of them carrying concealed under hiscloak a short sword, a dirk, snd & pair of pistols. Greeting Mr. Edwards warmly, Blood apolo- gized, and begged ono more favor: that his friends might bo shown the regalia sb once, ns they woro pressed for time aud suxions to de- part. Accordingly, the party was conducted to tea jowel-room, —Mr. Edwards carefully closing the door after him, as was his custom. The “nephow " had boen left at the entmnce, ta glm the conspirators inside of approaching aoger. ‘['ie door had no soonsr closed than the three villaios threw off their dieguise, snd, drawiug their, weapons, rushed upon the old man and threatened him with instant death if he gave the slizditost alarm. But the gallant keeper was not oarily intimidated, and shouted lustily for assist- ance; whereupon he was knocked down, cruelly ‘beaten, and left for deed. . ‘Having thus disposed of the faithfnl sentinel, Blood and hia confederates set rapidly af work to poreess themselves of THE COVETLD TREASUEE. The ginss casein which it was inclosed was shiverad at & single blow, and the Golden Crows, ghittornz with ite wealth of gome, was quickly seized, nnd concealed under the chief couspira~ tor's ampie cloak. Parrott, another of the rob- ‘bers, took poesession of the Orb and other goms ; while another proceeded to file the Golden Bee; tre n two, that 1t mught the more readily be concealed. A TLiverything had thus far been suspicious. Tho schemé had been cuuninglydovisea; the simple— minded koeper hnd nnwittingly exteoded to the robbers overy aid they noeded : aud they now found themselves alone in the Jewel-House, well srined, and in possession of the coveted booty ; and it wan only THE MERKST ACCIDENT which prevented the complets success of tho bold schieme. A son of Alr. Edwards, who was an officer on an English trading vesscl, chanced to arrive in port that morning, in combany with a brothar-in-law, Capt. Bluckman, of the British army, who bad Deen a pazeengor on -hin vessl, aud they hastened at once to call upon the elder Edwards. 3 ‘Fhey passed Biood's pretonded nophew at tho door, and proceeded directly to the Keoper's roora. 'The sentinel immedintely notilied his accomplices of tho approaching danger, when they made haste to gather such tressures as they would conceal, aud beat a hasety retreat, Dut no gooner had they left tha room than Edwarus, who bad shrewdly feigned iugenei- bility, raived himaelf from the pool of blood in which bo had been Iying, and shouted for help with all Lis remaining strength. The rolibers had, 1n their hasty flight, Jeft the door of tho room open, aud his cries were hoasd by his daughter, who was passing along ths hall to the drawing-room, to which she had been semmoned o meet her brother. Hastening to the room from which the cries proceeded, she took in the situation at a glauce, aud ran shriek- ing to the roum whero her brother and Capt. Blackman were in waifing, exclaimiug that her father had been murdered and TH. CROWN STOGLES. Young Edwards and Lis compauion hastensd t0 the Jewel-tiouss, and Lfted up the wounded man; but, at his earnest request, they left him, aud went in pursuit of the robbers, who were straining overy nerve to escape. They had made their way ont of the bmilding, and crossed the court-yard without molestaticn, aud had reached the drawbridge over the moat. _ Mers they came upon o sleepy seutinel, who balted thom; but Biood discherged a pistol at Ius bead, when tho Irightoned man, thongh unburt, feli, nud the fogitives passed over him, cloared tho outer gato, and pearly reached the park, where fnst Rorses bad been provided for thota. But the two pursuers had not been idle, and were rapidly gaining on them. Jusc as Llood cleared the last gate, Capt. Blackman ccme up with bim, and they grappied. A fierce strugglo cnsued, but the Captain succeeded in overcom- ing his antagonist, 2ud the Crown was wreached from his grasp. As tho daving man saw his hopes thus dissp- pear, and_escape napossible, ho quictly surren- dered, sud ully remarked to lus captor, 1t was & gallsnt siruggle, however unsuccessfal, 16 was A STRCGGLE ¥OR A CROWX."” Parrott and the other accomplicos, who had ibe Orb aud other jewacle, were soon overtaxen and captured, aud uitimatoly the woman who had £0 effeciaelly nided the piot in its inception was arrested. “Uius ended this bold attempt to steul the Euglish Crown,—au atfempt with few paral- lols in any age. The King was enraged at this insolent attack on the embioms of Ruyally, and ordered Bioud to be immoediately exam.ned in his presence, Beforo the King, Blood preserved the most in- solant elfroutory. Lo sssured His Majesty that he feared nothing human or divine. He +was in their power, snd exrocted to suffer. Dut, hie sad, he wag allied to ooo of the most powoi- ful ormunizetious in the Kingdom, cousisting of {hoosande of men yho bad solemuly sworn o stand by each otter and avenge their wronge. Tic mentioned seversl mystesions assasginatious which Lad reccutiy taken place, and declarcd thas they bad 1alien by tho band of the avenger ; auid thoe he brotherbood hiad A DAGUER FOR EYEET AN who harmed one of ita members. He said ho would not threaten, but he would say, inall Eindoees, to J1is Majesty and bis Ministers, that, 1P he sutiered, their fate woald assurodly be tho eame as those be Lbad mentioned. As he saud this, 2o was icoking direstly at tho King, and, ni ug that be was visibly affected, he proceeded to suy: “Bzt, if Your Msjesty would spare the lives of a few men, i oblige tho hearts of many ; sad Ycur Maj will find that thoso who are 8o bold and- dasivg ia miechief cap, if pardoned amil recoived intw favor, perform emi- ucnt service for the State.” ‘I'he weak wonarch was frighteued at Blood's revelations, though they wezo, in a1l probability, 1alse; and Hhe fear of violence, and the Lype of gaiuing tho favor of tho powerful faction Llood wzs supposed to control, indaced bim to DEAL VERY LENIENTLY with the oriviral. ‘irue, ho. was returned to prusen; bus cownfortablo quarters wers nssigued {m, aud bus resirictions giadualiy remaved, tn- til fioally be was rully released, all proceedings azainst him dismavsed, aud e was even grauted large estaces in lvaland. His ivflueirce with the King became very great, aud Lie oo fook up ins residence in Londaen, and .was admitted to the best society, where 40 was courted aud Hattered becauge of his influeaca’ with the crown. He died in 1690, leaving property valued ab £250,000. All Ius accomplices in b great ceumo sulfcied death, My uncle Phillp, haie old man, 33 children Uy the dozen § Tomm, Ned and Juck, znd Keté and Ann,— o many il mo * cowna 71 Good boys and ghais, the beas was Beas; 1 Lote her on iny ALiodder,— A littlo bad of Jovciiness ncver should grow older 1 b a pleading vy, ey, ** Don't atrike mel " , growhig boll, &nother day, “1'iiezn 1o tnake yon Like me. ke rry cousin, warly, late. Vo Liked not iitie miseess She used 1o mecs e at Liie gate, Just vid enougk for kistes ! This wes, I think, tarce ycars ago— Before 1 -wout 16 colle; Ticarned oia: thi A ealthy aors of Luowiedge. When T was piached (we wou tie race), And sl v 32 an end there, 1 theught of Uncio Puilin’s prace, d overy conutry-frivud tazre, Ay coustn tnes e £t the gate : Blo loukad five, fen years vidsr— A tall young worden, stil, sedate, Witha mizuners coyer, colier, Bhe gare her band with eatel ** \¥n7, what a grosting this You ns.d to his e, 4T 21 100 old 1or kis 1loved, I love my cousiu Beas; $he's always iu my wind now A fuil-blown bud of loveliness— ‘[ho rose of womaukind now ! Slo muet have suitors ; ald snd young. Must bow their heads bafore ber 5 Vawk siust be made cid a0ags be sung. By mauy 2 madadover! - . But T must win ke ; she must give To me her vonth 2ad beautys And I—to love bier while I Jive Wil be my Lnppy dusy ; For she will love me soon or late, And he my Blies of blisves,— Will come td tees me at the gate, Nor be 100 ald for kisses ! ol A Reiigious Scandal, They haveé teen indulging in raligious seandal in the Levant of a higbly-diggraceful descrip- tion. Itscems that the Christian pligrims to the Amcricau monastry of 5t. Gregory are ratiiera jolly got of fellows, who nerve them- selves for their devotions with native rum, and generally reach the shrine in that irrespousible condition Enown 28 *blinddrauk.” They carry bottles of vaki with them, and usually, ailer swallowing their contents, swmasix them oti the Lieads of the monks. A very sevitus aquzbblo occarred recently in which soveral of the monks were goverely injured. It is now found neces- gary to gend a body of soldiers to keep ozder dunngz the visits of thesc drunkea dovoteck Lo the ebrine, sud the extraordinary compound of ;um, religion, and riot ylelds only to superior orce. HOTEL-INCIDENT I¥ THE RIVIERA. From Ckambers' Journal. No one who has scjourncd for a whilo in the Tiviera is surprized at the crowds of forcigners that are collected from all parts of Europs into its various nooks and retreats. We English go thero to eacape mist and fog ; the Russians, to avoid extreme cold ; the invalid Germaus, to put & barrier between themselves aud the withering east wind. Some again vigit it for other than sanitary reasons. Monaco, with its gambling at- tractions, entices and detains some, and the mero enjoyment of a climate luxurious even in winter invites many more. Wo—that is, my wife and myaelf—wero enjoy- ing a fow weeks at ono of the large hotels that sre so numerously doited along this cosst. It might havo beon at Hyeres, Cauncs, or Nice, at Monaco or Mentone, Bordighera or San Remo, Savona or Pegli ; or & might have been at no one of all these. f Woe had been stayiog—it is sufficient to say— at the Hotel du Bon Vivant abont a week, when there appearod at the fable d’hote a very striking peféonage. Assoon an dinuer Was over, my wifo found hersolf (by aciident) near tho visitors' book, and discovercd zhat the new arrival had entored himself a8 thes Baron Monteggiana-Tav-~ ernelle. We were chiefly English as the hotel, there was no Italian thero, and our scqueintance with tho nationgl Burke was limited; so we easily uccopted the thesry that this leagthy ap- pellation wes one of the most ancient sitles in the land. We were subisequently informed by the Beron that it was Stvilisu, which made our iguorance the more excusable. I don't thiuk it was his title, or, at least, it was not only that, which mmd2 us ail so charmed with him. It must have been ! his noble bear- ing, his perfect mannersy, his uvident deésire to pleaso, Liis modest evasion of all topics. bezring on his own carcer, and lds handeome face. He was apparently about 30 pears of age, his black bair was as glossy as & reven's plumage, and his black fiashing eyes betrazed o passionate soni ; while his thick moustache framed, rather than concealed, a emile that Irzadiated his intollectual countenance with sweetneizs and light." Buch, at leust, was ths description gives of him in one of my wifo's lotters to my mother-in- law ; and I am glad I happened 30 look into thas letter, a8 it has saved nie mome littlo troudle in attempting to describe him in words ef my own. The Baron mixed very litile with his own countrymen, and, 28 I vontured to suggest to my wife, seemed rathor shy of them. He never ‘went to the public amusements, and declined to subseribe to the Circolo. She explained to me, in reply, that he wes She ooly nobleman m the place, and wes, perhaps. a little haughty to- wiwas hig compatriots of wer ranl. He had also informed bor bimself that he had selected our hotel for the oxpress purpose of mixing with tho English, a8 hd was expecting shortly to receive a Goveramental appoin: meut, and, for the better dischnrge of Lis pros- poctive duties, a little knowledge of English was desirable, Lshould have mentioned before thatl only speak my own languago; but my wite can_con- verse in Italian with cose znd iluency, and the Baron very naturally talized with her a good deal, and occasionally condescendnd to speak to me by her interprotation. ‘Shortly after the arrival of ths Baron Monteg- giana-Tavernelle, we were furcher enlivencd by euother. This time it was a Rusaian lady, at- tended by hor maid. There 'Wwero no othor Rus- sians ac the Hotol du Bon Vivant, and sho np- peared to have come therc rathor from neceseity than by choice, a8 there wers no rooms vacant in the inn veually frequented by those of her nation, She declured to euter her name in the visitors’ book, and for the first two or three days dined in her own room, and held aloof from the rest of us. This, sdded 1o the effect produced by o atateli- ness not to asy graodeur of daportment, mfd nich sobriety of dress, prepared nsall for the discovery which in a few days oozad out, that eho was & Russisn Princess, a widow, who wished to remain incoguits, sud to live quietly in tho enjogment of an uucouventiousl froedom from tho obligations of nobility—an enjoymont be- yond her commaad a home, We nevor fully anderstood how {bis oozed out. Her femala aftendant could understand nothing, and thersfore could divalge nothing. The mortre d'hotal asaurcd his guests that he knew no more than the rest of the world ; and, hy his mystori- ous shrggings, his self-contradictions, and, abova all, by is manner, impressedas all mth the firm belicS that there was a secrat in hig pos- session. This, of course, confirmod the truth of the report, atd it became an estoblished fact that tho ledy waa & tuasian Princees. After a few days of seclusion she vonehsafod 9 make her appearauce at the table d'hote, 2nd retirea with the rest of tlic Izdies to the Salle des Damer, alterwards. Then it was ihat the Baron exhibited lus inborn as well as ioherited nobili- ty. Heattended to her little wants, placed her an arm-chair by the fragrout wood-fire, and, on resciviog ber thanks in hie mo:her-tongue,—his parents’ pride hed no doabt prevented nim from learning any other,—he entered iuto o Testeot- 1ul and courtty conversation with her. ‘There were plonty of other men in the raom who conld hare doze it ; but the Baron was naturally the fittest pecson to begiu ; and T will give him cred- it for boundless self-possotsion—not to call it imondonce. he acqunintance thus bagun grew with a trop- ical rapidity. The cold northern temperament softly but quickly thawed beucnth the waem Tayn of ltalian sweotnees and lighs. Fiagments of their talic cceraionally rcached the ears of my wifs and others who could understand them, from which it appearcd that their main topic vy the opera. + Ah, Madame,”—he was intérpreted to me ns saying,—if I conld but_be hosered with your preoence in my bex at Florence! The music woutd be augelic then.” ‘The Sigmor does me a great favor in express- ing the wirk." : Yes: it was®cloar that ho was hard Lit, and that zhe knew it. and hud no deeire to dismiss et she was in uo singio poiut ecretion, forwardness, or coquetry, in -+ Phiat woman,” said my wife, * is abomina- blo!” Look hiow she hunts that poor man down. 1 spposs sho fancics Sicily » picer conntry thau Sibéria, or where:cr 1t i eho comes from.” #Weil, my dear,” I replied. it scems fo me that the hunting is matnal. Really, I don't ece by he shouldu’t marey her. if they ooth like it.™ “'Sho may be n mera taft-buntiux sdventurcss, for :'ll e knuw,” sz2id she. *Idon't believein he; "_mu, bat perhaps he knows mors than we #¥don't believein her abit. She's hunting him down for iis weelth and titlo, and is as muel: a Princoss 2 L am!” “hio secson was now atits height, and_every room was_oceupied; the very last attic in the Hotel du Bon Vivant boing secured by a German Count, the Count Sigsmund vou Uoroikope! e pot down hie namc jv the visitors’ book like a man, ood his whole demeauor was frank, opea, aud robust. He was extraordiuarily fluent in Inglish, ns well a8 in French and Ttalian. G man, of courzc, was his mother-tougue, s fo dizlestial pecaliaritics noticeable in bis pronna atioa arising, he explaiuad, from the cir of hir being parily of Austrian, partly of Hunga- rian origin : the Bozokopek estetes being in the viciniity of 'J.‘ulmi. We now numbered about elghiy gueste, and bogan to kuow one_ awotlier pretly well; bui tomebow the Count Lnow us all better thah we know one another before ho had been u week smong us. 1o was . big, burly, fair man, so thoroushly British in appearance sudin his gen- erul characteristivs 38 to rendet it diflicult, but for his proficicucy in otber languages, to believe tl:at ke was not a Briton born. e had snocked about the world 2 good deal, be said. Of the forty years bo had passed in it, twenty had boen spent in traveling, Lalf of which tmie had been assed in England, end a good deal of the rest in Awmctica. ~Russin, too, ho was scquaiuted witl ; and on the strength of that hy oduced Irimsolf to tae Princess, and was evidentir aa much disposed to admire her a8 the Baron hir~ self. TIndeed, befere very long, the attentions paid by Count Sigismund von Borokopek to that lady began eeriously to disturb tha serenity of ths Baron Moateggiene-Taverncile; and; in propor- tion as their 1ivalry progressed, so did the in- terest and amusement of the compauy proaress $. o P £ * My dear Charles,” said my wife, *‘isn't she abomiiable now? Sha's a regular flirt: and at too!—40, if she’s a day. Aund after ling tho Barop, to go and egg on the Couut, and all in public too! It's bad ecuough o make love in pablic at all, bat to do it to iwo 1nen, one after the other- 1 say she's simply abomioable! " **Weil, out, my dear.” T expostulsted. “ they are both making love to her at the same time. You gee, tho Count’s castles ara much nearer to Russia than Sicily is, 80 .perhaps shc prefers to becomo Mrs. Conot etc. to the other thing. “Those of us who were not in love with the *Princess began to wish the absurd afair af an end. The lady was most unfairly fair to each ; for ehic gaye exch of them enough encourage- ment to make them eavagely jezlous of one an- other, witbout going far enough “with either to give the oiher ruy grounds of complaiut. Buw for ber beantiful eyes, I would comparo hor to s tableau vitant of Justico Lolding tis scales. I can, however, sofely liken ber to Holcu : fo sha a8 rettuys by the cars not only (ho two most interested mdividunis, but also the whole world about her; and it wasted but aspark to zom- .mence a conflagration, certainly an explosion, between the two. We hnd an American nt the Hotel du Bon Viveat, a quiet, thoughtful man, too much of an invalid to talk much, and very reserved in his manvers. Welistlo thooght™ that the drewied spark would be dropped by him ; bat so 1t wes. The Barop was dexcribing to a knos of us, in- cluding the Conut. a8 we were lonogiug in the cutrznce-hall after luncheon, Lis Sysacusan villa., with its exquisite gardens. The American was listening with ixis nsualoir of abstraction, aad quiotly interposed o queetion, *Did I uuder- stand you to say that the Villa d'Acsta, in the Strada di Palermo belongs to you? 4 8i, signor ; tho Vill= d"Aokta you speak of is the one. It is mine. it bLasteenin my family for geveral generntions.” ; * You've goc a tonant there now who's a friend of mine "— ** No, siguor ; no: Idonot let my villa, nor othor of my residences.” ““Well, ¢bat's queer, I consider,” said the American, **I came direct from Iy last month, eid a friend of mine was tenant of that ville for tho wister. and I staid z day or two with him in that vers house. Guess there's some bunknwm semewheres ! Part of theso remarks were made in Italian; some ojaculuzed in Engleh. *Dogatella!™ replied the Baron; “sou are mistaien, mguo.:! 1t musr beve been some sta.” other Villa d': A *¢No, it wasn't."” retnrnedthe American; “and for my part I thik you are no more Baron than I'm Jalus Cresar.” Ho ceriainly looked offeuded, thouzh bappily tho last eontence was in English: iu fact, ho had been £0 unaceustomed to be contrsdicted, thaz it positively confuserd him. Avd I could not kel noticing that tho Count looked = excessiveiy tiokled, as well as triumpliant. 5 Tnat evening, when the Daron advanced to attend the Princess to the salon, ske declined his offer to place the shawl on her shonlders, us D had always done; and in tho most perfect manner, withont snubbing or puttivg bim dows, allowed lum to discover for himeslf chat sho wos utterly indifferent to him. It wes just 0 if the moon were to take: the plave of ths sun,ina quiet 2nd undemonstrative way, with no expia- -nation given. Bat, of courde, nu explanation was to be de- mouded: and as 8000 a8 the dirner was over, the Baron sought, snd obtained, a teto-a-tete ina coraer of the Sailes des Dames. We all bad the decency to read Galignani, or play bezique,’or otherwiso to throw a veil over cur curionisy, as we anziously waiched the developmeunt of the plot, and tried to kedge onrbels hefore it was too late. Snddenly the Baroa staried to his foet, and uttorod o loud exacrative exclantion. which I declipe to tranelate. His eoul now most clearly botrayed his passionateneas, but tiere was rather more light than sweeiness in his eyes us he glared round the room in search of the hapless Awmeriean. Wo ll sprang to our feet too; tho ladics near the door rapidly retreated, aud the men looked et one another, half-amused, haif-angaily. ‘¢ 1f 1 knew who bad porroned the mind of Ma- dame, I wouid ‘dilanioto’ him—tear him in Dpieces,” shrieked the Baron. ' That viperof an American I " * It was not the American,” answ the Count, coming quictly ont of a recess; ** 7 told Medame whet be hed discovered.” The Berou so far forgot the perfectuess of his manners ond evident desizre to plessg au with bis open palm to elap the Uount on tho feee. Batin another second he foand himself in that physical checkmate known as Cioeucery—ho bad got his bead under his rival’s left arm, who w23 holdiny it down to n conventont level for the zight han to bob his nose—and thore, hafore the Princass, it the Sallo des Danes, s being difplsyed a goene from tho British nng ; chairs sud tables going everywhere, 2a_the quadrupedal monster performed its erratic rovolutions, amid tho screams of women, tho ebouts of men, the grozns of the maitre, and the indescribable crics of as- tonishment uttered by the whole staff cf the hotol, which uad been gathered together st the door by the first exclamaticns of fire Baron, The Auglo-Saxon nationlity bhavi: iu =pite of tiro principlo of nou-miervention, soparated the Latin and the Teaton, the defeated com- batant 2ssisted to his room, and ivokod to by an Englisis doctor who happeaed to be a5 the hotel, and who reported that, with tho exception of a couple of brokon tooth, nothiug of conse- quence was to bo apprehanded beyond a farthor requisition of his servicos at a rancontre of a diferent charncier, which, however, would not be posetole for some Little time, owing to a difii- culty tho paticnt hiad 1nsecing, And the mext morning we found that the maitro bad given the Baron notice to qait the Bon Vivant ferthwith; and so we saw 0o more of she Baron Monteg- ginna-Tavernelle, - - 1In ten daya or 50, the Count receivad a letter from him, dated »f Florance. In it.the Baron demanded satisfaciion, aud required that the Count zhould mezt hin: at Florence; or, 1f more convenicut, at Kome. In reply, tho latter ex- pressed his reatineza fos su_intarview, bus po. tively declined to fatirme himsel{ with an un- nocessary journey. ‘Fhe affar conld very well bo seteled in tho place where it began. ke letter was carefully aud folly durected, registered, and posted by the Count Limsalf. {u the ordinary course of avents, en answer was due in four or five days ¢ the farthest; but & fortmght passed without any, and at length he roveived the follvwing, dated from Rome : “ §1n : I beg to acknowledge the honor which yoa Lsve done me Ly addressivg a letter to s1e atmy house in Floreace : and must apologize Tor my fuability to understand it. Your uame i sirange to me ; I was never in the place from which you write : I have not been i Floreuce for seversl months; and I st conclade theros some misiake. 1t i5 possible that my name has beon nssumed by a rascally 7alat who Fotibed ma Inst year of severai privaio pavers and a con- siderable rum of monsy, but whem I aould not convenicniiz prosecute.” Then fol! d o description wiich tailied ex- sctly mith the appaarance of our Buron. 4t neems that the letfor. being registorad, bad een sent on to the real Earon at his -residence a: Romo, instead of boing delivercd to the falys oueat the address given by lum at Flore: ‘I'he Princees was, no doubt, ovarwhelmed with shamo at tinding that she had beeu encenraging a valetinstead of his master ; for siieas ouco admitted the Count to the privilege of paving her more attentions thau ever. I thinl toa she realty higed him. Anyhow, ie bad proved nimsclf substantially able to protect hor: and the scuffle with hia nval bad in no degree lossencd hiw 1 her esteem. Of course. wo were not behind thé scanes; and could only judge of the probableconrse of eventa by suca littic evidences ay cance mighs throw in our way : but i was rumored tha tue marringe was fo take place from our hotul before Lent. *The soouer tha betzer,” said my wife: **if another mau ccmes fucward with beizer pros- pecty, sha'll throw ovor the Couat, just as sho Qid the Baroun.” “* But you ace he waen't & Baron, my dear,” I romonstrated : *' not a real one, I mean, as tho chtldsen say. ** well ; and parhaps this is not a real Count.” “Dear me! what s joke it would b if ke turned out to be somebody™s butler! I wish soms Yan- kee would come and ask him a little abort ks plece. We want a fistle life here just now." That day we had another fresn face althe table @'hote; this time, zn Englishman's. o wa very tacifnrn, bat Iiked to look st the com- panv and ¢o Jisten to the conrerzation, and way el strack with the Count. It occurred to me, too, timt tlie Count noticed him z good deul, so much so as to reftuac some of the cirolcest dishes. But no one conversed with fhe stranger, aud after dinner be retired to Lis room—~tie Bavon's old room—and we saw no mora of him till the next day at dinner. ‘There was the B curios- ity.on tie part of the Count, who, by the way, spoke Germay exclusively now ; but the strauger was abgorbed iu bis strolled into the Dilliard-room fo smoke a cigar. ‘Br-and-by the Count and J weat iu to have n qiet game, and there we fouud tie new amyival comfortably lolling in &n ample rocking-cludr by the fire: The Conat played bedly, missiug ths ersicst strokcs. * You're off your play to-might, Coant,” Iasd ; * what's {ho matter?” * Don't ind se, geutleaen,” said the stran- ger; I hope my keing ere don't make the Count pervous "—he put = very rewarkable cinphasis on the title—* I don't pla the Cooti- nental way myself, though I do see a good muny quear games at_odd times. Now, wia you ever in_searboro’, sir 2" eddressing tue Cozat. *“No! Leeds? No! Hull whero the stcamers start for Bremon? Fo! 3fauchester, perbups ? No! Not been to 3lanchester? Then,” o had becn sidling gradually searer and nearer the door as Le talked, and was now between it and the Cout, **Then wupposo_yoa and £ go D. together, 3lister Alexander Jekizson, ou this wacrant I've got agaiust yon for forzery of a check on Gleesoa's Bauk at Jlun- chicster for £3.500! O yes; ivs oll righs, and it’s no good making a ros. My name'’s Tuspector Rawlings, of the detective police, zed meand my man bere bave bad a pretty himt after you : he and the zens d'armes are waiting for you outsde the door.” .-+200% Princats, with two siring= to her bow. sad inter. Afterwards hey i both of them rotten! 3 Wi Dothof thom, sotien Still m3 wife wouldn's o*Lac, my dear,” I expostalated, **the thing will havo to'macrs anmo Russian cotw, pere pa Laplauder, or ona_af thoss T:lia & traw-oil with their diner. And sl hc;l;r?‘:fl u8 fine wowman, too, to say n: owever, we had but little further call- : Eympatls, for tho noxt day she lofs the :Ig?fl‘:m i So the Princess is of I enid 10 tiss unaitre the sams day, whils paving my weckly bill. ** Monsier — e said the Princess ig <, $0)ti ST ©off—gono, allec, sortic, “* O, oul ; but then, Mousicar wish to say, Prucenso 3 "Wy, of courso the Princess of—rwall, the .xl.;ssum 'Pm:cesa that didn't marry the Baron o1 ~Al, bah! Who would call her a Princesse 2 *“Why, you mado us beliove eho tas," 1 tadhc. nautlr rejoined, “by making-believo she 1was.'t, * But Honsisur remembers withone doube tas I BN:I sho was not Princesse 2" **5a you did; but thero's a way of i and luoking yes.! Y SRS, *Pard.n, :fonsiear! The Iady desired re- poso and to be in pasticular; and I, I sexisted that sbe hould go be. b +: Well—now skels gona in fact, what s skie?” * 3fonsienr, she is teacher of the dzace ab Marceltles.” ths Priocesss: whodoé AFTER THE WAR. (From the painting by Vieini, in the Art ('I’u'lfnq: fzpoeition.) ity Aram Toor wanderer! Sorrow un thy bruw has sel Iti1 crnelecal ; and waut and agoay Have duunvd thy Leauty ; sud ths foveliness Of that sad Zace, ones dazlfizg in s snele Of radiaat Joy, is sodden with the dow Of bltter tears s and furrow'd bagzarduess Llus nuarred tigse featurss, vace aimost divine ! Unliapps mother 1 ‘widowd i thy youth,— Fiutug with thy helpices infact on tho stream Of restless Lifs, to sink, percliance, teneaths The o'ervhelnting Flowe of tht Zoarfol sen In which ro m10Y, wasted with despair, Have disappesrd Bor luzt one trace belind,— SUCK' unto watery death amidat the whiel 204 swee of the Feaaticss waves of life] In the tempestiious burst of stormy fats Haat thou been caught, und o'er fhy yentiohesd i torrenc of il wrelclidages have beat il Litter, bitadis Chy g Stiil ivvely in 113 w i 3 IR I frall suppors Indewd for that poor bave, So cariy orphun'd, sharer of tay wae And desoletion, whom thy slender azms, With years fove, unio s tender breaat Hold with despeiring yrasp. Youag and still besutitul And love, and heppivess, Zor And buried deep withiu iby sullier’s grave, With Lifm who was to thee the light o life, Thy sua, the glory of thy womzunowd, “Lhe pride of thy trus heast,—that Lusband fond Waiose maniy Losom ever wis to tiiine Balwark and buttress against every fear! Yes ! young acd besulitul! Thy flowiag wealth Of tangled treetcs, that Lis BInd was wost cly,—once Lept for kint With most ueaiduois care,—now by the broszs, Or the umall dingers of thy sleping; elild, Alono caressed, do ali unneeded fuil, Iu Leautifal diionler, $0 that waidt Yile arm encireled in st dags of love. Tpon th Guger is the ring Lo placed Iu trembling cagerness wited $o were wed.— Ah! blessed day that made yoi twain vne des As ye were one in hezrt long, long before O madd'uing thought that he is with the dead, In whom :hy vory soul dld live,—with wiom A cruat vers happiness,—and torn from whom Thy woman's heart scerns stone within thy bréast] “The tender nurture of thy brgone yeard, ‘When watchful Jove did Jdafi from cvéry barm, Nor won!d perinit éven * thé winds of heaven Visit thy face too reugaly,” is portrayed Upon each delicate feature, Every surve Aud Dull.h; of that gentle, siclding form 23psaks the woDdroUs rato, the magic charm, Of Wotazuhood resned. " ¥ Thy goul in Eorror from thoso beanteous ayes Lpoks upviard unto God, eince thou from Man And trom s cruel world, to whora thy wee And desolation are as hiught, thust turn In ghmstly, pmis, znd shaddering doapar, I awtul wgony of luart, to Hini Who now slone cau help when Man his proved A hrokeu roed whereon thou eaw’st not fasi, rc ia thy nead ! May Ho whose teuder cars atapers the wind unto the shorn lamb, B> near tlice now in metcy, to:matain ‘And gaard thes from the petils that aronnd Eaviron thee on evéry hnnd. Not those alone which want at:d woe fnfliet Tipun tliy tender heart, and which have bowod Ty eoul in anguiel, but moze crricl curse ‘That out of Womau' need tus oft barsts forth 7o drag hor 1o dishonur worse than death | 2 Yet, in thy breaet, now spesking from thine ey dinks there divells 3 jower 3o buoer souks Unkuown, a giorious eneigy sulilme, That. in the gravp of ancla cruel fate, Ca meet e'en desth with qmet fortitide, With 3 calm coure2, couuarivg ever; fear Sava that of foul dishonor aud of shame ! No! though thy soul be wrung with agony, on its pasity shall fal! such staiz,— Although to vz alive thy starving babe ith it He dowa sk - ine's clutcl,—zaon wiit = 'neith the wintry wincing: 1re's suow, 10 an eternal rest ! 0 Gol! unto the desolste the grave Coures liza & welcome rest to weary eyes After tiee f-verish pain of exrthiy life, zorrows, aud its burdens, and fia Woo} 1to thiat restful conch how many come From the fatigue of the long sy of Life Gladly, nuto the qulet night of Death! Beforo thy pictared imaga I have stosd, And brooded o'er the bursting wret -acdnces Of tline o'c-burdened hgart, bethinki g ma That taou wert but a type of human life Aud esrthly corrowa. - Barden'd we with cares Of othere 25 oar owa, turniug at ls!, In Litternese of soul, from Man to God, From Eacth to Heaven, ving taat nor rest, Ror hope, nor trust, npou thia side the tomb, Put snrers faiiu us 3t our utmoet nead. So fram the workd our hearts still more and mare Are weaned; and thus i 1s tae bunsin Heart Comes evea at laugth to look upen this Eaith But as & spot whereon the roni zlighta Ere sptinging apwards to its heevetrvard dight ‘Amidst the giorious tieldy of uppor air: For we ate oniy “ birds of parasge” here, Awaislng ight into the Summer-Land When that the Aututh of our lives uis come, And chiiling winds forewson us to depart Unmo tho reglonn of Eternity ! The “ bitter, Liting blaet ” of wintry sky, Tl cliceriess 207, the cruel cold, thy grief, VE3l huuger, Lzt sod westing weelcledueas,— T dsing look of thy hulf-lrosun babe,— Thte loneiy dozolstian, so poritayed On thy mest pleading fece,—all recder thes A moaument of 1aisery, that tow Hecurrstl to my memoty as fresh, As real, life-like, and us 3 Aa whon upon that mrgls canvas 4rst T geed with Rarrowsd soui, nor earad that Art, Not Zaure, way before ve, a5 the spell 0f Genlu held Concep@on itz its goasn, Coramauding koawge yam my couquer'd heart L W. Dicxzsow. A Stone witl: o History. 3 Moncure D. Comwny, writing eaterrainingly of the Cougress Oriedcclogists lstely convened in the Britiek Musence, aaps: ¢ Prof. Nsaton, the greatexs hving master of Greok antiquitios, oacs related to me personudiy the recent stocy of uas of the iuseribed stoias which to-day ths Con- gres: examined only with reference to il arch- { mologicat valae. 'fbis atone was oncs in 3 Latin charely, afterwards in a Grock chureh, and ulti- matel7 found its way {nto 3 riosque at Rhodss. Bat thero was also 2 gnupowder-magazine uader 1ho #aid mosque. 2ud immediately under thia wione. One dzy the posder.mazazine exploded, the mosque Elows: to_ frazments, aad 250 por- cons lnlicd. No one nas ever teen abie to oz~ the canse of this catastronhe, ‘which o6~ curzed in toe yeer 1955, The Rliodeaon re- lated that au esrthquake had just oce aud feft a cleft in the etouc-wark of the powder magazine, that this eastaquale was immedidte- ly fullowed by a thunder-storm which sent & it of lightning through the said clett into the powder. Whatever may have been ths orizin of the catactrovho, a dreadful sue it was. The authorities of the place, possibly for fear of soms farther ealamity, refesed even to dig out thia bodies of those who imd been buried amd the ruins, bt the Engiish Consnl begsed per- missicn to do so. Of il 220 or thereabotits who hiad been in or near fae inagazine at the time, onls one was found to bo ative. This wvas a very fair young Tnraish girl who lad been married on tiie proceding day. Her husband was al- mnost daad with gricf, and. when the news canp that his bride had been gaved alive from tbe ruins, be hustened to kiss the fest of the English Consul who had rescued her. Put no soomer had the Pritieb diplomatist dooe his work thus zallantly taan the Brtish savaug wes_cloze after him. Out of tks débils ho collocted & large number of inacribed frag- ments of sione. 'These found their way i tie hands of Prof. Newton, who put togetber the stona bit by bit, nutil, cemented, it sjood 8 good square blook 3 or § fset high, and com- pletely coverea with inseriptiums in Gresk. - The | writing indicates that it was a memorial rained - in the troe of Demetrioy Poliokretes, the first King of ecedonia whose tiead £ppears on cvins, and that it was raisod in hanor of certain per- sous who kiad como forwari with id aud cantri butions in a sudden emergency or time of public nead. It is rauber odd tuat the memorisl of honor to certain emigent benefactors should bave fallen =4 a treasare iato English hadds be- causc of an Engiish Condul's, stepping forvard st moment of catastrople to do s generous thing which others neglectod.” i —AnEnglish “ billiard wonder * is over hiere, on a starring-tour. Some of the Americsu play- ore will be apt to make him siog, ** O, caroz mo hak.” i g 7 PR T i ey ' § ' } e W Y 7 g STEE gl