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Again, the Telegraph said of the performance _of the Londoners as far back as the 6th ultimo that, “rowing up to nearly forty, they sent the boat along at a rate that far outstripped the ‘steamer, and which impressed all who saw the “performance most favorably.” As they will hardly row over forty strokes a ‘minute in the race this afternoon it will be geen that they must have been in excellent con- dition even a month ago, and that they will probably back up to tho starting line superbly, fit to carry England’s good name on their ‘backs. Our readers already know that they -overmatch their opponents by nearly twenty ypounds a man, and they will form some jidea of what stuff these twenty pounds are made of from the fact that five weeks ago, when these four men. first came together as a crow, ‘they swung away off up the river and back, a thirty mile stretch, just to get a little used to 4éadh other, and have been doing very liberal allowances of work ever since. All four are above the medium height, admirably well built, fully grown and developed, and three of them probably more experienced in fast rowing, and fast rowing together, too, than any other three gentlemen in any one club in | &he world. ‘Of the Atalantas our correspondent told us Jaat Saturday that :—‘Here * * * are Handy , SndSmith, * * * two mere striplidts, ascom- pared with Long and Stout, of London, whose names, curiously enough, express to some extent their physieal proportions. Long is tall, strongly built; Stout is broad and massive, and wears his hair cropped close, likea Roundhead. Close and Gulston, though heavier men, are not so much superior in point of physical pro- Portions toDoctor Withers or Theodore Van ‘Raden, though neither of these shows the same development, in the muscle in the arm as tho Londoners.’’ However carefully he might train, and though his work were tho perfection of good rowing, Tom Thumb would hardly expect to ‘outrow a man like Heenan, though the latter were the veriest lubber that ever went to sea. And though, of course, no such discrepancy exists in the contest for which we will look for nows about four o'clock to-day, still we cannot bring ourselves to think that the contestants are at all matched, nor does it look as if, had the men who went from this side known of the enemy some months ago what they know now, they ever would have gone. If experience and general princi- ples go for anything, and no mishap comes to wither party, superior weight and power and skill, “heavy battalions” and a better boat, rwill tell this afternoon as they almost always thave told; and if the light, wiry, daring men ‘who went from this side once get any lead, we fear that it will be only early in the race and wwery short lived. No one doubts that they NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY SPAIN. Herald Special Reports from Madrid. President Grant Makes a Peremptory Demand for Dr. Houard’s Release. Presentation of the American State Paper by the United States Minister. Decisive Action To Bo Taken for Its Enforcement. The Prisoner Likely To Be Liberated. Cabinet Alarm from the Insurree- tion in Tarragona. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The following special despatches to the Heratp have been received from our corre- spondent in the Spanish capital: — Mapgm, June 9, 1872. On Thursday last the United States Minister at King Amadeus’ court submitted to the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Colonies a formal and peremptory demand for the release of Doctor Houard from the effect of the sentence of the court martial. Tho American official communication isan elaborate document, covering the whole case. PRESIDENT GRANT PEREMPTORY. In presenting the State paper the American Minister conveyod to the Spanish government the desire of President Grant that there should be no delay on the part of the King’s Cabinet with regard to its consideration, that it should receive immediate attention, and that, in case of a refusal on the part of the Spaniards to comply with its intent and demand, the Presi- dent of the United States would take decisive action in the premises. PROBABLE RELEASE OF THE PRISONER. Dr. Houard is likely to be released in con- sequence of the official presentation of this able American despatch by our Minister. Marshal Serrano is believed to be favorable to vill do their best; but among those who be- lieve their rivals’ best to be better than that, ‘we must—and we sincerely wish the reverse {were true—allow ourselves to be counted. Whe Louisiana Democracy and the Re- formers—Great Confusion, _ There were two political State Conventions Jn New Orleans on Saturday last, the results of which indicate—first, that the democratic party ‘down there is broken up; secondly, that its elements are too badly demoralized to join ‘the reformers; and, thirdly, that the reformers are in a high state of disgust and indignation. At the Democratic Convention the conference report fora joint-stock State ticket with the reformers was rejected, 147 to 126, and then a ‘motion was made for another convention in September looking to a coalition with the re- formers, who are the Greeley republicans. ‘This motion produced a tremendous excite- ment in the Convention, and for a time the clamor and confusion of pandemonium pre- wwailed. At last, however, inspite of the seces- gion of a considerable number of the dele- gates, a regular democratic ticket was nomi- nated, and the Convention, as from the terrors ‘of a bloody battle field, adjourned sine die. Meantime the reformers in their Conven- tion had been waiting in high expectation of the adoption by the democrats of the proposed joint-stock ticket; but when these reformers ‘were apprised of the action of the other party they were fearfully excited, for they were pill on their feet at once, and their rage knew o bounds. For the purpose of cooling them lown the meeting was adjourned till the vening; but on reassembling they were as hot their wrath as before. Finally, with a rush, and with yells and groans, the democratic Stato icket was ignominiously rejected, and the vention adjourned subject to another call, {the closing performance being a speech from ‘the Chairman in favor of General Grant. / Verily, these unseemly tumultuous wranglings and discord among the democracy and between tthe democracy and the liberals of Louisiana, reference to a common ticket, foreshadow 's terrible commotion in the approaching Dem- tic National Convention. New Jersey Justice. \ A great many jokes have been perpetrated it the expense of New Jersey, but the little i State over the river can at least claim jthe credit of treating her laws as something ore than mere waste paper. A murderer yho indulges in his propensity within her is tolerably certain of making a close tance with the sheriff’s rope, and it appears that Jersey actually metes out to ial fraud the same justice she extends to common offenders. The Heraup was instru- ‘mental several months ago in bringing to light e rascality of some of the Jersey City officials jwho had been practising the customary ‘‘ring’’ ics in that corporation and plundering the people in a very bi manner. The es made in our columns were ‘of course dénounced as slanders by ithe suspected parties, and all manner of khreate wore resorted to in order to sup- the information furnished by our secede Hr and reporters. But the cor- pay were speedily brought home to the ty parties, and the result has been that one ff the leaders, occupying the position of Com- issioner of Public Works, has been sent to State Prison to do hard labor for nine jmonths in that reformatory institution. The moral of this prompt trial and certain unishment is one which it may be useful for lew York to remember hereafter. There were 0 politicians at work im the exposure of the lew Jersey frauds, and no Committee of i renty engaged in bringing the offenders to Justice and in looking ont tor the vacant offices ptone and the same time. A fearless Grand dury and an honest, upright Judge, took the work in hand, and the result is seen in the sen- tence recorded on Saturday against one of the ipal offenders, action for his discharge, despite the prevalence of rumors to the contrary. The Ingurrectionary Movement Alarming. Manrm, June 9, 1872., The insurrectionary movement is still alarm- ing. The government has received bad news from Tarragona. Legislative Approval of Serrano’s Action In the Field—Castelar in Defence of the “Reds.” stl Maprin, June 9, 1872. ‘The Senate has adopted a resolution approving the conduct of Marshal Serrano in Navarre, which is declared wise as it was merciful. Sefior Castelar made a speech in the Cortes yes- terday, in the course of which he defended the Commune and the International Society. THE GRANITE STATE SENATORSHIP. Lively Contest in New Hampshire—Division Among Republicans—Patterson, Rol- lins, Tappan—Democratic Hopes Brightening. ConcorpD, N. H., June 9, 1872. The flerce struggle for the United States Senator- ship in New Hampshire promises to render the ensuing week or ten days as exciting in political circles as was the State campaign itself in March last. The vacancy that is to exist is caused by the expiration of Senator Patterson’s term, and the ambitious and anxious candidates are very numer- ous. Mr. Patterson himself is willing and almost dotermined to be re-elected; but his efforts in that direction will be contested by various republican politicians who are anxious and possibly qualified for Senatorial honors. The principal candidate against Mr, Patterson is EDWARD H, ROLLINS, once a member of Congress from the State, after- ward Commissioner of Internal Revenue and now Treasurer of the Union Pacific Railroad, as well as the chairman and general manager of the repubit- can party in New Hampshire. Others and less formfiabie candidates on the republican side are ex-Governor Stearns and Mason W. Tappan. All of them except Mr. Tappan, perhaps, are administration men, and it is hot quite certain that even this candidate's desor- tion from the regular ticket is founded on anything more than a hig! Pic ed regard for Mr. Greeley. It may, therefore, be said of him ‘not that he LOVES GRANT LESS BUT GREELEY MORE.’ ‘The democrats are not a power in themselves unless the friends of all the republican candidates cling to them respectively, In which case they will endeavor to take advantage of the split among their opponents and secure the election of Harvey A. rate ham, of Littleton, The Legislature met here on ednesday, but with the excitement and the an- noyance ol Orpen rstag and the Romp, and splendor of the inaugnration of the new Governor, the mem- bers have had but little time to discuss the grave and important question of the Senatorial election, The most of them are home spending the Sabbath, but upon their return, inspired with the wishes and instructions of their constituents, the canvass willbe begun and continued In a manner not less exciting and interesting tnan the CONTEST BETWEEN FERRY AND HAWLBY. in Connecticut a few weeks ago. The situation as it now appears is an Seieer tian for the re- publicans, and it is apparent that they fully ap- preciate the fact. Ever since the election Rollins and his friends have been industriously at work all over the State, and it is claimed that a great many of the members have pledged themselves for him. The same, to some extent, may be supposed, if not openiy asserted, of Patterson. Furthermore, it is assumed that there are not @ few members of the republican stripe who believe that THE DAYS OF STRICT PARTY ALLEGIANCE are over, and that it is high time to act indepen- dently in order to act intelligently. The republi- cans will Vik hold their caucus on Thursday evening, but it is not certain that its action will in- dicate the result of the election with any degree of certainty. Many members will stay away, and, therefore, not be committed by its action, and T others who are present may not abide by it. The democrats, anticipating this, will not hold their panes Pome afterwards, cherishing the hope, per- aps, O! PS CC DIVISION IN THR REPUBLICAN RANKS sufficiently large and determined to develop a coalition with themselves. “Anything to beat Roi- lins’’ seems to be the democratic motto; but the party is also averse to Mr, Patterson. What the democrats will seek to do if they find they cannot elect their own hah candidate will be to unite with the anti-Rollins republicans on some such man as Mr. Tappan. The republican opposition to Mr. Patterson comes from.those who BELIEVE IN ROTATION 18 OFFIC and as Mr, Patterson was himself elected on pre- cisely this issue, they.claim that he is inconsistent in desiring a re-election. In this declared tncon- sistency of Mr. Patterson lies Mr. Rollin’s great strength, and he, as well as his friends, appear con- fident of his election. The democrats argue that if Mr, Rollins is defeated he will be disgusted with the gratitude of New Hampshire republicans, and cease his political labors, which have been so DISASTROUS TO THE DEMOCRATIO PARTY during the years which he has been Chairman of the Republican State Committee. contest, taking it all around, will be a close and lively one, and tho result will be awaited with cousiderable interest in gil parts of the counter. THE FRENCH DERBY. Herald Special Report from Paris. Race for the Grand Prize of Paris. BRILLIANT SCENE AT LONGCHAMPS. President Thiers on the Ground Among an Im- mense Concourse of Spectators. Cremorne the Winner, Beating tho French Horse Reine. Good Humor and Enjoyment from the Commencement to the Close. Previous Work of the More Promi- nent Horses. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The following despatch to the Hxnarp hos been received from our correspondent in the capital of France: — Parm, June 9, 1872. The race for the Grand Prize of Paris—the French Derby—was run at Longchamps to- day. It was won by Mr. Savile’s Cremorne, the winner of the English Derby, beating Barbillon two lengths, and with the French horse Reine, the property of Count F. de Lagrange, a bad third. BRILLIANT SCENE ON THE FIELD. The weather was showery, but there was a vast turn out of spectators, despite the occur- rence of this, to Parisians most unfortunate, condition of the atmosphere. The crowd of people present on the grounds just previous to the start was immense, and included an un- usually large number of visitors from England. It partook to a very great extent of that won- derfully pleasing cosmopolitan character which ‘was witnessed in France on the occurrence of the great national turf festival in bygone years. The equipages were splendid, and the great- est good humor and gayety prevailed, from the grand stand to the centre of the most humble of the family groups, from before the com- mencement of the sport to hours long subse- quent to its termination. PRESIDENT TIERS ON THE GROUNDS. President Thiers was present, as were all the diplomats of the republic, with most of tho Cabinet Ministers. There was general attend- ance of other distinguished personages, civil and military, and from the political, financial, fashionable, and sporting circles of Franq, Germany, Great Britain and America. THE RACE. The horses were brought to tho post in ex- cellent order and went off well after a good start. The following is & summary of the event as it has been recorded :— GRAND Prizg or Parts, an object of art, and 100,000f., for entire colts and fillies, foaled in 1869, of every description and country, added to a sweep- stake of 1,000f. each, colts to carry 122 pounds and fillies 119 pounds, H, Savile’s colt Cremorne, by Parmesan, out of Rigolboche The Duke of Hamilton's ch. c. Barbillon, by Pretty Boy, out of Scozzone.. . Count Lagrange’s b. f. Reine, by Monarque, Fille de V’Air... Major Fridoline’s ch. f. Madzja (late Victorine), by Fitz-Gladiator, out of Mimic........... woe AT THE WINNING Post. The race was won easily by Cremorne, who came in two lengths ahead of Barbillon, THE MOST NOTED HORSES. Cremorne, the winner of the Grand Prize, won the English Derby at Epsom a few days since in two minutes and forty-five and a half seconds. The horse Reine, which made a bad third after Cremorne, won the English Oaks the day after Derby Day at Epsom. YACHTING NOTES. Yacht Fleetwing, N.Y.Y.0., Rear Commodore Os- good, from New London for New York, put into and anchored off Whitestone yesterday. Yacht Vivid, H.Y.0., ex-Vice Commodre Clark, New Haven for New York, was at Whitestone yes- terday. Yacht General Tweed, H.Y.C., Commodore Kipp; yacht Edith, H. , Vice Commodore Cushing, and a@large number of the Harlem feet visited White- stone yesterday. Yacht Peerless, A.Y.C., Mr. Maxwell, Whitestone on Saturday. Mr. James 8, Dean, of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, has just launched a new sloop yacht, the Benjamin E. Mallory. She has been built for speed, and will make her début next Saturday week at the Brook- lyn Yacht Club regatta. The schooner yacht Josephine has been sold by Mr. Durfee, of Fall River, to Mr. Lloyd Phoonix, the former owner of the Restless. The schooner yacht Eva has been sold by Mr. Syl- vanus Macy to Mr. Grubb, of Philadelphia, owner of the little schooner Sunshine, The new schooner yacht Triton, Mr. Thayer, of the Atlantic Yacht Club, is expected to arrive pore from the hands of her builder, Herreshod, of ristol. Mr. Wallack met with a serious accident last ‘Thursday while cruising in the Columbia, Coming out of the cabin he stepped into the man hole of the lazarite, bruised the whole side of his leg very severely and also fassies one of the sinews, He was ‘olny better on Saturday, but has not been able to leave the yacht, The sloop yacht Kaiser Wilhelm will be made over to-day to her new owner, Mr. Smith. The Kaiser will probably not do much racing this year, A sorub race for marae will take piace to- beep from off the foot of Van Vorst street, Jer- Be} z e regatta of the Columbia Yacht Club takes ae next Wednesday, and a fine day's sport is an- ‘icipated. Commodore Y. Nobles hag been hard at work during the it few weeks doing everything in his power to make this regatta @ suasess, and he oe Nope ee rr] Columbia ma” a ave the repu' ion Oo! Me ve enjoyable aquatic carnivals. The mrecmer Fort ‘ee has been chartered by the club to eso the» yachts round the course, and she will make ace@il at half- past nine at Christopher street before going to the club house. ‘The Jersey City Yacht Olub have issued invita- tions for their annual regatta for next Thursday. This club own a number of smart yachts, and they anticipate @ lively time. Commodore Hill is super- intending the arrangements, a fact which ingures & | succesan Jaga ‘ 1 out of 3 was at JUNE 10, 1872—TRIPLE HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS. Livingstone’s Safety Certain and the Great Explorer at Unyanyombe. Stanley, Commander of the Herald Special Search Corps, on His Way to the Coast. Letters from the Long Lost One in His Custody. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Bompay, June 8, 1872. Asteamer has arrived from Zanzibar with news which puts the safety of Dr, Living- stone beyond a doubt. Couriers had reached Zanzibar from the interior with positive intelligence that Dr. Livingstone had arrived at Unyanyembe. Mr, Stanley, the Henatp search commander, had left that placo with letters from the great explorer, and was near the coast. English Acknowledgment of the Enter- Prisco of the American § Press—The Herald’s Popularity as a Newspaper. At the last meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, in London, the President delivered the annual address on the progress of geography. With regard to Dr. Livingstone he said that at the opening of the present session Sir Henry Rawlinson had learned that an American gentleman named Stanley had passed up from the coast at Bagamoyo into the interior of Africa with a view of communt- cating with, and, if necessary, relleving Dr, Living- stone. There was a certain vagueness at the out- set about Mr. Stanley's object and resources which was excecdingly puzzling. Venturing to put the most natural English construction on his move- ments, he had suggested that Mr. Stanley was actu- ated by amere spirit of adventure and discovery. Somewhat later he ascertained that Mr. Stan- ley was not a simple tourist, nor even an ex- lorer in the usual sense of the term, but that he had en sent out by our transatlantic cousins for the purpose of “interviewing” Livingstone aud com- municating intelligence of his whereabouts to the New York HERALD, one of the most energetic, as it was the most popular, of the American newspa- pers. It was an instance of the extraordinary spirit of enterprise which animated tho leaders of the American press and of the magnitude and im- portance of the interests they controlled, that the proprietor of a New York newspaper should thus send out an experienced commissioner, with a carte blanche as to expense, to lead an expedition into Central Africa, in order to gain information regarding Livingstone for the edification of the American public, It was at the same time no dis- paragement to Mr. Stanley’s personal activity and energy, nor to his singular aptitude for African travel, that his mission should thus prove to have have been of a practical and utilitarian character, instead of being conducted for scientific objects, or in a mere spirit of purposeless adventure, as was at first supposed. ITALY. Sad Consequences of the Po Inundation—Many Thousands of People Houseloss. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. FLORENCE, Jane 9, 1872. Tho {inundation on the Po has rendered 22,000 Persons homeless in the province of Ferrara alone. ‘The destruction and suffering in the neighboring river provinces aro not so general, but are exten- sive and severe. CUBA. Bloody Engagement Between Spanish Troop and Insurgents. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK WERALO. Havana, June 9, 1872, Captain General Valmaseda has arrived at Nue- vitas, Asevere engagement took place between Colonel Bascones and Vicente Garcia. The Span- jards report the killing of twenty insurgents, in- cluding Lico Cruz, second in command of Garcia's forces. The insurgents attempted to recapturo Cruz after he was wounded, but were not suc- cessful. The Rival Sisters. CUAPER I, A BEAUTIFUL BUT DANGEROUS HEROINE. Miss Cranston, a very accomplished woman, kept a female school near Blanton, a quiet town in New Jersey. This place had been selected by Mrs. Blake, the mother of one of the Rival Sisters, as her home, on account of the reputation of the school. Mrs. Blake made her advent in Blanton in the character ofa widow who had recently lost her husband, and she brought with her a daughter ten years of age, pamed Hester, who was placed with Miss Cranston a8 a pupil. Hester Blake was a remarkable child, Miss Cranston found her a curious study. “If she is not tempted, all may go well with her,” thought the old lady; “but if she is—” and the ominous shake of the head expressed more than words, Mrs. Blake had fifteen hundred a year, which she stated was derived from property in the South; but where it was situated, and in what place she had lived before she made her advent in Blanton, was a matter of conjecture. No amount of pumping had been successful in extracting such information from either mother or daughter, For a few years the stranger lived almost alone, for her friendless advent among them had not in- spired her neighbors with much confidence in her antecedents; but as time went on, she won upon the good opinion of those around her, and at the time my story opens Mrs. Blake was received as a guest by the best families in the village, People did not trust her, but they admired and pitied her; for they said, “She 19 goodly to look at, and she has evidently been a sufferer in the battle of life.” Ah! if they had only known how and under what circumstances that battle had been waged, I am inclined to think that the reputed widow would have found few friends or defenders in that strait- laced neighborhood. The cottage occupied by Mrs. Blake stood about @ mile from the town. It was a comfortable house, with @ veranda in front, over which flowering vines were trained, and the large yard that surrounded it was shaded by elm trees. She was now dreamily regarding her daughter, who stood in front of a mirror combing out a mass of black glistening hair. The figure of the girl was modelled after that of her mother: there was the same perfection of out- line; the same sinuous, elastic movement; but the faces were not alike. She suddenly turned, and, facing her mother, said :— “The dull monotony of this place is becoming un- endurable tome, I wish to see something of the world—I must see it, mother.’” With a sigh Mrs, Blake said: — “Sit down on that low chair, and try to be quiet while I speak of things 1 had almost determined never to reveal to you.” Hester sat down, and prepared to listen to what she had so long desired to know, Mrs. Blake at length bs ag — “Youask me how it happened that I was cast off by the man I adored ? why he was permitted to wrong me #0 bitterly as to bring to his home another wife while I yet lived and suffered ? “T must go back to ay life, and tell you of myself before I became the wife of Armand Landry. My father was a dissipated, reckless man, who owned a small place near Le ge, as the Landry piantation was called, I was his only child, I was educated in @ convent. Franog tli was | SHEET. tly separate tual conse! Beltot went to Al ria ria. to my early home I found my tt as recklessly as ever. ‘Among the young men who came to his house was Armand Landry. He was two years younger than 4] for he had not completed his twentteth year when I Orst met him, He soon forsook the garmin; table to linger near me, and I—well—I was mi enough to give him the heart my husband had [thought lfe"would bo worthloas anes ot was wi wort! At was shared with him. anlar “Armand seemed devoted to me, but he never asked me to marry him. He knew that his proud old father would look with scorn on the daughter of such a man as my father was. “My father swore that Armand should yet be my husband, and for that purpose he obtained’ a divorce forme from Beltot. I was so infatuated that [ cared little oy what means Armand was to be en- snared, provided I became his wife. I entered into is plans, shameful as they were, and allowed myself to be united to aman who had been lured again to our house, and when incapable of acting for himself was wunced my husband by a mis- slonary who had been so short a time in the coun- try that he knew nothing of the wrong he was help- [Bg Locersy Scere ane en brought to the re the ceremony was per- formed, ange immediately afterward, 4 be it time had been chosen when the cider Landa: had been absent from home. I believed that ar mand loved me as truly at did him, “It was several weeks before he recovered all the natural energy of his mind, and I began once to fear that he would be permanently injured by the drag I had permitted to be administered to him. But the time’ came when he fully understood the position in which he was roud father, and declared that he could never for- ive me, “ Vainly I tried all my powers of fascination to enthrall him, and win forgiveness from him. * “As soon as he was well enough to leave the house, he went off tn search of his father, in spite of all 1 casldide to Gotan nom His father oa rc re ings for @ divorce, after sen Arman to Buro to make a tour, in company witl Mr. Russell and bis two Kono, Haan “ When I heard that, I was devoured with jealousy ; for Bilinor Russell was the young lady ‘who nad been chosen by Mr. rena for his son’s wife, and. report said that she was both rich and charming. afterward learned he was betrothed to Miss Rus- L. “When this happened you were buta few weeks old, and I was left with you to take care of and little enough to do it with, “Ab! how I hated that fair beauty who had caused me so much woe! Many a night, after you were asleep, have I stolen from my cottage and made my way to the stately home in which that woman dwelt, surrounded by joing care that of right be- longed to me, Concealed in the shrubbery I have listened to his voice speaking to her in accents of deeper tenderness than he had ever used to me, and I vowed within my soul that I would find means to blight the happiness they seemed to find in each other. They were married. “My hate culminated when a daughter was born who was destined to fill the place in your father's house of which you have been defrauded, “Your half-sister {8 two years younger than you, and in your childhood you were so much alike that but for the difference in size you might have been taken for twins. “Armand’s joy in his new treasure was soon turned to sadness, for tho health of his wife began to fail. She faded slowly away with a mysterious disease, Everything was tried that promised re- lef, but the spell of an evileye was upon her, and there was no help for her. “The doctors sald it was the climate that did not suit her, but I knew better than that, “She was taken away for grange of air, but Zel- ma, the woman that went with her as nurse, was one of the slaves that had belonged to my father, and was devoted to me. “Mrs, Landry lingered for many months, bat she at last died, when you were five years old. “The years passed on, and Armand was travel- ling in e4its rarely writing home, and never sending me a line. “You were ten years old when he came back. Zolma was dead, and I felt safe now that the only one who could accuse me of instigating the death of Ellinor Russell was gone. “But all my hopes were fearfuily dashed to tho earth, for he brought with him a young wife, a cousin of Ellinor’s and also an heiress. They stopped in New Orloans, and from there Armand wrote to me the following lines :— “NEw ORLEANS, Oct. 30, 18—. “I write to you, Hagar, to say that no option will be allowed you as to your removal from the vicinity of me and mine, “Icame back to my native land, bringing with me a cousin of my lost one as my wife, the resem- blance in person and character between the two attracting me trresistibly to Helen. “1 might have taken her to Le Bocage to meet the same terrible fate, had I not here encountered the priest who attended Zelma in her tast illness, and received her confession. “Ah, my heart, I cannot write it! “Go far away—take your daughter. “7 am not rich in my own right, but when she is old enough to marry, I will give her a suitable dower, This is all I can or will do, “ARMAND LANDRY." “f had nothing to do but to obey Armand’s com- mand," continued Mrs. Blake, “and sol came hither with you, where we have lived till now. ‘This is my history.” CHAPTER II. LOVE WITH THE DAUGHTER—A FIKNDISH PLOT. There was residing in the same vill with Mre, Blake and her daughter a physician, twenty-eight or thirty years of age—Dr. Macon—who for two hee had been ardently in love with the daughter. he had toyed and trifed with him during all that time; but he had finally insisted upon a decided answer to his suit, and on that very evening he was ber to learn his fate. Ashe approached the house he overheard the voices of mother and daugh- ter en; d in close conversation, and drawl near to the window and meanly listening, he ha obtained full possession of the terrible secret of Mrs. Blake’s life. Madly in love, and utterly un- scrupulous, he at once determined to make any use which might be necessary of his newly acquired ad- van to secure the hand of Hester, A PHYSICIAN IN ‘On that a Dr. Macon was engaged to take tea with Mrs. Blake and her daughter; but their old housekeeper returned from the village with the intelligence that a shocking railroad acci- dent had occurred in the vicinity, and tho doctor had hastened off to the assistance of the wounded. On the return of Dr. Macon he called upon Mrs. Blake and surprised her with the information that among the hurt was Armand Landry, mortally in- lured. He was accompanied by his daughter, the half-sister of Hester, and she had been stunned by a blow on the head. Theyavere both lying at a farm house near by, and Mr. Landry, knowing that he must die, had requested that Hester should visit him the next oie, that he might inform her of the pecuniary provision which he had made for her support, And now was concocted one of the most fiendish plota ever devised by the human mind, It was suggestea by Mrs. Blake and acquiesced in by Dr. Macon and Hester, that the half-sister, who was still unconscious, should be kept in a state of im- beellity by drugs which the doctor should jskilfully administer to her for that purpose, and Hester— whose resemblance to her was 80 close as to defy detection—should usurp her place ag heiress of tho iinmense estates entailed upon the half-sister through her mother. The inducement to Dr. Macon was Hester's prom- ise, on the accomplishment of the scheme, to be- come his wife. But when Hester came to read over the letters which lay conceajed in the bottom of her half-sis- ter's trunk, she found among them several from Raymond De Lorme, @ handsome young man whoin she remembered as her own first .over at the Sou’ th, when she was little more than a mere child, letters were written ina most impassioned strain, and showed that between him and his fair corre- spondent—Estelle Landry, Hester's now stricken hall-sister—a marrii eng mont existed. No sooner had Hester discovered this fact than her old love for De Lorme was rekindled, and she resolved atonce to have him also, as well as Es- telle’s fortune, let whatever obstacles might be in the way. He was now absent in Europe, to remain @ year Or two, and her Tust be most care- fully concealed from Dr. Macon; but, come what would, the young man should yet be hers! Mrs. Blake’s housekeeper, Mré. Muller, a German woman with an American education, was a great ip, and a cunning, selfish, evil-minded woman. lester, at her mother’s a1 stion, had turned tho key on the outside of Mrs. Muller's sleeping room, while their infernal plot had been planned; but the suspicious woman happened to be awake and she rigen, and, emer; ng through a window, crept around where she could listen to all they aid. ‘She too, now, Meant to have her profit out ofthe scheme, the secret of which she had obtained un- known to them, On the following day Mr. Landry felt his end rap- idly eppecnstine He had forbidden peremptorily that Mrs. Blake should be admitted to Bis but Mrs, Blake had determined to see him befoi he died. He was very anxious for a confessor, and was finally told that although there was no priest accessible a Stater of Charity might be obtained. This assurance afforded him great relief, and he de- sired that no time might be fat in sending for her. Mrs. Blake determined to improve this opportu- nity to seo him, without hig recognizing her, and to visit him in the disguise of a Sister. It was arranged that after night, when the room was dimly lighted by a single candle, she should go in and listen to such confessions as ho wished to make. In them, ifhe pene of her tenderly, com. nately, she would forego the dire vengeance she hi lanned to infict on pod nies her, brewthing hie soul away in dou and dread of what the future life might bring to If he judged her hardly and cruelly at the pat ghe would Hava no mecay Those ? When Eunice, @ deaf and damb servant girt seein tse fer aso neta eration a forenoud, and folded over har fae fn SOch 4 "maa, man- the of it, and Po ee tied over that, in the form of the hoods worn by Catholic nuns when walking then qtair which Hester resigned at her the movement, the dying man andi & faint voice said :-— “How good you were to come to me in this ex- tremity, This young girl has explained to me that you conseiXted to do so as soon as you heard that a bon of Motter Church needed your help; but some subtle or muat have conveyed to him the know! t something inimical had him, for he gud, 1enly seemed to sti with some pn | oppression, and sinking ik, he mur- red : “Too late! I " that I shall die before I whet I wished. Tewcet confess—must have tion, for I have simea.. But I have suffe biever a cup I have araned in hp i atthe one E Pod act of life which "ought unhappiness to o1 who thought sho had tie*,right 10 avenge herself upon ihe. 1 Tn a voice scarcely above \@ whisper Mrs. Blake “My son) forgive, as you hop to be forgiven, and all wit be well withyou™ “Ah! that is what I cannot d6% for there ts one gin and one: atuner that | have xiot forgiven, . But for that je in peace. “Was the wrong galt ‘you so ‘anmerited thas you feel thus bitterly ?”” i “Unmerited! Yes, Laasert that,,aivdt F betiowe tt. She who committed it was one I (td not love, though I was tricked into a mi wish her.” In a faltering voice Mrs. Blak a mngYou dia not jove ner i Are yout, quite: sure of Landry was too’ deepl; abaorted) in own thonghts to notice the menacing, tons at tilled through the muttied’ volce of the speaker: “No, I never loved her.” . bs wnt fe just 4a ny all the blame nog he oman’ 10 80 mucl ¥ in @ ley ¢ To those who have iovell erat much: nla for- given; and she, you say, loved you,”” “I gave her all that aho had a right eye at hands—and had she so willed it, T wo: ve gent’ her from me as free from reproach as im the hour of our first unfortunate meeting. But she wottld not go. Iwas very young. I loved the chi¥?stre gave Me, and through her the mother hoped.if I ‘were free Senta, £9 win me back, and—and—' FE oannot tell you what she did in return for the fowfesrance Thad shown’ toward her. It is her secitot, and I will not reveal it even in this hour, but that which I now find it impossibie to forgive.. If you can give me absolution, knowing that, I wi'Maccept: it gladly at your hands, although you are nos‘one of the accredited ministers of our Holy Church. 7? The heart of Mrs. Blake hardened ag she Ii \tened, She felt the blood surging through her veins’'with flery swiftness, and all the of her trepical nature burst forth. Bhe tore the shrouding folds from her head and face and started to her feet, standing over hit@as @ menacing fate, as she mockingly sald :— “Such consolation as I can give you are welcome to, Armand Landry. Whether it will factlitite our entrance to the Paradise in which your fost dilinor dwells or into the Hades in which I shatt hereafter claim you, I leave you to imagine, Loot at the woman you cast off ‘so lightly—the womas-, who believed that you loved hor—and cower before her glance as you soon will shrink before that of the Omnipotent Being who will ju: between us.’” “You—you here!” he exclaimed, in a loud, he voice. “How dare you approach me? How dare ou protang the sacred character you have assumed yr the purpose of intruding upon a presence that was forbidden you? Blake, you have been the curse of my life, and fn death you persecute me still. Go! I command you to leave this room un- polluted by the presence of @ murderess.”. Hagar’s eyes blazed back defiance, and she taunt- in, = ff ‘ou are in no position now to enforce your will. You are in my power, not I in yours, and I intend to pay you back, drop for drop, for all the bitterness as ave poured into my cup and forced me ta ink. The teatures of Landry were blanched to the hue of death, and his black eyes gleamed fiercely. from their pallid setting, as he hoarsely asked :— “By whose connivance were you permitted to enter here? If Hester or her betrothed husband aided you tt will be the worse for them, for in thas case I will give her nothing. The paper I caused her to write this morning will be valueless unless it is signed and witnessed, and now I will do neither.’? “Oh, you threaten me with consequences, do you?’ she mockingly asked; “but let me assur you that it is a matter of indifference to me, an also to my daughter, whether that — is value- less or not. ‘@ have settled our plans, and, rave against them as you may, you will be powerless ta prevent them from being carried intoetfect, Hester will not accept the paltry provision you have so magnanimously made for her; she will claim what ta hers, in justice at least—the half of the estate which is now held by your children.” “Woman! what do you mean by that? Ah! my God! have I fallen into a den of thieves? Is there no one to help me ?”” His voice broke suddenty and he fell back upon his pillows gasping for breath. “No onel’’ repeated Mrs, Blake, with stern em- phasis, “You are inthis solitary country house entirely at my mercy, and that of those who are willing to do all that I wish. The daril daughter on whom you have lavished so much indulgence lica stricken into idiocy by the injuries her head has re- cetved. She will never more waik the earth in pride, looking down In acorn upon the sister whom you have bequeathed to her compassion. In place of that I have decreed that the two shall change places, and the child of your adored Ellinor shall Stay with me, while daughter assumes the station of the heiress and wears the honors of her father’s house. The two sisters are so much alike that no one will ever be able to distinguish the true one from her counterfeit.’ The listener felt that the shock of this. announce- ment had shortened his brief span of life; he knew that the death clutch was already on his vitals; but he rallied his last remaining strength, and said, with solemn emphasis :— “If youconsummate this wickedness, I leave to you, and to the impostor who will take the place of my darling, my undying malediction. God ta over all, and ie will not permit such villany to ga unpunished, even in this world,” ‘8. Blake unclosed her lips toreply, but Landry raised his hand appealingly, 9 change over his sunken face, and with a prayer on his lips in. be- half of his favorite child he passed away. Hester arrayed herself in a black dress which she found in Estelle’s trunk, and assuming the name and character of her half-sister, prepared, on the following day, to accompany the remains of her father to New Orleans, for burial, in company with’ Herbert Spencer, @ young Inan from_ Boi a cousin of Raymond De Lorme’s, who had been sent on by the family relations for that purpose. What happened there, aud indeed the whole of the thrill- ing story of the rival half-sisters, Hester and Estelle, will be found in the New York Ledger, which 1s now ready and can be had at all the book stores and news depots. 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