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will be donol" exclaimed the mother in agony,
as clasping the trembling girl in her arms, they
both sank to the lloor.
The door Of their room is wrested open and
Reginald Forbes is before theml
"Be not alarmed" said he encouragingly, as
he raised them to their feet "There IS no dan
ger yet, but not a minute is to be lost. Garry
down these trunks" addressing four or FIVE stall
wau seamen, who were armed to the teeth, sand
see them safely aboard. Avoid the mob; shall
see 10 the ladies'" as he hurried the latter down
to a carriage before the door. Sand now," hur-
riedly addressing the driver, "spoed forward un-
I'll you cOmeopposite my warehouse. | shall ride
in advance, aud have the way cleared. Be OFF,
and Reginald gallopcd ahead.
THE miniaturel the minaturel" at thar mo-
ment exclaimed the daughter. at isin the room"
and she sprung from the carriage, followed by a
devoted little servant-a hali-brced, called Dora,
about twelve years old.
The driver discovered not that the young lady
had quilted the carriage, and drove rapidly toward
the river. The mother called to him-shrieked
to him, again and again to stop, but he either
heard or needed her not. The yells of the mob
were too dealening to mark the piteous appeal.
She swooned away, but he drove on.
The brave girl swiftly bounded up the stair
way, but the wolves were on her trail. There
was battering at the doors below, pingled with
loud and passionate voices.
"Madre de Dois! the door below this" shout
ed several voices, and there was rush Of bodies
through the lower passage, and a uampling of
feet upon the stairs! She looked around for the
minature-it is her fathers. Dora picks it up
from the floor, where it had fallen a minute be-
fore. How can she avoid the hounds in pursuit!
She bolts the door by which she entered the room;
there is fortunately another which leads by pri-
vate staircase to the garden. She opens it, but
before she descends, she tries to exlingush the
light, which still burns in the room. Voices are
on the landing place and opposite the door she
has Just bolted. Blows are struck as t. with
sledge-hammers. The candlcstick falls, but the
candle burns; she dares not make another effort
to return and extinguish it;-the blows are re-
peated;-she bounds down the private stairway,
Dora closely following.
"The birds have flown by h--ll but the nest is
yet warm" shouted hoarse- lunged rufiian, as
the room behind her filled with her pursuers.-
She hears the words, they are spoken in the ma
tive language of Reginald Forbes. She gains the
garden-the southern wall of the garden. 1t is
high, but no mater; she is brave hearted girl;-
she gains the top and helps Dora up. All, haste
thee, lsabeal they are on thy trai, they are in
the gardenl She shoots along the alley opening
on the front street, and is near the spot where she
had left her mother minute before. There arc
horrid figures moving to and fro in mad confil-
sion, but the carriage is gone! Her heart sinks;
she retlres step within the alley and gasps for
breath. Could she but cross the avenue now in
safety, she could gain the river in forty seconds.
Her pursuerS are close behind her, and she can
almost feel their hotbreath upon her;--she grasps
the hand of Dora, and committing herself to God,
bounds into the avenue and gains the other side
in salety Along this she speeds for about twen-
y yards then turning to the left into court, dark
and noisome, she continues to run ebout hum
dred yards further. She stops for breath;-liule
Dora is nearly exhausted. Again she hears her
pursuers! Onward she speeds; and now turns to
the right. Haste thee, Isabella! andyou are safe:
you are within hundred yards of La PIata!-
She gains the wharf blooming about fifty yards
from her are the masts of brig at anchor, and
she hears the dash of oars making shoreward;
she halls the boat wildly, but is answered by more
than her friends: those footballs are close behind
her: TO the left of her isa light it tproceeds from
a counting-house which is attached to the ware
house of Reginald Forbes. As she approaches
it, she hears again that hateful voice. All, lsa-
bella! it is the voice of one who knows that path
better than you. She is at the Threshold of that
bulding,--in it.
$50, SO, birding! You arc shared at last: you
haye hownto nest in the propeiest spot in
Christendotnl" said tall, ungainIy figure, dra-
ped in military uniform, who leaped into the Of
flee after her.
She turned and gazing for an instant on the
flushed countenance of the intoxicated ruffian,
uttered loud and piercing shrek.
"Genty, gently, pretty ono you will mar our
assignation by these childish cries." and closing
the door, he attempted to seize her. There was
another shrek, loud and proonged,--a momen-
tary struggle; but almost simultaneously, there
was blow on the door which flung it open to its
widest extent, and strong hand was planted on
the throat of the rufian.
"Robert Simpson," CALCULATED Reginald For
bes, for it was he. "Great God! have lived to
witness such monster couchod in human lorml"
and he relaxed his hold on the villains neck.
The latter glared for moment on Reginald
with an expression of shame and desperation.
'You have Witnessed so much, sir,'' he repli.
cd, shut by heaven! you shall not live to give il
utterance;" and he unsheathed the sword which
was girded to him, but Reginald closed with him
ere he could bring it into effect.
The struggle was brief but desperate; it was a
struggle for life and death. The sword was bro.
ken in the strife, and Reginold's foot having slip
ped, he lost his balance and went down. His
deadly antagonist kneeing on his breast, with
one hand, grappled him by the throat, while with
the other, he drew pistol from his belt; this he
snapped with the muzzle close to the head of the
PROSTATE man, but it did not explode and he flung
it aside with a curse. He drew the second, and
evelIlng itwith the same deadly aim, it exploded
but the ball, owing to Reginald having shifted the
position of his head at the moment of explosion