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The Fortunes of a Founding
4 Tale OF Life as i, Is.

ard British ProYence.
AzAEL kArsH isfull Of episodes and incidents
which connect fail TO star 10 their very fountain
the syEnpaih!ss Of the human heart while
vein Of quiet hafnor i Developed BIZ some Of the
characters who figure in the progress OF the story.
that " III provoke Iaugl. from the most -edaie
reader. III spite Of himself "AzaKL KAfs IS
great picture OF iife, which brings before The
mind Of the reader The storms and sunshine of
human existence, portraye d-and-fell-and
participated in-by living, breathing human
beings The reader at once recognizes ifs truth
fuilness by the infallib bic test which his
heart furnishes. The incidents and the Adven-
lures Of the Characters who figure in the pages
Of /" AzAEL KATS" are alternately of the most
citing and amusing character.
This Story will he handsomely illusf rated by
one of the leading designers of the day. The
following il the opening chapter, from which
the render can form some little idea Of It's char
actor, though TO Judge of It's merits fully he
must read the first two numbers
CHAPTER IA DARK DEED.
"eTbe moonlight las red tinge like blood
the siars TO trerabje with horror the voices
/ Of pleading angels are borne 10 my ears IN eve
~ wind that blows. Oh oh oh II is too
fair night to commit so foul deed -
/ il was the frantic exclamation Of tall. gaunt,
! masculine looking woman, who carried upon
/ er large sized covered basket and who
walked swiftly IT. the direction of the old COW
cred bridge which connected the villages Belle
Vile and Bucktown, lying III the western part
of the State of New York. The moon was at the
full. and the little river stretching placidly from
shore to shore, gllsteneG like Furnished silver
under its blaze, and reflected the blue concave
with its countless glittering CRIBS and the giant
trees and peaceful cottages which skirted either
shore.
Too fair night for so foul a deed :" she re-
! peated, AZ with rapid strides she still pursued
her way.
No sound broke the stiffness Of nights quiet
reign, save her own unearthy voice, and the
musical rippiag of the iImped water as it gush-
ed to waste through the sluices of the old mill
| dam aud went tinkling on It's wav to mingI.
again with its the soft South winds seem
cd to whisper TO the leaves as il kissed them
the mourniul melody of the whip poor- will and
the monotonous hum of insect life.
" Too fair night for so foul deed |" she re-
peatcd Tor the third time. as, pausing for an in
slant in her headlong course, she placed the
basket upoa the ground, kHelt down beside il .
| aud removing first the and then a white
maxim, allowed the moonlight to shine upon the
features of "A sleeping babe.
:" he must not 1--we, and yet how can kill
HIM ! she exclaimed, In a tone bordering on
frenzy. of be were man, now, or even q
! grown boy, who would struggle for life and
| fight me back, and glare savagely upon me |
could do Il. Or If, even it were some other babe.
4 might do 1t, but how burden my soul
with his blood p
| An angel smile crept over the little sinless
face, as she gazcd upon it, though to touch
her bitter nature, while rcmorse busy with
Der heart. but quietly throwing the napkia over
the little form, she exclaimed she passed the
cover over the basket
eff look AT him any longer / shall 90 wild (.
My heart pleads for him and nature like a skill
| iul advocate, tries 10 talk me from my fell design
| but Fate says that he must die. and Fate il
more potent than eitherl"
! As she spoke the dscortlant screech of an
| owl upon tree hard by grated upon her ears
and nj that same moment the dismal howl of a
| dog awoke the echoes around
fhey are the mouth pieces of Destiny -
| continued the woman, with ghasilv smile.
their answer is an affirmative and Destiny not
/ |, must take the blame T.
Aud clutching the basket with a nervous
grasp. she again
! with stoa)thy pace toward her design
Moved like ghost r.
1t indeed too fa night for the commIs-
sion OF suoh a deed Child murder. The IN st
heartless of all murders Who can contemplate
| il without IA thrill of horror We are assured
f" the human heart is decetful ADORE all ttiaos
and desperately wicked" Corrupt human ma
ture il more terrible than brute nature but in
what part of the most trightfuliy depraved and
reckless heart does the black venom exist which
so closures the Divine light within that with
cred murder IL allowed To Law her right hand
/ upon the life of harmless sleeping babe "a
| being SO helpless, pure. and SO holy that
/ presence and shudder ut the idea OF polloutiug
at with a touch
Murder sleeping infant What diabolica
/ influence could have been at work in the heart
/ OF that wretched woman Could 1t have been
/ that to save her worldly repUtatlon She vas
wiling To take upon her soul load of gull
which would bear her down. down. in tie an
iathomabe abyss of woe throughout the count
less ages Of eternity OR. did she undertake
The la'k tor The sake of worldly gain Or was
she te,;s red by the gives of sin, and forced in
J to the commission of The act 10 save her person
/ irom the styong arm of the law
She reached the bridge at last, and passng
I trem the brgh$ moonlight under lts gloomy por-
/ tails. she kept or her way till she had gained
4 the Widdle. when she brought M at one OF the
RAINY openings ;sade at intervals througout the
leagih Of the structure for The purpose of admit
/ has light aud placing the basket at her feet she
I gaxed ont upon Tho glimtuelug water. Long
! did she stand Il us Her better nature was
4 evidently again battling stoutly against guilt
/ ter she wrsthed IN agony, and al audible grosn
ever and anon escaped her as she turned The
teartnl subject over in her mind.
'' To drop him m the cold. dark treacherous
/ water. she mGrmered, land carry away with
uo the heart hacking reflection thai he is ~ ing
sun and stark 81 the bottom, when / ought
/ rather To protect him from Gsnger--to be WI
4 ling To lose my life in his defence Oh whv
why has Fate oreed this alternative upon ,i1e,
wiu not tta II she exclaimed. with sudden
1 energy" come. baby, wlu take You back
i though Fate Itself stand 70 oppose me =.
She teok up the basket, and started to retrace
her steps For about thirty yards she Wake
with nrm aad reSolale tread, and then her nc
t1oa grew less rapid. snd al length she stopped
( altogether.
Bur what IS TO become Of me = she r,ur-
mersd : assre not die. ana net prepared 10
enter The presence OF offended DEITY. and *
/ IS feol that | Sm, why cannot | accomplsl h,
1 the deed az once splash. few bubbles
aud 7t'e thing 5 accomplished have commit
'et erime before. why shoald / hesitate To do IL
aga,u
She re;Graed "a the window with hurried
steps, and passing the basket Get. instantly. as
7 Though Il 2es eefare conscience eesld fneerposs
She held IL suspended, ter IsssslnE, above shs
: stream Suddenly heSeyev, sc withdrew i,