, 1873-02-16

the Lost Tribes in Africa, and bring them to-
gether again at Jerusalem. This happiness il
interrupted BY the reappearance Of cesarine.
Claude sees her return with absolute indiffer.
ence she is as nothing to him,-so insieuifi-
cant he does not even think it worth willie to
challenge her right to q seat a: his hearth
Antonin, unfortunately, falls in love with her at
first sight Finding it in vain to struggle with
expense OF his adopted fathers, his benefsctor'a q
honor he resolves to fly. Ho tells Claude Ripper
they must part, but he does not confess The
cause which leads him to the separation
min falling into the tolls OF that woman To
sare Antonin, he, Claude, makes general con
fession,-how he loved, how he was deceived.
how he has suffered. The recital but increases
Antonins desire tody; he is more than ever con-
cious that his sole safety lies in flight. Claude
refuses to allow him tolesve, confdes to him the
secret Of his invention, and gives Antonin the
| key Of the iron safe in which al the details OF
the invention are deposited. He conjures An
tonin to keep the secret for France, should any
| harm befan him, the inventor. The invention
has reached the ears Of military governments,
and there is an earnest desire on their part to ret
possession OF the secret. Among the agents en-
ployed to ferret out this secret was one Cantag-
nae, 8 dubious character, Who passes with some
people for speculator, with others for q spy in
| the nay OF some foreign government. Tho prob
abilities are he is both. He knows how pressed
! by debt Claude is, and hopes to buy the secret
by opportunely appearing when creditors are
most clamorous and by offering to satisfy them
tors secret. Claude refuses poverty, with all
| its distressing consequences, ia preferable to
| seeing his invention pass into the hands OF his
| copntry'a enemies Falling in attempts to &c.
| Cesarine, whom he had known as the mistress
| OF cne OF his agents.. He offers to give her all
tho money she wants il she will obtain hor hus-
| bands secret. Cesarine sets to work. Hope OF
| money gives her lyn1's eyes. She detects the
love her husband bears Rebecca, and the ardor
SEQ (for she could not undorstand) the
: nature of this lore, Rebecca confesses
to Claude as sho takes leaye-perhaps forever
Of him to follow her father in his search for the
Lost Tribes, that she loves him davotedly, With
q mystic lore, to be gratihed only in the New
Jerusalcm which lies beyond the grave; tits such
love Us priest may entertain for num- without
violence to Vows. Cesarine attempts to get pos
senses, in all those arts with which women every
day and SO easily dupe men. There is no magic
in them when applied to Claude. She can excite
only one sentiment in him,-disgust+ She then
threatens. Claude is terrified, for he knows
there is nothing OF which that vile woman is not
dains the worst she could do; has sho not al
ready done her worst by soiling his honor with
her infamy?) for Antonin and Rebecca. He
warns her that, il she attempts to wrong him
tulOuH1l LucSt " tA44
lie will kill her as he would kill the adder, and
with as little compunction. She allures An
tonin fans tho passion which glows in his veins
until it burns all the VOWS he had formed. She
gives him $40 900 she had received from cartag-
nae Cwithout telling it's origin), and begs him to
place it in the iron safe where, she had discov-
ered all the papers relating to the new
cannon wero kept. She does this at Cantag-
nac's suggestion, and as E means to en-
ablo her to seize the papers at favorable mo-
.,1or hv Ant
kcenest edge being d1iled by satisfaction, feels
horror with himself foT betraying his benefactor,
and urges Cesarine to fly with him. She con-
senta, and insists upon his taking the money she
ease abroad. II ia not without difficulty she sue
Goods wringing consent from him, but at last he
agrees She blows out the candle, that nobody
may discover their preparations for fight. An
tonin "opens the iron safe BY the bright moon
light, and takes the 40,ooo but he observes aa
he does SO, that Cesarlne steals the papors re-
lating to the invention. Antonin seizes her hand
to force her to surrender them. They struggle,
She escapes, and runs to the window to throw
them out to Cantagnac, who is secreted below.
waiting for them. Tho noise OF tho struggle has
attracted Claude, who at its height, entered tho
room stea1thily, armed with b1e-barrelled
gun. Seeing what ahe is about to do, he takes
aim, fires, and kills her before she reaches tho
window. Antonin expects the other barrels
contents are for him, and awaits his fate with
resignation he feels he merits it. But Claude
puts his arm i'll Antonin's, and says, "Come,
let us set to work again" The curtain falls.
no calls for Milo. Desclce, who played Cesa1ine
with admirable art.
pow1Es nnoTHERs co.
The utmost energy is shown in attempting to |
recover some property for tito creditors Of this |
firm. Charles Bowlos personally was made q !
bankrupt, two days ago, BY decree Of Court; the |
object Of this measure was to recover for the |
creditors the 9400 000,or 5000 900 worth Of prop
erty in Nice and at Geneva which stands in tie |
name Of Mrs. Stetson, aud which ls believed to |
be rightfully assets Of the firm.
SOME FINANCIAL FRAUDS
have come to Light, in which good many we'll
known Frenchmen ere implicated (amons them
Clement Du7erois, one Of the last Ministers OF
tho Empire, and long, prominent newspaper
and more fittings. Tho exact nature Of these
frauds has not tyot come to light. The Paris
Journal has ceased to appear in consequence Of |
these legal proceedings; it was owned by ono Of
the accused: It appears that an enormous
existed only on paper has been f1oztod on tho
Bourse and the proceeds of the sales have been
dssipated by the parties now in flight or in
prison.
TIE c1TY HALL.
The ruins of the City Hall of Paris present
most weird spectacle on moon-lighted nights.
By the way, when you come to Paris, visit Notre
Dame on some cloudless night, when the moon
oours translucent molten silver over that ven
,reble Gothic edifce,-you will not regret it,
The Madeleine Church, too, never looks better
han when bathod in moonlight. The ruins Of
he City Hall are now hoary with saltpetre Which
,litters most Enthusiastically in nights silvery
ight while night-birds, with strange noises Of
hroat or wing, dot the scene with their rapid,
1ncertain forms. Hundreds of cats move
'tealthily about, making very Chinese concert
II Iove-songs or complaints OF hard times or
,ard fare. or whatever other cares corrode
ats consciences. AL the architects in Franco
re hard at work on plan of the new City Hall;
he plan accepted will secure for it's author the
'laco Of architect Of the new building. which
giu give fame and fortune (9100, ,00o); the
econd best plan will receive prize Of 5000;
he third, 5000; the fourth, $4,000; the
fifth and sixth, 81, 600 each.
DREADFUL DOMESTIC TRAGEDY
. thus related in G daily paper: " We reached
with Guillaumc. This was the second
ime he had met his father since he had quilted
is regiment. Hs had felt aeutely the loss OF his
ank. HIS father had promised Us to make no
uusion to Guillaumo's disgrace. Tho day after
ur arrival passed away well enough. We al
ut home. Tho father and son lad
oretfer mid several Waits in town and seemed