, 1874-09-14

| lying In MI GxpoH1d poBlion to 8nsor qunrturt
honror tho city m1Ia Bohnito, lltowlec, aftor
noyod to tho 1iltlo stronghold Of Oll2xa, oil tho
| o,tBlitts OF 1iumo. 11o loft pah, ptfll p0asosned
Of excellent honlth md ooneidorablo plymca
btrongtl; tta n,las1nnt yappra Ind not atfcceot
illb wonderful consultation In tho lohst.
| Tho old 'danto was auoordod IN audonco With
tito Popo, snd mot with tito unine friendly rocop'
tion az boloro. Tho 11olY Fatllor listened to hot
| kindly. and ncrntni&od Bounino'h work with
htoii tntorost.r The idea Of sgnrativo repro;
se9ntati9n Of Iarnotelero M tlo c9nquoror Of
| Yicsor Etnma'luot uvd6nt1y ghyo him kuon ploaa-
uro.
| "Ilis sonnlno hns oonooits TINT arc by
.n no nlos,e ts" 'o aa'd or completing to III.
Have mol nlrcnay exempted lin OF two 1ifo-
long itnrrl6onnenta Yos, yos, I romembsr
pow. And be hsa anolAor life-torin to sorye.
o aS een long as ays tes,'
truly. Woll,, shoi,. We shall agnin exercise
tnurcy; sonillno shall Horvo but two yours moro.
III two yoarn from to-tlay lo nllail be Aot froe."
| This certainly wnb Int Rltogathot wl,nt tho old
Thing. Why, coming to think about It, 1t was
hctnnly Eroht doh1 !; Tor, what wero two short
oara compared 10 Tho original Henselloo of triple
lifelong imprlsonmcnt1
| sonnino. too, Thought That two yoars, untlor
tho clrcun,stanecs, wore tnnro baghielio. lilo
had expected no concession whAtoycr. Hn, wl,ult
liA trembling mother communicated to him tho
fellcftons t1alngs, ho exclaimed, in unfesgaod
aBtoniHhncnt
Aftor n1l, thon jhe 1nau in 1.omo 1lan n
llahrt From tho drops Of oltmetty he haa
hlthort9 ! ;ss''nkloa ovor no would rcarco have
From tic motnout III Which so,inino was np-
prisod slat l,o would yet hear thu hour Of, his
lIia al,atl,y suddenly vanished. Al lls rest waa
gono. Flo moved hbollt hllrrlatly IN feycriHh
| o1citemolt, and appeared to hnvo entirely for
gotten to work. lfo ,,,, novcr ayain touollol s.'a
hastily; and npoho of nalght but tho horr
I WHOM ho Bhoi,ld Rraiu bsoatho tho pure, Bweet
nir OF Irccaoin. no nlauo himBclf a cnlondar, IN
which s,u n1arkod off tho two years which he still
hcasy ntroko. nra In The oyoniny 11o couhteil the
days which wero still before him. 1heBe ho d.
vided sud slbdividrd into hours, minutes, and
aeco.H1e., THO CLINT nu,nbors BurGos1, wildly
through his hrnr. lfo lnat hia sleep, and . rcr~
yous irlitAb!ty soizetl Linn. His ilngerH trolu-
| bled md his Knees qualtod. Ofton ho COM
nl,,i,nd with litnBo1f, mud for holrs lto waa on
gaYod in figuring on tho wall. Fu,nlly flo began
| to mark oil every expired qnarEor Of a', hottr.
In tito ii,eantimo bis ct,ookB woro 1oAing t},o!r
ronndnosa hlB eyes weto sinking in; llia tem-
Piles wore following, and bis franlo bccan'o nigh
! unto Il skeleton. Whnt Tho ,nurderoua mir of
Forto Dano could not effect in fourteen yean,,
WIN brought it, US many months by tho dcliriouH
Now, but fow 1noro months woro before him
-t,o11, but Cow moro weeks; bit tho par.toned
| briganl glidod through tho galleries Of O!izza
l,ko spectre. Scarcely ounce Of rn,lscao WIS
remaining OF Ills broqst, at,tl moi suspicion Of
| n1p0Ho on hiB whole body. 1Ie could grasp every
| rib, ovory Binow, overy tendon. Tho oyca glm-
I incretl with m uncertain hight; tho laEgard
cheeka wcro at times sufTHcd with church yard
| flush; tho voice was honrsG mud hnckod tho Eait
| m unatcady totter. 1sut tho gazo CT tho man.
| who was raciug 1nsdy. and yet unconsco,1siy,
UNTO hiA crave, ro1nnincd i11nloynh}y Aaod uro:i
| the dny which WAS 10 aee lin FREQ.
At last lle cont word INTO lis 1nothor to como
to Qllzaa OH this sel-lctter day take him forth
| With her.
The mother came three days orc Tho appointed.
tiMo. In her bIiudiug bllsn Be perceived not
the wretclod condition Of her soa. Twice twen-
ty-fonr hoNys passed, Ind then, on tim day be-
fore the day fxod for hH liberation, tho lamp Of
sun1lno's lifo wenl out.
"To-morrow will Le fyco!" wcre lMa last
woray.
On tho morrow ho waa froa. The fovor-pros1
for liberty had teloascd its noul from ito torres
trial thraltlom.
Tho old woman lifted tho body Of hcr Bon
upon hor shoulders, and boro IL FROM tllo fort
into the opon fold. Hero alIo Bcraped up eon,o
Garth. To thin crude aopulchro Hho consigned
the cherished rcmaiun.
Then sho coworod down beside tho mound.
Some reoplo who happened to pass tho succeed
ing day found corpue recuMbont on u new-duE
rfhrn.