, 1876-09-16

writcr) with hIs uinucr. Hy d miracle ihIs
precious trunk l'al been savctl from tho
not r IN snai as' ersep. I ie Sss xtto3 tStf kaeS u:
valnc nf its contents, about which, however, lie
naturally fcit most deeply Nn11ous. lie was ia
q CONSTANT trctnblo lest the least mIscl.ance
throw TIC precious deposis into tho hands Of
tilo asl1rplnE GoyGrn1ncnt Of Spain. or of othcr
thieves. Thu Carll.t party could II afford the
loss OF Gfe0 aud, ns for ht1nse|f, tho seizure
There waa another consideration wlicl, welEhei
stll heavier upon his mini; tho secret rccapta-
Gle IN tho trtnk contained also the papers Of The
Carlet party, wlslrl Il would 10 ruin to many
noble aild generous pereons In Spain wcrc they
Government. lie Ind, then, reflected long and
anxtously upon tlIts most critical stato Of
AFFAIRS and al last he hal decided TO trust TO
:le honor 81 German gentleman. ue there
The Londonor Iiof. iio gave its word of honor
that the money Ind been honestly coma by, and
That Il really belonged to the parties named.
kindly keep Il sale iii further instruetions. Iona
However, TO reward him Tor bis trouble and ls
natural anxiety IN this somcwtnt delicate nirair,
he tho wr'tcrl, WHO iin.l the fullest power to
IT, IT, Tor etncsn ne Gaf' Sa GSa5ty hssgs to 1Ho,s
70 take 10 per cent Of tile Carl'st monoy--say
100000 pcbetaa or francs-for himself, md io
most earnestly entfcnted him not to refuse The
proiI[srsd Eff III. acceptance thereof, indeed,
for the honorable performance of ihc hlsk trist
reporcd fn him. lie tI'e writor] knew stid felt,
Of course that nc md hs party were. BY tic pres
cnt step. placing themselves entirely ut the mercy
Of stranger: but he raw no other wny out of
thu difficulty, and he was quito convinced In his
mind that lie might aatclY trust to TIC proved
high honor anu Kind feeling OF hts old friend,
the proprietor Of TIC Ionfloncr Iloi. lie was
an1l9usiy M waiting ior lls correspondents reply,
%ima gon n9s :esp ses night long rs the ncle re-
such was tue pispoft Of ihe letter which tile
folcctea snltorJnay'ny to NJ; Casnar,s intcnsc
cted tho interesting ocu.nent-impartcd briefly
TO tnat gont1cu1an, and then calmly proceeded
70 inform hl' Intended satlcr.in-law that hc had
ncen 10 dssply Impressed by tho latters lecture
once and to Inc fullest extent BY the wlse max
Inns cnunctated ny Mr. Caspar, and begged
therefore to propose that they should join III
tle ALTAR 70 which the letter referred upon the
prlae,ple OF st'ar9 e. anu silnrc allie, and mlns
hosts consent TO the MARRIAGE.
The eoolnesa Of this well nigh took away Mr..
"AIi SUPPOSE e!r, " he shouted At lass ia
lowering raSe, suppose, slr, l decline being
hand you over to the custody OF the police upon
the charge OF stealing letter belonging to inc,
what VII! You do then, siF7 1Ieh1''
In TINT case-whlch is not very likely to hap-
to the fact that tue Gorman Empire Is at pres
cut o. peace nld amlty' with tbs actual Govern
ment Of Spain, dcon u my patriotic duty to
place the contents OF the letter before the po.
liec, aud trust Tor my reward to the gratitude Of
the Spanish Government"
"fou cannot mean 1t, air. gaspcd poor Mr.
Caspar, IL Btnto Of truly pttiablc perturbation.
ni, tao son OF ~ honorable tat'iert surely
could never po guilty OF such Incredible baso.
"You Just try me, my dear Mr. caspar;
that's NIL. Baseness, indecdi Why, didn't
you tell me that you lad poor opinion of the
many man VINO would lct clip cl1ance 70 improve Ills
e u oneT m s n M eos MH s0 San
shall not have poor opinion Of me, depend on
It. thank you Tor the lesson, and, please tho
pigs, 1 shall try to better tho instruction. !
love your daughter more dearly than life, and
comfortable inc2mu is ind!sIensa6le to happE-
ness In married life. We'll, 10000 franca--iny
sharc-Ttli make Louise and me all snug, and
there till sti1l remain tho samc sum for
That knowledge may, after all, be worth good
round tangible sum. Why, In tho present in
stance, twice {, 600 ducats for GYcn only emo Of
my si1 languages"
utter bewildetment Ct tho calm, radlant faco Of
the young man. Ho was slowly 1ealizlng tho
real statc and position Of affairs, and tue COW
vlctton unconfortably dawncd upon him tllat
be Ias truly at the othcr's mercy IN tho matter.
20, liko scns!blc man OF the world, lie agreed
To the proposed terms, and the young lover
and his dntllng Louise enjoyed a few weeks
Of supreme happiness. But We must not antfcl-
pate.
The Spanish letter vas signed nJuan dc Cor
riad IL salvstiesra." Upon searching tho books
vat'crrn had been staying there some flvo years
before, md Ind lived en- QraHd seignsur at tho
time. The writer Of tho letter was evidently
this gentleman, who clearly had enjoyed the
frlendahip ot tho lato III. Caspar. now about
there and then, promising tho strctcst eompu-
anee with the unhappy prisoners demand.
eagerly ana successfully. mustered tho lesson III
worldly wisdom taught him by mine host ot tho
Of Zcugatadt, who, having imprudcntly. engaged
lis credit to lleayy amount for u dishonest
afle Repatriation ot ths liability incurred BY him.
and the Do1iEfaco OF tho Ionloncr Ilof Ind been
Intimate friends, and 1t had becu agreed he