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ed my friend, and promised to come for
ward as a witness Whenever l wished to
assert my rights
"And she is dead and her secret buried
with herr @roaned the old man, GOVERN:
his face with his HANDS.
"But STILL argued Noel, eagerly and
anxiously, " may have a chance left, you
know. l won't throw up the sponge as
yet"
'"Quite right-auite right" murlnnred
his listener. Il like a brave hcalt-1 like
courage and perseverance"
"The widow" pursued the other, "pos-
sesscd. letters of imroltancc-foolish. i'm
prudent. compromising letters some writ
ten by my father, so 'e by Madame Gerdy.
l know this to be "A fact, for I've had them
in my hands. I've read them. Claudine
even wished to place them in my keeping.
Fool, fool that / was TO refuse them,'
Alas, there was no chlnce left in that
quarter. Nobody was better aware of it
than Daddy Tabaret.
These letters, Of course, had been the mo-
tive of the murder at the village of La
Jonchcrc.
The assassin had found and had burned
them, with the rest of the widows papers,
in the little stove already described in the
first chapters Of this story.
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see you again in the morning" Then he
added, aifcctionatcly, Poor boy-poor
boy! what an anxious time you must have
had of itr
Fearful, and joined to it all, worry
about money matters"
Money matters! | thought you were
such an economical fellow"
Before this dreadful revelation, which
threatens to change my whole life, l had
taken upon myself some engagements fof
friend, a dear friend. Those engage
ments l must meet. and, under prescn,
circumstances, l cannot ask for assist
ance from the family purse
"You're right-quite right and I'm
delighted you've mentioned it, for it just
reminds me that its in your power to do
me a favor"
In,lced,-and what's thatl'
"Can You imagine. now. that I've got in
my desk. polled away among my papers,
no less Il sum than Il thousand pounds, in
bank notesl'
Rather imprudent," remarked the bar
rister.
"Of course it is; that's just what
meant and what I'm about to propose is,
that you can take care of them far better
than | cam
No"l pressed the good old fellows hand,
and shook his head with an amused ex-
preston Of face
Thank You al the same" he objected,
"but Ina afraid | must refuse"
You'll do. nothing of the kind" said
Daddy Tabarct, hotly;"I'm accustomed to
have my way, and I'll bring the money
Tomorrow
'" But remembering he had an appoint
mcnt with the magistrate NJ. Daburon,
and perhaps might be detained all day,
he added, Immediately. " No not to-mor-
row. | won't run any further risks you
shall have it this evening. This evening,
did | say2-you shall have it at once!"
And before Noel could stop him, he had
seized his hat and left the room.
In ten minutes he returned, with the
roll Of bank notes i'll his hand.
''If you don't find them enough" he
said, as he thrust them into the pocket of
the young bamister's coat, "there's plenty
more at the same shop orders punctually
attended to, aid the stlictest secrecy Oh
served"
And, without waiting for reply, he was
GoE".
"What queer old fellow he is," though
Noel !; he hasn't taken ansI, o O..or re-
ceipt of any kind " and he ran to the door
as he spoke. III ordcr to call him back !;
then stopped short and listened. "He'll
be coming again Tomorrow" he reflected,
land I'll let him have his own way now
lie opened his window and listened to
the footsteps of the old man until they
died away in the lonely street then he
wound up his oil lamp, and, after that,
arranged his hair and put on an orerroat
Crossing 10 tn" door Of Madame Gerdy's
room, he listened attcntively for any
sound that might proceed from the sick
chamber
All was silent, as if death already reign
ed there upon which he returned to his
study, and. douhle-lorking the door, de-
scended the stairs on tip-toe, and, in a few
momcnts after, was in the courtyard at
the back OF the house.
Opening small, green door, half hid
den in ivy, with a key which he took from
his pocket, he closed it softly bchi..d him.
and was soon lost to sight in the darkness
Of the night.
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WHOLE NUMBER, 224.

the only want of tongue in eating, for rs
others when thay eat move their food with
their tongue, she was forced to use her
fingers"
We whites are very soft-healed race at
present, and acknowledge the superiority
of our colored brethren in this respect, but
Nicholas Picard's scuil must have been ono
to envy. Ncholas used to put peach
stone on his occiput and smash it with his
fist, and when hammer was not handy,
drove nails into timber with his head piece.
Nicholas skull was by no means leading
hard head when compared With that of Il
religious person, whom the diligent Bar
tholius tells us about, "who had the hinder
part of his skull so firm and compact that
he was enabled to endure a coach wheel to
pass over it without any sensible damage
to him.
EIen had noses, notable ones in those
days; nasal organs not only endowed with
discrimination as to actual odors, but ap-
preciative even of impalpal,le things.
There was a monk in Prague "who could
by smell alone actually distinguish tk.,
viruolls from the vicious" Sensitive, re.
fined noses aboun,ied, too. "At Antwerp y
peasant coming into a perfumer's shop
fell into swoon, but was speedily recov-
cred and brought to himself by rubbing
his face and nose with portion Of dung
hill"
Eyes had in other times entirely different
functions. There was ~ henth1nan thai
did service to the Duke Of Braganza, whn,
when he looked at IL hawk away up in tho
air, brought that hawk down to his feet as
if it was dead, rivalng COL Scott, Of '-cooh
fame, "for which," says the chronicler
modesly, "he can give no reason more than
that the lodestone draws iron." What soft
musclel and weakl;ng creatures we must
be now, when comparing our thews with
those of the men who went before us.
Monsieur Barsabas was one of the few
strong men who did the right thing ut :4hs
right time. His Majesty, King Lotis XIV.
Of France, was .tnck in the mud, and Bar
sabas rescued royalty. To have pulled
even King alone out of the mire might
not have been difficult task, but LIE
Grand Nonarque was in his coach, drawn
by six Flemish mares, and there was 1.
coaclman on the box and fllnkeys behind.
NJ Barsabas, made handful of the whole
concern, ext,icated everything entirely out
of the treacherous ooze, and set it up on
hard ground, and Barsabas was made
Town Major of Va!enciennes. When
NJ. Balsabas horse was tired of carrying him
NJ. Barsabas gave his horse ride. The
fact that Barsabas was 4; Gasco. >.ds to
the credibility of the story.
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10 BE CONTINUED.
GIFTED BEINGS.

II we may hatter ourselves with the idea
that we have arrived to-day -at,a certain
height Of mental superiority, much moro
general than individual in character, should
we put any credence in the chronicles Of
the days that have passed We will find that
physical perfections were lavished o. men
in quite "a surprising way during the
fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, and seven
tceuth centuries.
What fortunate creature that man
must have been in 'ecenna's time, who,
Ike Il human mongooSe, invited snakes to
bite him, but who could not be hurt by
any poisonous or venomous creature. In
stead of The snakes killing him AS soon as
they bit, they We're killed themselves.
We hear occasionally of some devotce
TO science performing some minor tricks
with red-hot substances such as dividing a
stream of molten iron with his hands, but
such feeble efforts pale before the negro
slave Of Pisa, who was accus, ,omct, to take
his midday meal at q bakers, not with
t!NiNt, Out NI'i tHN llOl giving ''cIS VI
the oven. Gle would take shovelrul Of
hot Goals. and with a knife scrape into hi.
mouth large quantities of the burnins:
embers, and never suffered any inconven-
fence thereforom." Men may change
opinions to-day, hut not their hides. Some
two hundred years ago no end of people
had the happy gift of casting their :kins
like snakes. Witness the Suffolk man who
exhibited his accomplishments before the
Royal Society, shedding IL skin mo less
three quarters of an inch thick"
Some women are supposed to-day to
have slight feline peculiaritcs, but in old
times they uaited with these certain bovine
characteristics. There was Miss Anne
jackson, of Waterford. Ireland, who
sportcd horns. She was exceedingly cor
nuted, for horns not only interferod with
the crease in her hair, but jutted out from
her elbows and kne.s.
In Brie there was a very mnch horned
boy, and the surgeons took him in hand.
Now, having found that to cut off the
horns only increased their growth, they
cssayed powerful medicines - anti-ram's-
horn specifics, perhaps. But science was
terribly at fault. Instead of eradicating
the horn, root and branch, they only sue
ceeded in dispensing it. That unfortunate
I}rie boy took to growing scaly plates all
over his body, like an armadillo, and tho
doctors gave up the case in disgust.
That was IL sad omission nature made,
(circa l707j, when she turned out n young
woman at MonsareZ without tongue.
We are pleased to note, however, that per-
severance on the part of the young lady,
made up for TIE deficiency of that impor.
tant organ. According to Rev. DR.. Will
cocks, Bishop of Rochester, that woman
talked, disputed, argued, and retertedin o
most voluble way. Her pronunciation was
perfect, save that the Letters was a shib-
boleth to her: Their was but ore draw
back about this gifted Geing-"she found
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FISH AS FOOD.

AS source OF nutriment, as n field Of
the area of food production, admitting Of
vast expansion, which can be worked at
every season of the year, requiringno out
lay in seed or tillage, and no artificial stinr-
ulants to renew their harvest, (for the fish
erman reaps where he has not sown and
gathers where he has not scattered) the
British sea fisheries deserve the considera-
ton of all who feel how largely the comfort
and well-being of a people rest upon that
humble but solid bass.-abundant and low
priced food. 1t may be roughly estimated
that London annually consumes 900 fat
cattle, which at an average of six hundred
weight each would amount to 10000 tons
of beef. AT the present time there are cer-
tainly not less than 900 'trawling vessels
engaged in supplying the London market
with fish; and assuming the annual take Of
each vessel TO he only ninety tons, this
would give total of 10000 tons of trawled
fish; but this computation is irrespective of
the vast quantities of herrings, mackerel.
sp,ats, and fish caught by lines, drift-nets,
and senes. An acre of land properly tiled
will produce every year either a ton Of corn
or three hundred weight of mutton or
beef; but an area of good fishing ground
of the same extent at the bottom of the
sea will yield to II persevering fisherman
considerably greater quantity Of nutritious
food every day in the year. 1t was COM
puted by the late Mr. Mayhem, in his work
on the "London Poor" that during the
months of October and November, Of what
is termed the costermongers' fish season,
S00,O00,000 of behring's are disposed of i'll
the streets of London alone, providing u
cheap and wholesome meal for thousand,
and tens of thousands of the humble
classes of the metropolis. The prejudice
against fish diet Which was ,ong current
was based upon the assumption that 1t
yielded but little nutrimennt The result,
f, however, of an analysis of various kinds
has proved that they contain nearly as
much albuminous matter rs the flesh of
quadrupeds - hence, as producing
food, fish is nearly equal TO beef. Tho
herring contains moreover, IL large quanti-
ty oe sleaginous matter in addition to its
albuminous principle, by which its nutri-
tious properties are considerably increased.
1t is evident, therefore, that fish We're de-
signed to occupy an important place in the
sustenance Of mankind, and it certainly
contributes agreeably to that variety OF
diet by which the human frame rs MAIN
tanned in its highest degree Of vigor and
health. Nitrogen is a we'll known and ima
portant vital stimulant, and the proper
ton of nitrogen relatively to caEbcn, esti-
mated in grains, is infcsh meat as 100 to
$3.50, and in heriings 2l?a TO 1,435. Fish
is flesh and muscle, not fat, producing
almcnt as is ohricus from the appearance
of our seafaling population, who are spare.
sinewy. and strong. and free from those
mountains of flesh and masses of blubber
which characterize the prosperous beef
eating Englishman, and have from time im-
memorial typitied the traditional John Bult'
-BlackuOCd.
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CHAPTER Nv.


OLD coEkscRE" LENDS THOUSAND POUNDS.
Old Corksyrew,s uuecr old f,ce G~btod
M with pleasure ot The words prouonurpl
hv the vouur barristcr in our Inst cham.
tor
"Thcre | recognize yo,lr heart, NV bov
-vo,lr renerous. noble HEARTH
But / didn't express those words audi-
blv. Won know" went ON Nol l,,.,,usr 7
Thought that the letter, once, burned. ten
to one he'd have had me turned out a., an
impostor"
"Of course-of course"
AT the end of about half an hour the
Viscount handed me back the pa,,nrs, and
stand;u.~ up so as to face me. leaned
against tnn rhimnry-ricce.
"'Y0u are right, SIR hn said 'and if
those letters wer, written by my father,
everything tenl,, to prove that ! am not
the son of the Countess d, Yalcourt.
Have YOU any other proofs! :!
".Gcrmain the valet, can certify
".(iermajn died some yea!., a.rs.'
"Then 4 spukc f. i,;n OF thr nurse
the Widow Lerou~c-;nI OK, lrin,,i TO
him how easy If would be to find her. as
she lived nt The vill,mn of l., Jnn,.hrrn" "
What did he saw to thatt' asked Daddy
Tabaret. in an oo~nr toun.
He was sil,ut at first. s,rnin,, 10 rc-
fleet: then suddenly r.ised his hand to
lis forehead.
".Ah. ! remember Dowr ba cried. Il
visited bnr sovar,,l timos with nv fnthnr
and on one o.r,.inn ! rernllart he ,-,ve
ber -, ,boC,,n fnr , ,,r,., ,,no,u5t of
monav,
81 oh.nrvad ,b,t h,rn was onothor ,roof
in the claimants favor, lie mad, no re-
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CHAPTER XIII.
THE TEAR-sTAINED LETTER.

The old volunteer detective was once
more on the trail. St.N there was a flaw
in The evidence nc was collecting in his
own mind.
at appears to me- he said, after a
pause, "that. knowing your hard struggles
10 gain an honest Independence, your
father scarcely kept his word as to the
dazzling promises he made to Madame
Grrly about your futurc.'
He never kept his word at all" an
swernd the other, sh; ing his head sadly.
"Wrll, | never,' cried Daddy Tabarct,
Indignantly. "If l don't think he has be-
haved worse than al the rest,'
"Sparc my fathcr.' said Noel. quickly
Remember that he hcfrcmdcd Madame
Gerdy for many years afterwards"
"Dd you eyer see him?" Interrupted
hi friend.
"Yes. I can still remember being visit
ed whom at college hy Il tail man. with a
handsome face, and cold. naughty man
ners. who could have been no other tiinn
the Count Lionel de valcourt. But the
day came at last when he broke off all
correspondence with The once adored and
beautiful Valnrie."
"Oh. Of coUr."!--of coursc," snccrcl
Daddy Tabaret. "A man in his position
one of the old nobility, you know-he
coull afford to do Il dirty actionr'
stop" interrupted the barrister. with
dignity, "h.fov yo;i judge him too hastily,
and you will see that h2 w. not so nli;cA
to Ll,me.'
So saying, he banded another letter to
Old Corl-cr2w.
This letter was more c.naj led and worn
than the rest, and the wiring arDcarel
Lotted in many pllcas, as with tears.
Its folds were nearly divided from much
Use, a- though it had bccn read and re-
rcad many and many Il weary timc.
1t intimatnd, IN a few l;nc%. that The
Count had become co!ruizant of the fact
that Valerie was on he point of accepting
proposals Of marriage fro.a 4 rich trades
man in her ucigh5orhood /; and that in
consequence of this, she must consider
hat IN future ~ further relations what
'so"vcr patwcen them were at an end
In h"r rHllics. the unfortunate woman
Indignantly denied the ir~inuatioa, lut
her letters were returned Unopened She
tried to ohtain an interview with the
Count, but in vain. and was at asst inform
ed BY his solicitor that al income of ESQ
year woh!i be settled upon her, on con-
rs ,tljt"3 that sh" ceased all further claims
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"I1e wrote few lines IN haste, gave
them to his valet, with orders to deliver
them Immediately to the Duchess d'Ar-
langec, and then, rising, asked me to follow
him into the library"
"Ore word," interrupted Old Corkscrew.
"Did he seem much upset on seeing the
| lettersY"
Not the least in the world! He was as
cool as a cucumber. After carefully shut
ting the door. he pointed to an arm-chair.
begging me to be ated,whlst he threw
'himself on sofa with the most perfect
ease in the world.
"'Anl now, SIR he began, will you
have the goodness to explain yoursclfF
81 had prepared. and, so to speak,
primed myself, foi the interview, and had
decided not to beat about the bush, but to
strike decisive blow at once.
Sir said, my mission is a most pain
full one. In fact, of such nature that l
hardly know how or where to begin
"'1ndeed! he said, half laughing and
raising his eyebrows; 1T takes Il great deal
to surprise or alarm ne; I've capital
nerves. and don't know what palpitaton
of the heart means
"'Tm glad to hear it, I answered, very
gravely. Il won't de. ,in you long; sim
ply wish you to read these letters And.
as spoke, rose and advanced towards
{. .Sir,I ,,o,+ ~, II NV, 1,.;.., ,,,a
have The ;ntrirar;ss os tba law ,t NV, 't. fn'
gers ends
~ bnrr vo,, will nrocoo1, h, .,id tho
smile dIiH~ ont nf lis f,,n,.. .1,m I ,Ii inn. inn,
patinnce 70 boar thn news ,n,, h,,a az ~ TN tl
mo,
..sir.,J continued .tboso ,o.ters vii,
nrova +, yo, tL,t ,,,,,, .rn.,,,,t ,IIa ,,,1 hn;,
10 the Yaironrt estates and are tha ;ll.I
otimatc son of thn Cn,nt VI Law, la vi
Court The riIr,.rul hci,. eyists and If i
he who now as<nrts hi. cl,inr
"IIe bonndeI 10 H.. f,,t like n .inar
and. foro moment. tl,numi,f la was ,l,nut
to spring at NV throat. In, he rnroynreJ
himself Instantly. and in a v,ira fiat was
almost whisnrr' ,.,rI for the letta,,
"Witbout a momnnt,s hnsitntian hand
ed them to him.
.What," half scrco,naJ Old Corkscrow.
"von DON'T @ ~ 10 ''sr saT r,n, M h,d tha fn,
tie imnrudnnra tn b,nd him tha ra,l on.,
--thc ny;l.DolS mean"
"Neven fenr" said thc ba,ristnr in , low
voir, ,nd cnr,,,.n,.in,r hi. I,,, os Ia
snake ~ was thrra AMI bad ,rn,',raJ NV
snlc for ony amnre.nn,v
Tho,a ,,.ss s,,cl, nm cy,,r,s.io,, of ,o,,
cortr,+nd f,,n,n.s .,J faro..;t,. j.; rn''l'..
fare tb,t D,IIv Taharct r'.,o;I9J ;n.'t;n.7
t;yclv
.Ifn would bo,.o s..,.,,l,l h;,- !,
thourbt ..bad hn attnn,,,,,l ,,,, ,',"' t.,,,.h
owl"
;rbo b,rr;.ter want a., with b;s ro.;t.,
"What JJ for n,I f';nnI WI dI E.,
thn NiSnonn, Alh, 'ln V.i'.n'',., wa, ',,,.,I ."l
him tha tnIinn If rea1in, ihrn,,',h - hnn'
I,ad and ,;ft,,ix Iottn:7. ,,Jl I;',, ~
narnsn nl, tbn.a that ,nro a. ,;,I, ~
4 ,,r., j., "a ~ :, 'e' y" ''''
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the only want of tongue in eating, for as
others when thay eat move their food with
their tongue, she was forced to use her
fingers"
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CHAPTER XIV.
OLD coRKscREw POCKETS, a LETTER.

11;,,,,,., r,;,.l -, ,..n -.
noi ms ] i"e'n% h,i irT.i' ~, nIn narEl! ici' me
ROOM o'io'r N"''"! l"n're' haa risen 10
i,'s ir'' anu 'o'''''''''''' pacing 'he i''ie
''uu}'
foof l'lioW' 'h""Ght the old man.
h"t S"h diSc2Vcr!' Such Il hN'-
hearte" chal'' 100 Lies so gener'''+. ~'
c"hIld, ne na"n IN" hleanhtSs to s!i, -
ANYBODY! hut' thank goodness. lin to
the Tore. II hnd out all about 1t. |
partly guess VINO nas done II; but now
mas IT hnen ted up to- There's the rub,
lie u ''lI ms mor"' Nr"Sen' J. without sliS-
pectnG The interest fake IN lis words"
Here i)Hady l"h'u"t ~,Upp" -tUddrnlT
III hrs l@desn1tH t''r .o4a "nd ro m.
ihe room,
l''' eye, h.'' Sc. N r"."d IN e..
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THE
PariciionDctcctIVe
OR,
A DESPERATE DEED.
ERSKINE BOYD,
AUTHOR OF "THE STOLEN CHLD,' 'DRvEN
FROM HOME" &c, &c.
A DESPERATE DEED.
ERSKINE BOYD,
CWtpTTp NU.
THE True HEIR.

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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-25
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. May 25.-The President
he's nominated James s. Rutan, Of
Pennsylvania, to be consul at Florence,
Italy. vice Writ Sykes Withdrawn; Geo.
W. Patton, United States Marshal for
West Virginia; and Robert o. Richard
son for postmaster at St. Joseph.
The House Committee on Postofices
and Postroads to-day examined John L.
French, chief clerk of the contract d.
vision, regarding the system of awarding
contracts, and especially as to fraudu'
lent bids struggled into the postofice de-
partment by the aid of false seals and
colluding clerks during the spring let
tings last year. BE said that he nor his
family had ever received a present from
a contractor for any act Of his in the de-
partment. He admitted having acted as
solicitor for an insurance agent, and had
obtained from mail contractors applica-
tons for policies of life insurance, but
he usually attended to this business after
Office hours, and denied hat he had ever
favored any contractor in consideration
of his taking out a policy.