Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 14, Number 28, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 January 1884 — Page 6

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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. iVit

[From the Author's Advance Proof Sheets.]

Mike Patchett.

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Romance of the Gold Fields.

BY B. L. FARJEON.

Author of "Blade o' Grass," "Grif," "Bread and Cheese and «.H", Marvel

'[The story of "Mike Patchett" was commenced In this paper Oct. 27th. Back nnmr bere will be sent to any address on receipt five cents for each copy.] »J & &~4

CHAPTER XXlJ

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"You are getting mixed, Antonio, but I understand your complimentary allusion meaning that you are the beauty and I am the Deast." "It is to be seen and a young lady has eyes. Bah, my friend! Think with your mind, and decide to which one of us two the young lady would be the most likely to g|ve her white hand. I use no threats I use reason. Also use it, and say whether we shall be friends or foes. As a friend I speak to you as a friend I use arguments, persuasion. It is not that I hold a power over you it is not that I am well-looking, and you are ill. Wince not the truth Is the truth. It is that you are but an ordinary man, while I am noble." "Oh," sneered Spotty, inwardly writhing at Antonio's taunts, which disturbed hira the more because of the troth in them, "yau are noble now, are you "Ye*," said Antonio, with tha grandest air, "I am noble! Never to this night have I disclosed it, and to you now only in confidence. There are reasons —State reasons—why I should preserve my incognito and when the divine Marguerite hears of my rank it will be under the seal of love and seereoy. The day will come when I shall be able to throw off my disguise, when I shall be before her, world iu my when I shall be able to take my place,

able to appear before her, the incomparable, and the world iu my true form when I shall be able to take my place, with her by my side, among the noblest ifuJ

er by my side, among

in Italy when princes shalUangniah for a smile from her beautiful li when

kings shall range themselvee^ln the

ranks of her adorers. Yes the day will some but till then, secrecy. Ah, what a romance! Stirs it not your heart as it stirs mine, as it shall stir the heart of the peerless Marguerita?" "Upon my faith. Antonio,"eidd Spotty, compelled to admiration despite his chagrin, "to borrow your mildest eath, upon m? faith yon are immense!" "It is W—I am immense. Judge vou, then, the effect of this upon a susceptible young heart when even you admit it. Put looks aside, put money aside, put the power I hold over you aside, and let it be decided bv the passionate words of an Italian noble and the cold words of an Bngliah prasant," "Peasant vourself, and be hanged to you! I am »n esquire." "So an Smith, and Brown, and Jones! Divinity of toval What names! Smith, and Browr. and Jonea! Place them by the ride of hose of oar noble race, and say which »hall a lovely maiden choose to wear."

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MIKE PATCHETT FINDS NEW FRIENDS This declaration, delivered with melodramatic action, fairly staggered Spotty, and it was in unconscious imitation of Antonio's manner a few moments before that he repeated: '•You—intend—to—marry—her—yourself 1" "As sure," said Autenio, "as the sun will shine to-morrow, as sure as roses bloom in the summer, as sure as none but an Italian can love a woman as she loves to be loved, 1, Antonio, and no other man, shall marry the divine Mar guerita." "That remains to be seen," said Spotty with a defiant swagger. "As you say, that remsins to be seen and it will be seen. What is more you shall help me." "To the dish I intend to enjoy myself?" Not if I know it!" "You will know it. Learn that, in this I am your master. It is not that you owe me money it is not tbs t1 hold your paper, and can make it awkward for you it is not that I have evidence against you which I could use to your hurt. No, friend of my soul, it is none of those it is that in an affair of the heart an Italian of warm, passionate blood will die a thousand deaths, and will inflict a thousand deaths, rather than be thwarted. Marguerita, Marguerita, my Marguerita, divine, adorable idol of my soul!" "1 say, Antonio," said Spotty, confounded at the simulated fervor of the Italian's utterances, "isn't this rather sudden?" "Not more sudden," replied Antonio, coming down to earth, and speaking in a prosaic tone, "than your love for the angel you call Peggy." "My love for her! Don't talk nonsense I'm not in love with her a little bit." "And you would marry her! It resolves me. She shall not be sacrificed to your cold heart. She shall live in the sun. It is not her you want, it is her money." "That is it exactly. We Englishmen are plain speakers, not infernal hypocrites." "Infernal yourself, my friend infernal not me. Her money it is you want? You shall have it." "Eh?" cried Spotty, considerably astonished. "Some of it—as much as I choose to give you—as much of it as you can earn say, then it is agreed. "It is not agreed."

"We shall see. I don't give up a plum •o easily." "You will give it up, because it is my plum I have made it so, and the man that steals it, or tries to steal it, dies!" "Rubbish! You can't lrighten me with your melodramatic airs." "I seek not to frighten you I seek to reason with you. Attend carefully say that we are rivals so that the divine Marguerita is aware that we perish at her feet for smiles and words of love from her beautitul lips. Say that this is made clear to her." "Well, say it. What then?" "What then? Why, it is not in your English law that a woman oan marry two men." "Certainly not." "It is, then, decided. Between us two she must choose she can marry but one. AVhich one, think you, in reason, not through fright—wnich one? Behold yourself behold me. It is like our Italian story, of which you have one in English, and call it Beauty and the

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what?"

"Your title—your real, your noble name." "That," said Antonio, with a cunning smile, "shall be in time disclosed." "When have you fixed it, eh?" •'If you will have it so, yes when I have fixed it. Confess you, worthy friend, I have convinced you of the folly of entering the list with me." "I am not so sure." "Dull wit! Sluggard of the brain! You are not sure?" "No, I am not so sure." "Then, here must come another of my reasons, to make you sure. I will not disguise it from you I take so much trouble with you, because I want you as my friend, because 1 want you to serve me, as I can serve you. Uuderstand— only Will this one more reason will I give, though I hold others. If you are not satisfied with it, if you do not throw up your hand, and say, 'Antonio, the sweet Marguerita is yours.' I leave you, and ruin you? On my fsitn—of which your are so fond—I leave you, and ruin you! I wipe you from my path!" "None of your stage tricks they don't go down with me. Give me your other reason." "I will give it. How long is it, my honorable friend, since you favored me with you compatiy in my rooms, since you conferred upon me the honor of sleeping in my appartment, after a match at ecarte in which fortune was my friend?" "Oh, months ago." "Yes, months ago. On that night I made a discovery of no great interest to me then, but now invaluable." "A discovery concerning me?" "Yes, concerning you. "Out with it." "Simply, dear friend of my heart, that you were a married man, and that your wife was living in London." "False, as I'm an Englishman!" "True, as I'm an Italian!" "How did you discover it, Antonio?" asked Spotty, very much ill at ease. "You Englishmen are so careless in your cups. Wine is your enemy." "No, no, Antonio, I did not let it out." "I*say not that. But throwing your clothes about the room as you did, what more natural than that out of one of your pockets should drop a letter from your estimable spouse." "And you picked it up and read it?" "Thinking it was one of my own from a lady fair. Yes, I picked it up and read it." "I always wondered what had become of that letter." "I have it safe to be produced or not, as occasion demands. Her name is there, and her address. Not that I wish to injure you. Not for worlds but when my jealousy is aroused—an Italian's jealousy, bear you in mind—what road shall be open to me Shall' I allow the adorable being whom I love and worship to be wronged? It would not be a man's part, Say now, dear friend do you throw up the game "Yes,' said Spotty, with an awkward laugh "you have won it. Give me the lotter" "Not at all likely. I hold it over you, with other evidence- But fear not, so long as you act fairly by me, so long you are safe and when Marguerita is my wife, and I am rich, you shall also be rich, and shall, if you please, marry twenty women without check from Antonio. Wheae is our friend Horace tonight "Dining with Law & Pardon." "And where the Eccentric—the father or Marguerita?" "At St. Kilda, I should say, abed in Victoria Lodge." "And where is 'The Pride of the South' which is bearing my bride to me? Safe, I trust. What money have you "I couldn't change a five pound note. I'm pretty well stumped." "I am not so poor. There is still, in a corner of my purse, two notes for one hundred pounds each, which I have reserved for a great Btake. I stake it and shall win. We are comrades, you and I, aud we attach ourselves to the Eccentric Patchett, you from self interest, I from love. It was decided between us, awhile ago, that Pegleg was the diggings that will fit Horace. It shall be the diggings that will fit us. If we could keep him off. He may prove a stone in our path. How to keep him away "Not to be managed if he has made up bis mind to go. You do not know him, Antonio there are in Horace strong currents which do not appear en the surface." "And there are in me strong currents which do not appear on the surfaoe. Not that I would hurt him if he does not thwart me but if he stands in say way he must look to himself. There is in my mind a feeling which love is turning into a conviction, that there is in the Eocentrie's life a mystery. That being so, what mystery The chances are, a mystery which be would not care should be revealed to strangers. Therefore, then, something which oppresses him, which causes him to fear. What is the natural deduction to this? That is, whoever gets hold of this mystery, gets hold of the Etcentric, and obtains a power over him, which can be used to advantage. To me as clear as a noonday sun. Is it so te you, comrade 'You're as sharp as a needle, Antonio." "You will confess thst yon can serve me with confidence, and also that it is wiser to have me as your friend than your enemy. Those four kings ths Eccentric held may land bim in a diteh and me in a palace. What Is to be done must be done quickly—strike the nail on the head, is not that the way it runa? Why do you start t" "That young fellow," replied Spotty, leoking after a man who had jnst passed by, and who wse hurrying away, "often brings the earliest messages of the arrival of Lew A Pardon's snipe. I've half an idea that be may be going to Law A Pardon's house with important news." "Perhaps ef the arrival of 'The Pride of the South" added Antonio, excitedly "after him, after him! He knows not that you have left the office. Quick —move not like a snail!"

Spotty hurried after the man, followed by Antonio, and soon overtook bim. "Any ahip in asked Spotty of the man, who tamed and reeognind him. As Antonio had supposed the messenger was not aware that Spotty bad been discharged from the office. "Tea," replied the man. The Pride of the South.' Coming up Hudson's Bay. The quickest passage on record. There's a clipper for youl Done it in fifty-seven days."

The news gave Spotty a shock he bad loet every bet he bad made with Horace. "Going to the boose to tell them, 1 suppose," be said, with assumed care-

"Yes," said the messenger. The swift glances that were exchanged between Spotty and Antonio gave

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his cue. "I'll save you the trouble," said ,y "I'm going there mywslf, and ill let tbem know."

All right," sold the messenger "I've plenty rise to do. It's worth something tome to get to the newspaper office before anybody dee."

Off be sped in the contrary direction, leaving Bjwtty and Antonio going at

each other. Antonio was the firet to speak. "That.givee us a few hours. We've got ahead of our friend Horace. How to make use of the time? How to make use of it to our advantage

By the Lord!" gasped Spotty. "I've lost six fifties to Horace! How am I to pay him "Owe it to him," said Antonio, and cried exultantly, "I told the Eccentric when he swept in the pool, 'unluckly at cards, lucky at love.' First blood for me."

And as he bad done on that night in the saloon, be hummed the motive theme from Flotow's "Martha." "What the devil are you singing there exclaimed 8potty. Do you not hear that I have lost Three hundred to Horace, and I have not a five pound note to pay it with. I stipulated for cash, too, fool that I was." "Not fool that you were, fool that you are," said Antonio. "What is three hundred, or three thousand, to t|e stake we are playing for And we're the first to score. He can't get blood out of a stone. You can't pay him the money give him a bit of paper for it. You've taken his he must take yours. How to make useof the information to our advantage? That is what I am beating my brains over. Don't disturb me with your whining. Law & Pardon musn't know it tonight. Answer me—but think first. Are you attending?" "Yes." "Horace is dining with Law fc Pardon. What think you now Is it likely he will go from there early, or that he will stop Tate "That he iwill stop late. They have some reason of their own—perhaps because be is in some way connected with the principals at home—for wishing to stand well with him, and they will give him a swell dinner, with the best company that can be got together in this hole of a country. Then there will be sure to be music and cards aiterwards Law A Pardon are very virtuous prigs, but they are as fond of a game of cards us those they bully and look down upon. It will be a late night." "The Eccentric will not see him, then, till to-morrow. In the meantime we will do old Patchett a service which will remove any unfavorable impression he may have formed of us—useful both in the present aud future. We have been talking some time, you and i. By my faith it is past twelve o'clock. Four hours later—that is, at four o'clock—you shall present yourself at Victoria Lodge, and knock and knock and knock until you are adjnitted. Whom do you want to see? Our friend the Eccentric. For what purpose? To tell him that 'The Pride of the South' has arrived, with his daughter. How did you happen to know? Here comes into the story Antonio, I myself. Having business on the Bay, I learn that 'The Pride of the South' has arrived, What do I think of in connection with that vessel Of the Eccentric Patchett of course. Knowing his anxiety with respect to this ship, and sympatbyzing with it, I send at once a boatman to seek you out, so that you may seek out the Eccentric, and bring him out at once. That should make him grateful, for it is a service rendered that should make him unsuspicious of us for the future, for it is a service reudered without expectation of payment or reward. If the Eccentric hints at such a thing as payment, scout it, indignantly if he offers you gold, refuse it, with a noble air. 'Ah,' will he say to himself, 'in these men I have been mistaken they are kind-hearted they are sympathetic they are noble they are friends.' Should our highly connected Horace have spoken against us it will tell now against him, for we have proved ourselves. See you how we have turned this to onr advantage?" "It is clever of you, Antonio." "There is no boat to be obtained at St. Kilda. Have at the door a buggy with the fastest trotter you can hire. Ask him to step in drive like the devil himself to Sandridge, and there take boat to 'The Pride of the South.' Do not let him pay for the boat it is your affair he will be too anxious about his daughter, your Peguy and my divine Marguerita, to long dispute. But it will leave in his mind the idea that he is indebted to us and that we are the best of good fellows. Let Horace work against that if be can. What say you Is it well devised "Couldu be better 1 didn't give you credit for being half so cute." "You shall give me credit for more before we have done with each other. This brain," tapping his forehead, "was made for plots and schemes,-and when this heart," tapping his heart, with a cunning smile, -'directs the brain, great things will come you understand your part?" "Perfectly." "Play it well here is money. Let there be no mistake. Go to the stables where you can find the fastest trotter in Melbourne." "I know where that is to be found," "Good. Present not yourself at Victoria Lodge a moment before four o'clock nor a moment later. I can time the minute when the Eccentric will be climbing the rope ladder oatside the 'Pride of the South* to press his daughter in bis arms." "And where will you be all this time, Antonio?" "Where shall I be? Where else than in the company of my fair Marguerita, ready, with her, to weloome my father-in-law the Eccentric when he sets foot on the deck of 'The Pride of the South!' Not only have I business on the Bay, but business also with the ship which brings my Marguerita to my heart. It ia natural, is it not? Ah, divine one! Love shall always find a way. No sleep for us to-night, oomrade the game has ooramenced."

CHAPTHR XXII.

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He proceeded first to his lodgings, and there devoted nearly an hour to the beautifying of his person. While be dressed himself in his best clothes, and shaved, and waxed bis mustache, his mind was busy, and indistinct thoughts gnKlually took detnite shape. "To hold the winning cards," be mused, "to have the king ready, to have your hands full of tramps, and the game Is won. If in my possession I can succeed in holding one certain card, to be played when the moment arrives, then will my fortune be made. How to obtain it—how to obtain it?"

An idea suddenly occurred to him muttering. "The very man!" he smiled at himself in the glass, and left the bo use.

His road lay in the direction of Sandridge, and on the outskirts of the city he paused before a straggling boose, built of wood, which covered a large space of ground. It was a boarding house, and tbe sounds of voices from within denoted that, late as was the hour, many of tbe inmates were awake. He knocked at the door, and obtained admission.

Hewaa known to some, for as be entered along room in which between

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twenty and thirty men were sitting' drinking and gambling, two or three looked up and said: "Hallo, Antonio! What brings you hero?"

Most of the men assembled there, however, were strangers to him. He looked round in search of a person be came to see, but did not find him. The

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roprietorof the boarding house came te and said: "What is it to be, Antonio?" "Brandy," replied tbe Italian, "take something yourself." The master assisted Antonio and himself and took the

money for the liquor. In the centre of the room was along deal table, fixed to the ground, oa either side of which was a rough bench ranning the whole length of the table. These tenches were also fixtures, and on them were seated the men who were drinking and playing. They were not the only occupants of the room. At least a dozen men, each -wrapped in a blue or red blanket, were asleep on the ground. "Making your fortune?" said Antonio to the proprietor. "Can't complain," was the reply "before the year's out I'll have the biggest hotel in Melbourne." "Where's Flaxman?" "Asleep." "I must see him." "Go to his reom you know where it is."

Antenio nodded and went to the back of the house to a room, the door of which was unlocked, and the only furniture in which was a stretcher. On this stretcher lay a man asleep, with his clothes on. He was not more than thirty years of age, but looked much older, from the dissipate life he had led. Most of the men in the house were rough and common, but in the sleeper's featores were traces ef refinment which gave the impression that he bad been brought up in earlier days among abetter class. A well-looking man, also, with a certain pathetic weariness in his face which, iu the hearts of merciful men, would have inspired pity and even compassion for wrong doing. Antonio shook the sleeper, who opened his eyes and gazed at him. "What do you want?" asked Flaxman. "You." "What for?" "Presently, presently. In good time you shall know." "What's the hour?" "Nearly two." "A strange time to disturb a fellbT"?. Something wonderfully important, no doubt. Concerning me?" "No." "Yourself?" "Indirectly." "Therefore in your interests." "In both our interests. Are you awake?" "Yes."

"Are you sober?" "Yes." "That is almost hour." "That's true but reason for It." "No money to pay for drink, eh?" "That reason, and no other. Antonio, you are an Italian." "Yes, is it not clear?" "Warm-blooded, impulsive, passionate, vindictive, revengeful." "Softly, softly surely not all that." "All that, and worse behind, perhaps. But you can't help it it's in your blood. "Ah, but vindictive, vindictive!" remonstrated Antonio, shakiaghis head in depreciation. "You misjudge me." "I know you well enough, and can judge you better. But as I said, it's in yourbl6od, and an excuse could be found for you should you commit an excess. Now I belong to a colder nation, the men of whom deliberate before they act, and seldom are led away by national characteristics in the way of temperament. Yet, in comparison with me, you have the life-currents of a fish, while I allow myself to be debased by a passion of which the lowest animal might be ashamed. Can you explain the anomaly?" "No wby should I trouble? It is no affair of mine." "That is an honest answer. Yes, it is my affair, not yours, that I am in the

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ower of a demon who tempts me hourly, to my ruin." "None who have the pleasure of your acquaintance can deny it. Yon drink too much." "And can't stop it. At this moment I have not a shilling to my name, and I crave for drink—for drink—which I abhor! I will do any menial office for it —though, mind you, I would not beg for it, nor would I accept it except in the way of comradeship. Dante's hells are tame in comparison with the hell in my mind, in my heart, in my veins." "It is balance you want—it is to steady yoar brain and brandy will do it." "It is forgetfulness I want, you smiling devil, and brandy will bringit: though its place is supplied by a whirl of furions images which almost drive me mad. But don't you offer me any out of charity or I might dash it in yeur eyes and blind you. You come here for a purpose. What purpose?" "I want your assistance and will pay

"I soil myself to you. For how long? "Say, for a month." "It isn't to steal, or swindle, or murder, is it?" "Something much milder, withont risk of self-respect—" "In short, something gentlemanly. I'm your man. How much for, the month?" "Twelve pounds." 'Agreed' Advance me one on acoonnt and go and bring me half a pint of brandy and pay lor it." "While I ao so, bathe your face in eeld water and prepare to come out with me. What I have to say to you no one meat bear what I wish you to do for me no one must know. It ia a very small matter, but to keep it secret is my whim/' "You pay for your whim and have a right to it.rt

Antonio going to the public room to to purchase the brandy, Flaxman reee and plunged his face in cold water, allowing it to remain there till his senses

'It is again," said Antonio, "rendering me an injustice. Why are you suspicious of me?" "Have I not reason? Have you not ruined me? Was it not you who first tempted me, who led me on, who lured me to your gambling haunts till the passion had eaten into my very heart, who would not leave me till you had filched every shilling and every hope from me?" "Ah, but gently, gently, friend! Say that I am by profession a gambler—call me so if it will please you. It is not true, but it matters not. 1 am but as other men who seek pleasure in chances, whether through cards, or dice, or land, or cargoes. We are all gamblers, even the most honest. Then was it my fault that you played and lost?" "In the first place, yes in the second I place no. I was to weak to resist your

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Antonio entered with the brandy, which

were clearer. ANION IU CUWIOU WIM IUO ., Flaxman took Irom him with a shudder, and drank at one draught.

Yoa are not," said Antonio, who had observed him with curiosity, "in love with it aa other men are whe crave for it." i*I hw** it," said Flaxman, "but I cannot keep from it. Now let us go out ae it is your pleasure."

Tbey paseed out oi tbe house by another door than that by which Antonio had entered. "I deal with you,"said Antonio, when tbey were in the open, '*as with a gentlemen." "Yon deal with me," interrupted Flaxman, "as with what I am. To the title of gentlemen I have long since forfeited the right. I'll tell yon what is in my mind, Antonio, and I can express it very shortly." "Express it, my friend." "Suspicion. I am not anxioua to know what it is yon want me to do for you I am sosjrtoioos before I hear it.

tempting. You learned I was saving money and you resolved to wrest it from me and you did it with enormous odds in your favor. You set snares for me deliberately, and I fell into them— willingly, I admit also in the insane hope of winning a large sum quickly a sum sufficient to euable me to realize my dearest hope and expectations." "It was not my fault that you played and lost. It is the fortune of war." "But why did you cling to me—why did you force yourself upon me day after day, and dazzle me with ialse visions of wealth suddenly gained? You left me quickly enough when you found you had sucked me dry. and that I wa3 dismissed the service in which I might have gained distinction. Then I thought of things, and saw the trap into which I had had been caught—saw it too late to prevent ruin. For you see. I had at home the woman I loved, anc and an old mother who depended upon me for bare subsistence, and who, when I was no longer able to send her money, died of want." "Sad—sad! But not my fault, indeed, not my fault!" "Then I took to drink, and fell to what I am so that, when you come to me as you come to me now in tbe dead of night, and buy me as you have bought me, 1 am suspicious of you, through the experience I nave had of you. To your business at once." "That is more sensible. Yes, to business. There is nothing much in it, and you will wonder wbyl trouble myself about it." "Being so desirous to keep it a secret, of course it is of no importance. That is readily understood." "If I choose to pay for a fancy, that is my affair I can spend my money as I please." "You are wa3ting time, Antonio, if you are trying to mvince me that you wake me up in the dead of night on a trifling matter. Spare your breath for heaven's sake!" "Well, then. You held a good position in the mounted police?" "And was dismissed from it for neglecting my duties, not once but again and again. On those occasions there would have been no negligence but for vou." "I shall not argue with you on a point in which you are aware so obstinate and wrong headed. If all goes well in this little commission, I will convince you that you misjudge me. Should things turn out to my satisfaction, I will, when I have brought them to a conclusion which may advantage me, present you with one hundred pounds." "I have a lively sense of the favor—to come. A great sacrifice, thought for a matter of such

erson who has been in the colony perfive years, perhaps ten, perhaps twenty. It is information of him I require, and am willing to pay for it." "That sounds innocent enough. Who is the man, and what is his name?" 'He is a gold digger, and has claims at Pegleg. His name is Mike Patchett." "I know the name, but not the man. He is one of the lucky ones. His claim on Pegleg is wonderfully rich, and it is he who found the Sacred Nugget." "The same. See how simple it is, this task I set for you. SimDly to ascertain what your friend Connolly knows about him. You will do it?" "Yes I can see no harm in it." "There is none. Learn what you can as quickly as you can. That Is all there is nothing more. Except that what you learn is to pass from you to me, and to no one else. That is understood."

It is understood. I will do it though why you should call me op in the middle of the night for such a trifle is beyond my comprehension. But, as yon say, that is your affair."

Yee, that i» my affair. «ood night." "Good night." Perfectly satisfied with the result of his errand, Antonio walked towards Sandridge, with a smile on his face. "In a little while, my Eccentric," he thought, "I may hold the winning card, and fortune in another country is mine —and not only fortune, but the lovely Marguerita." [TO BBOOHnHumr]

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beginning to fall interested." "You were dismissed from the force— yes but you left friends behind you/' "I do believe there was here and there a man who was sorry for my disgrace." "There was one who, I have heard, has served the government for over twenty years." "Yes, if you refer to one. Connolly." "It is a boast of his that he knows tbe history of every man in tbe colony who happened to be in it before gold was discovered and brought people here by the thousands." "I have heard so too." "Would he be inclined to do you a service?" "That depends. To what effect?" "It is a simple matter of curiosity. I have some sort of interest—what its nature is I keep to my self—in a certain

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AND A

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FOR

Rhriimatism earalgia, ^cinli e» -ftpfp

pHEUMATlS^ ^UraubIA jShmi Itik

One to three bottles of Rlieunvatiff Syrup will clear the system of Bile, and cure any case of Inflammatory or Acute Rheu-_ matism, or Neuralgia.

Three to live bottles will cure Erysipelas in its worst form.

Four to six bottles are warranted to curecorrupt and running Ulcers.

Four to six bottles are warranted Tecure any case of Salt Kheuiu.

Five to eight bottles will cure the W'

ease of Scrofu

Lamb go»?-r

infallible remedy#

for ^11 diseases of the^sSffi Skin aud Blood,such as'^&v" TettAr,

Rliigworms, tfula, yslpelas, -W .• iimtles "*-,1 aud Itlolhe#,5':',

and ft tftp Oost Remedy $ ijfor all tfemale ComplaintA i\d Weakness-? as. It hnsrtuml diseases^' of tlie Llv«r atui Kidneys when all oihtr remedies have failed.

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Dogists

not let your pen-uade oa 'P'v

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From two to four mouths' use of Rheumatic Syrup will cure any case of Ohronie Rheumatism of twenty years' standing-

If you have been a sufferer for years, and have used all the rem elites you could hear of, with no avail, do not be discouraged, for Rheumatic Syrup will cure you. 1'rlt-e, $1.00 per bottle 6 bottles for $5.00

Send for our »nmphlet of testimonials,etc. RHEUMATIC SYRUP CO., Rochester, N Y. For Sale by (it'I.lCK & CO.

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SAMARITAH

^IIEVER FAILS^^,:

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"Ton cl«)m tn# much for SAMAHI-.

TAN NKBVINK,"!

says a skepticjfi "How can one medicine be ft tpe-©® cific for EpHep«tg! sy. Dyspe0«in,,?

A lcohollftn,ip!v Opium Gating,K Rheumatism,

Spcrmatorrhre, or Seminal Weakness,!?.*# and fifty other coniplainlsf'* We claim Itajspecific, etmply. because the virus of nil diseases* arises from the blood. ItB Nervine, Resolvent, Alterative und Laxative properties meet all the,1. conditions herein referred to. It's known

wide as

worlds

o®so

MEG01I10S

It quiets and composes the patient—not by the introduction of opiates and drastic cathartics,'/*^ but by the restoration of activity to the stomach,, and nervous systeih, whereby the brain is relieved of morbid fancies, which are created by ,\r the causes above referred to.

To Clergymen, Lawyers, Literary men, Mer 1, chants, Bankers. Ladles and all those whose eedv ontary em

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v...ri«j"'«nt causcs nervous prostration irregularities of the bleod, stomach, bowels otr kidneys or who require a nerve tonic, appetizer

stlmulantSAKAiiiTAN

NKHVINB

is Invaluable

Thousands proclaim it the most wonderful in rigoriuit that ever sustained the sinking system. i!\ tar $1-50. Sold by all Druggists.

The DR. S. A. RICHMOND MED. CO., Proprvsi St. Joseph, Mo. (44) .i For testlmofila'.s and circulars send stamp.

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CHAPTER II. fl Mass.,Feb 1880. Gentlemen-* with attacks of sick headache.'?

Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in y% tbe mosf terrible and exmnating

neNo

medicine or doctor could give relief or cure until I used Hop BittorJv "Th« first bottle

Nearly cured me The secodd made me as well and stroag as wbeh a child. I "And I have been so to this day."

My husband was an invalid for tw#hty years with

serious

"Kidney, liver and urinary complaii "Pronounced by Boston's best phj* dans— "Incurable!"

Seven bottles of your bitters cured and ITsnow of the "Lives of eight persons"

In nay nelghboniood that have been by your bitters. And many more are using tbem with benefit. "They nlino*t

miracle^"

—Mrs. E. D.

Hlal

A HOME DRUGGIST*

TESTIFIES.

Popidarlty at home is not last of merit, bat we point proudly to tfai no other medicine ui won forlUelf oeh universal approbation in its owijcity, State, and country, and among all'

-Ayert Sarsapari

The following letter from one of onjoeetkaown Mawacnnsette Druggists shoal be of'

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to every .offerer:-

RHEUMATISM.

vera that 1 oould not move from the id, or 4reas, witbovt help. I tried severs reme4ies without moeh if any relief, onti took ATEB's 8ABSAPABILLA, by the use t»p' bottles of which I was completely sored. Have sold large quantities of yoar Mts^jrf •mri r.i, and it still retains its wc lerfta

The many notable cure hasj,,, this vicinity convince Jiat tt

popularity. The many notable core has «, {fleeted in this vicinity Is tbe-best blood medldne Mblie. E.F. HAJ

Is tbe-best blood medicine ever offeref to the ig

jttTer St^ BucUaad, Mass., May 13, B82.

SABSAPABIIXA.

O SOROS A! KW®|,

SALT RHEUM.

overseer in th Lowell

Carpet Con ration

was for over twenty years before bU Mnovsl to Lowell afflicted with Salt Bheu in its wont form. Its ulcerations actoallj overed more than half the surface of his dy limbs. He was entirely cmred by ^VEK^Sand

See certificate I Ayer*s

Almanac for 1883.

RASP ABED BT

Dr.J.C.AyertCo.,Lowell SsMbyallDraggists tor*