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Show iiaSIAN traced to a luawe in the Rue Montmartre. The detectives interrogated the concierge of the building, and to their unbounded surprise found that slie was at that moment alive and well and living on tht fourth floor of the house under the protection of Adolphe Rechard, a young student of was STORY. has r of a young woman (.K the Seine, bays a letter 7,' The luce was fair and the .t reamed upon the tide, was i,j I, ,7 m t(j tj', eolden. torpor, and The clothing was engineering. the mounted to the little shoes theOne of lloor.detectives knocked at the lie fourth in e ,?3n through and broken door of the room indicated to him. Fntrez! cried a clear, mellow asj voice. re.-tkneck there hung a The detective turned the knob anil to which was attached into the room. lie could tain,' id locket. In this locket stepped an exclamation of suppress barely In ; aiature potograph of a man amazement. There before him stood dollar, of the woman man, with short, curling the living counterpart face lie had seen upturned llp!u as the ravens wing, large whose dead to him from the marble slabs of the , md cheeks in which the red morgue, and at her side was tle man Ver'i out clearly defined. whose face was pictured in the locket j t, that around the dead girls neck, and whoso the ia purse cs vyerc hair was of that same r:cari color little sidecoinpartment, ,j a as that found clinched in the long, , as alock of short sinuous fingers of the murdered Jew. Ut i The woman admitted that she was "'K drawn outof the river Isaacss late mistress, hut both she Was r 808 and Dechard disclaimed any knowlto the, morgue. There, marble slabs, with the edge whatevet of Isaacss death, the girl declaring that she had fled from 7 ay playing over the fair, the Rue Protin because sin preferred this body, found without the young student with his slender N l it, lay awaiting identitica-- I means to her aged protector and his fat i more liberal allowance. lly a member of the secret 15oth were placed under arrest, and he declared that viewed it line then bit by bit an extraordinary story recognized the remains as though not one of murder woman who tiad been r!f I foung The girl at the morgue was, it apc'r7 l in a house in the ltue Iro-w;from Argenteuil, a little village pears, as man a known Jriendof in the south of France, from which . This Ieaa:s lived by young Dechard also came. Her name rumbling house in the was Jeanne Robin, and she had been at in. wildly' in love with young Declmrd bees once made at the fore he lmd been sent to Paris to were at tat nans rooms, and it was study'. She had come to Pans hopiaudit she had suddenly fisap-bl- j ng to find work and came across him. i, ,rne days before, leaving She had succeeded in getting employ-men- t and shared a room with a young her, and had not achn- behind Marie Lequeil. woman "seen. y e then bent their steps to In t he named meantime Pochard had run jf Isaacs, Repeated krock-digi'- - across Lancs's friend, for whom he formed an attachment, chieily because ,door failed to elicit any nquiries in the neighbor-Re- of her striking resemblance to Jeanne that very little was Robin, his country sweetheart, whom old man. lie lived he still bore in loving remembrance. Hk; Hit the m the old house, held Jeanne, learning that Rechard was je, trin. communication with his living with this woman, conceived herj 'Weft but was believed to carry self forgotten and became very desRomrt of business as a rnoney-th- e pondent. While in this condition it as reputed to be rich. lie is evident she committed suicide by town to be in the habit of throwing herself into the Seine. These facts having all been clearly ybody save the woman in Dechard and the woman have tin. proved, iref "(laving seen Isaacsin anum-ke- ; been released and the police are now e, the police finally decided looking elsewhere for Jew Isaacss murTwo daring criminals are sushot; .own the door and, enter the derers. front door proving very pected and are being shadowed. The los ft rce. they tried the scuttle hair in Isaacss hand was found, upon there, after some little microscopical examination, to be tifded in entering the coarser than Rechards, but of almost , garret and on the exactly the same shade of color. De, h presented a most chard will bury poor Jeanne and erect eglected appearance, a stone over her at his own expense. ad ifng except numbers ; vt min. Upon search- They Saw Washington. join id floor, however, they shack parlor in a terrible Newburyport Letter in the Boston Transcript. infusion, mta is a lady in this city who has jted ad the evidences of a There ith ggle. A chair was overturn-timijken- , her 00th year. Her faculties a table was half upset passed are bright. She is a lovely woman-Mis- s e w a t h ere we re s o m e d a r k , Phoebe Ilanod. She was three ..stains, which were darker ' grime on the floor, and a years old when Washington visited sllW" two plunks had been torn this city and remembers him distinctpin sing a rcceptaclehenenth the was an event which would imhifh had evidently been used ly. itself upon the memory of a for valuafdes. , It. press k blot, hes led out through bright child, for he was received with ev and were plainly to be the discharge of cannon and bands of 0"B'rPpon the old worn oilcloth A bund suns, standing before music. tail! be passage. They led to a e furtherenil of this passage him; He comes! ).p mines! the hero comes! j cf nei upon the stairs to the Sound, sound your trumpets, heat, bfat your rums; procured a lantern the From post to post let cannons roar, etc. tended into the cellar, in The lines in this verse which call for I the blackest darkness, la e .w utern they took a few the beating of drums and roaring of jhev'ard. Then, suddenly, its cannon were instantly obeyed after j'jiJd up.on an awful discovery. the pronunciation of each word. There .nan old chair almost in the 'c he ether, with head thrown was a feu de joie fired as he entered diended, his mouth wide the house prepared for him (now our to ibody half eaten by the rats, public library,) and rockets and fire.(otsaaes. in the evening. Noise and renee it could be seen that he works to his death hv toul means, joicing enough to make a child of three ng was torn into shreds in remember the event. Wire was a deep Another little incident may be in- gaping wound lpylt) temple; under the long teresting in this connection: light hand were pieces of Mrs. Hradle.v, wife of thedi.stingnish-e- d Will iamC. Bradley, of Vermont, and tyvf.'dry blood, and most omi- in the long, sinuous daughter of the Hon. Mark Richards, ,c!utohed out Use left hand were a number told, very shortly before her death, curling hairs hairs which that she had clear recollections of jointly been wrenched from Washington. He called upon her injtjints iiead as Isaacs strug- - mother, then living in Boston, when she was a little child. She sat listen-- I .ft 8 i to. eut oatures of the ing with veneration and delight. murder rnnr creut to the police at a When he rose to go, and making his he old man had evidently adieu, she slipped, unseen, behind him, fked by the and laid her little hand upon his coat helijick room on the ground sleeve. She said she was impelled by ban b.'en dispatched after a a feeling of admiration to do this. oorp The body had then She told me that he was stately in id into the cellarand thrown his manner and dignified and polite in i ur, and the planking in toe his address. wfuhad been tofu up in the We recall another old lady, Mrs. jitr.tr plunder. Morris, wife of General Lewis Morris, thing the police set about who was, I think, a nephew of the ou Ike track of the niurder-aerer- Morris of revolutionary fame. She oup The disappearance told me that she visited Mrs. Washlady friend was considered ington at Mount Vernon when the imiennc feature of the case, place was in its early beauty. She er jhee took their initial steps spoke of Mrs. Washingtonsgood mant1. sst ' at ion by tracing her. agement in the affairs of the housetfV'i theory of the police, who hold. She had a personal supervision fftidiat tint body at the morgue of the place. MissCustis, then a young ffiip'y enough that of the mur-.- , lady, came into the room and asked i s ftieivl, was to the effect if she might buy a thread lace bertha cognizant of the for the ball which was to take place " IU, n.aa crowned herself in soon. it w..3 necessary to trace No, my dear, said Mrs. Washingas they might ton; I cannot indulge you in such j 'movements, iws to further discoveries. extravagance; you must deny yoursthrough a cabman whom elf this bertha. That was sufficient. 1P) ti was found to have engaged Her word was law, and theyoung lady y of her disappearance she said no more. , slen-'jeMi- n, 'll-- m jet-blac- k jet-blac- k ly-i- e e- , s tt him-oftfcT'- ld - e ie-ft- d . fl,wr" 1 i up-1- L a , It ' tli.1. cl , ngto- -t s it 1 black-haire- d ir i lWjij-- s. 0 o to un-foded- ." ratiemv Alford's Chililivu. my cac. Aunt Mercy. trying to tiie get a new black I The Sinkiii" of the Alabama. have been drosfur t he t imecome-thyear, bur w think I can get it, there is aKo m much to buy lor the children that I exclaimed Aunt Mercy llopkiiis.as .he oil my black silk dress fora better put sitting-roomcame into Mrs. Alfords time. Lettie wants three new suits in one hand this summer; she is going to visit one with her a veling-haT of her young friends at the seashore, in the other. and her cap-botold our folks it I did't see Patience and Harrys college expenses are heavy, and somany otberthings Alford's children lietorelong. I d never quite to he bought for the lour younger children that it is impossible for me 'eethem, they will soon be grown-ufolks. So I'xecome. tot bink of a new black silk dress t his And we are all so very glad o sea spring. It is really a great disappointment for me not to go to thesilver you. Aunt Mercy, said Mrs. Altord, wedding, as I have always loved Clara bons as she took off the Marsha!! since I can remember. When net and outside wraps and drew up we were two little tots with gingham tothe easiest chair in the room for her sunbonnets on we began to play know why in the fields. dont gether to sit down on. it is. but I love Clara the best of any This isn't Harold! what, the baby of my schoolfriends. It is a great disyou had with you the last time you appointment to me, but I wouldiUt said have Charles or the children know it came to Marshfield, visiting, tor anything, Aunt Mercy, as Mrs. Alford introduced After Aunt Mercy had been in the her eldest son, and said proudly: Alford household a week, the boys had This is my big boy, Aunt Mercy. found a place tor their hats, bats, and See, he is head and shoulders above everything else that belongs toaboys and Harry and Lettie not his little mother, but the very same treasures, kissed their mother when they only Marshs boy I carried in my arms to went off, but relieved her of many while they were at borne which field. And here is Lettie, his sister; you she had been in the habit of doing for have never seer, her. them. Aunt Mercy brought this new her grandlloivmtt.il she favors state of things about with her usual I mother, exclaimed Aunt Mercy. good common n' lis q t act and discream so glad you calVl her Lettie, alter tion. Your dear mother is so good said your mother, and Aunt Mercy imShe always was iust so Aunt Mercy. on kiss the printed a warm, loving good when she was a little girl, always fresh, rosy, girlish cheek. In fulfilling the scripture injunction. .She Then four younger children came honor preferring one another. herru.diing into the room, hunting after always prefers everybody beforeI ever unselfish self most the person their several school necessities which saw. If theres anything that I think were lying aliout the room. Come, is and mean, it is to impose on Clarence and Warren, Kate and Jes- a unjust of such a nature taking person said the sie, and see Aunt Mercy, of a persons love for us by advantage mother. The four younger children them gi e up pleasures for our all gave the newly arrived guest a kiss letting sakes. of welcome, then began to gather up The children had never thought of the various books, slates, pens and upon their mother; such a imposing pencils preparatory to goingtoscliool. dear good mother as she had always Wheres my hat? asked Frank, as been to them. But they were old lie wheeled out the sofa and looked beand sensible enough to see the hind it. Mother have you seen my enough in the same light as Aunt Mermatter lint? after she had talked with them. did, cy The mother instantly began searchA fortnight before the wedding. Let-ti- e head covering. ing for the missing had a private conference with tier After some minutes had been wasted, lather. Frank exclaimed, Oh, 1 know now she said, We must Now, papa. where it is; it is on top of the wood mother oft to Mrs. Marshalls silget shed. I was up there after my banver wedding. tam rooster, and I left it there, and to hinder, isthere? asked the boy made an exit through the Mr.Nothing Altord. door. Meanwhile Mrs. Altord was reI am going to attend to the houseinstating shoe buttons, finding de- keeping, said Lotty, very gravely, linquent pocket handkerchiefs, arbut mamma cant go without a new ranging collars and hair ribbons, and black silk dress. getting the children ready for tlitir deWhy doesnt she get one tlic-nparture for school. Finally everyOh, papa you know how mamma thing was ready anil in broken ranks is. She thinks we need so many the children rushed out ot the door. things that she doesnt want to take But they all kissed the mot by good- the money for herself. Now, Henry is bye before they went out. The door going to put in his monthly allowance had scarcely closed beforellarrycame for next month to the black in from the gymnasium, with his shirt and Im going to give up the sleeve torn to shreds. white cashmere dress and the dotted "Caught it on one of the hooks, Swiss this summer. We children have sail the young man. Just catch it never sacrificed anything for dear together as well as you can, please, mamma; she has done all the sacrimother. 1 have only ten minutes in ficing in this family. which to get back to college. Air. Alford was a man of business. .lust as quickly as I can, said the in his home ran without Everything mother, as she got out her needle and any friction. There was no fretting thread, and prepared to draw the rag- ever heard within its walls, no comged sleeve together. Harry hurried the little wife managed everyhis mother every moment until it was plaints; He lmd never thought much thing. finished. Then giving her a kiss lie about the of heart and arm strength took his Virgil and went out. that were requisite to carry on such a "Mamma, called Lettice from her complication of machinery so noiseroom up stairs, please come up here; less ly. my skirt hangs dreadfully. I don't said her father, Lettie, know what is the matter with it. mother is the best woman in your the And two of the buttons are oft iiom world! llis face seemed to reflect my basque. some new light then, which had Excuse me, Aunt Mercy, said Mrs. all at once dawnedjust uponhismindjand Alford. I'll be back in a few mo- he threw down his ledger and went out ments. of the office with his daughter to buy Soon in o 1 ler an d d a ugh t ora ppeared the new silk dress. in the doorway, and the latter, after The children all want to givesome-tliinwent out. kissing her mothergood-bye- , We toward it, said Lettie. "They all kiss their mother, want to surprise mamma with the thought Aunt Mercy, but they make dress and put on the outside of the a slave of her all the same. package, From papa and the chilit is! dren. Mrs. Alford had a young girl to help 'Mr. Alford bought the silk one of her who was very inefficient, so she had the ones in the store. priced highest the greater part of the housework to Doesnt your mother want some do herself, and the morning was a lace to trim it with? I think I heard very busy one. her say once that she was quite parSo many things the children might tial to handsome lace. have done before they wen toschool! Yes, papa, it ought to be trimmed The fetching with lace. thought Aunt Mercy. and carrying would be as good as the .V number of yards of beautiful lace. gymnasium for Harry, looked at mere- was bought. The next morning when ly from a physical point of view. Patience Alford awoke at an early In the afternoon, when Mrs. Alfords hour, as it was usual for her to do, work was done, she sat down with she found a package lying on the table Aunt Mercy for a real good, in her room directed to her. When visit, she said. she opened it, and saw the dress, and They were talking about Clara Mar- read the words: For the dearest, shalls silver wedding. most loving and best, I want to go so very much, said of mothers, from papa and he chilAirs. Altord, but it is impossible for the tears fell down from her eyes dren, me to do so. so I mustnt r bink of it. like rain. Why not? queried Aunt Mercy. For the wedding, mamma, fertile I couldnt leave the children. And wedding! cried the children, bursting Charles is as dependent upon me as into the room at that moment. Let-tile cant possibly leave his they are. is going to keep house and take business to go with me. care of us while you are gone, and we Why cant Lettie keep house? are going to be iust as good as we can Lettie keep house! exclaimed Mrs. be. Alford, as she laughed heartily. .The The child' cn all kissed their mother idea! Why, she doesnt know the first that morning, ns they had always step toward housekeeping. before, hut somehow the kisses lone I think it will he a good time for meant more that morning than they The had ever meant before. her to learn, said Aunt Mercy. vacation. her I am so glad L have seen Patience wedding will he during You had better let her try it. You Alfords children! said Aunt. Mercy, kept house, Patience Alford,, before when she returned home . They are you were as old as she is. such good children, every one of them. Yes; but my mother died, you know, and I had to, said Mrs. Alford. In harness a man has lilted 3,500 Besides. Aunt Mercy, I havent anything to wear. pounds, this result having been As bad of! as Flora MFlinisj- of tchieved only by allowing every Madison Square! said Aunt Mercy, muscle to act simultaneously to its bursting into a hearty fit of laughter. fullest capacity, and under Really nothing to wear is true in advantageous circumstances. la- -t lu-- at I time does slip a.vay! H'iW fa- -t , 1 1 x p new-come- 1 du-tie- ? silk-fun- 1 g How-strang- e d 1 e 1 - the-mos- t .luliii M. Kell, in April Century. When t lie tiring ceased. Captain' Semmes orderi-- me to dispatch an 0 to the Kearsarge to say that our ship was sinking, and to ask that they send boats to save our wounded, as our boats were disabled. Tha dingey, our smallest boat, had escaped damage. I dispatched Master's Mate Fullam with the request. No boats appearing, I had one of our quarter boats lowered, which was slightly injured, and I ordered the wounded placed in her. Dr. Galt, the surgeon, who was in charge of the magazine and shell room division, came on deck at this moment, and was at once put in charge of the boat, with orders to'take the wounded to the Kearsarge. They shoved oft just in time to sava the poor fellows lrom going down in the ship. I now gave the order for every man to jump overboard with a spar and save lmnself from Ihe sinking ship. To enforce the order, I walked forward and urged the men overboard. As soon as the decks were cleared, save of the bodies of the dead, I returned to t lie stern-porwhere stood Captain Semmea with one or two of the men and hie faithful stewart, who, poor fellow! was doomed to a watery grave, as ho coulJ not swim. The Alabamas stem pa; t waa now almost to tha officer t, waters edge. Partly undressing, we plunged into the sea, and made an offing from the sinking ship, Captain Semmes with a life preserver and I on a grating. The Alabama settled stern fore- most, launching her bows high in the air. Graceful even in her death struggle, she in a moment disappeared from the face of the waters. The sea now presented a mass of fixing heads, striving for their lives. Many poor fellows sank fortfiewantof timely aid. Near me I saw a float of empty and called to one of the men, a good swimmer, to examine it; he did so and replied, It is the doctor, sir, dead. Poor Llewellyn! lie perished almost in sight, of his home. Theyoung Alidshipman Alaflit swain to me and offered his Aly grating was not proving a very buoyant float, and the white taps breaking over my head were distressingly uncomfortable, shell-boxe- s, to say the least. Alaflit said: Air. Kell, take my sir; you are almost exhausted. The gallant boy did not consider lus own condition, but his pallid face told me that his heroism was superior to hu bodily suffering, and I refused it. After twenty minutes or more I heard near me some one call out, There ia our first lieutenant, and the next moment I was pulled into a boat, in which was Captain Semmes, stretched as pallid an out in the He had received during death. the action a slight contusion on the hand, and the struggle in the water had almost exhausted him. There were also several of our crew in the boat, and in a few moments we were alongside a little steam yacht, which had come among our floating men, .and by throwing them ropes saved many lives. Upon reaching her deck, 1 ascertained for the first time that she was the yacht Deerhound, owned by Mr. John Lancaster, of England. In looking round I saw two French pilot boats engaged in saving our crew, and finally two boats from the tern-sheets, .Lincoln and Stanton. It has often been asserted that Secretary Stanton ruled Mr. Lincoln. This is a mistake. The Secretary would frequently overawe and sometimes browbeat others, but was never imperious in dealing with the Presi- dent. This I have from Air. AVatson, for sometime Assistant Secretary of War. and Air. Whiting, while solicitor of the War Department. Lincoln, however, had the highest opinion of Stanton, and their relations were always most kindly.- The following anecdote illustrates the character of the two men and Air. Lincolns method of dealing with a dilemma. It is related that a committee of Western men, headed by Air. Lovejoy, procured from the President an important order looking to theexchange of Eastern and Western soldiers, with a view to more effective work. Repairing to the office of the Secretary, Mr. Love-jo- y explained the scheme, as he had done before to the President, but was met by a flat refusal. But we have the Presidents order, sir, said Lovejoy. Rid Lincoln give you an order of that kind? said Stanton. ' He did. sir. Then ho is a d d lool," said the irate Secretary. Do you mean to say the President asked Lovejoy in is a d d fool? amazement. Yes, sir, if he gave you such an order as that. The bewildered Congressman from Illinois betook himself at once to the President and related the result jf his conference. Did Stanton say I was a d d fool? asked Lincoln, at the close of the recital. lie did, sir; and repeated it. After a moments pause, and looking up, the President said : If Stanton said I was a d d fool, then I must be one, for he is nearly always right, and generally says what he means. I will step over and see him. George W. Juliens ' |