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Show I ll UIIACU IX I. ItlssMN DUX. f.IOV AtusticT n.tio niMiiray i a i-ooi, lit lltlalll. ttwaatho third day of my Imprlain- A new raoner watdonililhailnour rooni a nun who waa aaltlug Iraue-itUlloiiturIUila. Iraue-itUlloiiturIUila. riitio waatome-thing waatome-thing Intentety tej4ihlvo atiout hit liglj little figure; hit tyea had A alrtiiRe kind of glitter, and waudcrid nutltwly from olJt to clject. He Uhavtiitn Acurloua, languid way anl Mry taciturn. In the eetiilng we were lorkn I up aa before, and tho lardAiul dice playing l.an again. rirtM with my prevlotit tletpha iilght. I waa glal to He down on n bench and Imtanlly fall atleeii. In-member In-member tlre-imlug of my wile at d my llltlo daughter aa I had tiiti them litt - Iho chill plating III Iherorner with her dolla, making the m tit up at the table and reviling them; and there la tide the table my wife, landing over lur ura, copying. copy-ing. I rctumbr aatlug her profile, htr head hcut down, hirpcculiartllglil mt or the lli aa her wn moved, rliiddruly an early aunUain loucheil my eyea, I atvokts and Ihe rtnllty around me eOaceti all otlitr Inqtea eluria, except, Indtbvl. the aeu.e or overwhelming ti.ln that had not I iraakeii luu even In liter, l.ve rj on el.e lii Iho town waaallllAiltip. Turning over, I felt lint Ihe bench I lay on waa wt t Hlartlng up hurried ly, and looking at It, I Involuntarily cried out In hotror. 1 waa lying, literally, In a wl of blood My t ry awaktuetltavtial inrtone; they lonkril t mo III terror and ainaerueiit My clothing w At waked with blood, ami the Irancli cuvervil with gnat tUInt, IcaunotdtacrllfniyownteiiMtlou I WUtqUitetl'Wlllelnl, iHlt tliu tlglltof hi much blood lllhal mil with In-line-live horror. My uext in Ighlmr mi ouo tldehaJ alrtad; "in He. I up, tliamieoii Iheolheraldo ttlll tlept lu orierli wnkehlml pulled oil tho clo.ltlh.it coveroj him, and tudlenly rcabieil what had liaul. II waa the tram. pott ntlwner who had ln brought lu the evening before! he waa lying ou hla hack w llh nfrlghfful gajilng wound Aeroat hit throat. I have ml recollection recollec-tion nf hla race; only the greit, devp wound reiualiiiuaiii my uitmoty In n uionit lit iverj one In thu loom waa up, with U'wllderrntnt and lerwr In every face Iho deal alienee waa Irukeiiby thu Irembllng vol... of thu elder. "Wu tniial Annoiiiu-e It.' He went to the door aud rallcl the aciitlnil. We htard a la-ll, then the fattening and uiifuteiiltut of lollr, the tnnglug of iloori, hurried fo)tile, thou ugalu all waa quiet. 1 aloud tremhllug from hi ad to fool, ttlll toouiufiiM-J to think of taking oil' my wit, bluud-tUlucI thlrt, an I unable hi think clearly ot aii) thing, but whtul taw- the prlKineranll ttand mom, at u aome aUorblng thought werelu their mind. It llaalifd atroM uitt that I might I" accueed of murdtr, and the cold iwiAttrvkeouton my forehead. Wliiaritiundangaln,nitiiyfooUle aproaclilug;theullioirltonauthurliria him Into our cmnt with a body of aoldltrt. The lint fAte I aaw waa that of the warder! ho waa stilt half evdeert, and looked In al the wluJow with dated, n athrllo eyw, then ordiretl the doora lo beun lucked. "Tail out 111 tingle rile!" The prlaoucra i-ttiu out one by one. -.lngUtiMiriniVtor.)lillir. I wai la.t, ami the warder, looking at my Uif, atknlt "Who It thai?" I told him. "Why hat he been it hen:" he aiked, turning te Ida owl.ttiit, who, however, did not know. Tho clerk, who WAtatandlng by, ull.lned that lie hat recti" d me, aud ha I placed me here liecaute uothlug wai elated lu my oxri. "Take liliti lo Hie lattli, give lilm luck hl.ownclollua, and it him In Iho noblet' Urrtnieiil," aahl the warder. war-der. JItforu going out. ho Aikeit me: ' Von lb illicit tohlm?" I he laucy that I inliiht lutntctl came over me again! 1 felt injtelf turn latleaa I autwereal V'it.' "Did joii hear anything In tho night, or tan )uu give any explanation at air" "No." "Very w t II; ) on may go." The) took me hi the bath, where I waiheil lu cold water, and, ttlll troubling, trou-bling, drmed lu my own clolhea. I extarleliced A ;cullar teute of relief when 1 ait on my coat: It teemetl for n uiomeut At If All tlmt hAd genu liefore were only a iiUhlmaro, though I mill mechanic allv till ve tt d. Un unit ring my new quartern 1) waa lutrounded by quite nilllleriut let of Isolde, wearing thtlr own clothea, which, though they were In aomu tatta pootly Utwed, made a grttt dlf-feteucvln dlf-feteucvln tho Inipriwtlon roducetl by Ihetii. Thty were all eoiuinon-law' prlaonera. Uno wai a lleorglaii prluv. comleuiued for iniirJerlng the hutbaii I of hla paramour; anottier waa a tiqicr. Inli ndeiit uf ilhe, who had been con. cerutal lu aome lacullarly thauieha fraud; athlnl (a coroner) had committed commit-ted a vty Krloutcxlnit -trtonon hit uwu proM rty In onler to oblalu Inttir-iincti Inttir-iincti monty; n fourlli waa it jrlcat, octutedof rolbeoi ami auoii. Alto-iitther Alto-iitther thtre were 18 poraona. They oourtu'iualy olleroJ mo nlitat, und 1 at onco lay down v rett after the agitation I htdiulltfred. In thla cuurt wita a eeparate wing of Ihe building, with "tenet," that la, eolltary eonfluiuientiellaforlmio riant prlaoiart Ufore trial. Tre-tutly a prlaoner waa brought Into one of thcee cella, and turned out tu Iw one of my companion! of the iilght tilorc. He waauiiAted of lielng the murderer of the man we found dead, and thecAu.u of uaplclon u iu aa folliwt, lie tli 1 1 llxlit lu thu corner, with tone five oi lis ieraona UtaM u him hiuI the dtnd man, and) et on hla thlrt wero found tonieyillowl.li tract a, which uirocuii-Jarlurid uirocuii-Jarlurid to ! half waalicd-out I loaal ttaliia. The thlrt, luorcom, win Kill wtt, ifii.l IhotUlu. were only ou the rUlitilrcve. rhentxttlay the guilty man con-fnM.il, con-fnM.il, und wu learnud the. lollowlng Itoryi I wo moniht tain ro.iome tlaoneri lu tlieiviialtcrvltmle iliparlnuut, whim the tuufdarctl man una at that tlmu qmrttt'd, wereVintlnitllng a tunnel iiudirne4ththelrileelngbirlha The work waa wclladvanttd, when a tud. deiiaearrh waa made by thu uuthorl-tl-, who illat'ivcred Ihe tiiuuil ami lliree nun working in It. Aa anon aa tho aulhorltlia left, the tol Hera mil-IriAtvd mil-IriAtvd tha ctilirlta frightfully and tookoneirlwiitrAHay with them to am Iher Jail, fliat one w an A paid tpy. Iho vtcniKi waa tu have been cilectod a wtk before the convoy ttarted for blberia, they were, then fore, ty hatlly trlc-tl, uuJ tout out with hit rinsed ternia cf ieual tervl-tulo tervl-tulo After lhatp other rartlra wertiaantciut wetk by wtk,and thu atrilrajiwared tube forgotten, many, ludeed, kuew nothing about II, at thu f rttou uoDulatlon continually tuKtoJ. 1 1 eccnui, how ever, Ihtt rltonera have a kind of orgatiliallon of Ihclr own V hen the t.mvoy ttailed, one tram-port tram-port jrlasner, on account of lllncaa, ou felt behind lu the irltoii lurlrm ary. w here liu reuiAlr,tii over a month and wan then tent tu tha detriment In which I waa flnt quarttred Ihe uthorltlea,iililhelr tide, alter waiting two month-, took It for iiriiitetl that all thu prlaonera who knew of the aLTalr had already tlatted for Hlla-rla and that therefore the t y alto cmihl tufi ly l forwarded ou. He waa imrpoai ly placed among the hn.tilmi. gerouttttof prlaonera, Lit there wero In Ihe room w few tramiiorl nrlaouera. and aiitnng the in tho one who had lu.f left Ihe Inllliimry. He knew the whole tlor) of Ihealtemi led tt ape, Indeed, mm of Ilr i atoiia luii Hntnl wai a friend nf hl, who, la toco ttartlng for Hlbcria, atketl him lo avenge tliem, llecogiuxllig thu uewomt r liy dttt rllt llon nathtt man he waa ticking liurul-tilled liurul-tilled hla promlae, nu I waa afirraarila ttlllinetillo abal ttrvHudo fir life, Inttead of nu re trau.ajttatlou he A'utWa |