| Show ’1 TH S THE Ihiln Sail (Lcifjjrapiv Daily Paper iu tla 'Perrilory The Pioneer ami tlio TWaled to Home luters-ithe peoj !e ami PoUticahijfhts nil' A eifj PUBLISHED TtBMS WIW MR CONCLUDED Of course after William Cevtfoil had was no iven his opinion hesitation bilker to be thought of Knowing and a hackney coach to Fleet street 1 ' cashier when he ordered au(j the head 0f the porters to carry the four to the carriage said: “My was as plain as a handwriting rd s and ho should like tc cash a check for ten thousand with such a lMiilainait signed to it” —such a nice gentleman IfegaA elite too — u guinea to drink the s lie wa health of the firm Ah how liberal 1 people were forty years ago! that eve- Vt? looked over the jtlate found all in 'nn! counted everything I accordance with the lists and with the Lssistunce of' three housemaids I had M’trytliing cleaned and polished up by Lupi'er time all nicked up again I The plate u as 1: nd deposited according to Will s iu my lady’s boudoir which lvas at the end of a grand suit" of I: There partments on the first floor only heavy vas no door to this room but every ‘lauginas to the doorway inflow in the house was bolted and xirred up thill I tilt uneasy with us all alone in and toward' he house top o’clock 'lipped up uud going to our butcher r in Mount street Ii’huhbyi'iop f Lis well borrowed square bull dog Towler fiivi a and fierce iiiui to keep guard in the houe One of the butcher's hoys night Jarosulf the dog muzzled to our house and just nr le was dreadfully savage to bed Beeswig went l Kjfoie we hiai and let him loose in the hall 1 I had dreadful dreams that night Ireamed of a procession of men cnllins one after the other in a The recession that never ended oiig j at last the youngest me and J came in the still room all rvhen in came Beeswig trembling ycr and with a face as white us chalk “For the Ian d Almighty’s sake come Ills wav? he cried lie led or rather dragged me to the Hjudoir on the first floor and there I uw a sight 1 shall never to my dying lay forget The rich carpet was dabbled in blood nd on it there lay his length along stiff and he body of a man stark lead I lis throat had been literally oru out by the dog which crouched by is side uttering a lovv growl now and hi' iipf a Ih'V and r Tu one of the dead man’s bands was One of the bunch of skeleton keys late chests had been opened and a rtiem of the contents were on the oor The men servants bent over the ndy to raise it when there Was a cry f horror and astonishment Go! forgive him and vis all! We the body of the Honorable “ Villiuiu Cartfoil! It was discovered afterward that the iitter from the country was a forgery I'secutod probably by the unfortunate nd guilty man who had died in this Miiscmblimanner It was found that ie had made bis entry by a back floor ending into the mews of which lie must liave liad a key and crooning up buck staircase had entered the by a side door he knew well had Jecn heard by the dog ami so periled The story was hushed up and it was vported and believed that young Mr ill bad gone abroad and died there f SIDK CluTCUK IS AMKHICA Most t nevvspiiptr readers are during the past four years the at entiim of Californian agriculturists has culture fliivcted of to the largely ffp11 The adoption of this new and ink pursuit is mainly due to the mid indefatigable efforts of L M IVevost of Han Jose an cvporii need siik grower le Inis fcMececded iu awakening sueii an inter-plli llie sllbjecl liy hte example and vntings liit ciiiciis are embarking It ill) over the State The climate Ini' prove tt'olf Hilniii'ddv adapted to and ine siik produced lias been fully 'dual it not stipeiioi' in quality to the P‘i'st sjieciun ns ii' European or A'iatie lie Haerameiito jmgm Valiev and viennty nl S an i'c are at present be plineipal new iut its j:l si 7 iiil hist year jnugre and extensive that it is mliciiit to where tlie largest 'predict intimity will this year Bant w aecuiate iLd'icultuial statistics preclude the posihjjJty- 0 li g a detailed latenieiit t)!( a t year’s aIK i'rodisee iu tlie “Gold-- n Siate'’ vvlieu it s known that ten u res of Imilbeny niS iiise fimr millions oi ins pinilmv sufficient silk to t'e a net r tif if SlOl'iM1 per it v iii U at litt no once seen giber bianeh of nltuie can compare for I’ moment with silk iu pecuniary value Vow there is u d the shadow of a to the introduction I'd e this Mill si n a and Htde Hoiuheril Pk ellinit eosv liltroduied New Ihiglaiid and peetiidnn ami inisd at this (ay li fj '' bs cmiiiiK ti ijiis glmicsof nu i moil ci lion esv lit time when cureless f im ilUt Cii1"'-11- ' fanning is and XTJ gtvnig way mure ’in'U pro' it niav not be a'lii" £ fI J " l’ai'f-in Ui MONDAY eimi!tUj Tirriurj & THURSDAY IS ADVANCE: 'Delivered at residence in the City Six Months 67:00 annum Three Months $1:00 mailed— cash in advance: Pur Months 6:00 610:00 annum Three Months 3:jU WILD Tamil' iurnt 1UI1T5— 1:06 ADVANCE: Per anaum NO 6 SALT LAKE to briefly glance at the culture in this country Failing to introduce the' culture of that wiiin into Knglaud the divine rights of kings times 1 shrewdly sought to establish it iii the linericnii Colonies lie had been labouring like another Hercules to induce the native John Bull to adopt silk cultivation: hut somehow or other he signally failed However his Majesty had accumulated any amount of eggs of' the llombir moil and these lie The mulaccordingly sent to Virginia berry tree was found to be indigenous iu the colony and every inducement that high rewards and severe penalties could ofter were suspended over the devoted The putes of the Virginian settlers “canine” monarch's efforts however like many of the best laid schemes of "went aglee:" for though humauity some silk was continued to be made the pursuit never favorably regarded dwindled mid declined It is a curious fact however that the “merry monarch" Charles 11 at hi' coronation w vrea regal robe which was the product ol the silk wonus of Virginia hut to this period (lfititjj tlie cultiation of tobacco obtained a fit in footing in the colony and speodilv supe'eded he siik business In tiie fsth century the Knglish rov evnmeiit made the most active efforts to permanently establisii silk In raising in nearly all tin introduced into ouisiana it was JTls by what was then known as "The ComGrunts of lands pany of the Vest" were made to the settlers iu Georgia in order that they might be encouraged the cultivation of the multo berry tree while private individuals iu iu affording every Britain Meanaid in nourishing the enterprise while silk arm eggs were abundantly supplied: and iu lTJfl artisans were silk sent over from ariuiis European the managedistricts to superintend and the various ment of the worms Home enthuprocesses of winding siasm in the new pursuit wus then evidently evolved for we learn that a public seal was adopted hav ing a representation of silk worms at work unu round the margin the appropriate legend ‘Not for Kon situ ml alil-tbut others In 17?4 the first ) export of raw Bilk amounting to s lbs General was made to England being the bearer of the precious Next year a larger supply wus parcel sent “and being manufactured into by Sir Thomas Lombe it was that a dress was so much admired made of it for Queen Caroline in which she appeared at the Court levee on the King’s birthday” At the Ebcnczcr settlement in Savannah too the incipient industry began to gather strength and develope and in 1749 the production of this section amounted to over 1000 reels of cocoons mid “the silk was so well reelin Jmndon the ed that it commanded very highest price” In 17iOtvvo commissioners wre sent from England for the express purpose of “more effectually promoting siik culture in Georgia” Machinery for reeling was erected and a spasmodic effort was made to develope the business At the end of 1754 the exports of raw silk for tlie four preceding yearn amounted in value to HH88U a sum which represents in modern currency immense “The cocoons something delivered at the filature in this colony in 1757 were 1051) lbs: in 1758 704‘J lbs in 1759 10000 lbs: in 1700 lbs and in the next eight years to nearly they amounted altogether 100000 The business proceeded at an increased ratio up to the year 1700 when sato pient British legislators determined reduce the juice of cocoons from 4s to Is (id — one half This had the immediate effect of disgusting person every and in J79H engaged in the industry Was offered for sale the last lot of 200 'flic experiences lbs of Georgia silk ifjcvery jiei'on who took jart in the jMirsuit as well its in the observations of eminent European authorities went directly to show the admirable adaptation of tlie soil and climate of the of States to the jirodurtinn Southern silk In Smith Carolina silk culture was practised before tin revolution by tlie and also Sw iss seniors at Ferrysburg by the French who wrought it up wi wool into tiibrics but tlie same that operated to eradicate the bii'tnes' from Georgia destroyed it here audit is MtpcrfiuouN to add that it Ini' never Ism again A' has Ik en already intimated silk (ultimt was successfully introduced into In 1747 tlie tiirt silk New England of that region were coats and prodiHcd in ( 'nonce icur by (Joverior Eavv: bis daughter was and "in 1750 ’resident furnished with a dress ale 'olh'ge took much Stile- - of and watihed it in tlie pursuit liu' noted its a:id jn ogress The maimwript ivaily forty year- jouriid in iiieii lie tvetrded his ’itioos may lie seen in the library oi' the colli ge at time Hr d ill e'laiilisiiillg the Aspinvvil! 'mine rseut bii'ioi " in Mansfield it is still ear-v line to a limited extent about iit'tv f'amilie engaged Ill tie VVeic Old in Noildk about aiad mil pan iL'oc Iii Is1) tile producl ill OI rllK of Mansfield and district is officially to have been aliou! five tons of raw siik In 31iLss:ijiUsetts Marne 4 Timrit and in various districts of tlie Empire State the culture of siik liaHxvu trliJl the silk apostleof CITY THURSDAY with varying success Asa noted it limy ho stated that tlie business was iu S4i introduced into tlie New York State Prison dt Auburn ami the product of sewing silk by the convicts during the first year amounted to the handsome figure of 812 7(10 No one eun deny that this was a most enlightened and humane method of utilizing crime advanced toju'ovc Enough has that no natural obstacles exist to the prosecution of the business in the districts South and West already indicated At tlie same time there is reason to doubt the pecuniary success of such an enterjirise when attcmjitod iu regions so far North as New England As u rule admitting of little variation wherever the vine flourishes iu its greatest luxuriance and produces the there too will the choicest vintage mulberry tree delight to grow and the silkworm love to labor For tho production of wine and silk it may be tathat a dry ken as well established and a warm summer cliatmosphere mate are indisjiensable la both of these requisites wo limy fairly assume that New York anil the Western and States manifold Southern Yet over Western Panada even there the cultivation of silk has been commenced with vigor and with every appearance ol' success by J M Be Courtnay Esq tlie enlightened di rector of the Clair House This emtientun planted near Toronto Ire FEBRUARY 11 I860 ants of the ‘’Gulden State” are the ofjirogress to the older and more sluggish States of the Union But ajiart from the mere question of to those immediately engaged in ilk production the subject lues broader and still more iiujiortant aspects Were the United States able to jiroduee and manufacture within its boundaries sufficient silk to meet internal consumption the capital thus saved uud kept m tlie country would flow into other channels develope other industries effect immense interim! improvements and operate hi causing progress and develSilk manopment in every direction ufacture too would provide at the most inclement season of the year munerative oeeupuu'oii for thousands of our j'ojnilation who now languish in iHuiury without food and without hope While in the summer or jiroduciug time the six weeks’ business of the leaves and rearing the worms occurs just at that agricultural interval between haying and harvest and would imt therefore inteifere with other essential farm ojierutiouo Tlie subject in its multifarious hearas ings deserves the careful attention well of the capitalist ns of the jiatriot and jilalauthrnpist If appears to us after a careful consideration of the whole question that there really no question as to rhe successful ami paying of silk iu many of the production Southern States where cotton growing is never hkely again to be completely resuscitated The labor com iceted with ilk fired notion is comparatively trifling and with qualified instructors provided there is no earthly by the Government reason why the jierjiloxing negro question should not he solved by utilizing bis energies for this great national It is more than improl lable that the United States will ever again assume her former proud supremacy in cotton but in substituting silk culture a future opens to Uncle Samuel iu which that illustrious individual may beeojito the silk producer tor tho whole civilized world This country under the guidance and examjile of California is rapidly marching to the van of nations in the of wine production and manufacture One nurseryman last year advertised far sale no less than 50000000 of grape vines and vyhen plants of the Morns this Alba are similarly advertised onward to country will bo marching with steady unexampled prosperity Wine and silk are collateral profeet ducts They belong to tlie same agricultural region They are twin sister f Weahg'Siwi shwukl A word to the wise is sufficient Lot the State Agricultural Societies give the matter their attention It eminent— do it serves Y Albion ly trees of the White Mulberry I Jim Aiho and in sjiite of the inclemency of subsequent Canadian winters every tree without a solitary last iu a floursummer was exception ishing condition There are however several species of mulberry well adapted for feeding the worm in tlie early stages of its to be found growing wild in growth In Califoniiiitlieyuse i’einisjlvauia a variety of the tree known as jforns f(jp the rfi i! fclinir und prefer it oil account of its softness and tenderness but Mr I laynie an experienced silk grower of Sacramento and othore affirm that it does not make us good silk as the Morns Montln or the Morns Alba and accordingly the older worms are fed on these exclusively It is well known that the extermination of the silk business from most of the States was chiefly due to an absurd speculative mania in 1850 iu the Morns Mnltlra nils tree Thu movement spread like wildfire in all directions and every person w ho owned a patch of laud was seized with the silk epidemic ( Nurfor trees serymen were importuned unu the supply being totally unequal to meet the feverish demand wiser dealers took advantage of the position and foisted spurious trees on the and unwary Add to this ignorant A STHAXOE DUEL that this variety of tree itself when used alone is utterly worthless for the Sevcntcen be it will silk of fine I and at production years ago was a student Ve were a once evident that a terrible reaction at the University of l'aris and that the existing gay set who frequented the restaurant was inevitable enthusiasm would lie followed by the of uiy esteemed friend Adolphe who has now bees dead some five of the whole intensest ojiprobrium The reaction came movement years The politest l’oor Adoljihe! of sjieedily an unwholesome odium attachFrenchmen and most obliging of landed to tlie whole business from which after the lapse of nearly forty years it lords his wines were always good and liis jinks unexceptionable Peace to has by no moans recovered liis ashes! Tlie reaction in favor of silk culture I well remember the last and the unwonted success attending the dinner I took in his housenot so much is likely to he from the delicacy of the viands and the movement in California felt in States east of the lloeky Moun- jierlection of the cookery which latter tains Especially in those sections of exceeded anything iu the Quartier as from an occurrence of which I the country where the vine is grown with such splendid results we may look was an unwilling sjHWpitnr and to a for tho sjvmlv introduction of the White eertaiu extent a jtartieipant in n was tlie last day of my university In many Mulberry and the silk worm life and in commemoration such districts the vineyards are surof three with some of rounded by live willow fences uud if years iifconijmiiioiishijt the uohk'st hearts I had ever met 1 the rirMi istn would substitute the to my intimates A lba lie would get rid of u gave tmentcrtainmciit and Baulcan s was tho jilsee selected nuisance: and by permitting Our jnirtv consisted an occasional tree iu the hedg to grow fir the meeting of Imt twelve myself included and six up so as to fruit he would have something for the birds to feed upon after o’clock was the hour nans'd fur sitting they had exhausted the supply of in- down to the table Ar hal- f- last five we were mostly He would thereby save his sects grapes besides raising sueii a quantity all assembled as had specially ou jm net mility and no one wished to of silk as would challenge the returns The intervening from tlie vines in the season's disapjioiiit me In a wider sense tin same remaik ap jtassed quickly away in the tenths nine of concerning the manifold hedges of plies to the limns in tlie Union where unsight- cidents ofoitr student life — tirevr jmst the bouts of the ly vnnili li fences oroMpy ground that mi my jiart-- 5 until dock proclaimed the hour ajqHiinted might be rendered by tlie substitution of mulberry trees men' pecuniarily ad- at hail instant the head gurcou enand announced vantageous than the broad Hires they tered the apartment dinner at present enclose I’pon eouiithii noses we found It is not intended convey in thi' then- was Imt one absentee Victor flic idea that (lie AtlaniicStiites Loiuoyne and as he was generally beI was not with those of hind hand in everything could favorably the Pacific slopi iu the production of much siirjiii'ed although a little vexThat point ed the finer qualities of silk til aid uf '‘are "U but demonstration: baroque requires practical we have already seen on good author- we to wait for Ja umyne until the souji ld?" ity that silk equal in quality to the cots has already best Euro lean specimens "By no means" replied Maurice ' ietor been raised ill several of the old States merely stays U’er he to to be eonsi rent With judii ions management and well ivvty for tardithere seems to he in arrive in time hisrejmtation applied capital would be ness could not Ki't'' he iv'uits lea 'on why 'ame There was a general laueL at this At ail event' lie jirotitahly achieved the experiment i' more deseivilig a stilly which Itovvtvor had hardly died trial hv the iov eminent and the’iiireiu away when the door opened and iu of Agriculture 'talked beamy ne and it h him a stranthan many other the vvisj's that those ' ger a youna min of about hi' own a ire whom he introduced ns the Count de Indies hav e reeeuily been pursuThere was no necessity for am rin ing It is very gratify iter so learn that at further delay and we immediately ad touiued to the diuoer table whii-Bilk Mamit u lorv the CJifbrniaii be et in till sieoud established a! Siro lose a umu Imd mdi ed t r 'UK uhii iJiiit (rel i'J i( 's in ii aj 0i k loom gimd' have lieim made which for lus- lien when- oar tre licauty and fineness are said by inmTunti-- bv tin noise and hustle of reached the room and gimd judges to favorably eonijare with the street t lie best q utility of a rtide- - evt 'r ini :oi red had all taken our seats with the excepfromUhinese and European looms to this tion f Uelavigne who remained standl iminent 'litis is highly eueouragmgtaml ing and with good roiHon too in the irnitfei of silk as well as in wine pltee was oeeujiiiHl intiahit- “How now gareon? ' exclaimed he mu cnferi'rising the vigilant jiorted IJiorni X ' YOL I six Month? Months in advance: Per annum 7:00 Six Months Three Month? 32:70 in: i ed— cash $1:00 with mock gravity "am I to eat on mv feet?” “A mistake of mine monsieur” that Worthy functionary "I thought I had laid rovers Kir twelve” “So you did won ami" answered Maurice "but there are thirteen of we lagan ting six contiguous tables our flay at mice Uelavigne who knew that 1 wus im match Kir him insist?! me odds but as 1 reso ujiuti giving he wo? lutely refused to accent am I jier force obliged to play me even was in that state of nemmsevitcnient us” which so far from diminishing my skill The fresh eov er was brought actually assisted it and I exceeded myeiisfoiisfd himself snugly on my self: while 'hmriee although to all ap left and tin dinner proceeded jh‘ ranees pLv ing with great care couo Frenehiueu ted very slowly are the most companionThe coiisequunee wa able fellows in the world mid by the that much to my surprise I won time the second basket of champagne had broil opened no happier party For his seeonii trial lie j ured on could have been tumid within the with baroque who was even a A the liquor began to walls ol Bari' iyer than myself and yet strange t take effect tlie fun became fast and fu- say Uelavigne was again beaten Ib rious exjterieueed a similar fate at the hands and filially Ay first we contented ourselves with of each of hi antagonists bat gradually was left alone to plug the final game of singing and shouting becoming more and more reckless we the series with the “odd man” which threw the fruit of which Adoljihe had unenviable position had been selected at the pic- from choice bv theyoungsirumrerwhom jiiovided a plentiful supply tures which adorned tlie walls Finally Lemo) tie had introduced as the o Vautriu Belavigno leaped upon the table with a beetle m each hand arid The chances had narrowed down L champagne commenced a wild extravagant dance two men It was to ho either tht in which lie was joined by several othstranger or my friend and a strong ers ivliile the rest indulged in the same foreboding as to the result took fantastical tvrafions on the floor yell-of me when the count having ta ' uu tin time in too top ot their ken off' his enat aiul selected a cue ad vnneed to the head of the table and voices It was at this moment that Baiileau spoke thus He said nothing about the entered “Monsieur Uolavitnie I have nar destruction of his China ware uud rowly observed vour jilay and feel con for which he knew ho would he vinced that to equalize tlie contest in but hi the most 'ween us paid besought us jm should have the odds of our at least one half the game” heartrending times to moderate he said would The lie ceased and there was a murmur glee and be iu the hnH'O in five minutes of ajiprohntion among the students at after arresting us would revoke his his generosity — the more commendable license when the awful state was taken int Thu juior was actually jiale consideration with fright and heated Maurice bowed and replied: as I was I deemed it my fluty to second his ex“Sir J thank you I’m your courtesy and had already begun hortation but 1 cannot accept of any odds: and when Mauri'-with an air of drunken notwithstanding your estimate of my gravity perfectly it resistible advanced l'liy I think you will find that I nee! to the side of tlie trembling Boniface none" uud seizing him by the ear with a firm Not a word more was sj token but hand led him to the door and having the balls wore placed in jiosition and It did not require placed him outside locked it and put the jhiy began the key in Ms pocket Poor Adoljihe half a dozen shots fill me to perceive about that the stranger was one of the finest piteously murmured something his wile and children as he wus being amateurs I had ever seen liis con ejected but it availed him nothing ccjition and execution were both exceThe little episode which I have just llent and would have reflected no disdescribed had the effect of momentarcredit ujion tho first professional in France But what positively astounded ily arresting our frenzv and when returned to the table and de- me was that in every respect manded seemed to bo his equal Ills there was a 0iU‘ attention silence was profound play magnificent and in a few mo“Gentlemen” stud he “are you ments the table was comjdetely surwhich rounded by jectatorSj attracted by th aware of the superstition itsi’to a dinner jvartv ef tliir- - extraordinary skill displayed OU both sides As the contest progressed it was impossible to decide which had this Np one sjioke attd he continued: It is this that More the jvar is advantage fiist pne was ahead ant? out one of the number will die a violent then the other and finally as the termination drew near so evenly were death” The silence seer' d to grow more in- they matched that when the count tense and after jiause he spoke needed but one to complete his score Mauriee only wanted three It was again: “I propose thin m adjourn from this the crisis of the game and tlie exciteajiartuient to the nearest billiard sa- ment of the students was terrible That loon and there jtair off in couples lor of the other spectators seemed hardly' the purpose of playing As there are less intense although we alone knew of thirteen of us w e will make six couples the terrible duty devolving upon the and an odd man At the end of the final loser It was jdiiiti to mo that first series of games there will be six Uelavigne — the generous fellow— ha losers Let them jtair off and play purposely allowed us to beat him in and so continue in the same order to take the whole burden ujion again manner until only one is left who shall his own shoulders I blamed myself deeply for not having play the final game with the odd man and the loser whoever he may chance discovered it iu time Kir remonstrance to be shall challenge some stranger to which was now too late and so I held It was de Vautrin’s play fight him a duel this very night By iny peace so doing we give Destiny a chance to and as the balls were rather awkwardly settle the aff air at once and if she fails jiluced he did not attempt to add to hw to do so why it’s her fault not ours score but played for what is technically What say ymi gentlemen to the prop- knowu as “safety" and then left them in a jiosition from which it was osition?" There Maurice was no lunger any silence to effect a count “Agreed! Agreed!” resoumWl on every looked anxious but after a long and side and wv sprang at once for our csueful survey of the table seized his hats rote firmly and by one of the most bril"Bpen tie door Mumme” shouted liant tinme shots I had ever seen made a doren voiro a carom ou the two reds and so ended "you have the key ‘Gentlemen” resjioiidod he “have the gtune The count hud his cue upon you no regard for tlie feelings of our the table and stiid smilingly: host? What! would you rush down “Monsieur I must congratulate you stairs at the imminent I considered myself the first amateur risk of disturbing the virtuous slumbers of Baris but I find that I have at least nf Madame Bauteau ami her charming one sujterior For shame! Observe me and infants? liis opjionent bowed and attributed his success more to good fortune than jirofit by my examjile!" Even as In 'jiuke he rushed to one any superiority of skill of the windows tore down the curtains It was getting late and the frequentthrew uji the sash and leaped out fearers had mostly departed so that a numWe all followed ber scarcely greater than that of our lessly into tie doom him and in tlie twinkling of an eye own party was all that remained in the lves in the garden found It was entire saloon De Vautriu replaced his coat and a dear full nf fourteen feet but the soil being moiand soft luckily no having lit a cigar strayed leisurely We hurt one was struggled on still around the room and eventually halted in front of a huge cavalry Major following tlie leadersliiji of Maurice who over a wilderness of vines and flower sat dozing in an with an bods until we readied the low wall cxjiresssion of somniferous bites upon his bronzed features positively touch unon our ritrht and upon scrambling over it we found ourselves in a narrow ing “Sir!” said the Count “sir!” And alley which led out into the thoroughfare nj uni which Bauleuu's restaurant he shook him violently by the shoultionti der ‘Seleci exclaimed The warrior ojiened his bloodshot mi jiartners!” Maurice iu liis dear ringing times eyes and glared fiercely ujion his inter and each roic locked arms with whoever rogator elianeed to be nearest to him Dela- "1 trust you will pardon me sir"' resumed De Yautrin vigne himself bqine my “for this untook brate neighbor but the fact of the seemly interrujitioli ed tin opi n 'treet matter is am under the neees'ify of Once there bethought lire of his fightiiiir somebody and attracted by - a billiard great skill singular beauty of yom features jdtyer which 1 had once nr twice been a witness of and Maigr v:i' frightfully ugly) I have Lad not selected sonic one made hoid to disturb you in order that regretted id'O re hut nils too late to rejient and you liny heroine my opponent” so 'aid in thing On consulting our “Sir” responded the incensij egg ” V'vtehes we Knnid that it was half past iilniiiaii “yon area fool eleven being an hour later than any understand you wish a reaof us had 'Opposed son” retorted the Cimtif in the A walk often minutes brought us to courteous of terms “you shall have it ” i or at the time one of the theToison And without more ado he reached most elegant biilhud saloons in Boris ibrth his hand and seized the sou it was in tins second story of the buil- Mars hy the nose which was very of pro ding the floor above being oecuj'ied as mineui gave it so vigorous a tweak a fencing gallery Once inside no time that for a moment I verily believed he win lost in idle preparation but must Luvc pulled a portion of it from “) ak |