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Show siiiGiiri,lit?otoHEK!pr?;"; cpnvcrsMionianiong: the ominqntr;ponvx p'adypy.ojisliffno ,ox)ieJ4nripU! brjlliants;npoh a 4o;tavnQdp': fis;;Ia'iiuli,.-arid,proto ipty;Xo1lseenTTrjyiiat?AJp jQjc!f.of,Jmir? ,Npj. oithoi; tho one rbr thqthcrj.bui! only four bent pins wrougiitjtogcther In. tho foiin pc a star. TKoliistpry?of this .singulaix .nament is coiitalnpd in tho following communi- catiqiu yTha Count was, some years ago, in his wn.country, suspected pfCbeitig too.iuu.ch incline tp polities, antirwascpnsqquonUy piio night, with-i duf.1 pxaminatmn or furtlicr inquiry tj tflrti. from the bosom o f , Ida family. police officer, Convoyed to a fortrosa.in, a.?4istant part of thft country,- and thrpii into a damp, d.ark dungeon.-JDays, dungeon.-JDays, ,Avepk.s, mpntha passed away, tyithoutjiis bq,iug. bronght to trial. Thp Unhappy inti. saw himself robbed of XfilT luoaoVfc Itt the stillness flf death, ajid thparkness of tlio grave ho f6lt ot'.(onlylu3 strength, failing, him but alsojhjs inind;Waijdering, Anunspcakr .ablofanguish .topkjmld'Uppu,km He, whVfcared wot to; appear befpro . his ijudges,.. now trembled before himsplf,! Oimcioua-pf ltis danger, hojendeavofpd .tofind something, to relieve himself ,frp?uiitlo double misery of idleiioss and 'lonelinc9.s, and thus: prcsprve him from a. terrible-insanity Pour pins, .Vfhieh acciilontally iiupppnpd to b.o inhis coat, had.fo4unatcly escaped the notice of his jaifcr. Thpso wero to be the means oE ucUveranco.tp hia spirit. Ho threw tho-pinsupdn-tho. earth which alpno; was .tho Upar of his gloomy dungeon and then employed himself in seeking for them: in tlio darkness. WJven, : after a tiresome seareh,he aucceedetl in finding thero, ho .threw them down5 anew; and so, again and again, did ko ; renew his vOluotary task. , All the day long, iB.itting, lying or.. kneeling, ho groped about with his hands untiL ho j had found the pins which ho hail in- j tentionally scattered. This fearful,' yet berip'ficial. recreation continued for sixyoarsi Then, athvst, agreatpoliti-cal agreatpoliti-cal eventropened suddenly the doora of his prisoui Thp Count had .just scattered, scat-tered, hia pinaj .but ho would not. leavo lna cell without taking1 with him hit littlo instrumqnta of his- own prcsorva- :;tipn;"frptmttcspair and wadnesaf" lie W, f6M vcn', -fpij ndw'":!-M'gkfel'ght ndw'":!-M'gkfel'ght 6f ilAy;;beamod;in' -through :.ap;dop)6f dii3 dimgeon: - As tho :Oonnt atc(l, .thisSart-.Storyno, .,th'6 Oou;ntcss, "8hopi7,&d;thepiht with1 holy .eagerness., ..Tkwocropkcyonwbra'ss piirhich,-diit i.ngVB& e'afui .yd iPPocattcrtHl ,aud. ".Itlicreflaitor'-i, rehes:, innC.noxfoiet "fart. a- jTrainit- ,af i brlhaiiywortfi( a?ek,geatc |