w emao The Mystery By HENRY CHAPTER. X.-Continued. At the time when Walter nnd Adams Cere inquiring for him nt the St. Charles o'tol, Mr. Rodbcrt Rerlnquay wna seat id in the first (loor room of the Hotel do Pnrla. His pale face wns of n npcry jvlilto, and n nervous twitch distorted his uouth from time to time. "I am nfrnld." he said, In hi slow, inlet voice, "I was very hidim-rcct this (nornlng; but you can Imagine my sur- (irise when I univ tho follow standing be oro me I, who thought hltn dead years igo. You r.tvor reported to mo that you knew all about him. Tint was unwise." "I would have- hnd to make roportu that would havo filled books if I had Wanted to Inform you of everything that tamo under my notice," naid Borunrd Quayle, who wai Hitting opposite him. "I flon't think there In much Irinu done, lie ban lost nil memory throiurh hii acci dent, and I dnr my he hi by thi time forgotten your question und all concern ing It." "Ict us hopo no," retorted Rerlnquay. "Anything that can mar your suecca (nils bo hoavlly upon mo. Do you think ton aro approaching tho end of your ink?" he whNpercd In hom-Mo gutturals. "I think our chiner arc decidedly fav DTable," rejoined Quayle. "I have a nlau downstairs who will Bottle tho business for us, and If ho won't" here hi eyes Kllttered more rcmelously "I will tnko it In hand myself." "Mind." whispered Borlnquny then, "thero must be proof, absolute proof of ber death. The whole business is in the bands of the Court of Ohnneory now. Und there must bo nuch proof as tho court iWill accept before 1 can obtain posses nlon of the property. It 1 a matter of Ufo nnd death to mo now, I nm in tho bands of men who will hIiovv mo no mercy. It will mean tho prison If I can not find money to pay them, and I would at any tlmo rather dio than that. There fore, nnmc your own price any sum you like. You shall havo it. Only rid mo of my millstone." At this moment they were Interrupted by tho entrance of Henri, dressed in a Eounvo uniform. "1 finish!" h-i cried, with an imperious wave of tho hand. "I no moro scrub floor. I not cloan knife I go soldior, 1 to fight." "Whon you are aanc again, my friend," paid Quayle, quietly, "I will talk to you. to you know in whoso regiment you arc f oing to light? Do you know vho your colonel Is?" "I not care," rejoined Monsieur Henri, with alacrity. "But I see her. I nee II clone. Beautiful An' 1 sua 11 bo near tier." "Yes," retorted Qunylc; "yon will be near hoi- near tho woman who sent us both to the galleys; and whon your senses tome buck to you, yon driveling Idiot, you will not be so pleased that you aro jpnder tho heel of a man who has al ready once given you n tasto of his qual ity, nnd who will again, if ho only dreams (Who you really are." "I not care. 1 not afraid, na if 'e comes 'cross me I kill 'im!" "Go downstairs!" biased Quayle. "It i a mlraclo," he whispered when Henri ind gone down. "All goes swimmingly, flf I had asked tho scamp to join Ad taiUH corps, ho might have refused. Now that ho Is already in tho battalion, It !Wlll be so easy to lot a stray bullet find ft billet where it Is loast expected." CHAPTER XI. Over a yoar had passed, und tho cloud f battle lay dark nnd sullen over the plno woods near Richmond, un the pre rlous day. tho Cist of May, 18(2, a but () had been fought. The Ix)ulHiaua bat talion had s-huri'd tho fight, which had tided in a temporary retreat of tho Union forces. Col. Adams nnd Walter Ghiyde, now major, wero in camp, while Holonc was In Richmond, only a few miles away. Toward morning Walter waa walking a Uttlo way behind tho outposts, when he came across Henry Sainton, who had Actually sneaked into tho Union camp ncroaa tho ditch and brought back with til in pome coffee, which was already a rare luxury in the Confederate army. Ho wis soundly rcprimandod by his superior officer, who told him he would report him to Col. Adams. In return Henri Informed Walter that the enemy wero getting ready to march on them nnd take them by surprise. Major Claydcs Immediately conveyed this startling information to Col. Adams, who nt once callod his men Into action. It wns not n moment too soon. With a Vush and a roar the Union troops swept down upon them. All along tho lino of the Loulslnninns tho musketry nttli'd. and the powder smoke wrapped the battalion in iU stono eray shroud. Hvery eye was fixed on the front, where the enemy's rifles flash led and cracked. Henri was but three or four paces behind Adums, and a little to the hitter's left. ' "Fire into the bushes! FIro Into those tushes!" cried the officers. Hour! had just reloaded his musket, end as ho raised It u fiendish thought flashed Into his mind. Adams wns stand ing with his back to him wavSig his fwonl, and pointing out to a sergeant, n spot In the enemy's line whero the firing seemed to be fiercest. Henri gripped his weapon nnd looked about him frensdedly. lie placed tho tmusket to his shoulder nnd fired, and Ad mits threw up bin arms and fell to the 'ground. "Hut for Toulon," hissed Henri be Jtweon his teeth.' "Zat for penal servi tude. MouKiuur Quaylo will be pleased," In a .little garden In tho western out HERMAN skirts of Richmond, behind a ncrcon of sunflowers, nnd in tJie shade of five or sir huge nnd vcncrablo elms, Ilelcne wns seated opposlto n buxom, middle aged negro woman, in whose ebony black incp the white tei-th gleamed ns brightly aa the whlto cye.s. The little wmtc hand was opened nnd outstretched, nnd the negro woman held tho rosy tips with her black fingors ns If alto, wero handling the most delicate, the most precious, nnd tho most fragile thing In the world. Sho was tolling the girl's fortune. As Ifclcne looked up for a second, she could soo tho rails of the fence between the Kleins of the sunflowers, and between the stems of tho sunflowcra a face Hash ed uiwn her, a man's face, which she know "Guiit. Dcnon's. On tho first Impulse of recognition, alio was about to rise and ask hltn aloud to stop indoors, but with the self-same heart-bent, alio romotnocred that he wns a United States officer, nnd her pulse nearly stood still ns it fin died upon her that, nt that time, ho could bo in Rich mond only as n spy or prisoner. A ball bocmcd to stick in her throat, nnd ho rose slowly nnd said to tho astonished negro woman: "I hnvo hoard nil I want from you. Sue, and I am so much obliged. You can go back to your work, I'll call you again whon I wnnt you." Sho had advanced n step or two nnd was standing there with whlto face and flashing eyes. CapL Denon took off his hat nnd bowed to her. "May I come In. Miss Latnure?" ho whispered; nnd , she simply nodded, hardly knowing what she did. Tito Intch clicked under Oapt. DcnonV hand, and he stood before her, and was about to address her; but she, remem bering tho circumstances of tho case, said to hltn: "I t'hinlc wo had better go within doors, captain. Follow me." Sho led tho way to the parlor, brigh; with Its gay chintzes nnd comfortable with its homely furnlturo. Denon bad followed, hat in hand, and stood befon her like n groat overgrown sehoollioy. who cannot find words to ox-press hi. thoughts. Tho woman was tho first to recover her sclf-possossion. "What is tho meaning of this?" ah? sal "Why did you como here';" ,vi ime hero because, being In Rich mond. I would have died rather than not see you." "i am wvnry of hearing this, Oapt. De non," sho said. "Every man I meet tens me that ho is in lovo with me. 1 wish I could find a man who hated mo, so that 1 might mako him love me, just for a change." "I nm very oorry," ho said, quietly. "I nm risking my Hfo for a glimpse of you, nnd your first words uro u re proach." "You risk your life!" exclaimed Hoi ene, hotly. "Of course, you are in Rich mond as prisoner of wnr! "Not a prisoner of war," ho answered, with slow diffidence. "Than you con only bo In Richmond as a spy. Confess it. Confess it, sir. "1 nm not a spy," was the pained re Joinder. "I catno hero as the bearer oi ins-tru'tions to tho principal United Htiates ngont" Sho turuod with nn nngry hautour. "llearor of Instructions to a spy, or a spy yourself, is all the same." "1 should not have accepted tho mis sion," he said, so slowly nnd so solemn ly that. In spite of her seething anger I ho words touched her heart-strings, "1 would never have como to Richmond had It not been that I was. Inspired by .the hope that I might see you. For a glimpse of you I have risked my life and my honor. For another glimpse of you I would risk my life nnd honor twenty tlmiM ngaln, even under the dread of of fending you." Tho noise of horses' hoofs and of car riage wheels upon the gravelly road at tracted their attention, and when Ilolenc flow to the window she saw that a two horse ambulance had arrived nt tho gar den gate. Walter, who had been sit ting with the driver, jumped from the wagon. Ilelenc leaned ngainst the win dow with her face ns white as Denon's. and her staring eyes saw the stretcher men take Adams from the nmbulnnco nnd preparo to hrlug tho wounded man into the house. "Poor Daddy!" moaned nelene, stag gering back and looking frightenedly at tin man who, If ho wer dNcovorwl hv n Southern officer, was certain to meet his fate on the gallows. Her glance trav eled all nround tho room in a feverish trouble. Her sympathy for her wounded protec tor wns crushed out of her heat by tho dread of the fate In storo for tho m-an who, she naid to hersolf with the same ureatn, was nothing to her after nil. "It's nil up with me." gasped Capt. Denon, "and 1 nm not sorry. Since you glvo me no hope, doath la the happiest fate that can befall me." "No," sho cried on n sudden, "you shall not ute. in uterei in there! Quick before they como! That Is my room. xney will not unro to go in there." "Your room!" exclaimed Denon. "Yes. Quick! before It Is too Intel In there I And she dashed upon him and nusho.l him through tho door, nt the very mo ment when Wnlter entered the parlor, nnd, with surprised eyes, saw the door of llelone a room close upou a man. OIIAPTRR XI. Wnlter atood for n second or two dnml with pain and amaxonimit. In tho next moment, however, he remembered that iio had uo right to oxpresa surprise or pain, even If he were rackM oj either. Ilelcne was free to ahow her preference for any man. At the same tlmo it seemed to him nt if Helena's act were polaoued by a guilty secrecy, nnd he felt the sting of It bitterly. "The Colonel is badly hurt," he aald nt last, with broken voice. "He wns shot through the lung on Sunday. Will you not go to him? The doctor says that wo have every reason to hope for the bait; but the Colonel Is very weak, nnd ho asked for you the moment he approach ed the house." Helcuc cnt nn anxious glance toward the door of her room, and an unusunl pallor Bpread over her face. She hesi tated for n fow seconds, and then tripped out of the room. Aa she reached tho lauding outside sho had to lean ngainst the wnll for support. "Haa Jack seen Denon?" she nsked herself, staring into the grny vncancy. "What will Jack think of me? That poor Denon! Jack will find hint, and they will hoot him or hang him." At that moment Sue's black fneo gleamed upon her in the light of the up per lauding window, and ho beckoned to he woman. "Save me, Sue," alio whispered, con vulslvuiy, clutching Ute negress' arm. There is n man in my room." "A man In your room, chile?" ques tioned faithful Sue, hoarsely. "Yes; get him out of tho house with out being scon. Ills life nnd my honor lepcnd upon It." Ilelenc gasped whilo dm muttered the words. The old servant pressed her mistress' hand, nnd darted upstairs without a word. lie ie had to grip tho banisters whilo alio ccnded the stairs. On the ilrst floor e drew a long broath, nnd ld to he elf, "Well, If there Is no way out c It I cannot help it, but I must try t-- nvo ''im if it can be done." The woui (ed in was lymg on a little ron bedst l t Cfl ;ppi r tho wind w when Helcuc cm i room, and the sum : through tho muslin pon tho palo, paln tc onco clear gray eyes jrly glassy. Suffering every line and every liter light .urtains f trotehed f. .. were dull . id i tad angub izcil icnture, nn 1 the barely perceptible smllo which gleamed there was tho ouly token if recognition. "Come, my dear." eaid the weak voice. "alt by mo here, and let me hold your linnd. I nm clad, if I nm to die. that i an end my days near you." "I am so sorry. Daddy Adams," ahe aitl, "but I must lie brave. You will et over this." "I don't know," waa the hoarse nnd feeble rejoinder. "I am not so sure nbout t. The doctor anya he thinks I will. He ays 1 must not speak. Well, sit by me here. I do . not feel strong enough just ,tow; but I have so much to tell you, ind 1 don't want to miss a chance, if I im to go out of this world." Tho dusk of tne early Bitmmer evening had settled to darkness, nnd Walter wns meditating whether ho ought to remain in the house or return to camp. The wea titer wn hot, nnd senrcely n breath if air troubled the summer hush. Wal ter wn standing in the mellow twilight in the porch of the house, when he saw 3ue nnd a negro whom he did not know, both of them carrying bundles on their heads, come through tho side eutrauco tnd walk to tho front gate. The negro was n tall fellow, well set up in his limbs, but walking with a slovenly, uneasy gait. He wns dressed In old blue jean trousers, and wore over Ills red flannel shirt nn open striped -litton waistcoat with big brass buttons. A big, black felt hat covered his eyes, which were further obscured by tho bun dle he was carrying. She was charting and laughing as they were walking .Wong, and they had opened tho gate and were already outside, when their progress was cut short by the eentry on duty there. "I ley, stop!" cried the man. "Who are you?" "You kin see, shoo, sonny," replied Sue. grinning her broadest. "I's Sue, I is, Miss Helene'H servant, nn' dls kullered ,'eunelnian, dat's Elijah, an' he's helpin' ills chile carry de clothes to do laundry." Walter's eyes followed Sue and the ne gro as they walked nlong the road, when a sudden thought gripped his mind, aud he gasped: "it is Denon. I thought I know him," he muttered. "It is Denon, as sure aa I am a living man." Without another word he walked slow ly through the little garden and out at the gate. The sont?y saluted respectful ly as he passed. Wnlter walked down the road slowly, keeping Sue nnd the negro In view nil the while. Two streets further down the pair turned to the left, ami Walter followed them. At the comer he incroascd his pace nnd nt the same tlmo Sue and the negro walked seemingly ns fast as their lega would carry them. That was enough for Wnlter. lie startod to run after the pair, and soon caught them. One glance at tho negro's faco was sufficient. It was Denon Denon magnificently dis guised, but Denon, nnd ncbody else. "Stop n moment, snid Wnlter to the negress. "1 wnnt to ftpenk to this gentle man. Take that bundle. You nre quite strong enough to carry them both. When you have done your errand, go back to the bouse, and tell Miss Heleue that I will look after your friend." Tito poor woman stood there in a fe verish trepidation, hesitating about what she ought to do, and titen went away weeping as if her heart were breaking. "We will not stop here, Capt. Douon," said Walter. "The neighborhood Is dan gerous to you. I will be obliged If you will nitawer my questions as we walk along. Did you come to Richmond ut Miss Iemure's request?" "No," waa the simple rejoinder. "You enmo unbidden and unasked?" "Uublddim and unasked." "One moro question," said Walter, "nnd then I have done. Is Miss Helena in any way engaged to you?" "In nowise engaged." "Good!" ejaculated Wnlter. "I will havo to usk you to come with me." (To bo continued.) Marquis Ito of Japan holds a Yale tcgrce. Tlio United States pays nearly $1, 00,000 a tiny to foreign ships for car ylng Its products. Field Marshal Sir Henry Wyllo Nor nan, who died recently, onco refused lio ofJJco of Viceroy of India. Drivers of nutomoblles In England Vho refuse to stop when requested to lo ho by a person driving a horso are Ined. Tito London Alhambra lias n novel log uct. The dogs perform in conjune ion with a ventriloquist, and so appear o talk. A new flower a largo yellow poppy -lias been Introduced Into England .Tom Thibet. It is called tho "Necon fsls Intcgrlfolla." Geronhno, tho noted Apacho chief, ins learned to read, nnd can write is name. He Is exceedingly proud of lis accomplishments. The liorlln authorities hare declined tho request made by the Manufacttir r.s' Union for permission to erect tall itccl frame buildings of American de ilgn In Berlin. Somo Melbourne undertakers recent ly formed a ring and bought nearly all )f the vacant lots in the general ceme tery. When this was done they raised he prlco of funerals. Tho Tasmanlan Parliament has In tertcd a clause In n new taxation bill granting an exemption of 550 for every mild of all Income taxpayers whose ucouies arc under a certain amount. A German missionary travels .hrougli his native land holding rcllg ous services in n cannlboat In order Jtat he may carry the gospel to those who can bo renched In no other way. In tho district nbout Cridley, Eug land, twenty women work as black unltlis to every man following the Irnde. For many generations this work has been almost entirely in feml line hands. Arrangements hnvo been completed for tho sale, under the Irish land act, 9f 18.000 acres, the property of the Earl of Kilmorey, to tho tenants. The nnd Is In County Down. Tho pur chase prlco will amount to $1,100,000. Brazilian ants make little gardens in Jie tree tops nnd sow them with pine ipple nnd other seeds. Tho gardens nre found of all sizes, from a single sprouting seed surrounded by a little jurth to a densely overgrown ball ns urge us a man's head. Wo have $75,000 postofilces and 500. )00 miles of postal routes, with a year y travel over them amounting to 500. WO.OOO miles. The service costs over 150,000,000 a year. The receipts now ilmost equal tho expenditures, and tavo doubled In tho last ten years. It has beon'arranged that on May 1. lOOfl, every French trade unionist, at :lie. conclusion of the eighth hour of lis day's work, "will quietly nnd peace ibly leave tho factory." Next morn ng ho will present himself for a sec nd day's work of eight hours' dura tion. The "Woo Kirk" of Scotland, con listing of about two dozen small Hlglt nnd congregations, to which recently vns awarded by the House of Lords all die property and funds of tho Free church of Scotland, amounting to tbout $0.-1,000.000, hits Just received fl'Jii.OOO by the will of a late member. 'To him that hath snail be given." Tid-Blts. The only States which hnd a regis (ration of deaths sulliclently complete lo make tho death rates worth calcu lating In 1000 wero Connecticut, Maine, llassachusetts, Michigan, New Ilamp Utlre, New Jersey, New York and Ithorte Island, which, with the District tf Columbia, form the group referred to In tho census report ns tlio "regis tration" States. On the boat deck of the now North nermnn Lloyd steamship Prince Eltel Frledrlcb Is a turbine dynamo which tan be operated by the officer In com mand and will supply electric current to a number of special lamps to pro- ride light for launching the lifeboats ihould mishap havo stopped the work jig of the main electric lighting ma jlilncry in the engine room. HOW THEY SURRENDER. Painful Momenta in the Uvea of Borne Gciiorotrt. "General Williams, you havo made rourself a name In history, and poster rt;y will stand amazed at the endur ance, the courage, the discipline which this siege has called forth in the re mains of an army. Let us arrange a capitulation that will satisfy tho demands of war without dlsgraclu humanity." In these noble aud generous words Bid the Russian General Mourn viefT address the gallant man, who, for six months, had conducted tho defense of Kars against overwhelming odds. And It was only when cholera had devas tated his garrison ami there was no loiuiqr, a ecra& o( food left tht the Intrepid Fcnwlck Williams would v listen to such a word as surrender. When the great Napoleon had playi ed his last card and realized that tli game waa over ho wrote this let tea to tlio Prince Regent: "Royal Illghi ncss A prey to tlio factions wulcli divide my country ami to the onmityj of the creatcst powers of Luropo, B have terminated, my public career, an I come, llko Themlstoclcs, to scat mpi self nt the hearth of tlio British peoplaj I place myself umler tho protection of Its laws, which I claim from you Royal Highness as tho most powerful tho most constant and tho most Renew ous of my enemies." Then Napoleon walked with proufl step and gallant bearing on board th Bellerophon and surrendered hltus to Captain Mnltland tho first stage oi his Journey to exlio aud death in St Helena. At that supremo moment In tho destiny of Napoleon 111, when h found himself at Sedan with the dc moralized rcmnnnt of his defeated) army, surrounded by 250,000 of th enemy's troops, he sent the following note to ins conqueror, uio I'nissiani King: "My brother, as I am not nbl to die at the head of my troops, 1 place my sword at Your Majesty's feet" On the following morning tlio crush ed Emperor aud Bismarck met in th sordid upper room of a weaver's cot tago, and the terms of surrender were arranged. "It was the most uncom fortablo hour I ever spent In my life,? Bismarck used to say later, "in fact I felt moro awkward than when as a young man, I had a partner nt a dance who wouldn't or couldn't talk." The surrender, we jteed scarcely recall, wae. absolute. Napoleon was sent a cat tlve to tho Castlo of Wllhelmshohe, near Cnssel, and 39 generals, 230 stufli officers and 83,000 men became prlsom ers of war. But perhaps tho most gallant general who ever surrendered to the cueui was Osman Pasha, the Immortal de fender of Plevna. Surrounded by ail Immeasurably superior army of Rus sla, Osman kept his flag flying fo 142 dajs. Inflicting a loss of over 40 000 men on the enemy and losing 30 000 of his own garrison; and It wai only when both provisions nnd am munition failed that ho decided on that desperate attempt to cut hla wajl through Ute investing army. Tho attempt, one of the most darlmj and resolute In history, failed, ant Osman was at last compelled to thro up the sponge. So impressed, howeve were the ctiemy with his valor, that! as he was carried wounded througj their ranks, they greeted him as conqueror with cheers and presented arms. Tlt-Blts. LIBERIA MAY YET OEVELOP. VIkuu nP nn 1 ..t I. III. II ... a. ..tivuiij a rurcicu i (lore. We are accustomed in this countrj to look on Liberia with more amusei ment titan interest A recent Uiter lew in London with Sir Harry H, Johnston, an Englishman highly roJ spected for his philanthropic labors, who has Just returned from an extend sivo journey through the republic. In1 dicates that there is solid ground fol the hope that Liberia may yet develop Into a prosperous aud progressive country, tho homo of an euterprlslufl people. Tho extension of peaco and order lu the interior has beeu steady nnd th trade of the country Is advancing lq an encouraging maimer. The preseuj president Artliur Barclay, is a Wesj Indian, being born In Barbados, ana is spoken of as a man of energy, ubll Ity and Integrity. Although tho LU berluns from this country and froin uio West Indies do not now numbci more than 12,000, they are reported to be an active and Intelligent class, who are gradually extending their lulluoiici over the natives of tho Interior, ol whom there are some 2,000,000. Sir Harry Johnston entertains thi liveliest hopes for tho commcrco oj tho country, the resources of whlcl he finds varied nnd rich. Tho bad lands aro filled with rubber forests, aj excellent coffee Is Indigenous and U also cultivated; long staple cotton doe well In the clearings; tho oil palm t abundant; cacao thrives; there la t great variety of timbers, dyewoodl aud drugs; there Is hematite Iron o the seaboard and there aro Indication! of gold in the hinterland. The onlj unfavorable element in tho situation, according to Sir Harry Johnston. Is i boundary questlou with France, which, however, does not seem very threaten Ing. New York Times. W 1...n.. .. ........ I ...... . ' People Who liat Wood. A tpnvelcr lu Siberia has noted thai nmotig the natives along the north ern coast wood, lu a certain form, U a most common nnd constant artlclf of diet The natives eat it becaua; they like It Even when fish are plea tlful It usually forms part of tho even lug meal, as ninny cleanly strlppoi larch logs near every hut testify. Undoubtedly, She I'm afraid you are an agnnati He Ob, no, I'm not I believe U prt'tty girls, for Instance. She That being tho caso, I snppoai you change your place of worship fr Sucutly. .without changing your cred