SIXTEEN blown to atoms A Dynamite Factory In Michigan Blows up With Fatal Effect WB»*-rme“ Ho,d "p * Tn,,B In CaU* fornta-Tl.e BrltUk Will be Alked to Pay IoT l>libon«at Wreoh CH--OtUer Late New* White Pigeon, Mich., Sept. 4.—The dynamite factory owned by F. A. Rey nolds & Company near this place, ex ploded yesterday morning. It is esti mated there were about twenty tons ,{dynamite in the building,which was a tbrec-story brick. Scarcely a vestige remains- Sixteen workmen, mostly Sn-edes and Norwegians, were com pletely annihilated, not an atom of tkem te be found, and it is impossible to learn their names, as the company’s books, pay-rolls, etc., are lost As it was nearly noon none of the propriet ors were in the building at the time of the explosion. The loss is estimated at 535,000- The concussion in Whi'e Pigeon was awful, and the citizens were badly frightoned. The goods in the stores were thrown from the shelves and houses rocked. The spire of the German Lutheran church fell with a loud crash, and the walls of several buildings are cracked and damaged. _ Holding Up a Train. San Francisco, Sept. 4.—The Over land express which left here yesterday afternoon was held up by two masked men four and a half miles south of Modesto at 9 o'elock last evening. The engineer, in his report to Superintend ent Fillmore, says that at Ceres two masked men crawled over the tender into the engine cab and covering him self and fireman with guns ordered him io pull out as fast as possible. The en gineer obeyed, and after going a short distance halted his train at the com mand of the robbers. The engineer and fireman were then made to take coal picks and go back to the express car, which they were ordered to break open. The express messenger and Detective Lon Harris, who was on the train, resisted. After firing a num ber at shots, and exploding a bomb under the car without avail, the rob bers ordered the engineer and fireman to walk up the road. The bandits then disappeared in the darkness. The en gineer thinks they had horses waiting for them. Dotective Harris was badly wounded by a shot from one of the rob bers, and after an hour’s delay the train hastened on to Merced. Sheriff Cunningham and posse from Merced left on a special train for tho scene of the attempted robbery, and are now in pursuit. Superintendent Fillmore says they are probably members of the same gang that held up the train near tloshen a year ago. Tfao IJrifcisU Mask Jhak« GotdnLoH. Nsw York, Sept. 4.—There is a strong possibility that the British gev ernment will be eallod upon to make good the damage done to a portion of tbs valuable cargo of tho steamship Eldorado, of the Morgan line, whicli m»t with disaster recently in the Bahamas by wrockors of tho Bahama islands. Those wreckers, who are lit tle bsttsr than piratos, swarmed over the Eldorado as sho lay helpless on one of the Bahama shoals, tried to haul down the American flag whloh flew at her masthead, and were with difficulty restrained from taking forcible possession of her. Tho only means of saving ship and cargo from them was to give them permission to break out a portion of the cargo and load it on their schooner. After they had removed a good deal of merchan dise they refused to deliver it on board the steamship New York, or at the port of liimini, and Captain Byrne, of the Eldorado, was obliged to take their word that they would land “ a* Nassau. The character of the wroekers is a pretty safe guarantee that much of the cargo which perforce was intrusted to their care will not be accounted for. At this time of year communication between Nassau and this port is necessarily slow, and the ooutharn Pacific company, which ope rates the Morgan line, is unable to de termine as yet what loss it has sustained at the wreckers’ hands, carles II. Tweed, the company’s coun , to the Times yesterday that e had employed counsel in Nassau to bn jter company's interests, but e bad not received advices from him syet relating to tho mutter. The wreckers claim protection of the Brit *b asserted by many that e British government ought to be sponsible for their treatment of the crews and vessels of other countries at meet with misfortune in Bahaman A SCHEME OF GOMPERS. Congress Wants England to Join In In 1803. , ”ST0X> Sept. 4.—President Gompers ® he American federation of labor ex lenaed an invitation in behalf of the e unions of North America to the jW'de union congress now in session at v *-astle-on-Tyne, Eng., to hold an wternat nnni ? ’_ Chi/nat*?n^ trar. Ignatius F. llorstmnnn, of this city, will probably be the successor of the late Bishop Gilmour, of Cleveland, creates considerable surprise in Cath olic circles, as it has not been known that his name was included in the list of three eligible priests that, in ac cordance with the laws of the church, had been forwarded to the Vatican by the ecclesiastics of that diocese. It is admitted, however, that the selection is an admirable one. Dr. Ilorstmann is chancellor of the arcb-diocese of Phil adelphia. He is a man of fine pres ence, a silver tongued orator, a mag nificent musician, a profound theo logian, and is said to have no equal in ihe entire country as an authority on church law. His knowledge and judg ment are repeatedly called into requisi tion by ecclesiastics of othor diocese? for opinions that will tend to settle disputed questions. He is a native o! this city, not yet 50 years of age, and lias been rector of St. Mary’s church for twenty years. THE KNIGHTS AND BEER. I’ll© Order Is (5»tfclng Headj to Coycoit Two Brewerjr Kstablishmoats. Philadelphia, Sept. 4.—The official mail of the Knights of Labor has been tremendously increased as a result of the following circular which has been “ont to every section of the country, over the signature of John W. Hayes, the general secretary-treasurer: “The district assembly, in cities and towns where such exist, and local assemblies, wher. no districts aro organized, are requested to make lists of saloonkeep ers and others who sell beer manufac tured by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing association, of St. Louis, and the W. J. Lcmp Browing company, of tha same place, also of dealers who display the advertisements of theaa firms, and for ward them lists to this office. ” It is understood that this order is prepara tory to an official boycott on the firms in question. An emphatio denial is given at the headquarters of the Knights to the statement that tha recent visit of A. VV. Wright to the south was with a view of smoothing over trouble of the order created in that region by the color lino. Says Secretary Hayes, “There is no color line in the Knights of Labor.” THAT BIG TYPHOON. A IlrltlaTi Tmol Was Wrecked and Mnrh Other Property l>aaiaged. San Francisco, Sept. 4.—An account of the typhoon of July 18 published in the Hong Kong Express says the Brit ish gunboat. Tweed was driven ashore against the wall of the naval yards at Kowloon. A gun broke loose and smashed a good deal of her deck ham per. When the vessel struck the wall a hole was made in her hull and she quickly filled and settled down. The crew got safely ashore with the excep tion of Seaman John Upjohn, who fell overboard, breaking his neck. At Yaumati beach it was strewn with wreckage and it is calculated over fifty junks were destroyed. The village of Yaumati was flooded. As far as known the loss of Ufe will not exeeed four or live. At Hong Kong the damage done is not very great A NEW CABLE. The Lina Will Be Laid From Jupiter Inlet to Naeaau, Bahama Inlands. London, Sept. 4.—An important an nouncement lias just been made by Governor Ambrose Shea, of the Bahama islands, now visiting here, that ar rangements have been fully made for the laying of a cable from Jupiter In let, on the Florida coast of the United States, to Nassau, and that the con tract provides that the same shall be in working order by December 20, of this year. At Jupiter the cable will connect with the United States gov ernment land wires to Jacksonville, Fla. A New York Failure. New Yoke, Sept. 4.—1'. B. Wallace & Co., stock brokers at 55 Broad street, assigned to John P. Cranford. Mr. E. S. Kaufman says, as attorney for Mr. Cranford, “I can say this on account of the death of Mr. Lynn, Mr. Smith as sole surviving partner, thought it best to make an assignment of all property of the firm as well as his own individual property for the benefit of creditors. ” ox the Mia wore thrown twenty feet and the stove in the outer rooom was broken hy being struck with fraftusnt* ef the safe Tho in m*i«r ef the vault was disarranged by the explosion. Nothing now pro- ( vented them from taking' tho ffs«h and disparting. The bank had remitted tu correspondents *8,800 by the la.ut train the night before, or the haul would have been much larger. No clew to the perpetrators has been discovered. They evidently were professionals. A horse and cart were taken from A. Rethwell’s just north of town, but were abandoned within a quarter of u mtle. Mr. Irish's team was also harnessed, evidently with the intention of being driven away, but Mr. Irish happened to bo up to wait on his son who was ill, and discovering the barn door opcD went out and shut it, the robbers slip ping _ away without being seen 01 exciting suspicion of the work down town. Cashier Irish says the loss will not affect the soundness oi the bank or its business, as the capital and surplus amply establish. There is great excitement on the streets this morning concerning the matters. The Amount stated. StCAK, la., Sept 5.—A careful inves tigatiou this morning places the loss to tho bank at *4.800. The robbers •loaned up everything in sight, even to postage stamps. FINED S5G0. XIm UlnMapoUa L«tt«r Carrier la Coo* riflUd and Fined. MixmcArous, Sept. 5.—G. A. Gard ner, tba ei-earrier, was found guilty ot opening letters and sentenced ts pay n fine ef 9500. He is the man who claimed immunity had been promised him by Inspector Gould, of Chicago, because he was a Mason. Pock's Bad Boy Arrested. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 5.-—Ooorge W. Peck, jr., owner of Peck’s Sun and eon ef Governor Peek, was arrested this morning en a charge of circulating through the mail copies of his paper containing Louisiana lot tery advertisements. At tho time the law was passed, the lottery people secured numerous legal epinlons as te Its constitutionality and these were printed in Peck's Sun. It is new charged that these were pub lished to influence public opinion and were paid advertisements. Ms Peck was released on S500 bail. MmWu]| «r LMth*r Workers. Lnr», Mam, fi.pt. 5.—The annual convention ef the National Trado A» sembly of tho Leather Workers ol America will open tomorrow at Ohan Boiler's hall, with delegates present from nearly every part of tlie country. The Leather Workers are a branch ot the Knight# ef Labor. Important busi ness in connection with the trade is to he transacted. A«#id«ntfhl Shooting;. Ufair Terns, Sept. 5.—Michael McCar thy, ef Brooklyn, was accidentally shot and instantly killed by Pctci Burns in Brooklyn last night. Hums was handling a revolver, which he sup posed was unloaded, with the usual result THE MARKETS. Un Stock Sievx City, Sept 7. Hegs—Light, $4.90©5.0$; mixed, (4.75(3 4.95; heavy, 4,7O<®4.80. Cattle—Steers, 1,100 to 1,300 pounds, $3.0OQ3.SO; feeders, S8.30@2.75; stackers, Kk00@8.80; cows, common to good, $1.00(3 &25; yearlings, $2.O0@2.25; bulls, $1.50(3 2.00; veal calves, $2.50@4-00i CmcAOo. Sept. 7. Hags—Light, $4.50@5.60; mixed, $4.55(3 tt.50; heavy, $4.55@5.50. Cattle—Shippers, natives and extra beeves, $4.30@6.10;Stockers and feeders, $8.00(33.25; mixed cows and bulls, $1.50(3 8.25; Texans, $2.30@4.00. Sheep—Natives, $3.25@5.00; westerns, $3.90@4.50; Texans, $3.25@4.40l South Omaha, Sept 7. Cattle—Choice beeves, $3.00(36.05; cews, $1.50@3.50; feeders, $2.40(34.'15; bulls $1.80®2. ia Hogs—Light, $4.95@5.15; mixed, $4,953 $.00; heavy, $4.85®5. Id Kansas Citt, Sept. 7. Cattle—Steers, $3.35@5.60: cows, $1.50® 8.25; stookers and feeders, $140®4 20. Hogs—All grades, (4.00@5.0& Produce and Provisions. Chicago, Sept. 7. Flour—Spring patents, $5.00@5.50; rye, Wheat—Cash, 87K«i December, I1.01V4 Ctrl—Cash, 67%c; October, 69J/o. Pats—Cash, 29%o; October, 29^0. Bye—Cash, 01c. Barley—64@$5a . Flax— Timothy—$1.1SL Whlsxy—$L 18. Fork—Cash, $10.80; October, $10.89. Lard—Cash, $0.95; October, $7,021/. Short Bibs—«7.20(g7.2&. Shoulders—$0.20(30.25; short elehr, $7.50 @7.00. | ^Butter—Creamery, 19@23o; dairy, 16® Cheese—Full cream Cheddars, 8J/@8>!/c; flats, 8X@8Jfe; Young Americas, 6>f(39o, 1 Eggs—Western 15l/@17a Hides and tallow, Unchanged. M IHltE APOLtS, Sept T. Wheat—Close: No. 1 hard, on track,I 92>4e; No. 1 northern, August, 91«; pn track, 91X@w; No. 8 northern, on I Back, 8f@89e, PRIDE, PASSION & CUPIDITY Or the Fortunes of a Hunted Heiress. A Talc of Factory Lib In New Bn|liind, fly Hajor I. acXamara, Author of ••Hanni bal, the Houdman," “The Holder and the 8avage,’’ Eto„ Kto. “I can, easily,* the old gentleman re plied, taking a package of letters from his pocket and looking them carefully over, j lie soon separated one from tho rest j this | ho opened and carefully perused for a few , moments, and when he had concluded , said: “She left New Hampshire on the Oth day of May, 1860. “Can you tell me how soon after she was married upon her arrival here 1” “Some where in 1861—aliout a year af ter her arrival as 1 have been informed— I can't get any clearer to the date than that." “That is close enough. Now did tho man who manned her work in the mill prior to his marriage, or did he go to work there after his marriage t" _ “He went into the miUs after the mar riage, for he too was comparatively a stranger here when he got acquainted with my sister." “His name yon say is Bendon f” “That 1 cannot say with certainty. I have been told it is that, or very similar io it." “What was his businesst* “He was a carpenter.” “You are sure they had a daughter are yon J" •'Sure they had a daughter!" exclaimed the old man jumping to his feet as if ready to knock down any one who dispu ted the fact—sure she had a daughter, of course I am—here's a dozen letters from hor mother to prove it," and Mr. Osl>orn pulled forth the package again and flung them on tho desk. Sam asked if he had any objection to his looking at them. “Not tho slightest." ! uno by one tne lawyer Mirant tncmovcr ; and carefully scanned their contents. At. \ last lie came to one more carefully folded ; than the rest and tied together with a bit of blue ribbon wound around it. “Ah!” cried the old man as if inspired with a sudden thought of more than ordi nary importance—“that will tell the story,, it contains a portrait of the child, and I am assured by those who saw her at that time that it is a very excellent one.” While he was talking Sam was busy unwinding the blue ribbon from the pack age. This having been done he opened the letter and took from within a photo graph—the portrait of a very beautiful young girl and as fresh as ou the day when it was fii-wt taken. The moment Sam looked at it, he start ed to his feet but instantly went to the window and looked forth, doing it so nat urally that Mr. Osborn failed to notice his agitation. He pared intently at the pic ture in his hand and then carefully read the letter. Having done this, he returned to his desk, and sitting down he turned over the photograph and found the follow ing address printed on the back. “W. II. Chadwick & Co., Photographers, Man chester N. H.” Sam took a copy of this address, then turning to the old gentleman asked. “Wbat was your sister’s name—her first name, I meant” "Annabel S. Osborn is the only name I know her by. film was married twice as I have already told you; but I never knew for certain the name of either one of her husbands.” “Well, Mr. Osborn, I have very littlo doubt but that I can be of the greatest assistance to you; I think I have a clue to who your niece is, but am afraid we may have some difficulty in finding her; but that she will be found eventually, I have not the slightest doubt. I will write to the photographer, ia Manchester, and I will get the right name of yenr eieter, for generally them artiste keep the address of their patrons.” “I will examine the beek containing the name of the mill hands, alee; and in a very short time I eaa furnish you very important information. In the mean time I would like to keep this portrait as it will be of service." The old gentleman waa greatly pleased with the result of this interview; and, leaving a generous retainer in the hands of his counsel he took his departure. When the door closed behind him, Sam again turned to the portrait and striking it with his open palm exclaimed! “That'a the girl tot marrud—Barbara Glen dtml" Cmrm XXII. j tw WHICH MM. VICK0BT LOOKS OH WHICH MR. THOMAS ABKRIQHT MAKJU LSVB TO OCR ■KDOIHR. For a little time after her arrival at ■ pellville Park, the condition ef Gertrude , Weldon seemed to improve, so much so ' that she was allowed down to the dining* ! room where she spent many delicious j hours with Tom Arkright, the subject of ' their conversation being-, of course, the ! one nearest their hearts, the sweet young ' love they bore each other. “Of course dearest, your return to your ! boarding-house and the mill-work is out | of the question; and how you, witli your : many rare accomplishments—your fine ! genius indeed, ever descended to such la- j bor is beyond my comprehension.” I “Ah, Tom, do you not know that a j willing heart and honest purpose can dig nify the humblest labor! Do you not ; know that among those factory girls may ; be found some of the noblest and most un- ! selfish of hearts! I know some among j them who support quite a family—old fa- j there, mothers, and helpless children. I j know many among them fitted to adorn j the highest sphere of society, who labor i patiently with their hands to help others, j No sphere of honest labor is ignoble Tom, | though,” she continued archly, “it may I be quite unsuited to the wonderful ac- j complishments and rare genius of some!” j “My dear Gertrude you do not under- , stand me—I do not underrate the labor of i the hands, for I know as well as you that j honest labor may give dignity to any I character—or, that man or woman may i dignify the work in which they engage.— I What I meant was, why you did not pur sue some calling for which your accom plishments better fitted you!” “I had a very good reason for the conree I pursued, and one did you know it, you would fully appreciate. In a mill I would be a little one among several hun dred, while in another sphere of society, especially the one to which I was adopted both by taste and education, I might be come the solitary cynosure for unwelcome eyes.” “I_ do not understand you Gerty, my darling, but I am sure you are right whatever your meaning may be, and that your words have a hidden meaning I feel sure.” “You will understand fall soon enough Tom. It is enough for the present that yonr sister Marion understands—let our love for each other be sufllcicnt for the presont.” Tom iient over and kissed the pale face of the lienutiful girl, and stroking the tumbled golden locks caressingly ho said softly: « “Your love, darling, in all-sudleient for mo. Y ou have blessed mo beyond iny de serving; but yon will never regret dearest, having entrusted the keeping of your precious heart to me—-it is nil 'my own, dearest?" And he gored into her lienutiful eyes, his own aglow with passionate love. “All your own," sho murmured, “Oh, Tom. you know not how deep, how earnest is the love that tills my soul_to love you would be to love tho light and Joy of life; and to doubt vonr love for an instant of time would (ill my heart with unspeakable anguish." “You need never doubt my love, dear est—the world has no other love !Vr me, but you must hurry and get well my darl ing, for I am getting im;atient for tho happy day—you are improving Ucrtrude, we you not t” While he was speaking a sinister look ing face with green spectacles over tho eyes was standing staring in at them through tho glass of tho conservatory window which led directly into the rear drawing-room, the folding doors of which were open. It was the face of Mrs. Vickory, who could both see and hear all that was go ing on. It was a malignant face overshadowed with scheming thoughts, and looking, among the green leaves which Mirror,tid ed tho white head, very pale, and aged. The face grew eager and was put-hod further forward, so anxious did it seem to heur tho answer to Mr. Arkright's epics Sometimes I think I am improving,denr Tom, and then suddenly comes a change, 1 grow languid, 1 hardly earn 1o move and feel—forgive me darling—but 1 loci ax if death would bo welcome! I am quite well to day, but I know it will not last—I am' certain (hat to-morrow will bring the usual change—1 cannot account for it Tom, l'or 1 am naturally of a strong constitution." •‘I think wo liad belter change your physician. It strikes me that, that board ing-house doctor is a charlatan. I am going to Boston to-morrow, and 1 will tiring' Dr. Warren down with me. We have had no diagnosis of vour case yet, ,nud do not kuow what is the matter with you.” The livid pallor of tho cruel face be tween the leaves, was now something; fearful to behold. The hniwsgrew rorro gated, and a startled anxious expression came into /utr face. Mi-h. Viekory at the mention of l)r. Warren's name seemed ter ribly uneasy. “I have no objection to that Tom, if you should goto Boston, for 1 have no wish to die now, the world in too bright—oh darling, 1 am too happy to die—the world is heaven and happiness to me, I moil live, oh Tom I wit) live!” The poor girl wan weeping as she niter cd the words we have Het down—for six was very weak, hut Tom ]mt his armi about her neck and kissed her and com forted her with te nder words. When she was more composed, he rnr.;. the hell and Mrs. Bascoinbecame in — “Why, Gertv, what is the matter? Oh Tom, you wicked fellow you have beci plaguing her with your nonsense!'' “Ah, no he has not, hut 1 am very wcel and foolish-” e' “Yes, you are foolish—for sitting up st long. Come, we will go up to your room My Heavens, Tom, wlmt are yon about?” She might well ask. for Turn had quiet ly gathered tho invalid in his arms ant was walking away with her np to liei chamber. A tender expression on hii handsome face, and a sweet smile on tier trndo’s as she looked fondly up at him. They encountered Mrs. Viekory outaidt the door as they went forth, and she re marked as she saw them coming towardi her; — “Ah, I kr.ew the dear child would di herself harm by coining down—poo deary, poor deary,” and the tender heart ed old woman followed Mrs. Bascombi and the others up to the chamber of oni heroine. Her lover placed his happy burden up on the bed, and ignoring the presence o his sister and Mrs. Viekory, he pressed i kiss on the feverish lips of his darling and made his way from the room. Mrs. Buncombe then mode a glass o cool lemonade with her own hands, am administered it to Gertrude, who declarer that she was greatly refreshed by the do licious draught. Marion then sat liersolf flow nr by till bedside, and finding that Gertrude felt n< desire to sleep, took up a volume of Jeai Ingelow at hand and began reading t< her. Mrs.Yickery tacitly understanding tha‘ she was not wanted left the chamber, anc entered her own room, where for a mo ment we will follow her. She softly closed the door of the roori behind her, and then stood silently in the middle of tho apartment, her hands clasps ed and the white head bowed on her bo She stood thus for several minutos with out a movement or a word. At last slit raised her head, while a determined ex pression took jiossession of her face and muttered: “A new doctor, eh 1 T)r. Warren—ther indeed I must hurry, or we are lost ! Ah is lost!—should he come now or within a day or two—the lalior of weeks is wasted ami my crime will bear but bitter fruit.— I have ('one too far to hesitate now—] will strike the final blow—and leave this place forever. IJut I mutt see him—1 must see him; let me see where did he ap point to meet me/ and the old woman with the soft voice took a letter from her Ixwoni and opeairig it, read it carefully to her self. "Yes, near the sumac trees—I know the clump well; I’ll tie there! I’ll lie there!" and she put the letter back in her bosom and went to a table, a drawer of which she unlocked and took therefrom three oj four tiny boxes, from thcse-lioxes she took with an ivory pick, an atom of powder— an atom from each liox and mixed them together in a few'drops <■• water. Having seen them thoroughly dissolve she covered the tumbler with a book over which she threw a handkerchief, and then hastily left the room, and moved towards that ol Gertrude—the door was njar, and upon looking in she found our heroine asleep and the apartment empty. She quickly and quietly darted hack to her own room, seized the tumbler, and re-entering that of Gertrude, turned the contents into the lemonade at the bedside to disappear. ' OnAPTKK XXIII. TUB MISERIES or BARBARA—THE TERRIBLJ AKK0C8CXMBNT Or PHILLIP DLAKB. The story of Carliara Giendon’s life be came more and more painful as the week; paused on, and the days had not many times multiplied ere she realized the reck less and unnrinciplcd charset ..... . oi tno man to whom aha Itnd allied herself with such thoughtless precipitation. Every day brought to light aomo new phase of badness. and every day the vir gin warmth of her givint love lessened, and it only wanted the final blow, which lie Siam at node, to make it vanish, root I nnd branch forever! j And hero is how it occurred. ITo enmo homo one night in his usual state of in* j toxication, and from his humor Barbara | judged that he had not Ixicn successful at the gaming table. He threw himself upon a lounge, swear ing a (front oath that the whole world was in longue aifaiust him. nnd that llarhara was at the head of the conspiracy—that she was the sole cause of his continued 1 ill hick, and until ho was rid of her he j would meet with nothing hut misfortune. , He continued tlie.se ravings for rnnio I time, Ilurliara sitting quietly in her chair, : and looking stolidly at him. Her heart was full of loathing as she (fazed up. I on him. Tho eight of a drunken man was I unfamiliar to her until she had joined hoi j fort tines with those of Phillip Blake—hut I she made no reply to his cruel talk, litil | watched tho man and the clock and wait* i ed for an excuse to retire—knowing that i if idle did so at that moment it would on i ly irritate her liii.'dmml more. I At last she could bear it no longer. Pc l slie arose and prepared to leave the , room. • I Ah ohe placed her hand upon the knoll ] of 'lie door, Blake crird mit with an oat In j “Where in - are you going 1 I'onm . back here mid nit down! I’ve got some i thing; tosay to von that I intended to have j said a week ago. Kit down I tell you!”— i And the brute roan up and approached her as if lie were about to strike her. I She turned haughtily from the door and j fixed her IIashing black eyes full upon tho | blood-shot orbs of her husband saying, at I fclie pointed to his uplifted arm. j "If you strike inn Phillip Blake, I will kill you! I have homo for weeks with your bridal eondurt, and will tiavo iifl more of it. Now what have you tosayte me. It is lain and 1 wish to retire:” Blake without a word of reply dropped into iiis scat. | “1 on ll lull m", pit, you liloo*l thirsty ( creature?” lie muttered in a nianillin tone, mul thru suddenly chnnging his humol I ho turned In her fiercely exclaiming:— | "Woman, yon must Irani your place, you roust use dill'erent language toward mr—] am sink of your puling wmBcnse. Patel | tolls me that you do nothing but sit lier« and nioiio all day, twirling your thumbs ami crying) and she sworn that if I didn't | tell you who and what you arc. to day, | slit) would tell you hcriclf in tho mom ! inert" "Who and wlial I am, Phillip. What cat you mean? As for Mrs. Bates, she la 8 spying watchful thing) she instills mo at every opportunity, ami to-day oven laughed in my face when I informed hoi that. X would call upon mv hushnnd tc protect me—and that it he did not do it 1 would leave the house!" "Call on your huetxind, eh? Why Par- • linra, who the devil is he?” cheered the man. with a roda l«,if,terotiB laugh. "Who is lie?’ exclaimed Partiaru Plaka her fare livid with sudden horror. "Wh< is lie—how dare you ask me such a ques linn ?” ■•I ask for information simply—for J don’t know him you may liet ull you’re worth young- ltuly that it isn't mo at any rate!" Parham had risen to her foot wliilt Pinko was speaking, her Iqis livid, ami her face gha«tly pale; and approaching him she said in a husky voice;— 1 “Hepeat what you have said I1 hi 11 ip. ] • don’t think X iimlerstiiml you.’’ The man quailed Lef.ue tho strange ex pression in urn fierce Hack eyes of the in ■ : jurfd woman, but rum rsn with the blood ’ | in hia ruins, and lie answered r.illi a lira i ' t.al lau gh :— ■ | “Kcpeat it? no I word—lint to have you | fully eomprehrnd iny meaning", let mo tel1 1 : you that yon an net my wife! Mow do you ■ | understand mo?” | i ; And the man arose, as. if suddenly real ; izing the terrible importance of his words • I and walked unsteadily up and down th< ’ | loom. ■ ! "1 am not vonr wife—"tho mifortun i . ate girl repeate-1 in low, awe stricken tonei ‘j —"am 1 asleep Phillip, or am I dreaming j —touch me Phillip and tell mu that 1 ait • i dreaming’;" ! j Thodazedgirl walked over to where thl ■ cruel, wicked man was standing, and laid , ' her hand on hie shoulder, and looked will I a strange pitiful eipreseion of inquiry in '■ | to his face. 1 j Suddenly her attitude and expressiof 1 changed, and oho cried out iu a voice that was fierce and wild: | “Do yon mean to tell me that I am not i I your wife—your lawful wife, Phillip Blake i —legally married in the sight of God— ! speak monster! Is it so?” i j Blake shivered as he looked into tho \ fierce face of the aroused woman, but ; : managed to articulate— | “Yes! That is what I mean; you are ! not my wife!” . "1 hen 1 was betrayed into a false mar* riage with youf Is it so?" "Jnst so exactly. If yon don’t believe I it ask Eaten, she’s an old flame of mine—* i I told her when we came here. Perhaps I that accounts for the very respectful man* j ner in which sho has treated you!” j It is imposssible to describe the varied expressions that passed over tho mobile I countenance of Barbara as these awful I words which made her an outcast forever, | fell upon her ears: horror, hate, surprise, | and fear chased themselves one after an : other over the. white countenance, and, | for full a minute, she stood like a figure in I marble gazing at tho man who was the I author of her ruin. i Blake paid no attention toiler, but eon i tinned his unsteady walk up and down the room, until at last he was startled by a sudden cry of: "Oh God have mercy ujmn me!" and a sudden fall to the floor. Turning he lie held Barbara stretched insensible at his feet. | At thesamo instant the door wnsopened anil Mrs. Bates mailt; her appearance with a wicked smile upon her face. "Well you did it at last, I see?” I "Yes—d-n, and I am almost sorry 1 j did,’ replied Blake. I "Pshaw! she'll get over it. I suppose she'll leave the house to-morrow V” Blake made no reply, but with a mnt tered curse seized his hat and left th« room. _ •' [TO BE CON’nifUKD.l British and American Coins. Lieut. Col. Hope of tho British Ol d mm co Department, in a report to his superiors on the Washington gun foundry, declares that "the faulty proportion and abominable workman* ship of the English guns tiro most care fully nvnided in America,” and that ••the Washington guns can bo thoroughly relied upon to do wh«tthey profess to do. and they profess to d< just a little more tbau tho EuglWi guus profess to do.”