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THE AMERICAN m - . i It THE WANDERING JEW. Hf KVUKR M B. CIIAITEK XI. CONTINUE!. M8COVIRI I". I know it, and thafu what freiglitcna me; for my poor chiMron in their hands. But is all lout? Shall I bring myself to give them up without an effort? Oh, no, no! I will not show any weak aess and yet, since mother told us of these plots I do not know how Jit is but I seem less strong, lees resolute. What is passing around me ap pears so terrible. The spiriting away of these children is no longer an isolated fact it is one of the ramifications of a vast conspiracy, which surrounds and threatens us all. It seems to me as if wo walk together in the darkness, in the midst of serpents, in the midst of snares that we i an neither see nor struggle against. Well! I'll speak out! I have uever feared death I am not a coward and yet I confess yes, I confess it these black robes freighten me" lagobert pronounced these words in so sincere a tone, that his son started, for he shared the same impression. Aad it was quite natural. Frank, energetic, resolute characters, accustomed to Hot and fight in the light of day, never feel but one ft-ar and that is, to be ensnared and struck in the dark by. enemies that escape their grasp. Thus, Dagobert had encountered death twenty times; and yet, on hearing his wife's simple rev elation of this dark tissue of lies, and treachery and crime, the soldier felt a vague sonse of fear; and, th' nothing was changed in the conditions of his nocturnal enterprise against the convent, it now appeared to him in a darker and more dan gerous light. The silence, which had reigned for some mo ments, was interrupted by Mother Bunch's re turn. The latter, knowing that the interview be tween Dagobert, his wife, and Agricola, ought not to have any importunate witness, knocked lightly at t lie "oor, and remained in the passage with Father Loriot. Can we come in, Madame Frances?' asked the seamstress. 'Here is Father Loriot, bringing some wood." Yes, es; come in, my good girl,' said Agricola, whilst his father wiped the cold sweat from his forheid. The door opened, and the worthy dyer appeared witl i Ins hands and arms of an amaranthine col or; on one tide he carried a basket of wood, and on the other some live coal in a shovel. Good evening to the company,' said Daddy koriot. 'Thank you for having thought of me, Madume Frances. You know that my shop and everything in it are at your service. Neigh bors should help one another; that's my motto! You were kind enough, I should think, to my late wife!' Then, pacing the wood in a corner, and giving the shovel to Agricola, the worthy dyer, guessing from the sorrowful appoarance of the different actors in this scene, that it would be impolite to prolong his visit, added : 'You don't want any thing else, Madame Frances?' 'No, thank you, Father Loriot.' Then," good evening to the company!' said the dyer, a id addressing Mother Bunch, he added: Don't forget the letter to M. Dagobert. I dursn't touch it for fear of leaving the marks of my four finders and thumb in amaranthine! But, good evening to the company !' .and Father Loriot went out. M. Dagobert, here is a letter, said Mother Bunch, ishe set herself to light the fire in the 1 a 1 1 l a , a stove, white Agncoia arew his mother s arm chair to the hearth. ' See what it is my boy,' said Dagobert to his son; my bead is so heavy that I cannot see clear Agrico'a took the letter which contained only a few lines, and read it before looking at the signa ture: "At Sea, December 25th, 1831. "I avail myself of a few minutes' communica tion with a ship bound direct for Europe, to write to you, my old comrade, a few hasty lines, which will probably reach you by way of Havre, before the arrival of my last letters from India. You must by this time be in Paris, with my wife and ehild tell them "I am unable to say more the boat is depart ing. Only one word I will soon be in France. Do not forget the 13th of February; the future o my wife ad child depends upon it. "Adieu, my friend! Believe in my eternal gratitude. Simon." "Agricola quick! look to your father!" cried the hunchback. From the first words of this letter, whjch pres ent circumstances made so cruelly applicable Dagobert had become deadly pale. Emotion, fa tigue, exhaustion, joined to this last blow, mad him stagger. Ilia son hastened to him and supported him in his arms. But soon the momentary weakness passed away, and Dagobert, drawing bis hand across his brow, raised his tall figure to its full height. Then, whilst his eye sparkled his rough countenance took an expression of determined resolution, and he exclaimed, in wild excitement: 'No, no! I will not be a traitor; I will not be a coward. The black robes shall not frighten me; and this night Hose and Blanch Simon shall be free!" CHAPTER XII. TOI I'ENAL COPK. Startled for a moment by the dark and secret machinations of the black robes, as he called them, against the persons .he loved, Dagobert might have hesitated an instant to an attempt at the deliverence of Rose and Blanche; but his in decision ceased directly on the reading of Marshal Simon's letter, which came timely to re mind him of his sacred duties. To the soldier's passing dejection had succeeded a resolution full of calm and collected energy. Agricola, what o'clock is it?" asked he of his son. "Just struck nine, father." "You must make me, directly, an iron hook- strong enough to support my weight, and wide to hold on the coping of a wall. This stove will be forge and anvil; you will find a hammer in the house ; and, as for iron," said the soldier hes- tating, and looking around him, "as for iron lere is some!" So saying, the soldier took from the hearth a strong pair of tongs and presented them to his son, adding: "Come, my boy! blow up the fire, blow it to a white heat, and forge me this iron!" On these words, Frances and Agricola looked at each other with surprise; the smith remained mute and confounded, not knowing the resolution of his father, and the preparations he had already commenced with the needle-woman's aid. "Don't you hear me, Agricola," repeated Dago bert, still holding the pair of tongs in his his tand; "you must make me a hook directly." "A hook, father? for what purpose?" "To tie to the end of a cord that I have here, here must be a loop at one end large enough to fix it securely." "But this cord this hook for whatpurpose are they?" "To scale the walls of the convent, if I cannot get in by the door." "What convent?" asked Frances of her son. "How father?" cried the latter rising abruptly. 'You still think of that?" "Why! what else should I think of?" "But, father, it is impossible; you will never attempt such an enterprise." years you were accustomed to do without me. will be all the less trying to you." "And I, alas! am the cause of thesemisfortunea!" cried the poor mother. "Ah! Gabriel has a good reason to blame me." "Madame Frances be comforted," whispered the semptress, who had drawn near t) Dugobert's ife. "Agricola will not suffer his father to ex pose himself thus." After a moment's hesitation, the smith resumed in an agitated voice: "I know you too well.father, to think of stopping you by the fear of death." "Of what danger, then, do you speak? (To be continued.) ANDY CATHARTIC RtCollSTIPATIOM ALL DRUGGISTS IRIflT T1TCTT flTTIDIVrrpri tarauwaaycaatofroartipatloa. faararrts in tk Ideal Uii4 aCOULUlLUI U UAH AM till u. ,r, rrtp or rrlp.ht rM ras; luaral rrra Ita. aw u MM mm. IS. KTTKI.I1H KKlrIM lt..t IH-am. lilml.ul.,Ara lora. t Pa8eDgera arriving at Chicago by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific H'y can, by the new Uolon Elevated Loop, reach any part of the city, or (or a five cent (are can be taken immediately to any of the large store in the down town district. A train will ttop at the Rock Island Station every minute. These facilities can only be offered by the "Great Rock Island Route." , Address JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A., Chicago. JOHN Nl. DALEY, Merchant Tailor Suits Made to Order. Guarantee a Derfect flt 1b all cases. Cloth ing cleaned dyed ana remodeled. 604 H. 16th St. : OMAHA. NEB. D.l.Hayden CARPENTER K1REPAIRINO-DOOR3 AND j22Sa4 O mail a aiJr. Shop, 723 ti. 17th St. "What is it, my child ?" asked Frances, with anxiety. "Where is father going?" "He is going to break into the convent where Marshal Simon's daughters are confined, and carry them off." "Great God! my poor husband a sacrilege!" cried Frances, faithful to her pious traditions, and clasping her hands together, she endeavored to rise and approach Dagobert. The soldier, foreseeing that he would have to contend with- observations and prayers of all sorts, and resolved not to yield, determined to cut short all useless supplications, which would only make .rim lose precious time. He said, therefore, with grave, severe, and almost solemn air, which showed the iuflxibility of his determination: "Listen to me, wife and you my son when, at my age, a man makes up his mind to anything, le knows the reason why. And when a man has i 1 1 1 V . once made up nis mina, neituer ms wne nor child can alter it. I have resolved to do my duty; so spare yourselves useless words. It may be your duty to talk to me as you have done; but it is over now, and we will say no more about it. This evening I must be master in my own house." Timid and alarmed, Frances did not dare utter a word, but she turned a supplicating glance to wards her son. "Father," said the latter, "one word more- only one." "Let us hear," replied Dagobertimpatiently. "I will not combat your resolution; but I will prove to you that you do not know to what you expose yourself." "I know it all," replied the soldier, in an ab rupt tone. "The undertaking is a serious one; but it shall not be said that I neglected any means to accomplish what I promise to do." "But, father, you do not know to what danger vou exDOse yourself," said the smith, much 1 . alarmed. "Talk of danger! talk of the porter's gun and the gardner's scythe!" said Dagobert, shrugging his shoulders contemptuously. "Talk of them and have done with it for, after all, suppose were to leave my carcass in the convent, would 1 not you remain to your mother? 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