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Entered according to Act af Congress, in the year 1881, by NORMAN L, MUNRO, tn the office of the Librartan af Congress, at Washington, D. C. (Entered at the Post Ofice, New York, as Second Class Matter.)
1.00 Pon #1X MONTHS,
° Vol. VILL. | {sintiinattsre, | NEW YORK, JANUARY 24, 1881 {elie mw f No, 881
Zuleika, “Good Heavens!” broke from
— Cedric’s lips, as he started back,
A LEGEND OF LEANDER TOWER.
“To a knowledge,” burried o
the old man, * with w Shieh thelaye
of time bas gradually made me fa
| miliar, Neither nor
Dmntel bas the frightful eth ‘bot
all atonee. If it bad d
Cannot te how esther of us would
have borne it,”
A chill had crept throtgh
you may grant my wish,”
| be said: ee in it not sof
it is possible,” 1Mr.
oni holt “al
BY BARDAX,
A suuran of nui
Who won himself immortal
Poseessed a daughter fiir and
Bur, Test life's pleasures miht. be
‘marred— |
Against the strokes of Fate to guard— |
He called a wizard to his aid,
‘Who thus foretold about the'mald: |
“Zuleika has no cause to { |
If she eurvive her sixteenth year,
Her life shall be replete wit oy,
Nor care nor sorrow her anno}
wide adjoint
Cedric soa on the iedh anid
And of a serpent’s fang beware:
Thao pontine sues opot of ground,
hs ‘ead he, eater
“ Hh no other can compas
. Comblne ine great art and se
Erect
| Ing ihe yondefous. porta
ioou “Buchs ny will
|
i
|
"Tt closed with a dead, forbidding
sort of sound, Cedric had bee
|ieinow sa, frei shuns ewe
throw his blood. What
xbantly secret, #0 appaliingly tore
Tible that his uncle had even sug-
Kested its knowledge to be capable
| of driving him ro
Longer tha Cedric
stood ‘tere, ae ain, dusky,
The eventtul moment c
‘thinking every dan
he princess to her garden went,
Whete oft her lonely hours she Spent
t
Secured tticed it had bes |
Soviat ne thing could creep, ‘petiveen,
‘Hedge on top was neatly made, |
Ou'whien her people often laid
Brique fruits Anil tlowors, a8 offerinss
nt and aaveet!
on ate on per rea
ei
hasket cov
vivish gor, wich abonee
Whiel stood against the stately tower,
“The raid the brilliant towers dott
clasp,
When, 6! from "neath the leaves an
Ye Y
Jost in'gioumy’ thought as I" ape
proached.”
““My face told the truth!” ¢:
claimed Cedric, with ‘an almost ot
fassionate-mohirnfulness in
Springs up. and with envenom
dart
1s virus leaves within her heart) i
wn pointed to the door be-
hind w r. Abercrombie had eo
lately disap
Tean gues what it fay she anid,
ed “You
a hushed voice.
been n talking about
you are right”
There’ was tbr tpause. Evelyn
joked very meaningly at ber com
vet earthly | panion
» Longer than he knew, Cedric stuod there, in that dim, dusky, wainscoted hall. The very air about him seemed freighted with some a wa
| 5 It Was not vill a light touch fell upon his arm that he awoke from his morbid reverie, and saw Eve! omy Vail standing at bis ere, since you have been
: : le," he said, in ringing, deliberate tones, “ T jappened elyn. “Did not my |“ Whatt” extnined “Cede eagerly, as the
j bav ve only ‘afew Ww wode tar eu ge they 1 onust open letwere tell you aie arene on 1 dare say you found ig girl hesitated.
Wet his,” said Evelyn, “Lis
our eyes to the real trai of Ye situation Seven |them stupid enough, Cedric, What, ever docs ‘This," onid Evelyn,“ Listen.®
} yeurs ago, when your wife, Aunt Ejlinor, died, [| happen in this quiet old house of 0 |
reali romethig tne hed never before struck} “I think. you amentioned. another. vi CHAPTER II.
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mie, Daniel alone knew what it) that unbappy person, Olivia Ramsay,” cearie|
that ose two rooms conc © Aunt | sais FATHER AND DAUGHTER,
> Ellinor’s death, T said to myself, "Greie ‘Keun ea, glanced rather tneasily toward her| A WoMAN leaned forth, just as the cloudy
forty years older | than Tam bs vniel, os dumb Sout Mr. Aberer gave no sign |autumn twilight was deepening over the wide
4 H I Sec nd Avenue. servant, still ol ‘Are yor ening hierd via “Fad heard Geir “tas sentence. She | city, Srom the upper window of @ dreary, un-
The Mysterious House In 0 + | Pik tt fer ct hoy anuerel tered sens hh Saitattemene Race mane ot Neo arty nee
without raising his head, and in a dull monot-| "sie, Cedric,” she wae Oe ‘ae | powerey strick quar ern” The name of this
ongus voice, Arthur Abercrombie galled Tiere again. Bho was wrevttely clad, and | women was Olivia Rausay.
Yes ; Lam listening. Go iu great apparent distress. And ah ! how beauti- | She was young—still not over three-and-twenty,
BY KARL DRURY. “f than reflect” Cnthnued Cedrte, ‘that ag] METER qnnmrent distress, And ab | Lov Your She was also very beautiful "Not even her Tag
ed
nature took its ordinary course, Evelyn Vail and tor cute : her tnd the pallor wrought by “her miserly
=the Mey ofthe Le atoms” |PMeuhd ete Bhan Pr ach |e le Sed eon nid for I ty nt the or reg a, ec
jand nt of its meaning, And if marred by the ragged attire she wore. She | He er bait, “ronghly ei catered oy scams a the
begged me for sistance, but while tie and I back of ber .bead, was of dark, siike
j ere talking together, ‘your uncle appeared , her eatatee had ine vtrmight classic tell ig of
c self that our position might then be one of ac far anda a statue : her eves held beneath the long curved
Foe eo ae tle sooner than | Worse discord than if we had both been Ishor from the house,” i ted ‘plows of their Iashes a soft, dewy eplenior: her
bright, fall sl, “I rotirned a litte sooner than | yared to face the netual truth. Oh uncle, have res nbs cnet a ohat, waising lis heat ; hands and feet, in their dainty modeling would
ani anticipated, Tt Thave completely agit that matter [not been right in. these induction) Let me| and his point, raising vo rol onned the envy of a ducties *
el more neet the knowledge and bear it. Let me keep it)" “Oh, un exclaimed Geass repronchfully, | #-Not heme yet.” se muttered, in a half-fierce
fed fowse. occa a ng on ess touched M [she | EX only vere wand: Tam your nephew. The] "Bow could you act so cru whisper, ‘drawing her head in frou the increased
ooking as though ts dingy, ne red brick Arthur Abercrombie’s lips.“ Never mind, sat Dl Hows iit your veins and n You | ,, It was not cruel,” verlicl Mr. Abercrombie; | shilliness of th the evening, and clo sing hee indow,
quel, of a paint brash i ee ric,” he said; “at least let us not discus game bl reir ‘n, as the orphan daughter of a dead | “it was just, The girl left our house be e broken ‘panes: ith
catlieat “anya serection, So somber an air aqieation pow ee ow? ne ‘went on, mo vm friend once’ dear to you. But you love me as| Would not permit her to recognize @ ‘Gronken, rometing ‘that seemed the torn. ‘Teagnients ote
had this ding vata the people who liv ed near arily his nephew's arn, “that C/ the ‘child of jour ‘isto our kinsman, your | Werte, thieving father.” dre know what it means,” she went on, in
by mostly believer be unoccupied. | the trae oa Bap Kapliltiy. on business matters. You | yigitful nn pelted gnly by din But he was her father,” said Cedric, earnestly, anzious sollloqu: vate Hoeven! I kuow but
situinre Wereatmontaways Cse ‘on every story, ome the manager of my property, and |feglings, “You nist mb this? "Do fol | too well what it means!’
the big front entrance had a dusty, neglected your, superior abilities well fit you for the posl-| immediate «| round the room, Tt was almost
‘ ook. tion.’ answer wil responded Mr Abere: able, 8 floor was without carpet.
y in latter autumn, while the Teaves | On ig Renshane'e pleasant ees cought arene ut aunt, heal weld ficor was without carpet,
wore falling thick and ye ellow along the pavements | ook. Snele Arthur,” he said, iit lt Cade Mrore, | misfortune’ nut vhcnadation ‘sho hee ss cmcked platy Beatin nd at another there
ot this be road, ict neighborhood, where fhe anxious: tones “you seem unasually dep a “Ced Wi haken 4 s more that we bad done for her—to orate [Rat the loaf . as gone,
pelt Mr. Al it pean | i erie he al very, shaken, tones 3 i caune fone who, ha beaten corned aud (Olivia Ratay” went ‘ the tab
e sat mi i only one of ie Gark nioods,” he | PUt the matter vet Hook crane a ae ee maltreated her. She bus made. ber bed; she | up the crumbs fro
said slow]; ‘sadly. eae ee thalitht be which tau nes [deserves to lie in it, She shall never be helped, jane sina
Gorivie tock bis bead miportant question ight by which you now | while I live, by anyone tn this houselold” {re
con uncle,” he exclaimed, h sudden bitter-|P'The last word was interrupted on the old |, Cedric and Evelyn gxchanged glanc |
‘asf Laud sot know why your moods are | oie, last, ¥ ips. There sounded a sharp and yet [Iatter reosded toward the “doorway through | “She bad not @ a penny r possession. Five
ow Knock wt the door. ich she had just entered, “"L will leave yout |daye ago. sle had been turned! out of emiplor ment
A swt alteration swept over Mr Abercrombie’s “Uncle, can 1 come in?” said a sweet, girlish and Mr, Abercrom to talk over business | throug! bee sbamelers piece of injustice. She had
face. It wi ost like ares of real affright. voi ice outs ide. matters,” she said. No gout you bave many | worked @ rtificial flower factory among a
“You cee What do you know f” Abe: ercrombie started. “It is Evelyn,” things to tell your uncie, Cedric, regarding that crowd ot hat starved oper peratives. 2 apning the
luggage witl “Onl iy this” was the rep ners tha there hee sata turning to Cedric. “ wes seri nt bore We sbail meet abainner tine, soautlert, gore, et pittance for a bor that would
is i Ww had m ott " was rie’s tainly. i ‘n any constitul ion jess super
was soot answered rious | are two rooms I foal n the houses whore re | no cint Lad almost forgotte the door and Opened | With these words, Evelyn. glided softly trom |fta vitality tueter ower Withs titeneen other
ng parent died— jit. . . the apartment, sit te door after her, ‘eet girls she bad plied her monotonou:
ters save old| “A fair, slender form stood on the threshold, It | Stood silent and tl ful for a mom * Ser
“A White Sept
“Nancy Lee,” Eien te,
Author of “The Curse of Chillingdale;’
CHAPTER I.
LACK. FORKSHADOWINGS,
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you forget that,
“dic baa already forgotten it hundreds of
gloomy house we have mentioned, and verily. She bad tly ta
young ‘man, probably twenty-four years Of age, the whole day; she
: ig ted.
ise young man had a handsome face, ilhumined
i heerful blue ome adorned by a silky,
th chestnut: mustek ure tat vigorous
ing tl
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‘orrboms, Lsay, that no one
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figure, and a mournful, withered fe with you when last ren
with bet
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mb Daniel and yourself ; and “chat those two was Mr. Abercrombie's ward, Evelya Vail, . of Be turned ence more twa bereronibie
rooms contain, in’ their sealed mystery, some heard mention, She “Uncle” he said, “this aifair of Otivin Ram-
fears old. Bie basi @ inall; grace. | say's assistance entirely concerns you
| “ity fi th sed an_ insolent frile
it iarity in one of the male superintendents. These
{ ‘The personage rie dire oe a Anat mt, fest, | Fooms conta ich has for years had power to | hape eiehiees reel tro circuses combined had given rise toa
he personage moment the young man had hurried | oversiadow—to sadden—yea, even tocurse your tulad, folded over with flossy, blonde ba snd | don what muny have seemed my nterference’ [eruel slander. ‘The feina ot "Olivia's
throu ch awile wall, appointed with gar woonts life.” regular features, and eyes of a purplish, a Cexivio paused. “But that F ofher matter,” | department had pally | ‘eine ‘ber out loors.
eit ia heavy oaken panelings, He wanted “edrie face had grown terribly starry beauty. went on, with lowered tones, that is some- |Since then she bad ithout werk. Since
The dark, ‘massive. staircase beyon grave. One Of hia bane hed eauate Mr. Aber-| ‘Litto sister,” exclaimed Cedric, taking both hi seholly different.” flien’she had teen about as ect starvation asa
: Feed a closed door on. the ext story 0 “ot an the { crombie’s arm with a strong excited press her roth, small ‘and in bis own, “Tw Whi iy different, » said Arthur Abercrombie, | human being often comes,
i his door he knocked and | But bis uncle shook off the gree o Ceiric, and Tighted to see you ooking s so well after : my A with erin 7 yness. The cala amity td brought an added sting, be-
then vatrentively listened
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‘how yet clear recoiled se’ which were | etice of. three weeks.” Aud without another] |“ And, * pmrsued Cedric, you will then {cause another life than ‘ers depsiied ex! the
presently said “Come in.” The young car VOLGD | Te ce mght itself under their grisly brows and sand he stooped and Kite heron the cheek tell me sverpthing?™ oy | picager wages which she cored ese pen the
tere the shaggy mass of his hair, flashed with keen in- They, had always kissed each other since chil- garter oe .
"Fie raised one finger and shook it. dren. They had been rr uP together from passing “Att 4 spoken
upholstered in failed chintzes, and filled with an |“ Whi fifteen years old, Cea childhood, dwelling in house, sharing | You are Sane ‘to leave me, uncle?” Cedric bad Clint her father ura ee
ost clolater-like gloom. Bud family et he cried, you aide to me some s the same enjoyments ‘ihe same eye questioned. fo hai drunkard, a thief, an alien from
rie the Sal hidse same Shonen Mhantore [grief Again “and aan ‘Geare had called bi « Tmnst do s0,” was the reply, a terial vrei But sbo haa chang to. him
nd a nly ri told you never again to referto the subject, [88 now, his, litte siste Evelyn's color sete sie | meaning, just the rer Sig ete the comforts
ei weit Voss. in anotlier. 0 {forbate io ow to do so under pari tet being for: [Hleepened as he kissed ‘Ter cheek, Couric was for “au. are, going Here? he anid, sical sca of ‘Abercrombie, her bene
Jomige whtels had ‘een wheeled near one of the | ever im this house, And now you froke noticing such change. And if the ou are right.” tanya. She liad followed ler senpe-
. sina windows, @ man of a years, | have sg: me, Beware, ‘ett the old man | Young girl drew hack with a A certain i momentary uke dncte.” pursed Cedric, “ when we next ene father nt day
her fatver's
; rerombie walked slowly towards the
‘The room in which he now found, himself was tensity. 1 Abercrombie h
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1 a" ving his pi 8 of ref a
With a fiat Hating ‘that was aot dot 2, ale
ow MI ber erring parent aguin ‘wml
pected,* recovering. from’ her brief. eotusion, rombie paused. He was close besid I for hirn, atmevedl for hing puch
gt, whee i above a busby iron Onto long silence followed, Mr, Abererombie | while Mr, Abercrombie reseated himself on the band elas of its ob. ° \Rereeie “to keep body ane soul dor hh ie te
ey ota sank upos mn the lot lounge, ‘bowed his head, and stared | lonnge, and resumed his fixed stare at the cai Sai Hema ice that was idled, well-fed a)
«Why, Cerio, my nephew," said the reeum-|at the the
bent pen leman, inthe tones of one recently
rom
te figure sia ken from. former ‘robustness, | continued, 0 not. fompt me to forget who you | Teluctance, this, too, passed ui meet shall you not have mnde np vour mind as to
4 megray hair dha rolled in nana: like masses off are, and a t you have m to me siuce those} “So you got home a day earlier than you ex-| Whether oF not you will tell me all?”
| wt forerel anit face, ‘aquiline features f
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a
Cedric’ walked toward’ one of the |‘ Well)” the Jou sil Went ont with « werrous | low and
itate mont pl
ah see you, ail the same,” now| For two mo = "eh Rama
hes
‘windows, and Tooke, fore through its half-dim uit_you face to face with the truth ny corn
inber, “eP i “hot "expect yop sites, e quiet, leat strewn street T knee that” Febuined Cedric, echoin tee yan Ny, That cain ie (woul pottilag and lived 9 dese ed
‘until to-morrow.” ieemoment deed Hetow, “Suddenly ate furned and looked at the Tntghh 8 And wow Evelyn,” he continned, | spare you, my boy, WI
rose from. his Nectining’y Position wand grasped his | his melee 1 Ogu , drown aauny | making’ inward eit “tell
visitor's outstretched liu ~ happened since 1
Iitdrive reason from fie. tre
‘ne just what lias | her throne forever, or eee riko you dead to tho s0 apt to
earth, as with @ very thunderbolt of hor:
bled “tor “tne resul
her father: pluuge’beadlong ince
Oli! vicious habits, viungs e
a Sy T