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adhering to a piece of stone larger than with the diamond, he took a long and stendy aim from his knee, and fired! "I am glad senor is pleased," replied the hofitalero. removing bis broad straw hat. of the Commandant, the entreaties of Fra Anselmo, and the suave legal rhetoric ol the Judge of the First Instance with itself! Some time elaoscd before we could real The dark valley and the steep mountains "Could you oblige me with a piece of slaughter and derision. lze our good fortune or believe in tho wealth rang with a thousand reverberations, as thev seemed to toss the sharn report from nara cnaiK 7 "Hard chalk," reiterated the hostaleroj "certainly, senor," and in a second ho we had so suddenly acqunuu. It seemed like a mere lump of rock cry echoing rock to rock, until it died away in Tired at last of wielding his large key, or finding that none would come within reach of it, he flung it at tbe group outside, and broke tho nether jaw of the escribano, who tal.

but larger than a goose-egg, and not broucht a niece from his kitchen. mid-air; but etui the diamond snone as brightly as ever, and our horses plunged unlike the Koh-i-Noor the fabled Ligh Hislop thanked him. placed it in his of the World that mysterious palladium of leu ine neiu oi untile with great precipita tion. pocket, and we rode off just as the clear twilicht began to deepen with the most so wildly that they nearly broke away from us. "If my aim is true, and the chalk bullet the destinies of India, betore it was cut, The commandant now summoned a parly magnificent effects of lingering light and polished, and in some degreo mutilated has struck the rock, it will indicate the oi soiuicrs, auu twelve men of the castle that it might figure in the Jhxuiuiuon purple shadow on land and sea, on moun guard came, under the orders of tho lieu bearings of the diamond, and we may un 1851 as ours may do, perhaps, that of tain, isle and shore.

ring given me by the Governor of Surabaya, and though mentioned last not esteemed the lead, our diamond, of which Marc Hislop and I have not yet ascertained the value or I should rather say its proper claim to the designation of a diamond. For Marc Hislop's sake, more than my own, I trust our sanguine expectations may be realized, and that it may, at all events, furnish him, out of his share of the prize, with the means of providing comfortably for the mother who so admirably trained him up to a love of knowlcdg and to a sense of duty. I have now realized the truth of Goethe's maxim: "He that looks forward sees one way to pursue; but he who looks backward sees many." And so, tempered by a year of adversity, enlightened by its experience and suffering, I have returned, more than ever determined to make up for lost time, and to work my way manfully to King's College, Cambridge; after which, the reader who has accompanied me so far, may perhaps hear of me again. THE END. tenant, Don Luiz Pineda, who at once or- ship it somehow in the morning," said the "What are vou about to do with that 1871.

Time will show. dered them to load with ball-catridgo. practical Scotchman, as tie quietly On seeing these dire preparations, which piece of chalk?" I asked; "for surely there is something veiled under the requast." "You shall soon learn that Is, if we see If a pure diamond, this stono was worth he could no longer withstand, Antonio "Morning? Must we wait here till then?" nearly seventy tnousanu pounus. ceasea nis untimely ribaldry. Great drops "Well, Dick, it is worth waiting lor and this real or enchanted diamond, snid lis us keep our own counsel, jjick of perspiration poured over his low but after all we have gone through since that about this, till we find ourselves in Lon 1 I 1 I.

1.1. lop, laughing. "What do you mean narrow temples. His dark brow was fur don," said Hislop, as lie consigned it to his rowed deeper, as if bv baffled rage and "That I shall put this diamond, if such breast-pocket, together witu tne piece oi futile ferocity; his black eyes glistened indeed it is, into my old motuers lap, wnen stone which ndhered to it; "and now we must rouke a good offlng while all is quiet here." I go home to Scotland said he with a boisterons laugh, in which I could not re wun a leanui gi re, and his vast bulky form seemed to dilate in muscular strength and size; the blue pallor of death passed over his thin and cruel lips, but still they uny nuvu wo piuKeu yuu up auuib in me chops of the Channel, we may sleep here pleasantly enough in one of the thickets." After lingering a little time and observing the strange sparkle, the actual origin of which we could scarcely realize, we tound a thick grove of laurels and securing our horses to two branches by the bridles, we unstrapped from each the large coarse horse-cloth, which is frequently folded and In a minute more, and lust as a group of horsemen farmers and sugar-miaers cn sist joining. CHAPTER Lll.

THE VALLEY OF THE DIAMOND tered tho vallev. we had mounted, and wero wmiicd by a mocking smile "Senor Don Luiz," said Fra Anselmo, were galloping toward Santa Cruz 88 fast "I entreat you not to have him shot dead, -What then, Sedor Padre?" placed under tho saddle by riders In Spain and its Colonics, and in these rugs we We rode due eastward by a narrow path as our horses' heels couia carry us. CHAPTER LIU. THE LAST OP ANTONIO EL CUUANO. "But merely wounded that he may hav BOOT AND SHOE EMPORIUM.

that traversed mountains ot rocK, covered home the moment our feet were on her deck of good old England oak ay, as much at home as if we stood upon the chalky South Foreland, and saw the green hop-fields of fertile Kent at our feet, with the gray towers of Dover and the white spires of Deal in the distance. Old Lambourne uttered a shout, and pointed to the Union Jack. One must be aboard and far away to feel to tho full the emotions that are excited, and the confidence which is inspired on seeing the old flag, that has swept every sea and shore, waving in its pride from the gaff-peak of the British man-of-war It is then that we feel "what a sway one little island has exercised over this mightv earth." Hislop aud I dined with Captain who was anxious to hear our story in detail. Our shipmates were told off to their several divisions, and we were placed in the ward-room mess for the remainder of the voyage. We sailed that night, and under steam and canvas, as we bore away to tho north, wo soon saw the Peak of Adam sinking into the dark blue sea.

"Adieu to the C.inaries," said Hislop, waving his hat "the next shore we seo will be Europe, tho white cliffs of Old Eng. land, perhaps." But next day we sighted tho great pitons of the Salvage Islands, a group of uninhabited rocks which are claimed by the Portugese (perhaps because no one else cures about them), and which are surrounded by dangerous shoals. One of these isles closely resembles the fantastic rocks of the Needles, at the west end of the Isle of Wight. On the Salvages the canary birds are so numerous, that nn old voyager says, "it is impossible to walk without crushing their eggs." "We touched nt Maderia, and alter a delightful voyage of about sixteen days, run up the Channel, and came to unchor in the Downs on the 20th of October. it I had been absent from home more than a year, when 1 found myself in London in mighty Londois, with its dark forests of masts and its darker cathedral dome, that meets the eye from every point of view a wondrous and bewildering change, after traversing so long the wide and lonely sea.

AVith a heart swollen by anxiety to learn tidings of my father, my mother, and sisters, I reached the counting-house of my uncle's firm, Rodney and in this city, but there was something so peculiar in my aspect, which pertained neither to sea nor shore, and was unmistakably outlandish, wrapped ourselves for warmth and prote time lor "Buena, then wounded he shall lie." by wild laurels, rosewood trees and vines. tion Irom the dew and mosquitoes. There we lav. eanh with ft londed rifle bv As we entered Santa Cruz we found a ar away on our icit, wearing me indigo tint, spread the ocean, the boil At that moment Antonio struck the young lieutenant on the face, by hurling his side, and his horse picketed near. Bailor great crowd of colonists, citizens, mulattoes Below Find Our Prices for a few Good son line of which was directly seen against JiKe.

melon went oil to sleep at onse, as Creoles, and negroes, an in money huu tue nie at htm, and inflicting a sever a sky ot copper red tuat appeared beneatn sound as a timber-head but for hours I eaudilv-strined linen jackets and trousers. wound. "Fire!" cried Pineda, mad with rage. found it impossible to follow so pleasant nssemhled in the Plaza, where a guard of tne Dank oi squally ciouus, wiiicu were fast dispersing now, or whirling upward into mid air and meltincr away. an example, and lav watching the light of Snanish infantry, with muskets shouldered A musket was levelled aud fired aud while the vaults of the castle rang with the moon, wnicn, assue rose nigncrin me and bayonets nxeu, Kept uacK me peupie In a valley on our left some lights were skv, descended the vast side ot the reDK oi in the lorm ot a nouow square, auout a hundred echoes the loud laugh of Antonio was heard.

He had crawled along the iron seen to glitter as if from the windows of Teneriilt), and at lust filled the volcanic raised wooden platform, which was covered ravine with a flood of liquid silver. with black cloth, and whereon wos placed bnr into a dark corner of his prison, where Houses. "That is Montanza de Centejo, nodoubt," The loveliness of the night, tho solemnity the garotte coiled up at the extreme length of his chain said Hislop. he escaped tho bullet, which was flattened "What is all this about?" we asked. "It is for the execution of Antonio, of the scenery, the lonely position in which I found myself, and the strange errand on which we" had come, all conduced to fill on the masonry.

In a few minutes more we saw the three rosewood trees, and then the waysido well beneath the shadow of their branches. It Cuban pirate, who is to die by the Again and again the soldiers fired iu succession, but missed him, and the vault be replied a soldier. me with contemplation and many thoughts was a simple and rude arch of stone, from This instrument of the law was simply that banished slumber. came full of 6moke. wooded duct in which the water flowed In all the vast expanse of heaven, into "Basta!" said they; "wh.it is the use of into a stone basin an upright wooden post raising from the platform.

At its base was a low stool, on which the condemned are seated and about wasting powder on a picaroon who is bul which that wondcrous peak ascended to the height of more than twenty thousand feet, "Here is the fountain," said "and now let-pioot no cloud was visible; but there were mil three feet above that appears an iron ring Pineda now took a musket, aud aimin We have four different patterns cf Plow Pucks, 75, 1.00, $1.25, $1.50. Pair Leather Shoes for men, $1.50, $1.73 $2.00, $3.25, and upwards. Boys' Shoes, a splendid line, both Buckle and Lace. Fine Shoes for Boys, $1.50, $1.75, $3.00 and up wards. Ladies, do you need a good Shoe at bw -ices? If 60, call on Mason.

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11. D. MASON. with a handle and screw, by tho compres very deliberately, fired. 1 hen Antonio our path to the right "Lies through a gap in these rocks." "An ugly place "Is your rilie loaded, Dick?" "Yes and capped too," said I.

sion of which they are strangled, instantly chum was heard to rattle as he sprang from tho iron bar with a wild bound, for tiie ball or slowly, according to sentence. The crowd was very impatient the liou lions upon millions of stars, rivalling nnd almost eclipsing the splendor of the moon. The silver light was poured aslant into the valley through every rent and fissure in the crags causing masses of shadow between them while the wild vino aud the cocoanut trees were covered with prismatic had broken his right thigh-bone. Passing through a gorge in the piles of at which the grim sceno wa to have taken Now he howled, bellowed, and literally rock that rose on our rieht, we found our foamed at tho mouth, as he rolled about on place was now long past. murmurs rose from the people, who had heard most selves in ala'rge and rugged ravine, throuch the floor, encumbered by his iron clinin gems as the dew gathered on their pendant his broken leg, nnd fettered foot.

Tw which, under masses of creepers, there brawled a rough mountain torrent, and by exaggerated stories of Antonio's statne, strength, and ferocity, and glances of anger and impatience were darted at the gilt dial other shots were fired; by one, an arm was broken, and by another a collar-bone. On us side mere wound a narrow patn leaves una nun. so splendid was tne moonshine, and so mild was the atmosphere, that the wild canaries, like golden birds in some fairy valley, were twittering This ravine had been formed by that of the town-house, on wnicn a oiacs uan this he lay still, and called out in a husky that old John Thomas, the porter, seemed i convulsion of nature which took place dur- ner was hoisted but hall-inast high, voice, 'Senores. I surrender have mercy!" about us as if day had broken. We recognized nearly all the crew of the San Ildefonso in front of the mob there, too.

ng the visit of Alphouso de Albuquerque iand Tristan de Cunha, when the famous diamond was said to have first become At last 1 grew weary and slept, were a number of British sailors of H. With the first peep of day, Hislop aroused visible, steam sloon-of-war Active which had an me. 1 was wen to be up and doing, beiore Then the pioneers rushed in and dragged hjm out. But the spirit of tho fiend was yet strong within him, for as he was borne past Don Luiz, bleeding from three wounds he clenched the hand "which yet retained The stupendous cone of the great Piton chored in the harbor that morning. others, who might observe us, came out of Several priosti in long gray robes wero rose ueiore us at tne end ot tne ravine, in some places the latter was dark as blackest the ravine, though it had all the aspect ot a lonely and unfrequented place.

About two power, and struck him a violent blow. hurrying to nnd fro, begging a "peseta" to night could be, while the former, for some miles of the mountain peak were gilded by pay lcr masses tor xne soui vi uie con Cattle Hrill. Farmers, now is the 'time to brand cattle W. Reynolds 150 Massachusetts street, Law renee, will get you up brands to order, In first class style, at reasonable rates, 13.10.w3w On that instant the sword of the fiery young lieutenant would have been passed the vet (to us) unnsen sun; but in the val demued man. thousand teet ot its height, below even the region of laurels, was bathed in pure white flood of silver sheen, for a splendid moon As neither Hislop nor I had any desire through his heart, had not ra Auseimo ley there was only twilight when we folded our rugs, saddled our horses, and proceed to witness a scene so barbarous and levoit arrested the blade by grasping it.

had now arisen liom the sea. ing to the stone which bore the name of Just as Jose Estremera had rsached this inclined to shut the door in my luce. A short explanation, however, soon overcame his scruples, and I was then admitted. My uuelo was at Erlesmere but his head clerk assured me that my family were nil well, though they had long since given me up as as a handsome (he assured me it was rcry handsome) whito marble tablet erected to my memory in the Kectory church remained to testily. My lcttoats from Cuba hud never reached home i As I had no desire to shock my parents by a sudden surprise, a telegram preceded me, nnd in less than an hour I was off by tbe express-train for Erlesmere.

But with all its speed, the express seemed to slow for me. Marc Hislop accompanied me until he could get a ship but before looking for that he meant to visit his old mother, who lived some where in Scotland. After all that we had undergone, all that I had to show my family were the sword and my old book found in the water-logged brig, the creese of a mutinous Lascar, the point in his narrative of the morning ing as an execution, we hastened to our posada to breakfast, where we wero joined by Captain Jose Estremera, who hud just Juan Aererro.went from thence in a straight line toward the rocky cliff, which closed proceedings, we heard a tremendous hub Trees! Trees! Trees! Full Stock. Best assortment in the State. Sale Ground, south of Park, Lawrence Kansas.

P. P. FmLiirs. mSD-dtf Atter proceeding with our horses at a walk for about a mile, looking carefully for the next land mark mentioned by the hostalero, Hislop drew up and dismounted in the end ot tho hollow, at the distance oi bub, and on hurrying to the tront window; come irom tne uastie ot fcania wnere the culprit was confined, and where a most somewhat more than nfty paces. ot the posada, saw a vast crowd ruunin We reached a sloping bluff of rugged extraordinary scene had taken after a low hurdle that was drawn by two saying, "Here it is Dick." The little Spanish skipper was quite mules past the end ot the street which led basalt, faced by strange lava-like columnar musses that might easily be disloged by a excited; his black eves were round as sought toward the great l'Hzi.

saucers olive cheek whs flushed crimson crowbar, and all were spotted by luxuriant It bore the miserable and hall-dead form I also dismounted, and found near the pathway a stone which had evidently once stood upright, but now it lay flat among the Jong grass and wild flowers that grew of Antonio el Cubano to tho final scone of and he spoke so fast and said so much that Tun Only Sure Cure Fok Rupture. Tbe Oldest and Best Hernia Surgeons in the world are some of the advantages offered by the Triumph Truss Company, 334 Bowery, N. whoso Truss and Supporter were awarded the Medal at the last session the great American Institute Fair. Send 10' cents for their book. linches, which in the wet season would ripen into velvety moss, while long grass his crimes anil rscent sufferings the he nearly choked himseit over nis eggs and trailers, covered with gorgous wildflowers garrotte.

there. Notwithstanding the gloom 'which yet scalding-hot narrative was as follows, aud it pro enveloped us 1 could niaite out an inscrip grew every elett and chasm. This rocky bluff was about sixty feet in height, the increasing light, Hislop sented a singular instance of mad ferocity, tion, partly by feeling with my fingers. It bo perished tuis sinner i CHAPTER LIV CONCLUSION. of cowardice, and despair, scanned it with a keen nautical eye, In the morning, probably about the same was deeply cut, and ran thus "Aqvi mataron a Juan Hererro.

1850. time that Hislop and I were busy with our had been accustomed to detect sight and signs in every state of the atmosphere and "Here they slew John Smith," said His diamond, the bastonero, or turnkey ot tho I have but little more to add, for with lop, choing, or rather, freely translating elements. Castle Santa- Cruz, winch is at once a this last episode tho course of wiid adven In a minute or less an exclamation of prison, a barrack, acd fortress opened the the legend. "They who were they tures upon which I had been so strangely door of Antonio's cell tn announce to him. satisfaction escaped him, nnd pointing up, hurried, nearly closes.

'Some robbers, no doubt perhaps like ward, the usual form, that Honor the Judge ot A few hours alter the death ot Antonio, "Dick." he added "db vou see us, he came in search ot the great dia the Court, had arrived to read over his sen when Hislop and with Lambourne, Carl mond.1 I looked in the direction indicated, and TURKISH BATH Affl) ELECTRO-MEDICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE TREATMENT AND CURE OF ALL CHRONIC DISEASES, SUCH AS Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Catarrh, Itronchitis, Paralysis, Neurasthenia, and all Female IHseases. Diseases of the Skin, Head, Heakt, Lungs, Liver and Kidkeys; Caxceks, Tcmors, Ulcers, "Then is he buried here, think you I tence again, and to convey him to the Chapel of the Doomed, where Fra Ansel-mo would confer and pnty vith him prior saw a small whito star formed by the chalk ton, and other survivors of the Eugenie were waiting in the office of the British Consul to make some arrangements for bullet upon the titce or the rock. asked, instinctively stepping back from the stone. "I cannot say. It is lively this, and not "1 do," do!" to nis execution.

rewarding Jose Estremera for his kindness "There or there abouts must be this dia. On entering, the bastonero found Anto to us all, we met Captain the lion, i-gerto: mond, which is never visible by day a bit ot moonshine here yet! nio whistling cheerfully, and deliberately using a sharp file, which he had procured. "But we have neither hammer, chisel. of 11. 51.

ship Active, who was so struck with our story that he offered us all a passage to England, an offer which no one knew how, but with the aid of nor said 1 and our lingers, 1 Eagerly and anxiously we gazed about us, but saw not a ray ot light in the dark valley or ravine and though neither of us said so at the time, we were not without vague suspicions of having been fooled, or, icar wont avail us much." which ho released one of his ankles from the fetterlocks, by which his feet had been we accepted witu gratitude. HiBlop threw the bridle of his horse over His ship was leaving the squadron, and a laurel-bush I did the same and In a few secured to a ponderous iron bar that trav returning home to be repaired. minutes we had climbed to the spot indi ereed his cell. But though still held fast 8 a. m.

to 2 P. M. 2 to 9 p. M. 8 A.

M. tO 12 M. Hours for Ladies, -Hours for Gentlemen, Sundays, (for Gentlemen only) it might be, lured into some awkward trap for our ideas of the Spanish character had "Kodney Hodney," said he, ponder- by one leg, he flung himself bodily, like a cated by the chalk mark and there also we found the conical bullet of his Enfield rifle inglv. when the Consul introduced me by no means unproved upon acquaintance. wild nmmai, on the unsuspecting bastonero "you ought to have been a sailor, for your i.

i i) i flattened out like a florin, and adhering to uo you see tne diamond yet, jjick tore the heavy keys irom his leather girdle the lace of the rock. asked my mend tor tne third time. and after dealing him a deadly blow on the name is wen bnowa in uie service, auu his works brought the memory of my poor For nearly twenty minutes we examined "Jiot 1. Are you sure that we are on the bead, dashed hun bleeding and senseless. Ample facilities for the eare snd treatment of Patients from a distance.

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DOBBINS, Proprietor. mother's ambition back to me, ana spot from which it is visible." against the wall outsido the cell door. throught of the old picture which hung in "Here by this tlat tiione, wo were to lie then closed the latter, locked it on all the locality of these marks, and at last I discovered something that appeared to be a dull gray piece of rock crystal, half sunk and half projecting from the face of the the dining-room at home. the inside, and'resumcd the use of the file, No 0 Vermont street, After a brief conference with his ship stand. Try a little more to your right." "I see nothing yet." Lawrence, Kansas.

23 3 dtf. mates. Tattooed Tom now came forward which was heard rasping on tho steel, while he sang his favorite "Companero, com pa- lhere was a pause, during which we basalt, and led Hislop to it. and twirling his fragment of a hat, said walked about, peering into obscurity. Uttering nu exclamation of joy, he de nero, that "if the noble captain had no objection clared that beyond a doubt, it was the Aware that the crowd wero waiting in diamond! as he, Ned Carlton, Probart and the other poor fellows of tho Eugenie were out of a the Plaza and that Spanish crowds were not to be trifled with, in vain did the com We were almost breathless at this sudden "Stay I see something!" I exclaimed, in an excited tone.

"Come this way a yard or so it shines now I added, when after stepping a pace or two to the left, a faint gleam, like the first ray of a small and very uisUni revolving beacon a tiny one berth, and at uncommon low water, they 1776. 1876. mandant of the Castle of Santa Cruz, the discovery, and looking about us on every would cladly ship aboard the Active, and judgd, the escribano, and Fra Anselmo en enter her Majesty service. hand, like the perpetrators or a robbery, lest we might be observed but except our horses cropping the grass, and the golden Captain who saw at a glance that treat Antonio to cease his fruitless resistance, as his fate was sealed now beyond the reach of pardon even from tho CENTENNIAL CLOTHING HALL they were all hrst-class seamen, readily ac canary birds that sang on every twig and tree, there appeared no living thing on the cepted the offer, and promised them the indeed stole upon the gloom and then a steady sparkle, like that of a star, shene through the pitchy blackness that envelop, ed the whole length and breadth of the usual bounty; on which they gave three mountain above or in the ravine beneath us. NO.

79 MASSACHUSETTS STREET, Kcsoived to die as he had lived' like a But how were we to extract pur treasure. tiger, Antonio fiercely refused. hollow. The hostalero of Orotava had not de if a treasure indeed it was. loud cheers for the Queen, and it came from their throats not the less heartily that they were far away from her and in a foreign land, all tattered as they were, with scarcely The priest implored hun to pass tho keys Vainly we used our knives, till the blades ceived us, for the diamond was now before through the iron grating in the cell door.

us. shining visibly, bent and broke; vainly wo punched it lie uttered a shout ot laughter. The armorer of the castle was now sutn- with the butts and ramrods of our rifles, shirt to their backs. "Heaven bless vou, my lads," said His Like a star, it seemed to shrink and while we gazed on it, which Hislop It remained solid, hard, fast, and im lop; "this is the best thing you can movable. mond to force the lock but tho mechanism of it resisted all his strength, and skill.

Senor the commandant was furious did. long and steadily believe me oaptain li you win nna Hislop's aim had been a true one, under "Well, Dick he, "you have first seen the diamond, and shall have the my old shipmates neitber waiters nor PROPIETOR; the circumstances, for the cristal was sit The pioneers of the garrison was next green-hands, but thorough A. uated just three inches from his shot-mark. At last he, being fertilo in resources, on ordered in with their iron crowbars and sledge-hammers to beat down tho door. As they all loved him, another cheer for Of this establishment, takes pleasure in announcing to his numerous friends that he is It was small but enormously thick, being now getting in his LAKGJrJ BTOCK.

ot built of bars of oak and iron bolted together finding a sloping rent in tho rock, about eight inches above the object of our solitude, bethought him of blowing it ou by largest share, if we get it." -1 laughed at this, and asked "How does it shine thus in the dark?" "Because the diamond is a gem possessing a greater refractive power than any other precious stone, and reflects every atom of light which falls upon it at an angle of incidence greater than twenty-four and a half degrees, even before being and curiously inserted in a groove formed gunpowder. in the massive wall of the old bastle, Wens', Boys' and Yomhs'. Clothing," Gents Furnishing Goods For an hour thev toiled at it. and in Uir All our cartridges, about thiity in num ber, were at once opened, and their contents rammed hard or pounded in, with a intervals of their labor the sound of Antonio's file was heard at work, together with his maledictions, his songs, and fierce derisive laughter. cut.

I remember that lienvenuto Cellini, piece ot stick and a stone In lieu of a mallet llislop lollowect, and while the captain went off to the Active In his gig, we all adjourned to a posada to have a last friendly glass together. Soon after, as the war steamer was to sail that evening, a boat under a midshipman camo off for us, and then we bade farewell to Jose Estremera, to his mate Manuel Gauthier, to Fra Anselmo, and the old Governor of Surabaya "Come, Dick we have no time to lose," said Hislop; "let us be off to the ship while daylight lasts; these fellows in Tenenffe haven't missed their diamond yet I shall never forget uiy emotions of joy when the boat with llislop and the rest of us came sheering alongside the Active. AND in his History of Jewelry, mentions a mag The rent was small, and seemed about a foot rl.jep. This impromptu mining was a Ho! ho! my hue fellow," said the Com i lnbo! urns nltair, lor it required to be care mandant, rattling his sabre, "we shall soon see the end of this tine game!" nificently colored carbuncle, which was found in a vineyard near Kome, simply by its shining in the night. Stand Bteadily where you are, Dick, and don't lose sight Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises, Etc.

fully done, ami occupied more than two hmn as we hud to plug up the aperture At last the door tell in Iragments, but un of it. while I advance up the ravine. tightu, leaving only a very small touch- fortunately one strong iron bar still remained across the aperture; the daylight hoi- He did so thrice, and each time f-iund nil was complete, some cigar fuse that on proceeding about twenty yards, it uuviug uiiugub a greui mtiuy ui uie auuvu guuus at auction ior casii, 1 can pror that it will be to your advantage to examine my stock before buying elscw her streamed into the vault, an I now, like a baited wild lcat Antonio, who was ftill and powder were prepared together faded awav altogether. fettered to the iron bar, drugged himself "It is probably a mere rock crystal," I us they were inserted and a iglit Hppiied. said.

toward the doorway, armed with the lar-e kev, which was about a loot long. BOX OF PAPER (COLLARS Mieeroll, Dick give it a wide berth! "No rock crystal ever shown with a brilliance like replied Hislop, vehem eriVd Hislop. When another bastonero attempted' to 1 he lusee i-nioki as it consumed, but enter by stooping, a blow from tho key fell ently but whether it is a diamond oi tne purest water or a will-o'-the-wisp a like a thunderbolt upon Ins dclenceloss slowly, and breathlessly we looked on, ut ten yauis' distance. To A SUIT OF FINE CLOTHING. I am dutflrmlned to do a LARGER BUSINESS this season than ever, nnd if eood erc3 and Bpunkie, as we chI! it in Scotland I'll give head, and he was dragged out bv the heels, apparently in a dying state.

it aeenied to die out, for the smoke ce.ised.and tbe Inst pull', niter curling among hevcral others who ventured in, met the She was so clean, so trig, so square aloft with the bright copper gleaming in the water below her black bulwarks and red portholes, through her sixty-eights nnd thirty-twos peered above the brine; the snow-white hammock cloths, with the gold epaulets of the lieutenant of the watch glittering above them; the red-coated marines on her poopand forecastle; the great scarlet ensign of "OKI Englaud" floating at the gafipeak and that no part of tbe illusion might he wanting, a little marine feifer, playing schrilly but sweetly "Home, sweet home," in one of the boats that lay alongside by the guess-warp boom. She was so thoroughly British in her aspect, 6o unlike anything we had seen in the feus we had traversed, that we felt at LOW PRICES will win, I am bound to euceeed in my efforts. DON'T PART WITH YOUR MONEY these bard times until you have posted yourself at same the whole place became tplashej with blood the consternation ceased, and the given trailers passed away. Hislop wis about to nsceud and to exnmine tiie powder, when there was a loud and slmrp explosion a little cloud of dust TIIE CI.OTIIIXi II4IX. the authorities were at their wit's cud, for the liior ay wa so small that one peison alone could'enter at a time, and then only it a touch witu a Bnon tnneui, poiui-blank." Hislop's riiio was already capped and loaded, but with his knife be shaped an oblong ballet of the hard white chalk which he procured fK Orotav, and carefully rammed it down the barrel.

Having gome matches about him, he be-l the knob of the foresight and the of the backsight with phosphrous, and thus bringing the tw lights in a line and Irom the cliff some Irng- Difi'sof ix in number, about the wnen stooping low, it position wnicn placed them completely at the mercy of Antonio. JACOB IXOXJ03Z3, of livl fell, on tho bank bt'inw. ViLTin we rushed down, and i or another hour did that frenzied ruf Proprietor aid Cieaeral laanger. in a tnouH'til liislop lound the diamond fian kwp all at. bay, replying to tbe threats Mchl-dSwJy.