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266 is dear to mo: I had vowed also to do my best to! parted from her with the moet affectionate and save Miss Marshall’s;—and shocking though it were to adopt such a course, it was absolutely necessary to suffer one life to be smothered away, rather than ensure the certain taking of fwoo—and lively demonstrations of gratitude. In order to finish this episode without the necessity of recurring to it, we may as well ebserce that in the course of a few weeks after one of these two my own! The wild cry which |‘the ‘tragedy inthe forest, the innkeeper and the burst from the landlord’s lips bore to my eass"the conviction that he had just then discoverail ‘his horrible mistake; and while that cry was ‘yet ringing through the house, the body of gendarmes gallopped up to the door. Not an instant Bid I lose in speaking to them from the window, sand imploring succour, as murder was ‘being tence beneath that roof: and it must have'been Provi- dence itself who sent them at ‘that critical mo- ment to bait their horess at the nm,—<forti was the means of ensuring our safeby.antl uprosiimy a nest of assassins.” But little mere remaims to be toll im order .to make the reader fulby : with‘ the details statenent of onewT "fee -emileteers St-vas pébthere: keppet's -wife, "bemg cemppletely overcome with ‘liquer, seas ordered by ‘her hubband to get -up'to bed, -s0 "Gat the house might ‘be quict and the murderems echeme carried. into execution as soon an possthls. It was but too tiear’ that the misaxibie woman staggered imto the fivet chamber to tho doer éfwhich her uncertain steps brought her; was enly awakened for a few swift brief pasting moments, to strugglo.amd avrifke -mn death-agonies beneath the bolster whith ther aniscreant’ husband retained with tremendams “ferce over ‘her counte- mance. There can be Z#tle doubt that on her ecasing to move, he feltamonget her garments for the purse which he supposed to be concealed there ; and that the texture oft$he raiment suddedly sent the hideous, horrible, ‘Ddlaating convictian:to his mind that it was his own wife whom he had thus asaresinated ! All the depositions bemg duly taken down in the preeance of the Meygor, Miss Marshéil inti- matéd, through the mediam of the interpreter, that it was of vital cemsequence for her to be allowed to-continue her journey to Madrid; and she therefore hoped thatthe purposes of justice might be served without any farther detention on her part. This request was promptly acceded to, —there being ample evidence against the acsoused € ensure therr conviction. The Mayor was s0 much pleased with the conduct of Paquetta service in the capacity of jady’s-maid. The girl, being. an orphan, aud entirely dependent on ‘her own resources, joyfully and gratefully accepted: the proposition. Before parting from Paquetta, Kate Marshali—speaking by: means of the interpreter— offered to make here present of as large a sum from her purse as she coukl possibly spare :. but the young Spanish girl replied, through the same medium, that there were.services which one fallow- creature could remier:to another of too holy and sacred a character to be recompensed by gold; and that the service sho had been enabled to afford Miss Marshall was one of these. In short sho positively declined to accept anything; and Kate Co eres two muleteers expiated their crimes upon the scaffold,—death berg inflicted by the infamous process Wii tise gerdtte. ry newer CHAPTER CXLIV. PUR MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. Katy Biawswart arrived safely in the Spanish smepitel; amd teek up her residence at a modest bat sespectable tavern to which Count Christoval had directed ‘her amongst other parting instruc- tiens whith he“had gtven her in Catalonia. One of the primarpal reasons which he had for recom- mending teer to this hostelry, was that the land- ing a goulshearte!l eroman, was certain to afford Zt -was might When ‘Kate arrived at Madrid on on the following snermaggsike repaired, with the hotel-porter as har guide, to the residence of the aent en learning that this nobleman had left the dsy before for Paris, in company with the Mar- chioness; and that they were likely to remain ‘abeant for six weeks—even if the Marquis should return to that diplomatic post at all, he having the prospect of a higher and more lucrative appoint- ment. This was a terrible blow for poor Kate: sho knew not what to do: but dispirited and de. sponding, ahe retraced her way to the hostelry. She was not however a young woman likely to abandon herself to utter despair ; and though seri- ously afflicted, she summoned all her energies to her aid, that no time should be lost in adopting some specific course. She sat down and wrote two beseeching. his advice—the other to the \Marguis ef Villebeile, which, at the Jamdlady’s suggestian,: sie addressed to the care of :the Minister of Bereign Affaire at Paris, it being certain that to this fune- tionary Villebelle’s first visit would be -péid on his arrival in the French capital; and-as he was:‘nes hkely to travel day.and night without intermission, the letter woald im all probability reach ite desti- On the followmg day ikate hail ‘the satisfastion of receiving a latter from Don Ohristoval at Bap- celona,—written hosvever before. he could of course have received her's. It was‘to the effect that he had completely succeeded with the Oaptain-General in procurang 2 respite-for Edward Ruseell until the result of her proceedings on her lover's behalf should be made knewn. Den Diego moreover in- formed Kate that the Captain-General was vested with sufficient euthority to extend this respite for three weeks, which he had mo doubt would be done; and therefore the Count expressed a hope that inthe interval dfies Marshall would find her endeavours crowned with complete success. The intelligence thus conveyed in Count Christoval’s COMMUC DOO CS (COL