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o few eee $2 apPenee THE MYSTERIES OF THE COURT. And now let us suppose them arrived there. | attended by the valet, arrived in Rugiland. Juliana Handsome apartments were at once obtained—s , speedily ascertained that her mother and Edmand sumptuous repast was served up—and inspired by exhilarating champagne, the two travellers could now look back with smiles and triumph at the perils they had passed through and the fatigues they had endured. We may even go a little farther, and depict Forester on his knees at the feet-of the handsome Juliana—his arms encircling her waist—his head resting upon her bosom— while she, with her fine dark eyes swimming in a voluptuous languor, looked down upon his truly handsome countenance. He forgot that she had been a bandit’s wife: he beheld only in her a woman of grandly luxurious beauty—and he was rejoiced at the conqrest he had achieved. Mr. Forester failoa not to write to the banka at Madrid, to whom he all the circum- stances under which his letter of credit had been originally presented by Ramon de Collantes. Iy duo course he received an answer, informing him that the genuine charecter of the transaction had been suspected—that there had seemed something strango in the very nature of the letter which it was pretended had been written from an hotel at Figueras—and that the person representing him- scif' as Senor Escosura was required to bring for- ward credible witnesses to tee his respecta- bility. This was a demand with which Ramon de Collantes had evidently found it somewhat incon- venient to comply—for he did not present himself a@ second time to the banker, who therefore saw that he had exercised a sound discretion. To be brief, this gentleman’s communication farther in- formed Forester that the amount represented in the letter of credit was now duly remitted to a banker et Barcelona. In the interval the valet arrived safe and sound from the tower. be summed up in a few words. A few hours after | tho escape of his master and Juliana took place, an alarmn was raised, to the effect that the military wore approaching. From what the valet could judge, an immediate council of war was held by the banditti—the result being a determination to emake a desperate stand: for if they were to take to flight, i¢ was bat too evident they would be pur- eued, and in that straggling form cut to pieces. As the squadron appsoached, it was received with vollies of musketry, poured forth from the windows of passing at least a few days with them. He was quite weil enough pleased with his conquest to wish to retain her as a mistress, though he had not the slightest idea of ing her his wife. He therefore t that she would not long remain absent from him; and he promised that during the interval, he would take some residence m the neighbourhood of London, whitber to bear her after her visit to Saxundale House. On her own side, Juliana was equally .well ploased with Mr. Forester; and she promised to grant his re- quest, Under these circumstances they parted : may Staunton: for he, though not actually domiciled at Saxondale House, nevertheless Passed the greater portion of hig time there. CILAPTER CLXIX. LINKS IN THE CHAIN OF RVIDENCE. Ws must now once more transport the reader into Linovinshire. About sixteen months had elapsed since the circumstances of oir story rivetted attens tion upon Saxondale Castle and ite neighbourhood : we allude to the period when Adelaide met her death, in the waters of the Trent, at the hands of her own husband. Sinee that era neither the The intelligence he brought may ; guilty young man nor Lady. Saxondale had re- visited the Castle; and the circumstance whigh had created so greet a sensation at the time, had almost ceased to be spoken of by the dwellers in that district. It was about the time of Julians'’s return to One fine of April, 1846— Mr. Hawkshaw was riding out on horwebaok, when he encountered his friend Mr. Denison, who was of the tower: but the soldiers bore themselves | pre bravely—stormed the building—end succeeded in capturing those of the band who were not alain in the onslaught. The prisoners thus taken, were despatched under a proper escort to Barcelona,— and tho valet took advantage of the circumstance ¢o accompany the military. As for the females of the band, they were generously suffered by the officer in command of the squadron, to go at large. It farther appeared that, immense quantities of wood being cut down and collected for the purpose, the tower was set on fire; and though the masonry was too solid for the work of ruin to be complete, the place was nevertheless reduced to @ condition that would render it unfit to harbour any of the ether brigand hordes which still infested Cata- lonia. The prisoners who were sent to Barcelona, suf- fered in due time upon the scaffold: bat long ere heir cxocution took place, Forester and Juliana, old gentleman had been om a visit to the Marq of Eagledean at Edenbridge Park in Kent, and had only returned on the day previous to which we are writing. ‘* My dear friend,” exclaimed Hawkshaw, when they had shaken hands and exchanged the usual compliments, “I was just thinking of you as I saw you turn the angle of the road. I was when you purposed to come back, What ti bring you from Edenbridge? Ali our friends well and happy, ae when last I saw them some fifteen or sixteen months back F”’ “Ah! that was on the occasion of the four bridals,” observed Denison; “and you remember that I also was of the - ee, they are ail well and happy: indeed I know not wherefore they should be otherwise. I have been paying a porfect round of visite; and I have letters for you, Hawh. shaw, pressing you to do the same. My groom POE EEG? See «— — eo (COL (C DOO CS (COL