rately prepared scene t. teps above top of tep, placed a yard or t of tory—ood, surrounded by exotics, and tenanted by gold fis must ransported rouble, on account of its size and .

    Seated on t, by ter, costumed in surban on ures suited tume exactly: ern emir, an agent or a victim of tring. Presently advanced into vietired in oriental fasied sas: an embroidered ted about emples; ifully-moulded arms bare, one of t of supporting a pitc of form and feature, ed tisriarcless ter sended to represent.

    S over it as if to fill ced it to o accost o make some request:- “Sed, let do, opened it and s bracelets and earrings; sed astonis and admiration; kneeling, reasure at ; incredulity and deligures; tranger fastened ts on  ing.

    ty again laid togetly t agree about trated. Colonel Dent, tableau of tain again descended.

    On its tion of t being concealed by a screen,  of dark and coarse drapery. ts place, stood a deal table and a kitcs inguished.

    Amidst t a man ing on  on ter; t   torn from e and scoenance, tling  tacters.

    “Bride, and the charade was solved.

    A sufficient interval o resume tume, tered ter led in Miss Ingram; sing ing.

    “Do you knoers, I liked you in t best? O lived a fe gentleman-highwayman you would have made!”

    “Is all t  towards her.

    “Alas! yes: ty! Noto your complexion t ruffian’s rouge.”

    “You would like a hen?”

    “An Englis best to an Italian bandit; and t could only be surpassed by a Levantine