see! I'm a married man, and have five | ough. "By jingo, there it goes! She's children at home. Is it likely-is it rea- finished somebody!" and the money ratsonable? My bankers will tell you I am tled to the bottom of the carriage, as I respectable, sir. I never put a finger on leaped to my feet, for the sharp crack of her, and nobody would do, for she's as a pistol was heard from the adjoining ugly as sin. My soul! To think of such compartment. All was instantly com a charge as this! She's seventy years motion. The train stopped, and every of age, sir. Is it likely ?" window was crowded with heads; the women shrieked, and the men shouted. I opened our door, for I was horrified to see a man in railway uniform stretched on the ticket platform. "She is not fifty yet, sir," I stammered out. 66 "But I didn't touch her. I'll swear it! Interfere with a woman armed in that way; is it reasonable to think it ?" he again pleaded. "But," he quickly went on, who knows what lies she'll tell the guard? And my name's on the stick in full, it's a presentation stick. Oh dear!" he groaned, tumbling back on the seat. "I suppose, from what the guard said, he'll ask the lady; but I don't think you need be afraid," I remarked soothingly. "After this row in the papers, the magistrates would commit a saint; and there are lots o' folks who'd believe it against a new-born babe. Let me get out! I may as well be killed as disgraced. What would my wife say? I should never have another hour's peace. Let me go. I have a bit of luggage, but anybody may have that-you may! But I swear I never touched her; an' if it's the last word I say, I vow it's true." "Is he a ticket collector? I thought he was a ruffian!" uttered my aunt's rough and now agonized tones, as she leaned out of the next window, with the revolver in her hand. Then, a long, loud scream escaping from her, she loosed the deadly weapon, which rattled down among the wheels, and closing her eyes, she grew very pale, and subsided within in a swoon. A number of us hurried to the man in the railway uniform, who still lay on the platform quite motionless. Upon raising him, he was seen to be wounded on the upper part of the forehead. A rivulet of blood trickled down, and the front locks of hair were singed and frizzled. I believed, for the moment, that my aunt had reloaded the pistol, and startling visions of trials for murder flitted before my eyes. But the man almost instantly rallied, and a surgeon, who was among the passengers, pronounced that the wound was only a skin-graze from the wadding. The collector, in answer to the fifty-and-one inquiries made at once, explained that as the train was stopping, he put his hand on the carriage door to ask for the lady's ticket, when she in He had become so excited, that I won't say he would not have left the carriage instanter, if I would have allowed him. I was obliged to confess that I knew the lady, and that she was very eccentric, but I assured him she would never make any such charge as he apprehended. After some time, I succeeded in quieting the gentleman a little, and instantly lifted her arm and shot him! the intervals of wiping profuse perspiration from his face, head, and neck, he repeatedly intimated that, if I would but recover for him his stick, his house, his lands, the balance at his bankers, and nearly everything that was his, should be at my disposal whenever I chose to visit the neighborhood of Gainsborough, where, it seemed, he resided. "I've seen somewhere, it's forty shillings for getting into a carriage while the train's moving," said my companion. "I'll give the guard two pounds willingly, and end it," he said, pulling out his purse to be ready, for the train was stopping for collection of tickets at Peterbor Aunt Tab, amidst all the hurly-burly which prevailed, was lifted out of the carriage, and carried down to the station, where she was conveyed to the sta tion-master's room, fortunately remaining unconscious the while. I got my Gainsborough friend (who in the interval had contrived to secure his stick) to accompany me to the head official, and relate what he had observed of the lady's demeanor, urging this in corroboration of my own account of the craze my aunt had been encouraged in by that ridicu lous Mrs. Leeson. From my unlucky relative's own story, when she had a little come round, it ap peared that she had been lying back in the carriage, with her eyes shut, ruminating on the narrow escape she had had from unheard-of peril by the forced flight of a cowardly assailant at Huntingdon, and as the train slackened for Peterborough, she opened her eyes to find a man's face at the window, whereupon she raised the pistol, and pulled the trigger instantly. It was very fortunate for the man that I had extracted the original charge, and as no bullets were found in the other barrels, the charges of which were at once drawn, I represented that my aunt's only object was to raise an alarm. The wounded man, however, intimated that it was not part of his ordinary duties to be shot at by lady passengers even with blank cartridge; and my aunt, overjoyed to see him alive, wished to present to him her portemonnaie. I took care that he was handsomely compensated; and, indeed, we parted on such a friendly footing, that, winking shrewdly from underneath a great patch of sticking-plaster, he said he would not mind being shot at again upon the same terms. After some two hour's delay, during which time my aunt was examined mentally by three local doctors, it was graciously decided not to call in magisterial interference, on the condition that I at once conveyed my relative back to London, and pledged myself to place her under proper medical control. I and the crushed lady accordingly returned to town by the next up-train, in a state of mind on her part which I shall not attempt to describe. She has not paid the visit into Lincolnshire, and I do not expect she ever will. Aunt Tab has never asked for any explanation of how I came to be so opportunely at hand at Peterborough, but most likely she learned it all from Mrs. Leeson, with whom I held a boisterous conversation immediately after she had recovered the surprise of my aunt's unexpected re turn. From Bentley's Miscellany. BURIED TREASURE IN NAPOLEON AND THE BURIED BY DR. MICHELSEN. IN 1807, General Gardanne was informed by a correspondent that a relative of his own, who had resided for a number of years in Persia, had, in consequence of a popular outbreak, fled from the country, after burying in a secret spot his accumulated wealth, amounting to several millions of piastres. The spot in question was so minutely described, and even sketched out in a forwarded plan of the environs of Ispahan, that Gardanne had not the least doubt of the correctness of the intelligence. He showed the letter to his master the emperor, and asked his permission to repair to Persia in search of the treasure. Napoleon, having perused the letter, shook his head, and said, "I will think of it." A few days after, the emperor sent for Gardanne, and conversed good-humoredly about the imaginary treasure. "The *From the unpublished Chroniques des Tuileres. By FOUCHARD LAFOSSE. affair, my good general, seems to me fabulous; buried treasures belong to the Contes Bleus." "But, sire," interrupted Gardanne, "I have such a minute sketch and description of the spot, and all the particulars." "That may be," said Napoleon; "but they come from the land of the Arabian Nights, and I fear that the story of your inheritance is but a supplement of that volume. However," added he, more seriously, "your project has suggested to me a certain political movement, and since you are bent upon the journey, you have my permission to go. At the same time, you can render me an important service." "That," bowed Gardanne, "will be a second treasure to me." "Ay, and far more real than the first." "Your Majesty does not believe in gnomes ?" "There are two kinds of gnomes," replied Napoleon: "the preserving and the searching ones; the latter being always bent upon plundering the former. To come to the point, however, I have, you know, signed a treaty of peace with the Emperor Alexander of Russia, but it is very doubtful whether our good understanding will be of long duration. We both stand at the extreme points of Europe, and balance of power is not my policy. I must, therefore, look for allies in the East, and the Shah of Persia can serve me most efficaciously in that respect, both materially and politically. I wish, therefore, that my ambassador to that sovereign should drill and train his troops, and make them a real corps de bataille. The Persians are, generally, brave and persevering, and sixty thousand well-disciplined men, who would know how to manoeuvre between the Russians and the English in the East Indies, might serve me as an excellent vangual. The alliance of the Shah appears to me of such importance that I would not spare any sacrifice to obtain it. You understand me, the Rhine-Bund territories are for me at any time a military road. Prussia will permit the passage of my troops, while my good Poles will receive them with open arms, and follow them. Russia, then, if she understands her own interest, will readily open to me the plains of Lithuania, and if not, I can easily force my way at the point of the bayonet to the frontiers of Persia, where I shall find an Eastern army, well trained by my skilful general, to fill up the chasms in ny ranks caused by battles and garrisons of occupation in my rear. With these fresh recruits I will march to India, where I mean to restore the natives their liberty and country, refresh the remembrance of Tippoo Sahib, and make them rally under the standard of my Eagle. The power of England, her true wealth and preponderance at sea, will then be paralyzed; for it is only India, and not what is called Great Britain, that constitutes her superiority. After this, I intend to give a firm and lasting peace to the world. It will be possible, since I shall then have removed all the obstacles put in the way of peace by England." "A grand plan!" exclaimed Gardanne. "People without insight and courage," resumed Napoleon, "may find it gigantic, perhaps Utopian, but those who know how to weigh and examine resources and obstacles, will believe in the practicability of the plan; and since your private affairs call you to the East, you may as well represent there my Envoy extraordinary. Take with you a few able officers to assist you in your military task. I will give due orders to that effect; but as your own treasure seems to me rather uncertain, I shall take care to secure you a handsome existence at the Persian court. You will there train and form good soldiers capable of executing my design, and I shall not bargain for the price. You can set out to-morrow, and this evening you will receive an order for a hundred thousand crowns. Napoleon's ambassador must show the Persians that though the soil of Western Europe produces less gold than theirs, it produces, nevertheless, iron and steel in sufficient quantity to conquer, and to allow us to support our ambassadors in splendor and with munificence." Gardanne at once departed for Ispahan, taking with him a certain number of military officers selected from various regiments. We shall not trouble the reader with a description of the entry of the ambassador into an Eastern capital, nor with the details of the ceremonies attending the first audience of Gardanne at the Persian court, or the pipes, cushions, perfumes, and the scores of black slaves bowing with hands above their heads before the eldest son of the Sun, and a thousand other details of Oriental absurdities. The Shah was pleased to review, in the presence of his new guests, a few regiments of his troops, which at once convinced the general of the difficult task he had before him of drilling, training, and disciplining such soldiers in the art of European warfare. The ceremonies of presentation were long and tedious, and it may easily be imagined how impatient Gardanne was to repair to the spot where the treasure was supposed to be deposited. An early night was at last fixed for the exploration, and during the interval the general was visited by sweet dreams of fairies holding before his eyes large diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and other precious stones, while a carbuncle showed him the way where the scores of barrels of gold were deposited by his relative. Late on the appointed evening, Gar danne, accompanied by a few confiden tial officers, repaired to the spot. All called republics have been torn by in were provided with lamps, pickaxes, ternal commotions, or desolated by the shovels, hammers, and other implements ambition of each other. The present required for the occasion. At last the Emperor of Brazil is distinguished by general stopped, and whispered to his his personal beauty, which he legitimatecompanions, "We are close by; here is ly inherits from his father Dom Pedro I. ; the grove of aloe-trees, and there the old but he is far more remarkable for his ruin so plainly sketched in the plan." great mental endowments and his love of study. His mother was Donna Leopoldina of Austria, the sister of Marie Louise, the second bride of Napoleon I. He then proceeded, in advance of his party, step by step, with his head bent to the ground, searching for a rose-bush which was planted over the entrance of the cave. All at once he disappeared. His followers, terrified, hastened to the spot, and discovered that he had fallen into a clay-pit half filled with slime, from which they had much difficulty in extricating him. Having at last got him on dry ground, they entered a small cave, as indicated in the sketch, but it was entirely empty, and scarcely large enough to hold the whole party. "I have been robbed-plundered!" exclaimed Gardanne. "There is no treas ure here. However, I have got something that I did not anticipate." 66 What is that, General?" asked an officer. "A cold, and a lame leg. And now, gentlemen," continued he, "let us hasten home, and think no more of fairy tales, which have, no doubt, deluded many a fool before me. What we have henceforth to do is to execute the emperor's mission, and if we succeed in forming fifty or sixty thousand well-trained troops, we may rely upon a reward of which no goblin will deprive us." The mission perfectly succeeded. Gardanne and his officers returned to France decorated with the Order of the Sun, which the general declared he would not exchange for all the fairy treasures of the East. THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BRAZIL. TWENTY-ONE years have elapsed since the Prince de Joinville sought a bride in the tropical empire of Brazil. All the world knows that the only stable constitutional government in South America is Brazil, which from the beginning of its independence adopted the monarchical form. There a descendant of the House of Braganza rules over a peaceful and progressive empire, while the so The marriage of Dom Pedro II. with the Princess Theresa (Austro-Bourbon) of Naples resulted in the birth of four children, two sons and two daughters. The sons died in infancy; the princesses have grown up into full blown and beautiful womanhood. It was natural that husbands for Donna Isabella-the heir to the throne and for Donna Leopoldina should be sought amongst the princes of Europe. The choice has fallen upon the Count d'Eu, eldest son of the Duke of Nemours, and upon Prince Louise Auguste de Saxe-CoburgGotha. Both are grandsons of Louis Philippe. The official journal of Rio de Janeiro announced that the marriage of the Princess Imperial with the Count d'Eu would take place on the 15th of this month, and also the definite engagement of the Duke of Saxe with Donna Leopoldina. The French mail of October 24th will bring us intelligence of the marriage of the elder sister the future empress. Donna Isabella, the heir to the throne of Brazil, was born at Rio de Janeiro on the 29th of July, 1846, and was consequently eighteen last July. She is tall, finely formed, and fair. Donna Isabella is a blonde, in this respect taking after her imperial father, who inherits from his Hapsburg mother fair hair and blue eyes. The education of the princesses has been the object of the constant and personal attention of the emperor. While the best of professors and tutors have been employed, the emperor, notwithstanding many cares of state, has brought his ripe scholarship to bear on the instruction of their imperial highnesses. He is himself master of six living languages for fluent conversation and from the enjoyment of their literature, while for mere reading there is scarcely a modern tongue of Europe with which he is not acquainted. With the Latin, he recently informed one of our correspondents, he is as familiar as with his own tongue; to Greek and to Hebrew he has devoted great attention.. His Majesty, according to the testimony of eminent naturalists who have visited Brazil, has always taken the deepest interest in physical science, especially in chemistry. Under such a father have the princesses received their education. It is said by those who have long been near the imperial princess, that she is a person of great judgment, and one who inquires into the reason of things, who weighs, deliberates, and balances every question before making her decision. Such qualities are most needful for a constitutional monarch. Donna Leopoldina, the younger princess, was born July 13, 1847, and is now seventeen. Like her sister she is a blonde, though not inheriting so fully the Hapsburg features. She possesses great vivacity, and is said to be exceedingly happy at repartee. It is not known when her marriage with the Duke de Saxe will take place, but, doubtless, not many months will elapse before European courts will have an opportunity of seeing the young princesses. The Count d'Eu is the eldest son of the Duke of Nemours, and of the Princess Victoire de Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and was born at the Palace of Neuilly, near Paris, April 28th, 1842. He was scarcely six years old when, with the family of Louis Philippe, he came to England. In the quiet retreat of Claremont he received an Anglo-French education until he was seventeen, when the young count was appointed by his royal relative, the Queen of Spain, to an under-lieutenancy in the Spanish cavalry. He was made a member of the Etat-major of Marshal O'Donnell in the expedition against Morocco. In one of the first combats he so distinguished himself in a cavalry charge, which he led on the plains of Tetuan, that he was decorated on the field of battle by the marshal. His conduct from the beginning to the end of the war in Africa reflected honor upon the young officer. After the campaign was finished he entered the military school of Segovia, and there for three years devoted himself to the severest study. By his examinations he merited a lieutenancy of artillery and the sword of honor; he was also promoted to be captain of cavalry. He was in garrison at Barcelona, when he received permission to return to England (May, 1864), to be present at the marriage between his cousins, the Count de Paris and the daughter of the Duke of Montpensier. But few days passed after this wedding before he was selected as candidate for one of the princesses of Brazil. The Count d'Eu, accompanied by General Dumas and the Duke de Saxe, arrived in Rio on the 2d of September, and were received by M. Lisboa (the Brazilian minister to the United States-home on leave). M. Lisboa is an alumnus of the Edinburgh University, and the choice of the emperor for an attendant upon the princes could not have fallen upon a more cultivated or worthy gentleman. Both the Count d'Eu and the Duke de Saxe instantly won the favor of the Brazilian public by their fine appearance and by their great affability. The Duke de Saxe is the son of the Prince Auguste de Saxe Coburg-Gotha and of the Princess Clementine d'Orleans, daughter of Louis Philippe. He is, therefore, cousin to the Count d'Eu. His uncle is the father of the King of Portugal. The young duke, who is the fiancé of the second princess of Brazil, was born in France, at the Chateau d'Eu, August 9th, 1845. He early entered the Austrian marine, and served in the Danish war. It is curious to see how the House of Brazil is allied by blood and by marriage to the various imperial and royal houses of Europe. The father of Dom Pedro II. was a Braganza, his mother an Austrian archduchess, sister to the second Empress of the French. Dom Pedro II. was thus cousin-german to | Napoleon II. and by marriage to Napoleon III. His step-mother (the Empress Amelia, now in Portugal, the second wife of Dom Pedro I.) is the daughter of Eugene Beauharnais, and thus by marriage alliance the present Emperor of Brazil is related to Napoleon III. and to the present reigning families of Sweden, and of Russia. His sister, the late Donna Maria II. of Portugal, was married to Ferdinand, Duke of Saxe-CoburgGotha, cousin to the Queen of England. The present King of Portugal, the nepnew of the Brazilian emperor, mar |