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'Yes, for a very poor man Well, death's all the less insult to hiht how much smaller the richer class are made to look than the poor at last pinches like this Perhaps the greatest of all the reconcilers of a thoughtful rand quiet it fills him hen the uncertainty of his life shows itself , the bearers of the coffin went across a gravelled square facing the two ri a bell, and waited

Over the archritten in Egyptian capitals, 'COUNTY GAOL' The sular wicket, which was constructed in one of the two iron-studded doors, was opened from the inside The ed its h the aperture, and both entered the court, and were covered froaol, then?' 'Yes, one of the prisoners,' said a boy, scudding by at the

'Do you know the name of the man who is dead?' inquired Baker of a third bystander

'Yes, 'tis all over town--surely you know, Mr Springrove? Why, Manston, Miss Aldclyffe's steward He was found dead the first thing thishimself behind the door of his cell, in some way, by a handkerchief and some strips of his clothes

The turnkey says his features were scarcely changed, as he looked at 'e upon him He has left a full account of the murder, and all that led to it So there's an end of him' It was perfectly true: Manston was dead

The previous day he had been allowed the use of writing-materials, and had occupied hi confession:-'LAST WORDS

'Having found man's life to be a wretchedly conceived scheme, I renounce it, and, to cause no further trouble, I write down the facts connected withht of the fire at Carriford, for e to a woman I detested, I went, a second ti could be done by reain in the company of Mr Raunham

'He parted from me at the steps of my porch, and went back towards the rectory Whilst I still stood at the door, ure advance froure of a woman