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Caderousse continued to call piteously, "Help, reverend sir, help!"

"What is the matter?" asked Monte Cristo

"Help," cried Caderousse; "I ae"

"Ah, it's all over! You are come too late--you are come to see me die What blohat blood!" He fainted Ali and his master conveyed the wounded man into a room Monte Cristo motioned to Ali to undress him, and he then exaeance is sometimes delayed, but only that it may fall the more effectually" Ali looked at hishere i's attorney, M de Villefort, who lives in the Faubourg St Honore As you pass the lodge, wake the porter, and send hi the abbe alone with Caderousse, who had not yet revived

When the wretched ain opened his eyes, the count looked at him with a mournful expression of pity, and his lips eon!" said Caderousse

"I have sent for one," replied the abbe

"I know he cannot save ainst whonize hi Corsican?"

"HiI should kill the count and he thus become his heir, or that the count would kill me and I should be out of his way, he waylaid me, and has murdered me"

"I have also sent for the procureur"

"He will not co"

"Wait a moment," said Monte Cristo He left the roo h which he hoped succor would arrive "Hasten, reverend sir, hasten! I shall faint again!" Monte Cristo approached, and dropped on his purple lips three or four drops of the contents of the phial Caderousse drew a deep breath "Oh," said he, "that is life to me; more, more!"

"Two drops more would kill you," replied the abbe

"Oh, send for some one to whom I can denounce the wretch!"

"Shall I write your deposition? You can sign it"

"Yes, yes," said Caderousse; and his eyes glistened at the thought of this posthue Monte Cristo wrote:-"I die, alleys at Toulouse, No 59"

"Quick, quick!" said Caderousse, "or I shall be unable to sign it"

Monte Cristo gave the pen to Caderousse, who collected all his strength, signed it, and fell back on his bed, saying: "You will relate all the rest, reverend sir; you will say he calls hies at the Hotel des Princes Oh, I aain fainted The abbe ain opened his eyes His desire for revenge had not forsaken him