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We will leave Danglars struggling with the de to insinuate in the ear of the shipowner soainst his co traversed La Canebiere, took the Rue de Noailles, and entering a small house, on the left of the Allees de Meillan, rapidly ascended four flights of a dark staircase, holding the baluster with one hand, while with the other he repressed the beatings of his heart, and paused before a half-open door, from which he could see the whole of a small room

This room was occupied by Dantes' father The news of the arrival of the Pharaon had not yet reached the oldwith tre hand the nasturtiums and sprays of clematis that clambered over the trellis at hisSuddenly, he felt an arm thrown around his body, and a well-known voice behind him exclaimed, "Father--dear father!"

The oldhis son, he fell into his ar

"What ails you,man, much alarmed

"No, no, my dear Edmond--my boy--my son!--no; but I did not expect you; and joy, the surprise of seeing you so suddenly--Ah, I feel as if I were going to die"

"Come, come, cheer up, my dear father! 'Tis I--really I! They say joy never hurts, and so I ca Co atto be happy"

"Yes, yes, my boy, so ill--so ill," replied the old ain? Coood fortune that has befallen you"

"God forgiveat happiness derived from the ood fortune; it has happened, and I really cannot pretend to laood Captain Leclere is dead, father, and it is probable that, with the aid of M Morrel, I shall have his place Do you understand, father? Only iine me a captain at twenty, with a hundred louis pay, and a share in the profits! Is this not more than a poor sailor like me could have hoped for?"

"Yes, my dear boy," replied the old man, "it is very fortunate"

"Well, then, with the first arden in which to plant clematis, nasturtiums, and honeysuckle But what ails you, father? Are you not well?"