PASCHERETTE DEALS AGAIN.

Dolores spent her night in slumber as peaceful as a babe’s. When Milo had completed his task with the treasure chests he went to his own couch. John Pearse wandered deep into the eery forest, his brain filled with tumultuous fancies, while Craik Tomlin and Rupert Venner lay in the dark before the open doors of their separate cells, struggling for a decision with their own good and evil natures. But Dolores, before retiring called Pascherette to dress her hair and gave the little octoroon some secret instructions against the morning.

“Now to thy bed, girl, and wake with bright eyes,” said Dolores, her toilet completed. “Let thy busy tongue wag its liveliest then; see to it that the strangers hear whispers and rumors, yet keep them apart and