imprisonment had been shortened from twelve to
six months' duration; and on the Russian first
of February (February 13th), the commandant
gave them one silver rouble, or three shillings
and twopence-halfpenny, for all three of them.
They now put on some good winter clothing,
which the National Government had forwarded
to Modlin for them, together with some money.
From the fortress they were escorted to the
burgomaster or mayor of Nowydwor, who sent
them further under escort to Warsaw, where
they were taken to the president of police; but
as he was not present at the moment, they were
lodged in the police-cell, where they were
forgotten until the 27th of February. On that day
they received at last a compulsory passport,
commanding them, after having been taken to
the frontier, to go straight home to Sweden
through Prussia.

When they asked whether they were not to
have any money for this forced journey, they
were told that the necessary money would be
handed to them at the railway station by a
colonel. Arrived at the station, they found the
said colonel who had the military command
there, but he declared that he had no money for
them, and when they said that they would thus
be exposed to starvation already while on their
way from Warsaw to the frontier, he answered
"Qu'importe?" (what matters?) and when they
made some further protestations, he called some
soldiers, who dragged them to the railway
carriage and thrust them in. Under strict surveillance
they thus got to the first Prussian station,
but when their Russian companions here
demanded a receipt for their safe delivery from the
station-master, they received instead a torrent
of abuse for having brought these persons without
also the necessary money for their further
journey.

A Polish gentleman, who chanced to be
present at this scene, helped them on to Bromberg,
where he got rooms for them at an hotel. After
a short stay in this town, two of these
companions in misfortune proceeded home, but the
third, Mr. Unman, remained, as he had made
acquaintance with several Polish patriots, and
felt a strong desire still to partake in the struggle
against the Russians.

At this time an expedition from the province
of West Prussia was preparing; the plan was
to cross the frontier at different points in
five small divisions. Unman proceeded to the
town of Strasburg, where he joined a party of
insurgents, and crossed with them the border
river Drewendz. Several skirmishes took place,
but towards the end of March he was, with
a number of other insurgents, driven across
the frontier and taken prisoner by Prussian
military, who brought them to the town of
Lautenburg. After a short examination,
Unman was taken to Strasburg, in the prison of
which town he remained until the beginning of
May. Here he was shown an arrest order from
Berlin for " preparing to commit treasonable
acts." Later he was taken to Posen, the capital
of the province, where he, as well in the prison
as by the trials and examinations, became a
witness to the indescribable tyranny with which
the Prussians treat the Polish population, and
the complete lawlessness which reigns here,
where the civilised Prussian state has a strange
nationality in its power. The treatment was
much worse than that to which the Russians
subjected their prisoners in the prisons of
investigation. During his stay here, forty-two
Polish landed proprietors were sent to Berlin
to be arraigned for high treason, on suspicion
of having favoured the Polish insurrection.

No evidence having been forthcoming against
him, Mr. Unman was at last taken from the
citadel of Posen, in order to receive a passport
for the homeward journey; but, as he had not
money sufficient for that purpose, he was thrown
into the police cell till he could procure some.
From Posen he was soon taken to Kosten,
where he was lodged in a reformatory, which
was made use of as a political prison. He meanwhile
wrote home for money, but this letter was
not sent off till a month later, and then the date
had been altered so as to read July for June.
A letter written from Strasburg, with the
permission of the authorities, to the Swedish consul
at Stettin, had never been forwarded.

He remained at Kosten till August 20th,
when he received from the National Government
a small sum of money, which enabled him to
get to Stettin, where the Swedo- Norwegian
consul received him with great kindness, and
procured him free passage by the steamer Orion
to Gothenburg, and thence to Stockholm.

QUITE ALONE.

BOOK THE SECOND: WOMANHOOD.
CHAPTER LX. AND LAST.

SIR WILLIAM LONG had called many times
upon Lily in her new home, hovering about her
with a throbbing heart, and a declaration of
love faltering upon his tongue. That pure and
tender love had rolled back twenty years of his
life. He had feasted his full upon all the vain
pleasures of the world, and had become weary of
them; but now, with the image of Lily's sweet
innocent face ever before him, his zest for life
was renewed: he felt that there was yet
something better worth living for than all the empty
pleasures in which he had wasted his youth.

The old Indian had received him kindly, and
shown him much favour. He was flattered by
the baronet's attentions, and liked his company.
From that quarter he had every encouragement.
Lily, too, was always glad to see him, and often
expressed her gratitude for all his kindness.
But it was only gratitude. Sir William saw
that she was still thinking of Edgar, although
the idol had revealed its worthless clay, and the
scales had fallen from her too trusting eyes.

Constant, who was aware of Sir William's
passion, and favoured it, wrote to the baronet
and informed him of the discovery of Edgar.
Sir William immediately called at the hotel and