With beating heart upon opening tho bag 1 behold a beautiful silver-mounted revolver, and one or two lutiek-s of plat<i. With a wild Quilt of alarm I now toro open tho Back, and found it was staffed with wearing apparel; a serge morning suit for a gentleman, slutted and rolled up in a lady's richly biocadcd velvet dress, at once drawing ray attention. Scarce conscious of what I was doing, liko one in a wild dream and shivering as with an ague, I toro off, in frnutio baste, my horrid prison garb, and, throwing on tho trousers, jacket and vest I snatched out of Iho sack, prepared to rash from the villa as I had done a few hours before from her Majesty's Prison atW—. I could not doubt a burglary was being car ried on, end if caught with tho lliiovcs no protestation of raiDe Uiat 1 was not an accomplice would be believed, and this, with my recent- escape from gaol would, I felt, ruin mo effectually. Turning-round then to make good an immediato retreat I was startled by the sound of a womau's shriek echoing from the bouse. "So murder is going on; I must risk all, oven though utter ruin followr," 1 muttered, as snatching tho revolver out of Iho beg I made towards Iho villa instead of from it. Arriving nt the ball door I found it stand ing ajar, and pushing it open as another shrill scream rang high above the howling winds, I dashed into the ball, and beholding an old man in the grasp of a ruffian on the landingabovc, unhesitatingly gave the fellow abnllctfromtlie revolver that caused him to como toppling head-first down tho stairs. Bleeding from a deop-jagged wound in the temple, his grey hairs dabbled in blood, tho oldman in a gasping, choking voice, hoarsely cried out "Savel save my child," then reeled ronnd, falling eonecless upon the slairn as I ni3bed up. A stream of light, from a chamber nt tho end of lite corridor guiding mo on, I bounded into a rocan, making my appearance jast as one of tho two burly niltmnslisd raised a bludgeon to striko a poor defoncelws girl who, with outstretched hands, was kneeling and shrieking aloud for help and mercy. 