Paulus heard a sweet voice here say, "As a favor to me, do not order the arrest of this brave youth;" and, turning, he beheld the beautiful creature in the litter of ivory and gold plead for him with Tiberius. The large blue eyes, darkening as she supplicated, smote the youth, and he could hardly take away his gaze. "Young man, go forward with your mother and sister to Formiæ, under the charge of Velleius Paterculus, the military tribune whom you see yonder upon the road. Remain in Formiæ till I give you leave to quit it. Report your place of residence to the tribune. Go!" The last word was pronounced harshly. Tiberius made a signal with his hand to Paterculus. Then passing his arm through that of Sejanus, and speaking to him in a low tone, he led the general aside into the fields to a little distance; while--with the exception of two mounted troopers, (each leading a horse,) who remained behind, but considerably out of hearing--the prætorian guards, the three litters, and the travelling _biga_ began to move toward Formiæ, leaving the road to silence, and the evening landscape to peace. TO BE CONTINUED. FOOTNOTES: [2] Cicero, Legg. ii. 23. [3] Plutarch in Pompey. Seneca, Epis. 64. [4] Mother of Caligula, and grandmother of Nero, by her daughter Agrippina Julia. [5] To produce a gladiator in the arena was to _edit_ him. [6] Pliny, Epis. iii. 21. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.[7] There is, after all, but slight exaggeration in the old saying, that a lie travels leagues while truth is putting on boots to pursue and overtake it. And even when overtaken, caught, and choked, how hard it dies! In our daily experience, how often does truthful exposure utterly extinguish false and evil report? Certainly not always, and probably but very seldom. In the intercourse of society, one may partially crush out a calumny by going straight to those who should know the truth and compelling them to listen to it. But the lie historical cannot be so met. People in this busy world have no time to spend in reading long documents in vindication of men or women long since dead. But they have read the calumny? Certainly. The calumny is not so long as the refutation, and is more readable. It is attractive; it is piquant. Mary Stuart as an adulteress and a murderess is an interesting character. People never tire of hearing of her. But Mary Stuart, the upright queen, the noble and true woman, the faithful spouse and affectionate mother, has but slight attractions for the mass of readers. To hear her so proven must be dull reading. Nevertheless, with time comes truth; for although "The mills of the gods grind slowly, They grind exceedingly fine;" which we take to be only a modern, heathenish way of saying, as we chant every Sunday at vespers, "_Et justitia ejus manet in seculum seculi._"