“Yes,” said Col. Bush; “his material, however, was all lost, and he had a warning against trying the same thing again. There was no great secret in his material to be lost; but there was in the others', and the gain to mankind was in the loss of their diabolical secret.” “Uncle Daniel, what became of this vile conspirator, Dr. Blackman?” asked Dr. Adams. “Well, Doctor, I am sorry to be compelled, with shame, to state the fact, but nevertheless it is a fact, that this same man, Dr. Blackman, has been made Governor of one of the States since the war, and at the same time his record was known by his constituents. But it did not seem to lose him any friends with his party, but, on the contrary, seemed to help him. Yes, yes, my friends, this is the sad phase of the whole matter. It matters not what a man did if he was a rebel; but if a Union man, and he did the slightest wrong, he was disgraced forever. None of the great and inhuman wrongs are remembered against the individual rebels who violated every instinct of humanity.” Here the old gentleman became silent, and placing his hands over his face, wept like a child. At length he continued: “I, with all my sacrifices, even here at home would be thrust aside in order that the citizens might pay homage to the men who would have afflicted their own household with loathsome disease, and at the same time mocked at their calamity. If God wills, let it be so. I do not believe, however, that He is doing more than trying the Nation, to see if our people are worthy of such a Government as ours.” CHAPTER XVI. A HAPPY WEDDING.--MARRIAGE OF SERAINE WHITCOMB AND HENRY LYON.--FIRE AND PLAGUE.--THE PLOTTING IN CANADA TO BURN CITIES AND SPREAD DISEASE. “I did not fall in love--I rose in love.”--Bulwer.