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POPO+ . s'.. ii
" Nothing. dear. nothing." an.
swami the priest. He waikrti rut of attw .**redly about toe Ow -tures if
_-...vt11lasattatba wtlth a adeize stain and OZ. Lnvellettw (chows wntwmest. sir
..,.�to ole �+q �t
` qtr- uim't►mtrlTy *fon �- wM►
_oath. teree-ateeed. lie and Capt "Mat
ep them kw weeks. They were all
dusty, and many wore cobwebbed.
its blew the dust from m to the �1gg
exam-
ined some, and
twinging �crrtticaIy. Reding thee*
mostly disabled M as. way or an-
other, except the models of the
portable furniture which b. OP
I�hed with his handkerchief sad set
apart, surveying thew from s des
tame wttb a look of hope. lie took
up the breech -loading eanaun and
thea suddenly put It town agate
with n little shiver, and went to
the than *bold of the perverted ora-
tory and glaaoed in at his forge.
Veeeraatla lead cai'elerly left the
window uprrt, and the draught had
carried the sere about the floor.
Oa the cinder bap lay the tool.
which he had used In meatllpg the
beam piped the fbtartala at :ansa
VSRe*, mad had not usual Once. The
place seemed chilly even on that
_.- _ aumm.ra day- 41. snood• is Mee door-
way with clenched hands. Then be
Balled Veaerando, chid be for Imo
Vhrg the wla4ew open. and bade her
chs It, and w quitted the house
and left her mutiertag.
Ferris seemed surprised to, see him
when he appeared at the cun.ut
ate near the mkddle of the after
Noes, and seated himself la tie
plans where be way wa,t to pose
for the painter.
" Were you going to give me a
sitting r asked the latter, bedtat•
Ind. "rias light 1s horrlb:e. lust now,
with this glare from the canal. Not
that I manage much better wheu
good. 1 don't get ern with ye.,
Doti ippoltto. Thane are too mai.y
a you. 1 abaukle't have known you
In the proossslosesterdn
1 y...
Doe 1ppoJto did 'not respond. He
rase and went toward his portrait on
the .sae.. and ssaralsed ft Iceg. with
a curiona minuteness. Theo he return -
e.1 to his cheetr, snd eoatlnued to oak
at it. "I &uppish that It resemb es
g a great deal." he said, " sad yet
w4. rrrg•egrset -6 +S:la **tato"- iidlly ti .6
ot000keesEy tents whet 1a tea tank. ft es
'ale 1 shotfol be 1f I were like other
priests. perhaps f '
1 know 1R'a not good," said the
painter. "It la cooventlona', In spite
et ever thtag. But bere'a that first
sketch I madeof you.
ti. took ■p • ratites facing the wall,
sad set k ou the ease- The character
1n this chortlee, sketch was vastly in -
carer and sweeter.
Ah r' amid Don Ippo4to, with a
sigh and amie of re1ef, "that is im-
muaurabg better. I wish I could
mask to you. dear friend, in a mood
of yours es 'sympathetic a* (his pic-
ture records, d eine matters that
e•oaeern me very nor:y. I have just
coma from the raLroad station."
"Seeing anew friend. off Y' asked
the Water, InAlttere.e y, bovering
near the sketch with a hit ref char-
coal to his hen], and hesitating wbe-
ther to give It • oertaln touch. He
graced with half shut eyes at the
priest.
D,Ippo:M, algbed again. " I hard.
ly lace. i was meeing off my hopes,
any desires, my prayers, that followed
the traits to America '1'
The plater put down his charcoal,
dusted hie Angers, add :coked at the
priest without saylog anything.
"Do you remember wben I frit
Cense to you f" asked Don Ippolto.
"Cort•I4:y," said Ferris. 1e It of
that matter you want to speak
to me 1 I'm very sorry to hear tt, for
I dm't thlak It practical."
"Practicleer bot' ', practical!" cried the
pr d " Nothing I. practical till
K boa. *ea tried. And why abou:d f
n ot go to America r
Bromums you can't get your pale -
port, for cele thing," enewered the
mister dry y.
I have thought of that," repined
Loa ip0oato more p►Nentky "I can
get a mapper, for ranee from the
Austrian a. thew It les herr, and at
Irian there must be ways In whleh I
nou:d ei•nge le for one from my awn
klieg " ..
It was by this titthat pat-
• eVenetians of those days spoke
d Vista' Rmurnue.-"that would
tarry torte out of France Into Engand."
lrerrM poadeirwd a moment. "Than
M elate tree." he irld. " Why hadn't
•7w thought of that when you first
• name to me r .
'"1 cannon tell, 1 didn't know that
I omit! -*wpnf
pw�ort
Franco dl l the doer y."
-Roth were silent while the painter
filled hie Men. "Well," lel said Pre -
sandy. "I'm very 'tarry. I'm afraid
7wT doos� yon 4f to many bit-
ter In gyring bo Am-
PAMhere r• -W .the you export to d.
"Why. with rag InveotklrW'-
' 1 rtUpose," Interrupted the other.
pie lighted match to his pipe,
" that a minter must be a very poor
sort a American: lea. (mrd thought r
(4 M Italy. Lo I know very
1VIM An410161eire I" t
*thetics Hurt -alio, where Um mlodye
of the Inveutlonn are deposited; the
bmtldnue is about ea large as the Du.
cal Palace. and 1t 1. full of thorn. The
people then told nae 'lathing was
.ot.moaer than for alp same !oven•
tion to be rtgoated over and over
again by different inventors. Norse
ew seamed, and then they harslet•
suite wKt the infringers of their pa-
tentee; Mite Nell out tbelr lnventlues
for a trifle to companies that have
capital. and that grow rich upon
.bet. ; the great number can never
.ring their Mesa to the public no-
tice at all. You can judge fur your -
*elf what your chanes would be. You
have asked tae why yo.0 should not go
W America. Well, became I think
you would starve there."
"I ant used to liar,' Auld Dort Ippc-
Its. "and beside", until some of my
laventiess Mooed kaown, t could give
Moons hi Italian."
'Ob. bravo!" said Ferris, "yea Pee-
(er !natant death. then Y'
"But usadamige:la seemed to believe
that tar asootes as as investor would
a &aurid there."
Ferris gave a very Ironical laugh.
"Mlm Vervain must have been about
twelve yeah old when she left Am-
erica. Even a lady's knowledge of
bushiesat that nge. b limited. When
Jot you talk with ber about It? You
had not spoken of it to me, of late.
amp I thought you were more eon -
united than you mod to be."
1t 1. true,'. said tae priest. "Some-
theas within the ;art two months 1
have almost forgotten K."
"Aud what has brought it so forcibly
to your mend agn:n?"
"That s what I Nu greatly des re to
tela you," rippled Don 1pp:rtto. with
an 'tweeting look at the pa'uter's
lace. He mo.eteued 11.'e parched lip. a
I ttle, witting for further question
from the Iakr:ter, to whom he teemed
a man festered by some strong enac-
t on. ural a4 that moment not qu!te
wholesome.
Ferrrrtaid 4 not weak. and
41hOlu i 1"liaise edi-Ila' u war
to }e d, 4iIP` h"etfiC" ha 60t ap-
feared to you that I Imgve ran heart a
* me vdcalfm Y'
"Ter. I hate sometanes fancied that,
I bait no r gut to ask you why-" r
"Nome thy 1 will tell you, when I
halo the coarag' to go nil over .t
r4t!n. It to partly my Gent fault but e
:e more my ,sberabla fortune. But
wherever the wrung Vie. 1t Iwo at A
last docs Intolerable let me. i can-
on eeduire It amy Roger and Care 1
mud go aw•17• I niIWt fly from ;t.,,
Felon al+e.• from Ilea a Utile. as
men lnmli rely do fret nos who
lam set If nitpn mono *ferrate a
axtsmpt. "Io you mean. Doa Ipprr
I'.to, that you are ging to renounce a
your priesthood?"
Dien Il p 1.tn opened hie bandit and A
let his prestuacd drop, as It were, to b
the grimed
'Yoe never spike of this pelmet
when you talked of going to Amer:ea.,
Though, to be more -
Tra. yes!' renl'ed Darn ° Ippot!to w
w-,th vebemenatet but now an angel g
hag aerated and shown me the black- ba
eels d my Ile." o
Ferr's began to wordtr :f he or Don he
Iypal:too were not perhaps' mad
An angel, yes," the pr:ert went on f
rang fern Ills chalr,. "an auger
whose mmaeulate truth has mir-
rored my falsehood in all Its vileness i
and dlstortfon-to whom if it destroy. ea
out I cannot devote leen than a truth- of
false. like hen!" ,
"Iters -here ." cried the pa:ateer, a
with a sadden pang. "Whose? Don't me
speak in there r4dte. Whom do you (
Mean?" to
tilnen ran I mean but only one? w
-rnadaat gella !"
"Mit. Verv&in? Ifo you Mean to say ,
that dim Vervain bee edited you to ma
renounce your prl.eatlwod?" a
"In as, many word. she bins li filen
ore forsake :t at any task- it the ha
nest of kindred. 1r'end. good fame, ,n
country, everything!"
The Water petard ha land oculus- y
rdly over lie face. These soiree an own :e
word*. rue worvfe be had used le. weak
tnlg w:tht Florida of the emrp-ae'd sleep- m,.
ttual whet. He grew very pile.
I a,*,^" he d_mend i. in a dry, (lard pe,
tomos. "how els came to advie such a a
atm?' s,
"1 can hardly tall. S ui14thing had
a PM47 moved her to learn from me pit
OW, of my l'fe-to know that I
Was a aan *1Lh settler faith nor -
boo.. Neer pure (mart woe torn by the
thought of my wrong and of my error.
i bad Geller Igen myetelf 'n much t - nor
fornety as mho maw me *ren when she to
sued arm with that d eine commission.
lora' almost glad to be what i wee a
because d her angel's ilty for me !" e•
'The tears sprang to Don ?ppd.-ton tors fey
s75 but Ferree asked fn the same tone
al before. "Ws..A then tb t elle bade
whetted wt% my ealttni$y to
of au cure for t
jihten.( 1,0041 .to o..w- 4 o ..
aid Iwu•.:1r ou a table anal
wall. pubVa,g them close er
tory neat stnegbt rows. Mem
lie att. samtdt Perham iter Vervain a
7sut1ogptoAntwy r
"Yeas." answered the priest. ' rev
ently. "elle and thotag►t of ever
thaw. Bice has protan' tee aired
WAR her sother'. roof %hers. until
tan make ltlS
' of - alt are gine
dams hey es not rhe' � Me. XV.
din The grow *Mier. They
y -but yes must lel
ell ihea aiesedy r-
Ol :; ass
mo
P Iwr 144:4ri ' f 1, DTAR1 PRt4 t
rap- mo j. a f b/ any
UV- Wader g In Mame 0s, os mirth
low for Nob a woman t w Mahal' Maaliarn, of St. Thome,
pen "Ter loch b worm rad os MrNe
w air nd!l io;n'wsit - isf
?Waite;
Ilherw,tem M �triaah.
T 'silt!: c�,aat,r forge wh5ok will
pars sad tloaJurt M WOttM>yr *rhea
weer' +!
T'1,« painter wad bi'Y�, M 1
the rtaay d iaha p�.,
11
the bon Igedlto, with a petaled state.
in • Fere* dol. not reply. He fell into a
fly dull reverie. la which lee seemed W ler-
leo get l�erlito and the whole affair.
Al haat priest mole again : "Have
or. you W sal to me, antitumor
y- "1 Y t 1. %bare to my re
age torg,h1 the other b* 1, •
1 "Do you kuuw aniltr4'y��
•'s,.g,ios
w twee."
• "Oh. not at a11, not at a11," s►4
palolr,w!tb' a very bitter mull*.
are le:.leg me news. Pray go on."
"There i* no more. bite Weft
pronto'to conte to you and l'I esu
Your andw before I took arty step.
must not teeth to Iter aloes. sbp se'
bet'(' 1 took %Mt step, them throw
whatever ba }aned she would be 1
feeed. Ale drat Irene, away I epee
to you of the Isms that them wo
gore mei lou have amen -have y
ret' -700 muds here men tlwt"-
The pr,eea faltered. rand Fe
is 'Mitred at hon lielp
Wham the next word, came
noted not f nd any atrangenewe
i to fact which yet gave him ao gree
a shock. Ha found that to his neth
ooaeeousaess It had been :ong fa
Char -ever &Ince that day when
had first jeeting:y proposed Doe I
melte as les Vervain's teacher. Gr
tesque, tragic, lmpo•eib:e-It had st
bests the under -current of all his re
varies; or so now It seemed to ha
been.
Doe Ippo!tto enzloas:7 drew near
to him and 'rid an. amploring touc
upon bb •rm,-"I love her 1"
' What!" gasped the painter. "You
You 1 A priest r'
"Priest I priest 1" cried Don I
po:lto, vlolestly. "From this day
am no :pager a priest ! Velem this hon
I am a man, and I can oiler her t
honorable love of a man -the trut
of a Most sacred marriage, and fide
Ity to death "I
Ferns made no answer. He bega
to :ook vary coldly and haugirtily a
Don Ippo:do, whose heat died ■wa
under his stare, and who at :aa: me
It with a glance of tremulous per
,eextt-y. His han•1 had dropped fro
Ferri.' arm, and be now moved Nom
a.epe from him. " What Is It, ilea
friend 1" be besought him. "Is ther
something that offends you 1 I cam
der oerra.:.aaa.sac �c:t.:.. .
vols eepseasot1tr.le Mord of e�6ty
do net understand. Do I Inten
nything wrong without knowing It
t
t
r
r
or
g
y
ee:
,,,,e ;, " Nxxe{slaaed Ion Ippoblto.
ww ' _ 1 aametbhtg 0(1 your mind
t yea w111 not spook. 1 beseech
abs 7w to lot ons go wrutt�r 1 lure
yon her elf' Weil that I would r tber d:e
ttraa let my 10,0 offend her. I am
ma n tach with the pard4mei and bopae of
to a *5*. but w t a tan's expert -
I me or a mane knowledge d what
d: Is Mit and right in toe* relations.
gh If you oan be try fr'enul 1n this so tar
ny as to a4v.ae or want caw, 13 you can
k la+ her friend"-
rde Ferris abruptly ewe and west to
ou hie balcony, and looked out upon
elle Grand lanatte . Thr' time-atalned
r_
malice oppc.lte but
;r.t changed In
lea the last hal('-boor. As .0 *any an
to other Sumner day, he saw the black
in boats gang by. A 1lwavy high-polnt-
t er1 barge from the Silo, with the
or captain's family at dinner la ,the
m- shade of a matting on the roof, moo
be err* slugglahly down the middle car-
p_
ar
p- rent A party of Atuericane in a
f and tea. with theibootie bum upera glades@
their toads,
illguide
- porn out to east other the eagle
ve on the consular army.. They were
all like .4hts in a minor, or things
er let it world turned upitde down.
h Ferris owe back and looked 4111 -
ally 7►t the pram*, trying to believe
, that this inhuman, uaeerdutalpban-
tasm had been telling him that It
p_ loved a beautiful young girl of his
1 own rase, fakth, and language.
✓ " Will you not answer ma, sig•
be mire ?" moek;y demanded Don
Iplp-
h Ileo,
"lu this matter." replied the paint-
er, " 1 cannot advise or warn you.
• The whole affair he twy.rri my coa-
t septic:1. I mean no uaktndrtearl, but
I cannot consult with you about It.
t There are reamer why I should
not. The mother of Mist Vervain la
bene with her, sad I do not feel that
„ her lettermen In such a matter are
r len my heads. If they come to me for
e help, that la (Mere:lt. What do you
swab ? You tell me that you are:*
'.4M oJllpf ' ce iuu. 14' .. �rl_xtleeoi
.,#wti Iq4 to ,,&, iaa. atuf..1 :layrl airs.
*rend you to the beet of my power.
You tell me that you are la love with
Mtn Vervain. :{hat can I have to
say about that?"
Don Ippotlto *toad listening wltb
o patient, and then n wounded air.
" Nothing," he auewer'd proudly.
" 1 ask your (rand,' for troubling
you with my affairs. Your former
kndneaa et.bo:dene1 me too much.
I shall not trespass agate, It was
my Ignorance, whi•h 1 pray you to
excuse. I take my leave, signore."
He bone d, and moved out of the
roam, and a dull remorse filet the
pointer, aa he beard the atter door
close after him. But he cold do
mothing. 1f he had given a wound
to the be''tt that trusted him, It
WW1 in an anguish which be bad not
been able to maater, and whose
causes he could not ye: define. It
was all a dt.peles torment ; 1t held
him like the memory of some hideous
nightmare pro:onnging its horror be-
yond .kelp. It seemed impossible that
what hail tappe t.i aboeld have
happens 1.
(To be Continued)
e
Oh. I confers you to speak pvainly!
"Walt! Walt • minute," stead Fer
1a, waving his luted :Ike a man ter
smote] by a peasing pain. "I am try
ng to think. What you any 18-t can
of Imagine it !"
' Not imagtne It 1 Ant imagine it
nd why t L she not beautlfte 1"
e yea:.
" And good r'
" Without doubt."
" And /omit, •nd yet else beyor.
er years! Ani true, •nd yet angel
!ly kind 1"
" It Las you say, God knows. But-
priest"-
Oh
ut
pr i est" -
Oh I ,Always that accurate] word
nd at heart. what la a priest, then
cat a men 1-a wretched, masked
Imprisoned, banished man ! Has he no
:,cod and nerves like you t Has he no
syea to see what is fair, and ears t
bear what b sweet t Gan be .Ive nee
envies f'.ower,and not know be
race, mot inhale the fragrance
✓ soul, not adore her beauty
h, great . 0ed 1 And If at pas
won:d tear off hie ,ttfllo
mask. eraser from hie prisont refer
roan his exile, would you galnea
han"?o!" saki the painter, with n kind
1 groan. lie ,sat down In a tall.
regia «otttit their -the furniture
one or hi ptettre.-and rested hie
head agnlniet 1 s high back, and looked
t the priest •crow the room. "Excuse
' 11e coat/need with a strong °f-
ort. 'I am ready to befriend you
the utmost of my power, What
as It you wanted to ask mel I have
told you truly what 1 *thought of roar
11enr:o of rotor to America : hat I
Y very well be mistaken. Was it
bout filet Mow Vervain desired you
consult me?" His volt* and manner
rdened amain In spite of him. "Or
d she wlab me to &delft you about
the rennnctatlon of your priesthood?
ou must have thought that careful -
over for yourself "
"Year. I do not think you could make
see that as a greater difficulty
than 1t has appeared to me." He
need with • rtnnfared and daunted
tr.-as If some Important point had
ippe.l his mind Bast 1 must talus
the step; the burden M the double
rt I platy Is unendurable, 1t it
not ?
You know better than i."
'But If you are much a nein nes I,
wtttt neither .love for your vo,ation
faiths fn it should you rot these
be a .rivet "
"If you ask me In that wa
metered the minter. `Hut T"" ba.
isee vol nothing I could rot 'loan -
Another in such a cane,"
'But yah think and feel as 1 do,"
en the priest, "and I ala'• 71 bit,
tient"•
I do not say you are wrong."
Ferris was silent while Doe Ippon-
' moved up and down the foam, with.
his s:iding step, like some tall. gaunt.
unbitten' girl- Neither could put an
end to this Interview, to furl of in-
tangibe. Ineoncl*,lvt misery. Ferris
drew a 'long breath, rued then maid
steadily. " Don ippollto, i Tip/o(e
yon dot not speak MIy to tae Of your
-yoer feeling for Mien Vervain, '►M
Matt
it •
%sty apenk p:ainly to Tonmomto
you be art lo 'gw a pelee:d r
"No. not 'them." pat mike rep:'ed the
other; "O11e was too greatly otter -
NOW YOU CAN BUY
TIEE' TIRES AS MUCK
Of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine
for 00 Cents as You Could for 25 Before the
Family Size Bottle Was Introduced.
Be untvulsal has baeMa rho new of
Dr. Chases Syrup of Linseed and Tur-
pentine* es a fatally rersetly% IN creep.
tweeehltt, asthma, gore throat and all
cough's and merit that It has hese
foued advlsoM, to pet It up le large
family dee bottles, to 041 at 00 n.nts-
The reatdwr 26esst den well .1111 be
anM, bit In ntmrly ovary horn* in Can-
ada and the United Mateo Dr, Chase's
Riese of gloom Red Tnrptsties Is al.
ways bort I4 the hese as a sa(tgnerd
a>llmtrt deltdn tIoen, pneuloonla and
MEMOmini 'twig trembles, and to the
mores d thommeea who use 1t In large
tn&atitis this sew style elf packwp
41 will psora mem estevesbat as web as
sora esets(tmMaL
'11e thea who are not yet aegpint-
ae with iS Mures Pyran a Limed
ane Terms one. U snot there ars who
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