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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-5-26, Page 2lOfl 01 Uomorioeme growu pretty well acotitoiiiadto Usa idet 03. WUL atean tbat yo are tree , 01105115 3.10 muat beab 110 acindeqUences. .. e, you will ,f. 134 the sharptenie ',neve, 0. red op,,, of this knife. Curio replied only by a slight ,geeture. His dignity appeoled to Brancaleone, Wbo eyed him enemnSlYn. k• new. ing .t.hst neves" before had he met With soma a Pawner. " 13i0060, I Maso 1 telte your pieces, 3" he .called peremptorily. ri ' ' : • tl th a 'Lyn. of the. men instan y . rew . °Int their (Ards, and Carle found himself taken to that end of the building whieh was furthest from. a dank archway, presumably leadingtanother t b a d thence te o . ea acona , la . . .. .. the upper air, On either Side of hire stood a etiffiandy-look. ing . Neapc,litan. ; 'hwithf h.a. loaded pistol held within a, few mo . ee o. .is• temples ; and to the right hand, paid o little in advance of the others,at the chief, ostentatiously tharpening is m en WM an ordeal that would have tried the strongest nerves ; the horrible, grim sus- pens° of it was,a torture, ouch as Carlo had never conceived ; and nothing but , long practice in self-control could have . enabled 'him to keep ill3 under the skkening iintiei- Rations .of • the butchery that was soon to ' . , take piece. With a strong effort he turned fromeuch thoughts, not even allowing him- self o watch the dark atchwa o osite . f t y., pp. , Where his imagination. kept picturing , ., - . . , „ a- 'confusion of red. tokens and .white tokens, u. Oil he was as much dazzled as Gigi used '• E to he over the Pears ;map puzzle in ng- With a pang he remembered that he With a dgood-byet th 1'01 f 11 ow, had never aid o . e I, , e e and a hundred trifling reollections of tin- b. b . .11 finished work rushed throu.gh . is hram, te a flash of 13rancaleone s knife in t e torch- liht recalled him to the terrible present. . . . Then he fixed his eyes steadily on the cross which Lionbruno was carVing, ,an again the thought of his visible surroundings faded. ' ,. . ' ' ' ' 'By and by oame visions of what ley be- yond this hour of torture. He thought of .tho evil. defeated, of Anita saved forever from Comerio's influence. He pictured to himself . how ' she Would' pass unscathed through her hard life, with Gigi to .slateld her, with Francesca to comfort her and cling to ,lier for his sake, with a loyedfonhim which ehould be an actual safeguar , uot a vague regret. But .with. the • thought of Francesca there came once more the , wild clinging to life. She. would be his, indeed, in another world ; but he craved for her now, he shrunk baok:trom the parting—the n e ' unknown ha, g . . , . . But Brancaleone moved, and the thrall- fell again on the cold steel blade.. In a few minutes there. must o'oorie that. awful helplessness, that violence and anguish and slaughter. , (To be continued.) . .k . , `14., , . 13 of Ir i a n ,• • h 0 , na - il • ti. . , . ' • t.: t -.; o%'hm , lq 4;8 0 4 „ n t a) it f • , . kl.,..• 'N< . 3Z XNaTOIre ' • • n • . , 13 h th th d d It h Ot • e 3.x.ie • o an. .1.1. Syrup of '..tgs is'taken; tt is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts promptlyon theKidneys gentbr jet T Liver and. owels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, , dispels colds, head - aches and fe. yero and cures habitual. , , c.nsi.apaaon. 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And mother shows me working, jaSt an quiet AS a mouse, goleasaitt uttio. girl usanedBeth, the helper of And sister shows, me Lizzie, who goes with her to school, Who soceetimee gets, alesson and sometimes ' breaks a rule. - ' . Ile acquoithed with 'another child t'd rether !area', 'never see; Eel; this young airl, nained Betsey, i5 as °rose . • . o ie as she %la 0. l'rgY,' W6C14. Yell ever guess it? These five. are 'but the sortie , Kaleidosconio lassie ! And Elizabeth's her name. _ perhaps drannatio talent wee Meant ' to be need. I don't deny theta therceo soitoething In that ergement, Awl the greatWog te that the, etnge doennt seem tz, have spoiled V ii ad that tkaaw you'll make my child yoi*, , „ , . . o goo husbatd. . . etween, his rapture of toppiness, his -• /) ' t, t irritate the Engoehinen by anom.y no o , 11 h's feelinas t a ear to, A OW14-1g x e. di PP n mad bis ds,zzling visione, of the future, Carlo fooed his powerstoned to the Utmost. But with an effoit he forced himself to enter' . - into 4 sober discussion ot the, game, recalled to Captain Britton's memory the feet that Unele GlijaC''S inheritance' had gladdened the hearts of the Little Sisters of the Poor, - , , . , '. , ' . 'LI and then toid hut piaimy Just ow matters, steed with regard to Anita. , Th t ' t hod, by his simple e cep cian was one . yet verygraphie way of telling a store. He began faintly to perceive the rare beauty. of his eharaeter. . ' " You are going to Naples now, at once, did I understand ?" he asked, when at , length Carlo paused. , " We thouaht of going there now,, since 4? the theatre will be closed after thie panic, at he an Carlo Will ad our engagement t S soon be beginning, My brotherdn-law is take a foetnight at the baths at going t 0 , . . Lucca, for he has hot been well lately. I shall go home to .Naplen with. Nita, and her little boy." ' • if Then. come with us in the Pilgrim," said the oaptoin. "My ' brother begged that you would do so, and Sibyl will be en- chanted to have the little boy as a: play- mata.,, After Nita had been ooneulted, and the Matter had been alittle more discussed, the invitation was acoepted, and by the evening a general dispersion had taken place, Mer- lino hadgone off to his course of • baths ; Sardoni and Dotnenicii lied started joyfully on what they called their second wedding- tour to the Italian lakes; Carlo, Nita and d board the Pilgrim • ninngi were -we come , on, in advanceof all, Comerio, with hatred in his heart, was making the best of hie W5 to corsioa. • ii I had heard nothing of you for two months," said Francesca, as again, to 'make' their present brighter by contrast, they talked over the troubles of the past; "but that was better than having false news. You have had the hardest part, darling, and. yet you'll neverknow how bitter it was to me in one way." ' ' ' asked, . "What way ?" he tenderly. ' "I cOuldn't tell you at Merleba,nk, but it was known* that you were sci poor, and having =they myself, and, not being able to help you. Ah ! you'll never know .hoW hard it was to be able to give to any one in the world except to the one you loved best There is a little matter -of bit in 'Aurora Leigh' Which I used 10 say for comfort." " What was that? Say it to me now.", "Lotus be content in work, • To clothe. thing we can, and not presume To fret because it's little." • "1 did fret, though, for, after a, we are most of us like 'Alice in Wonderland '— very fond of giving ourselves good advice, but seldona taking it !" ' They lthighed a little, and now it was the trouble that seemed. like a dream, and the happiness that had become true and real and indisputable. And together they paced the quiet deck, while below Nita's sweet, clear voice sang the familiar air of , "Oh, deice Napoli," which Francesca loved because of its happy associations. "See Naples and die !" said Carlo smin ing. g "I often thought, .over in•Alerica, that I would gladly have done so; but now I think not, carina, much as•I love it. Let us hope people in real life don't die of joy." . ' - CHAPTER •XXXV. ' ' • . . , Carlo had landed at . Naples late on the previous evening, and now, after the mid- day breakfast with the Ritter household and a long talk with his old friend, was making his way beck to the Palazzo Forti in the cool of the afternoon. He was in the best of spirits and had just been giving Enrico the account of all that .had ,paesed during the last few weeks. . And so, with laughter. and friendly teas- ing, they walked through the busy streets until they came in eight of the dingy old' palazzo, at the door of which a hostler was holding a beautiful,: oream-colored horse. "Come in aud, see Anita," said Carlo; "she. will have had her siesta by this time.", .• . • . And Enrico, though he. detested Madame Merlin°, consented to go in to .please his friend, and made himself very amiable t� her ' while Carlo opened a telegram which had arrived for him during his absence . 'The message was sett from Pozzuoli b 9 Captain Britton, and was to this effect : ' "We hope you will.dine with us to -night. I have ordered a horse to be 'sent round for you. Do not fail us." °‘ Nita, should you mind if I went to • n Casa , Bella ?" he asked. ' The captain seems t,o want me over there, for he has even taken the trouble to send a horse for me. I will be back, of course, to -night." ' . "11 that was the horse we taw waiting outside you will get there in no time," said Enrico; "it beats your old .Arab." ' ' But this Carlo would not allow, and amid much lively discussion as to his old favorite, he nodded a farewell to Nita and Gigin and ran down stairs, his heart beating fest at the prospect of seeing Francesca again so soon. • "Auf wiedersehn 1" said Enrico ' as he watched. his friend ride away. Sold the bright kok and ' gesture in response kept recurring to him as he walked back to his.day'e office. . He had. ridden about two miles beyond the grotto, and had nearly reached the cross- road which leads toward Agano, when he was roused from his dream of happiness by his horse shying violently at the sudden apparition of a.man rushing morose the road. All his attention was needed to quiet the animal, and it was only when he found himself surrounded by four formidable -look- ittg ruffians that he realized another danger. There Was just time for him to give his horse a smart stroke over the ' thoulder which made it bound forward; but the effort was uselese, for one of hie assailants instantly caught the reips in a firm gripe, and the. next moment he wag dragged from his seat. With all his might lie struggled to free ' himself, but it was only for a minute or two that he could even keep hie footing ; a hand held his throat So tightly that to cry out, for help was impossible, to breathe at all difficult ; and, though he fought gallantly, end .by adroitness and agility rather that strength, managed to give his capters some trouble, it, was inevi- table thot he shotild Succumb. Brubied, ehaken, half choked by the relentless gripe on his throat, he at length felt his strength overborne, and, struggling to the end; was- roe own on e . , Then to a d te th dastY, road ' came a moment's .bro,athingqiptee, Or the . . . .., . . hand at the throat relaxen its hold, and &nether laid a coeinee fiat& Was 8111)80,tEted. foe it, One of the men binke the. tile nee, speaking in a low, hurried voiee. " IsT0t, then, Lionbrunin the blovene quick 1 h• • ' ' . ' ” ACCid&tee," broke in a inneh younger voice . nothing of the to peg 6 good sort; I tell you. , ., ceroorie heti niod. price for his pretty prima donna, but he. hat, not given • , ,, ... ,, . . as a /sra too mOch for this lonsmess—4 was 'a rietra thing. in hill daylight, guemottneo 1 the fellow it ociming te hitheelf t"• ,..., . . - , bought heel; eVorYthing I) r e, and the ' intolerable fell:Weed:filled hina with an for the time, made tlica physieal extateut. He etarted Torword, feet unfettered, and began, . struggle in a voin effort Instantly strong hands ' . , again, and heavy booth ..", ' • into Unwilling stillness. "Be .so &ad, as to. sense, eigner lo said, the ' elbow. . "You are our priso.ner, at (Mr mercy Your life, present, but if you resiet end to you to eave ourselves "Bravo 1 bravo '" cried stifling a laugh. " Lionbrune orator that we ;shall soon . deputy, and then be can travel There, littl more then ainenwora° again, broken ' ' h h ' h f d the of t e orses oo 8 an wheelsi) At length the carriage was dragged out. The made hint tingle from head. all his might he resisted, at present he stood.on...0. was at least a possibility • help, and to what these brigands lying hint he had no idea: "No n e signor io satd 8 , ' " • side. " We are four tO one, make matters worse for yourself." Something in the tone appealed to Carlo. His blood and he allowed himself what he felt sure must be he could hear the ' rostle they forced their way on, boughs brushing against distance they walked he slightest idea. At last that it was all he could do after the °thee, the craving became' i. nore and more not been for the iion grasp held, he would have fallen Some one tore 'off the bandages kept him blind and. dumb then, dazzled and ,confused, around. He found himeelf in a which•seemedto him a the old Roman bath at Baja; Temple of Mercury. It by two torches, which, pretty throng ' light on beneath. Half. a dozen rough,: were .olustered together bench, on which was seated the gang, .a' powerful -looking rugged' face and .uneompromising stoutly checked all the Carlo's heart when he.found.himeell °mob:lore of Seeing and speaking. was not at and cruel -looking brigand fancies; he was much more of the martinettype, 'but his asarook, and he wasevidently whom no quartenwas to "'Successful, you see, prise, padre meo f' and who had Veen addressed Carlo looked at 'him, could not hate been niore the outside.. 'Undoubtedly picturesque figure whom yesterday by the water now, as he stood. beside respectfully yet speaking of a son, the likeness between was gnite noticeable. 'In time, if he lived the same young face would be probably production of the old. Bratealeone turned his upon the prisoner. • "Your name signor ?" " I ara Carlo' Poerio Donati,"•he "For what purpose have here? If .money is your poor as any man in Naples." The chief did not answer, of the banditti to search the man obeyed, and handed Carlo's pockets to the leader, singled out the watch and them to Lionbruno. , .i This is your share, done well," he remarked. The rest of the things tinely toward the three men in the capture.; they snatched the purse, and grumbled little in its ' , MeanwhileCarlo stood times it seemed to him that must be some wild imagination brain. A horrible giddiness the result, probably, of the ceived and the exhausting followed; He staggered covered himself, •and once the chief with the same question: ." For what purpose have here fe . ' You bear a name, signor, revered," add the 'chief, . .reporter. the sake of that I will answer lam not usually questioned oners. You came here Th th ii purse. ere are o e to pay well fornny eon's.little your stay here will be quite yourself." "1 will,dotible the sum me at once !". said Carlo. • ,•But the Chief shook his " 111' the words of the ' E . nteglio aver oggi un uovo gallina,' nor do I ever turn Rocco, make haste with the Againth t horrible,• giddy a in Carlon brain ; he was of what _ happened • during minutes ; but the paroxysm found that they were leading o, catacomb, and that Lionbruno, hand; headed the procession. ended in a sort of rude signs of habitation, and here bit,,'thin b ill wi ion runo o y noticed that his arias had but that there was a chain th which one foot and niched, and the weight of that he could only move ' " I am your prisoner," "and wholly at your mercy, minded me Just now ; hilt men. Do not keep me any dark 1 Tell me What Conierio o "What iS that to us ?" "For the present our share done, and for the rest who case, Brancakone will get for your fate; 1 don't canna way or the other !" pea " Can you 'not 6 - k mean Mutt my life depends whim vi , , " Xot on emeriti at sister. Look here, ilia • ceremony on a festa 1 Comeno to•night, wins her .comient . . country with him, and exchanges ) - handkerehief with our who on Wedttesdoy night us; and from that noonient ma, - 0 n mice more., r, on Madame 'Merlin° tefiniet den definitely, domed° dikeppeata . . ' h • ' d ' A Mime civing roppe a with our agent, and on . I t 0 ' . • Id wor , your as ot us . in a nutshell signor" ' Cario's her,,rtigeno a &mild u .h him• chilltan t.roug to Carlo% reMein, words Which anguish which, pain non.- fonnd hie to writhe and thins; to free him °root im down . kicked his shins . Use your. comotatea young voice at tini ad wholly is in n'o diniger at we shall •put an trouble." . another voice, is mirth an hove him as o. fre.e.ofoost I" atifled laughter,. only by the sound rumblin of the g stopped, and Carlo rough haudling to foot, and with for he knew they , road where there ' of ,meeting with were hur- „ • . the voice at his and you .only , of the speaker cooled o little, to be led through a thick wood, for of the leaves'as and could feel him. AS to the could not form the he was ao worn Out to drag ' one foot for air and light keen and, had it , wasand, in which he as to the ground. which had for so king, and he .looked ' domed building, smaller edition of known as the was lighted only however, 'shed a the strange grOup ill -clad men close to a stone the leader of mon, whose. mouth in- hope. that rose in capable all the ferocious chief of his boyish like an officer face was asherd a person from . be expected. • in my first enter- the young fellow as Lionbruno. • and sawthat than eighteen at. he was the same. • he hen noticed' -seller's 'stall ; and the ,chief, beWing withthe freedom the two faces tvventy years' lawless life, the an exact re- • haughty gaze . he inquired.- ne ' replied. you brought me object, 1 am as but Ordered, One prisoner.' , The the contents of who at' once chain and handed • , iny son ; you have. he 'pushed collec- 1 who had helped eagerly. .at much to fincl so . , ' motionless. Some- the whole scene of • hilt Own seized him, blow.he had re- walk which had a little, but re: more:turned to ' ion brought me • that I once coldly; " and for. you, though by my pris- to replenish. my h were willing w o w escapade, and free of cost th , : ' ' if you will release . .. head. proverb, signor, cite dintant tata,' from my word. ironer • , confusion rose . . very' dimly aware the next few passed, and he him through torch . in The passage oell which showed his guards left sentineL He as , . been unstrapped, round his waist one hand were at iron Wa8 eo great with difficulty. he said gravely, as you re- We are fellow- longer in the means to do 1" replied Lionbruno. of the work is cares? In any his money, As fig about it one I •' 1 ? D •• ni p am y o yo on Comerio's ' all, but on your all as °Merit as a . , . , goes o her to leave, the . , a white Neapolitan ageat, will litho it On to yoa are a free th - th lo - d e o .er an ; her lover's sugges- front the re 9, ere ie • d h ndk li' f Thureday pia look That ' ' th ' Ite - xs e mix r ., ' then a, cold, h ' li id " • 1 d ';. q a., Int ee .. nethible vielenee at the kande ef Comerio ; be litie.w the CorsieOn'e 'Xiathre too Well to expect him to behene, ter inetauee, like an En Minato or an Algorithm a but, ialthougla he ahad never been lseking in 'emirage, it appalled him to thook thot for two cloyeatd two nights he Must Unlit in this, diemal mill, end at the end of the time be murdered in cold blood. Yet what was the °thee Alter- native'? "My God 1" he cried, "how Pan I be williog to die 1 ..it is more than mon can bear! ' ' . : A wave of horror passed oVer iiitri as. he realized what Might be happening ot that ,nettninoMent. and. all thought of esdi flied within him, • as, in terrible reaction, he passed from the vision of perfect purity and lone to the thought of urRurity' and sin. In an agony he prayed, willing now to die a thousand deaths rather than that Anita should . sink into , this black abyss, this helliah contradiction to all love and light. , ' CHAPTER XXXPI. .... " oin. Glenna BET Q0D'S NVILL," a . .. . You hay° passed 'a bad night, signora" remarked Lionbruno, glanouag up his Work at the Prisoner. Carlo, who to the bet retained his sense of fun, saw the d.ouble. meaning which the remark might bear, smiled, - aid • "And " I have not elept," he replied.land. you ?1, "1 ?" said Lionbruno, 'shrugging his. shoulders, "have had to wake also, that I might keep guard." ' Id 'Do you think, then, that ethape would be possible an such irons as these ?" "No, it. would be impossible, even if the approach' to the upper air Were not well goarded. But it is one of Brancaleone's Iowa that' a • prisoner should be watched night and day. "You seem to look death in the face calmly enough; but it is 'far more likely that you will be set free." , Carlo shook his head. ' " If I were set free it would mean that thy whole life had failed. Something tells me that is not-. so. Therefore, you see, I 'must face the thought of death. And, while we are speaking of it just ten Me bow it will be. Am I to be'shot 1". • ' LifeibrunoOngreat black eyes were full of wonder.; they were very much like the eyes of ,some animal. He was completely puz- aled by his oompanion, and somehow awed by, him. ,` No," he. said ; " that could not be, here." - What, then—stabbed ?" Lionbruno shook-hisi head. " Poisonednor perhaps hung ?" . Again the young brigand Medea gesture of dissent; then, with unmistakable mean- ing; he drew out Ms knife, and passedit lightly across his . throat„ gleniehig signifi- cantly at the primmer. • 'Carlo had too nit'id an imagination not to shrink 4 little from the picture which Pre- sented•itself to his mind ; he grew suddenly . . ihis cold, and felt a strange stirring n heart, and a tightening.about the liniscies , of his throon But he quickly recovered' himself; and,with mi perceptible effort, returned to the nterrupted story. . i "And this work of yours yesterday," continued Carlo ; "it will not only. end in . . . , , ,„ a ,. murder, it willabrean hearts and blightlives. Will you be piond 'of, doing Such devil's work as that ?" , • ' "A •man must live," said Lionbruno, gloomily; " I only. do what I was brought up to do. • As to cruelty, Broncaleone would not havethe hold which he has On the hearts of the people were he 9, cruel . . chief. No prisoner has ever. been ill-used by him, and f a man must be put out of the i ' , way, why; it is done promptly and without barbarity. • The day for etch things.th past; 1we, too, are civilized, Our plots are mor,e refined, .as . well as more successful, now J that we have the . telegraph always at our. 1 command. •• , . 1. Carlo started. ' • • - ' , 1 "Do you mean, then, 'that thetelegrana I had yesterday' was your doing? ' Wes it 1 .a mere trick?' , . . Lionbruno laughed, and rubbed.bis hands together. . 1 "Was it not clever? The firet idea was a note of invitation from the English cap- 1 thin ; but then, there would have been the danger of the hand.writing not being right.' The telegram was my notion, and the send- ing itit English made it ' doubly sale; it was only because-Ilad thought of it that I was given the charge :of the whole .affair, for, after all, I am .young for such work. Dio I what sport it was 1 The watching for the yacht, and dogging your steps every-. • • where, while allthe time you were se hap- pity ignorant ; then the breathless race to Pozzuoli ,to . send . the telegram, and the anxiety Of the afternoon when we did not' , know whether, ' perhaps, you ' might. not, after all, refuse to go. How happy I . was when I saw yon by the Grotto of Posilipo 1, And you, too„looked happy. ' Ah, I shall' never again have a better bit of sport !" , 'Carlo shiiddered ; the unblushing avowal made him recoil as from aon-te' hellish thing. He did not say a ' word, but Lionbruno noted his expreesion, and never forgot it• 1' " Gime 1" he said, , his ' nine ,suddenly changing, "1 can't. stay all day' in this dull hole, We will see what the others are •u P' to." • • •All the next day he was markedly civil to his prisoner. He even saorificed himself so far as to remain in the dreary • little cell, instead of insisting, as before, on spending the time with the rest of the . gang. Carlo spoke little, for grief and suspense and the . . . long-contmued sleeplessness had brought him almost th the last stage of exhaustion, but what few Words he did say were •courte- ono and pleasant, and in tone not otherwise than cheerful. Lionbruno began to think More and more distastefully of ' the scene that would be enacted that evening, and, as the time drew near, he could bear it no longer, but summoning one of the eider men , , ,d to keep guard in his place, sought out the chief and begged to speak alone with him. ., . , . ; Brancato:sone kd the way from the gloomy underground retreat to the open air. Already it was dark, but here and there through the thick foliage were little spaces. through which stars gleamed down . coldly. Lionbrumi gave a gasp of relief as he found himself once more above ground; for the atmosphere down below was not a little trying to one ' accustomed to an out -door life, ! , , " Britg the • t " a id prisoner in a once, a the eidef. ' ' ' " Brancaleone orderef you to be brought '• " I 'd h k'l in, le saa , us 1 y. 6 you prepare , d signor ?" - "Quite," replied Carte, sttoiding up, and speaking as candy as tit ugh t . 131 • ° n° 'err' e ordeal awaited hitt. . . , . . . , Bra,nealeone at smoking as composedly ae though no anueder were contemplated , . .. . .. -that night ; close by nook, stirred the . ) °entente of a caldron which hang °Oen a, charcoal btanier Wh'i ' th ' t f th ' -. were. playing cords and quarreling conorig th in el Th oh i t h d 1 • Id • ' e s van 6 ie ur e US 00 eyes on the prisoner. , "My messenger May arriyo any time eh . A ,,--y- ' 11 a 1 o nex our, e sal .. .ou wi w'th'n th t h • therefore he ready for 'out frith, whatever it in b Sh Id li h h t d ay e. ou we 9.ve een e raye ., end. should a rescuing party be • sent with hitn, you will instantly 'be shot. should y..-11 h' -- • Win'te h dk ln f 't or.. see lin wave a i. an ere ip., 1 •. . .. . . . . ,-- / A BARITONE S DEVOTION . 9 .. OR A TALE OE SUNNY ITALY. CHAPTER' XXXIV. . YACHTING. "You look pale, Nita . I am afraid the fright of last' night has 'dote you harm," said Clarkin coming into the Marlines' private silting -room. "11 is lust as well that the damage done to the theatre will preveunour keeping this -engagement. They' Say thenplace is to be olosed hit- a fortnight, and after the horrors that went on in the crush last night it is onit, decent." , " The wonder is that more were net killed," and Nita, with a shudder. c' Oh,many r am so glad Mt., to ' have to sing ' again. to -air a I should always be hearing againtO , , that horrible ory." , "Do not.dwell on it ; think of something else ; it has made you look quite ill," said Canto, debating whether he should talk to her of his own 'happiness, but coming to the1 solicitation that the seemed toanad, and that it would be better not to toubh on the subject, • is not the fright that has made me ill," she said, at length. " I must tell you, Carlin.; all about it. Comedo has been here." • "Here this morning ?" he exclaimed. "Yes "—she' shivered from head to foot —" and I made him own that Mademoiselle De Cabine,knew nothing of that advertise -c meat . He got her to write the letter easily enough, for you know she was vexed withlight you,. and he fniade her believe that it was Miss Flora Britton whom. you were 111 love with, and then he posted the letter for her, . . . and put In the Matting ,from the Times. ,Tast think of his boasting to me of the elevernesis of 'the trick !" Carlo, with a muttered ejaculation, paced hurriedly to and fro; • trying to keep hieBritnealeone indignation within bounds. • "fie told me how he had got it printed,' she continued, "and expected me to Prude° him for it." , • "And you ?" asked 'Carlo, with dawning hope in his tone. "1 told him that I would never speak to him again," said Nita trying in vainto re- press a sob. "But, anlitio, I am afralp. of him—so terribly afraid. He looked as if he could have killed me, and just went &W&9 without another Word. Oh; if only I had never seen him 1 If only I had believed, like you, that nothing ifi finpoisible, and had resisted from the first 1 But he was always so Strong, and I so weak and friend- leas."• ' "But you have resisted now," said Carlo, trying to comfort her. "Ansi as to fearing what Mornay do, I would try not to trouble aliont it, for depend upon it, ,he values his ' own safety too much to do anything deeper-. ate; besides, if evil is strong, . good is more strong." . . . . • "It doesn't seem to be in this world, at any rate," said Nita. "Do you think ncit ? Perhaps it doesn't ' always conquer here at first, but that mat- ters little, if in the end it vine." "You will not leave me ?" she pleaded. "If you leave the company my last chance is gone. Ah, do you remember how I hoped at Birmingham . that you woulct go, and that Comerio would take your place? If he had spent those 'two years in America with us 1, should have been in his power now." ' . ' • She_shuddered, for something had shown her that morning the true nature of theinan whom she. had loved. "1 will never leave you," he said, quietly. "An , English . gentleman , to see you, signor, in the =lotto," aimouteed a waiter. Carlo's' heart heat quickly as ' he' went down -stairs, yet he was less embarrasaed than Captain Britton, who met him with an overpowering shake of the hand, and. then relapsed into silence. • , , ' "Francesca is 'none the worse for the fright, I hope ?" asked Carlo, anxiously. "Indeed, I think she is all the better for it," said the captain, smiling a little. . , There woo coaother silence; , "The felt is, Donati," resumed Captain Britton, dragging his chair 'forward' with a husiness-like oar, and planting both elbows on the table, "there is no use in. beating about the bush.; I have come here to ask you a,plain question, and t hope you'llgive me a plain answer. Do you still care for my child or riot ? Just' answer' me, yes or no. ' The bluff speech of the old sailor nearly took away the Italian's breath, but if Cap- fain •33ritton really expected him to answer in a monosyllable to such a question he was disappointed. His face glowed, his eyes shone, yet, spite of the passionate eagerness of tone, ... there was a dignity in , his manner which Ebppealed tO the Englishmap. - . "I love her, sir, with my whole heart I" he said. "1 love her, and must always love her. , . We belong to each other, and, though we • may have to go through life apart, yet she is mine and I am hers, and nothing can come between us." ' "So it seems," said the captain, rather ruefally. "Well, I frankly telt you that I would rather see my daughter married to. a plain working -man than to an opetan3inger ; but I have talked the matter over with thy brother end Miss Claremont; and sine° your love has stood the test of a three -years' absence arid slue Francesca evil not lend an ear to any other preposols, I am bound to consider what is Most for her happinees; though I paint candidly tell you that it is such a match as I shookl have chosen for e lien , ' . , "Indeed,' exclaimed_ Carlo with a lover's 0 genuiee humility, "1 Ithow 1 eau never de- her, but ' " •1. , THE rititenfinfi VAEE. . ....o._ A Trani, na School. and ate/ming atone to 'Maher and Better Things. .The oration of the day at the opemo., g of e mon rm era ome a o oth o• th'Il• P't '',1 tO1 d Springs, CoL, was delivered , by Senator J. H. Gallinger, Of New Hampshire. 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'' ' . miss Booth Not Wo3Ul.' • . • For tette time, it is said„ Miss Lucy Booth has been in a. state bordering on eollapee. . Miss Booth is known in the. Salvation Army as " Colonel " Booth, an& is a daughter of Gen. Booth„Commancler4no Chief. The cense of the Salvation lassie's perturbed state of mind was the receipt of 1 . ' a letter from Col. Lampard„ one of the officers. of the ,Arintr, eevering the engage - ment to ' marry which they had entered • t • y., - • in o some time ago. Col. . ampard gimes nO reason, for thin Atop,. but renews the, assurance of hie distinguiehed coosielorea tion for Col. Luay and the General ',and removes hiniself from the range of their vision. , • ' —Little.Clare. was •out with her mother taking dinner at a neighbor's houee, and the hostess, in an attempt to be entertain- ing, asked her if she liked kittens The little miss shocked ' those gathered at the table by lookinsus g tiithously at the chicken pot -pie a.n rep prog, ess not—dess I 1 • " I d rather have cake" • .... • . moonoon the .wrettler may not be ver9 learned ' in physiology • but he can tell • . , ! pretty apeurately what is wrong with , some Doori 9,nd with their mental aisd physical naming. Asked by a., young lady why the women of the period, as observed in the atreetsi of the large cities, look healthier, walk better and are physically better epeoinnine than the men, he is reported to haveSala '' • troable begins with h care 6f he The . t e. t boy when he is a Mt e chap a evouthing her • f e isnobody11 sacrificed to the cultiva em of the intellect and tho sinoll boy's physical condition isni paid ram% attention to, You see the sons of rich men who are weak, Miserable spechnene, killing themscives with cigarettes, smaller and less 6troug them, their sisters, and having no strength physicallO, A good many of than are thwarda Train it boy morally and physical" - lint and his Vialowill respond when you ca 1 f on it Traiii the britin at th • - , . , . e expenee OE the body. and you have Just such specimens of mu,.ilhoOd as you laugh at. * *' * t I believe in makin a be strori and well, morally d 1 , 14thanY al; hi b - allen Isis cally, le ang m a sorb tho Lowledge he can • but I' don't belieVe in i , , . . , uca i ,n on wastnig a live thoit5And-donar ed "t'e a fifty -cent boy,. ' We Iike hiroolotieg eentenee It is a double , - , • Waste to give an eapensive education to a Puny' fiftyment boy, because the develop- ineut of his mental faculties will be at the . , . • . . expense of physical health, Young doa einithially weakly children should not be - ' ' , : ' made to sacrifice Or stinit their ,ph3ikilibi growth by too nuteh study, • wh b• ' • b II k f h en a big operator u s the mat eo e - - , twow catch. the Rainy Ely. The warm Weather Will soon be here. and , - . • , ' ' d; ' some of the flies are ahead on hat • Of . , , 7 . b fl course, will ay v paper now or kill off the flies that are obont to be ' • to gm • raise fa ' . inilies, Prevention is rarely thought o in conned ion wit insects or verinm. The first flies, the first roaches and the, first rats are always allowed to increase.. e are a IA ion o a mule avers, aia W . 'V . f bah' k ' - • cl. are not im ' rovin -eLounnville, • Conrieir P g• - • Journal. serve " Nonsenae," interrupted 'the captaih ; "1 meant nothing personal of that tort 1 You know well enough, Carlo, that I am very fond of , you, that I Call never forget that you Saved her life---" Habegan to feel choked arid broke off abruptly, "As to that," said Carlo, smilirr "3.1 . o a . . • ' . 'Was nothing a all. We only sat et 1 when others were running away, arid I. really think we forgot fire and clanger, altogether at drat, . " Let ito !Teak mit, plaialy once for all," said Captain; Britton, eleating his ththat, "and theft have dote With it altogether. I dialike 'Our proferedon, but I understand . . • that you have a great filter° ' Wore you m the musical werld, and I suppose nature singer, 6,na that XaCallt. you, for on opera , . there iri nor inn in nit/ling olie's head any longer aaairist a stolid vorilL After all a ? _ _.0__ A ... . life's Compensations. V' "WhyI If ' a h ? " ic • are you oo mo so happy I had a quarrel with my litithand thin . . ,. . inerhwg'' ' ' " That ' ;Should hardly make yin& feet h..„„„i ••••fr''' ' • ' • . ' No bat 'we have met made it up," ' ' - . , • , Atherding to St. Peteinburg journals a . -', - b b .• - ' turquoise. mole as 'cot discovered near the 'town of Ibrahim -Olga alio 15 ' •1 f • nt itx ea front 6 atinnathond. Athorditg‘ to Iron this is the, ' ' ' . ' ' - ' ' C thied turquome mine diebovered..in antral , , lOfl 01 Uomorioeme growu pretty well acotitoiiiadto Usa idet 03. WUL atean tbat yo are tree , 01105115 3.10 muat beab 110 acindeqUences.