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The Bella of Mena. • •
- When the eve is growing.gray and the tide is
rol inc in, - • -
left and look &moils the bay to the bonny town
of Lyno.; * -
. end the fisher folks -axe near,
Butwis they nevr,r hear .
I The gongs the tar bolls make for _me; the bonny
bells of Lynn: ..1 -
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The folks are obattinggay and Ihear their.inerry
*L._ din, . • ,.
But 1 look and look-aoross the bay to the bonny
• .town -of Lynn;
He told -me to wait bore
Upon the old brown -pier, .
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• reveal waento vague and Unsupported. I-
toteld net !nen lie upon:the spot where the
ciiineiWas oottemieted. I hadtascertaiued
thettio house in - Walpole street oould be
opened by a key similar to. mine. There
was; no other tstreet .of. - that - pans, any
Where near, My friend with .the unsteady
-feet .must have misunderstoodtme and oon-
ducted Me to another row of houses. :
. I thought, at One time, of - advertising
and asking- him to cernmunioate with, ma,.
-but I ociuld not word request . whioh
shouldbeiritelligible to biro, Without, pre.
'To wait'aee Wat,A2 hfin voinipg when' the„ Ode. ohande, excittng. the , •auspections. !of • those
- was rolling in. • - whoi, were concierned an the ceinie. .Even
phrIseehim pulling -strong, o'er the bay. now, if they. had discovered my true name
• to me; - - and Abode; there:might be some one on the
and jovial song and his .Merry face watah_for any'enovement I; Might mike: 1
- see ; • • . „
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: And now he's at the 'pier, ; , ottetteeen spared °nee., but no Minty would
.• ..tee fly' !ave. -end twee , be shown nee a eedone time; w by .should
•And he's opmiung up the sea-wasbed stops with
I risk -My life by making disolosutee which
. hands butstratehed.tu D.10. . - - -
• - 'WOOld not : be believed,accUsatione ageinse
Oh, roVild4e, your Cheek is ooId and your hands men wee were unknown to me?. •White.
.ate stark and thin I ; • ; • good could I do.? : -!_By now the assassins
' Oh, hesx ou 'PA the belle of. Old, the bonny -
bells of 140 ? • muse have hidden all: trine of :the crime,
Oh.-have-yoU Dinah,t- to'say . . • and Made good their retreat. Whyshould
; - Upon our _w.eddlog day ? I face -e the .,ridioule which.' muet- attach to
• Lova; hear you n t the we.dding-_ bells : aoroat the
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filaY Of Lynn? . • . - - leach attale as mine; the truth of which I
-.- • - . • ; - Could -not peeve ?..!. No; let the horrors of
Oh, my peter: .speak to me! - and bold .Me east, that night be as, it dream. Let them fade
. • rains owirl - . ' • -
For I4fear ibis rising jail, and theri(?winds and tend blitlorgottene ' t - •••
.• . Weveetbatmoiee . - • e--; . . Sten I have something else to think of;.
- .". something that may . drive Such die-
. But never a word be sad !• maLm-emories Irani my mind. 'Hope has
. :He Is dead,.my love. iedead! .
- • • With delignt. -Soienoe has: triuinphed 1
- alone and- ted and gray,- and: the tide Jason. My. idefeated, foe has left ine I am told
jug- ; • • • 7 - • • •
• - ; .BUt my are' was - long_ and. tedtone
.affair. Both': eyes were operated- upon,
-Vititeoneraud, when the 'aweless of .- that
operation was &kneed,- the other. It wAs
munt es before_ I was -allowed -tct emerge'.
altogether .. from darkness.' Light-. was
doled out nee me sparingly and oentionsly,
What dithatmatte; sce long thee I knew
-there was light :Again ifee • I- was.
patient, very- patient .and grateful,. .I fel-
loWeclettir. joy's iustruciteine AO -the letter,
knowing shoield _teap-. the reward of so
doing.. - • - ere - •
My -eerie had been'treitteclby'theintnplest
and i-iitifest Method Of :operetione-the one
whieh is alveeyeethosen.When the nature of.
the Obligees Mid- the age of the patient per-
mitesoletion or absorption it teemed..
When it was all over,'anti-:- all danger- of
inflammation at -sp. end; when -.found
eleat by the aid rong convex, glesses I
-.could see welt eneutgh- for all- ordieary.. purl
-posee, Xi. Jay oozigeittulited -both himbelf
and ,me., It promised ..he!. Said, to be the
moot therciughiy. inaceeeful (mete he had ever
tiken part in. It moat have -heen'seme-
-tnieig Above the OOMMODi AB I am informed
thateeery book cio the eye whtonbas singe
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bee* published Cites my °see- as an example
of -Wheal:day be. donee
Noe'until rcty deriug day fend thee
time* when my ; -cute was tdeolered•
:mite. When the bandages: Were .removed,
and wos.told I .enight. now UBO, sparingly,
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Ah ab pie! I did but dreamt, and • ail 0600Me.CertaInty: I- am almott--delieious
is return ts almost beyond possibility.
But -ray away away, away; in the old
- graveyard at LynnA • . • • The world is light again l I.Clan see!• -
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Prisoillie flew to the resoue: She found
- _me lying sentieleise-and destined, upon my
reaceyery, to - brought 7befOre4120 Magni,
- tektite. A doOtor was soon proonied, .Who
testified to my innooentie :se far as .aloOhol
-was- : oonnerned. The energetic_ -Prifioilla;.
*dime &Ogg Me safely .in.a date -gate the
.. Officers a bit of her mind as to the doom:
forte. Under which she hadefoUnd -Me
She then d4efted triumphantly
with her unOonsolotis -oharge, and laid him
on tbeibed. he had SO rashly quitted: _.
- _ kara-grieved to, be CoMpollad- to gather
• from her words, that, in spice of. the indigr
nation she displayed-. toward . the. police..
- men, her eetimate. Of :eny condition -wee
• e the same an theirs. She weeepertieulairly-
gratefdlice the dodge, whotme I fear, Bile'
booked Otten - Ode .-clever and Complaisant
- praothioner„ who. had ettrioated.a gentle•
man horn a. scrape by - a welLtimed but.
Untruthful-explanation.-
Bet-I:nevi kap*. .a body Stop inienid-
So long lifter it. Don't ee do it again,
Master Gilbert;" she oonolilded.
- I did not combat. her suspiaione. Pas-
- bills viaii scarcely. the ' one to .whom
wiehed to ocinfide .the adventUreS of the
night.By far the simplest way was to
• say nothing, to leave her to drew. her own,
and, perhaps, not unnatural conclusions.
" I vvon't do it again," I.Said; "IsTow get. night,: to wake and see the sun, - the
me !some :breakfast. - andioast—any. stara-Lthe.. clonds aped!. bythe Wind edema
.* the fide blue teke - To.: see -green:branches
swaying witht:the heenes, and throwing
trenibling shadows on my path! ,To 'meek
the .fiower asbud but yesterdayt 3Tdity a
bloorta tvatch the :Woad, -brigitt sea:
grow-7,.splendid with the crinison::of. the
we at! TO, gaze Ore- piletures, pet ple,• =nine
taiusestreatinee-to know filIapet color, fotrd
and 't tut 17 -To tees, • not: hear: alone, the
and laugh of those who,griteped .
my hand and spoke kind words -
-Toeme, in those :first days ot oeviebeep-
lighe the face of every Woman, .man and
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010 Welcoinee as the face of souele
oetc friend, long boat found again!
.Af ter - this deacript ,on of - coetacy it
seeMs pure bathos -Say that the only
-thing which! ..detraotede 'train :it e was my
Jeeing oblige.d to. eveair; ehose. :stecing convex.
gleeees, Iewas -young, And_ they were hor,
ribly ditfiguring. - .
Shell I neVer. --be • ithle .tO dO Wiehoeit
there re I Asked; eather•ruefully.. :
' " That," replied Mr., Jaye" is point
;open wei0.1“ wish eo Speek. to You.. You.
will! never- lee able to- do without : glasq6.
Retnember I nave destroyed; ithaprbed,
- ,soltecl: the. glasses in your eyes called ()rye-
talline lenses; Their place.ii now. suPplied-
hy Thia h -as a - nigh*
retrecttng power. e Very .of ten if you doutt,
give in to Netnre she wt11 glee .itee) you. If-
. you can take the trouble 16 ooeroe.lier, she
wit!. gradually meet. you,- If any one ithbuld;
A:0 Mitt it is you-. you are yoting ; you...have.
' no Profession, and yOur biead _• does not.
depend. upon yOur sight. . Glaeses you -
must alwaYs wear,..but. if yoii insibt,tbat
:Nature' ahall act Ivithont „such strong aids
as thee°, the thancee 'areeshe at.laat
.oOnsexitto do so, -is a tedeous pfocease
leve have beeh, able or b a,ve had 'patieticee
.to perieverel; homy- experience is that ID
-meny inetancea iteney be demi." e. -
I deterniined it should be done. _
!bwed his &Ohm.. At.great personettintiod--
Venienoe I Wore glasses: only -permit.
ted- nip tO say I (mold -see* ell. Bot-rny
reWard Cane° 'Slowly very slowly I fOund,
:my:sight gro wing Wenger, eill in. &bent two
Vearttetime, could, by. the -aid of glasses,.
the ocvexity of :which Was-to:Wight as tote
soaroely ncitioeable, See as well anneotit of
my fellow- creatures. Then I began onoe
more enjpy life. . • t - .
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• my einourtained eyes. •
The joy, from what seented never-ending
.. thing." ._ ' -- . .." t , - . - .• - •
-- . She went to do !My' biddipg. . It Wes! not
.. that I was hungry: I . wanted to be! alone
• for a few. minutes, to think—or think as
well.as:ney ebbing head would allow. • - . -
- :-1 recalled every thing that had happened-
-- 'since I left :the door of MY_ lions& The
' - entranced. walk, :the- drunken' - guide; the.
. : song I heard; and,_ at terWied, those horrible,
. eloquent -sounds- and tOucsbes. - Everything
• WAS eller and connected up 10 the •rnoment
the opiate Was forced upon me; al telthat my .
mind- was a- blank. eltrieoillotet de showed
• .: me that - during : that blank : I mut have
.been t ransported several rai les and deposited
M the thoroughfare Where I wastfound by
the pelioemen. • I saw. :through . the orefey
:.soheine: . I.bid been, . dropped, insensible,
. fae aceay.from the .sotene of - the crime at
. which I -had ...been preaent- ' How- wild
and iropiebable . my . tale : would seem]
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'Wouldanyteed _belieVe.it? - ' - -
-' Tina I rremernbeted: My horror it what
. -1 felt streaming over my -hand - as I lay.
- - - pinned-deein upon the fallen,- man. :I called
• Prisciille: - e - : t -,.. *_ e
"Ltnik,"-Itiaid, holding - my rignt.band
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toward her, ." ie :it clean—was. it (dean,
. When you fpund pier! - . - : ' t : • ,
"Clean—la, no, Master Gilbert -
tl. "What was on jt!?:". I asked, exaltedly.
. , --.. "AL! °peered' with Mild, just as if • you'd
been .dabbling - in - the gutter. The fleet
• •._ thing I did. when I -got you home was to
- wash your poor hands. and fitoe. I, bevel it
would bring iou round—it gene -telly does,
. . you know,' . f ... -.
- The tight hay side. See if anythingle On
.. te "-But my . oat sleeve—my shirt- -sleeve.
them.'
• . Prisoille laughed. . "You - haven't gob
... .t.ne'er a righthandsleeve left. They were
. out or tOtri Off. above .the. ._ elbow. -Your
. - arm was naked." ' : - - .
- - - - Every. scrap _of oirounitittintial evidence.
: - which would confirm My tele was vanish-
ing away. , There would be nothing to eup--
: - . port it wept:the atisertiOn of a Hind men,
- - -who left hie house in the dead of night,
- agar-atty. and Who . was found,- several'
hones afterward; ' miles 1 &wale' M suet a
. state that t le guardians of the putilicenetere-
ale:were °drivelled to take charge Of= bird.
' Yet I oould .not reinani silent. with the
. - keowledge of sweb a of ime weighing ou my
e . _mind.- The _mit. day I iiaa entirely entree
. eeed from the effeete of : the (milts, and
* s(tar consideratiOn- sent for- my solicitor;
Re was 1 oonfidential friend, and I. -resolved
• to be guided by his advice: In a very 'short
- -; tines 1 found it Was !hopeless to think of
carrying ceniviatiOn to his mind.' He:
e
listened gravely, gra4ely, giiibg vent to - "Well,
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well I" "Bless My. dont!" ' "Shocking 1"
. 'and other seteexpreesions of 'Fluipritie„ but.I.
knew he wee:only" huntoeing me, and leoked
.- supon-the whole . thing as it delusion. I
have no doubt .-- that !Priscilla had - been
talking to him. !grid !telling him-, all she
. 'knew, - His einoreduliey annoyed ..: me,
... - so I sold him, testily,. I should say no more
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about the affair. - • • . 0,_ . ..: . .-. '-,--.
. 4'. Well, 'X wouldn't if el were yOu " he,
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;'. said. - ' :' I. . ; .: . ' , -.- ...
- "Ton don't believkine V''.- •- . - .
• - - 3, I -believe yoU are baying what you think
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: • - is title ;..but if ' you etillt •me, my Opinion is
. Unit-) o a Ngalked in your steep and dreamed
all this. t ' , . ,.. . - ; - . • ., , -
- - Too cross :tit- argue with hint; I took his
.advioe, es:i far as he wail:concerned, and said
- no more about - it. e Afterward It tried
another friend -with :aesimiliiir result. 11
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, 2 those - who had known- we from . childhood
. -would not believe Mia, how could•I expeet
' :strangers to -de -pp/ Everythiag- I had to
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We - have seen Ban Gitivanni -tined . WI ow moments at the deer, ee, teat Kenyon our journey easily ; staying an long soli
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churches.- We have toiled, or beasts Of :old I, passed out before theta By. .com- suited- us in each teem we visited, se that ,
_biirden bane toiled with ate .up La Snore.; :6aon -consent we paused 0rd-side. - The by the time the yacht had noished her '
Schen We have gated at the matineleum tit ntic]] may have been a rude -6ne, but we cruise and borne us back to Englatuds the .
bavey'i priuoely line:- :We: ,have seett were both anxious to see *the - epartuee of . summer was .nearly over. . . .
enough of . -the t ounibions old Palairee !the girl whose appearsenie hti • .so_greatly litany 'and many a time since leaving
Maclaine, whiCh _holds at hotel aoroeelntere.sted us. As we came through the Turin I had thought of the girl I heel seen
.the Piedzi Castello. . We have marvellete 'floor of the church I noticed et man stand- at San Giovanni—tbought of her so oaten
attheplain,euninfreetiOgi looking PalizZet .44 near the eteps—a middleeg' ed man of that I laughed at ntYtelf for mY fc#1IY*
Reale, end our 'mirth :has;•beeri -Moved b!': :gentlemanly appearance. He I was rather Until now I -had never carried in my mend .
tbe grotesque briekework‘electoration of tln• - ; eeund shouldered and worei spectacles. for So long a period the riemembranee of a
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•Paletzo Carignan°. We. have opticinie0e gad I felt any iitterest in detOrthining his woman's fame. There must, for me, have _
the rather pior .picituretgelleey. In twee 1 0 eetion in life I should have aljudged- him- been something strangely b 'witching in bar..
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we have done Turin thoroughly, and, with e to one of the learned profeskelonse There 'style of beauty: I ecened very feature—
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the contempt bred by familiarity, are ceatte ; eOuld be no mistake as to Iiis nationality ; . I oeuld; had I been an arti t, have painted
Wig tO feel like pitiful little atoms as nel he was tt Alien- to the back botte: He WAS her portrait from emery. Laugh at my
stand in the enormous squares and crauntlevidently waiting for -some onee ,and when
our teaks looking at Moeolehetti's honeeneiee the girl., followed by the old 'omen, came
brotize statues. . • , et - - e:5e tent of SAD Giovanni he stepOqd forward
. Chirtatike are over. ' W are now simplti tend-aboosted them. -
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10bfiSk .--atiout. atid enjoying ouraelvesei 1 The women gave a little sump ory of
revel-ling:1d the - delicious weather, anty; !Surprise: She took his hand aid kissed lit.
trymg to. make am our languid .but corieit The girl stood apparently. 13.01tbetio. It
tented minds sett to when We shall leavee ;was evident that. the 'gentleinoe's business
the town- and where our next resting pteett :/ey.with the old servant. A --e spoke a few
shall be. _ . 1 I ,' . • 'ft i Words to her; :then drawieg her aside the
We wonder tdown the broad via di Peet wo. walked away to some distance., Under.
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lingering DOW and theni to -pear into -thil',. -the shadow of the ;church, and to ,all.
entieing. shops , whit& lurk _ in its shaeltie 1 ppearance were talking eaeneatly kied.
inteees ; . we .pass tbrough the' spacioth fitolublyebut ever and anon. cimiting a look-
Plizzi! . Vittorio :Emanuele ; we cross ttillf ‘1,0 the direation of the girl. ! ,
bridge whose - -five:granite ; arobes span thil et. As her companion left her she walked
olassioTo ; -we - torn .oppbsite. the doomett; '.9,11. A few pace, then paused saidetutned as
church and : scot are waiting up the widtte giough waiting for the Old wOman. Now
shaded' path l Whiph leadslto the Cap_uoiniel: fe was that we were able to see her perfect
-Monastery ; the broid. terrace in front Q.3 4gitre and erect carriage to full 'advantage,.
• which is our -favorite haunt. - Here we esti'. .Being some.little way off; we eould look at
lounge and seethe river at Por feet, the great ; : her without commit ting an ace of rudenees
town stretolieng from its further bank, eh:W:4 indiscretion. - . ' • , - . '
opsn plain beyond the- totem and _far, foejir,t "She is ' beautiful," I • sad, More to
away 111- the baokgroond, the glorious snowe t myself than to Kenyon. .
°tipped Alps, with: Monte Rosa and Grande e t- "Yes, she ie—but not SO beautifol as I
Peradisiowenng.above their beothers. Nei tthought. • There is something wanthig, yet
wonder Ws enjoyi the view 'hem this terreeel ;t foie impossible to say what it is. Is it ani -
more tht6n.churches, palapes or pictures: 4:: mation or expression ?" , , '
We gaze Our -fill, then retrace. our step:i' 1 t: "1 can see nothing wanting" I said, so
and -saunter baok as:. hzily els we 'came, e.enthusiastically that - -Kenyon laughed
Atter lingering a i fe w Moments at our. hotet 1 iloud. - .
some haze destination prompts us to oro tZe i t "Do English gentlemen stare at their.
• the great. E quare. p -at the f roWningoldeastlett, I-ewn countrywomen - and apprise them in
leads -us up the Via di .:Seininario, and W-4,,',6ublic plea i like this; or. is it a oustern
find ourselves fp!: the •twentieth time te ' ; itdimted for the benefit ItaliAns?" _.
_front ot- San Ittioeteetni. I stop • with int t t This imptident question was asked by
head in the air admiring i what architeotne gomee one °bee to my side. - We turned
ral beauties its marble front can -boast, anet ; eimultaneously, and saw a, tall man of.
%follva;IWOu1&l could not conceal from -
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myself short as the time was tieing
which I had seen her, the impression made
upon me' Was growing strouger iteli day
_4 instead of weaker,: I blamed Of for ,
leaving Turin before I hademet her again— °
even 4 for thatepurpose it bad been tutees-
sary to linger for months. My feeling Was
that by quittiog the place I had test *
chance -which come,s to a Mall but mew in '
a lifetime. I et
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: Kenyon and I • parted in London. tie-
Wiz going to Scotland after growie. I had
not yet quite Bottled my _entente pliEllSo SO •
resoived to bitty, at any rate for a tow days,
in town.
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Was it chance or was it f te 2 The first •
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miming after my arrival i aLondon, boa- •
nem led me to Itiegent istree.e. r vtas.walle- .
ing slowly dovete• the broad thoroughfare,
but my thoughts' were far away. I was
tryiug to segue away an insane longing ,
which was inlay minde-a longing to return
at once. to Turin. I was thieleing of the .
dim church and the fair young face .1 saw •
three menthe -ago.. Then, as in thy Enindig
*eye I ;saw that girl and her old Ikt dant
in -church, I looked. up .and here en the
heart °ID:melon they Stood before pie 1 .. •
Amazed as I was, no thought of being
mietaken entered my bead. Unlese it WAS .
a dream or an illuaiote, there DBMS the one
I had been thinking Of so often; walltMg
toward me, with ethe old woman at her !
aide. They might have just stepped onto!
San Giovanni. . ..
Yes; it was fate I Now I bad rouma her _ •
in this. unexpected imanner I Would take
• care .not to lose sight of her agem. I .
as I am trying to dideover' -thein am soft: Obout thirty standing just behtnd us. e Hia attempted to disguise my feelings no konger.
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prised tocheerKeityontintionotee his intent ' teaturies were regular, but their efteot was The emotion Which had thrilled IMO RS I
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tioneef enterhig the building.: 1..t , pee a pleasant. one. You felt at a -glance atom' once more. face to face with bee told-
" But we have vowed I a row," I aside! that e sneering mouth. was curtained by Me the truth. I was in lovedeeply-
"thee the -interior Of Churches; piotuf ; the heavy moustache, and• that those dark in love. Twice, only twice, I had Been
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galleries, and ether - tourist i traps shot ii Oyes and eyebrows were apt te frown with her, but that was enough to convince me
anew us hie More." '• i. • 1 . e le teollen anger. At present the nean'e expres- that if my lotwae ever Linked with anoth-
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" What makes VletIttati -then break the' .10cin was that, of "laugh*. ttrroganoe—a Ws, it =teat be with this woman's whose
vows ?"li Peculiarly galling expression, especially so; -name, home or country, I knew .not. - -
"Lots of thing, I Envois:" . 4;111 g find- when adoted by a foreilner,.toward, ' 'There WAS only One tieing I could now do. '
"But one thing in ip,attioutar. , Whiletei itn EnglishMan. ' That he tre't a foreigner - I must follow the two women. So, or the
you are 'staring up at pinnacles and hut; i l.te Was easy to see, in spite Ot his perfectly next boor or more, wherever they _wont, at .
tresses, and treiog to 'look as if you leileWlecoented Eaglisht a respectful distaboe, I followed. .. I waned
Arobiteoture as well as 1%uskin,-the faireal'''. A hotreply was upon mv- ribs, but Hen- whilst they entered one or two shops and
of all sights; a beautiful .weman paese-Weyon, Who was., a young mad -of infioite When their Wctilh Was resumed .disereetly
right Under your 0080." i . . !.T I iesouroe and well able to Say' and do the - .dogged their - stops. I kept so far he -the
: "1 understande-I absolve ,yoii.". e• -e eight thing in the right plea& was before • rear that my pursuit was bound to be
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"Thank you. She *Ant inti the churoti,;°! 'me.- He raised:his hat and made &Sweep- unnotdoed and could cause no aim yanoe.
I feel devotional and will go too." 1,.iing . bow, . so exquisitely graduated ethat They soon turned out of Regent _street -and
"But our -cigars ?' t . 1: , i -i 0 was impossibe to say -Whim° apology walked on until they -came to one ot these
"Chuck. theM, to .the beggars.- iteWat4:i ended and mockery began. - i. . Many rows of houses in Maida vale. I -
of in serly habits, . Getout ; they grew etttt "Signor," he - said, " ati 3tinglishinau tnaris.ed the house they entered, and seeI
.- . . - .. , . .- itt 1 titavels through- your fair ,latid to see and :passed -byI ,it, a few minutes -afterward ,s-aw
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Knewing that ,Keityon was fnot the inoiti praise alle that is beautiful M nature and .in the front window. the girl arranging a
to abandon a ohoice Hevanst without tft \tn. oiir praise -offends we•spologize." few dowers in a vase. It was evident I had
vieighey reason, I- did as he stiggested an :,. i . The man .stiowled, had Ry knowing ascertained her abode. :
followed him ' into . the dim, ocofehades 4.-1:1 whether eny friend was in jeet at in earnest. e • It was late le I Was in love and could '
San:Giovanni...- e • .- i - et i . "If we have done wrong kiia the'Signor only act as :my passion, impelled ene. I '
' No: 'service Was going! on... The .ustiaid Convey our apologiesto the Lila-,} r His wife must 'fled out all about ehie 1111k1110WIls. I
little parties ot sightseers were walkitif or shall I say hie daughter ?" 1 ._ ' . must make her acquaintance and so obtain
abut And looking, - intich impressed et -et t As the man was young, thta. 4stqtleation the right of looknig into thaae st*nge but
beauties they c itild • ncit Comprehend weri..e' wassarcastic., t 4.- . . beautiful eyes. I must.hear her iiikeek. I .
'being -pointed out to than. Dotted attottie 1 "She is neither;" he ranted tent.. :Kenyonlaughek again at the absurdity ot Laing in '
beree and there were silent worshippernt - rowed. - I • e • .1 bre with a -woman whose voice i bad
;Kenyon- glanced round eagerly ;in guest We. I "Ab, then, a friend. Le 6 },'-e .opngratu- never heard, WhOSS 'native language was a
" the tidiest of , all sights,' and. after 1.4..late the, Signer, and also im1Ag.atulate him matter of uncertainty. But then, love is
. I oannotsay-that, during those two.yearg
spent in perfecting my cure, I thought no
more about that terrible night le but / made
no further attempt to unravel the Mystery,
or persuade tiny one that I had not imagined.
thoee (Mints.. I buried the history of my
adventure In my • heed, and never again -
spcke.of it. In case of teed, I wrote down
alt the particulars-, and then tried. to banish
1011-inemOry Of what I had. belted. I suooeded
fairly Well except for one thing. I -could
not for any long period -keep my thoughts
'from the remembrance of that woman's -
Moaning—that .pitiable e transition of the
Voice _from sweet Melody to hopeleas
-dee/mire • It was that cry ,whioh troubled
my dreams, if eve; I dreamed of that night
—it Was that -dry which rang in ;my ears as
Iawoke, trembling, but telealiktol tt find.
that this time, At least, .I was Only dream -
CHAPTER III.
TEE FAIREST SIOAT OP ALL. -
It is spring -:-the beautiful_ spring, of
Northern Italy. My friend Kenyon and I
are lounging about in the rectangular city
of Turin, as happy and. idle a peir of corn-
rades as may anywhere be met with. We
have been here a week, long enough t�
do all the 5%4 -seeing .demanded by duty.
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While disoovered'her. T: On his profioienoy in our leneuege." fail of absurdities. When once hesets the
" Come -thia Way," he Said ; "let us silt., The inan was growing puezled ; Kenyon' whip hand he drives us in strange ways.
down and pretend t3 be devout Catholic. e "spoke so pleasantly and natdretly. , I formed tip bold resolve. I retraeed my
W03 -09n. catch her profile here." - ' "1 havespent many yearEngland." steps and walked up to the house. The
I placed myseif next te Iiitneand save let pe said, Shortly. . . :door was opened by a tidy -looking servant.
flew. seats from as On old 'telt= vitemettel' Many years I should -so roely have "Have you any elornste let?" I oeked;
kneeling and praying fervently, iihtist in tt thougbt so, as the Signor has n t pioked up having jumped at the conclusion that the .
U14.&& at her side sat a girt of about twent1'..: that English penuliarity whilleh is far more unknown Was only' lodging at the bongo.
two. - , I * ._ • - e ; empertant than accent or icliled." . . Tne - servant replied in the efdreentive,
A girl who 'might have belonged toalrnote il':I. •Kenyon paused and to6ket into the and upon My expreseing my wieh to eee the
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any couietty. The eyebrows and cast-dow* maie's face so innocently . and Inquiringly vapant rooms I was 43DOWD a du:Bina-ROOM
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lashes said that her eyed Were cheek, but Ott:- that be fell into the trap. and bed:Teem on the ground Boor. .
pure pale complexionethe delicate straigtii: "And pray what may ±t be?" he Had these rooms been dungeons fintlead
features, the tbick brown hair might, und ked.' • . 1 of earY cheerful apartments—had they been
circumstances; have been claimed by, attet "T� mind one'd own lens nese," said emPty and bare instead ot comfootably
naticin, teethough had I ' Met her .alone Lip 4enyoni shortly and sharpl,; turning his furnished—had the rent been fifty ptuntas -
should -have said she -Was Zngliste Shot back to thelast speaker, as ii the discus- a week instead of the moderate sum naked,
was Well but plainly,dressedeand her inaieji eion was at an end. .• I should have engaged them. I was very
per told Me she. was no stronger to thel ''.- The tall manteface flushedeeith rege. I 1 easy to deal with. The landlady wee sum-
chureh. See didnotlook!frem side to ieideo kept my eye uponhim, fe6riog he would I moned and'the bargain struck at o co. It
and up and down, After the Way of e, sigh tt . imam an assault Upon - my. fitepd, but he 1 that good person .had kIlOWD the mtate of
seer.. She - sat - without Moving - until heel ehotight better' of fit. With a curse he any mind she -might home reaped a gold,en
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tonapaniOn had Ai -netted. her prayers. St turned on his heel and the ritaeser ended:- I hater -est from her ground floor apartments.
far is.enecould judge from her appearance) ,, ii -While this conversation evils Ile progress, As it was, the onty thing she was enacting .
she was in °boron for no particular objectl = the old Italian woman hat116-ftl4teer learned- .in was in the mater of references. I laaMed
neither devotiOnal .tior critical. ProbableClookiug friend, and havind, .1 2joined the several, then. I. pard a month's roue in
she may have aome to bear the old womal.C.7ioting girl; the two went nextet their way. advance and reoewed her permission, AB I
at her side bon:many. This old women 4 i Our in -conditioned Italian %titer his -die-. had just returned to Englandeand wonted a
'who had the appearance of a superior- kint nonefiture, walked across ta the !OM Who home at once, to enter into possessiti that
of- servant, -Imagined,. frons. . the passionati had been talking to the olt icervant, and very evening.
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appeals she wasieddressing to heaven, to Ct._ taking his arm went with lee in another' "By -the -bye," I said carelessly!‘rt noi left
in wallet of .many things. i I oould see liteti,:,.aireotioli. They were soon.bt$ of sight. the house to get my luggage, "1 loogot to ,
thin lips working incessantly, and althouieti I ' Kenyon did' not propose, eb lollow the ask if you have other lodgers --no children,
her Words were inaudible it was evide*.i i steps of the first couple, and I4 even had I I hope ?" . -
her petitions Were heart -spoken and sinoerete wiehed to do so, was ashamed to suggest such
• But the girl by her !Ade neither joineee' etthing. StiU, I am afraid resolution
her in her Foyers nor looked ot her. Eve -S1 as to visitingSanGiovanni Oath to-mor-
motionlese. as a. statue—her eyes ever oatittel Ow was forming jitney mini.
down—apparently • wrapped in deetee But I saw her no more., How meny
thought, and, 1 fancied, sad thought, skee, e times I went to that church I e are not sq.
eat. SIIOWing us: the while no more of biett Neither the fair girl nor her attendant
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fape than that perfect profile. Kenyon hetet =seed my Path -agam w •In Turin.
certainly not over-praisedbee. Hers woe le We met our impertinent tri -end several a
a fetie which hid a peculiar attraotiveneeettimes in the streets, and were honored by
for Me, the utter repose of it not being tL: dark soowl which pealed unnoticed ; but of
least of that. otiartn. I wasgrowing ve6te that sweet girl with the pt3e faoe and
anxious to see her full face, bat as I couti.‘estrange dark eyes we oaught nd glimpse. .
"No, sir—only a lady and her eervatit. -
They are on the first floor—very quiet
people."
".Thank you," I isaid. "1 dare Ray I
shall be very comfortable. You may =peat t
Me about 7 o'clock."
I had reeengaged my old rooms ka Wal. •
pole street before the meeting wath my
unknown had changed my plans. went
not do so without poaitive rtidenees w&t, It would be aliened tio steyet-Oad.fallen in
• compelled to wait until: she Might 011=0; love with a woman I hadseeti only for *few
-to tiara_ her head; . ' - -. i - - . ir ','! Minutea—to. -Whom I had ne.VO'r spoken-
- -Presently thekold Italian woman seem whose whose name and abode were unknown to
to think she had -done her religiousdutV-
Seeing the wasli
:preparing to orosaerielt let aeies went. I was more impasted in ebb
viseand sauntered --,- r; re; but 1 muse confess that so_fae as.. ' down the Ohurole
toward 'the. door. In a few minutes ,g7tili
girl and her companion • Ostend me,tandf4
was able to Bee leer to better advantage,
slue .waited Whilst - the old -woman dipp0 •::.
:her fingers in the- ho1-0+16UL She w5t e
Undoubtedly beautiful; bub there vrif
something itrange in her beauty.- -I maittee quite exhausted—until he dedlared, tliat go to bed thinking I• -shall Armen) of ber;
this discovery When, for : a. moment, bv: I, lingo 'quitted it at . one, be Would go .-but, probably (Ming to the streak' Tux -
Ten dap ters, my dreams are far less -pleasanti All
eyes met- mine. Dark' and glorious . PI away alone. At last I gave im.
c.ksve,y wog imoeni'--0, look that seemed k!',..A. iiad,passed by without the cbo. de enoolitner night long I dream - of the blind man who
those eyes Were there was a &gamy, fee: e
up our walked into a strange how and teemed -
'paps over one and see'what Was behind fiv,ii tonwtranwdasittaiPrgtedrofOar frWeils20°Iiesd. : each fearful Sounds! _ •
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objectt . gazed it; This look gave me tee ' 'From Turin we Went. solithward—t0 i : (To be continued.)
irl thannin any one I had ever seen. Beau-
iful as she was I could scare* toy why I in my am -chair and see all kinds o beaue
elt this attraction or fascination. I bid taut visions Wreathed in the emoke ending
I ferhemismjithelitra' fiew"nfeetSar emie3r—bt he le: le stilt
again I lingered on in Tu-toirrifuni!liai°131tmgieuetnhnosYeisOwTtn—aseet 1 as enekheevre rt °I' My°ersrs °-.1Va—inthheoptizestetYin-22,:vreeLeir
titretthmeasnlYen dine:1111mb::
y good-tempered- friend's . .
back there, and after packing u.p all I
wanted, informed the people of the house
that I was going to key at a hien& for a
few Weeks. The rooms were to be kept for
me 01 the same.* At '7 o'clock I webs at
Maids vale and duly installs
• It was the hand of' fatelkad wrought
this—who could doubt it? This neorntug
I was almost on my way to Merin in
search of my love. This evening I am e -
beneath the same roof. As I eit here
outious impresnion, but, at it was onlyee , e
Ark 1 Genoa, Florence, Rome, Naplesomd other I
a second that any eyes Met hers, I minor n
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scarcely say whether the impression was,i Sicily)and at Palerino;accoribe to strange-
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The girl and her attendant lingere -,', belonging to another friend., We had taken of the fi4est anoeotral estates in EtacJlkaid
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