The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1834-10-11
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acknowledgement"
Ii you will write it,"
An acknowledgment was written nc
cordingly, and she signed it before Mas
ter BartoIo, the village physician, who
had just called by chpnce to learn the
news Of the day the gold TO be deliver
cd when applied ior,-but to bo delivered
(these were the words) not 10 one, nor to
two, but to the three : words wisely in
troduced by those to whom it belonged
knowing what they knew of each other
Tho gold they had just released from a
miser's chest in Pcruga I; and they were
now on a scent that promised more.
| They and their shadows were no soon
departed, than the Venetian returned, SAY
ling, A" Give me leave to set my seal on
the bag as tie others have done - and
she placed it on table before him. But
in that moment she was called away to
receive cavalier, who had just dismounl
ed from his horse and when she came
back it was gone. Tho temptation had
Iprovcd irresistible /; and the man and the
money had vanished together.
Wretched woman that l am 20 she
cried, as in an agony Of grief she fell OIL
her daughters neck 4" what will become
of us Are we again to be cast out into
the wido world Unhappy child, would
that thou hadst never been born I" And
all day long she lamented but her tears
availed her little. The others were not
slow in returning to claim their due, and
there were no tidings of the thief he had
fled far away with his plunder. A pro-
cess against her was instantly begun in
Bologna and whit deienccs could she
make-how release herself from the OBJ
litigation of tho bond' Wiliully or in neg
lligence she had parted with it to one,
when she should have kept it for all and
inevitable ruin awaited her
Go, Gianetta," said she to her daugh
ter " take this veil which your mother
has worn and wept under so often, and
implore the Calderino to plead for us Oh
the day of trial. He is generous and will
listen to the unfortunate. But, if he will
not, 60 from door to door Monaldi can
not refuse US. Make haste, my child
but remember the chapel as you pass b,
it. Nothing prospcIs without prayer"
| Alas ! she went, but in vain. Thes,
were retained against them; those de
| handed more than they had to give ane
all badc them despair. What was to be
done |? No advocate, and the cause to
} come on Tomorrow
= Now, Gianctta had lover and h.
was a student of the lava young man
, of great promise, Lorenzo Martell. He
} had studied long and diligently, under tha,
} learned lawyer, Giovanni Andres who,
though'li,tle of stature, was great in re.
, nown, and by his contemporaries was cal
led the arch doctor, the rabbi Of doctors,
} the light of the world. Under him he hat
studied, sitting on the same bench will
Petrarch and also under his daughter
Novello, who would often lecture to tn,
} scholars when her father was otherwise
engaged, placing herself behind small
curtain, lest her beauty should divert thei'
thoughts a precaution, IN this instance
at least, unnecessary. Lorenzo having
!, lost his heart to another.
} To him she flies in her necessity bu
} Of what assistance can he be He has
Just taken his seat at tho bar, but he has
never spoken and how stand up alone
unpractised and unprepared as he is, u
gainst an array that would alarm the mos
experienced
Were rs mighty as ] am weak,
said he, 4" my fears for you would make
| me as nothing. But will be there, Gil
anet;a and may the friend of the fliend'
less give me strength in that hour /! T.
3 ven now my heart fails me but, come
J what will, while have n loaf to share,
: you and your mother shall never want
will beg thro' the world for you"
The day arrives, and the court assem-
5 bles. Tho claim is stated and the evi-
7 dence given. And now the defence is
5 called for-but none is made not a syl-
liable is uttered and after pause and 9
consultation Of some minutes, the judges
are proceeding to give Judgment, silence
having been proclaimed in the court ,wher
Lorenzo rises, and thus addressed them
Reverncd signors-Young as l am,
may | venture 20 speak before you
would speak in behalf of one who has
none else to help her and will not keeT
you long. Much has been said ; much
on the sncred nature Of the obligation
and We acknowledge il in its full force
Let il be fulfilled, and to the last letter
Ii is what we solicit, what we require
But to whom is the bag of gold to be de.
livcred ? What says the bond Not Il
one-not 10 t,ro--bm 10 The three. Let the
three stand forth and claim it,"
From that day, (Ior who can doubt the
issue none were sought, none employed
but the subtle, the eloquent Lorenzo. -
: Wealth followed fame nor need | say
how soon he sat at his marriage feast, OF
who sat beside hun.
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