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town mansion on hunting excursion, and
did no, receive tho letter. of which the
ma gus and Vi"la were ignorant. Such
WIS The state Of nff,rs n, the time that
on, on The yellow domino to 90 to the mas
qrerad".
NV first meeting with the marquis in
his vlole, color.d domino is easily under
,tood Bing N n yellow dom'n, was
mistaken for the Count DO.sorcI was
myself led into !, by III" Marquis Albeit
having The same Christian name rs my
Ennhsh friend. Tho second mnc'ug
with 'h the Count Rodo'ph, in the black
domino. WAS accidental. The mex, walk
had been appointed as he place of meeting
WITH the Carb,nari Fillppo and his com
pnnions; but Count Rodolph percclvlng
mo examining my .',e'to by 'h" hight of
,h" lamp presumed that was F,'ipp,. and
that had mistaken the ono pa'h for 'h"
other which had been agreed upon. The
papers handcd to me by Count Rodolph
were Cvbonari papers, which were to be
hid IN he marqul,'s b'snm. after he had
oceu assas,Ina ed. to make il appear that,
h" had belonged to that society; and by
the paper affixed To his clothes. tina, he had
been murdered by the agents of the socie
iy, for having betrayed them. The pa
prrs which The MARQUIS had requested me
10 give To the grand duke, were the proofs
Of Count Rodolphs belonging to the Sc
crc' society: aud with those papers was
enclosed a letter 10 the grand duke, IN
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on. And now. believe. the reader will
camprehend The whole Of this mysterious
affair.
Afcr all had been explained. | vcn,ured
I" ak his h'ghnesS il be- would pcr,n', mo
to to'ti my promise of taking the ch'd to
It's mn>her. IA | considered it n point OF
honour that ] should keep my engagement,
n" more So, as the delay would OCCASION
The greatest distress To his daugter aud
ven,nrcd to add, that trusted his hghness
would pardon VIVA, could not now he rem
edi'd, aud that should have the sa,lsac-
non Of being the brarer of such pleasing
intelligence to his daughter and the mar
gus.
The grand duke paced the room for n
minute, aud then replied - 'SiGnor Herbert.
tccl So disgus'ed with the lreacbctv and
baseness OF Count Rndolph, Tint hard y
need observe It nv daughter were free, he
never should espnuse her, lndc, d. h,S viii
have immediate orders To Gnl, the state
You have been Instrumental ~ preserving
the lie Of the MARQUIS Of S,'e,no, who Is
my son-ln law; and as matters now stand.
| am indebted to You. Your dismissal of
the BtavoS, by means Of tue counts ring.
was mastery stroke. You snail have
the pleasure of taking my forgiveness TO my
daughter aud her husband; but as for tn"
child. it may as we'll remain here. Tell
Vio'a retain it as n hostage for the quick
return ofl's mother
| took my leave Of his ighness. and has
tened to Pisa whore soon found out the
retreat of the marquis and his wife. !
sent up my name. requesting immediate
Abundance. "a having q message ir"m the
grand duke. found them IN great distress
The Count ID O-sore had returned late on
the n'gh f,he masquerade. found The let.
Ter, FASTENED I" the Murquesa Palazzn
and had arrived us' after The elnpsmen'
had been discovered. lIr ,mmedlallv follow
I'd hem 10 Pisa, when an expansion took
place, and they discovered TINT they hlt
been Communicating with some nnknnwn
person, by whom they had in all probab'I'
" been betrayed
L. would be difficult, to portray their as
loni>hmon and joy when entered into 9
detail Of what had occurred. aud wound up
with the messag" from the gtnnd duke; aud
hardly need add, now that ! wind up my
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ce'ved f'om III" marquis and his wife do
ing ray >ub'' Nn"n' residence IN I'a'y. lett
me no occasion 10 repent that ! bad gone
TO The masqn'rad" OF the Marqnesa de Ces
t. IN Yellow Domino.