New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-29
From Blscknood for Jns'
ANGELO; A TALE.
fr.xEx FROM TINE DANA ov VICTOR HUGO


rnen,, il could scarcely be called revenge que 10
the wretch who had 40 nearly betrayed oo'h MN
self and Ca,arina to destruction. Inc next oai
the BODY of Hornodci, the spy oil tse Counoh o'
Ten. wa. found living on the banks OF the Brenta'
pierced through with more than one mortal wound
e;,he, bv the sword or the dagger But the villain
lind sr;li lived too long. That inorsing Rcdoli"
had despatcheds brief letter to Caarina to assure
her thai he had made good his escape. ind had
given thi. in charge to Dafse, her confidential at
iendap,. Homodei had, by terrible ,hreats, In
duced the girl to deliver the letter to him, and
having thus intercepted it, he caused il TO be
vsyed to the hand. of Angelo. The:dying wretch
had therefore left his sting in the very heart OF his
antagonist.
Rodolfo had been so far prlden, as not to sign
his name to the letter. Angelo believed ne .aw
IN it a convincing proof Of his wifes inhdelrty
but hs could not gather fromit who the person was
who had thus assaulted his honor in the dearest
point That some one had an interview at nigh,
with his wife was evident from the letter her
guilt, therefore, he considered as proved beyond
doubt on her at least he would take an ample re-
venge, although the other culpri, might for a short
time escape detection.
Among those TO whom the podesta showed this
letter in order by the handwriting TO discover
the person who had sent it, Ihisbia, as rnay be
supposed was not the last. Poor Thisbia. she
knew well that she Of that class Of wO-
men to whom men use the language OF love merely
10 cover pleasure with the gloss Ut sentIrnent-to
whom they not even supposed to use IT with
any deeper meaning: she saw, too, tina, she had
all along been deceiving herself, and, loving Ro-
dslfo with her whole heart and soul, she had
given 10 his words the same intense passion that
sine breaihed into her own. But reflections such
AS these, while they explained her position, by no
rendered it more tolerable they were of a
kind manifsstly to add to the pognancy of her
grisf. But this woman, who had saved her mo
theirs life, she would her life; and a. Ro-
dolfo loved her, why, she would save that life tor
him. And for herself. she would go weep till her
heart broke; there nothing left her, sho thought,
but TO die.
When Angelo requested her to look at the let
ter and say if she knew the handwriting, she took
the paper at first with eagerness from his hands ;
something like a hope had crossed her mind that
after all, it might not have been Kodolfo who was
concealed that night in the oratory; but every
thought Of thet kind vanished the moment she had
glanced at the letter. Did she know the hand
writing indeed Alas no one better. But she
returned it slowly TO the podesta. She knew no.
thing Of it.
Angelo proceeded to converse upon his schemes
of revenge. His wife should die. The headsman
and his attendants had already been brought into
the palaces. Thisbia suggested that, suPposng the
death Of his wife resolved on, this should be eli
fccted in the most private manner possible, so IA
20 attract no public notice, and to conceal rather
than render notorious the dshonor done to the po-
dcsta. Why employ the headsman or the assas-
sin why any other hand than his own why not
administer poison She had some of most po
= nf, ifv II hat lpcr IN hpr nc An lnyal
liable present by the Archdeacon Of St. Marks
She would fetch it, If he pleased.
All this appeared very good counsel to the po-
Aesta, and it was agreed upon between them, that
Thsbia should bring the poison to the palace, and
that they two only should be cognizant Of the fate
Of the unhappy Cu,arinn.
Unhappy indeed for ere the bitterness Of death
could arrive, she was to endure another trial. and
to be harasscd with distressing fears for the fate
Of ROdolfo. Angelo, as he returned TO his pal
ace, resolved on more attempt, to discover the
writer Of that letter which had acquainted him, as
he supposed, with his dshonor; and his eagerncss
to make this discovery may be Judged of by this,
that to attain il he bad brought himself to forego
semc portion Of his revenge upon his wife. lie
had previously, again and again dem sndcd the
name of the writer, but had obtained onswcr.
He now laid the letter open upon her table, and
SdNc hct ALTERNATIVE. SIsh, suIu NJ, ut
the bottom of this paper the of the person
who wrote il; and instead Of death, the imprson
ment Of convent shall be your only punishment
givo you one hour to reflect. Sign his name,
and you saved Death for him, convent for
yourself II, at the end of an hour, the signature
Is not there your death is inevitable" And he
left her with the letter lying open before her.
She had not sat long before gentle tap was
heard at the door, and Rodolfo, taking advantage
OF the key which had been given him to make hi.
escape from the oratory. entered the room. Quite
ignorant of the discovery which Angelo had made,
he came to tell her that Hsmode, the terrible SPY
OF the Council of Ten, dead. Ca,arina, CON
cealing her own dreadful position, appeared to
hear the news with satisfaction. Alas he had
lett behind him such legacy Of mischief US even
his malice would hardly wish To- increase. He
noticed, he said, tina, throughout the palace there
was an air OF gloom. Of mystery, oil confusion
VIVA, was the cause Of it Catarina did not know.
lie hal met men carrying in through private
gate at the rear of the palace. an empty cofhn--
tor whom could it be Cstarina started and
turned pale. bu, recovering herself, answered, that
she did not know. She inp,ored him to leave her
Tor the peril To which he was exposing himself
was more than she could endure. lie then men-
toned that he had written few lines to her to as
sure hor of her saiecy-had she received them
Oh, yes, she had received them. His letter had
certainly come TO hand-tkcre it lay open upon
the table. He was glad to hear that il had no,
been intercepted. She again entres,ed him to GO,
and enjoincd him not to write again-sot to wrtc
at all, eihcr to her any one else, while he re-
manned in Padua-it was a woman's fancy, hu, it
was womans request-shc sure he would
grant it. "And now" she said, rising from her
chair, "you must indeed go the danger yen are
in while You stand there is frighiful; cannot sup
port it another moment" Aud giving and permit
ting an embrace, more tender than her lover had
hitherto recsived-folding him for an instant in
her asms--she babe him sdeu. AID again sat her
self down in the chair from which she lad risen.
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