New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-28

she again PLAYED with II ~ II hung upon hl- "'''
81 Well" she SAID at last " since You so earresu!
wish It, viii accept this toy.
| She had pe sooner got the key in her possession
than she found some excuse for Diminishing the p"-
dcsta Homodei va. already standing at The cor
| Ter Of the terrace. =. / have the key she ex-
claimed. as she ran toward him, and 40"
Hou1odei to-k the KEY and carefully - n'A- "
| - 81, i right " he. -ai1. " or l-rr ali'r n'h-
| ,,pb, will come and BE- YOUR euidr. VIII $40"
vo, the FIRST door YOU have 70 open with IL alter
| which Won can proceed without me, tor you WI"
oply have to walk .trairh, forward.
:; Blu, what shall find after the first door H.
quired Th.bia
Another.
And whs, then
a third The same key opens them all.
" AID wha; behind the 'hlrd
"You will see, sad liomodei with laush' anu
left her
CHAPTER H.....THE CsucHn.
Cntarira. the wife OF the podc-ta, lived. "A We
have said in a state liitle shori Il absolute I'M.
| nrisonnen,. Her chamber, which was situated
~ the exirefne corner of the mansion, had but one
communication with the other apartments OF the
mouse: and not only this chamber kept lock
ed but several e the contiguous rooms, which u
wa. necessary 20 traverse befoie reaching H. wcT"
locked also. Connected with his chamber. was
small circular orutorv for this lady DEVOTION
from which there was no outlet whatever. Inc
window wa. indeed ornamented WIZ bal
cony. bu, II was one which the lover serenade
could hardly reach, much less the lover himseH
when standing on il. you look down from an &c
va,ion of ninety feet OF perpendicular stone WON
and the river Bre.ta was flowing close beneath
II, a We shall presently hnd, thcre was seois
door wrought in the wanscot Of tins chamber. and
= 1 I-, "a /. n0Nfl
70 the fair uhabilau,, and could only be used
against her betrayal and destruction The int
rior of the chamber was a. elegantly and magmii'
Gently furnished as wealth and art could elect
The bed wa a throne-evcn the cttcman might
have served ~ footsioo IA sovereign IN hs state
but it was still prison and her husband, When
he condescended to visit her, spoke and looked az
became the lailcr.
Thi. chamber, although it midnight.
at present unoccupicd; the lamp was burning
alone the fair prisoner was in her eratory at her
devotions. But though no one was there, the tap
.,,rv in one corner of the room seen to move:
it was drawn aside, and door opened, disclosing
a dark passage from which IiOmodei assembled
followed by Rod0fo.
Enter" said the former.
Where am % inquired Roiolf".
Perhaps the first step Of your Scafold,
was the very encouraging reply. d" Have You ne
yer heard that there j. in Padua chamber. which,
though full Of gold and velvet, flowers, perfumes,
and perhaps Of love- it is fatal to enter! for even
to open a door Of it Is a crime punishable with
DEATH be the cslprit who he may, noble or pie
bia Young or old :"
nYou speak of the chamber Of the pode-ta's
wifi"
In that chamber you are now standing. II
YOU have fear there Is yet timc--thc door Is still
open--you may retreat.
"Wherc is shel' was the sole answer of the
lover
"Nou will remain thcn'" said Homcdei. " She
is now in her oratory-shc will be here Instantly
presume YOU do not desire my company
Homode, before quitting the apartment, con
triyed 10 place upon the table, unseen by Rodo'to
an orcn letter; and then. retiring Through the
masked door, left Rodolfo alone IN the chamber.
He was not alone long. When Catarlna en-
tered and found her old lover kneeliDg at her feet
her first thought was that of alarm Tor the danger
that he ran and she could reflect on nothing else
than how to secure his immediate escape from the
periIu. spot on which he stood. Rodolfo sue
c-cdcd in assuring her that be- sate-ihat he
had been conducted there by secret passage, and
could retreat at viii. She then babe him SIT down
in chair by her side, and gave herself up 20 tie
pleasure of again seeing and coayorsing with one
he bad sincerely loved.
"1hcv forced me- she said, " a. YOU know, to
this marriage; it was a prison that they o!"'en
upon me- This jealous keeper of mine breads
his honor. Rodolfo, yos whom love, tell YOU
that his honor is sate-5ut this hsart. Rodolto.
= still thine"
With fond inquiry she entrea,ed him to tell her
what he had been doing-wherc he had been wan
dcring-vla, had filled up his history in the inter-
val Of their separation. /, Wa. void, he said
IL.
what he had been doing-he knew only what he
had felt. Then the next moment Csiarina, with
still greater iondness, imposed silence upon INN.
There were moments she said, when words were
a hindrauoe. lie, him be silent. she thought to
herself, am looking ut him; let him be silent.
am loving him. ie, him be silent, am happy
But this cc-iacv was of >hsrt duration. Her
eye fell upon the open letter which had been
placed by Homodei upon the table Had hodoli"
put it there Who then were questions rapidly
asked. Rodolfo knew nothing OF IT. His mystic
rious guide had mos, probably leltit there
She took ii up, and read the following terrible
lines -
a spy Of the Council of Ten may be con-
iemned when hs loyes-is he contemplate when
he revcnges p
Ca,arin, exclaimed tina, they were lost! She
knew the handwriting. 1t wa. ilomode :. Il Tear
ful man. who had made advances of love toward
her. which she Rad indignantly repealed; and who
mad now plotted this diabocal revenge, IN which
her honor was 10 be- sacrificed. and the life OF him
VINO was dearest To her-perhaps also her own.
Rodolto rushed to the masked door-ii was
locked he ran to the balcon,--it ninety feet
high and the Brcnta beneath They both listen
ed; they heard steps approaching through tine adj
Joining chamber. Caiariua hurried Rodo.lO iSto
her oratory, the only place of conceaiment. and
having locked the door. sa, dows to meet her hL'-
band with wha, apparent comPosure she could A.
sumo.
To her astonishmcnt, il was not Angelo Mali