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sf am needless of my iats, Z replied Adsla.
Ii, a tone OF melancholy witch pierced my
Heart. aS.ilI, not heed dlsss, :, :. ) s6e Added,
witbSnimation, ESQ loaa as I know not ths
fate of Conrade. Tell ME, priest, 1 conjure
thee, Is he ID thy. power r. &. s y ~
ss5sa1V Thy is the fate of that yeujiE man 50
dear to thee, !" replied Don Alyez, tt.that It is
preferred to thine own salvatioHjs
: Adela met the, look. of the Jesnits with a
calmn and penetrating glshce. %rhou may
est be learned in thy sfaith," |" she said, shut
thou art ds6ovice here laying her hand up
on her:l,eartliif thou knowest not TIT a
womap's f6ve, in doting upon its object for
gsts all other interests"
aTben: its is sinful, and deserves perdi-
ton" replied the priest.
skThen it. is impossible that I can be
saved" quietly rejoined the young Greek.
"Whatsif I tell thes," after pause, said
Don Alvez, "that Conrade is not in my pow.
er, but has left Naples with another para
mourn"
Adela's blood mounted to her cheeks
witlNindignation, as she exclaimed "Then
I tell thee thou art liar, as we'll rs bar.
barion! Not for moment will l believe
so base calumny."
-"Insolent hereto r. replied my compau-
ion; III will for the last time inquire-dost
thou refuse the mercy of the church Z"
"Do refuse the mercy Of the church 2"
said Adela. "Why, wretch, dost thou call
these bolts and bars, this dungeon, this
darkness, my long imprisonment, my wasted
health, my tortured mind, my almost bro
Eenleart-dost thou call these mercy
I know not what is meant by thy church,
and l care not; Idespiso and reject both
it and thee. +. You dragged mo hithcr
because I worshippcd according to the
customs of my fathers and my nation and
you would have dragged hi,hcr also another
being for The samo otfcnce--onc who was
too noble, too generous, all too worthy to
commit the smallest wrong. But he has
escaped-thank Heaven, he hns escaped
Oh, Conrade !" she exclaimed, ,claspine her
hands; "who shall love thee when Adcla is
gone!" For short time sobs conyulsed
her beautiful form; she soon recovered, and
then added, with IN emphasis shall never
forget; u do reject thee, thy mercy, and
thy church !; cannot believe that truth is
allied with cruelty, or that Heaven has Civ.
en- you authority to destroy its own crea-
tuIcs. I know not who is gour god, hut I
feel that the great and gopd Intelligence
who rules the world will not punish me for
serving him al have been taught, for be-
Loving as my simple reason dictates, and,
aboye;hl, for rejecting your creed, SO full OF
cruelty, bloodshcd, and oppression. Leave
me now; in an hour will be ready to do
@BnoughF" said Doaa Alsez, r. sternly, and
moved towards <he door. 1 took advan.
tage Of his position to whisper to Adela ::
aDo not hope too much, but I will be your
friend" uer large dark eyes spoke graft
t,ule Which atm confident 4 shall never
again receiaeffom any human b6ing.
The ]aitor fastened the heavy door, and l
followed Don Alvcz, who was fastening
from. the building. When overlook him,
inquired hs6 xes6lu,ion as to the fate Of tle
young Greek: "she dies to,mofrow at noon!"
was bis 1aconic reply.
1T was then near evening" He was At
first very unwilling to answer any questions
CONCERNING her, but by dint of close appli-
cation, I extracted as much intelligence as
put me on q track by which at length dis.
coyfed Conrade. / have not ability to des-
cibe that gallant youth. There was the
genuine Attic stamp on fiis character and
frame lie entered eagerly into my plan of
rescue it was sufficiently perilous, but. that,
TO him vas Recommendation satler than
otherwise. The design was to, bribe the
Jaiior to connive at our admissionto Adelas
eel, and then to bring her away with us,
and fight passage through all Opposition.
A friendly fisherman engaged to awiit us in
tie bay with his akiff, at points a1nm which.
fortunately, the prison was notd 3astaat.,
With some difficulty l. obtained "a 3fiter-
view With the jailoss Tor one hundred spias-
tres received his promise to admit us.
BE was as good as his word. We found
Adela in calm siu,nter.. Perhaps she
dreamed Of Conrade, for the Moment he
stepped towards the COUGH, she sprung into
his arms without moments doubt that il
was any ohe but him. She willingly resign
ed herself to our direction. When we lad
emerged f:o::> tho cell, we gained the outer
gate before it was discovered that we had
With us the condemned caRtive. The first'
and second assailants were laid at Comrades
feet by stabs from his rapier. ?, We were
now in the street, fleeing for .iour lives
Conrade first, Will, Adela on his left arm.
defended the retreat. siIhe fate of the two
men bad a saIutary effect in checking the
tepf@ity Of their companions. ,After some
dsrd blows had been. gsyen and received, we
gained:tho beach. Tho flslleuutan placed
A9ela in The boat, whils 1 and Conrado
stood aNbay, and rsputsa our, pt,rsuers. /.
think another.lite Was sapiiiCed M the scuf.
fie. The case WAS now desperate, for : the
orr enemies increased every mo.
mcnt. We threw ourselves into tie boat
and tho firststfoke shot. .ussinto deep water.
AZ voiley of nfuske balls .whizzed over z our
beads; without doing US any damage. The
night was dark and we.were rowing with
our utmost strength = two things which
every ,emert diminished our dsnrer. ]
Cannot tell why no attempt 1t q chase was
made, bdt so.it bappened that all our obsta.
oles were At an end we left the shore.
Refare daybreak, we reached 9 eontsabatSS-t
.diaa g; the pfting;; and wl,ah llss ann slbone
full llstse on The sitysof NapI rWa. were