Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-30

uuS, give inc ieaNc W SCI my scar oi Tue
bag, as the others have done !" and she
placed it on the table before him. But in
that moment she was called away to re-
ceivea a cavalier who had just dismouned
from his horse and when she came back,
it was gone. The temptation had proved
irresistible. and the man and the money
had vanished together.
Wretched woman that am ! she cried,
as in an agony of grief she fell on her
daughters neck !; 6 what will become of us
Are we again to be cast out into the wide
world? Unhappy child, would that thou
hadst never been born?" And all day
long she lamented; but her tears availed
her little. The others We're not slow in re-
turning to claim their due; and there were
no tidings of the thief; he had fed far
away with his plunder. A process against
her was instantly begun in Bologna and
what defence could she make .how release
herself from the obligation of lhe bond
Wilfully, or in negligence, she had parted
with it 10 one, when she should have kept
it for all and inevitable ruin awaited her
Go Giannetta," said she to her daugh-
ter. " take this veil which your mother has
worn and wept under SO often, and mplore
the counsellor Caderino TO plead for US on
the day of trial. He is generous, and will
listen TO the unfortunate. But if he will
not, 90 from door TO door; Monalli cannot
refuse us. Make haste my child but re-
member the chapel as you pass by it,
Nothing prospers without prayer"
Alas she went, but in vain. These were
retained against them; those demanded
more than they had to give and all bade
them despair. What was to be done? No
advocate, and the cause was 10 come on TO-
morrow
Now Giannetta had lover, and he was
student of the lava young man of grea,
promise, Lorenzo Martelli. He had stud
led long and diligently uuder that learned
lawyer, Giovanni Andreas, who, though lit
lie of stature, was great in renown, and by
his contemporaries was called the arch doc
tor, the rabbi o. doctors, the light of the
world. Under him he had studied, sitting
on the same bench with Petrarch and also
under his daughter Novella, who would
often lecture TO the scholars when her father
was otherwise engaged, placing herself be,
hind small curtain, lest her beauty should
divert their thoughts; precaution in thi.
instance, at least, unnecessary, Lorenzo
having lost his heart to another.
To him she flies in her necessity but o.
what assistance can he be? He has Just
taken his place at the bar bat he has never
spoken; and how stand up alone, unprac.
ticed and unprepared as he is, against an
array that would alarm the most expert.
enced?
Were l as mighty as am weak" said
he. $ my fears for you would make me as
nothing. But will be there, Gianneita
and may the Friend of the iriendless give
me strength in that hour Even now my
heart fails me but come what WILL while
have loaf to share, you and your mother
shall never want. will beg through the
world for you"
! The day arrives, and the court assem-
bles. The claim is stated, and the evidence
given. And now the defence is called for
but none is made, not syllable is uttered
and after pause and consultation o
some minutes, the judges are proceedin.
to give Judgment silence having been pro
claimed in the court, when Lorenzo rises
and thus addresses them:
Reverend signors, young as l am, may
| venture TO speak before you? / woulc
speak in behalf of one who has none else
to help her; and l will not keep you long
Much has been sa,d-m-ch on tfe sacred
nature of the obligation, and we acknowl
edge it in its full force. Let it be fulfilled
ard to the last letter. 1t is what we solicit
what we require. But to whom is the bag
of gold to be delivered? Not to one-no
to tvo-5m to tie three. Let the three stant
forth and claim it,"
From that day, (for who can doubt the
issue p none were sought, none employed
but the subtle, the eloquent Lorenzo
Wealth followed fame; nor need say how
soon he sat at his marriage-teast, or VIII,
sat beside him.
! GIVE THE HUSBANDS NAME.-Tht