The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-11-21
For Seven Years.


"Ofcourse, sister mine, the insolent
Austrian could have but one answer
from Lucia da Cavarra ?'' And the
handsome boy, lying on the grass at
her feet, look up in the beautiful face
so like his own, with a glance full OF
proud love.
They were the same age, eighteen; /;
orphans for over two years; with no
relative in the world, as far as they
knew, save a distant one-the Moth
er Superior of a neighboring Sister
hood OF Charity.
They were much alike; the more so
that while the girl, maturing earlier,
had nearly attained her full height,
the youth had not. Delicately featur-
ed, slightly made, like her, the down
scarcely yet on his chiseled lip, his re-
semblance to her was greater, perhaps
than it would be when he should at
tain the manhood of which his youth
gave such rich promise.
She laid her hand on the broad,
fine brow, and answered: andrea
milo, would sooner bury myself, dead
or alive, than be wife to an Austrian.
And this man, this Yaldenstein, his
hand stained with Italian blood, how
dare he address himself to Cavarra?"
she cried, with a passion that made
her look ten times more beautiful than
before. "My answer was simple. L
tore his letter in half and cent it back.
he may be governor of this town, per-
haps, but never of this daughter of
Venice. Oh Andrea, for freedom
from this hated yoke would sell my
life inch by inch"
'I would live in hopeless captivity"
said the young man, steadily, land
that's q fate worse than DEATH"
He laid his handsome head back on
her robe as il swept round her in heavy
folds, and she was about TO reply; but
at that moment a man in the dress Of
an Austrian gendarme came up, and
as both brother and sister sprang to
their feet, said-"You are the SlgnOra
Lucia Cayarra ?"
81 am. What then >"
"Then, madam, you must accompa-
ny me-"
HWhere? and on what charge? by
what authOrity?n demanded the
young Audrea, haugbtily.
"SignOr, this lady is under suspi-
cion Of conspiracy against the govern
ment.
at is false" said the youth, "and
~
'rThen she will doubtless clear her
self" interrupted the phlegmatic Ger
man. "At present the signora will
come quietly, or my painful duty
would be to employ force"
Andrea looked so much on the point
Of putting force in use then and there
/ that the brave sister stayed him, ter
rified for his safety.
"Husb, Andrea, do nothing now. II
world be worse than useless"
"True, signora," said the gendarme,
| who seemed not unkindly dispos-
ed. "Will it please you to have q
fiacre 2"
Certainly" said Andrea Cavarra.
quickly. ''Phis will Fay for one, ''and
he slipped double the sum required in
to the mans hand. "You will let me
know where they put her."
The Austrian nodded in the afirma-
tive, and so the brother and sister part
ed.
Its, perhaps, difficult for those Oi
our readers, safe under law, to com
prehend the sickening alarm of these
arrests; the loved one dragged away OF
a vague charge, thrown into perhaps
a secret prison, dangerous to inquire
I for. Try and comprehend the suffer
ing the poor brother, helpless to save
went through in the following days
ignorant of where she was, until a.
last one night, near home, a mar
stumbled against him, hastily beg
ged pardon, in thick, bad Italian, anC
hurried on, leaving paper in CAVIAR
ra's hand.
! Once safe in the house he read thes,
lines:
''For Heavens sake save mel ! am in
dungeon in the Castle-in the lands OF Val
denstein, my more than life in danger. SEM
me at least the means OF death; a SOeu
would psrhaps pass. LUCIA"
4 Now, indeed, such terror fell on tht
boys bold heart as for a second al
| most numbed it. He saw now tn
4 whole villsnOus scheme. His siste
was at the mercy of that most danger
Gus of all enemies-a scOrnfuliy re
jected suitor. Save her? yes, if h.
burned the town down.
He flew up to the convent presidet
over by his relative, Tereas Bagnolo
In q gloomy prison in the castle for
tress sat Lucia Cavarra, her head, he
whole form dropping, sick at heart
with such terror as only a woman cal
know. Would her messenger fail her
She had bribed him largely, ant
pledged him double the hour he ad
mitted one of the Sisters Of San Guis
eppe to see her. Every step outsid
made her tremble lest it should be tn
Count Vsldensteil, and her ear, pain
fully acute, caught every sound. Nov
she heard the heavy step of a maj
without, the lock turned, the doc
swung back. Then 8 figure entere
and the door closed. Not the cover
nor, but a tall woman in the bIael
and white robes of Soeur de Charlie
"Ah this Is kind, cara sorella. Di
Andrea send you 2''
But the nun elasped the prisone
close. sit is Andrea himself, come t
save his darling. Hush, Lucia, n
word It must be |! Me he can onI
/. kin, but you-listen Our good rels
tive lent me this sacred gaFb to pu
over my own; We change: 20
will easily pass out, then fly TO Terea
and she win conceal you, or send 70
Z to England"
% "Never, while yon live, Andrea.