The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-12-10

pectant mind. As for me, | was trans-
fixed. must have made some mistake
Beyond remedy now-and approached
near to my beloved SebastianQ NAth the
feeling that we would die together, The
marehese noticed the action, SOW thatnot
moment more was 10 bel lost, and loudly
demanded why sebastiano did not take
his place upon the foremost platform
SebastianO, who had at last awoke to
apprenensiOns of a dangerof some kind
OF other Enthusiastically hesita ed but
on this loud call he advanced toward the
foremost platform, and han one foot upon
il when ain Involuntary cry burst from
me, and clasped my arms around him
With in inluriate look the marchese
Started up from his chair. But the sud-
den Jerk caused the two cords to snap
asunder the platform instantly fell, and
he was'preeipitated intothe sea H.'#
Calling loudly 70. help, Sebastiano was
about to spring into the water. l had
scarcely relaxed my hold, but now in
folded him with renewed energy, crying
out, mo, nO,pol You are nOtaware you
are not aware 70 The marehese quickly
re-appeared and striking ont, with pierct
ing erieS of terror. he reached the side 81
bqyacht, Seeing this, SebastianQ, nqtF
withstanding my clinging, made hiS,Yqy
to the place beneath which the marebefe
was struggling to gain boid. And .
hold he did gain with his strong hngefS
upon the upper ridge Of the ALLEN, plat
form, still crying out for Help With I terf
rifed voice. In vain Sebastiano endedyr
ored to stoop down and seize his hands
as | defeated the intention by whirling
wildly round, The head of tbe parchese
nevertheless, rose nearly to q level with
the dock by his own Violent efforts, and
Sebastiano, in his turn, now forcing me
round, / gave a frantic spurn downward
with one loot in passing. SebastiNno
now threw himself flat upon the deck
with his arms over the side-but my de-
stroyer had disappeared ''r
A confusion was raging over the deck,
drunken sailors, nearly naked, stagger-
ing about, only half awake, Andrengo
wringing his hands--I know not what
went on. Suddenly the most trightiul,
piercing shrieks were heard from the sea
at no great distance They ceased abb
ruptly. In few seconds they weTere-
newed near to the yacht and then, two
crimson stumps whether of legs or arms,
appeared above the surface, were swung
over backward, and went down We
saw no more, heard no more but we
knew enough.
Falling heavily upon my knees, | re-
turned thanks with loud-uplifted voice to
God forgiving to me-the slave and vic
tim of the worst passions and vices Of the
worst,of men-spirit and strength ut this
one supreme moment to save my dear,
my only beloved
You are very kind, my girl, whoever
you are, to tell me these things, Itis
not usual, l suppose, under my sad cir
cumstances. ..... And so this is prison?
1t is not half so bad as people say, only
it wants air77fresh air. Perhaps | have
been favored little on account of of all
| have gone through; and besides, you
tell me | am very likely to be liberated.
All liberty comes too late for me. Eve
ry thing is now too late for me-eyeh
death. Cruel old Death heshonld have
come before. nan "f inu uE SlI
What amomeht that was, down in the
little close e-shut cabin, when said i huH
done what he had toldme, ndIstamped
upon the hoorl The action made him
pause an instant, but there was no time.
have observedin life that when alPad-
ton or gesticulation is totally at variance
with the character of the speaker, or
with the declaration made, the speaker is
telling an untruth, directly or indirectly.
Have you also noticed that, my grip /
stamped upon the floor in declaring had
done something to kill my lover, and my
subtle-minded tyrant accep'ed 1t as firm
declaration of obedience What Il fool
he must have been!. =. But as to stamp
ing down, / was inspired at the moment.
He would have got out but for that!a!.
Acquitted as being of unsound mind !
My mind was sound enough, my girl; or
the sharks would have chopped up my
my dear, dear lost lover iIisteRdl Of the
Abhorred Let me look closer ut you J.
Are you not Simona And yaNtello me,
that three Of the sailors jumped ,Qr tum-
bled overheard to try and save the devil
from hell? I? Two of.them were,drunkAnd
one sober, who was drowned, while the
drunken men got safely back, Acquit-
ted, too, you say, in consequence ofsQme
of the confessions extorted from Andreqi
go by the rack, Ha hal Pm glad he
was put on the rack. Ihopethey Brought
white-hot copper bolt for-his mouth, So
that he might remember what wasdUhe
to force me to take lying oath. But
they got some truth out of him. .i;2 ID .
Unsound mindl Poor dear Dr. Mauriz-
zio never considered me iin that light ;
but fancy that much learning bad made
him little mad, when be said the De-
testable was only one of a class. Laws,
too and the great lawyer who, betrayed
us Suppose the cases had been in some
degree reversed, and that 1 had been
much less than half as wicked as the mar
cheese, how certainly and how easily be
could have obtained a divorce frJmine
But those who make these laws either
haveilio SENSE or foresight, or they care
nothing for justice and real mdraity.
My head begins to go round, butmy heart
is in the middle of the world. sd r. -
. lItean not be that men and women are
all ofthe same species. Apart from mere
varieties, some bipeds evidently come
from different source, When | think
of the tenderness and delicacy OF Sebas-
tiano, the pure and steady-burning ardof
of his passion for me, his cons;snt self
abnegaton, and refined considefateness
for one whose enslayed and degraded pO-
sition might have generated disgust and
scorn-when l think of his true nobility
of soul, the angelic fire of mans best ma
ture, and then contrast all this with the
abnormal. -. 'dl 70. aajllf +.
Don't tell me any more about the con-
fiscation of all his dear paintings, all bis
dear, beautiful sketches, by the Neapoli-
tan government; it consoles me to gkn6w
they will be preserved, admired, and
honored, though resent the unjust and
totally unfounded accusations against
him, He never knew Of the plot against
his life till after my victorious struggles
had prevented him from saving the Alb
horred. Say no more poor silly girl, ,about
his diving wish that i shoulu have bis