, 1874-12-19

wiich wo nscontol. They put MI ond tn. ltlln,
and thon buried him in tho cabbagc-fos. !
ass,,rc You . largo number Of bones woro foand
IN that gardon.
"Tteac proceedings lnHtod Hono tlmo. Bnt
ono evening her broter, whose na,no VIVA slato
Iarlntnio. laaHod undor l.or window. ,sa slla ~
| not rocognazo him. She Hnnltnunod hlhl. llo
oioycd tho cali. It faroa with him ~ WIN NJ
others. However, lie had forgotten bis handkor-
| ohef on which hs name was mn married.. t
como with despair. s!1o loosel hor garter and
hanged hotAelft 10 this boan This III MI example
for lho youth Of tho aEc." ...-,
| Wllo tho old wotnan sfaa mixing up MI t!lo
por!ods, aud confusing tho TArqninn mud tho
| l,orgias, my oycp were fixed Upon tho floor.
Thoy Ind Just 'ightod Oh sonlo roso-potals which
| wero Htill fresh. .
"aiy son, slr, the gartlonor Of Slgnor VaaoSzl,
| t1o goutlonlnn TO whom the next-1uor garden
| belongs. slgnor vanozzl il always III tho ia.
ronltno, and scarcely over oo1noa to 1loHo.. That
NY sou IL with him mi vory MUCH af,ad ho
will uot return very soon" ntIo addod, BsghsnG:
$50 ho III much occupied witt, signor Ya-
nozz2"
son for too many purrosos. l four that terrible
things will lappon. All, my poor son
| Sho tAon ,lado q n,ove towards tho door as
though B]lo wanted to torininato tho couvorsa-
:" So nobody lives here ?" I aaid, stopping hor.
" Mo oue.F
land why2"
sllo shrugged her shoulders.
! LBtell, mid ]. giving lor q pnstro; tell
| mo tho truth. 4 woman comes lioro 7"
| "A wo,nanl Gracious hoayonY"
Ies; 1Hav her last evoping, antt spoko to
her,"
!" IIoly Virgin !" cried tho old woman, running
to tue stairs. ut must haya bocn Maaauln
Lucrezia Let III GO, let us go, gvod Hir! l
l,nd boon told size colnea bcro at night. but
would not say 80 to you for fcnr OF iujurlng tho
I rIy + $hn11nht nrnnnHn1 1I1fn II.
could not hold hcr back Bllo VAS IN hnr-
~ to lcayo tho houao, as slo aaid that a,e want
ol to placo q taper III the ncarcat church.
l followed her, dosraiiing Of loaEnlng any
more.
1t wil bo supposed that I did not relate my
story ut tho Mt1obrandi palace the AiasluiAs!n
MAS too ptudInl nud Don Ottayio too busy with
politics to gyo sny good ay'fo IN !oyG , aairs ns
oyorything in Homo, nutl asked linn what lie
thought OF tho ca5c. ...
"1thins" sa 1e, "that . yen hsvs v, 5'an 'n1as tho
play Of 1creza b9fEis What a"tal a.uI'r aang9'r
during her life. how much moro terrible sho must
bo after death Tho thought nakcy mo trenl-
blo.'
''Tt rueana TINT you aro All atheist and PHI
losopler aud do not boliovo III tho most respect
able thinga. Very we'll; thou What aay you to
auolhcr hypothesis Lot US sappose .nas tne 70
calling in pasycrs-bY. Old wonenh have beoll found
WHO wero depraved enough to 90 so.r 49,.
Excellent" said l; "but hayo J. then, tle
appearance OF q satnt. TINT Tho old Homan shoa!e,
not to 10 entertained. BoHtlcs, bear i'll mind,
tho furniture in tho house. Ono must bo Old
Nick in porhou to bo satisfied With this soiu-
tion,'
mo doubt, then, it is ghost. STAY, last
aunpositiou You may have MiBsakcn tho house.
l}y Jove! now that L think Of 1t; ucar garden :
A Btnal, low door7 Why, it must 10 tho dwoll.
lug Of my friend To Rosiua; lt!A pot elshtGuni
street. It mus. bo said that she las lost tho
, sight Of ono eye, but that IL mcre detail: Hho
; has Atill very nno profile" ,.-.-...
All those explanations did not convince me-
/ ULcn evening came pissed elowly bofore Lll.
| crexiA's LouAa. saw uothtug. lpaaacd by It
again; no result. Tlroo or 1onr oyenlnss III
t,,ceeaaion Kept. watch 1u.dor tho window as
returuod FROM tho Aldobrandi palaco. but al.
wuya unsucceaBfuly. / was about to forget the
mysterious place, wheu ono night. aH Wn'kea
+ through the riccolo, Ut about Ia O'Clock, din
tiucly heard q won'ana la,,g!1 behind tho ahnt.
ter OF thu window where tno tnTGweF ,1sI o. tni
could not avoid cortuin feo!ing Of terror who1
I at That moment saw coming from the other ent
Ut tho ntreot Il number Of peuttents With hooaf
i | uud tape.H in thor hands, Who woro GoinE tt
b bury corpse. Wl,en thoy had passed. station
! cd 1nyself Under tho window, but heard nothint
moro. tried to throw stones; eyon chllet
: out moro or loss distinctly; 10 QUO appeared
+: | md shower having como up 6uuuenlY, Was
t I ain ashamol to acknowledge how many tmcf
Y | stopped bsfoso that wrochoa house. without
|, managing to solvo tho mystory which tor1nontet
i viii With Don % ottayio antl tho perpetual Able.
i "There." eaa !. " In Lncrezia'a AonBc."
Q Il saw that ho changed color. Yes" said lie
popular tradiuo'', which is taE iron. tfAst ,
8 worthy, wills 1t that Lltcrezla Borgla had herr
l. llor potlto nlaison. II these walls could talk
what horrors tAoy would reveal Notwitbetand
lug, f,iolsd, When compare those t1nea with ou
4 own. tlnd rcgrst them. Du.ins tho reign c
Il Now tAoro arc nono. Crsar Dorgia waa o mon
o stor, but D. great inan. He wanted to drive til
i barbarials out Of italy, md. perhaps, had hi
futlier lived he would hnyo accomplished tha
|. grand scheme. Oh Heaven soud us & tyran
!" iko l,orgia, and deliver us from thoao huma1
deHrotB WHO reduce liz to idiocy!'
|. When Don Ottayio touched on tho subject o
politirs it WAS impossible to atop him. We In
reached tho Piazza dot popolo, and his culog
9 Oh enlightened dospotsm was not yet ut I'LL enc
hut wo wero q hundred lnilca away from my LII
cro2in.
n Ono ovoning On which I hna gonc quite lat
& to pay my respects to the Marduiso, sho told III
that ilor aou was not we'll and reqneStod mo
10 70 to liH room. 1 found hins in bed, dressed
aud reading French pnpor %hlch haa se1 1
him in tho morning. aud which ho CAREFUL
ot concealed In q book Of u rol|gioua charac.e
For some timo past this strntaEem Ind sorse
IL to iocciyo tho Abbo aud tho Alarquiso On MA
days waa brought au in-folio. 1 gave ono
v return, aud shipped in it q papnr lent mo t
70 tho Ambaasaior'a secretary. Ihia gavo IL
h Marqulge and tho Abba . very oxnltod opinion
10 my pioty md tley occasionally attempted to e.
or inc On tic topic Of theology. After hnylng. .col
ycrsed for some time with Don ottaS'o, and r
ot marking tAut ho was worry much excited. a1
OF TINT ayo., poitica could not arrest lllH atonlo
Ii, / ndyisod him to untress. and took My lonvo
10 w,s cold, aud had no cloak. Don Ottav
in urged 1ue to accept his own. and consented q!
o. took lesson III tho dl!ct,!t art Of hEap1ng Il
w garment in tho real Roman Atyle.
Wrapping up to tho oyos lpft tho paiaeo.
Tn Ind unly Walked few PAGES Oil tho tlaz;
d. Suint Muro when working niau. whom 1 b.
cd re.narGed aoAtcn Oh hensn ~ .ne aoor " =
IT. pAlaco appfoacnea a''o A"nao" '1io ot"1np''
TO-. ! paper. :,
no '.For hoayon'a sako," Hal he, tread this."
IT, Saying this ho ran or as fast as h!s legs eou
II. bear h!n1.