The Morning herald., 1877-03-10
(bRD AND CREEsE.
CHAPTER XII.
pIscoyERIEs.

l0np COnleAcneS a. A.
.,;ch ChI would only be tedious Al the
e. CssIi,1 az i some life in US yet, and what
ln'ls ~ have ae left shall be spent in trapping
We s's;.C,esnt. na,s Italy shall be avenged on
u Ser traitors, at any rate"
Ton = W. will write as | told you' and let
kuowT .uy
aoss aasssstti departed, satisfied with the
ans9t; . = th;s interview. What surprised
a'' .'ost ot wa was the letter. The writer must
p,.s, h.s, g one who had been acquainted
y h;s vs' mast life. He was amazed to find
.ne me dHsnouncing Cigole to him, but
sn en' ',o~ncluded that it must be some old
'ly a?,.pO .v exiIed through the Affections
Ds''Id ~ hod belallen that famous society,
, Tn neberishing a in his exile the bitter re-
t,nont sn which only exiles can feel.
raua,Io ,.nsIi himself had known Cigole for
.,'I't "a hnt had no idea whatever Of his early
as als, W cisole had no suspicion that Cav
Isi,, had ANYTHING to do with the Carbon
y '" uis firm we're general agents, who
hrs;ness of miscellaneous character,
!. usa" Commission, now banking, and now
.uine. a and in various ways they had
VI dealings with this man, and keptup an
~ r,rnI.r uI.e correspondence with him:
'TSi.' Ti;s letter had excited afresh within his
5rr ,irtand impetuous nature all the re-
pnlr '.nIsrgnces Of early wrongs. Gentle
a.h 'arI,' he was, and pure in heart, and ele-
s .S IN all his asperations, he yet was in
I,s ,spcts true child Of the South, and
n,riouate nature was reused to a storm
hi, E,' prospect of inst retaliation. All
i lchy doctrines with which he might
a',ae rt others we're of no avail here in CIV
no him calm. He had never voluntarily
pSS,,,el r Cigole; but now, since this william
nj heeu presented to him, he could not
nn aside from what he considered the
Ilv duty Of avenging fathers wrongs.
He saw that for the present every thing
,ould have to give way to this. He deter
mined at once to suspend the representa-
lon Of the "Prometheus," even though it
"a, a. the height of its popularity and in
| he full tide of its success. He determined
bsppd Beatrice under his sisters care, and
p edevoe himself now altogher to the per-
uit Of Cigole, even if he had to follow him
h tho worlds end. The search after him
might not be long aftea all, for Cavallo felt
ulguine Of speedy success, and assured
lin that the traitor was in power, and that
be Carbonari in London were sufficiently
mmerous to seize him and send him to
whatever punishment might be deemed
nW fitting.
With such plans and purposes Langhetti
vent TO visit Beatrice, wondering how she
'uANeeiye the intelligence Of this new
purpose
kvwtwo o'clock in the afternoon be-
! freh reached her lodgings. On going
p he raped. A servant came, and on
s.rg him looked frightened.
"k Miss Despard in?"
The servant said nothing, but ran off.
langhet stood waiting in surprise; but in
|ishort time the landladJ came. She had
l troubled, look and did not even return
bis salntation.
"ls b Miss Despard in ?"
'she 10 not here, Sir"
Not here p
No, Sir. Ym frightened. There was
IMAM here early this morning, too"
"A man here. What for ?''
why, to ask after her."
And did he see herr"
"Sbe wasn't here"
Wasn't here what do you mean ~
'she didn't come home at all last night.
waited up for her till four"
Didn't come homew cried Langhetti,
Ian an awful fear came over him.
No, Sir"
D0you mean to tell me that she didn't
@s home at her usual hour ?"
A2slr-not at all and as I was saying
'aaup nearly all night"
aeavcns~ cried Laaghetti, in bewil-
Sae1t. "What is the meaning of this I?
~. ~nAe me to her room. Let me see with
NItm eyes"
,,la; ,llGa;!!,nndlaly a. led the way up, and Ian
sas saaN'lowed anxiously. The rooms were
Ia5 %a1y; Every thing remained just as she
,..al1 nahH it, Her music was lying loosely
s'ssI; %%ao; The landlady said that she had
NJ na1sae'tl asked about the man who had
san11 @1a IN IN the morning. The landlady
hs ia'u MI le' nothing about him, except that
vo, wv wan aSentleman with dark hair, and
,oa,s.1 ,s,s s;eEn eyes that terrified her. He
,ama nme" ". 10 be very angry or very terrible in
''Ws Wl way about Beatrice.
NJ. "nU 70 could this be? thought Langhetti.
Ssv S~, ianaIady did not know his name.
,a~s ,srr :. one was certainly interesting himself
'a' ',s s s%ngu'arly about Cigole, and some one
ap,as,e, rus e'se the same person, was very much
/. ,e''ea " about Beatrice. For a moment