New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-18

After n short pause, the judge. who sat at the
centre of the table stood mp and Gdqressee nun
i'm those terms: You have heaId the eFluelO0
against you now follow us and near your sSN
No cross-examination, no defence was allowed
b,I fbn laws of this Council. Rising tOReuher
rs if moved by single mind, the iuneIeal PTO To-
cessiOu followed Its leader, and lefG the haIl ny
the door through which Sir John mad enteIeu
it, Again through the same winding pa 1esSo
again down the same narrow steps, Aehlly ai nv
n0iselessly thew glidrd like ghosts returning 20
their 0raYes Surrounded by MS gIHlIuh, az
John followed immediately atter t9 lsC Ur V ~
ind0ps. wondering all the time what was 10
ne his fate. When they had reached the lowest
floor of the building, land were nearing apAiin
the loathsome cell from which ne na9 20 n Iui
been taken, the cOrtege divided, ana ou JONI
was brought face to face with the senior Judge,
q You have insulted the Selensslmaj you
have denied it's power OF pnnlshlng crime, DS
cause You have been robbed OF paltry nanu51
kerchief, and it had not been lmmehat,e,y touh III
and given hack to you. Now look " AS ne
said these last words, the masked judge steppeu
ON one side and directed Sir Johns gas, 70 d
darker corner Of the dark passage. lhSl y,
hanging against the wall, the rope thaG ehcFcleu
his neck disappearing through the sUone' ""'
Entranced by this sight, and thinking that
perhaps he also was going TO DC hahge1 III si
same manner by an unseen handI OF john lel'
rooted to the spot. .4:.,,.a .
g This man was the thief in his llght hana you
will find YOUR handkerchief. Take 1t. AS TOT
YOU, we ought not perhaps to be so lenleht nuC
in consideration of your youth and OF the nIEn
position you hold III your country, we VIII QgtIo
look your fault. You are forgiven: Q 11
this gate q gondOla waits for you 1t WIZ take
Won to Mestre, and thence you VIII be conveyed
to the frontier Col But remember always
what YOU have seen tonight"
Selling with a trembling hand the lace hohu-
kerchief that had been the cause OF so niuCIl
trouble, Sir John wanted to. speak, wanted 70
| thank Ills unknown judges but before ne cOuIa
recover his voice, the phantOms had ulsdp-
| Deared, and two jaileTs only were by MS sue.
| Without a word, and apparently WlthoGI ~
effort these two men opened secret do9r Ielo,,
| ing to the canal, and hell ed the now IDerateu
| man into n gOndola that was mo0red 10 INC
stems. and in the fOTepart of which lay MS
| luggage. No word was SAID, no order was
| given; the two gOnGoIiers seemed to Know then
| duty, and they silently padded away from the
palace i'm which Sir John had spent that dread
! FIJI night. At Mestre n coach was Wa'1ng IOI
| him. In few hours the frontier was crossed
| Then ONLY did he begin TO breathe freely. put
| for long time aftcrward he avoided any anu
! sion to his Venetian adventure; ana Tor many
wears he could not bear to speak OF 1t.
Now the Se,en;ssma is gone, the cells nave
| been sacked by an Infatuated mob, and lnnu'
merable tourists visit the hall where the Secre'
! Council held it's nightly sittings; but even now
| cannot help feeling relieved when have let'
| behind me Venice, it's dark canals and the
| darker memories that cling 10 them-ChamDeIS
| Journal.