The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-09
THE GIpSY'S CURSE.
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CRIME" "THE wREcKERs OF
xRNA doom" ETC.

lima thanked him, and they passed In
among crusading knights and ladies IN
colts and farthingalcs. Even the sti1, i'm
perfect thinning Of the earlier periods
could not hide the marked characteristics
of the race, dark, naughty ltalian-l0oking
faces, all more or less handsome, some re-
markably SO; though none, lima thought,
had such beauty as Sir Philip. In the
last representative Of the house all its
graces seemed TO have reached their high
est point.
GLOW is ;" asked lima, "that the OAR
rells have such an Italian type Of face? 1t
is strongest in you, Sir Philip; but none
OF these faces are English"
"The tradition, you know, is" he repli-
ed, "that the first Darrell was an Italian
noble, who fed his country for some politl-
cal reason, or for some crime, real or
charged to MIN; and think it must have
been SO. Several times in later ages we
have intormarried with Italians. The
mother Of Sir IngClhard Of the Curse was
an Italian, and so was my great-grandmo-
ther. They say | am more like Sir Ingel-
hard than any Of the others"
care your" said lima, with sharp
pang NJ her heart. Was there any fate in
this resemblance between the man who
had brought the doom on this noble house
and the one who was to be It's last VIC
tim!
"You will see" replied Sir Philip, as
the rirl stopped silently before a stately
dame of the reign of Henry W.: and,
rlancing around he saw that Rose and Ro-
land had loitercd behind, and he heard
laugh from Rose which echoed through the
lofty arches.
"Ima started anil her brow contracted
with y look of pain.
"Ilow sensitive you are" said Sir Phil
lip, smiling. 81 suppose you think 1T
sounds odd to laugh here. You have not
done 50 once"
II don't think could" replied lima;
ait all seems so awesOme."
Her heart beat fast as they drew near
or and nearer to Sir highlands portrait.
Presently they came to stately knight in
robes of the early EIizabethan period; by
his side was beautiful woman with "a
face from Vcnitia."
"Renfric Darrell and his wife, Gineyra
della Scala" said Sir Philip quietly. "ln-
celhard was their son. They were the last
who were happy in love. Sir Renfrc met
Gineyra at the Doge's court, and they
lived together for thirty years. Both
died-well for them before highlands
crime"
"NWerc there other children besides lii
gelhard:" asked lima.
"No; Ingelhard was an only child
There is his picture"
lie fell back step or two, folding his
arms, but standing so that he could see
llma's face, upon which, as upon his own,
fell the mellow light Of painted VIM
dow.
The girl drew a long BREATH and invol-
UNFAIRLY locked her little hands together
as she looked upon the dark handsome
countenance of Sir lngclhard of the Curse,
the recreant knight who had shown the
churPs ingratitude, who had brought
shame to the hearth that should have been
sacred to him.
The figure was halC-ength leaning on
sword, and the head uncovered The
countenance, like Sir Piilip's,was striking
" intellectual and Of commanding beauty;
but the eyes were sinister their depth was
all Of the mind. There was an utter lack
OF the tenderness that gave u beauty all
their own to Philip DarrelPs eyes; the
mouth too was cruel. One could believe
Philip Darrel ruthless for the state, re-
lentlcss in vengeance, like ruler Of me-
dpyal Italy, but never cruel, never one to
trample on all rights TO gain his end. His
iron will was tempered by noble qualities.
which might be sometimes obscured, but
never oDiiterated. Those qualities had no
resemblance between the two faces; but
the advantage OF mere physical beau
ty, still more that OF power, depth, and
..,1 nI ,yit Ia hn fatnnns lnt,Lt1l III,
scendant
Long did lima stand gazing on that
countcnance, as If she would imprint ey-
cry feature on her memory; and two or
three times she glanced at Sir Philip, as if
comparing the two. Finally, she turned
away with slight shudder shaking her
head.
"Well," said Sir Philip in slightly
mocking tone, "what is your verdict lie
was brave man, this ancestor OF mine; he
did great deeds OF derrlng.do in the Span
isA wars; he was u favored squire OF danes
yet you shudder"
ale was ! biack-hearted yillain," replied
lima, "and he has an evil face! could
never have loved him."
~ on are keen; there Is no heart in In
gelhard's iace--and you can see that. But
Zarah was IN ignorant glpsy-glrl. Ay,"
continued Sir Philip, grinding his heel on
the floor, as though he was crushing some
obnoxious object, $50 black u deed deSery-
ed curse! Why, lleston flung his life
away for ugclhaid's-less worth thou.
sand times, though he was Darrell and
Deted knight. III was indeed
"Foulest stain on krlghthood's face,
Deadly blight Oh noDcst race
And have not his children, and his chill
dren's children to the fourth and fifth
generation, suffered for It! But there"
Le added hurriedly, for lie saw how his
WORDS affected his listGner--"all this IS fol-
~ to you, and | am q mere slave Of super
stition. DO YOU See the likeness they all
6nd"
eyes" answered the girl, trying TO
hide the pain one part Of her hosts speech
had given her, "there is u strong like.
ness"
$50 there should be-" said Sir Philip
carclessly, not wishing to compel lima to
explain wherein lay any differences
"Now here follows the long line Of Sir In
gehard's descendants. You do not be-.
lieye In the curse? Yet, whenever one Of
these loved, woe and death followed; and
we barrels, unhappiy, cannot love light
ly. This is highlands son. lie married