New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-25
III

For nearly an hour the men had been searching
the hilside-amOng the wet ana do"u-DeaCeu
vines i'm the bare srubble fields and mp and down
the banks of the stream, which. swollen by rain,
rushed over the rocks with the sound OF mountain
torrent ,, ..,o1 .,,s
What was that noise the steward .uske9 sud
denly in the pause after deatenlns peal. 1t
sounded ike the fall Of house; .,...... 49,.
Per BaccO-It was the tower. one OF the men eX-
claimed / Thought the old owls nest would be
down some stormy night Luckily the Count Is not
there 1910. H., .i
But yes-he is there cried Luigi excited ~ and
bio buono1 he broke Oft. the slgn0rina-
Neradi turned toward him. What DO you
mean the mistress Is not near the tower;
.Yes-shc went mp to inquire II he had seen the
how met her IN the wood half an hour ago. She
told me To say nothing TO You. The steward stared
nj the speaker "a If the sense OF the words hiu not
reached hun. Then his face changed. as Sudden
Iight burst on his mind. With hOarse lnartcu-
late cry he broke from his COMPANIONS ana rushed
M the steep road and across the slope 10 tue SPOT
where the tower had stood great tOrulIeNS Ie9p
| Of ruln from which the dust was rising IN clouds
was all that remained Of the sturdy old bGl!dlns
which had resisted the shocks OF centuries Ie ran
hither and thther dlstractedly calling Angelo
Teresa
Rut there was no voice TOR any that replied
The storm as If satisfied with the havoc IL nau
worked was now SubsIding' the. IhuhuGt pS the
| away in deep sullen reverberatlOns tehlhd Ine
Mountains though the rain still Tell III torrents
| When the other men arrived they iouhu tHe
steward ike one stunned gazlhg JianhI5 s' on9
ruins. He quickly reused himseI' HoNceoi, an
/ disoatched two of the men % the farm LOT spauos
| and plckaxes. When these were OrouGht they SET
to work with will. lighted by pine torches, WldcI
cast a red hickering glare over the scene giving II
! a strange air of unreality. The woInen-serY ants'
Who had hurried up after the men. stool IN Irgn
| ench group round Brigtta, VINO was mechahlcaIly
| mnttrring AYES and Paternosters, Wme the TEARS
| a,rsamed down her brown wrnkled cheeks. lhree
! hours passed thus; hours that were snort 10 Sle
! vorkers but long 10 the anxious watchers
| IL was close upon midnight when there y as .
! stir and murmur in the group when Merai'ii was
! directiup then a sudden shout which Orousm Tue
| women burrving to the spot. They had c,eareu
aWav the debris above a great bean, Whlch laf
| obl6nelv one end wedged between fragments Oh
,r,sonry while the other rested on the grouhd. IN
| the hollow space thus formed under the heap OF
| rnln Law Teresa and little Angeio-wheCher ueau
or living cOuld not be told TILL with INFINITE precau
| ton Tie heavy beam had been raised. IL was soon
! escertainea that the child, though bruised ana
summed was not seriously hurt. he recovered con
| s-ionsnes. almost immediately on being lIlteu 9ut
into the air and chung 10 his rather nccA Win Il
| cry thar went 60 the hearts of all present;
| Hnt Teresa Law motiortess, the blood tricAuhs
| fron a wound in her temple, and not the Iaihttet
sign of life in her white tace ana nerveless nm s
Nerad hastily set the boy on his feet ana knet AZ
! her side watching her face with agonlzsd anxiety
| White and lnanimate IN the moonlight. IL iooheu
| ike a beautiful mask. He lifted her head on u
| his knee cLahng her cold hand. she ID deau' hs