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in momeat or two: she siippled out
sof church. t was at her heels. +


of church, / was at her heels. "
| She turned, and as expected, into
the 'Sbedq di sRtpetta, which leads
straight to othe banks of the Tiber,
aHdest last she stood close to the
edge nstLe shelter Of an old wall,
making up her mind, as / saw, to the
awful plunge. she bad contemplated. ont
Then 1 wenta close to her and caught
her by the dress, and said, softly:
; ssStopa Iknow~lat you are going
to do! You are wrong, whatever
troubles you have. I have followed
you 70 keep you from the river i.aa
|9a Theagirl turned sharply and looked
at me- ol tssfT .Eyssaqx7 81 - sEad
What do you know about me?''
sb !. ,,asJaa gGtit9% O. 2-sES51 aa s5ifta&
81 .:fsonly what ! saw in in the church, ?
sad L. .zzsg-a- Is -4slsizt 70 ~bsaql e. Ina
it so plainly writtensin my face
that stranger can see it?" she cried.
"Then, indeed, the water is the place
for memo other!'' : "a ~ - .'',s.
I held her tighter. ii .rs.I, vs. -,
sHow do you know what comes
AFTER Il cried -- sssafter this life
Worse than shame, perhaps. '7a' al
sShamep' she said. s.Oh! how
dare your. Do you think I am q young
person who has no respect for her.
self?' r.s s-s ". .za1s .sA a.a a,s..s.
People always think that of girls
who drown themselves, answered.
- aDon't think it Of me-" she said,
"I an only foolish. Perhaps you
came there to the cathedral TO pray
because you were sad?'' 's.l i,.sa l..sati
EltaksYes,'' / said. 3ozssastr rs-sz rs oy'ti
s~ You knew about me because your
town heart told you,'' she said.
"You've been good and kind to follow
me-. ! think I'll tell you-all but the
names" 5. bssa ga :. sE -aa. tql7-s:aa
sw @Pm q governess, as poor as a
mouse. I came here with rich fam
| lily, and friend of the sons She
visited them. He is a splendid Great
ure, good, true, perfect, beautiful;
but he liked little me and I used to
sing to him. 1 am quite one Of the
family-and Isgrew to love hims and
yesterday, at twilight, he walked on
the hills with me. Suddenly he told
me how he loved me, and how he
should never be happy for he was
engaged to girl whom he must mar.
ry. .saW s3l azaTl sasoa 81 G!ias2 Il
sslsLittle Violet he said, q Il ask
nothing of life but the right to love
and protect you, and that 1 canno,
have for honor's sake" And he told
me how good she was, and handsome
and nothing to him beside little me.
$50 all night I lay, awake and ]
made up my mind to kill myself.
Now you know all Life is nothing
to me if Rudolph is lost-married. to
that girl! Rudolph who: cried when
we parted, though he was a man!''
% "Rudolph !''a cried I. is:aD .r.k
"Hush !" she cried. II did moi
mean to say that" 10 a2F 31s3Hi "a
"Rudolph Ackland?" l. continued.
'TassI never told you" "'said she. q q
NO." said I. II am fortune:
teller. Violet, look into my eyes. Be.
lieve me- know, There is no need
Of drowning yourself. That girl will
not marry Rudolph Ackland. :, She
loves some one else BETTER She feels
free TO marry him now. She knows
that Rudolph's heart will not be bro
ken. Go home Rudolph will come
to you.H ysze5a a&lI ni ee. isaiz7 ot t,si
"What do you mean?'' asked the
girl. s.Are you fortune-teller? ]
believe you are-that-that girl her
SELF, 'iz@sssa zsa sgf asl9ze'a yanavt
azssANes will make no confession, .
said 1. "Kiss me and 60 home"
She put her lips to mine. Ant
] then we went together up the Strada
and I went home. On the way me
Giovanni. My heart beat with joy
higher yet when We parted, for W
had pledged our faith to each other
! Ny chaperon and cousin Rudolph
were ,breakfasting together. Rudolpl
was pale. He said nothing. M,
chaperon seoIded me. But when sh
left for moment T said to him: %
A"Cousin, cheer up. Let us thanl
heaven we, are only engaged, not mar
Tried, I think you had better go AM
see Miss Violet this morning. ri ar
I going to the Vatican with Giovanni
We make excellent COUSINS. Our ru
! nance has come to US otherwise tha
i we hoped. !" l,.- VIEW
I think-such is man-that he wa
hurt and angry with me, but he wen
to Violet and she is his wife to-day
and I Giovanni's. And the sea roll
between our homes, for I have neve
left Rome, and he transplanted hi
= violet to America. X! % ,s1@sst ii ]
n -ssI From the Louisiana Press. l4.'"
Il It is reported Of Mrs. Judge Eliza
Robinson, that when the cyclone {
!. Fridav afterueon last struck BowIin