New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-27

while Beatrice was discovered IN the act of making
preparations for her Tight. Examination soon
showed him that instead of De COurcy beng the
pdrtc ps orimia's as he had supposed the true
source OF the evil still further back; and
Beatrice, hndng further couceament useless boldly
.1U ~. tne Wnoe truth, ana furthermore declared
That nothing but death should prevent her from
cieaVing To the man of her choice
Au"ted attempted to reason with her; he told her
Nhat ms life had been. aud how not only his wishes
would Dee frustrated. but his very existence would
be endangered, II she returned to Venice. Were the
council To learn that he still lived, and was. more
over FIOatng the stringent law iOrbiddlng any
Nehetlan nobieman 10 follow commercial pursuits,
MS personal safety might be IN serious jeopardy
lVr tuer secret mssares penetrated To every part
OF Europe, and 10 fugitive sale from their dag
gers. But above all he cOuiurcd her not % oppose
M purpose OF forever abIurng their native country
anu tIelr patrlclan illneaIe The Thought that any
emu having uls blood IN is veins should hereafter
i've IN the city which had so trcachcrOusy betrayed
ana outraged him. was IntOlerablc, and finally, in
case she persisted IN dts0bedIeuce To his desires, be
Threatened her with permanent IN prIsOnuent IN a
convent.
al AN in your power" was her reply abut.
though You can cOnhne my body, you cannot CON
tIoi my spirit loved my mother, whom you hated
anu murdered lou would condemn inc % what Is
more cruel than death but | will not submit to
such destiny have a kay that Will open the
iooi9 % any ulhge0u; and since you nave no mercy
l VIII Use 10 now -
With these words she applied to her lips ring.
the stone OF which WAS fashioned to contain "A
subtle and potent poison; and with "A laugh. fell
INTO Aer fathers arms he started forward 40 pre-
Hent het iced She never spoke except to utter at
intervals the names of her mother ADD her lover;
ana before an hour mad passed she was dead
Ahdied tadogna passed That night alone with the
49, UNI "uHI MS Ihcuilit .onS may nave occn can
nov '' AuoWn, Tor ue has lett no record OF them.
In the morning be- gave 10 ont that his daughter had
ned and he made elaborate Arrange nents 10 pur-
sue and discover her; bat, living or dead, she was
never seen again. nor was any trace OF LCr corpse
ever found. There were many theories about her
disappearance. AMI some OF them reflected IN a
sinister manner upon CadOgna himself; but nothing
and vain vain, M len th returned ~ Venjc Viii
NJ pr IN H..ip fplta unI nm
but ceased TO take his former interest IN business
ana us fortune was somewhat diminished by
several rash speculatuns hazardei by his son. The
old man no longer entertained company. but spent
most oi his time alone IN the tower chambers.
writing and reading. In these latter DAYS his mind
reverted 20 the carly Splcndors of his condition, and
he imagined himself once the proud and
powerful nObleman of Venice. The papers ana IN
sigma OF his nobility had been preserved and
brought over to ms Irish home; and he now de-
termlned TO write down the whole history Of his
life and origin In this work his closing years were
occupied; and when the volume was written he pat
1t away IA the secret drawer of his cabinet. HIS |
papers and other record, he placed n receptacle
behind one of the stones n the wall of the upper
chamber of the tower which he designated and
possibly he intended To reveal them to be-
fore his death. BE that as 1t may, the intention
was never fulfilled and he probably expired sud
denly. without beng able 10 attend 10 the eXccu-
ton OF his last wishes.
Such mr. the outlines NJ the very italian story
which owen Ambrose read IN Andrea C1doguas
Hottie book. II WIS immediately obVlOua that the
porusal had put HIM la possession of facts which
were of cardinal Importance 10 AuaBtaEa Cadogna.
the Beatrice Of Tie nineteenth century 40 far
from being of pioboau origin che WINS of ma noble
blood ~ any in th" world. and the young Duke
Ad"utl mlIht consider himself fortunate. oven
from merely Ltmty point of vlew. m obtaining nm
alliance with her. II wna true of coursn that the
title having h"cu held IA aboyanoo during tire" cen
iuU"a. ~ wEhi not Zoe easy or p'iudp' p"fhl'l 10
fr.ostlhiah t boz ttr tull practical operation but
since thc proofs of Audr"pT identify veto urrfrng
able and tho lur of hH dracoudtui4 wa rlotf and
n
aud would hItr uu weight Hs tn the r.Irui Gel point
u tbr fIc, of such cltfus a- fhr.r the frrtrrr4 ~
Miss O'Mutun. daughter OF Lord ththnofu, be-
cumo unworthy ul uuIlcr even had The lhltri Young
lady NOS been endowed with rcd hair Il Ircrkcd
face and al uncyruness of the shoulders.
80 much was PLAIN enough hut this dld not EEK
haust the matter Ambrose alone was ih possession
OF the secret and hr might either disclose 10 or not,
as hc ut HIS first impulse was Tor The lorlnrt
alternative since hr could not nat feel that ms
rights OF propTictor-hlp were moro than question
able: ho was ia the position of cahmau who has
received % severe IN by mistake for q smiling.
Nevertheless. hc was conscious OF responsibility
which not to be lightly a.d aside. To reveal To
Beatrice that she was. rs matter Of ltct. al ana
moro than she had :topItq % Je, would no dtuoJ
crafty her extremely. and lead 10 the lmme late
satisfaction OF her ambition. She would lose no
time III marrying the duke. ana entering upon that
career of social triumph and elevation 10 Whlru she
-o louerd ~ devote herself: nor could thrre be
question that she would never forgive him. we're she
10 becone aware, when too late, of what he had
concealed from her.
on the other hand. however might il not be In.
cumbeut upou Ambrose. aS the best friend he Crl
had To- protect her against her chIrI enemy, which
was heIse.ti He could not help percciyluG a. "a
man of the world that the success of her present
wishes could only lDlI In all human probability 10
her permanent future UnhaT plur~9. she ana not
love the dukr.-ohe did not mnch ., pretend 10
do SO; size had gone 5" lar a. "a make open .uh o.
HIM TO his rival. llJt she been a shallow ana
,runtv-miudrd Il RI. she might nevertheless hnve
married hIm without any great harm for the eN-
trrual aml~emcutr and distractions of htr I'VE
uuud sufficiently occupy her but, u Amhrlse
knew AZ, hing about human nature and about this
specimen of % m particular he Rne" tddt Beatrice
was rs tar aSuuder a. the poles from -iicu chti-
though her behavior had hitherto been t WAS Iu-
pl>- Bile 10 DE an her company without beng @r''i-
Bile that size made tO understand ana dppirc ave
all cine pr1IOuudest JOYS and privileges IuAl me
affords. Z imagine that such woman WoHlu pt con-
lent 20 spend year after year I'D disc s@ng NrtlcI or
not she should have precedence of t1s or that idF
IN going down b. dInucr.-vnO could entertain lot
moment SD gross an db,urIItyi And when she rel-
empty would she not bee teWDird To resort 10
prrIlous exped,nts 10 til it, surely 10 was not I
easy TO throw all this DANGER dud misery mto inc
path of the woman uc loved.
But again. that very fact, that be loved her u.s.
qualified him from making d iiir ana GSpl592H"'E |
Judgment lie loved her. ana 90 give hrt lHe Dooh |
l,r for himself: and therefore be could not choose
Lut give r. To her. He had NOT the strength. inc !
cuolnr.s tine ulsrIsI ness TO enact toward 5'"II'e
the part OF ala amateur Providence; ana coh'o-
,.i' In De- r,Jld be- tp only boo Glowing thc most !
obvious and elementary rule of hone-tf lh lue |
premises. He could not venture % r'Hhg anu /
-opAi,lcJtc: hc must throw tine burden Oh lHe 10
-puu-llu|ts upon tur gum ii.dInI anu lt'l'' 'H'L
the prompt u1.of her ou nature would restrain neg
from foUF OR. If not. then so let 10 be one cou.u
only hope that the lesson sine would nave 10 U'Hl
would Doe - -diuiaIy as 10 must oo "','.' ,,
was after having arrived 100 ih.s IIA. 5 '+
r'u-.Ou fhIt Ambrose. worn Ouf WIN ON. l'ii'i' /
and emotion. threw himself ON his ord I'D tho IloIH-
mg ,uAlIg At, and slept