New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-27
21sIca Ca0o3ul Del Alorosiri
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and q seal bearing a crest of IN eagle holding ship
in it, talons. and the motto, Per igHObiiitdtem
nobi6sn
Act me think" said Ambrose to himself, ex-
ploriug his memory for such remnants of Italian
historical lore AZ il might retain; tho Morosn
were a Venetian clan. weren't they2 And, If I'm
not III taken one of the twelve orignals-'l Dodic
Apostoh - Cadogna del MorosnL'-The old mer-
chant then it would seem. must have had some
relative belonging TO the nObllty.-one OF the tip
ION swells too. Tbs book was au inheritance from
Them But what about the date The wars with
Milan ended IN l45O. and 10 was soon after that
M that most of the emigration to Ireland took
place. In I41J, therefore, Slgnor Cadogua the mer-
chant ought to have De settled here NJ least ten or
fifteen years. How, then, could ne have received
tn, book from his noble relatives at home, who
would not be likely to know, or 70 wish % know,
ANYTHING about HIM Well perhaps that rs what
Tin, book Itself explains / wonder whether / can
Teli %" iIe turned over some pages at random
and found that the chirogfaphv though peculiar.
was even and homogeneous. and easily cglble To
amy one familiar with Dante and Ietnr,L Some
passages were written IN yermlllon, as II 20 draw
special attention "a them After some ten or fifteen
minutes investigation. me had gathered enough to
c0Htuue that the volume comprised narrative
beginning the early ayes of Venetian history, bui
chiefly occupied with cham OF events winch TOOK
place about the middle of the fifteenth century. In
deed the story hercabouts seemed To cluster round
the fortunes of "a Single ndIvldual.d man of emit
memo" Dob the state. and the subject "I u'ris
strange vicissitudps Certain sentences and
ILLUSIONS also caught Amhruses eye and aided to
confirm h.. impression that the book would repay
pru.a. 80 history indeed, be- so Wploto with good
rl't's as that uf ltay. and of Venice above aIi 3
aho ih't" Was reason to suppose that Ga" Huh@Ni
"i th's" memoirs lUr under that designation ih't
"'NtN properly tu heluuEl might contain matt. D
Mnlth had nrvrr sect found tta WAY into thr Uth
H.n,Q records ut the famous state
IN" nook WAS written n l4iot Ambrose
WeN'" aud bralH 'v,tV evidence 81 being ga
tFN oi Ahdfna tadugun dU MufnHni .hH'iI.
'' ''ih.i lh not of later date chan tho book ANA
"''ls ln Aunt Flf 10 must have htuud forgotten
:" '" WWV thAmbut for moro than Two huhdlru
-, tl eAHl FURTHERMORE the book was 100 h
[. IVY "AN'li very intentionally concealed ana wa"
az u'" iiArly 10 have put 10 thrro than q dis
"suaN'u author who intended. uu doubt ln
L'"f I l"ilh ai the proper ume, hut was prevented
~ u'"ih' or some other accident, from doing su.
"ns'q"rhtly say, 70 Is quite " thin the bounds
W possibility that may be the only human beng
VINO has looked ON these pages since their author
sshed his name and affixed his seal the last of
t"'m and since there II generally some good reason
ol such elaborate hiding a. tins, who can say that
@hi not on the verge OF some momentous revela-
tpVh 10 may be something musty by this time TO
pe sure but at all events u IL connected with the
NSdognas. and therefore has an interest for
snich 10 can have for no one else
10 Insure seclusiOn. Ambrose left the cOtiee-rO0m
and Went 20 his own chamber. He lit his lamp
Drew the sofa up 20 the table. placed his cigars
WITHIN reach. and began the volume OF Andrea Ca
uOgnas autobiography. The further he read. the
more absorbed did he become. Midnight passed by
uaheeded; the small hours were stricken one after
another, and still he read on and the morning
shone through his window. and his last cigar was
'uioAed when, ut length. he closed the volume,