The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-06-12

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From Public Opinion
In the collection Of curiositasS bts.
served in the arsenal u Venice, thsre
is a key u which tho following singuia,
tradition is related: "Abcus tne year
1900 one Of thces dangerous men. in
whom extraordinary talent Is only the
fearful source Of crime and wickedness
beyond that Of ordinary men, came u
establish himself Is i merchant or trad.
er in Venice. The stranger, whose
name was Tebaldo, became ensmoured
Of the daughter Of an ancient house,
already affianced to snother. -. He
demanded her hand in marriage,
and was Of course rejected. Enraged
at this, be studied how to be revenged.
Profoundly skilled in the mechanical
arts, he allowed himself no rest until he
had invented the most formidable weAp.
on which could he imasiHea. ms
was . key Of large size. ths handle Of
which was SO coistructed that il could
be tnthed round with little difficulty /;
when turned it disclosed = spring,
which, on pressure, launched from the
other end needle or lancet of such
subtle tineness that it entered into the
flesh and buried itself there without
leaving external trace. Tehald6 wait.
Ell in disguise at the door of the church
in which ehe maiden whom he loved
was about to receive the nuptial bene.
diction. The assassin sent the slender
steel unperceived into THE l,feast of the
bridegroom. The wounded me-. mad no
suspicion of injury h.. seized with sud.
den and sharp pain in the midst Of the
ceremony. he tainted, and was carried to
his house, amid the lamentations Of the
bridal party. Vain was all the skill of
tho physicians, who could not devise
the eaNse OF this strange illness; and ii,
a few days he died. Tebaldc aKain. de.
manded the hsnd IF the maiden from
her parents, and received second 10.
fusal. They, too. persisted miseralay
in few days. The alsrm when these
deaths-whiek appeared almost mirac-
n!nns-occasioned, excited the utmost
vigilance of the magistrates; and when,
on close examination Of the bodies;
the small instrument was found in the
gangrenad Aesh. terror was universal;
every one feared for his own life.
The maiden thus cruely orphaned had
passed the first months of her mourning
in convent. when Tebaldo. hoping 10
bend her to his will, entreatea to speak
with her At THE CRATE. The face OF the
foreigner had, been ever displeasins S
her. but since the death g. all those
most dear u, her it had become odious
fss thougd she had a presumption of his
guilt, and her reply was most decisive
in the negative. Tebaldo, beyond him.
self with rage. attempted to wound het
through the CRATE, and succeeded; the
,ohsc"rity of the place prevented his
movement being observed. On her
return to her room, the maiden fell
a pain in her breast. and ;incovs.
ering 1t. she found il spotted with q
single drop Of blood. The pain, in.
creased. the surgeons who hastened to
her assistance-.taught by the past
wasted no time In conjecture, but, cut.
ting deep into the wounded part, ex.
tracted the needle before any mosta!
mischief had commenced, aid saved the
life Of the lsdy. The State inquisition
used every means to discover the hand
which dealt these insidious and irresist-
IDLE blows. The visit of Tebaldo to the
convent caused suspicion to fall heavily
upon him. His house was carefully
searched. the infamous invention dis:
covered, and lie persisted Oh the gibbet