The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION.

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March, Every vestige Of the black lie Sc
vas swept away from my mind; but the +
crime in which Ceneri had been con- hi
cerned assumed more fearful proper az
tons. 1t was more dreadful than had
| suspected The victim near blood re- b.
| lation-his own sisters child! Moth co
| ing. / felt, could be urged to excuse or q
| palliate the crime. Even had he not 81
ordered and planned it. be had been q
present; had assisted in hiding all traces a.
of it; had been. until recently, on terms
! Of friendship with the man who had IL
struck the blow | could scarcely con- nj
/ troll the loathing and contempt | felt W
| for the abject wretch before me. Ny d.
/ burning indignation would scarcely al W
low met ask him, In intelligible speech II
I the object of the cruel deed. But for W
once and all | must have everything h
made clear to me. p
/ was spared the necessity of asking W
the question | was trying to force to W
my lips. The convict raised his head h
| and looked at me with miserable eyes. 81
You shrink from me. No wonder. st
| Yet | am not so guilty as you think" 81
Tell me all, first; the excuses may II
come afterward. if anything ""'- 10 =,
urged in excuse of the crime 7
spoke as / felt-sternly and con- o
None can be urged for the murderer s.
For me, Gad kklngKs JoyfiVe., He for
sook and forgot his country pu' 'ii'' Z
forgave." =. fat,er,s country 9
. was England. J,.,vr replied {
, Ills mothers WAS l'"i'' !
: Ceneri. almost fercely. II;s
IIIa mad our blood in his VEINS NE ne
: thar was true Italian. she "1ulu
= have given fortune, llfe-ay- even "'
: or. for Italy. A.. ,,,,o,a ter
= NO matter. leu Inc '"o
{: rlp PIE 1 fold me. In Justice to penitent
/" man I do not use his own Woius It t a |
n falling it. Without his accent anu 2.,.I
~ they would sound cold anu . ~, ,'tter
-, criminal be had been; Dtt hot s1 VI" Lin,
"a l., hiack as my fancy had painted nm, t
Oh Ills Great fault was that IN the Gaus 80 H'
- liherIy anv weapons were al1 NV ~ FL
III, nDy crimes were pardonaDie. We "a
e. ',iisbmen. whose idea of tyranny a tIra
SIS g llsilalgi, is being debarred from the
De pppprcise of the franchise, can heiln eI,
say e,H'dorstand nor sympathlZe win d lllaii
u W Nc tvne We may call the govern
- mont righteous or corrupt az We O.
2 ht Wings or Tories ana one SUI re are
ny to Iva in or out; but. at iea2.' VI h,
GU ,,ied Nv our countrymen, electeu ~
one .one ri MS for that purpose. Lev us W
'0 cor years and years at Tue ny II ,t
;. foreigner and we may Under ssanu " ''''
patriotism in Ceneri seiiSe ~ ,.;iiiran n
y q, "a Tic and his sister we're the chllu s0iao
geo. resnectable middle-claSs Ge9piSS 10,
,'obIe as Macari asserted. lie la9 ~
neri rivan a liberal education, alld duop, .,
had gwen ai 49,. of q doctor. His sister
: Oh from whom Pauline lnheFlteu nT r1 i,,ar
him ! beauty, III - dnller life perhaps, tina
me ,,,.,nv of them led. as, following n'
5eIu p,rntIer's example, she refused 70 9,'S G.
. His i'll gaytehtleiS, md 10 doubt she won
truth ruled , lne faithful faithful to her mourning I
ever nav nav .o1rfrv had not love come upon
ed on hca An Enplishman named Mar
carr cav the fair Italian girl Won nen ;,e -, q
unne. ''nddad her and carried her away III III. :
must wn,nh 10 his native land. teiei nc
' Nc" nuite forcave his sister for her ues
ously. ton and detection: put lie p, ero W.
h;n35 onencd before her by the marriage w
g 10 so Great that he made but little opp
u ';o ,;o7 To il March was very rlch I'D
NO. tell lie was the only son OF an on, =;
'e' '' which fact accounts for Pauline nay ~.
nod to so far as Cenerl knew no ileeI , II" We
- n ON her fathers side. For seVeral :.
ti i e I've voun0 husband and his beaul
Wei w 40, l!-ave3 wife lived i'll great happ II
Po"ei T,ro children. son and daughter,
:, will horn To them When the son Was w
NJ will and the daughter ten years ON .ie ~
a l. The or died. The widow. WHO hau II
10 10 no ti, few close friends i'll England anu
AN aud loved the country for her nuSo'
n scar sake flew back to her natlNe lsiIu'
ot tho was cordially welcomed back by ne
NO hut friends. She was conSidefefl ia ayst
ed man wealthy. Her husband, II .he u, wil,
o q srene of his passion. had made VII
e ''0ii0 e,aathinr everything he posSesse
oa ~, ahsoI1,tely. Although children
ears had since come, so eHSao, n,.de AS I
,i,rtad To disnosition of his property. ~
lime. he such Ioreu ,litro az and courted
staIl!eu She had. until she met her 1utul
ler ell1e , band loved her brother above
!; 70 oeAs one in the world She hao eGh ";
13Il. natriotism sympathlZed WIN III
lie w. his schemes, and listened 10 ny
c'1h - III nlots he WAS always planning. \,
NJ l heal some wears older than she Was, a.
tilo .iiIi = on her return to Italy she lo.i1u
ne 9ooh - oitwardly. nothing more IMAM ga a
guipeu ~ hard-working ill-paid doctor. -. Sn
ted. Tell veled at the enans dai ing youn,
, .,Iln 10 She had left. 1t was not ulltli
W II! w certain her heart had not torsah
.ia ullIiI country that Ceneri allowed ilei
~ , NC 49, that under his proSalc eTtelioI
TINS one Of The subt1est and aDlest III
,o4o,, ali those engaged in WORKING
/ nave ' .la liberation Of Italy. Then All
crllsle-'i'0 svav came back. She admired.
a. worshiped him. She. too, was
pesioe ''i' make any sacrifice when the 'iiii'
at me; What she would have denee !
there ps az, neeu called upon. it Is lnPossip'
Il neal uu i hut there is little doubt but heI
| pieaueo and her children's fortune Won
a., leen freely spent in the goodi Ga
aNeo u; Il was she died long before lne
should 10" Nv, wa and when she died. such
fafth i'm her brother, everything
NE II Was in his hands as sole trustee iol
dren In her last moments tht
oked at me IF her husbands decided Eng
nW the lca.- cl;vities made her exact pIol,,
llWaSs Mol- both the boy and the gin >,
SO lainlliai. given an English education.
am uoO'oi Closed her eyes. ana tne orpii
upon: l.ft entirely to the trustee NJ
lie obeyed her spoken com
but lheh; ! the letter. Anthony and raw
u were piihu cont 10 English schools: put
friends in their fathers nativ
heard every ali old friends having been los
during their mothers WIDOW
old you "ha' holidays were spent IN ia
crew IN almost as much Iiali
!, ..: glish. Ceneri husbanded: NY
eat agitatlon managed their fortune WITH 9
he room, n,s a business-like way. l nave
ed i h,,e II so far as it went, his honesty
u peachable nom,
TELL me how IN, i 'rrast blow was 10 be str,
Teresa Wotio ri. who had kept himself GU
troH = aeau abortive plots, felt that nov
Z mau. -. he must do all he could DO 10
presumed llha' try. He hailed the coming
an had seen; knew that Garibaldi was to b.
,ner who had fh;s onnressed land The
step had been taken and led
t donbie-uyeu The time and the man were
ne murderer pacruits were fiocking by Ii
efeat his eiios- the scene of war, but II
money. money. money!
| suspect yeu arms and ammunition
- stores. food and clothlDg--
|. eXcltedly- Ibrihps-money for eyerytn
connected Win who furnished the sinews o.
eft my thoughts he the real liberators of the
TN has come 10 why should he hesitate?
N not condemn ter lived she would have 9
zeal crl~e -. fstrtline she>possessed as +
Ct vengeance for ,'a,,la bsye given her life.
her children half ltallanr Ii
facari. lie, at "a .. 'os
Moreover. az Except few thousand
ne rutblesslv realized and 5;
me When iu ,.i., whole of the childrens inh
hioNicelse iau noured their thousands en-
INTO the hands held out foI
SAID. proNiued iarpe sum was spent where
TO give me ehe wanted. and Ceneri aver
arlui crime anu freed italy BY the opportu
iuiis anu aus'' haps he did-who can teiis
Titles and honors were
on ioIset nis fered him for this great q
.Whei, YOU sl ss, service. II makes me thin
hise an syu u asAi the man that he refused al
orly a,la sii It, conscience may have told
n. ~ IA not robbed himself ANY
Ell as asa'h uo NAMED plain DIR. Ceneri
ION. !. III with his old leaders and
hiiom. = 81. az he found that Italy was
n never leave me. .an. not 9 - LII
81 Pauiine YOU TIC ii<su ~ ~ : -. \ d