Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-04

OF Ine way. Coward! Why not have
killed me and only me? Why have
made others suffer with me? Anthony
march, My God! that man is a WI
laini''
"You are sure that Macari betrayed
you?"
Sure! yes. l was sure when the
man in the cell next TO mine raped il
on the wall. He had means of know.
ing"
Il don't understand you"
PRISONERS can sometimes talk to
1 each other by taps on the wall which
| divides their cells! The man next me
was one of us. Long before he went
raving mad from the months Of solitary
confinement, he raped out over and
! over again: Betrayed by Macari'
believed him. He was too true a man
TO make the accusation without proof.
But until now l could not see the object
of the treason
The easiest part of my task was over.
Macari's assumed relationship to Pau
line was disposed of Now. if Ceneri
would tell ME, | must learn who was the
victim of that crime committed wears
ago, and what was the reason for the
foul deed. L must learn that Macari's 8
explanation was an utter falsehood,
prompted by malice, or else my Journey
would have benefited me nothing. Is
It any wonder that my lips trembled as
endeavored to approach fhe subiectP
Now. Dr. Ceneri," | said, Il have
q question OF heavier import to ask.
Had Pauline a lover before | married
her?'
He raised his eyebrows. "Surely Won
have not come here to ask that ques-
uon-to have fit of jealousy cured?"
NO" L said; 'you will hear nv
meaning later on. Meanwhile, answer
me-"
''She had a lover, and Macari pro-
fesSed to love her, and swore she should
be his wife. But can most certainly
say she never returned his love-"
Nor loved any one else?"
Not to my knowledge. But your
manner, your words are strange. WHY
do You ask? l may have wronged YOU.
MIR. Vaughan, but save for the one
thing, her mind, Pauline was fit to be
your wife,
You did wrong me-you know it.
What right had you to let me marry
woman whose senses were disar-
ranged? 1t was cruel to both?'
l felt stern and spoke sternly. Ceneri
shifted In his chair uneasily. If / had
wished revenge it was here. Gazing on
this wretched, ragged, broken-down
man, and knowing what awaited him
when he left me, would have filled the
measure desired by the most vengeful
heart
wanted no revenge on the man. His
manner told me he spoke the truth
when he denied that Pauline had ever
been in love. As, when last 1 gazed on
her fair face, knew it would, Macari's
black lie had been secuted, Pauline
was innocent as an angel. But / must
know who was the man whose death had
for awhile deprived her of reason.
Ceneri was glancing at me nervously.
Did he guess what L had to ask him?
Tell me-" l said, ''the name of the
young man murdered by Macari in Lon
don, in the presence of Pauline; tell me
why he was killed."
collapse-to sink back into his chair a
helpless heap. without the power OF |
speech or movement, without the power |
of turning his eyes from my face.
"Tell me-" l repeated "Stay, l !
will recall the scene to you, and you
will know am well informed Here is |
the table; here is Macari, standing over |
the man he has stabbed; here are you,
and behind you is another man with |
scar on his cheek. In the back room, |
at the piano, is Pauline She is sing |
ing, but her song stops as the murdered /
man falls dead. Do describe the scene |
truly?"
had spoken excitedly. I had used |
gestures and words. Ceneri's ears had |
drunk in every syllable; his eyes had |
every gesture. As l pointed /
10 the supposed position of Pauline, he /
had looked there with a quick, startled |
glance, as if expecting to see her enter 1
the door. He made no attempt to de-
ny the accuracy of my representation. !
1 waited for him to recover He was
cooking ghastly. His breath came in
'pasmodic gasps. For a moment 1 I;
eared he was about to die then and |
here. poured out glass of wine; he |
ook it to his trembling hand and gulped |
down.
Tell me his name?' l repeated.
Tell mo what he had to do with Pau
ine?"
Then he found his voice. why do |
ou come here to ask me? Pauline |
'ould have told you. She must be well, |
" you could not have learned this
"She has told me nothing"
"Iou are wrong. She must hare !
old you. No one else saw the crime
he murder; for murder it was"
''There was another present besids 1
he actors have named'
Ceneri started and looked at me.
''Yes,. there was another; there by j
n accident A man who could hear /
ut not see. A man whose life pleaded |
Or as for my own."
II thank you for having saved it." i
"You thank me. Why should you
hank me-"
IF you saved any ones life it was
nine. Twas that man."
'You that MANI He looked at nne |!
nore attentively-''Yes; now the feat
res come back to me- / always wonI
cred that your face seemed so familiar.
-es. can understand-I am a doctor
your eyes were operated upon?"
'tYes-most successfully"
''You can see well now-but then! /
ould not be mistaken, you were blind
you saw nothing"
81 saw nothing, but l heard every
hing"
"And now Pauline has told you what
'.Pauline has not spoken
Ceneri rose, and in great agitation
Ealked up and down the room, his
hains rafting as he moved. Il knew ,
:" he muttered in Italian. II knew it
such crime can not be hidden"
Then he turned to me. Tell me
ow you have learned this? Teresa
would die before she spoke. Petroff is
aaI diaI told Won yauipor mod - {