Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-22

from these two extremes " Hassion. lie left
her with apprehension an9 panied sense
of his own Impotence She promised
him that she would provoke rassilo no
more that night and this poor promise
was all that he could wiring from her Il
was late when he Left the mill house Re
feared Candida would be alarmed at his
unusual absence, and fastened, with
trouble on his soul, toward the Village,
lying white and lonely underneath the
midsummer moon. lie had 50 little in
hucnce, so slender power % persuade
or warn, 10 council or command; nc felt
afraid that be WIS unworthy Of HIS call
ing
~ shonid haye been better IN the
cloistcr, he thought sadly; 81 have not
the Key to no man hearts,
lie went on through a starry world 81
iYcnlcs mlbmg luminous the gill uncut
corn, aud, entering his presbytery, crcpt
noisucssly up the stairs to his chamber,
thankful that the voice Of hih bousckcepCr
did not cry TO hnu out OF tis1 darkness
70 know why he Tad 20 long tarricd. Tic
slept little that night, and wp4 up, as vas
his wont, by daybrvak.
~ WAS still dark when the church bell
was changing shove his hCup for the first
Office,
/ 1t was the day OF Potter and OF raul.
sew people came % the early mass. Some
peasants WHO Wauted TO have the rest of
I the day ClcSr, some women, thrifty nOilSc-
/ wives who were up hutimcs; Candida
1 herself; no others The lovely morning
[ light STRAINED In, cool and rostatc there
/ we're a few lilies and roses on the altar;
some red drapcrlcs lluatcd in tic door
I way; the uighungalcs w the Wiid-rosr
hedge sagg an The whilr, their sweet
! vote, crossing the MouutUuOu- IAtiurcci-
/ atycs. The muas was Just over when into
The church from without there arose %
strange sound, shrilI and YET hoarsc, mar
ticuuto and yet uproariuus II cameron
the throats VI many people, all screaming,
Shouting and talking, and swearing to-
grther. The peasants and hp women
whp we're ON their knees scrambled To-
thciI feet and rushed 30 the door, think
my Che earth bad opened and the houses
were falling. Gc,ualdU came down
from the altar and strove TO calm them,
but they did moi heed him, aud he fol-
lowed them despite himself. The whole
village seemed out-man, woman and
child--thc nghtingalcs grew dumb under
the oulcry.
"What Is III" asked Gcsualdo.
Several voices shouted back to him,
"Tgsso rnpsilo In, been murdcredip
"Ablu
GrsualdO gpyc low cry and loaned
aeainst thc stem of a cyprrys tree to kocn
hlmsrlf from alliuc. What use bnd brrn
his words that ntsht,
Tho murdered man had been found
a rood from the church. A dng suullin"
at IL Ind caused thr bod, ia he soi,nI,, nni
and discovered. lie had been dcad hui "a
few hours; npp4rpntlv killed Inv "a Enif,
thrust under bis leit shoulder. witch had
struck straight through the heart. The
agitation IN the ppoplp WINS uuimg,.lrnilr
Che uJronr drufenIng Some onp VIM /,
grain ol SENSE remaining had .put for u,r
carablnrcfs, bul thoir pickle, w,4 two
miles of, and thew hnd not ypt prri,pl
'rbr dead muu stul Inv whore br h.tI
fallen; everyone was afraid to tYurh
bin.
"Dors His wife know" s9la Cr.unl.
do, M a strange, hoarsc voice
ellis wife WIi not eripyr'' snid a man
! in ihe crowd. and thgrp v1s "a lai,.b. sinh.
ducd hy awe and t,lr pr,,cpra of Jrntb
and Che priest.
Gcsualdu with n strong shuddcr of dis.
ru,t lrlI mn MI. b,pd IN bnr,,,, o,,,, 49,.
proof, then bent over the dead body where
10 Law amongst the reeds.
"Brng him to the sacrsty," he said,
to the men nearest him. "flr must nol
lie there like beast uuclran, BY the
roadside; 30, fetch n hurdlr. n shcm NM.
thing"