Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-06
1HE uAzETIE' FORT WORTH, TEXAS SUNDAY DECEMBER 6

lhe Judge and OF tho ADVOCATES nl,poss,.,
random his replies seemed nomrrely IA ~
lnsi 81 rational bcmRl he paaslonntels
anlrhen her Innocence With icllriopa rcn.
clifton and cmphas =, which produced ~
nc minds Of the examiners he contra,s
ate WY" ~ ''ef
"Ihls prlcst knows that aho Il. mlliy !,
thought The president. ole Lnows
perhaps BIO knows even more. uorhans III
was her accomplish
Ills evidence, his aspoct. hls Niid snd
contradictory words, dld a. mnrh harm,
% her cause az he iguofantly stfove M do
good. From other wltnosses AZ M.,cs ,,,o
luuke hau learned that great friendship
~ always been seen TO exist between
wv wear OF han Bariol0 aud NencfOsa W.,
snn tlhl on the morning when the mur
uer was discovered The priest had re-.
moved mo body Of tho dead msn 20
VIZ saerlsly' iotcsalllng the officers
% Justice, and disturbing the scene Of The
murder. a strong Impression against
nlih WIS created beforehand IN the audl
enco and on The bcnchl ana his palIid,
agilated countenanco, his lncoheront
words, MS Wild eyes, which necessarily
sought The face OF The prisoner, all gave
MN the appearance OF n man conscious Of
some guilt himself, and driven out Of hls
MIND by fear Tho president cross.ox.
nmlned him without mercy, censured
MIN, rallied ~ him, and did hiA uttermost
70 extract the truth which he believed
tbat 1esnnldo concealed; but 90 no avail /,
lncohcrent and hali.insanc as he seemed,
he said no ayllablo which could bctrny
that which he really knew. Unly whrn
MS cycH rested on uoncrosa there was
such an agony In them that she herself
was startled by t.
"Who would ever have drcnmt that he
would have cared no much2n she Thought.
"But he was always q tender soul. ne nl.
ways piticd the birds In The traps, and thc
oxen that went 10 the slnughtor.b
Rcproycd aud ccneurcd without stint.
for the president knew TINT 20 Insult 4
priest was 30 merit promotion In high
quurtorH, GcsualdO was at last urrmlttod
to escape from his place Of torture. Blind
ana Alck he got away through the crowd,
past Tho officials, down the stairs, aud out
Into the hot air The piazza was thronged
with people who could not lind standing
room In The courthouse. Tho murmul
OF their rapid and loud voices was Ike
the noise oi a sea ON dis cars, they Ind
all the samc burden. They all repeated
Ike one man Tho Same words "rhuy
VIII condemn her. aud then wondered
what sentence she would receive.
Whether n score OF years OF srclusion, or
n lifetime.
Gosualdo went through the chnttcrlug,
curious, cruel throng, barburous with
that barbarlty OF the populaCo, which In
all countries secs with glco u bun die, a
wrestler drop, maloiactOr ascend the
scnifpld, or Il rat SCour the streets soaked
IN petroleum and burning alive, The
dead man had been nothing 10 them, and
HIS wife Ind done none Of them any harm.
yet there was not mnn or woman, n
youth or GIRL lu the crowd, who would
not have felt that he or she was dcirnudrd
of his entertainment n she were acquitted
by her Judges although YET there was a
general sense amongst them that she had
done no more than had been natural, and
no more than had been her right.
The dark, slender emaciatcd figure OF
the priest gldod through their excited
aud bostoroua groups The air had the
heat OF summer, the Hky above was blue
and cloudlcss, The brown brick wnllR of
Hight Of The sun. Ia the corner of tho
sdunro wac II fountain, relic OF The old
times when The town bad been d place oi
pagcanlry and powerj beautiful pale green
water, cold aud fresh, leapiug aud now.
lng around marble dophhN. Gcsualdo
stopped ana drank thirstlly, a. though he
would never cease 10 drink, then vent on
his way aud pushed aside tho lonthorn
curtain II the church door and entered
into the cu0lncHs and solitude Of that
place OF refuge
There hc stretched himself before Ia,
cross In prayer, and wept bitter burning
unnvallng tears for the burden which b,
bore Of auother'a sln and his own help
l0sancsR beneath II, which seemed 10 hin
like greater crime
lIut even ~ the very altar Of hia Goo
peace was denied him, Hurried, loud
impctuous steps from heavy boots fcll on
the old, worn, marble moor Of The church
and l'0lko MulcRari strobe up behind him
aud laid n honyy hand Hpoii His shoulders
The young mans face wns deeply flushed
his eyes were savage, his breath wn,
quick and uneven he had no heed Tor ~,
Hnnctlty OF the plHco or of hls companion
"Got up and hear me, }" he snid, roughly
"They ull say the verdict VIII be- ngainh
her; you hCnrd thom."
Gcsunldo mndc gesture OF assent,
hNCry well, then,n stld the steward
through his clonched teeth, ~ II b. st
Indeed, awoar, rs you aud ! live, That
viii depouncc you 70 tho judges Ia bol
stead ~
Gosunldo did not speak llo stood IN
mcdltntSo attitude with bis arms ioldot
on hia chest lie did not eXprpRa clthe
surprise or indignation,
Ell win dcnouncc YOU" repeated Mclo
gari, made more f1rous by hia silence
"What did you do Rt night uader IN,
grand dukes poplqmg why dld yot
carry In aud sercn the corpsef DDr'
not The whole village talk oi your Hiraug,
ways aud inferred hubilHi There rs NOR,
than enough against you 10 send 10 th,
nalleta a score OF better men than you
Anyhow, viii duounco you II sou ,le
not make II clean bronst of Nh you know
TO the president tomorrow You nr'
either tho nsshssin 0r tho ncgomplrc
you accurAcd, blhCk.cuah'd hYpocntrN
A slight hush rose on tbs whSon pallol
OF GosualdV's face, but ho stu lsupi
silence,
1hryounR man watching, him with cyp'
~ t,ttt.d a. mill ip thai t.baflua4.. a Az