Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-06


with the ruiilan gone across m w. ~, ~,
~ The utter darkness which ewanavs ~,
the llvcs oi The poor and obarnse .p
~, w,us tnvy nave leil Tie lAmct Ia which
nn, hainos mean something 20 tbolt
a,hnipVIs, ihis one hope was quonchcd
XIX "psualdo IN agony ropronched himself
WIN NOT having prevailed Ia his strngq.
,Vr tle wrotch's souls with not baylny
p.eh eloquent enough, or wIso enough, o,
stern cnougb TO awe him into declnntlon
I" nlA ghpstly secret 70 the law.
MS iailuro seemed 70 him align ol
hehven'a wrath against himself.
low dare ! !" he thought, show dare
. ieoplc aud tinld mud useless as / mn.
ohl myself a servant OF God, or aite,nnl
70 minister ~ other Houlsfm
ne had thought Hko IN iiabecilc. ma he
told himself 70 be able 70 awaken ths
conscience and compel the public con.
ieFslon oi this man, aud the posslbllitv a,
nlRht had never presented Itself M bIs
inind, natural aud simple as had boop
buch u coursr 10 u creature without RI.
morse, continually haunted by personal
lcarH 81 punishment. lie, hp alone an
cnrln, Know The mans guilt; he, he
hlone' had The power 10 anyo Goneroga.
una conlu not use the power because the
secrecy OF his holy oiicu was fastened on
MN ike an iron paddock on hls llps.
INC DAYS passed him like nightmares
ne uln ms duties mechanically, scarcely
oonHol0uNlyl The frightiul alternative
when was set before him seemed to pnrch
up Tie very springs of life Itself. lilo
knew That he must look strangely ia The
eyes OF the people; HIS voice sounded
strangely IN his own ears; he bopnn Ia
lool that le was unworthy 10 admlniHtrr
inc blessed bread 10 the living, 10 give
lhe laW hctlon 70 the dying; hc knew
that nc was not at fault, aud yet lac felt
mat ne was accused. Choose what
sin
The day appointed for the trial came
u was the 10Th OF May. hot day, wiui
inc bees booming among tho acacIn
MOWERS, and the green trco.iroRs shouting
IoyouSly above IN the Hex tops, aud Tho
lizards running In aud out Of the china.
rose hedges on the highways. Many
people OF MatCa were summoned M
Witnesses, aud these went 10 tho town
~ mule carts or crazy ohaisoa, with
the inrm-borse put In tho shafts, aud
grumblcd because they would lose their
days labor In their fields, aud vet were
plcasurably excited NJ the idea of spo,Dp
Gcncrosn IN the prisoners dock, aud be.
my able Themselves TO tell MI they knew.
and great deal that they did not know,
Falko MclcRari rode over at dawn by
himself, and icsualdo with his house.
Keeper and sacrlstan, who were all sum.
moncd TO give testimony, went ~ they
had no choice but TO do, by the diligence,
which started from SAINT Arturo, mud
rolled through the dusty roads and over
The bridges aud past the wny.sldc shrlnrs
and shops aud FORCES, across the country
to the town
The vicar never spoke throughout the
Tour weary hours during which the rickGty
and crowded vehicle, with ~ poor,
starved, bruised beasts, rumblud on lls
road through tho lovely shadows mud cool
sunlight OF the cnrly morning. lie held
his breylafy In his hand Tor forms sake,
aud, seeing him thus absorbed in holy
meditation as they thought, hia gurrnlous
uoighbors did not DISTURB him, hut chat.
tered amongst themselves, 0lllng The
honeySucklr-sccntOd uir with the udora vi
garlic and wlue aud coarse tobacco,
Candida glanced az him anXiously from
time 20 tlmC hunted by, she could mol
have said what, u vague prescntimcnt oI
III, llla face looked very strange, she
thought, aud his closely locked llpS were
white nv the lips Of corpse. when The
diligence was driven over the stones OF
the town, MI the passengers by II do
seconded nt tho first wine house which
they saw on the pial1n to ont aud drink
but he, with never wood, motlonCd hif
housckroper aside when she would hay,
pressed food on him, and went into th,
great church Of the place 20 pray alone
The town was hot and dusty aud sparse
~ pooplcd, IL had brown walls aud large
brick houses uutCnnntcd, and ancient
towers, also OF brick, pointing high "a
heaven II was Il place dear 10 the mem
DRY Of lovers Of art for the sake OF
some tlnc paintings Of The Scnope school
which hung In M churches and was oc.
casi0nuly visited by strangers for sake
Of thcsei but for the most part II was
utterly forgotten by tho world, and its
bridge OF many arches, said 10 have been
buildcd by Augustus, seldom rcsoundod
to any other echoes than those Of the
heavy wheels OF the hay or corn wagons
coming In from tho pastoral country
around,
The courthouse, whore NIL great trials
took place, stood IN onr Of the bare,
silent, dusty squares OF the town. II had
once been the ancient palace OF tho
podcyR, aud had the machc0latcd walls,
the tnrrctod towers, and the vast stair.
ways aud ircscocd chambers Of u larger
aud btatllrr time thnn ours Tho hnll ul
Justice was vast chGmbpr plllarcd with
mniblc vaulted and painted, sombci
and pnndi u was closely thr0ngcd with
country folksi there was scent OF hay,
OF garlic, Of smoking pipes hastily tbrnsl
into trousor pockets, OF mwushcd aoHl
stramng hotly 10 the crowd and the close
air. The ludgo was tere with HIS OH
GERS, Renaissance figure IN black squire
emp aud gown The accused was behind
tbs cnge psslgnod 60 such prisoners,
guarded by earthinetrs, nnd by the lnllerA
Gosunldo looked ln once from distant
doorway, then, with noise 10 his oar'
like the sound Of the srn, and n deadly
sickness ON him, he nlayed without M The
audience chamber, where d breath OF All
camo 80 him up one Of the stnifcases
there Whiting until his n1mr was called
Tho trial began Everything was The
same az u had been IN The preliminary cX
animation which had preceded her com
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