Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-05-07

] AAAEt grow lhhAt anu more lIplOlktO.
No sooner had Saya recovered-physi-
caliy that is-and Sarcany was again
thinking of realizing his projects than
Madame Toronthal fell i'll. She had
indeed lived ont her life After all that
had occurred at Trieste, when she learnt
/ 10 what scoundrel she was bound, after;
nil her troubles about Pierre in whom
she had tried to repair the wrong done
TO his family, after all she had suffered
/ since Sarcany's unwelcome return, her
| illness could hardly be wondered at.
! From the first it was evident that her
illness would be fatal A few days of
/ life was all that her doctors could pro-
mise her. She was diving of exhaustion.
Nothing could save her, even if Pierre
Bathory could rise from his grave to
become her daughters husband
Sava could now return with interest
/ the care and attention she had received
from her, and never left her bedside by
| night or day.
What Sarcany felt Mt this delay can be
/ ina ined. Daily he camc to abuse the
| banker who like him was powerless All
/ they could DO was to wait for the end
On the both of July Madame Toron-
thai seemed to have recovered n little Of
/ her strength and then fell into burn
inc fever. which threatened TO carry her
of in forty eight hours.
In this fever she was seized with
delirium she began to wander in her
mind, and many unintelligible phrases
escaped her
One word one name repeated inces-
saatlv-came as a surprise TO Sava. 1t
was that Of Bathory, II Tot the name of the
young man, bat that Of his mother, that
the sick woman appealed to- prayed to-
and returned to again and again rs If
she was assaulted with remorsc.
Pardon madame Forgive me -
And when madame during a lull in
the fever was Intercepted by her daugh.
ter
Flush Sava Hush! I said moth
ing {" she exclaimed in terror.
The night between the 3Oth and 31th
OF July arrived. For a little the doctors
might think that the fever having
reached its maximum was about TO sub
side During the day she had been
better, there had been no mental
troubles, aud the change in the patient
seemed somewhat surprising. The night
promised TO be as calm rs the day.
But If SO, Madame TorJnthal on tho
point O.. death discovered M energy Of
which She had previously thought her.
self incapable She had made herpeaco
with God, ami taken a resolution which
she only waited for the opportunity to
carry out
That night she insisted that Sava
should go TO bed for n few hours.
Although She strongly objected to leave
her, vet She did not think it right to dis
obey hermother'S commands audabout
eleven o'clock She won't TO her own room.
Madame loronthal was then alone.
All in the house were asleep, and q
silence regned which has been APPLY
named the silence of death
Madame L ronthal rose from her bed,
and tins sick woman whom all Thought
too feeble t. make even the slightest
movement dressed herself. and sat down
in front of her wri iug-tahlr.
There she took sheet of letter paper
and with trembling hand wrote few
lines aud signed them. Then she slipped
the letter into au envelope which she
sealed and which she thus addressecd
Madame Bathory Rue Marinclla
Stradonc, Ragusa.
Madame Ioronthal then making n
great effort 20 overcome the fatigue she
had thus caused herself. opened the
door of her room. descended the main
staircase, crossed the courtyard and 10y
the small side gate let herself out into
the Stradone
The Stradono was then dark and
deserted for 1t was nearly Midnight.
With totterng steps Madame Toron.
thai went along the pavement to the left
for some fifty yards or so, and stopped
before post-box into which she threw
her letter. And then she returned to
the hotel.
But al the strength she had mustered
was now exhausted and she fell helpless
and motiOuless on the step OF the side
gate. There an hour afterwards she
was found; there Torouthal and Sava
were broughtto recognize her, and from
there they took her back to her room
before she recovered her consciousness.
The next day Toronthal informed
Sarcany Of what had happened Neither
ono nor the other suspected that Malone
Toronthal had gone that night TO pos.
letter in the Stra3one But why had
he gone out Of the house: They were
unable to explain, and it proved to them
4 su jec, Of great anxiety.
The sick woman fingered for another
twtntv-iOur hours; Slo gave no si0n Of
life except an occasional convuIsiye SOLO.
that showed her end was near Sava held
her hand as il 10 hold her back TO the
world where she hadfouud herself so cast
aside.
But her mothers mouth was now
silcnt rnd the uamc If Bathorv no longer
escaped from her lips. Doubtless her
conscience had been Quilted. her last
wish had been accomplished and she
had neither prayer to make Eor pardon
to ask.
HE follOyviur NIGHT oI,ov, .I,r,o