The Somerset reporter., 1888-06-07

III NV lllNbdl4I anu idHiilI ls4uiI'ill
wa, not noble, but he could give Cleli
that which beside what -ie had kuY~
Of recent years, seeming iHliuenc'
month later they were marrie1.
LaudOfo Tazzaruni had moved hi
home and his laboratory to Il Liza on III
heights surrounding the town. lif- ha
become to him srmbauce Of hca,c
upon earth. Ills marriage had mol chang
ed him with respect 10 his Studies; b.
worked necessarily still. But the ne,
passion had quickenrd and iriu-Hgure'
the old-had added new fire AMI bril
cy to what before had been the p.oddu.
devotion of an abstract aud one ide
man. His brain worked with new dar
ing and activity. lie felt capacity il
himself for such achievements a. few o
the greatest scientists Of all times hao
accomplished The all peryading sens
Of tlclia's presence lent a spur aud glorl
to every thought. Tue rustic Of he
drcs, a, it passed the closed door thrilled
his soul with supreme happiness tina
pushed him To fresh endpayor An in
YentiOn he had long been pondcrn@ Owe
aud whose secret had seemed t. him I,
eludc his grasp appeared to him in
glare Of new light. If he could perfec
it "a it now took shape in his brain i
would make his name famous through al
the civilized world. Before he had work
ed for science only. Now he worked fol
Clclia Ambition >prang up within him
not for himself but for h@r, that >h'
might have riches and honors and all tia
the world could pour at her feet.
In these days she came to him once ~
twice, his young wifc-he remembered il
aftcrward-and, nesting in his arms witt
a curious, half frightened look in heI
eyes, strange agitatation. said
You do not love me. You think only
of the studies which take you away from
me
Hush, hush he would cry. for THU
seen ed like blasphcmy, this doubt of hi,
love. And later, when she glided away
from him, he would say to himself
.Afterward when this one thing is ac-
complished, will be with her more.
will devote myself entirely to her ! vii
live for our happiness alone-whcn THU
one thing is done.
And he would rise softly in the dead o.
night, and with a long look at his slerpn.
Wifcs flower like face, press Il trc>e o
her golden hair nas>onately to his lip
and then seek his laboratory, where h,
would work through the hours Of thu
dawning, that the great invention nigh
be completed the sooner-for her.
And thus year passed away.
Spring came to Florence and LaudOlfC
TaZzarani was on the eve of making hi
great invention known to the world. II,
had worked in almost con plete solitud,
these few last weeks. He had excluded
ali his pupils, even Claudo, from his lab
oratory. But when he had left it tina
spring evening and wandered slowly GU
among the heavy laden lilac bushes ano
the wild. sweet neglect of the tcrraced
garden; when he looked back upon III,
hours of toll and forward to the happi
ness of the future; when he realized tha
the object for which every nerve had beer
strained was within his gasp at last
when he thought of his young wife,
pride when She should know, should b,
told then there came to TaZZalani sucl
SENSE of fruition and triumph as few
lives may ever know He had walked
carried ON by the joyous turmoil of hi>
thoughts, almost without seeing where he
went
OF Il sudden few stone steps led down
to "A terrace overlooking, in the cup like
terrace below, the sleeping city Mo N
light bathcd it, being in the air like mist
And then Lau.lolfo Tazzarani SAW, stand
ing against the parapct, partly in light
partly in shallow, his wife. And her
head lay against Claudo's shoulder and
her face was upturncd to his.
Laudolfo Tazz lrani stood motionle>s a
moment, and then he turned and went
| back to the house. He pushed open the
door of the crnmbling white villa, square
and marble like in the moonlight, and he
The windows were high in the walls and
heavily grated. Moonbeams filtered
ghost like through the bars.
In one of the further rooms Talzarani
stopped 1t had been furnished As a bou-
dor for Celia, Every object was freight
ed with some association. Every object
in it had been chosen by him for her. 1t
was here that weared from his labors, he
had sought Clelia and throwing himself
down upon the cushions at her feet, rest
ed his head on her knee. 1t was here
when the youth came to the villa after their
marriage he had brought Claudio into his
wifes presence and craved her kindness
for his favorite pupil.
Against the wall dimly black in the
half light of the room stood an old cabi-
net. Laudolfo Tazzarani drew something
from one of its drawers, and then slowly,
softly os he had entered passed ont anain.
Behind an angle of the high, white
garden wall he waited. He waited till a
1.-THE figure striking with swift tread
across the Sward reached the small door
in the wall further down, and a moment
later the door had closed again behind it.
Then Tazzarani approached the house.
\ white dress tluttered across the path
Glplia uauSpi ON the threshold at the
.nnnJ IF stems In = moment his arm
hoI boon thrown ahnnt her fran h.hind
anI he Ind wrenched hnr fac down tn
his h,,.a., ,rhar. WINS a nnt,l.a crv INT
nome NO, % tn hoor If rho ncvt ,nnrnin% thrv
,,.' f,nnd-Tauj 'ra,.,,r.ni anJ bis
ynnn,r vifa lie hoI diad win hnr head
stiIl 9,ninst his hrrast and hi. ,tiI"ttn'
sir. Timed first in Tho vam,n,s bIond md
th,n in his was taken from hi. ririJ
grasn
The Young men in Prof Ayenels study
bad dcnarted one nv orr l.a,ipu linn
a ,'i',, w.
III. windows were stin omen in tn.
,,rn,yino. chin of the treacherou. ,prino
MIN III. col nm slowly lie va. v,.rv
n.,7n rho stiiotto' .tul law nm thr orran
baizr nf tho littorod t,hl,, lie stretched
hi. hauI toward il
ON his wrist. Suddenly. he felt tin.
touch of another hand. burning hot. Ills
ihpir eyes met The woman's were like
from her head, and the dampnes~ OF the
nlIn' Wl'u llau 'ooI'','H ne rugs Oh
"'' nan vi 'i ~, ~ It, '' ,'ii r.
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