Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-25
Thu. VEIL OF DEATH.

-sa-5r II great nissse ard COLOSSAL toftuftr-
related % sHe nHst silciesTi families Oh tbe
E5sisan patris-ats. the count had made mar
Fsase 4 l1ye tie BAD e-foa-ai- I've years
prsv soasiy. the daughter n Prince cufella--
superb and i,saa-isi As a Raphael blonde and
stately A. a Titan A cultivated nlan--ele-
CANT. young Handsome. loving and f-efovs-f-
a., count e,sttii not he other than p..rfss'tiy
happy. and be sas. During eight months OF
th, wear. from November "a June. be dweit
in Fiorsi.se the city Of paiatse~ AMI pit'ssare-
Az the IL rnsiz Of Intense beat he came TO
t'a.amisz.iois and nsstallsei hiInseH IN 70
qt,etfis1. wire clad little villa, hung on the
saaSs II the mountain BY the SIDE OF the
sea, between the blue Il The water and the
blue Of the ssy-a corner made for, reading
love ztoris- and for loving He lived here
during the Summer. enjoying with his wife
the -oiitusie deSix, driixing In iong drailSats
Of hove, enchanted with the sI.night--a
stoil.si child Of fortune
tjns ,ufftrating evening toward the last OF
July, tue count. according to his custom.
shortly after dinn,-r kissed ais wife and went
out II was about e''-tock The ar was
-aiitry ami oppressive. noi a breath Of wind
stirred among the ls yes If TIE fig and orange
trees white ~tn dust Tn. sea. 1f an azure
af,aaue and profound. street he'd away toward
the horizon, smooth u sea of oil, and the
SKY, saturated with Feat. wa Of blue ~
intense and inlnlaeabie a. 10 appear stone
gray Along the winding streets, peasants,
seated on the doorstep~. were drinking Slcif
i,.u wine from the wide niouthe-i. ieathern
bottles, and GROUPS of beautiful yontg glris'
hrown as the Florentine tronzes, flung back
and forth amid pcals Of laughter. ho"ers
less rel than the coral OF their lips Bare
fUote,. urchins, with eye, OF Jet we're
driving the white goats slowly honie"ard,
long after they had passed, the tinkin9 OF
the little bells, hung round their necks. could
H. heard
This charming spectacle, Away. the same.
vet AWAY. new. never Heariesl the count.
IA. rearhed the foot OF the hill and passed
RAPIDLY out on to the quay The night hnd
COME. superb. and the stars appeared one by
onr. ike eyes Of gold booking down on the
slumterlng island
Su,l.leulv ia Il s.coud III less time than II
takes the lightning 10 flash, the earth treiii
bied a. II shaken by the tnarch 81 inVisihie
ariiies-arnies Of giants line sea chopplhs
and agitareti, hurled H. waves together IA
viii. cnnfusion the heavens veiled them
selves ~ black, a sulphurous Wind, IKE
blast from u furnace. breathed devastation,
and IN the awful darkness. the count, terri
fled recommending his soul to God IN that
sllpreue instant OF lucldity which always
pr,s,ri,.s IA dreadful death, was thrown vio
h.ntly forward his face.
The first thing which Count Jepp SAW on
resaniug consciousness was Il star hooking
down at him. then Two, then three. and all
the beautiful cortege Of the silent sky He
remained niotionless few moments, uncer
tam 81 hat had happened to him. then he arose
and walked a few steps. he was not wounded
What, then. hal taken placei What formd
able power had thrown him, nnresistins, to
the .ruundi The amoruus sea was washing.
the heacu with its silvery waves, the heavens
we're clear the eyes of d bride. IA gentle
breeze was stirring-all was calm Yet.
strange circumstance. he no longer rerog
nizce the country about him, the horizon
seemed to him more even and more level han
before
Suddenly. he-comprehended all the fright
full truth-the earthquake Like sword
piercing him 10 the soul, a vision of his wife
burIrd beneath the ruins filed him with NOR
tai anguish
He started un the run III the direction of
his villa Was she dead-iying-or living
stilif Snc WAS crushed. perhaps, her lovely
body a shal#'less mass, caught between two
walls Horror An how one suffers in such
moments W ould he arrive in tImef The
count shoo. hs fist at the sky. great tears
rolling down his cheeks He did not even
take the trouble to wipe them AWAY He
hurried on, sinnbin. at every step among
the stones and heaps OF TIMBER. treadiiig on
dark objects which moved and groaued The
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