Telegram-herald., 1889-08-05

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ths1 / sho42l3 ssve w4y iLks thlss
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gaaed Ell span ths s1ree& itoW strange
i la.akeai Il seemed -lkssos4 he neW
plzce - htIz- bat no; there w4s hss
lAndl41ys Little aA1g hts,r playlag cat Oh
the Sidewalk; she looked - and snllsd
sna lie Kissed his k-aa l. her. The
o1srk fsoza the 6Fag store 81 the corner
wsIkea ~. AZ Ordinary. co111aoEF,l2oS
yoaag msn, blf he filed John with :
strzage interest. for be wss TIE lAst nlAn
he SAoal1 see - tbs world. he ~ztchad
EiIa oaf - sight, thea hs took the re
yUiYeJ fIa<n tie t&l4s and stosd II iron.
of the long ralrfoE se6in- rs s<allo4
sz1ly IS be caught sight of has own i-c-.
They cal this Oo~&T~ act feI
Laps II Is o9t II LAKES = 1rEie courage,
Re sSi1. AMI. placing the nla4Ele of Tia
revolver close against has heart, ne
pulled TIE 1rsgeh
A sharp tepoEt. put of snoke, and
the body Il john HuTlss0ne ueele3 aaCa
ward and feli 70 the aooT. Ana there
with one arm thrown over his head. the
other BY has SIDE. lie lay whsE AnIonlo
who had spent the evening VIA lns
friends. came home and found hlIn. Hs
was cold and st1ll. and the tefiAea ltal-
ian knew that he was dead.
Antonio's first impulse when he fonnd
that has master Was dead was 70 alarm
the house, bat he saw ey the revolver Al
lis side that hs had t2ken his own LIE,
% lac deemed II best 10 go for his brother,
who he knew was connected with The
Dawn. Locking the door carefully be
hand him. he ran with trembling Limbs
down into the street. and. calling . CAB.
bade the driver go Is fast as iAs horse
could run 10 the office of TIE Dawn.
There he learned that Rush had left
the Office al o'clock. saving that he
would no, return until the next evening.
Antonio knew nothing about the wed
ding preparations al Farmsted. and John
had not intended that lie should. for the
man knew too much about another wed
ding in which his young master had fig
ured as principal Almost beside him
self with terror and grief. Antonio drove
10 the Cellas' ~ break the ncws Of the
tragedy 10 Leoni In the dramatic man
ner of his countrymen he told hs tale 10
the horror stricken household. Signora
Celia wrung her hands and wept. Leoni
seemed turned 10 stone. When she re-
covered speech she laid her hand on her
mothers arm.
Mother" said she, in Italian. that
dead man is my husband. ! must GO 10
him. VIII YOU 20 with meY'
So the mother and daughter got into
the cab, and Antonio, mounting the
seat with the driver. could rot help
thinking of the last time he had sat n
the box with Leoni inside.
1t was after midnight when they
reached John Hurlstone's rooms The
house was still as the grave. The sleep
ers might have been reused by footsteps
on the stairs, but that was nothing. for
the second floor iodger was in tie habit
Of coming in at all hours. sometimes
alone and sometimes with frienis When
Signora Celia, Leoni and Antonio reach
ed the ante-room Of Johns apartment.
Leoni said in a low whisper. ~ here is
he:' Antonio pointed 10 the front room.
Motioning to the others 70 stay where
they were she advanced 70 the door
opened il and entering. closed it behind
her. The gas was blazing as Antonio
had left it, and there on the floor in
front of the mirror she saw the strong,
manly form Of her husband. stretched
cold and dead. She threw herself down
beside it, and taking the dear dead face
in her hands. kissed the unresponsive
lips and laid her cheek close 10 his She
did not weep: she only kissed The cold