San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-16

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|leat,Willnthe. Eccelenza .permit''4-'"You
rupted, "by all means! Take your own
time, enjoy the fun as muchas you please;
| I promise you Twill TASK non account of
| your actiohs"n JE6ulT-llHrUn lyl~J5 III
He was much gratified, wand attended
to me with eeeniImore pupctilionsneSs
than usual. As he prepared mgIibreak-
fast l asked him r.. ~, , a.. ,r
I''''Byi the waygwhenp does Carnival be-
gimp" a..n" ri" Or I.ar.l.~gris ,,n
Son the 26th," he answered II with a
slight. Eairt ofs5sprPrise, i"'SSqrely the
iEccelenza knows a. ,,...,,.,,..-,, -,
.sYes. yes" | saiydd, ilmpatientry4' u
know, but had forgotten: y, I. am not
young enough to keep the dates of these
follies IN my memory. What letters haYe
u ,Hae haanded he 4 small tray full Of diff
ferent shaped .hfssives,I some from fair
ladies who Ndesired the !honersof my
company" others from iGtradesmeh,
Purifying Che honor ofrmy, CUSTOM, - all
from male and female toadies as usual Il
thought" contemptuouSly!ia as i turned
them over, when my glance was suddenly
ARRESTED by oneSpecial envelope square in
form and heaxilYHbordepedi with black,
'on which the postmark Roma, stood
out distinctly. AT lastr I thought,
and breathed heavily. / turned to my
valet who was giving the final polish to
my breakfast cup and saucer-T 1te.,. = -.
~, you may leave thelrOom, Nineenzo,"
] said briefly. He Bowed, the door opened
and shut nOiselessly,-he was'4 gone
Slowly Tbtdke the seal ofsGthat fatefuf
lettet;; letter from J6addp Ferrari,.a war-
raht' se1fIsigned, forfhis own exeauti6n!"
tMS BEsT" FRIENn,f' $50 itf'ran, ''you
will guess by'theIcblack flagag on my.
envelope the goods news | have to give,
you. dHvffeffs=-deae=a thank,
God! and l am left his sole heir uncol,,
ditionally. / am free, and shall upf;
course return to Naples Immediately,
that is, as soon as some tfifing law busi-
ness has been got through with the
executors. l believe can arrange my
returnfer the card or a4th8instant, Butt
will tefegraphto you the exact day and, J
if possible the exact 5h0hEi Will You
obige me by,not not announcing this TO-
the Countess? as l wisbsto take hefibys
surprise. Y Poor girl! sheiWill have often
feltaonely,I am sure, and want to see
the, first beautiful look aof rapture and
establishment in herseyes! You can
understand this, can You not, AMIGO, or
.doeslit seem to you a folly? At any rate,
] SHOULD consider it very churlish were
to keep you in ignorance of my comings
home, and / know you will humour me
in. my desire that the news shouldtbe,
withheld from Nina. How delighted
she @iilgbe, and what a joyous Carnival
uyiI 10 inly
l ever felt more light of heart; perhaps
1t is because am so much heavier in
pocket / am glad of the money, as 1t
places neon a more equal footing with
her. and though all her letters to me have
been full of the utmost tenderness, still
feel she will think even better of flme,.r
now 1 am in position somewhat nearer
to her own. AS for you, my good Conte,
on my return 1 shall make it my first
duty to pay back with interest the rather
large debt | owe to you;--thus my honor
will be satisfied, and you, l am sure, will
have better opinion of g.. -...- r'
Yours to command, n
.l ...- ~. GUIDO FERRARL" ..l
This was the letter, and l read it over
and over again. Some. of the words
burnt themselves into my memory as
though they,were living flame. ''All her
letters to me have been full of the utmost
tenderneSSm @ miserable dupe! fooled,
fooled TO the acme of folly even as / had
been! She, the arch-traitress, pre-
vent his entertaining the slightest pos
sible suspicion or. jealousy OF her actions
during his absence, had written to him,
no doubt, epiStles sweet as honey, brim-
ming over with endearing epithets and
vows of cOnStancy, even while she knew
she had accepted me as her husband-Ihe
good God! What DEVILS dance Of
death it was! ''''' 2'-~ r a.,
ION my return l shall make it my first
duty to pay back-with interestthe rather
large debt owe to you" (rather large
Indeed ,-GuidoS SCI large that you have no
fdea-of its cxtentlD ,-'thHs my honor will
be satisfied" land so will mine, in part,
t'and ybu, Lam sufe, willihayeEa better
opinion of yours to command Perhaps
fsifalE Guido mine to- command as
YOU are.--perhaps when all my CON-
mands are fulfilled to the bitter end, 1
may think more kindly of you. But not
till then! In the meantime thought
earnestly for few minutes, and ~ then
sitting down, pefned Bhe following note:
''CkRo AMICol Delighted to hear of
your good fortune, sand still more en-
| chauted to know you will soon enllpen
us ALI with your presencel admire
=senrl little plan. Of nrprising the Coun-,
tess, and will respect your wishes ia 1.-The
matterw But YOU, on YourPGrt, must do
meo,s trifiiRg 3aSour!y6u Know 1--WE
have been very duff Since You, left, and 1
propose to start the gaieties 'afresh by
giving dinner Ion theIas4tlf- Christmas
Eye), IN h0n6ar ofsyeut retuTn-sn cpl
curean i'Fep6stc dfoFa gentlemen only.
Therefore, ask you tOiObGgeme by fix
ing your return for that day, and on ar
rival at Naples, come straight to me at