The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-06
NUMBER %.


Nv summoned 10 attend a strs,,ser who
Law diving at a n~eighboring inn. As
DON as | saw the liyid. hapeard face
knew there was no hone for him.
He had a swartby face, like an Italian,
lit by dark piercing ewes, and his fore
head was painfully marked with rigid
lines left by prolonged mental suffer.
ings.
Twas about to administer an osiate,
when be thrust aside my hand impaa-
emily.
~ want YOU to hear nv confession
frst,n he exclaimed. ~ shall dssain
You but a moment,D !
~ am a physician not a clergyman"
replied gently.
Nevertheless, beg You to hear me-"
he persisted. "Quick! quickl there
Is no time to lose," his eyes flashing
with a ftful, lurid lustre.
For one in his condition "humorins"
was the best treatment. 30, first seq
ing that the door was securely closed,
! sat down to wait till tho delusion hs
was under as to the nature OF my ofaos
bad run its course.
~ shall not trouble you with 3 long
nis'ory'' nc oesah. n eAf.y w
wA' = soioiei anu DraVo one' me,
aoo witnout ooasunsi Ior nso : MOI
vowed 70 WIZ 1ame ana RANK Q tns
sake OK one Oh i'aiys isir oausa'en
VINO hao secretly pleoseo me nor 'oVet
oucn an wou'o nave inspireo
courage even IN oreasi
OUT tne oa'teiios were never co"a'os'
Sat last ! felt that I might, without
blushing, present myself before Giu-
letta's relatives and openly claim her
hand. Impatient OF every moments
oe'ay, 4 ne" 70 Jay my aAiu-won non
ors u. : hee'' ou'' u,as' VIVA. uoinss
a"a,.eo me. "my s'sense
famiy mao forceo ner 70 marry ais'
soiu1 young nopie' VINO covseeo n0
fortune, moi herself sne survived us
cruelty but . little season. ior witnins
month drooped ana aieo' tne VIC
um, l douoteo no'' OF o DroKen nea't'
~ would have hurried back to the
ield and sought death there, but tbs
war was over The church offered
another refuge from the world, nov
grown insupportable. ] became .
priest, and in time an attache Of ons
Of the great cathedrals. One night l
entered a confessional facing one o.
the outer aisles, that l might b rsady
to hear, a. was my custom, any chance
pcnitent who might come, a. many
did, to disburden his conscience undsr
cover Of the darkness.
.,severaI came and went. and wh.n,
at last. Mt q lste honr. I WA, on the
no;nt Of ret,r;no. believing nv work
finished. a stem dhproaehsd and enter.
ed the compartment on the other aide
of the lattice. OF course nv lips are
sealed AGAINST tbe revealing what I
then heard. AT the close thu psuitsnt
st,r,ed n w,tbdraw. A on,ct mov..
ment brouobt me 10 bis aldo. seIripr
his arm I turned him round suddenly
tn face him. We stood IN the aisle. in
the dim light of n of the large win.
dows, I threw back my cowi. He re.
coiled, shivering as if he had seen =
ghost.
".Luri CastelloI p he gasped.
"sAyel Luigi CASTILLO i 1 echoed,
t"Is It your purpose to denouncs
mer' he asked, in a voice that wa
tremulous with terror.
What 1 have heard ! have heard
under the seal OF my sacred omcs,'l
replied; Il dare not disclose
He breathed more freely.
"'I have given you absolution,'l
continued, as my eyes, attracted by 9
sparkling light, fell on the jewsled
hilt Of q dagger at his girdle. .
"'I humbly thank you, father he
muttered.
"'Asf far as lies within the power Of