The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-11-06

lani. have written d story talt might II
you think best, find place in your beauti-
full newspaper-in the appendix, Of course"
Anderni was not bad hearted, but that
morning he felt Ill disposed and irritated
His uncle had refused him the two thou
sand lire which he could not do without,
considering the severe necessity of his trip
| to Berlin.
The girl who stood before him was rather
plain, pale as ghost, aud badly dressed;
no doubt she belonged to the inhuman
phalanx Of women who write romances and
wear mourning as TO their finger nail. Auffl
All her hopes must be crushed at once, and
at one blow
II am sorry" he answered slowly, tear
ing open neryously theenvelopes Of the let
ters and wrappers and newspapers. Il am
sorry, my dear young lady, but The Gre
puscoio has pigeonholes full Of stories
which perhaps it will never publish. Yours
excuse me. what Is it abouti How IL 1t
entitledY
| The young girl felt her throat com.
pressed as il by baud Of iron, and blamed
hundred times over the hour and the mo
ment In which the idea had come to her OF
presenting herself to that discourteous
man. yet, since now there is no turning
back.
| 1T is moral story" she stammered; "a
story where 1t is shownn
THAT virtue is its own rewards" asked
the journalist, laughing, while he began to
make notes in regard to the letters which
be was arranging in an elegant letter file.
THE theme could not be more amusing.
And the title, pleasefn
"'The Last Lcye,'p murmflred the un-
happy girl, in spent voice. Believe,
signor, that have written 1t with soul
with feeling There are none Of the usual
descriptions Of things not honest, as are too
much the fashion nowadays; but you will
see that in my story there is truth from
the first to the last page, andn---
II am perfectly convinced of what you
/ tell me- dear young lady," said Anderni,
absent mindedly, without noticing the Wis.
ible physical sufferings that changed her
pure little face "Bnt, you see, yours is
Just the sort Of story that does not suit a
newspaper
"Then you take away every hope from
mes" said the girl, swaying placing in
stinetiyely ber hand upon her heart.
For PHYS sake, don't talk in that sem
timental wayl We will see it some other
time. These young ladies! All with the
mania to write, while so many hands are
needed in trades-in woman's work. More
over He could not continue The
1 young girl stretched her arms toward
him as II in search OF aid, stammered one
! word-only one-the first that we learn as
! babies: Mammal And turning quickly, she
fell stiff upon the same divan where, few
minutes before, she had dreamed of com
fort for her poor old woman.
i Anderni gave stifed cry, and rushed to
her The poor girl breathed no more; her
/ eyes were wide open, glazed, and her lips
contracted.
"Quickf' he shouted, opening the door.
Quick. a physician All the staff has
tened into the little sanctum, and the
young man with the weary eyes ran to the
girl, raising her poor lifeless head upon his
shoulder
"She is dead. said Adolph Lewis, after
having felt her pulse AT any rate, will
run for the doctor"
She is dead she is deadl" they all ex-
claimed, shaking stheir heads. Only the
young man with the tired eyes did not
speak, but busted himself with composing
decently the dress aud damp hair Of An
nina
Gomez cried Anderni, turning to Fabio
Leoni, the reporter Of The Crepuscolo.
Don't stand there spellbound before the
girl Take this manuscript and send it to
the composing room 1t would be better
that you should take it there yourself
Have it set UP at once, with a paragraph
about it, Tell the facts briefly"
And as Fabio Leoni remained dazed,
looking at the girl;
Look hereT cried the chief editor, agi-
tated, conyulsed "rhis girl has brought
me a work Of hers, THE Last Love- and
has died while handing it to me. Do you
take in the Importance of this facts 1t is
a solemn, mysterious thing. We must get
out double edition OF the paper. You
can announce the story at once as refined,
honest thing, destined to interest our fair
readers but make haste--the deuceI All,
here is the physieian Doctor"
! All gathered again around the corpse,
and the word aneursm passed from one
mouth 70 another.
1t is necessary to inform the coroner
and the Miserlcordia at once, said the doc.
tor, beginning TO write.
All returned more or less affected, into
the editorial room to prepare the number
which was to come out at noon. Only the
weary eyed young man staid, unobseryed,
to contemplate the dead girl OH at last
he recollected The little waxen face that
was before him resembled that of his only
sister, dead Of consumption year before,
when be had gone on The Crepnscolo at
fifty lire month
The brethren Of the Misericordia came,
in midst Of crowd Of idlers who wished
TO learn what the facts were. But no one
knew, not even a poor little old woman in
4 Via Panica, who had heard the three
strokes of the bel. Of the charitable com
pany, aud had crossed herself with deyo
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