Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-10-16

at the large door of your dreSsmaker' 5
hodSs in the Piazza di SpaGua; YOU en-
tered there, and Immediately went away
again through the little door which opens
into the Piazza Mlgnonetta. You took 4
shut hired ClrrlaSe which had the number
\ SD. You went 10 Via CaSarin, lI0. 10
the first floor, where Mario TorreSpardl
has an apartment in which he receives the
ladies of the fine world, who are ComplaiS
ant enough to go to see him there. His
legal habltation where he receives his men
friends and demimondaiueS is elsewhere,
You remained there from ten minutes past
4 till FIVE minutes past ); the hired car
riage again conducted you to Piazza Mig
nunetti; YOU had not small money with
You, because you never think ot everything.
and yet you gave the driver ten francs
YOU Immediately issued from the large
door on Piazza III Spagna and drove away
in the victoria ard you were in the
BcrgheSe Gardens for twenty minutes, and
You then returned straight home
She had slid on the carpet and holding
ont her arms to him imploringy muir
INJURED;
Forgive me! forgive me; it was the
first time!'
The first time, know. Mario Tor,
reSpurda LAS been paying court to YOU
since July, when you We're at Leghoru, l.
began one night during full moon; II wa
nothing AT first, only fun; then from
Switzerland when he was in Sahhrna
where you were. he wrote at first, often
then every day to you, You always
answered.; there will have been from
ifty-two to ffty-fve letters and notes
rierc you have seen each other twice on the
Pincio in the morning, ON Friday, the
! 10th of November, and Sunday the 18th
Then you promised to 50 to him, but hav,
twice broken your word Monday and
Thursday Of last week. To-day, at last,
you have been for the first time.
90 RiChdrdo, Richardo' sobbCd Ljvia
like a child why do you net kill me
instead eff telling me these thingSY'
mo, my dear, am not in the habit Of
killing people, and will certainly not begin
now. The husbands who kill their wives
are to De found in Ohnct'S novels, and in
the same authors dramas. | am not Of
that sort; certainly have my own Ideas
of honor which find it useless to submit
to you, because you would not understand
them. Blood, no; it rs hardly worth
while, dear We suited each other well
before and after marriage for Il good
white; then you found you did not care for
me any longer, as is perfectly natural,
and your thoughts naturally turned to
some one else, Don't sgrak to me Of
struggles, of battling, Of receptions, of
thwarted passions; it serves no good end.
don t believe in them. Lovs comes to
an end, and 1t is logical that it should be
sol Yours for me has lasted long enough,
1t seems to me | don't complain, rs you
see; you have done nothing out Of the COM
mon; thus In accordance with time-worn
femme habit, with that tradition from
which you women never depart with that
refinement of taste for which You are
noted, you have chosen my good friend
Mario IorreSparda. have always wish
ed we'll. and stu wish well to Mario
Horrespar | shall certainly never
fight with him in order to CRAFTY you and
the public. You wish to tell me, perhaps,
that he tempted you? No, dear; that is
not true; perhaps you think that such Is
the case. and think it in all good faith ;
but disabuse yourself of the idea; it is the
woman always who begin to SeduCe, and
the man who allows himself to be
taken. Where is Mario Tor~esparda TO
blame Nowhere. He found lady who
played the Coquette with him, he allowed
himself to be shared, poor fellow, and fell
in love. | pity him; to be the lover of a
married woman is not "A very pleasing mat
ter; it is a position full of difficulties. "
"Oh, what reason have you to de2pise
me, she sobbed.
mo, dear have no sentiments what
soever regarding you. / informed my
self of this matter, in order that might
know the truth for the simple need Of
knowing the exact position of affairs,
Now, for the future do whatsoever please
you, shall not again take tine trouble TO
inform myself. ! warn you, nevertheless,
that Mario Iorresparda is seriously in
love with you, and to suddenly freak off
with him would be inhuman, AddIo, it
is 7o'clock. | am gong to dinner; a
good appetite to you.
"WIII you never forgive me2' She
cried, sei2mg his hand.
"Forgive you what? there is nothing
to forgive find though rs Il general
rule, we men are wrong to take you
seriously aud to marry you in CON
sequence. If this is dlscourtesy, ex-
cuse me. | must 90. 1t IS =. | will
come from Paolo ), afterward to fetch you.
Good evening
Dinner j. served" said a servant en-
tcrinR the room.
And Donna Livia, seated on the carpet,
watching,the FIRE, thought how much more
chic her husband, Don Ricardo, was
, than Mario Torresparda From the
Italian of Serao.
WITCHCRAFT IN ITALY.