New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30

time she had ever heard Ghslcri even hint 'h St
| me wou'd do 50 much for any one '""us" ''
| knew that he would Tor herself. .,ooss
| NJ ne answered. with sudden gen nl'''
| " Not for Lady Ilerbcrt's SAKE, my GEAR i"Is
would do it because, just when he was ny lm rJ
Arden told me that must take care H Sm n' "AN
mean to do my best as | promised h ni;, lam
You are quite right answered MadddieE;a;;
taking his hand and pressing it LITTLE nidf TJ had
| not have Won do otherwise. II cOuu-ii 10 +.
| nh fine Influence over YOU which have not l,u'
oh-if you can help -please-tor my SAKE
i(,ddal"na's cold face and small classic feature
cyrre,scd a Great deal at that moment ana there
were ,, igit Tears in her violet eyes. In her own
way she loved him more than ever. ne WA
deeply touched as she tcnd"ry Kissed '''e ''''
way For YOUR sake I will do all that q man can
do to avoid IL quarrel, he said earnestly
| II know yon will She answered. -
| During a few moments Their" was silence ne
| tween them and Mdddacna recovered coh'roi VI
| herself , , bo
| THAT is the true reason why ask You, Snc
| said There are plenty of others which Won may
care for more than |. You would not care TO havI
| II said that YOU were fighting her battles VIII
| Won promise lot To be angry If tell you some
| thinr YOU will not lil;e-sJncthmg | know POSI-
tiyely ,"
Yes promise What is it?
| "p,opc are beginning 10 say already thar you
are making love TO her and that YOU are always
| at IA" house" ~
| The hrutes.' exclaimed Ghlslerl, her"eiy'
| Who says that ,"
The women. OF course The men are much too
sensible, and none OF them care to quarrel WIN
| YOU. 80
"Oh," Pictro contcntcd himself with the cN-
claml,ion. and controlled his anger as best he
| could
Wa, wrong to tell you? asked Maddalcn;a;
| No. indeed | am vrIy glad You have told
| me. | shall be- more careful in future.
| 1T will m1kc very uitc difference. You know
the world as we'll Is do, and better People
bert every day-thy will still say it after you
| have not been 10 her house for months.
i", That is the way the world talkS.
" mop! a M I' ~ H Some S' dear En% lend
will 20 and tell her in confidence. and give her
good advice
| Probably. That is generally the way. Only,
AZ she j. in deep mourning and receives very few
| people it may bc little longer than usual III
| such cases hrfor" III" ah'ctionat" friend gets st
her Then. too. the idea that she is j"ttatrice
| will keep many of her old a"guaintanc's away.
You know how seriously they take those things
| here
| IL will be- remembered that both Maddalcna and
| Ghi-cr were from the north Of italy,. where the
superstition about the evil eve il much less gen
| oral among the upper classes than in Rome AMI
| tho south. Pi"tio himself had not the slightest
| belief in il. and he had often laughed AZ il in
conversation with the Contcs'a that if she had
ever had any vague tendency to put faith in the
| lctatrca IL had completely Disappeared But
| both Of them were thoroughly familiar with IN"
society in which they lived and understood the
| position in which Laura PLACED.
! d" | will help You a. much rs cam. said Mad
dal"na. though | cannot 30 much. At all events.
| can lrugh at III" whole thing and show that |
do not hcli"v" IN il; iut rs Tor the r"St-placcd
| a. am. | can hardly make an ntimat" friend of
| Lady Herbert Arden. much IL | Liz" her"
She spokc sadly and little bitterly. ohslcri
made no reference 10 the last remark when he
81 shall he very sincerely grateful for anythins
| YOU can do 70 help the wife of my old friend,
| he said. An'! think YOU can do good deal.
Inv. ,tttt and tlt.f
| means ia" people who talk the most-Donnn \ lei"
Donna Maria lioc"lpaduli. the Marclesa Iii San
Gncinto and all The rest. who are. more or less,
your intimn,c> II is very good of Won to help
mr-lady Herbert needs NIL the hep she can get.
Sric"a Is a useful man. tco. If he can be- pre-
vailed upon TO say something particularly witty
At th" right mom"nt it will do good"
rarely s"c him. said Maddalcna. d" He does
4 not ili" me. believe"
lie adnir- von. NJ all events. answered CHS
| I'ri. Il hay" Heard him talk about vour beauty
in tl" r.ost enthusiastic way. and he is rarely IN
| thu~iaStic about anvthln..
Maddalcnl was pleased natural. She
| Glanced - be in one Of her best humors on that
day, and indeed of late she had been much more
her former self whom she was with Ghi,cr \
| month earlier the discussion about Laura Arden
could not hay laSS", of - peaceahv. for The
| ont'rca would then have resented ANYTHING ap
preaching to III" intimacy which now appeared ia
exist between Iidy Herbert and Pictro The lat
| ter wondered what change had taken place in he,
| character. hu' accepted her gcntl' behavior T.
ward him very gratefully relief from Il for
| nm many moments OF bitterness. rs h" S1w
from time 10 tim" how her cold fl"" ,oftcncd
h" almost believed Thar be- loved her rs dearly 4.
"f'r tlnueI the illusion was not of lon. dura-
| non. H." "it yer on Tint afternoon with Il
regret which he had not f.'t for som, time n IN.
mrn"nt 81 Gsr'ins and h. would gladly have
| stayed with her longer. They aercrl 10 NEE. in
III" evening NJ or" of the embassies. where Their,
was 10 be dane. Ia IN" r"an time they wcr.
- Iihc ont ~ different houses. ana the Conie,sa
had visit 10 make before going IL the bill
PIrtr) was sorry that he had promised NOT 4
| inhrr'l about IN" story of the evil eve TIN,
alIIl, ,, itl'h'rd him - an cNtra'riiney lr.r
lena : influence. his anger revived rs hn wll,,cl
bonn ana thoIent over it all. II" dincl thu,
evening IN Casa San HiaciEto. and found himscll
paced between Donna Maria lhcoapr,luh and
Donna Christina ampodonico. The latter was :
nm unrk' graceful woman Of hvc.and-twrnty. r..
fact which contributed less 10 her ronmnrit, tho,
her own beauty aud her husbands rather "x
c'ltloh'l r'put1tnn. tiantortr Campodonco wa,
l. h'am WON "nis.rrl would have liked il the,
,'u nov Known "nch other some years prcviousl,
~ circnmstanc"s which made fixing an imn"ssi
n ,r ~ lie .rsnrc'cd hin more than most people
III davS zone by. and seen the mans no,r "',
and determination. Campodonico was tL'
n prot OF n" beautiful Princess Corlco"" w.
wh" nnm a,rd IN Naples shortly after ii,
to have b"er the love OF Ghi.lcri's life GIN Ean
forte for his sisters sake had made nm his n,n'
10 n,a n"lser, or I" die in the attempt, with
dcS~rh'e "mrgy of purpose that Sivorrj n
earlier ages He was. morcovcr :, Grlt , .
Nwcrisman and the encounter had rnn,,i"n'
memorable in the annals of duclling. Ghi.,nr
had io"" all IN his power to avoid the nrcessit,
OF hgh'ing at all. but Camrolonioo had forccd hn
INTO 1t at last. and the weapons had hccn foil'
The world snid that Hhslcli was not 70 Inc kiln
80 easily. IL" was rs good fcnccr as his advcr
snry. and was lcft-handcd besides. which aIy
him Il considerable advantage The result w.,
that he defended himself successfully tbrouc hou
one OF IN" longest duels on record. until AZ Ian
| he almost unintcntionoly ran Gi.nf,rtn tLror,
the sword arm and disabled him Tho Io,to,
INUNDATED and furious at his defeat had de
handed pistols then and there. and Ghisi"ri IN,
lroirssrl h,inSrli ready, and had placcl hinlscl
in the hands of his seconds Rnt both his owi
friends ana Gianiort"'s decided that honor wa
satisfied, and refused 10 be parties to any furtho
| lighting, so that Campodonico had been obligc
to accept their verdict He sought an opport,
nifty of Guarrcllng AGAIN. however, for he was
determined m,n and he would probably hav
rns"rd"d IN the end hut ~ this inncture tn