New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-18

il depended ultimately for It's solldity on the SIP
position that the confession could never he found
In the first place. She intended TO admit that
| She had been jealous Of Laura for years. and TO
own FRANKLY that she often said cruel and spiteful
things of her. and OF Arden. Just as everybody sne
! knew sid sp.tefpl things OF somebody she
would even admit that she had first set aiioat th"
rumor that Lord Herbert incorporate, and
| that Laura had the evil eve She could then point
out that her conduct had suddenly changed in
Difference 20 her fathers wishes. that there had
been an open reconciliation not Very heartfelt on
| her part az first but made sincere ~ the rcmorSc
| he felt after Arden's death For She meant 10
J 90 even f,r 20 confess that Arden might have
caught the scare. fever in her house. seeing that
! sr maid was only just recovering from II az the
tine The womans illness had been kept strictly
secret. and She had been from the frs. taken 10
distant part Of the palace 50 that Adele had not
believed there could be any danger Even her
! husband had not known what the maids illness
was. and poor Lucia had pleaded 50 hard not 10 be
sent 10 the hospital that Adele had Yielded But
TO prove. she would say. how little fear OF con-
tagion she had. her own children had not been
| sent into the country. Tho Palazzo Savelli was
| big enough 70 have had whole inirmarv in che
| part Of il. completely isolated from all the rest
Nevertheless. she had always felt that there was
! possibility Of Ardens last illness having been
taken at that dinner party. and her secret re-
morse had caused her the greatest suffering. B"-
tween that and rorvous disorder from which she
had little hope Of ever recovering. sh" had fallen
very ill., and had gone 10 Gerano. While there
her conscience had pricked her N ne matter
| Of her past uNkindness 10 her s'ep-ssfer ana 10
Arden that although sic had been 10 confession
at Easter she wrote long letter 70 her confessor
in Rome going again over the full details oi INC
past winter. From that point she could tell the
truth without even sparing Lucia, until 81" cam"
70 the discovery that il was Ghisleri himself
who had picked IN the letter. or confession under
the Shaft Of the Cuhliettc And here she would
Law great stress on Ghislcri'e attachment 10 Laura
ard consequent dislike of herself. The we'll
known fac. that Fietro had fought dcsperft"
duel merely because Campodonico said that Lady
Herbert Arden might have tho evil eye sufficiently
showed 10 what lengths he would 90 in her d.
fence Nothing moro would really I've needed
BIT there was plenty more. Al Rome knew that
he he'd broken with Maddacna dcl' Nm for
Ianra's sake and that he had exhibited tho most
untiring devotion ever aftcrward Never. since
the death OF the Princess Corleorc Adele would
boldly assert led he been faithful 70 any on"
woman for such lcnctl Of time That was
strong point Tho Princess OF Gcrano herself
could testify 10 her own anxiety about Laura sine"
Ghislari was SO much with her Laura herself
had behaved in the most admirable manner over
since the reconciliation. but Glislcri. in con-tiut-
ing himself her champion. had become. - 10 sly,
more royalist than the king "nd nor" orthodox
than the Pooc. His dislike if not his positive
hatred. for Adele was apparent az every step N
the story. He did not. il i true, speak Of II I"
any one, but his rnticcnce wa. n well-known pc
culiarity OF his character. II was when he was
alone in conversation with Adele that lie showed
what he felt. Bat his manner alwavS
courteous and rather formal. 1t by sarcastic
hints that he conveyed hi. meaning. Ncyorthc-
less, Adele had maintained the outward forms Of
friendly acquaintance. and one" sonle sin months
after Ar1cn's DEATH when matter, had not bonn
50 bad aS they Row were. slie had asked him -
stay a fcw DAYS AZ Gcrano. Lucia could testify
that he was ihcl,. at Ia" time when tho confession
disappeared, and Lucia. who had attempted 10
cXtort money for il. and would have succeeded i!
the document had been forthcoming. had naturally
been interested any one 10 find it, Not until
some time later hal Adele suspected that IL had
been picked up by Ghisleri. The thing, Of course,
had not any very great value but what woman.
Adele would ask. could bear 10 think that the
most private outpourings Of her soul 10 her
spiritual director were in the hands Of a man who
hated her. and who could if he pleased circulate
them-lnd make them tho talk Of the town? When
Ghi-eri. in the following winter. had begun to
torment her Systematically by Quotng littl"
phrases and expressions which She remembered &
have written in the letter She had at las, boldly
taxed him with having it in hs possession, AMI
lc with the unparalleled cynicism for which hr
was famous. had laughed AT her and owned IN"
truth Every orc would allow that this was very
like him. She had threatened 10 complain 70 her
husband and he had expressed the utmost in
difference He was known duelst and danger
Gus adversary and for hcr husbands sake III" hal
held her tongue. while Ghislcri continued to max"
her life miserable with his wtticism.. Then She
had orcc asked him what he would consi Ter an
equivalent for the Letter. He had laughed again,
and had said that he would take a large sum ,l
money in exchange for II, which, he added. b"
would devote TO builing small hospital in III"
village Of Tore do Ghislcri. saying that il would
be for the good Of her soul to forward a charity
of that kind. She would not undcrtak" 10 say
whether he would have employed the money for
that purpose not, if she had given il to him.
Possibly he would But She had not beef abb"
to dispose of any such sum he had thea named
Undc- her marriage contract she controlled only
her pn-moncy, and her father allowed her nothing
out of the great fortune which would some day
be hers She and Ghislcr had corrcspondcd about
the matter in town. by notes sent backward and
forward She. on her part, had at that time
thought She was doing wisely in burning his, but
he hal been less careful. lie had, in fact. been
50 grossly negligent a. 10 leave FIVE OF them at one
time in the pocket Of ore Of his coats II was
through his tailor TO whom the coat had been sent
for some alteration or repair that two Of these
notes had come back TO Adele. 4 woman, APP
parcntly scamstrcss, had come 10 her with them
one day, and had offered them 10 her for sale, to
qcthcr with "A card Of Lady Herbert Ardcn's in
closed in an envelope addressed to Maria b. at
the general postoflicc. On the card were written
the words: For Maria b., with best thanks
The woman confessed that she in great dis
trcss that she had found the letters III coat
upon which She w0rking. bad easily asccr