New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

Of horror Of herself and Of the life she Wa nn
ing-vrry genuine III its way. ana ,niting TO her
tor inst then everything and everybody seemed ~
be faIr-even to Ghslci. She did nov e, ,ime 70
shc would have done at ANY aSd to ask herself
whether il were likely that be could muS ndeIo
atcy bctray lis friend, and especiaiiS r 10 with
Savclli whom she believed ne 'h never quite as.
surcd herself Of his opinion concerning huc , bor
she had watched him narrowly ana hha o ihntravni
own conclusions. And now, Il fri no he must be
the man whom he called ms ireii'ii o, nD N''''
capable Of hctraying the woman ne ,,in', 20 Donna
KS it true that you have been talking 10 ooEad
Adele Savell about your friend Arden Sln "'"'
when they met later on the same aitcrno%gn
"Onjto true" answered Ghiser i hds!lcr"n,S
We were tal;irrr about him YESTERDAY asIsci
DO Won mind telling me what you san Lnlo
tho Ccnto4sa. her eyes hardening ana her ""o''
face growing scorniul . soid Chislori
coldIv lie M once gave her all me details ~, VI
chaSc iu -; as FAR as he could remember
,hcm his memory was accurate in such matters
and hc scarcely omitted word. ,, .s,,oa tbo Con
Am 70 believe you or her asH'" ''' I'm
tcssa when She had listened 10 the enh. ,o 10
As am speaking the truth, 1t miSht "' d.
well TO believe me. - ., ,ro s,o,l;ine
tbo trutb now or al any other tmc? You wo"i.,
not change color nor look AT me- less lf,' i.,,n
you were telling me- the greateSt ia,Se"o'' ii''7
a"' NV, W n lro 10 NOT know" answered Ghi'lcri
would only like TO be sure whether ~ e' 90
"ral rq" you mean t. n n%T nst say anything
supnosr. Conversation would be singuIariy SIN
ped.' ;.h M, co,. if
your story were true, Niiu 'Hc N""''0'''
q man may reasonably be ANNOYED at ltor D'ins
called liar even by lady re,or'e ,rohi - de,
And yor do not take the least tTouDie u "'
Not tho lcqst. Why should YOU believe my
defence any more than my PLAN sta''il'n ~ chm, !"
,ioa1t mi
Are You trying 10 quarrel with NE. ~" VII"
succeed if you 20 on in thi' way ,.,,,r o,,os-
NO am doing my best - answrr your ,i, ,.'r
tious | should be- very sorry 70 Buarrri WIN ~
Non know it, Or ar" You eonS 10 doubi th''i 700
From the tone in which you say II, ana from
the way yol act, am INCLINED to. , I,,. >
You are in very unDeileNlhS huihor '''H'S'
Il hav" reason 10 ne
Am the cause III. , vii,
"lcs' The Contessa was not quite sure WI,
she said IT, but for In" moment she iei' 'Iid1 AZ
was true ~ perhaps II was in an indirect way, :,
DO You know that although You nave d,h'i
NE a great many questions which nave an,wr ,. :,
~ we'll a. | could, YOU hay" not told n'e "laV ~
Is ] am accused OF saying 60
You are accused of saying, answered IN" Noh-
trssa. looking straight into his Eyes t.t your YOU
friend Lord Herbert Arden Is III tie haOit OF TAX
ing too much wine. j. that 80 nice thlhS 10
t,hisleri's face darkcncd and the blood throbbed
"As / have told you precisely what | rcallly
said, he replied. Il shall eay nothing more only
thl,-if yoa have any S'nse Of justice lett Which
begin to doubt. you will ask san Gilcnto whether
he thinks il probable that | would say such 4
thing That is all. | suppose You Will believe
him NTH, -
YOU say he can only testify TO your character ana
say that tie thing is improbable or course he
would do that. Men always defend each other
AGAINST women.
" lie can tell you something more II he chooses
answered Gh-lerl.
If he chooses The Contc-sa'7 ,cornful cX-
- II. .+.,tt
will remind me- of that word. and say that he did
not choose How You always arrange "vcrythln,
beforehand 20 leave yourself way OF escape.
T." am sorry sou should think -, SAID "hisl"ri
Il am sorry that | have 10 think 50. II does
not increas, my sclf-rcspcct nor my vanity III my
judi gmcnt.
two or tire, DAYS more passed before theY each
other again. The tontes-a had almost made up
her mind that she would not speak T. san Giaclnto
az all and Ghiser began 10 think that she wished
10 break with him permanently. Far more >ensi-
tive than any one supposed. lie had been deeply
wounded by her words and tone. 80 deeply lndr'd
that he scarcely wished 10 meet her for the pres
cnt The world did not fail 10 see the c1ldnrss
that had como between them and laughed heartily
over IT, The tontcs>a. said the world. thought
tina, the way 10 keep Ghslrrl was 10 be cold i
him and oncouIag" FlrtIaslnia but she did not
know dear t;hi,"r who did not care in the very
least who had not Il particle of srn>ltivcn">> IN
him. and had never really loved any one bht th'
BEAUTIFUL Princess Core pn" who d!cd OF fever III
Naples fly. years ago. ana OF who'n h. never spoke.
ldit a chance would hay" II, tn Cont '>sd Oiln
herself talking Ia San t,nclnto ON" evening, when
She was feeling very lonely aud unhappy, and her
haif-tormrd resolution brok" down ~ suddenly rs
il had presented it'slf. The 7iant lo9kei at her
kccnly for a moment bent his heavy blacl browS.
and then told her the story ol what had taken
piuce ut the club. lie, WHO saw most things, and
talIrd little Of them. note! Tie gradual change
in her face. ard how the light came back t. it
while he was speaking She understood that the
man whom she had accused Of br'rdying his friend
had faced u roomfu of men IN his defence. and
on the very ground now under discussion, and she
Irprn;ed Of what she had done. Then she swore
ven gcancr on Adele Savc
HE world tia; reconciliation hal taken
place, and concluded that Maddaena dell Armi
had abandoned her foolish plan of rying t. at
tract Ghi-rr by being cold to him. Ghi,lcr. in
decd; Is though he cared!
on Donna Adele, objected GhiSlrri, when the
Cont"s,a spoke to him on the subject. That sort
of thing is disease Of the brain. There are
pcopl, who cannot see things As they are. She is
one Of them
How Indifferent You arc!' sighed Maddalcna.
q wonder whether you were always 80
Not always. answered PictrO, thouG fully
In due time the short Easter season over,
the foreigners departed, and many of the Romano
followed their example. especially those whose
by carriage or by rail The COntcsSa went 10 pay
her regular annual visit ut her fathers. near Flor
cncc-hcr mother had long been dead-and Ghislcri
remained in Rome, unable to make up his mind
the town this year. and though he went away for
day or two from time TO time. he always cam,
back very soon. Even his damaged old castle
Gid not attract him rs il usually did, though he
had begun TO restore 1t a little during the last few
years, little AT It time. rs his modest fortune
allowed There an odd sort of foresight in
his characteri He laughed at the idea of being
married. and yet he had prrscntimcnt that he
would some day Chang" his mind and take a wife
In case that should ever happen Tcrrr ic Ghislrri
woald be at once "A beautiful and an economical
retreat for tho summer months Though hc had a
reputation for extravaganza and for living always
a little beyond his income hc was in reality in
creasng his property He was constantly buying
small bits OF land in the ncighborhood Of his cas-
tie, with u vague idea that ho might ultimately
get the old estate together again He generally
bought on mortgage binding himself to pay no a
certain date and M he was very honorable man
IN all financial transactions he invariably paid
| though sometimes at considerable sacrifice lie