New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-07

az ma m, a M to duel and stating that they
would call for him in good ,le, ne a., tosscu SEQ, 81 ~
into the fire which sill so' Tho n ~ Of notes
and letters which came to him. lie never kept
scrap OF writing of any sort. eNcept snch a.
chanceI 10 bc connected with business matters ana
th" administration of his small estate, lie hesi-
| taicd long az 10 whether lie should write 70 Mad
dslena not, sitting for nearly haid an cnr a,
his writingtablc with d pen IN MS myers al"
sheet OF paper before HIM IA ..c.
| After all what could he write A Justification
Of himself in the question OF hgh'lng WIN I'm
| nodonicop What difference could II make now
| All had been said and the end had come, as ne
| had of late known that IT must, though ~ mao
been abrupt and unexpected at the last minute f,
ward be said TO have fought for Laura or Tor
Maddalcna. Besides. in real truth, u II were
known, he was fighting Tor neither Glan and i
he had spoken Madialena,s name 1t was only De,
| cause he found that no other means could prevail
upon the man he hated TO break ms solemn vow.
| and because he knew that would bear
| tamely an insult of that kind cast upon woman
he was bound in honor to defend. But all that
had been only the rcsnl, OF cilc"ns! a Is hn n
| foaeh. so desperately long ago. The dead Ban
cas- memory still lived. and had power to bring
two brave men face to race III dei,h struggle;
| Ghisleri rose from the table and stood before
the photograph of the picture which had brought
matters to the present pass FER the thop1 Ian tn
time he gazed at ,hr wondrrd likeness or neT me
| made It under the hand OF IA man who mad never
seen her :,
| low voice. and have kept it as well as could.
| will make another, Tor your dear sake anu
memory | will not again bring unhappiness upon
Sentimental and theatrical, the world wonld
| have aid Iut the man who could bear TO be
unjustly called liar and coward rather than pTeaK
| ria oath was able to keep such promise If he
So far rs he was humanity able. too, in tine
world to which he belonged, he Kept the first onH
also: for when they bent over him as he lay upon
the wet grass few hours later. the pistol he held
was loaded still. The world said that he had been
.ho: before he lad time TO fire, because he was
trying to aim too carefully. Iiut Gianiorte tam-
| rodonico barred his head and bent 1t respectfully
| rs they carried P"tro Ghslcri away.
/ There goes the bravest man ever Knew, N"
said TO his second.
CHAPTER XIV.
The report that Ghislcri had been killed by his
| cid adversary in quarrel about Laura Ardcn
| sprcad like wildlira through society Ii was not
| antil San Giaciato formally proclaimed that Ii"
had been to Ghisleris lodgings, and that, although
shot through the right lung, he was alive and
| might recover, that the world knew the truth
| II was Of course perfectly evident that Laura
was the cause of the difference. Even San Gia-
cinfo had no other explanation to suggest, when
ne was appealed to- and could only. say that it
scrnlod incredible that two men should iight WIN
pistols at dangerously short distance, because
the ono said that Lazy Herbert was lG .d hnn
loss universally liked than no was. he would nave
become very unpopular in consequences OF ti,e
| duel: for although few persons were intimate
with Ghislcri, he also WAS "A iaN0rltc WITH tie
world
The Gcrano faction was very angry with both
men though Adele secretly Delighted. IL Wa
Il scandalous thing, they said. that duel should
bc fought about n young widow. whose hu'blnd
| bad not been buried much more than TWO months
Poth should have known better. And then, taii-
J rnIn mi. W..
matters far worse. Duclling was an abomlnlpl"
sin of course: but Ghislrri, at least, was alone N
tho world and could risk ms SOIL AMI BODY WIN
our ;Ta danger of bringing unilappln"ss on others
| Gianfortc's case different and far less par"oh-
! able r. ,,.,..,
rather 10 the od-fashioncd part OF society though
Adele and her husband were undrnlabiy IN IN"
gay set. and there were many who Indeed IN" two
been saving for some time that ihisleri went
very Often to SEQ Lady Herbert, and was neglect
! inc Madlalrna dcll' Ami. The cruel words the
Contessa Ind overheard at the Embassy were pu'
mart of the current gossip, for otherwise mere
strangers like those who had spoken, could ho'
have already learned to rer'at them IT, then.
natnral enough that h" should resent the story
nhout the OWL eye. Meanwhile, poor man. no
one could tell whether he could ever recover from
Th" Contcssa dclr Armi was one of tho very
frs: 10 know the truth. She had spent 'ni~cr-
able and slccplcss night, ana II was SUI yer, very
IodGinos for news She was very anxious Tor sii"
knew more than most people about the on story,
and she guessed that Campodonco would 90 mr.
best. to hnrt Pictro. But sh" had no ldca ina
nistols wolr to be the weapons, ana Ghlsirrl
reputation as a sworlsman was very cool. Shor'
Of accident sh" thought n1' ,h w accidcns
really dangerous 70 him. Dut theh' doc'"ch''
sometimes hapTened. IT.
The answer came back. short and decisive. liz
was shot through the very middle OF rhe rleI,a
law in great danger between life and death, IN t'
caro- of a surgeon and a Sister Of Charity, neither
of whom left his side for moment, arosso, hor
Maddacnn did not hesitate. She dressed ner-
self in an old black frcck she found among il'r
things. put on a thick veil, vent out alone: alone,
may he done with impunity in Paris or LONDON;
Int they rarely remain long H,ncealed in small
ci,v like Rome He was still unconscious from
weakness and loss of blood His eyes Were M na,'
dolcna stood still at the foot OF the bed ana
looked at him, while the doctor and the nurse
endless time TO them she did not move. Then sh"
beclxoncd 10 the surgeon, and led him away 10
viii he livo ?" she asked, hardly able to pro
II He may. There is some hope, FOR ne Is very
strong. / cannot say more than that for the pres
For \ few moments Maddacna was silent, She
had never seen the doctor, and he evidently tHt
not Know h"r -. ,.
"Wonll IN emotion be bad for him-if he were
angry rrrhaps?" IL,
" Probably fatal" answered the surgeon with
docision "If he is likely to experience any emo
zion ON SEEING YOU. ] beg You not to stay long.
Iio may soon be fully conscious.
lie cannot know me now?' she asked anN-
ionslv.
"N"t If went quite near t. him-if touched
him" A.. ...,;,, t,o, -,
the Willow. .p.., H. ,;o,.,
Al, hal. nj
hnd;nr Lowr kissed Ghisleri's forehead ea2cd AZ
him for p moment and then turned away. She
slipped little gold bracelet formed Of simple links
without Ir mn II into the Sisters hand.
n Won think h. il diving, give him this. AMI
say clme and kissed him. II he is in no dan
ger. sell it, and give the m1lry - SOHO poor per
aycs m m, lame. answered the French nun quiet