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

he oitci tn"'s ,,, ont. and they met less IRE
@mc,tIv. She began to iea eau d"ring the remain
supposed WAS in store rrc only difference in the
der OF hr IN ~. ,h.t by and by she wculd no,
wear black any longer iat n,n, S" and that as
move into a more n '9dhart would grow up to be
'i'nc went " o ',, would be an elderly woman:
nl.n 'r. had been settled al las. III s,,ch
and the momcntary em''it'ai Tho good man had
1'iHs'" ,, ,Io ouilty when Laura had thaiikeu
him for using what she ruppoSru " b.. Le re-
: ." ~; nrinr IN save her trouble" but ne ~,
ih2s III Ii, ''to, Ghisleri had told him ana nero
. ,,n'',,n ,ttcrward son- early IN tie morhi"s
~ ' ,nt1". lodgings to repay thc ioan ,,s too
Laura had heard a iIUn Of 90" Eis tecgrams had
"'l,i ,l,' ~ the same tine somewhere IN Sout
,n; 'IIIworth wrote himself to Laura am
there WAS deep. stron9 ni ~, ~ ,hnn n ,vcr lie
W" w, MAJ mail. of Gaming back, and she thougn'
:, ~" ni,c natural that he should stay away liz
only said post-crp, a,I, u 1 S, hut that
-. fu%Iand his House was al her disposal w. , i'"'
10 ,iSa..r mjrht be in Rome during the follow
ny DIV .hc v.ould not have gone to England ior
onr,hin" Her mothers presence was IA qul,r,
,',,o;an, ro,.on for staying where sli" was, anu
She knew also that her modest income wouiu su
I'.s restricted in Italy The Princess OF terahp
h,J rrnnnscl 70 her to come and live IN the pdi
" '.r ihut Liura would not do that-she woniu
nc,cr nmt Lnr,. If under any obligation to Ad'ic
gathrr much a. she herself was attached TO MN
II,r mother represented W wv 'I'' '''
,"u,~ 10 live quite alone. hut Laura renamed
mistaken in her determinations italia. Ian,
" Herbert protects me, she said qui"fly, IN,
tho =, inrrs, aid not feel sire what she meant ny
th. words nor whether the Herbert in question
NIs moor Arden. or the baby boy asleep Ill HIS
cradle IN the next room. . :
There WAS in either cas-" certain ah,p" ,,, !"
truth in what she said Great SORROW Is uhne
niobIv n protection 10 woman, and 50 i I'r
rhiid, under mos, circumstances: AND aS iGr
my living alone, added Laura, SIgnor ,,l''i +
nd
ecniolIS TO couple his name with nine
CHATTER XII.
,d.lc S,y.Ii followed Ghislrri's advice, and
took the new medicine he had careleSsly recon-
ncnl.J AZ first it did her good and she re-
.aiucd something of her natural manner h"'
hor uc,ve. seemed t. he mystcriou-h affected ana
..,,i,.v uus;,rns. lI,r husband, watching her
with H.. cool Judgment of Il person neither preIu-
diced bv dislike nor oy"ranNOns through e''a'
,n,ctiop. came 10 the conclusion that she was
,r,,ir., int, ON. of those nervous, hyst"rlral
vnm.n whom h. especially disliii"d, AMI whom
.L. herself prof.,sr,i 10 dcsp>" III" world, Tor Il
wander. WAS At los 20 find a reason Tor h'r
state. and oonirn,cd itself with suggesting thh'
tL. family skeleton in Casa Say"l had pr0DdDl|
crown restless of late. AMI was rafiinS M "V'''n
in LN closet in 4 way which disturbed poor car
\l.l, who WIS such d"llcat"lN orsailI'i NJ
inn. 10 what particular trih' the Nav"di skeleton
Lelou.,d III" world was not sure. some Siii 'i,a'
he wa called INSANITY. som" whl>P'i'N ul'' III,
name was Epil"l-y and not lew snilIi'''' , tm,'
hi, uafur. was iinan ml. " Il m''t'f "i l''''
uo ,nr knew anything about linn, though 'N''N >
M. was sur. that h" lnst now IN "a STATE "i
abnormal activity. aud that hiS an'i's q''o""'''
for Adrlr'- pale fac" and ~tirt'"i "f'-
Their. va, 40 doubt ot III" fact thht str VA.
ill., though she would -c1rcrly adam: II. am; "''
through the season with sott oi irN"fi'h' u',,
natural ea,cty. rcrc in reality no relation ~ an
ia Iqur1 -hr merely wlt' black for tnr'F W"'h'
- q token of respect. bat did not especially IT,
-frict herself in th" matter of ainu~'In"nt, even
during that timr and when il was over si', tIif'"
herself into the N"iy ""nira' Nnlri 81 III" ~ ~
81 with a sort ot desperate r"cklc-Ni,'s~ WHICH
people noticed and commented upon. i'y were
rlfrfrl however, not - speak too Iona. Au"h'
<1vrli w:,~ very popular il socI"tv. and very
iwio,taur rrr..n ~ sc'h"r. ~ that IN" W"!iH
did no; dar, 90 talk about her ~ !. discussed poor
Laura Ar!"n And II found much GOOD 20 say "
Adele II wa- ~ nice Of her, IL rinhrk"d, 10
chang" completely IN her way II speaking 81 h'r
stop sister since the latter had lost that wrtclrl
ii,,l. husband If hens. lie. oi 9our-" ~ every
an, knew. had fallen victim to his abomlnab,'
hah. Of drinking brandy II WAS all very well
To- call II sc.rlrt f.'"r-.h" world w2> well aware
what that meant Ia" name Of the thing WAS
d.Ininm tr.n.n-. and they said III" last seen"
vas quitr apua linz. TIL" cripple" IN III" Violence
II The "tl->. had tNic" sprung mp ami thrown
down Ghi,l"ri. VINO was a very strong man hrI
rlta.l.s-. and who lad behaved in the most adj
mrAhc way. lie had not allowed any ON" 10 be-
present c.c"pt the DOCTOR and II was mpo~spl''
To- rNtract word Of the irutl FROM him mat
was how II happened. and, w"il-ait'r an, ~ was
a Great mercy. and IL no wonder that Laura
SHOULD hav" recovered - easily from III" shock an
should ALREADY J." beginning 10 anus" herself WIN
Ghl-l.ri Then" was no doubt about that. "ltl"r.
for hc Went Their "r'y day. ~ r'SnlarIi a. Nv
went to So. the Cont.'>-a dell Armi. And i was
really angelic of Adele ~ stand M - r'splnt"ly
far her 4 u sister considering how til" latter hId
AWAY. b,nv.d Al"le took - much trouble 10
DENY the stories that were. circulated that som-
people learned them TO- th" first time through her
denial.
In ;l~. ~ in many other things. Abel" was
consistent Sh, denied everything.
1T j. not oven tiur." she said ~ Donna Maria
Po"oapdduh. that Laura has tl" evil eve
ru, ~ he said IT, She quickly folded her W.
miGalc iin.ris over her bent thumb making what
Italians call "hornN' with III" foi"I'ns"r and N.Y."
Gnl,r Donna Maria the action. inStinctively
initiated IT, and fell int" the habit OF r'p"atin. II
whenever Laura was mrntl' ne
Why do vou 30 that" asked the Mirch"Sa iii
san Giacinto Of her the n"Nt day.
"Eh-my dear, Ioor Laura Arden j. "a terri
llc irttntricc. you know Alcr says it i not
frnc. Int size makes horns behind her back all the
same. Just every one else does.
Thorcuron the Marchc~a did the sang thing,
wondering that she shouid long have been
ienor9nt that Laura had I'll" evil eve. In
weeks tin. all Rome made horns when Laura was
mentioned. 81 dinner party i S'r'ant hrok" Il
glars wlcI ST." helms discussed. and at on"o
every enc laughed and stucl, M their fingers. San
Giacinto who. lean ~ he was. WIrieh'd hard upon
sixteen stone. sat down rpon LIGHT chair IN Ca''
Fran sipnnI. tust a. u" SAYING that this now
story about Laura was all non-rnsr. and the chair
collapsed into a It'll" heap of straw and vanished
sticks under his weight. II was no wonder. p"p-
| pie said. that Arden should have tainted that
nieh' at ia" prln1zo Hraccio. for Laura had ius'
| acc, pied hiu. They seemed to hav" forgotten
how tlcv hY' interpreted that very scene hithcr-
| To- HE world was not ~ all SURPRISED that he
.lould have died in the first year Of his marriage
considering that he ha6 married notorious i"tta-
| tree. Look 1t poor Adele herself, Nh" had
never been well sine" that dinner az which the
reconciliation with Laura was Sr1cd and ratified
/ H.. al |,
Lnwi.. Of him 10 90 ana So" her every day. Som"
! thing awful would happen to him. Indeed il had
been noticed that he not looking ~ III well o.
| late That dreadful woman would kill him 10 .
| certainty.
Ghislrri was furious when the tale reached him
| ~ il did briur" long. lie knew very we'll how
| dangerous Il thing il was To hav" the reputation
| Of possessing the evil eye. II is u strange fact
! that at the present ,lay such thncs should h,
| believed, ana we'll nigh universally, bv IL cul
| tur.a society Of men and women. And yet il i,
| u fact AMI ~. undcniabl" one. Let il once get
| q road that n man woman projects to trans
| late the Italian Ietta"-the hancful iniiucnr