New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-11


dislike to Torn de Gh,leri and had llvel the "a
nainder Of his short life in Florence. Hence tho
| general dliapdation of the old place, which
not. however, without beauty. The occupation
| did him good and the sight of the old familiar
faces of hs tenants and few retainers was
| pleasant. after facing the museum of society
| masks during s'ven months ard more. BIT no
| felt thar even here Ee coHl not stay any great
l"rqth Of Tin" without change. and a. the sum-
me- "a lyanccd iii. r's'l ness became eytrem'
He cam" down to Rome for a week in August.
Ssvcli who stopped 10 speak with him Ghisleri
| never voluntarily STOPPED any one;
" How is Donna Adele: he asked, after they
| had exchanged first greetings
head with the air Of concern h" thought it proper
70 affect whenever he s?oll" Of his wifes Illness
The nerves lrc something which no on" can
| understand. ! can tell vou Sfor,. for instance
| ahou, somc'l,inr which happened rho Other day
10 he accurat". in Jun" whom "" were N orrlno.
| Do Won remember rho omhli"tt. between the
| rlard room and the tow"rp NeS-mv wife sid
she showed it 70 Won. We all stavin0 To-
~cther all The children. her father. and III" Prir
| c:ss AMI two or thrro frionlS Ono morning she
| aid slc WIS qIitc that II "" took up that
lab Of ston" and lowered = MN into III" shaft.
should find a skeleton lar.ing ther"-iicavsn
| knows what she imagined, The Prince sai1 he
| had looked into the shaft SCOPES Of tm"s when
the tran loor still existed. and there was bar
across IN" passag" 70 ,Iry"nf any on" from gpinS
ncar: tba. u" hims"f hrA or lc""1 III" stone 70 he
| mn w'nro i. and know Ill ahenf the place;
Til" only skeleton cv"r f"rn in The castle rad
! rorth tower with littl" window inst opposite
the face 50 shat thn individual must hav" died
lookirc at the hills. Nobody knew ANYTHING
about il BIT my wifi" insisted. and grew angry,
and =, last furious II was Of no use. or course"
| Won know the oil rnrtoman--h" can hn perfectly
rigid He answered. that no on" should fonch me
.,o-o that If she viol'"h - such IDEAS once. she
would soon wish to pull Ger me 10 pieces 10 count
tho mice and tina. if she rcnld pcrSnad' my father
, ~ knock hol"s in rho w'H' - a'fnl >lvrno,
thu. was the affair If the Sav"li but thar 50 long
! ~ 10 livri slr should not riaSN any "Nnerimnnes
in excavation under his roof " N1n wi, hrIieye
| r,r she bad fiji Of amor when nronght on ~
rttark of the nerves. an 81" never went our M
| her room for three dav' in Consequence DO you
wonf"r that am an>ionsr
vcrn indifferent Tho story gives one III" idea
that she il subject decisions. ] am very sorry
shn i. no bctt"- PRAY remember m" - her
Thrrcnpon GhiSlrri pass"d on inwarhlv wonher-
inc how Ion, IL would hn before Adele became
mmitn rnd Two DAYS later h" rc"niv"d note
from her. chc nal h"arl from her husband thae
lao was in ROM. she said AMI wrote n ask :
crna. favor Of him. lie was Doubtless aware nj
her fathers paesion for manuscripts. when was
we'll known in Rome II WAS irnHtt"i t,a. IL n.
L,1rv ,ftc, tl,. crash and sic very much w,i'I
f. buy a very interesting manuscript OF whlrn
81, often heard her father sneak. ami whi"h con-
,,iral an account Of tho famous. or intamon@
Ts,no,la Nontnvarchis life, written win nor OWN
hand a sort If confession. IN Fact rs sh" ~
NOT know tho o>art title OF th' docnm'nI, II ~
had any. she world call IT a confession. though
Of conrsr in q strictly lay s"nse Now she M
ouiroJ would tihi>leri. for old friendships sake;
try TO obtain it for nrr M a ,n or"inr would
n, c>nonsvc hut she was prepared TO discus ,"1
terms if not wholly beyond her means. she sem, n
her note by IN" carrier As that was VIVA
ouckrr than writing by the post. >h" salh "o""
Gh.lcri kindly answer by the same means? l no man
would call again ont next dny but one. iI ;a
would perhaps give time to NIKE prelnl1n,h,' ~,
ouiri,. With which observation. and WIN h"stt
th,nl. in anticipation Of the service he was anolS
70 render. Adele chilled herself most sincerely MN
Ghisleri not an eNtr'in'N S"ss'ri,, ss, " in
hut no woul,l have given evidence or almost IN
f,ntine SIMPLICITY il h" had not s"rn tha' 'nrro
,vas something wrong about Adele note. u was
certainly very we'll planned, and i laura h ho.
il might very possibly have succeeded. TN as
ccrtaaining the price set by thc dealer on tho
manuscript, he would probably have written 10
few words. stating in business IKE WAY ' Nc
sum for which the called confession could n
bought. In all likelihood. too. he would nate
only dated his note by the day OF tn" VIA IT,
saw at u glance how easily coInmnnlcaticn S OF
that kind might have taken such shape as ~ ' ..
very servceable against him, and how marc =.
might have been TO show that he was WHINE anm.
about a genuine transaction concerning q nI'" ~.
script actually for sale. lie determined 10 !"
very careful. A., .,,o Of The
dealer who hal bought the Mont"yarchl library.
He next asccrtaned that what Adele wantea
still unsold. and that he must therefor" , that hs
enter into correspondence with her. Altcr .nns
sought ont 4 young lawyer whom he hah eniipu'h =.
once or twice within the last few years villa ra;n1
had needed legal advice in regard to some IrT niss
nont and laid the whole matter before nm I'M, In,
young man. Ubaldini by name, had raplu aH haS
0uircd reputation as criminal lawyer, an" h"t
successfully defended some remarkable ciSSs v ~
"a he Justly ob-erved acquitted prisoners Oh sne
classes in which crimes are common pE pay Wy "a
little, and condemned criminals pay notnins :" -
nil Hr was therefore ander the necessity %
taking other kinds of business as means OF sup,
port The last murderer who had escaped ' hs a of
beans and cream cheese which was all the iami'
" could afford in the way Of fee out upon