New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-04
PIETRO GHISLER1.
gY r. MARION CRAWFORD.
Author Of "Sancfncsca," 'lhe ihree ra@'' cS0'
copyriqht 1892. BY Macmillan q co

rafors attempting to chronicle the events which
vore the ultimate consequences of those already
described il will be necessary to explain how 1T
Was that very little worth recording occurred dur
ing nearly three years after the day on which Pie
,ro Ghislcri said eoodby to the Contcs'a dell
Armi. when she was going to make her customary
visit TO her father
In the natural course Of things every ono re-
turned in Tie following autumn in more or less
lively expectation of the season TO come Laura
Arden expected nothing of it in the way OF ahluse-
mept nor did she look forward to anything OF the
sort in her life as possible for many seasons to
come.
Madtlalena DELI Armi, on tlr other hand, ex-
noc,c1 muoh and was. on the whole. disappointed
Gh,sleri had grown Indifferent to such degree
as 70 bc almost unrecocnzabc to his frlenlS. lie
went ont very little and was said TO he busv WIN
some snecnlation in which he was running himself
but % which, as q matter of fact. he had never
even heard Adele Savell went everywhere thih'
nervous and careworn, and apparently driven 10
death by the necessity for excitement. lIere
were people who said she was going naa ana OUTFITS
who said she lived on morphine and that IL h'us'
ultimately kill her The division OF opinions con-
corninc the nature of her malady still existed ana
the widest stories were sent adrift at venture
down the dangerous rapids of conversations Donna
who had disinheritcd her as far as ne was aoie,
and she led a life of daily torment in Casa Saveih
in consnouence That was one of the tales linen
IL was stated that FrancescO's passion for Laura
Arden had suddenly developed to heroic proper
tions and that his wife was eating her hedr' o'''
Thirdly. there was a party which asserte' co''h-
IDENTIFY tina. Adele herself was in love WIN fle'ro
Ghisleri who did not even take the troupe 10 20
and SEQ her more than once or twice moh'h III"
only point upon which opinion was unanimous "aN
Laura Ardpns personal and undivided respohsioii.-
" for all the evil that happened TO Adee "a'e'.'
I'm the first year. so long as Laura never went INTO
thp world. the reputation society had given "r
harmed her very little and but for the extremely
tbourhtfnl kindness of one or two communca'iV"
friends she might have remained in ignorance OF
Il altogether As il was, she was Indifferent. en-
cont when she was amused by the still current ac-
cusation Of possessing the evil eye.
That Laura was an undoubtcd and dangerous
;s,tatr;ce WAS now commonly accepted as a matter
of fact Since Ghisleri and Canpodonlco haa
touoht the men had been circumspect III thelr
remarks but there were few who did not maNe
the sign when they saw her go by. IL ahH'hi,s
had been needed to prove the tact. 'here was '"'
,,sue ~ the duel The man who had taken Laura
s;ao had nearly lost his life though he had fought
saveral times previously without ever receiving
.,v scrious hurt That proof positive Ahele
,noss ZOO. dated almost from the day OF her recon
o;,;at;on with Laura, and seemed likely 10 emu
fota,lv Then almost al the same time, the Noh-
tessa had broken with Ghisleri in the mos. hear'-
less way as the world said. For the worii KNEW
something about that too. and could nave 'oi"
the whole story most exactly as 1t had never nap
pened. and detailed several conversations accur
ateIy which had never taken place foor uhI'ie'i
The world pitied him sincerely, and hatcu Laura
aI ~ al
..-.uros How could he still go to see her, know
inc as he must how dangerous it was iiad she
~ almost killed him and Adele as we'll as quite
rnuuc her husband? People who touched Laura
Ard,n,s hand would do we'll TO shut themselves uT
and lie safe at home for four and twenty hours
until the power of the jettatura was past l"os
black eyes Of hers meant no good 70 any one' Al
spite of her inspirited nunllke looks
Al, these things were said, repeated. affirmed
denied discussed, and said again IN the perpetual
vicious circle of gossip, while the persons moS'
concerned lived their own lives almost ai'ose'ic'
undisturbed by the reports Affecting the". No oi'
refused to bow TO Laura Arden IN 'ne STREET, "'
,houch sho was supposed TO have the power o.
,",-.;.a vnurdor nestence and sudden death or
.hoso who went too near her. Nobody ventureo
IN condoe with Adele Savelli upon her husband
0;obtv condnct still less upon the supposed loss q
bcr of half the Gerano estate, Nor did any one
exprcss TO Ghisleri anything ike sympathy wi
hav;py been so abominably treated by the Con
teesa Such frankness would have been reprehcn
sible and tactless in the extreme
Adele Savcllis existence was IN reality lar NOR
wretched than any one could have suppose al Una
time and il was destined to be maze ye' more HIS
CRADLE before second year had cIapseo
Tn the sprinr of the year following that dc
scribed in the last chapter, the Contessa deli Arm
surorsed Ghislcri with very startling piece o
news They were talking together IN the gram
stand at one of the May races .
AVON know | always tell you everything hca
that seems to he Of any importance she San'
ave generally know what TO believe. l. hea,u
s,orv last night which is very odd that ther
NAV be some truth in it. As 1t may be ho'hih
but a bit Of mischief, will not name the person
who told me. II is said that more thah yea
aao. when Adele Savelli thought she was gym
out at Gerano. she did not wish 10 CONFESS 70 .n
r.rsb nriest. whom she had known all her lie
.rd az she wrote out a general confession and sen
i. TO a priest here in Rome. Is that possipie' u
YOU think c,;
sSuch things have been DONE answered Ghis
leri Il do not know what the rule IS ABOUT thcii
but the case is possible.
II was not sure. Now they say that this con
fession of Adele never reached Its destination
and that copy of it, if not the original Is IN CIT
culation in society, passing quietly from hand
hand. That is a strange story, is it notP'
"A very strange story" Petro's face was grave
for he remembered many circumstances which TN
tale Nigh: explain And what is the confession
said TO contain ~ he asked after pause
"Some extraordinary revelations about Adele
serial areer il is even limited that there is some
thing which might bring very serious consequence
unon her IL it were known, though what 1t IL n
one can find out That is what l heard. and
thought it worth while to tell you. think a
far as am concerned, that shall deny It, l
looks improbable enough on the face OF 1t. on
need not say that its very improbability makes on
think il cannot be all an invention.
mo. think you are wisc-and charitable a
well. II there is any truth in it, Donna Abel
will have another illness when it reaches her ears