Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-09-23
which these conditions almost invarla-

PENELOPE MENGUINI-
which these conditions almost invarla-
bly, guarantee in Italy. Her mother
had set her cap for 3 nObieman.
Early in 1888, however, Penelope meL
on her way TO the seminary Mario on
uevali, a retired cavalry officer, with
only his face and figure 70 r~ecGEhfneud
him. he was generally worthless. had
spent all his money, and waH6oking for
an opportunity 20 marry i9r money. lie
learned what PenelOpe's prospects were
and proposed lu elopemAnt.
Old Menghiui heard<tbat his daughter
had been tempted by a cavalry officer,
and, 20 protect Ter, ssnt q maid servan
with her 10 BthUOl every day. Never
thsICss, Penelope eventually Struggled
out Ct the house q letter telling her
cavElryman that she would run away
WIKI him.
HER FIRST MARRIAGE.
r On her 10TH birthday be called at the
seminary, introduced himself as her
uncle, and, under the pretsxt of taking
her TO see a sick aunt, carried her Oft TO
q Roman suburb. She lived with him a
When she returned home, still
Penelope M%enghini, she had a baby,
but IL was hurried into an orphan aSy-
lum.
Her beauty was unimpairsd, and in
her 18th year was striking enough 10
gain for her the love Of William Jones.
a young English engineer, who knew
nothing Of her past. he had money,
and she married him.
He worshiped her. She had her box
az the theatre, her horses and carriages,
and a large house, in which she enter
JsinOd her frierds lavishly, yet when
Carneyali, her old lover, came back 10
Rome she welcomed him secretly.
Jones soon discovered that his vile
was decejviug him. he did not have
the courage 20 leave her. The struggle
between his sense Of honor aud his love
unneryed him, aud be fell il. one
morning his physician found him dead
10 bed. 10 was a suspicious case, but
as Jones was only an Engiishman and
did not have a kiusman DO ST Italy, the
Italian doctor let the body be buried
without an examination.
10 Italy a widow must wait at least
ten months after her husbands death
before marrying again. On the day
wlen her ten months expired Mrs.
Penelope Jones became the wife Of Ma
rio C~aruevali. She hal her dOWery and
tue property left by Jones, and for a
wear or more she and her csvairyman
lived la royal style. The money was
scattered right and left on servants,
horses, theatres and races. In sport
inZ society Of the better class nobody
cut q wider swath than did Carneyali
and his beautiful wife.
Although their home vas in Palliano,
their faces were familiar at all the race
tracks Of Rome and Naples, and Carne-
vail ran a few horses, but without sue
cess. When the money had vanished
they borrowed more, bought a vineyard
and tried TO pay their expenses by grow
ing grapes. Carnev2li reformed. The
change lost him his wiie's affection.
PENELOPE's Concession.
She made love to Augusta D'Ottavi, a
Mostofice official, ~sntrapped him and
psrated him from his wife and two
kdren. She swore TO him that he was
Afrst man she had ever loved, but he
inkling of her history O. day,
e had ]reproached @S A%un-
kpess. she snatched; % SO sm
let and explained: 8 : ,
this, and If | AN = afaith-
will have my life ard my hus-
Ia your hands That is my
ltee."
letter had been written by Pens-
10 Carnevali just after Jones death.
I'D:
ARL1NG Mario: William died g mo-
ht acc. 1 tremb,e for fear that an eX-
|liuation Will be made, for. as you must
1--we guessed, 1 poisoned MIN so as TO be
ours and yours only. If l sm discovered
nd imprisoned, l shall pray that you re-
main faithful to your PENELOPE.
D'Ottavi took the letter, but the dis
eoVery Of Penelope's crime cooled his
feelings toward her. She noticed the
change, tried TO bring him back, and
proposed thag be and she put Csrne-
vail out Of tie way. D'Ottsvi called
her an ogreSS. left her, and declined to
answer her letters.
Once convinced that she had lost him
she planned hex revenge. Her husband
went TO Rome fAr 3 few days. He had
hardly arrived Nhen he received Pene-
lope's letter cdkfessing her intimacy
with D'0ttavi sIh placing the entire
blame for her bek avior on his shoulders.
After telling an hgenions story OF temp
l~tations laid bF NOttavi in her way, and
lof his eventual Success in misleading
her, she closed DO letter in apparent
~pitenco:
N must s Rr my ain, although