The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-29

for intricacy and novelty even in the va
ried experience of the Roman police.
Penelope Menghini was 10 years old in
1883. She was the daughter Of prosper
Gus Roman tradoEman and had been care
fully educated by governess. Her prepa-
ration for society was to be finished in
young women's seminary in Rome. She
was exceptionally handsome, was to have
large dowry and was expected to make
the fine match which these conditions al
most invariably guarantee in Italy. Her
mother had set her cap for a nobleman.
Early in 1883, however, Penelope met
on her way to the seminary Mario Carne-
vail, a retired cavalry officer with only his
face and figure to recommend him. He
was generally worthless, had spent all his
money and was looking for an opportuni-
ty to marry for money He learned what
Penelope's prospects were and proposed an
elope Mt Old Menghini heard that his
daugn er had been tempted by cavalry
officer, and toprotect her sent q maidserv-
ant with her to school every day. Never
theless Penelope eventually smuggled out
of the house letter telling her cavalry
man that she would run away with him.
On her sixteenth birthday he called at
the seminary, introduced himself as her
uncle, and under the pretext Of taking her
to see sick aunt carried her off to Ro-
man suburb. She lived with him year.
When she returned home, still Penelope
Menghini she had baby, but it was hur
ried into an orphan asylum.
Her beauty was unimpaired, and in her
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gain for her the love of William Jones'
young English engineer, who knew moth
ing of her past. He had money, and she
married him. He worshiped her. She
had her box at the theater, her horses and
carriages and large house, in which she
entertained her friends lavishly, yet when
Carneyali, her old lover, came back to
Rome she welcomed him secretly.
Jones soon discovered that his wife was
deceiving him. He did not have the cour-
age to leave her. The struggle between
his sense Of honor and his love unnerved
him, and he fell Ill. One morning his ply
sician found him dead in bed. 1t was
suspicious case, but as Jones was only an
Englishman and did not have kinsman
in all Italy the Italian doctor let the body
be buried without an examination.
In Italy widow must wait at least ten
months after her husbands death before
marrying again. On the day when her
ten months expired Mrs. Penelope Jones
became the wife of Mario Carneval. She
had her dowry and the property left by
Jones' and for year or more she and her
cavalryman lived in royal style. The mon
ey was scattered right and left on serv-
ants, horses, theaters and races. In sport
ing society of the better class nobody cut
awider swath than did Carnevall and his
beautiful wife, Although their home was
n Palliano, their faces were familiar at
III the race tracks Of Rome and Naples,
and Carnevali ran few horses, but with
out success. When the money had van
ished, they borrowed more, bought vine-
yard and tried to pay their expenses by
growing grapes. CaTnevali reformed. The
change lost him his wife's affection.
She made love to Augusta Ottavl, a
postotfice official, entrapped him and sep
arated him from his wife and two chill.