The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-03

for me, sir; have need of prayers"
Now God comfort you said Count
Antonio. softly. "Of truth. sir, man
who knows his sin and grieves for it
in his heart. hath in Gods eyes no
longer any sin. SO is it sweetly
taught Ia the most holy scriptures.
Therefore, take comfort; for your
friend Will forgive even as the gentle
lady who loved you forgaVe, and Christ
has no less forgiveness than they
III know not" said the hermit, groan-
| ing heavily L question the dead who
lie here concerning these things but
they may not tell me-"
indeed. poor man. they can tell
nothing" said Antonio, gently, for he
perceived that the man vas subject to
madness and deluded by fancied
visions and voices.
Yet I love to talk to them of the
time when / also shall be Dead
God comfort you," said Count An
tonic again.
Now while Antonio and the hermit
talked. one of those who guarded the
vault CHANGED to lay his ear against
the door, listened whether Antonio
moved and he heard to his great
dread and CONSERVATION the voice Of
another VINO talked with Antonio;
most of what was said he did not hear,
fort YOU and the hermit answer
something and groan heavily. And the
| legs Of the listener shook under him.
and he cried to his comrades that the
dead talked with Antonio, himself be-
ing, from fright, more dead than alive.
| And all came and listened, and still
the voice of another talked with An
| tonic, so that the guards were struck
| with terror and looked at one another'g
! faces, saying; 1.-THE dead speak! The
4 count speaks with the deadI Christ
! and the blessed mother Of. Christ and
/ the saints protect u.s. and they looked
neither to the right nor left, but sat
quaking on the ground about the door
| Of the vault. and presently one ran
and told the syndic, and he caused
| himself carried thither in his chair, and
| he also heard and was very greatly
afraid, saying: This Antonio of Monte
! VellutO is a fearful man. And the re-
! port spread throughout Baratesa that
| Count Antonio talked with the dead in
! the vault of the Peschelti, whence
| came, L doubt not, the foolish tales OF
which I have made mention.
a seed is enough; mems tongues
water it and it grows to great plant.
| Nor did any man think that it was the
hermit who talked, for although they
| knew of his cave. they did not know
nor imagine of the passage he had
made and his voice was utterly strange
seeing that he had spoken no word to
any living man for twenty years till
| he spoke with the count that night
| Therefore the whole of Baratesa, was
I in great fear, and they came to q GER
tain learned priest Of the church Of ST.
| John. and told him. And he arose and
came in great haste, and offered pray
I ers outside the vault, and babe tn,
unQuiet spirits rest but he did not
offer to enter, nor did any one of them
| but they all said, We had determined
! even before to await the Dukes guard
| and that is still the wiser thing"
For a great while the hermit could
not understand what Antonio wanted
| of him, for his thoughts were in his
own state and with the dead. But al
| length having understood that Antonio
| would be guided through the passage
I and brought to the mouth OF the cave
in the hope Of finding means of es-
! cape before the dukes conissaries
| came with the guard. he murmured
wonderingIy, "Do you then desire tc
| liVe7" and rose, and led Antonio where
! the coffin stood upright against the
/ wall as Antonio had seen it. But II
was now moved a little to one side
| and there was narrow opening
| through which the count had also to
pass; and in his struggles he upset the
/ coffin, and it fell with great crash
| whereas all who were outside the vault
fed suddenly to q distance of hun
! dred yards or more in panic, expect.
| ing now to see the door of the vault
! open and the dead walk forth. MOI