The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-22


gave place to the tenth; and all who
had passed stood in the gallery, sore
with the railing Amadeo had poured
out on them. but hoping to find some
recompense of merriment in his ours
ing of the tenth And the tenth ap-
peared at the window, and her face
was visible to Count Amadeo as ne
l1nelt before the altar. But the nine
that listened in the gallery heard no
sound from him; his voice was not
raised in railing, as always before,
but an absolute silence fell and en-
dured for many minutes. And fear
suddenly possessed the nine, and their
terrified eyes asked one another what
the meaning of this stiffness might
be.
Then there came great cry from
Count Amadeo For, springing to his
feet and stretching out his arms to-
ward the vision. he cried loudly:
THE rest were of hell, but surely
this is an angel of heaven" and he
leapt forward as though he would
have sprung on the altar itself, since
thus only he could reach the vision.
But Jacinta in alarm drew away,
and hid herself from him. and he, be-
holding her no more, fell prone on the
floor of the chapel and lay there as
though he had swooned.
Alasl that envy should find place
beside youth and beauty! Yet 1t is
hard for proud ladies to endure, that
Il waiting maid should be hailed as an
angel from heaven and they declared
to be demons of hell. Great and hot
was the wrath of the Princess OF
Mantivoglia's S ladies when they found
in Jacinbs. the maid of Beatrice, her
who had borne off from them victory,
and thus marvelously overcome the
constancy of Count Amadeo.
Surely" they cried, 'all men are
fools. and this count a fool above all
men. We see this girl for ourselves,
and where is her beauty?' But
though they could not find beauty,
they found presumption and insolence,
and laying hold of poor Jacinta, they
hurried her to where Beatrice lay, and,
having aroused Beatrice, showed her
Jacinta. clad in her misses robe,
and now for fear weeping bitterly.
On the sight all sickness seemed to
leave Beatrice. She sprang up, full
Of anger, and with her own hands
tore of her robe from Jacintais
shoulders. and took the silken cord
that had girdled Jacintas waist and
beat her with it. the rest standing by
and saying that Jacinta came off
cheaply. And when Beatrice had
beaten her she compelled her to put
raiment. and. having given her a few
pence. bade her be gone from the
palace and show her face there no
more. And the rest also babe her be
gone quickly, for. said they, it was
not fitting that such an insolent
wretch should remain among them.
Thus they drove her forth,
and She went out from the
palace before day dawned, weep
ing very sadly and bemoaning
herself greatly because she Rad not
withstood the temptation that came
upon her. Sore was her heart, and her
shoulders also, and her tears fell fast.
Yet still she remembered that Count
Amadeo had hailed her as an angel
from heaven. Thus she went her ways,
and the princess ladies returned to
their apartments.
But Count Amadeo lay till dawn ON
The floor of the chapel. Then he rose
up in sore disaIray and in great trouble
of mind. for he could not tell the mean
ing of the vision, and fell into much
perpleXTty. Now it seemed to him that
the vision was of a, saint, and purport-
ed that he should the more Steadfastly
devote his life to the service of heaven.
Now he feared that Notwithstanding
his cry the face that he had seen was
a last and most potent temptation of
IOuO NilSlllSI UIlS IetCS were oil
gels or devils, it abode with him, and
would not be thrust away 1t filed
his thoughts. and he seemed still to
see it as it had looked down on him
from the window Of the chapel in rare
and matchlesS beauty.
And as he pondered it seemed to him
an impossible thing that he should
take the vows before he were resolved
of these doubts, for now there was
nothing in the world-no, nor in the
next-so near to his heart as to learn
certainly and without error what the
meaning of this vision should be. Yet
he did not tell Father Eusebius of his
vision, but sent him word that certain
affairs of moment called him from
Mantivoglia and, having eaten and
drunk and thus gained strength, he
babe them saddle his horse, and at
noon of the next day rode forth alone
from the city.
But none knew why he went, and
none, saving the princess ladies and
the stone masons Ito whom LucreZia
gave a fee for silence), were aware of
what had passed in the chapel; for
had the princess learned what her Ia
dies had done, they would have been
in danger of suffering things hardly
less cruel than those that they had in
fiicted on Jacinta. Therefore they held
their peace, and when they were ask
ed of Amadeo, shrugged their Shout
ders, saying, I'VE know naught of
him."