Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-07-29

Continued.


carmeo Such man! Ore day the
oendarmes will have him, tier he will
no in the galleys Tor life, and she will
81 dia Yes--you may be sure Of that!
- Grief does not Kill her quickly
ororgh then she will kill herself that
is certain! She is 81 ght and frail to
1oek nj as a flower, but her soul is
strong as iron. She VIII have her own
way in death as we'll as in love-some
women are made so, and it is generally
,re weakest-looking among them who
nave the most courage"
Dur conversation was here inter-
rrpted by ore of the sailors no came
for his masters orders. The talkative
skinner, with an apologize smile and
how. piaced his box OF cigarettes be-
side me whore | sat, and left me to
nv own reflections.
was not sorry to be alone. l
needed a little breathing time-a rest
in which to think, though my thoughts,
like a new solar system, revolved
round the red planet of one central
idea. Vengeance. "A false woman de-
i serves DEATH Even this simple Sicil-
ian mariner said So GO and kill her,
go and kill herl" These words reiter-
ated themselves over and over again III
my ears till found myself almost ut
tering them aloud. My soul sickened
at the contemplation of the woman
Teresa-the mistress of wretched
I nh t,rifb
hurror-whose looks were terrific-she,
even she could keep herself sacred
from the profaning touch of other
mems caresses-she was proud of be-
ing faithful to her wolf of the noun
tains, whose temper was uncertain and
tTeacherous-sEe could make lawful
beast of her fidelity to her blood
stained lover-while Nina, the welded
wife of noble whose descent was lofty
and unsullied, could tear off tie fair
crown OF honorable marriage and cast
it in the dust-could take the dignity
# an ancient family and trample upon
it-coud make herself so low and vile
that even this common Teresa know
ing all, might, and most probably
would, refuse to touch her hand, con-
siderlng it polluted Just Cod what
had Carmeio Neri done to deserve the
priceless jewel of a true womans
heart? what had | done to merit such
foul deception as that which | was
now called upon to avenga? Suddenly
| thought of my child. Her memory
came upon me like ray of light
bad almost forgotten her Poor little
bicssoml-the slow hot tears forced
themselves between my eyelids, as
called We nv fancy the nicture
OF the So, 'a"e-the young un-
troubled eyes-the little coaxing mouth
always budding into innocent kisses!
What should | do with her? When the
Ilan of punishment | had matured in
my brain was carried out to its utmost.
should | take her with me far, far
away into some quiet corner of the
world, and devote my life to hers /?
Alas alas! she, too, would be a woman
ana beautiful-she was a flower born
oi poisoned tree: who could say that
lheIe might not be a canker worm hid
ueh even in her heart, which waited
out for the touch of maturity to com
Mehce its work of destruction Oh.
men. You that have serpents coiled
round your lives in the shape of fair
ialse women-if God has given you
children by them, the curse descends
'fon you doubly, Hide it as you will
under the society masks we are all
lo''ed TO wear, you know there is
LV'hlng more keenly torturing than to
see innocent babes look trustirgly in
tAe deceitful eyes of an unfaithful wife.
ana call her by the sacred name of
Mother Eat ashes and drink worm
wood you shall find them sweet in
'9Ihparlson to that rauseating bitter
ness For the rest of the day | was
very much alone. The captain OF the
orig spoke cheerily 10 me now and
'hen, but we were met by light con-
FaTy winds that necessitated his Civ
ing most OF his attention to the man
"IeMent Of his vessel, so that he could
MOI permit himself to yield to the love
'l gossip that was inherent in him
ne weather was perfect, and notwith-
lashing about TO catch the erratic
breeze, the gay little brig made merry
and rapid way over the sparkling Med
"eFranean, at rate that promised our
arrival az Palermo by the sunset Of the
.'itoWins day. AS the evening came
.A The wind freshened and by the
VINE the moon scared like large
.sisht bird into the sky, we were scud-
ing along sideways. the edge of our
vessel leaning over to kiss the waves
mat cleaned like silver and gold
aaaEsd here and there with pho sphor-
ett flame. We SKINNED almost IN
Ger The bows Of a magnificent yacht
we English flag fioated from her mast
her sails glittered purely white in the
Naonbeams, and she sprung over the
tler Ike a sea-gull a man, whose
athletic figure was shown off to
a.EaRtage by the yachting costume he
ere stood on deck. bis arm. thrown