Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-10-14
Continued.

Grand me. N|iucenZO, you viii serve
.au,.arf and me best by Oh eying i'm
,liqiuy and asking no questions. fo'-
,,,,te il the servant VINO acc slo'ls'
~ see his master drunk every hlsH'
,vrals to al outsiders tina He H'a
rty,r served so sober ana aiseIcel =
,.rrcman' THAT is your character
S4ucenz7-kecp to 1t, and we sh''l no,
ouarrel" lie smiled graNely, '"'
~I,,keted my piece Of gold without y
MA ike % true Tuscan as he was.
The Continental servant, whose "''
fealiul. vii not allow him o a'oep'
an extra ,Ip.' rs, you may De sN"'
bnrbug uterr boiluyrd In SleH 4"
enc Labor can g,w,ys conn ana us
,rice ana what 80 laboriouF in TINS
arc AZ 10 be honest? What so dtiilcllt
as TO keep silence on other people :
affairs? Such herculean tasks d'ShrVe
rayment, A valet who is generously
btihed In addition to his wages, can
no relied on: if underpaid, all heaven
and earth will not persuade HIM 10
hold his tongue Left alone at last III
nv slesping chamber. ] remained for
some time before actually Going 10
he'd took off the black spectacles
which served me, so well, and looked al
myself in the mirror with some cur
iosity. | never permitted Nincenzo 10
enter my bedroom at night, or before
| was dressed in the morning, lest he
should surprise me without these APP
pendages which were my chief dis
guise. for in such a case | fancy even
his studied comTosufe would have
given way. For, disburdened of my
smoke-colore glasses, | appeared what
was, young and vigorous in spite OF
MY white beard and hair, My face,
which had been worn and haggard at
first. had filled up and WAS healthily
Colored; while my eyes, the spokesmel
OF my thoughts. were bright with the
clcarness and fire Of constitutional
strength and physical well-being.
wondered, as | stared moodily at my
w reflection, how 1t was that ! did
not look ill., The mental suffering r
continually underwent, mingled though
II was with "a certain gloomy satisfac-
ton, should surely have left more in
delible traces on my counteuance, Yet
II has been proved that il il not al
ways the hollow-eyed, sallow and de-
spairing-looking persons who are
really in sharp trouble-these are more
often bilious or ~dyspaltic, and know no
more serious grief than the inCapacity
10 crafty their appetites for the high
favored delicacies of the tables. a
man may be endowed with superb
physique. and a constitution that is in
perfect working order-his face and
outward appearance may denote tho
most harmonious action of the life
principle within him-aud yet his
nerves may be so finely strung that he
may be capable of suffering acuter
agony in his mind lh.a NJ his oily
we're 10 be hacked slowly 10 pieces by
Jagged knives, and II win leave no
mark ON his features while youth stiI
has hold ON his flesh and blood.
So ,t was with me, and / wondered
want She Nina would say, could she
oebCld me. N1wUshed rs It were. IN
the solitude OFT my own room. This
ilruahl rous'i another In my mind
arllher ct which I smiled gIimly. /
was an engaged man, Engaged to
marry uy own wife, ]bltrothed for the
second time to the same woman! What
a dllereuro between this and my first
eourtshtp of her Then. who $50 great
a fool as who 80 adoriug passion
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