The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1902-10-10


hard. trying 10 help myself out OF
my present difficulty.
was surprised. when approaching
the entrance In my aimless ramble,
90 see letters carved in the rock away
10 the right OF the arch. Stepping
90 this spot. | read the words easily.
so deeply and evenly were they cut
into the marble:
HENRY THORLANE. ~
| VIII Avenge."
The same words and in the same
form as | had found them IN the cell
in the Tore dell Elefante.
Henry Thorlane then. was no
doubt the former occupant OF the
cave. But now a puzzlng question
arose: When could he have carved
these letters in the grotto? Previous
| TO his arrest he would. for all | knew.
| taking Mutterellls story into the mat.
ter have no cause for vengeance. And
Mutterelli had said that he was In the
monastery. from which there could
be no escape. Yet there was his
name and his motto-hls war-cry-
! carved In letters that would last for
centuries. In tho marble rock before
me- One OF two things was certain.
Muttercli did not know all the story
before Taorlane's arrest. or he did
not know what had happened after.
ward IL was possible that Thorlaue
had escaped. made his home In the
grotto. and had been captured again.
! Grand as | thought this. my heart
stood still a sccond-what II Mutterel-
| u was right and Thorlane had been
! put In the monastery and had gained
! the confidence OF the superior and
had Joined the order unknown TO the
| prefetto or anybody outside the Jesuit
circle inside the monastery walls! And
II So then. perhaps. Mutterell was
MUtterolli and no one else and the
monk who had rescued me was Henry
Thorlane.
Still pondering upon this, began
10 look still farther for evidence of
Henry Thorlane's occupancy / found
10 more letters but did find trap.
door. My fingers came In contact
with an iron ring | knew Il must
have been placed there for n purpose.
! pulled II. II did not move. and
lighted a candle. for the ring was in
dark portion OF the grotto. and
| closely examined the place | found
that the ring was fastened 20 a wood.
on cover which was held in place by
two large pieces OF rock which were
laid upon IL. These | rolled away.
| and the trap.door came up easily. The
opeing thus made led into n small.
cellar-like hole. and lying on the floor
was a wooden box or cheap kind OF
trunk. ] managed TO get this out. and
opened IL. II contained clothing Of
various kinds. masks. boards. wigs. IN
fact, everything that was needed for a
complete disguise. And as I exam.
ired this rost fortunate find | chuck,
led aloud.
I would - frcc'
And Mia Barlotti should al last
know who she was and be placed In
possession of her own.
Circumstances seemed 20 favor me-
Muticrcill came to the grotto late In
tho afternoon OF the day on which
found the trunk OF clothing. and 20.
manned 10 supper
After supper we smoked in silence
Muttrclli finished mis- cigarette and
seemed 90 Dee preparing 20 leave
You are going away. Mu,;crc.ll?" I
said.
Yes. sIsaor shall net be back
tonight"
! did not want him back, and when
AZ last he had taken his departure /
again opened tho tran door and took
out the trunk. pulled out the entire
contents and spread them over the
floor Of the grotto. that might more
successfully choose the most complete
disguise.
Having made my selection. I pro.
cccded TO put on FIRST a pair OF heavy
shoes. dotted my prison suit and
EMBODIED myself In the most skilfully
devised waist or vest that could have
been made. II was n stuffed AFFAIR.
and. fitting close TO my figure. made
me look az least forty pounds heavier
than | really was. | pulled pair OF
long. much.worn black trousers onto
my legs. and over the stuffed vest
put long black coat. | found a black
beard. with long black. curling mus.
tache. that easily fitted my face. and
could be securely fastened on by mois.
tcning with my breath some gummed
strips on the under side.
My eyebrows were brown. but
found plenty OF cosmetics and dyelng
materials. and soon made my eye.
brows match the beard In color.
Having thoroughly convinced myself
| that | was under n complete disguise.
| I set out from the grotto. FIRST making
NJ some unimportant things into
pack, and singing II over my shoulder
| on n stick
passed few people. none OF whom
paid any attention To- the weary old
jew Flooding along on his way 20 Gag.
liagi.
II was about eleven o'clock when
arrived a; point near the villa @.
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