The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16

tiers that the same charge was made. al
most word for word. against Nicolo Queriiil
The discord between Pietro Querini an
Nicolo Querini. TO which the Council :
Ten refers, was, in all main respects. Q
the same nature as that which broke on
twenty-seven years before between Andres
and Maffeo Calergi, except that Nico!'
! Querini did not propose TO meet the SAINT
| doom as his mother-in-law's first husband
Querini always went armed. though they
was APPARENTLY little reason why he shouif
do so, since the Duke of Crete and tn
Council of Ten took all possible steps Il
prevent any one from approaching Kim
No one can deny that Nicolo Querini wa.
in the habit of beating Palma, and il ma!
even have been his intention to get rid OF
her altogether.
Moreover. no one can deny that mis- jeal
Gus fury prompted him to commit the mos:
villainous acts. even though there may be
no truth in the charge which Calergi makes
against him. namely, that he tried to
make Palma swallow nauseous food.
ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORTED
BY HER MOTHER
On the other hand. It is certain tina.
when she fed from home she had the en-
enlargement and support of her mother.
which was natural as she, too, had fed
from her first husband.
Nicolo was sentenced to exile, but was
first summoned to Venice to give an account
Of his conduct and to clear himself. II pos
sible. of the charges against him.
It is not known whether he went there in
chains or not.
1t is possible. however. that Carlo Que
RIM was on the same ship with him, and it
Is certain that the vessel carried. among
other things. a package OF letters written
b. Antonio Calergi to the Cunci Of Ten.
We have arrived now at one of the final
scenes of the drama. as Shakespeare por-
A--.. I" 49, l., ~rL.zl FlRL-yr $3.50 la-r-
his command and Is about to leave Venice.
Nicolo Querini, however. was not put to
DEATH.
The Council of Ten Imprisoned him In or
der 10 show that 1t made no distinction be-
tween mobiles and plebeians.
After some time it released him and even
restored him to his former rank.
He was allowed to vote in the Greater
Council. and the only condition imposed on
him in return for all these privileges was
that he should remain within a certain pre-
scribed territory.
Calergi was exceedingly annoyed when he
saw his enemy treated in this manner and
most bitterly he inveighed against the pow
er of money. claiming that it was goid
which had saved Nicolo from being con-
demned.
GIOVANNI AND HIS
FATHER WEIRD RECONCILED.
OF the events which occurred in Nicolo
Querinfs life during the next twenty years
nothing is known
We do know. however. that in 1856. his
son. Giovanni. who was then II. and con-
sequently OF age according to the law of
the island. applied to the court fot power
to administer his fathers estate, and at the
same time reproached his father with hav-
ing neglected both him and his property.
Here, then. We have a new and interest
ing type. that Of Othello's son-the son Of
the Jealous man who. became SO notorious
through his suspicion Of his wife.
On this occasion Giovanni asked the court
to transfer 20 him the gold and the jewels
which his father had deposited for safe
keeping In Gambia.
Soon afterward father and son were rec
onciled and further business transactions
took place between them.
In the autumn of 1852, however, Nicolo
Querini died. as the following extract from
the registry of the Duchy of Gambia shows:
Ser Nicoiaus Quirino. other wise known
as Nicolo. died on October 6, 1862"
Palma was probably still living at that
time.
Antonio Calergi was dead. but his brother,
Matteo. lived until 1870.
This Is the true story of the historical
personages who furnished the foundation
for Cintio's work. az well as for Shakes
peare's.