The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-15

be malicious and let you all become mar
tvrs Of the holy cause. +"
In the eyes of the beautiful Cyren
glowed fire such as sparkles in the eye
I, of the jackal when 1t has decoyed
| beautiful zebra. She had a cruel though
mot. perhaps, to jump with one boun'
over the nre. and strong as she was l
comparison with her opponent. use VIC
lenee in making way of escape; sh
had at her disposal another and stii
! greater power. X
4 She wrapped herself in her fur cloak u
to the chin and proudly raised her head
Whist you say can happen. Princess.
| she replied hauRhtily. ne proposal L
Zee was made bv me. woman. Blu
among my guests are men who are ca
/ pable of another line of action. One o
these-is courageous artist from Hun
| gary. who proposed that the men shoult
| procure weapons from the armory o.
| Prince Cagliari and defend the entrances
| He will protect the company among whom
/ are weak women. He was the first tt
arm himself with sword
| Blanca was seized with deep, painful
feeling. He had come then after. all HI
had come to divert himself with tbs
| daughters of the world
And now he was capable of taking W
arms for those men he had defied-capabls
OF killing and dying. The man who hat
refused to take up arms for those womer
, whose tears had caused him to weep. ant
who had said. Revenge Is the sin Of
gods, and the virtue OF animals" can nov
sacrifice his life for these women, car
become sinful god or virtuous animal
Oh, how this thought embittered hei
whole being; yes, and made her hate the
entire world. In some moments a voice
within her spoke thus: If he has come
thither, then he may die: let him ais1
perish with the rest. If he has chosen
such deathi But then her energy weak
ened, and the firmness Of her soul re-
Taxed; the weapon had been wrested from
her hand.
Good / will let you pass through"
She thought: Let him 90 with the 9TH
sewer than he has been by the orgies OF
tonight! And when he has once d!sap-
peared in that subterranean passage he
can never more return to that celestial
path upon which, until now he has APP
peared to meas noble vision--as an
IDEAL"
Let the rats flee!
Blanca took the extinguisher and smoth-
cred the flames.
You may come In, Marquise"
La Caldariva glided through the OPEN
Ing, and while doing 50 she partly raised
her cloak. 1t could be seen that she had
only sandals on her feet. She had prob
ably chosen NEUROLOGICAL costume.
Darken your bedroom and pull down
the curtains in the alcove. so that the
guests may not see where they are. We
VIII place a lamp at the door of the bath
room. SO that they may and their way"
This was done. In the bathroom stood
massive, artistically wrought zinc tub.
1t was SO heavy that four men could not
push 1t from its place. Attached to the
wall there were two copper faucets.
The Marquise then told her that IL, in
stead of turning one of the faucets, she
pushed 1t into the wall, the heavy bath
tub would move aside, disclosing a round
opening, at which the winding stairs be-
gan. By turning the ether faucet the tub
would glide back to its former place
How many secrets this house had! II
these rooms could but speak! Outside
the raging of the storm, the rafting of
the iron shutters the creaking of the
door and the bowling of the people grew
mere and more furious One other cir
cuInstance must be considered.
How large will the number of the SUBJ
terranean travellers be?"
S,xty-five, including the domestics."
rhen tire same number of candles must
be ready Miners carry tapers in their
hands," :
These, too, were provided. Several can
dies were taken and cut into sixty-five
pieces. The subterranean passage was not
Make haster' said Blanca in the great
est excitement, without even looking at
the Warehouses, who had just disap-
peared through the fireplace. Being left
alone. Blanca hid herself behind the
there peeped out. She might be pardoned
for so doing. Her heart was also watch
ing.
The scene now presented to her will
long be the subject of frightful dreams.
The entire parlor was dark. But every
figure which came through the opening
to the door Of the bathroom appeared
for moment in the Illuminated circle
OF the lamp placed there. The partiei-
pants in the revelry overtaken by deadly
terror appeared, then disappeared, singly
or in couples. Philosophers, men of emil
hence, with their shoes in their hands,
and their purple garments under their
arms. came and then vanished Many
colored harlequins, with deathly pale or
countenances and protruding
eyes, came and fed. Couples in all kinds
Of grotesque groups. in which there were
some inebriated and others paralyzed b&
fear. were dragging one another by the |
hands or the feet One satyr-fgure had |
put womans arms around his neck, and |
ne carried her upon his baek-and the wo-
nan was singing. An athletic man car |
led woman on his shoulders: her dress |
vas tattered, her hair disheveled
All glided through the light Of the |
lamp; dreadful caricatures OF /
and horror! One COM
losed his mouth, lest he make known
neir flight; they wrestled fiercely with
i'm and dragged MIN on. Then woman
eebly tottering held by the arm a man
Who could not stand, and dragged him
long the floor.
With anxious heart Blanca waited to
ee whether he would not come soon,
Whom will he save? Will It be some one
Who is weakened by fright and rendered
lelpless by, the fever Of enjoyment? He
aries so long.
She counted the figures as they passed.
'orty. fifty, had hurled through the room.
almost every one stumbled in the dark
yer the projection in the fireplace, but
lmost became ludicrous. Still he comes
OF But he covers the flight of others
he, the courageous one. the hero.
Every one of the guests has passed;
ervants fly. each with bundle on his
cad. Some couples drag between them
nests in which are probably the treas
res of Cagliari. One carries upon his
hives and forks. glrandelas. vases. Some
them stop in their flight to empty wine
Ottles which they had taken from the
lble. Still Manasseh did not come.
The beautiful Cyrene has not come. =
Their.
A long time has elapsed. and nobody {
sues from the darkness.
Outside of the palace, roaring noise /
Se a cannon shot is heard. making the
indows shake.
The beslegers had placed a petard I'M
" the, door, which by the explosion was
tied from its h'~~~s Two -~i..-~1 =
wiling announces that the entrance has Z
zen s,ormeu. bu.Atvn tl.e s..ou.s -
cps forth from the dark cavern.
1t is the beautiful Cyrene.
She steps before the mantelpiece and
a pressure of her feet closes the secret
'or. The phoenix again scintillates In his
ace. +
Blanca stepped forth from her hiding
ace TO meet the Marquise. o
rs nobody else thereY'
II am the last" answered the lady. r
And where is he? Has he fallen2' .
He was not there" answered the lady +
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