The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-13
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Forebodings.


Since the moment of the first surprise
Blanca coull not free herself from the
influence of this woman, who now had
complete control over her. 1t was the
power of kickedness over innocence.
He who teaches others to know the
world, men or society finds the most at
tractive learners. This the beautiful Cy-
rene taught the innocent Blanca.
The beverage slips down so easily!
But among? the many: bad doctrines
which Blanca had heard from the heau-
tiful eyrene there was also something
good, to wit. that there was a man who
| had been driven thither from the island
| where people love but once. and forever.
| and who says of the painting which is
her altar picture: at is not for sale"
Since she learned that the newspapers
were not lions about to devour one anoth-
er, she did not dthem with so much
| interest. That fierce. leading article is
not the manifestation of anger but only
| the exclamation of the. cavalier, who
wishes to be half an hours length in ad-
vance of the other horseman in the. great
gentlemans race, and who therefore
urges on his horse with shouting The
journal is. the, HORSE.
Blanca now omitted the leading articles
and the reports of ,1he parliamentary pro-
ceedings, and looked daily for the col
tn1ns on the last page of the newspaper.
which. among the communications from
California ard Other, distant lands, had
also a modest place for the name I'm
gheria." All bad tidngs!
That was the only thing which made
her restless. -
But that for which she was now mourn
ing was not, her country. She could not
even know what love~ef country meant
In her early childhood, she had been put
into a foreign cloister boarding school,
where she never, haard the language of
her nation, and which language she did
not forget, simply because she had always
used it as the medium of thought. She
could not, learn to love her country
through loving relatives who had rend-
cred her unhappy by causing her to, mar
ry; and the people of her own country
she had only seen when the peasant girls
worked in the park Tn which she had
played when a child. This park was the
only object In her fathariand which was
migrated Upon her memory Rome. the
holy city, was destined to be her abode
for the remainder of, her lifey This had
been decided by that court of Justice
| which stands above all the laws and con-
situations
On the morning of that day she re-
| ceived from Count Rossi the card of ad-
| mission which she had requested for the
In that days session the prime minister
| ladies' gallery of the parliament house
was to deliver his opening speech. 1t
would be a highly interesting session
One must hasten in order to reach his
seat. Blanca drove to the house of par
| liament,a half hour before it was opened.
Near the entrance there was a long line
of carriages which had arrived before,
| and she was abliged to wait until these.
one after the other, drove up to the por-
| tico. ri.
Between the pillars of the portico
crowded the waiting people They were
all men with wild, dismal faces, and they
| cast searching looks through the win
Edows of every carriage. At last Blanca s
carriage halted before the entrance of
the principal stairs, and the porter opened
the carriage door There, too, in the pill
Jared hall, she saw the same ominous
faces among which, just opposite her
carriage, there was one which had been
long known to her. She mad seen it only
for a short time. but she can never for
get 1t. 1t was the face of the criminal
who on Good Friday had been absoived
| embraced and blessed by the Cardinal
whose life he had endeavored to take.
Now, with his right hand hidden under
his Jacket, he stood there staring into
the distance with his wild. gloomy ewes.
Blanca was 50 terrified at the sight of this
man that she trembled and sank back
upon the seat of he carriage The porter
begged her to descend, for others were
waiting to follow She said she had, he
come suddenly i'll, and must remain in
the carnage; she requested the porter to
tell the coachman to drive home.
But she had hardly left the courtyard
of the parliament house when she pulled
the string which was tied around the
coachman's arm. This was also a speak
tube. through which a person sitting
in the carriage could give directions 10
the eoacilrhan.
'''ro the Prime Minister'S house quick
lyN'
When they had arrived at the mansion,
Blanca. in fevstish haste; left the. car
Rage and asked the porter where the
family Of NJ. Rossi was. .-r.. .. r-
THE ladies have left for the parliament
house"
and the COUNT?