The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-10

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| when they became excited, are fanatics.
| Is there no test for this religious zeaff
| Blanca sat so far back on the wall that
Manasseh admonished her to take care
| lest she fall
There are guard IN angels who pro-
| tect me-"
He desired to know whether one of
i them was near.
To-day l received an anonymous let
| ter. and as 1t contains facts which are
known only to you. my first thought was
| that you had written it,"
Indeed. 1 never wrote you letter.
| Read it, please"
| letter she had received In the morning.
| How his calm face glowed while reading
| it! How fiery the two marks on his fore
| head became!
| Martyrs NAV forgive their own perse-
| cutors but can they forgive those of their
l1oved ones?
Manasseh crushed the letter violently.
1 as II the thought Is contained those per
| sons whose secret plan II disclosed. He
| looked at Blanca as If about to seize her
| and to cast her and himself down from
| that height of one hundred and fifty feet.
What right had he. however, for Blan-
| cas- sake. to take revenge upon this
man. when for Anna's sake he had not
| done SO? Anna was his sister. and there:
been poisoned by this man. and yet Ma
| nasseh had been able to say: I'VE are
| not accustomed to revenge" when, by
| mere expression Of his face he had sum
| And what Is Blanca to him? A phan-
| tom. And does this phantom concern
/ him more than do his own family sor-
| rows?
| Yes, more! But Notwithstanding this
| the original thought remains firmly fixed
Even when revenge Is forbidden. duty
demands the defense of those who i'm
plore protection.
| Manasseh returned the letter to the
| Princess. That looks just like Them,
| he murmured in deep tones. Prince
Cagliarl has arrived. 1. know 1t. ! met
him. He spoke to me and thanked me
| for the care had taken OF his wife DUR
ing the ceremonies of the passion week.
! 1T was fortunate for Blanca that she
| sat under the red umbrella, for in this
way the color rising to her face could
| not be seen.
This morning" said she, he paid me
a visit. He was very gracious. He
vantage of his unavoidable absence TO
! further my own interests in the trial; he
promised that he, too. would implore the
told me that he considered me his daugh-
| ter. And now his position Is stronger
than ever before. The affairs Of the curia
are managed by persons who are favor
| able to him.
II know this. too"
Who informed your
| oh l have extensive connections. My
landlord Is a shoemaker; Signor Scalcag-
nato loiters about the market place all
| day; he Is therefore initiated into the
secrets of high politics and informs me
every day of the important changes In
the Vatican"
| The Princess broke out into ringing
laugh. This clear laughter of woman
sounded in the gloomy mass of ruins like
heavenly music. woman laughs While
| looking into a dizzy chasm, and into the
| still dizzier abyss of her own sorrow. But
| when the chords OF her heart fall into
| the hand of the right artist he knows how
to produce with them all the sounds which
| he desires. She could not help laughing
| at the idea of Manasseh obtaining his
most authentic, diplomatic information
from the grand master of boot-heels.
| There was also a little Joy mingled with
It. Blanca had learned from the name
that Manassehs address was still the
| same as that which she had written in
| her sketch-book.
She sighed deeply and folded her hands
But good Heaven. war with no one.
| l impIored mercy and was assured of it.
princess, the sailors depart with the
northern trade wind, and when they wish
| to return they wait for the monsoon
south wind. The wind is the breath Of
God"
| but breath? The word of mercy sound
ing from the throne, the joyful demon
stration of the people, everything every
| thing, only breath? All! do not say this.
| whom you have said. L will defend you'
should. referring to your promise. say to,
you, Fulfill your promise would you
reply; 1t was only breath; only audible
Manasseh. although sitting in the hot
sun, trembled as If shaken by chill
4 Princess" said he. in a low, faltering
voice. Il can not place myself between
you and your enemies. or my shadow
| would fall upon you, and you must not
be darkened by a shadow. But can put
means into your hand by which you may
defend yourself against that which is
| threatening you. If you wish that the
man whom you fear, who is pursuing you.
| be pushed from you so far that he can
never more approach you wait till he
makes the proposal to you which you
| fear. and then reply: Between you and
| me there exists canoncal impeachment
which the fourteenth article of tn secret
| instructions contains, and which renders
| matrimony impossible The conversation
| will not be continued. AS soon as you
have pronounced these words he will
disappear from your presence and will
| nevermore show himself where you are"
All. that must be genuine charm,
talisman.''
You will. perhaps. never learn the rea-
| son of this; never know the depth of the
wound you infict upon him to whom
| these words are spoken; never conceive
! the degree of humiliation to which he is
brought. Do not then hope for mercy:
beg for your sentence, and he prepared
| to receive very severe ONE
| Il thank you" said Blanca, extending
her hot hand to Manasseh. whose hand
she said, repeating the words of the
Prince and with this she sat down--as
If she had come for that purpose only
upon a stone which had served Manasseh
for seat, took her sketch book and be-
gan to copy the outlines of the Colosseum
from the picture which lay before her
She did not inquire as to whether 1t was
permissible for her to make such bold