The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-18
(Continued.)

The NTH day l arranged 10 deVote to
Sightseeing and anusements In Pescas
company
Our hotel had been too fun TO accom-
nlodate US both on the same floor MY
room was on the second story. and Pes
cas- was above me. on the third. on the
morning OF the nfth day went upstairs
TO see II the professor was ready 20 go
out Just before reached the iand'ns
I saw his door opened from the inside;
long. delicate, nervous hand mot my
friends hand certainly held IL ajar. Al
the same time heard Pesca's voice say
my eagerly in low tones, and In MS own
language. II remember the name. but
don't know the man. You saw at the
opera he was so changed that could not
recognize him. will forward the report
Il can do no more" mo more need be
done" anrwereAHaEseeond voice. The
door opened wide and the light-haired
man with the scar on his cheek-the man
! had seen following Count Fosco's cab a
week before--came out He bowed as 4
drew aside to let him pass-his face was
fearfuiiy paie.and he held fast by the
halusters as he descended the stairs.
4 pushed open the door and entered Pes
cas- room. He was crouched up In tne
strangest manner In corner OF the sofa.
lie seemed TO shrink from me when | ap-
preached him
Am | disturbing your" I asked II
did not know you had friend with you
tili saw him come out,
mo friend said Pesca, eagerly II
zee him today for the first time, and the
last"
Il am afraid he has brought you bad
neVs?"
Horrible news, Walter! Let us GO
back 10 London--I don't want 10 stop
here-I am sorry ever came. The mis-
fortunes OF my youth are very hard upon
mo" he said. turning his face to the
wall VERY hard upon me I'm my later
time 7 try 10 forget them-and they
will not forget me!'
1--WE can't return. I am afraid before
the Afternoon" replied. Would you like
20 come out with me In the meantime?"
mo, my friend; I will wait here But
let us go back today-pray let US go
back"
II left him with the assurance that he
should leave Paris that afternoon. We
had arranged. the evening before, TO as
eend the Cathedral OF Notre Dame, with
Victor Hugo's noble romance for our
guide. There was nothing in the French
capital that was more anxious 10 see,
and departed by myself for the church.
Approaching Notre Dame by the river
side I passed on my way that terrible
dead-house OF Paris-the morgue. A great
crowd clamored and heaved round the
door There was evidently something In
side which excited the popular curiosity
and fed ri1e popular appetite for horror.
y should have walked on to the church.
if the conversation OF two men and a
woman on the outskirts of the crowd had
not caught my ear. They had just come
out from seeing the sight I'm the morgue
and the account they were giving OF the
dead body to their neghbors, described II
as the corpse Of a mana man OF I'M
nense size. with a strange mark on his
left arm.
The moment those words reached me.
stopped. and took my place with the
crowd going in Some dim foreshadowing
of the truth had crossed my mind when
heard Pescas voice through the open
door. and when | saw the strangers face
as he passed me on the stairs OF the hotel
Now the truth Itself was revealed to me
revealed IN the chance words that had
Just reached my ears. other vengeance
than mine had followed that fated mar
from the theatre 10 his own door; from
his own door TO his refuge In Paris. Other
vengeance than mine had called him tc
the day OF reckoning, and had exactec
from him the penalty OF his life. The
moment when ! had pointed him out tc
spesca at the theatre. in the hearing oi
that stranger by our side, who was look
ing for him too-was the moment thai
sealed his doom remembered the strug
gle In my own heart when he and ] stood
face to face-the struggle before could
let him escape me-and shuddered as re
called H.
Efslowly inch by inch 7 pressed In with
the crowd moving nearer and nearer q
the great glass screen that parts the dead
from the living at the morgue-nearei
and nearer. TIL I was close behind tn,
front row OF spectators, and could lool
In
There he lay, unowned. unknown: ex
posed TO the fippant curiosity OF
French mob! There was the dreadful enc
of that long life OF degraded ability anC
heartless crime flushed In the sublime
rupose OF death. the broad. firm, massive
face and head fronted us so grandly. tina
| the chattering French women about m
| lifted their hands I'm admiration, en-,
cried in shrill chorus. "Ah. what hand
| some man"
The wound that had killed him haC
| been struck with knife or dagger ex
sctly over his heart No other traces
of violence appeared about the body ex
'cept on the left arm; and there. exactl!
In the place where 7 had seen the brant
On Pescas arm. were two deep cuts II
the shape OF the letter r, which entirel,
obliterated the mark OF the Brotherhood
His clothes, hung about him. showed tina
he had been himself conscious Of his dan
ger; they were clothes that had disguiSe'
him as n French artisan. For a few mo
ments. but not for longer. ! forced my
self To see these things through tn
glass screen. I can write 81 them at NJ
greater length. for I saw no more
gThe few facts In connection with hi
death which ! subsequently ascertaine,
Cpartly from Pesca and partly from othe
sources). may he stated here before tn
subject IL dismissed from these pages
His body was taken out ~ the Seine
IN the disguise which I have described
nothing being found on him which re
vesled his name. his rank or his place q
abode The hand that struck him wa
never traced. and the circumstances unde
which he was killed were never discov
cred I leave others 10 draw their ow
conclusions IN reference 70 the secret n
the assassination. as 7 hw-e drawn mlns
When ! have tntmated that the foreign
er with the scar was a member OF tn
Brotherhood admitted In Italy. afte
Pesca's departure from his native coun
tryl. and when have further added tina