Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-03-13

taking Muttere!lis story into the mat.
ter, have no cause for vengeance. And
Mutterelli had said that he was In the
monastery. from which there could
be no escape. Yet there was his
name and his motto-his war-cry-
carved In letters that would last for
centuries. In the marble rock before
me. One OF two things was certain.
Mutterelli did not know all the story
before Thorlane's arrest. or he did
not know what had happened after.
ward. II was possible that Thorlane
had escaped. made his home In the
grotto. and had been captured again.
Or-and as | thought this. my heart
stood still a sccond-what II Muttcrel.
II was right and Thorlane had been
put In the monastery ard had gained
the confidence OF the superior and
had Joined the order unknown to the
prefeito or anybody outside the Jesuit
circle inside the monastery walls! And
II so. then. perhaps. Mutterelii was
Mut;erelli and no one else. and the
monk who had rescued me was Henry
Thorlane.
Stlll ponderins upon this. I began
10 look still farther for evidence OF
Henry Thorlane's occupancy. found
no more letters. but did find n trap
door. My fingers came in contact
VITA an Iron ring. | knew II must
have been placed there for n purpose
! pulled II. II did not move, and
lighted candle. for the ring was In
dark portion of the grotto. and
Aa
that the ring was fastened To n wood.
On cover. which was held in place by
two large pieces OF rock which were
laid upon IT, These I rolled, away.
and the trnp-door came up easily. The
opcirg thus made led into small,
ccilnr'iikc hole. and lying ON the floor
was wooden box or chcnp Kind of
trunk. managed to get this out. and
opened II. i, contained clothing of
various kinds. masks. boards. wigs. In
fact. everything that was needed for a
complete disguise. And as | exam.
incd this most fortunate fnd chuck,
led aloud.
would be frcc'
And Nlia Barlo,ti should At las,
know who she was. aud be placed In
pottrkhiuE OF her own.
Circumstanecs seemed to favor me.
Mut,crclli came to the groIio lat. In
the afternoon OF the day ON which I
found the trunk Of clothing. and re-
ma!ncd To supper.
After supper Nc smoked In silence.
MuttEclli finished his cigarette aud
seemed TO bc preparing To leave.
You arc going away. Mu,IcEcIiI-" I
said.
Yes. sIEaor I shall no, be back
tonight"
did nc, want him back. and when
n, last he had taken his departure I
aEaln opened the trap door and took
out the trunk. pulled out tho entire
contents and spread them over III.
iicor OF the sFo;io. that might more
successfully choose the most complete
disguise.
Having made my selection. I pro.
eccdcd To put on ara, a pair OF heavy
RhucA. I dotr.d my prison sui, aud
cnfoiicd myself In the most skiilfuily
devised waist or vest that could have
been made. II vas n stuffed affair.
and. h,;inR close to my figure. male
me lcok nj leas, forty pounds heavier
than ! really was pulled a pair OF
long. much.woFn black trousers onto
my legs. and over the stuffed vest I
put lorg black coat. found black
beard. with a long. black. curling mus.
tachc. that easily n;tcd my face. and
could be securely fastened on by moIs.
tcnins with my breath semc Eummcd
strips on the under side.
My eyebrows were brown. but
found plenty Of cosmetics and dyrinE
materials. and scon made my eye.
hrows match the beard in color.
Having thoroughly convinced myself
that ! was under cutnpis;e disguise.
set out from the Eru,;o. frst making
mp some unimpoTtant things into
pack. and singing 1: over my shoulder
on a stick.
passed few people. none Of whom
paid any attention to the weary old
Jew ploddinE along on his way to Gag.
iiafi.
II was about eleven O'Clock when
arrived at a point near the villa of
the prcfctto. and stood a moment as
u resting. Several persons passed me.
none of whom looked at me the sec.
ond time. Hut a man passed me a,
whom looked again and again.
lie was a small man. an Italian. and
wore mustaches. waxcd and curicd to
points. I recognized him at once. I;
vas Dambo. the man whom had seen
in Madison Square Garden set firc to
the rope of Bariotti's trapeze. What
dcNilmcnt might he be up to now. and
what. perhaps. did he know about Ma.
ligni's deathg
I resolved to follow him. and. pick
ing up my pack. | piodded along be
hind him.
He led me along the road. and then
he climbed wall. By this means he
could skirt the villa grounds on the
side. passing through the adjoining
property. | could not follow him. and
stood in the road looking after him.
studying in my mind what to do next.
As stood there saw monk ap
preaching. recognized him as Bro
Michael at once.
When he drew near to me he
seemed To start and show evidences OF
surprise. ! stepped quickly to him.
Brother Michael. said. "do you
Eupv tnp7"