The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-07-14

But it was unwise to bring him
yaere,' the count said. his jealousy
reused. Notwithstanding what he said
TO him.
che field. and Roma knows 1t is my
most earnest desire chat she should
harry you"
Thanh you, thank YOU" sasart re-
piled gratefully.
Besides this young man soon let me
know he was In love with some one
else
A frown disappeared from the counts
open face. Suddenly his brows met
again.
Ssh will believe him Innocent and
pity him." he said. HE will gain her
,sylnpathy."
Veneto paused a moment as If to
weigh his words, looked straight before
aim. and then slowly replied:
II Is innocent"
Then who committed the murder?"
Sasarl asked.
Somebody who understood his bust
ness
"You nave seen the name of the poi
SOM"
"Atropa mandragora. Mention is
made OF it in a book I have upstairs.
It states that atropa mandragora was
h drug caiefy used by the Borgias,
and also given by the jewellers Of an
cient MassiliS md Athens to those they
condemned to die. It was sometimes
called the death wine"
Where did you get this book" asked
iSasari.
"Oh, 1t was given me by your old
g-!s:fd and our close neighbor, DR.. Zof-
Gani. Is he as hard at work as ever"
The people fear him.. Even those
who come to him to be cured look on
MIN as the representative of Satan"
Veneto laughed.
"When Burbage was last going to
ITALY I gave him q letter Of introduction
go zoffant, and the old ma took Quita
a fancy to the lad, n allowed him to
ace him make some experiments.
All said Sasari, 80 the prisoner
knew Zoffani?'
pill
Then he has taught aim"
II don't know what he has taught
him. Veneto interrupted.
me count laid down his cigarette and
Ea2ed before him, lost in thought.
After a while he said gravely:
Innocence" ~
Not at all" answered veneto lightly
His guilt will have to be proved ia
the satisfaction of the Jury. Until then
me English laws regards him as In
nocept."
He had better say nothing of his
knowledge Of poisons."
HAS he such knowledge?" venetc
quickly asked.
You told me he was a pupil Of
Eoffani's."
I said he considered himself a pupi'
"of Zoffani's, but that I did not know
what he taught him. You see the diff
ference, my friend"
I forgot If l nave told you" said
.t - "a y = r ~ n e. - az
Massint, in whose house the murde,
took place, is a connection Of mine. He
sand my father quarreled about money
! believe. l scarcely remember him.
Q did not dare to recall yourself
&o hin?"
No, Before he was blind he was a
confirmed gambler, a vice which his
son Maxentius seems to have inherit
ed"
a you seen your cousin lately ~
asked Venet@ interestdly.
Not since he was a little hid He
nas been reared In England, and has,
I'm told, the manners and habits of
"a British subject"
a little later and coffee was brought
out Anto the old fashioned sweet
accented garden by Matteo, the only ser
want of the household.
1t was here, when her father left
chem, that Sasart. speaking in a voice
ALL Oh the tenSl or his feelings,
said to Roma:
DO you know why I have come to
England; why I am here today?"
Her nature was too honest to play at
misunderstanding, and she did not
KNOW Wha flirting meant; so she an
rawered that she supposed he had come
40 see them.
ITO see YOU" he told her. II would
cross the world to see YOU"
am grateful helieya mo an
grateful" she assured him, but pleas
ure was apparent neither in her voice
nor her face.
II don't want your gratitude; dearest,
Z only want you love-"
She looked at him, her eyes full of
pity to their purple depths, the lips
OF her wistful mouth open, but no words
OF responding love on them. Still he
would not despair.
She could not hear him unmoved; for
n strength n sincerity Of his words
appealed to her. clamored in her ears
but left her heart untouched.
II don't know what I have done to
gain your love, but I am unworthy Of
It II I could | would give you mine
in return, but Z cannot, I annot, she
answered, a tremor III her voice as IL
che were demanding pardon, her eyes
G~owncast.
d. you love someone else?" he ask
suddenly, his jealousy flaming unit
1T consumed his prudence.
i can never be your WIFE" she said
rising.
AS she faced the house she saw her
father coming towards them, on his
Eace a look of deep anxiety, In one
hand a letter.
1T Is from Dunstan Burbage," he
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