The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-15

here the count said, his jealousy
reused. Notwithstanding what he said
to hm.
szs II don't think so. You We're first in
e field, and Roma knows it is my
most earnest desire that she should
marry YOU"
Thank you, thank you" Sasari re-
piled gratefully.
Besides this young man soon let me
know he was in love With some one
else
y frown disappeared from the count s
open face Suddenly his brows met
again.
She will believe him innocent and
pity him" he said. He will gain her
sympathy"
Neneto paused 4 moment rs II to
weigh his words. looked straight before
him. and then slowly replied
He is innocent" ....
Then who committed the murder?''
SaSarl asked.
ness.
You have seen the name of the poi
SOM"
"Atropa mandragora. Mention is
made of it in a book l have upstairs.
II states that Htropa mandragora was
the drug chiefly used by the Borgias,
and also given by the dWelers of an
condemned to die. 1t was sometimes
called the death wine"
Where did you get this book" asked
Sasari.
"Oh. it was given me by your old
friend and your close neighbour, DR.. Zof-
FAM. Is he as hard at work as ever"
The people fear him. Even those
who come to him to be cured look on
him as the representative of Satan"
Neneto laughed.
When Burbage was last going to
Italy gave him a letter of introduction
TO Ioffani. and the old man took quite
a fancy TO the lad. and allowed him to
see him make some experiments.
An, said Sasar, 80 the prisoner
knew Ioffani?"
He considers himself ZoHani's pu-
Then he has taught him"
don't know what he has taught
him, Neneto interrupted
me count laid down his cigarette and
gazed before him, lost in thought
After Il While he said graVely:
Your friend Will have to prove his
innocence
not at all, answered Veneto lightly.
ms guilt will have to be proved to
me satisfaction of the jury. Until then
The English laws regards him as in
EocCnt."
He had better say nothing of his
knowledge of pGisonS.''
Has he such knowledge ?" Neneto
quickly asked
You told me he was Il Pupil of
Zolfani's"
4 said he considered himself pupil
Of Zoffanfs, but that did not know
what he taught him. You see the diff
ference. my friend"
forgot if | have told YOU" said
b1t
MasSlnl, in whose house the murder
TOOK place, is Il connection of mine He
ana my father qua"reled about money
l believe. l scarcely remember him"
You did not dare to recall yourself
to him."
confirmed gambler, vice which his
son MaNentius seems to have inherit
ed
Have you seen your cousin lately -"
asked Neneto interestdly
Not since he was a little child He
has been reared in England, ana has.
I'm told the manners and habits of
a British subject"
A little later and coffee was brought
out into the old fashioned sweet
scented garden by Matteo the only ser
want of the household.
1t was here. when her father left
them. that Sasari, speaking in IA voice
full of the intensity of his feelings,
said to Roma:
DO you know why l have come to
England: why l am here today?'
Her nature was too honest to play at
misunderstanding, and she did not
know what flirting meant: so she an
swered that she supposed he had come
to see them.
ITO see YOU" he told her. Il would
cross the world to see YOU
ar or fnf,1 holt
grateful" she assured him. but pleas
ure was apparent neither in her voice
nor her face
II don't want your gratitude; dearest,
only want your 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 unn1oved: for
the strength and sincerity of his words
appealed to her. clamored in her ears
but left her heart untouched.
Il don't know what / have done to
gain your love, but | am unworthy of
it, If | could | would give you mine
in return, but l cannot. l cannot" she
answered. Il tremor in her voice as if
she were demanding pardon, her eyes
downcast.
do you love someone else?'' he ask
ed suddenly, his jealousy flaming until
1t consumed his prudence.
Il can never be your Wife" she said
rising.
AS she faced the house she saw her
father coming towards Them on his
face look of deep anxiety, in one
hand a letter
1T is from Dunstan Burbage." he
said. answering the question of her
eyes.