New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-15
MiIadY:
Being Extract from the Memoirs of Count Luca della RiUa
BY DANIELE b WARE
N THREE PARTs-PART

All that night Mario and 7 walked up and
down the smoking room and fumed and fretted
ia very agony Of suspense Now and then
one Of US would go out 10 "a balcony over the
canal and look toward the Lido. without quite
knowing what expected or hoped to see
What would happen? What had happeuedf Had
the Hungarian (sadowich was his nameJ noticed
the hidden men when he entered the goudOla2
There was just remote possibility Of his not do
ing And IL he had. would he betray them aud
AIlady to the police2 II seemed hardly likely. and
yet
And NIiIady how would she act2 The fact that
II was partly his fault did lessen Mario's anXi-
ETY.; he raved and stormed till I thought he would
have gone mad Once he sent to the Palazzo Dan
dOlo ask the Count privately II Nllady were
there. The answer came back that she was not
Then he sent again to ask II SaIdowich vas there
"a message which mi-ht have somewhat damaged
MiIadys reputation If Daudolo had been "a fool
which luckily he uOtJ. but SaIdOWlCh was not
there. and had not been all the evening. Once
man servant came into the room and whispered
some message into MdriOs ear. and he LETT the
room. saying he had to go upstairs To see his
father who was paraiyzed and lived IN a ne sunny
his doctors and most intimate friends Mario
in that year. 1851, he already ucJrlHs death
Mario came down looking Caimer. fact which
surprised me az tne lIInel D4t s.Ld HotL-l--- t.
At last, about o'clock, when the shy was JUST
nIf Ut Downstairs Nafy mad entered the house
S--4'l ~ o.,'lf- 80 - -. ,-as -Ir,- mo
almost hagsard. and took Marios without "a
ROOM where AIilady threw herself with sigh into
1T is ali right she said at last "the men have
.Goniound the meu,' said Mario: and you?'
on. m al rigAt. TOO. suppose nuI on Mario
WHAT'S become Of tie Hungarian asked Mario
I don't know" said Milady. III, .,.
Oh yeg he came: he noticed the men at the bot
tom Of the boat. Of course; they kept moving
and what cid he say2-
''Fie said that I could not get of Venice with
them. as the town Is surrounded BY GORDON OK
police. who examine every boat and gondola that
seems ses7 9gt 1t is new order Of the Governors II
Mario and I stared bIankIy at each other; we had
forgotten that new order
"Oh! and then he offered 70 take me past the
Gordon. ne said that they would not stop us n
they saw his uniform. they would think 1t all
She deucei That was kind and dislnterested",
There almost ii sUeer IN Allady voice as
she replied. 4 forgot to say that he named
THE Internal scoundreI"'
s6b us an rfrhtf You need not be alarmed"
there vas no mI5takins the sheer now: 'on our
the lagoon. we stopped BY one OF the military
the Graf Won saidowich to proceed Immediately TO
the Gqyernors palace; ne caansf L INTO tHe o'her
We all silent for a minute or two Taken by
any other woman but MlIady. told i to me 1 would
have frankly dis5eAeved t. but Mllady-WeI. S MI
leave part OF the truth untold suspected she
Tad gone wrong II seemed to me that Mario could
blame no one but himself We were stiu sitting,
1iIady's han dress made mo start: there was moth
ing strange about IL. but II reminded me OF some
Halo. Nrarior' said. DO you remember that
Giving a balI?' repeated Mario bIankly. -.
Yes to-day is the sixth: you've Invited haiL
Venice. II remember rightly and young Dando4o
GOOD heavens-I had clean forgottenl We must
You have no earthly excuse FOR putting it off,.
$40 aoh no; don't put IT OK said Midday; 1T would
walked home that night or rather that morn
ing for the was shining when lett tne 4 al
Mario had not behaved quite as he should have (,
done in the afaiT OF ne tA5ee me-, fs5 baig the
gers that it kind OF them TO have
As walked over the bridge that rI crosses the
tlced rather my surprise. that the covered g2h-
d e Jro watshir the 'front.' Of the house had
disappeared II Mario's suspicion had ose i We.
in other words. the police knew that the ores Had
aoTn The ;b5 nci Ssia an I, Was merely sign that
the whole affair had blown over; As II happeli5a.
When I arrived once more that evening at Mario
mousse I realized with considerable amuseieenL
that the ball promised 70 be a great success: Inc
Nth Blue lamps. a broad striped awning had been
placed over the carpeted steps up TO which a long
me eue'7 - W 5.sroTated Win aoWersI among
san Se s ,cJeys M white and silver Iiveres
At the tor OF tho stairs. had expected. We're
Mario and Nrilady she IN a splendid gown or blsth
eIytt with "A triple OF pearls round her neck.
and Mario wearing the star and ribbon or a great
order and pretty successfully hiding MS ooredoin
a1 he shook hands and smiled. and told people
whose name he could not have remeTnoered 70 save
his life that he was charmed 20 see them and hoped
they we're IN good health
craveIv shook hands Ike the rest, and told
Mario that was delighted 90 see him looking 50
VOL az which Le stared at Tor a second IN
ast0nfshuent and then told under his breath
to go 10 the devil which was rude.
I'm the ballroom there was the usual crowd or
Drettv girls and ChaperOUs and Austrian officers
r. uniform and Young NeECtiaUS who looked as
were satisfied with the result. At the buffet con-
siderable number Of heated individuals We're con-
sltrufug sandwiches and pate-de-tols-gr as and
drinku- champagne. the latter OF brand that
Mario who had an excellent cellar, would have no
mere dreamt Of touching himself than he would
Of wasting his really good wines on people who
did not know the difference between hook and
looked about for Saidowich but he was not
tbere nor was the Governor. which odd. for
that poor man was blessed with three rather plain
Maria BILE daughters. and used generally 10 b
arrive at and the last 10 leave any
entertainment which he was invited. stii
wondering ut his absence. when an old French
countess who had come to Venice with introduce
tions 10 MiIady. bounced upon me and made me
take her of 10 the buffet. where she kept mo
When we got back 70 the ballroom a quadriIle
was in progress. Mario dancing Il with the
Countess DuUdOlO and air OF imperfect resigna-
ton: as we entered the room. however. a servant
hurrfedIy crossed the door and whispered some j